Grand Chief Billy Morin of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations says the $305 million from the federal government for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities to address COVID-19 is not enough.
Morin, who is also chief of the Enoch Nation, said he doesn’t necessarily want more cash but would like Ottawa to step up with housing supports or temporary housing supports “as other First Nations have had in times of crisis.”
Reserves are dealing with housing overcrowding where as many as 12 to 15 people are living in three-bedroom homes, Morin said Saturday at a COVID-19 briefing with Alberta’s Minister of Indigenous Relations Rick Wilson.
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