Wednesday, November 30, 2011

NDP talk about conditions in Attawapiskat

Interim N.D.P. leader Nycole Turmel says she isn't going to play with figures after seeing for herself the impoverished conditions on the Attawapiskat First Nation.

She emerged from this morning's caucus meeting to say the prime minister and Aboriginal Affairs minister wouldn't be so quick to blame the band if they witnessed what kind of conditions residents of the northern Ontario community live in. 

The government says it has poured more than 90-million dollars into the reserve since taking office.