By Lynda Powless Editor OTTAWA- Despite calls from First Nations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not commit to holding a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing in addressing the Assembly of First Nations Ottawa gathering. Speaking at the AFN Thursday (Dec 5) session Trudeau acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have had to bury their children after an interaction with police. Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh addressed the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa two days after the chiefs passed a resolution calling for an inquiry into policing and police-related deaths. That resolution came after nine First Nations people were killed in less than four weeks in August and September. Three women whose sons and daughters died during or after an interaction with police took to…
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