[IPSM] from the UK Guardian

[Macdonald Stainsby]

The article below is in the guardian today; perhaps someone will be able 
to reply to this?


First Nations, second homes


A plan to resettle the Cree people further south will have big 
implications for all Canada's aboriginal inhabitants, writes Anne McIlroy

Monday November 13, 2006
Guardian Unlimited


The remote northern settlement of Kashechewan, where the Cree people 
live, was built on flood plain and is regularly evacuated. Last year, 
residents spent months in southern cities because their drinking water 
was contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria.
Still, it came as a surprise to many Canadians last week when a former 
politician appointed by the federal government to look into the 
appalling living conditions on the reservation recommended that its 
1,550 residents be relocated - permanently.

Alan Pope concluded that the community would be better off if it were 
re-established in Timmins, a city 280 miles to the south. There, he 
said, the people would have better access to healthcare, education and 
jobs.

The Cree chief, Jonathan Solomon, said he wanted to talk the suggestion 
over with community members before responding.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1946639,00.html




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