More than 250 evacuated members of the Kashechewan First Nation were at Queen\u2019s Park on Monday to tell the Ford government to stop ignoring the agreement it signed, and begin the relocation of the community to higher ground now.<\/p>\n
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NDP MPPs Guy Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk-James Bay) and Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong), along with NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, brought the need to protect the health and safety of the community into the legislative assembly during question period.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFor the 17th\u00a0time, people from Kashechewan \u2013 including children, elders and people with disabilities \u2013 have been evacuated as a result of the yearly floods,\u201d said Bourgouin.<\/p>\n
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Bourgouin\u00a0reminded the\u00a0Legislature that the province is a signatory party of the March 31, 2017 Tripartite Framework Agreement. The agreement stipulates that both provincial and federal governments would engage in short, mid, and long-term solutions for Kashechewan, including relocation.<\/p>\n
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\u201cPeople have been waiting for 17 years. Will this government honour the agreement the province signed in 2017 so that the relocation of Kashechewan can begin as quickly as possible, yes or no?\u201d said Bourgouin.<\/p>\n
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Mamakwa, the NDP\u2019s critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, called on the Ford government to honour the health and public safety commitments of Treaty 9 and the 2017 agreement and move forward with relocating the community.<\/p>\n
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Mamakwa said that in 2005, more than 800 Kashechewan residents had to be evacuated due to E. coli contamination of the water supply and the Ford government must take action on the urgent health and housing needs of the community now.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMany of the houses are full of mould due to repeated flooding and trapped moisture,\u201d said Mamakwa.\u00a0 \u201cThere is no more time to waste to fix these health issues.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhat specific actions will the government take to protect the health of the community in the face of these floods?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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