The Auditor General of Canada released her report on the Department of Indian Affairs (INAC) funding of First Nations Child and Family Services on May 6, 2008. The report confirms First Nations reports that INAC's funding formula known as Directive 20-1 is inequitable and that INAC's proposed funding formula based on the Alberta model is also inequitable. Read the full report here www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/aud_ch_oag_200805_04_e_30700.html
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Help the children of Attawapiskat First Nation get a safe school. Watch this 2 minute video and then send a letter to the Minister of Indian Affairs calling on Canada to provide these children with the school they deserve and to ensure other First Nations children on reserves have safe and adequate schools.
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