Yukon First Nation will finally get clean water
Sat, 2007-10-27 17:39
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Yukon First Nation will finally get clean water
Sat, 2007-10-27 17:39
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[url=http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/270937]Union shames Ottawa by stepping in to help First Nations get clean water.[/url]
Sat, 2007-10-27 17:56
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That's wonderful. And Buzz should consider shaming them into dealing a land claim for Lubicon Cree's in Alberta who have NO running water. It would be a little bigger fight with that province and big energy companies but still a very noble cause.
Sat, 2007-10-27 19:38
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There was some more detail in [url=http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/270413]this article[/url]:
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The Native Canadian Centre in downtown Toronto is getting a makeover as part of a series of new infrastructure projects led by the Assembly of First Nations and the Canadian Auto Workers union.Members of the local CAW will build a wheelchair ramp and a children’s play area, as well as make kitchen repairs at the centre, which is located at Spadina Rd. and Bloor St. W.
The work is the first of three projects in Toronto, Vancouver and the Yukon that will focus on clean drinking water, wheelchair accessibility and women’s safety and security in First Nations communities.
Sat, 2007-10-27 19:59
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The Native Canadian Centre in downtown Toronto is getting a makeover as part of a series of new infrastructure projects led by the Assembly of First Nations and the Canadian Auto Workers union.
Members of the local CAW will build a wheelchair ramp and a children’s play area, as well as make kitchen repairs at the centre, which is located at Spadina Rd. and Bloor St. W.
I am very impressed with the union in the above case. People don't realize how many First Nations people live in the big cities. Many moved there for jobs or could not go back to their reserves after attending residential schools which alienated them from their families, or there is just no housing on the reserves,or water etc, so this is just awesome and really shows that the union has done its homework and is helping where it is really needed. Now this is empowering stuff, because they are doing something and not just throwing money at us. I really love this positive kind of work and it should be a blueprint for the future for not only First Nations people but others that just need some help. Well done I say.
Sun, 2007-10-28 12:05
#6
We need to realize that Third World problems are still alive and well in these forgotten places on the fringes of Canada's consciousness, and access to drinking water is only one.