Atleo, Beach call for action on housing, water in Manitoba
APTN National News Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo and actor Adam Beach…
APTN National News Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo and actor Adam Beach…
The water company Bruce Carson allegedly lobbied for in hopes of landing lucrative contracts with First Nations, is now under investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police for allegedly defrauding clients, APTN National News has learned.
The federal Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development department will cut millions of dollars in spending, according to the federal budget unveiled Thursday that also committed $275 million toward improving First Nation education and $330.8 million for replacing and fixing water infrastructure on reserves.
Federal bureaucrats once directed Bruce Carson, a former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper now under an RCMP investigation, to the $5 million water pilot project for First Nations unveiled this week by Ottawa and Ontario.
Many First Nations face shortage of running water in Manitoba.
Parliamentary secretary for Aboriginal Affairs Greg Rickford discussed the details of the government’s new proposed water bill with APTN National News.
The government of Canada is once again introducing legislation to improve drinking water on reserves.
A small Inuit community in Labrador has declared a state of emergency.
The number of First Nations under drinking water advisories has grown by nearly 40 per cent since 2006, the Liberals said Friday.