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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality, laughs with MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette (who introduced her) before announcing a commemoration fund for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIW) in Winnipeg on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. The Government of Canada is investing $10 million into the fund over two years, which will support commemorative initiatives that contribute to healing, increasing public awareness, and honouring MMIW across the country. Winnipeg Free Press 2019.