OP-ED: More Attawapiskats on the horizon, writes former Aboriginal Affairs deputy minister
The situation in Attawapiskat shouldn’t come as any surprise to Canadians.
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Harper announces “historic” gathering with First Nations leaders amid outraged cries over Attawapiskat
-With cries of political outrage over the Attawapiskat crisis still echoing off Parliament Hill’s sandstone walls, Prime Minister Stephen Harper invited television cameras into his wood-paneled office before his meeting with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo Thursday to announce a “historic” meeting between his government and First Nations leaders.
Duncan won’t visit Attawapiskat, but says temporary shelters opening in healing centre, sportsplex
Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan said Attawapiskat residents living in squalid housing conditions will be able to move into temporary accommodations in the community’s sportsplex and healing centre.
First Nations MPs offer different views on Attawapiskat crisis
First Nations MPs offered starkly different takes on the unfolding crisis in the Cree community of Attawapiskat.
Atleo: Time to stop “finger-pointing” on Attawapiskat and “smash the status quo”
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo is meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper Thursday afternoon as the political fallout over the housing crisis in Attawapiskat continues to escalate.
Grand Chief: No shutting down northern reserves in territories we’ve lived in for “thousands of years”
A Manitoba grand chief who represents 30 northern First Nations says First Nations people in northern communities don’t want to move away from lands they’ve inhabited for “thousands of years.”
In Attawapiskat, “Canada’s Haiti,” dignity survives despite squalor
It’s -20C in Attawapiskat First Nation.
Federal officials visited Attawapiskat 3 times in October, triggered no red flags on housing
Federal Aboriginal Affairs officials travelled to Attawapiskat at least 10 times this year, including three times in October, but it appears none of these visits triggered any concerns with the department about the state of housing on the reserve.
Attawapiskat under new management, Conservatives announce
A month after the northern Ontario First Nation community of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency triggering the intervention of the Canadian Red Cross, the Conservative government has announced it would be removing the chief and council and hiring a financial consultant to manage the reserve.