Listening to the families' stories is a must.  Whatever the outcome, people will not listen unless they know they have been heard first.  But it is not sufficient.  The Commission needs to hear from subject matter experts as well.  Otherwise, we'll just here more of what we heard after two kids from a reserve in Quebec were hospitalized after being assaulted by other kids....blaming it in video games, or the loss of identity and lands. 

The sins of government/society have been well chronicled and will undoubtedly be raised again here.  The elephant in the room is that a sizeable amount of violence against indigenous women are perpetrated by indigenous men.  This is not a cultural anomaly.  Violence-by-stranger is relatively rare; the victims often know their assailants, be they indigenous, Asian, Black or Caucasian.  The question becomes whether indigenous men somehow warrant absolution for their sins by virtue of history from decades ago.