The ‘Gladue Principle’ Has Caused Immense Harm to Indigenous Women

Giving lenient sentences to indigenous offenders under Gladue means their victims are continually denied justice.

A street in Iqaluit, Nunavut, on March 18, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Commentary

A recent Investigative Journalism Bureau article, which appeared in the National Post, reiterated what we have long known: in Canada, indigenous women are killed at a much higher rate—tragically, six-times higher—than non-indigenous women.