“The reality is that our Indigenous women and girls continue to go missing and be murdered in British Columbia and across Canada. In so many of these cases, the ones responsible are never brought to justice and stereotypes continue to prevail. We need our Indigenous people and non Indigenous people to fight to bring justice for these women and girls – in this case for Carmelita. Carmelita had goals and dreams that are left unrealized. She was a powerful woman, a woman of strength. There are many like Carmelita in Williams Lake. We need to stop talking about what needs to happen and make it happen. It is the responsibility of all of us to ensure the safety and well-being of all women and girls is paramount regardless of race and circumstances. The government has the recommendations so why are they denying our Indigenous women and girls justice by failing to act. We need change now.”