WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR?

  1. An immediate investigation must be re-opened into the deaths of Nunia Grey, Siasi Tulaugak, and Sharon Baron. This investigation must be conducted by the Surete du Quebec due to the failings by the Montreal Police.

  2. The Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions must urgently submit an application to have the Cabot Square Serial Predator deemed as a Dangerous Offender.

  3. An investigation must be opened into all suspicious deaths of Indigenous women in and around, or with ties to, Cabot Square.

  4. An investigation into femicides of women involved in the sex industry in Montreal must be opened.

  5. An immediate inquiry into Batshaw and specifically, their response to missing, runaway, throwaway, and targeted children and youth must be conducted. Specifically, this inquiry should investigate the practices in group homes in Montreal between 2000 - 2023 surrounding the treatment of Indigenous runaways.

  6. An immediate inquiry into the conduct of the Montreal Police (SPVM) surrounding the situation in Cabot Square between 2000 - 2023 and the failure to intervene when there was a known serial predator targeting vulnerable women and children.

  7. That the Quebec Coroner’s Office changes its policy surrounding deaths of unhoused Indigenous women. Given the high rates of victimization of unhoused Indigenous women and women involved in the sex industry, we demand that each time the Office of the Coroner is presented with the death of a homeless Indigenous women or woman involved in the sex industry, it is treated as if foul play was involved until proven otherwise.

  8. That the Minister of Social Services investigates the failure of community organizations in Montreal and around Cabot Square. Specifically, to understand how these vulnerable women were able to fall in between the cracks. We also demand that the province puts in place some form of oversight measures into shelters and how clients are treated at these shelters.

  9. Based on the high rates of violence facing unhoused Indigenous women in Montreal, there is a need for a harm reduction-centred, anti-violence service that is available on a 24/7 basis to respond to the needs of victims and survivors. This should be developed in consultation with survivors and should be run by an independent organization, given the mistrust between existing organizations and survivors, given the decades of failure to adequately intervene and respond.

  10. There is a serious need for Indigenous-led child welfare in Quebec. One that focuses on prevention and culturally specific solutions, and that avoids the forced removal of Indigenous children from their communities to Montreal.

  11. All parties named in this report (SPVM, DYP, Coroner’s Office, local community organizations in/around Cabot Square) must issue a public apology to survivors and their families.

  12. That everyone reading this report engage in critical self-reflection surrounding their own thoughts, biases, and unintentional harm towards unhoused Indigenous women. How might you treat unhoused Indigenous women with a little more respect and avoid replicating “discourses of disposal”?

  13. As it pertains to reporting on violence and MMIWG2S+, that the media ensure their reporting centres the voices of survivors and family members, while also working to hold institutions accountable.