First Nations Children of Attawapiskat Fight for a School
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EDUCATION IS A RIGHT!
HELP ONTARIOʼS FORGOTTEN CHILDREN
For 8 years the children of Attawapiskat, Ontario have had no grade school. They attend classes in cold portables. They have no library and no playground.
The federal government has promised time and time again that it will build a new school. The community has prepared plans and done everything they can to get ready to build the school. Now the federal government has changed its mind. Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl says the children will have to wait another 8 years (five in delay and three for building) before they can have a real school.
The education of First Nation children in Northern Ontario is not a priority for the government.
But the children of Attawapiskat say different. They are fighting for the right to go to a proper school and they are asking other students to help them.
HELP ONTARIOʼS FORGOTTEN CHILDREN
For 8 years the children of Attawapiskat, Ontario have had no grade school. They attend classes in cold portables. They have no library and no playground.
The federal government has promised time and time again that it will build a new school. The community has prepared plans and done everything they can to get ready to build the school. Now the federal government has changed its mind. Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl says the children will have to wait another 8 years (five in delay and three for building) before they can have a real school.
The education of First Nation children in Northern Ontario is not a priority for the government.
But the children of Attawapiskat say different. They are fighting for the right to go to a proper school and they are asking other students to help them.
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Sandra O
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Health & Safety for security. Education should be an equal opportunity as well as a right.
16 December 2015
15 December 2015
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8 December 2015
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Sue Richardson
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I can not believe this ! We have more then enough in other provinces and areas, yet these children are expected to be placed into a school like this, is this still the dark ages or what???? May I enquire why these children's plight has not been brought at
5 December 2015
4 December 2015
29 November 2015
28 November 2015
987.
Michael F
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That these children should have to learn under the threat of illness caused by contaminated soil and fumes from the nearby airport in addition to the sub-standard physial plant of this school is a disgrace. To Minister Strahl and his boss, I ask the quest
27 November 2015
27 November 2015
23 November 2015
984.
Stephanie B
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Being part of aboriginal myself all should be granted the gift of education and teach us their culture as they ate the true canadiens
20 November 2015
19 November 2015
982.
Cynthia S
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This is dispicable and wrong, what has this country come too when we abuse children this way. Lets look at what we do for the immigrants in Canada then compare with the children of Attawapiskat.
14 November 2015
11 November 2015
980.
Donna L
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I grew up in native reservations. My father was a Hudsons Bay Manager. I do not believe that the reservation needs a new school, I believe that you need to remove the population from their remote location and bring them somewhere that is viable. Smooth Ro
9 November 2015
8 November 2015
978.
Terri Lynnp
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It is a National disgrace the way the Government treats Natives. Build the school now!
7 November 2015
7 November 2015
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