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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS     The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Robert-Falcon Ouellette, sit next to Annie Bowkett a Inuit women originally from Nunavut, as she performs a traditional Inuit ritual with oil and fire called Qulliq at the start of press conference for a government announcement regarding the Commemoration Fund for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Forks Monday.    More info on the Qullq: The Qulliq (Inuit Lamp) is incorporated into the Truth-Gathering Process. It symbolizes Inuit women’s strength, care, and love. The Qulliq represent the light and warmth provided at the hearth. The lamp is made for a woman as a gift from her husband. Then, as the owner, she becomes the flame keeper.     June 24, 2019