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Here it is: #mwci report. #bcpoli pbs.twimg.com/media/A-V7KJECUAA7-w2.jpg
by Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:06:39 PM -
Ian Bailey talks with Sandy Rinaldo of CTV News to offer an idea of what can be expected from the Oppal report: Video: What will the Pickton inquiry report recommend?by Mason Wright 12/17/2012 8:12:42 PM
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#mwci 's 63 recommendations incl "compensation fund" for children of missing-murdered women and "healing fund" for their families. #bcpoliby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:14:50 PM
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Wally Oppal also proposes province appoint "independent advisor" to "champion" enacting #mwci recommendations. #bcpoliby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:16:26 PM
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RT @cbcnewsbc: Here is a link to Wally Oppal's full report: http://www.cbc.ca/bc/news/bc-121217-mwi-report.pdf #mwci #cbcby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:16:28 PM
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A drum circle in support of the families of the missing women this morning as they made their way in to review the report from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
by Mason Wright 12/17/2012 8:18:19 PM -
Oppal has 2 immediate recommendations - 1: fund 24-hour emergency-services centres for sex-trade workers and ... #bcpoli #mwciby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:21:32 PM
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2- Enhanced "public transit" among Northern communities, espy Highway 16 - Highway of Tears. #bcpoli #mwciby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:22:45 PM
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For context, here are the terms of reference for this commission of inquiry (Source: The Canadian Press): Examine the police investigations into missing women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Crown’s decision in 1998 to stay an attempted murder charge against Robert Pickton related to an attack on a sex worker a year earlier; recommend changes for investigations involving missing women and multiple homicides, particularly those that span the jurisdictions of more than one police force.by Mason Wright 12/17/2012 8:25:47 PM
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Oppal "Fragmentation of policing in the Lower Mainland materially contributed to the failures of the missing women investigations." #mwciby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:27:49 PM
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#Oppal says time for study is past, calls for "decisive action" to break "impasse" on regional policing. #mwci #bcpoliby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:29:08 PM
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Oppal: "The Greater Vancouver area is the only major center in Canada without a regional police force." #mwci #bcpoliby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:30:12 PM
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#MWCI commissioner Wally Oppal will be at this podium in half an hour to discuss his public inquiry report pbs.twimg.com/media/A-WBAn_CIAEV3xA.jpg
by Sunny Dhillon via twitter 12/17/2012 8:32:13 PM -
Oppal - "Let's not wait for the next Robert Pickton to strike" before dealing with regional policing. #mwci #bcpoliby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:34:07 PM
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Less than one hour to get through 1,448 page #mwci report before Oppal-Bond newser. Luckily I have two highlight markers.by Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:36:02 PM
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#Oppal cites "want of leadership" in missing-women case. "There was an absence of leadership" #mwci #bcpoliby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:45:24 PM
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No senior police manager took on "leadership role" in missing-women case, says #Oppal #mwci #bcpoliby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:46:32 PM
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"Ineffective leadership affected all phases of the investigation," says #Oppal #bcpoliby Ian Bailey via twitter 12/17/2012 8:47:21 PM
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Here are a few more facts on the commission, from The Canadian Press:
Commissioner: Wally Oppal, a former B.C. Appeal Court judge and one-time attorney general who served in the B.C. Liberal government from 2005 until 2009.
Length: The formal hearings began on Oct. 11, 2011 and ended on June 6, 2012. There were community meetings in northern B.C. in September 2011 and a series of policy forums in April of this year.
Witnesses: More than 80 people testified including current and former police officers, relatives of missing and murdered women, sex workers, advocates, former politicians and academics.
Cost: The B.C. government estimates it has spent about $10 million on the inquiry.by Mason Wright 12/17/2012 8:47:47 PM -
Our constantly changing file so far... Inquiry on missing Vancouver women slams police failures, public blindness http://soc.li/qfzODFP #mwciby Sunny Dhillon via twitter 12/17/2012 8:52:50 PM