Overview

• The Red Dress Alert system aims to notify the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, similar to Amber Alerts for abducted children.
• A Manitoba Indigenous group has been selected to lead the pilot project, which was initially announced in May.
• Statistics Canada reports that the homicide rate for Indigenous women and girls is six times higher than for non-Indigenous women.
• The federal budget has allocated $1.3 million to develop and implement this alert system.
• The initiative seeks to eventually expand the alert system nationwide to enhance public awareness and safety.