Now that's a story I can relate to. The federal government, shamed by the international outrage over the living conditions of its aboriginal citizens in the remote northern community, has loosened the purse-strings enough to permit the purchase of fifteen mobile homes.
Fifteen double-wides for 1,800 people? Are they trying to solve a problem or are they after a bit of positive PR? You have to wonder.
Meanwhile, it has come to light that the "third-party" appointed by the government to run the community's finances is being paid $1,300. That's a damn good weekly paycheck, eh? Oh, wait a minute, that's not his weekly pay, that's his per day stipend. Plus expenses of course.
There's a couple of loose ends to the story. The government doesn't actually know when they might get around to delivering the new mobiles. And they're not about to say who's going to pay for them. Odds are even that the money will come out of the Attiwapiskat band budget, which of course the government's "third party" financial manager has total control over.
By the way, his $1,300 a day plus expenses comes out of their budget too.
That's how we solve native poverty issues in Canada; make the natives pay $1,300 a day to a white guy to tell them what to do.
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