On Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 the police arrested and then released nine people for trying to build a teepee on Parliament Hill. https://iloveancestry.com The demonstrators were kicking off a four-day Canada Day protest to bring to light all the injustices against and the genocide of Indigenous people. Later, the police only allowed them to build their teepee near the East Block instead of the center of Parliament Hill as planned.

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The next morning, a press conference was held with the family members of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, most recently, Tanya Brooks, whose final remains were finally returned to her family after eight years when her body was found outside a Halifax school. There is history of several indigenous women and youth gone missing and/or murdered and the police do not thoroughly investigate the crimes and seek justice for indigenous people.

CBC reporter, Julie Van Dusen, interrupted one of the speakers and asked how can Prime Minister Justin Trudeau be blamed for the missing indigenous youth in Northern Ontario, insisting on comparison between predecessor, Stephen Harper. Right then, activist and Elder, Jocelyn Wabano-Iahtail called out the reporters in the room and eventually ended the news conference.

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