BLAMING RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT WORKERS FOR VIOLENCE

OTTAWA — A private email shows a Conservative MP from Alberta calling an NDP-initiated study into the relationship between resource development and increased violence against Indigenous women and girls "disgraceful."

Stephanie Kusie made the comments in an exchange that happened ahead of a Tuesday meeting by a House of Commons committee set to study the issue, which was flagged as a concern by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

The final report detailed how the inquiry heard from witnesses and received other evidence about the risk of transient, largely male workforces tied to big resource projects committing acts of physical or sexual violence against Indigenous women.