WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – The Canadian federal government and the Manitoba government agreed Friday to spend tens of millions of dollars to help search a landfill for the bodies of two murdered Indigenous women.
A total of C$20 million (US$14.7 million) from each government will be used to search the private Prairie Green Landfill north of Winnipeg, where the bodies of Morgan Harris and Mercedes Mylan are believed to be.
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Cambria Harris, daughter of Morgan Harris, said Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew told her he was going to search the entire area where her mother was believed to be. She checked the amount.
The Canadian federal government will spend 20 million Canadian dollars to search for the bodies of the two women. (St. Petersburg)
“I’m so grateful,” she said.
Jeremy Skibicki was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Harris, Mylan and two other women. The remaining two are Rebecca Comtois, whose body was found in another landfill, and an unidentified woman whom Indigenous leaders have named Buffalo Woman. Buffalo Woman’s body has never been found.
Police rejected the idea of a search in 2022, citing the potential danger from toxic substances and the sheer volume of material in the landfill.
An Indigenous-led commission has commissioned two reports on the feasibility of the search, which is estimated to cost C$90 million (US$66 million) if completed within a year. ing.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has previously said that the disappearance and death of Indigenous women in Canada is too often treated as a low priority and ignored.
Leaders with the Manitoba Assembly of Chiefs said they hope the government will provide all the funding needed for the search effort.
“We don’t want to keep coming back to get this work done,” said Grand Chief Kathy Merrick.
