Regina mayor wants probe into murdered, missing aboriginal women

Regina City Council says it wants an inquiry or roundtable into Canada's missing and murderedaboriginal women.

Mayor Michael Fougere put forward the motion and council approved the move at its Monday night council meeting.

The motion noted that that the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association recently votedin favour of a similar motion at its annual meeting.

Council slightly amended the motion, to include a call for a comprehensive and national action plan.It was also amended to include a letter to the Prime Minister's Office.

A report released by theRCMP last May said theyareaware of nearly 1,200 cases of missing or murdered women, across the country, over the last three decades.

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In Saskatchewan, about 16 per cent of the population saidthey're aboriginal, according to the 2011 federal census.