Local MP Carol Hughes is calling for Parliament to "do more to end femicide".
Speaking in the House of Commons this week, the Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing New Democrat highlighted a recent report on the issue.
Hughes notes a 27 percent increase in the number of women and girls killed involving a male accused, with young women between 25 and 34 more likely to be victims - and one-in-five female victims killed by a male accused being an Indigenous woman or girl.
She's calling for Parliament to "take the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence seriously" and "ensure the funding for the Indigenous Shelter and Transitional Housing Initiative is allocated", as that "would go a long way to protect Indigenous women from dangerous situations".