Attawapiskat Chief Bruce Shisheesh, who succeeded the famous Theresa Spence (remember her antics?) claims the reserve needs more money to cope with a suicide epidemic raging through the community.
Really? How will more money help? In addition to the regular funding the band receives -- a whopping $90 million during the Harper years -- it also receives almost $500,000 for counselling and youth services. Three million dollars were allocated for housing and another $2.8 million for other infrastructure. And what are they accomplishing? Seems absolutely nothing when it comes to helping residents and youth. People still live in shacks and tents and poverty and addiction remain rampant. Sadly, no one on the reserve seems inclined to do anything to stop it.
It's a disgrace and one which will only be solved when natives get the h-ll off reserves and join mainstream Canadians. This doesn't mean abandoning their culture, it simply means getting with the program and moving forward -- not harkening back to the past and dismally dining out on it forever and ever. Someone should tell Cindy Blackstock this. She helps no one. Ever.
Oh, and the chief's salary? About $71,000. The watch cry continues to brush off facts in favour of accusations.
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