The Gladue Principle Has Caused Immense Harm to Indigenous Women

ViewpointsOpinionGiving lenient sentences to indigenous offenders under Gladue means their victims are continually denied justice.A street in Iqaluit, Nunavut, on March 18, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean KilpatrickBronwyn Eyre4/5/2026|Updated: 4/5/20260:00CommentaryA recent Investigative Journalism Bureau article, which appeared in the National Post, reiterated what we have long known: in Canada, indigenous women are killed at a much higher rate—tragically, six-times higher—than non-indigenous women.