"It's been three weeks since Attawapiskat First Nation took the extraordinary step of declaring a state of emergency. Since then, not a single federal or provincial official has even bothered to visit the community."
Read this article by Charlie Angus (MP, Timmins-James Bay) in the Huffington Post.December 1, 2011
I posted the article above over a week ago; in the meantime, there has been much focus on the community, and the Red Cross is bringing in supplies and aid. Not only are the federal government and provincial governments are still pointing fingers at each other, but the federal government has also decided to examine the financial mismanagement by the band council of the billions of dollars they have received from Ottawa.
Here are two links from the CBC:
A View from Attiwapiskat before the Crisis
Attiwapiskat crisis plan called short-sighted
Also interesting is the article:
First Nations housing in dire need of overhaul
Clean running water still a luxury on many native reserves
14 December, update:
From the National Post: How Ottawa spent 90$ million at Attiwapiskat
From CBC: Attiwapiskat chief blasts minister in an open letter
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