Important federal initiatives have been put in place to begin addressing issues identified in the Inquiry’s interim report and in the Calls for Justice. These initiatives include:

• legislation respecting Indigenous languages;
• legislation on supporting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families;
• eliminating gender discrimination from the Indian Act
• Family Information Liaison Units and community-based supports;
• support for communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast with commemoration initiatives;
• significant investments in distinctions based housing strategies for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples
• a series of independent research projects into promising police policies and practices have been completed to help foster more trusting relationships between police and the Indigenous people they serve; and
• as part of our larger efforts to eradicate human trafficking, the government has funded 41 organizations that serve Indigenous communities.

We continue to engage on the co-development of the Plan through virtual discussions, sharing proven practices, identifying gaps and challenges, and learning from one another, while we forge partnerships to support the transformative change needed to end this national tragedy.