By Sarah Ritchie People take part in the National Day of awareness and remembrance for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people (MMIWG2S) on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby Bridget Tolley said the thought of coming to Parliament Hill on Tuesday morning was overwhelming. “I cried this morning, because I didn’t want to be here. I don’t want to be here, but I have to be. Not only for my mother, but for all our sisters,” she said. Tolley is the founder of Families of Sisters in Spirit, a group that’s been working to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Her mother, Gladys Tolley, was killed in 2001 when she was hit by a Quebec provincial

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