The enquiry was making sure it was crossing all the "T"s and dotting all the "I'"s. But the supply of "t"s that need crossing, and "i"s that need dotting, is infinite. Natives would be just as upset if they were to find Ottawa had not done its homework. They demanded perfection from Ottawa and were then angered that perfection takes time.

Native men were barred from the hearings. Men were not to testify or have any input into how the inquiry was run. It was made clear, the inquiry was not to discover responsibility for who, why or how native women were killed or went missing, or to lay criminal charges on anyone or group. It is as much a grandiose failure of Canada's feminist culture as it is of native