Missing, Murdered Inquiry Stalled by Government Bureaucracy: Report

Miriam Saunders (R), mother of Loretta Saunders, and her daughter Delilah Saunders leave the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in Membertou, N.S., on Oct. 30, 2017. Loretta Saunders, an Inuk woman, was murdered in Halifax in February 2014. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

OTTAWA—The commissioners of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are blaming federal red tape for the delays that have plagued the inquiry so far.

In an interim report released Nov. 1 titled “Our Women and Girls are Sacred,” the inquiry says the federal government’s procurement and contracting policies resulted in an eight-month delay setting up offices.