A portion of the $1-billion fund announced by the feds to scale up public health services will be directed to First Nations communities, in addition to other funding. AFN's Perry Bellegarde says that amount 'is not proportional to our population size, and it is not based on any dialogue with First Nations in coming up with that number.'
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde, pictured in April 2019, says during a House Finance Committee meeting on April 8 at least 10 per cent in funding set aside for First Nations communities needs to be released 'immediately. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The Assembly of First Nations wants the federal government to “immediately” release about 10 per cent of all its future funding dedicated to its response to the COVID-19 pandemic “directly” to First Nations communities.
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