Province taking time to get landfill search right: Kinew
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This article was published 17/01/2024 (1020 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Premier Wab Kinew said Tuesday that his government is “taking the time to get things right” with searching Winnipeg’s Prairie Green Landfill for the remains of victims of an alleged serial killer after human rights complaints were filed regarding Manitoba’s handling of the situation.
Last week, the daughter of Morgan Harris — one of the three Indigenous women whose remains are believed to be in the landfill — filed human rights complaints against both the provincial government and the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.
Cambria Harris told the Winnipeg Free Press on Monday that the Tories’ decision to campaign on its decision not to search the landfill was “not right, and it was absolutely a violation of human rights and discriminatory to Indigenous people.”
Premier Wab Kinew speaks to reporters at Manitoba Ag Days 2024 at the Keystone Centre on Tuesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
CBC reported that the complaint filed against the current provincial government alleges that it has failed to properly allocate resources for searches of the Brady Road and Prairie Green landfills.
Speaking to reporters during the first day of the Manitoba Ag Days conference in Brandon, Kinew said Manitobans will see his government take action on the file in the first half of the year.
“I think that these family members never should have been made the subject of political gamesmanship,” Kinew said.
“And for us, we’ve just taken the steps to establish a respectful relationship. We’re going to take steps to ensure that we’re supporting them and also supporting the administration of justice in Manitoba. I think everyone wants to see the person alleged to be responsible for these crimes brought to justice and they want to see these families dealt with in a compassionate way. That’s our commitment.”
Jeremy Skibicki has been charged with the murders of Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and another unidentified Indigenous woman who has been named Mashkode Bihiki’ikwe — Buffalo Woman.
Winnipeg police have said they believe Harris, Myran and Buffalo Woman’s remains could be in the Prairie Green Landfill located just outside of the city. At the Brady Road Landfill inside of Winnipeg, partial remains for Contois were found.
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