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Over a dozen people came out in Inuvik on Wednesday night. Some people asked about historical cases of missing persons and how far back the legislature would allow RCMP to investigate.
RCMP in the Northwest Territories say that clauses intended to protect missing persons fleeing domestic abuse are redundant, and could hamper the usefulness of the proposed Missing Persons Act.
The Missing Persons Act would allow RCMP to access additional records of the missing person to assist in the investigation. Justice Minister R.J. Simpson read the bill for the second time in the legislature Monday.
This week, the Yukon government released new regulations that ratchet up the powers of the RCMP to search for missing people. Protecting the safety of vulnerable persons at the same time will be a balancing act.
Legislation allows police to order telecommunications, financial and health records