Feathers of Hope – Native Womans Association of Canada has flagged the following concerns by not granting a full 2-year extension:

• Appropriate long term after-care;
• The option to reopen community hearing;
• The necessity of engaging in one or two more expert and institutional hearings that may discuss extremely important topics such as criminal justice system and child welfare system;
• The urgency to reopen the registration for families to give testimony and speak their truth;
• A strong risk that the Inquiry will simply duplicate existing research and provide recommendations that lack “teeth”;
• The necessity to operate at “high-speed”, risking burn-out of key staff who the Inquiry won’t have the time or money to replace;
• Lack of time given to parties with standing for final written submissions, leaving this process rushed and limiting the detail and care parties with standing will be able to submit.