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Aboriginal women are over-represented among murder victims in Canada and, alarmingly, their presence in those statistics is only growing, according to a report from the RCMP.

The report, called a “national operational overview on missing and murdered aboriginal women,” identified 1,181 missing and murdered aboriginal women between 1980 and 2012. The new figure outpaces previous numbers based on research conducted by aboriginal women’s organizations. Aboriginal women represent approximately 4.3 per cent of Canada’s female population, but on average 16 per cent of female homicide victims and 11.3 per cent of missing women over the period studied.

However, as the rate of female homicide victims has steadily decreased over the last 30 years, the rate for aboriginal women has remained steady. In 2012, aboriginal women represented 23 per cent of female homicide victims, compared to 8 per cent in 1984.

Of the 1,181 cases, 225 remain unsolved, including 105 missing persons cases and 120 homicides. The RCMP noted solve rates were roughly the same for aboriginal and non-aboriginal women at just under 90 per cent.

“We knew intuitively that the numbers were higher…but I would say that personally I was surprised by the overall number,” said Dep. Comm. Janice Armstrong at a press conference in Winnipeg Friday morning.

In all cases of female murder victims, the perpetrator is overwhelmingly likely to be a male who knows the victim, but there were some differences identified between aboriginal and non-aboriginal cases. Aboriginal women were more likely to be killed by an acquaintance than a spouse and were more likely to have a history of violence with the offender.

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Chong’s Reform Act will be debated by MPs in the Commons in late May — possibly providing the first clues of whether it will have enough support to eventually become law.

The private member’s bill strips party leaders of a key power to veto election candidates and hands clear rules to party caucuses on dumping their leader.

In an interview with the Ottawa Citizen, Chong said he believes there is wide public support for his legislative initiative and that more MPs are coming onside.

“The response has been overwhelming,” said Chong, who has travelled throughout the country to explain the bill’s contents since he introduced it last December.

“Public support has been broad. There has been a great deal of interest from different quarters. Civil society groups, the universities, law schools, ordinary citizens. It has been a tremendous response.”

But what matters most is whether Chong can convince enough MPs to support the bill so it can be sent to a committee for further study, and ultimately passed into law.

Canada has spared two Russians with links to Montreal-based transportation giant Bombardier Inc. from sanctions, even though the U.S. has targeted them for their respective roles in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.

While Canada has sanctioned 80 Russian and Ukrainian officials compared to 60 by U.S., Vladimir Yakunin and Sergei Chemezov are among three Russians sanctioned by the U.S. but not by Canada.

The omissions raise questions about the role Bombardier’s business interests may have played in the federal Conservative government’s response to the situation in Ukraine.

Yakunin is the head of Russia’s state-owned railway company. The U.S. slapped sanctions on him in March, noting he is a close confidant of Putin and “accompanies Putin on many domestic and international visits.”

Bombardier has a joint venture with Russian Railways that company spokesman Marc Laforge said does about $200 million in business related to the provision of railway signalling equipment each year.

The Canadian company is also gearing up to compete for what could be billions of dollars in work replacing Russia’s aging train cars in advance of its hosting soccer’s World Cup in 2018.

Nella giornata di giovedì il Dax future non ha confermato il breakout della barriera posta a quota 9.800 punti (bull-trap) e ha subito una brusca correzione, con i prezzi che sono scivolati in area 9.650-9.635. La situazione tecnica di breve termine rimane costruttiva ma, prima di poter effettuare un nuovo allungo, sarà necessaria una fase riaccumulativa al di sopra del sostegno intraday situato in area 9.580-9.570 punti.

L’Eurostoxx50 future si è invece scontrato con quota 3.200 e ha subito una brusca correzione, con i prezzi che sono scesi in area 3.140-3.135 punti. La situazione tecnica rimane positiva ma, prima di un ulteriore allungo, è probabile una fase laterale di consolidamento al di sopra del supporto posizionato in area 3.110-3.105 punti. (riproduzione riservata)

Nuova battuta d'arresto per Unicredit, che sta confermando la veloce correzione di ieri e ha già raggiunto il supporto di breve a 6,17-6,15 euro: per il momento il test non si è tradotto in un breakout ribassista, ma il quadro tecnico rimane precario e proprio una discesa sotto 6,17-6,15 finirà per imporre una nuova accelerazione negativa con un target naturale verso 6,05-6 euro. Gli indicatori di tendenza sono allineati in posizione short e gli oscillatori di momentum stazionano al di sotto delle rispettive soglie di equilibrio confermando la ridotta forza relativa di questa fase. Positivo solo un allungo oltre 6,45 euro. (riproduzione riservata)