Phil Fontaine
Phil Fontaine
Larry PhillipFontaine, OC OMis an Aboriginal Canadian leader. He completed his third and final term as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in 2009...
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Any suggestion that one supports the objectives and the targets but not the approximately $5 billion allocated to these targets is of great concern to us because we won't be able to meet the targets without money.
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decades in time, innumerable events and countless injuries to First Nations individuals and communities.
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No one wanted to pull the plug before. That tells me they are listening and they see us as an important issue.
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Next year is going to be an extremely busy time for us. It's going to be a huge undertaking.
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There are at least 100 First Nations communities that are in a boil-water situation. There are at least 40 of those in Ontario.
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The government is not in the habit of handing out money.
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We believe in the importance of public education, public information as a vehicle for change. Speaking to a class of 30 may seem to be of little consequence compared to the issues we're dealing with, but it has a sphere of influence beyond that.
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We have seen how far we can go in two years, imagine how far we can go in ten years.
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When we talk about an appropriate response, we're talking in the order of $5-billion.
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I know there are pessimists and cynics who think this process will fail. I disagree.
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It highlighted the extreme circumstances that many of our communities live in - poor drinking water, poor health care, poor housing, poor schools, no recreational facilities, high unemployment.
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Canada has a Third World in its front yard and back alleys. That is a national tragedy and an international embarrassment.
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Canada has a Third World in its front yard and back alleys,
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The challenge is not to debate whether the right exists or not but how to get full effect of the right,