Nicole McCarty, the assistant deputy minister charged with overseeing the Women’s Equality branch in government, repeatedly told the legislature’s public accounts committee that issues with co-ordinating and tracking progress on that plan was due to a lack of resources within the branch.
A recent auditor general report called out inadequate ‘systems and practices’
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A 2023 action plan, titled Weaving Our Voices Together, set out 39 action items intended to address violence against Indigenous 2SLGBTQ+ people, women and girls. (Rhythm Rathi/CBC)
The civil servant in charge of implementing a plan to address violence against Indigenous 2SLGBTQ+ people, women and girls says a lack of resources is behind the government’s slow progress.
In September 2023, the Women’s Equality branch of the government published 39 commitments in a plan titled, Weaving our Voices Together. The plan is New Brunswick’s response to the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Nicole McCarty, the assistant deputy minister charged with overseeing the Women’s Equality branch in government,
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