8 Billion?

[Fisherman]

You mean like the $Billions they've already received and still live in squalid conditions for the lack of a can of paint and some household cleaners. .....at least that's the image that is portrayed on CBC when they want sympathy.

Nailed it. If they even began to clean up around their homes and yard and make it look like something other than a dump.

[js4fn]

I read someplace in all time up to 2020 it ads up to 7 trillion may be adjusted to current value not sure

[Fisherman]

I read someplace in all time up to 2020 it ads up to 7 trillion may be adjusted to current value not sure

Ya it was run in the Calgary Sun a while back, the numbers are just staggering. How the Gov't could even think to just throw money at them and expect improvements over the years is nuts.

[MikePal]

I read someplace in all time up to 2020 it ads up to 7 trillion may be adjusted to current value not sure

Yup and all that money for only 1.7 million Indigenous in Canada.....many living in small 'reserves' of only 5-7 homes.

Some stories of the challenges they face...

When Lytton's aging Nickeyeah Creek water facility could no longer provide safe drinking water, they submitted an upgrade proposal, as required, to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, the federal department previously responsible for services in Indigenous communities.

Their proposal was rejected for not being "cost effective".

An engineering firm had quoted Lytton C$1.3m for the work - too much, the department decided, for a facility that only serviced six houses.

They decided to build a new facility altogether. The facility was designed to be smaller, low on maintenance and to fit inside a shipping container - all for the price of C$500,000.

When Lytton's reserves were created, the government assigned them a patchwork of 56 parcels of land, some more than 100 km (62 miles) apart. Many of these reserves have fewer than five houses.

Ted Philips, 48, lives on a reserve with only three houses. He's been drinking untreated water his whole life.

"We were told it wasn't good but we drank it regardless," says Philips.

"We were just never told or we never knew any better."

Warren and RES'EAU had to come up with a new solution to bring clean water to Lytton's more isolated houses, such as Philips'.

They developed a Point-of-Entry (PoE) system that treats water as it enters each home and costs C$10,000 per unit. So far, five homes have been fitted with one.

[MarkB]

Wait, did they say compensate people??

How does that actually fix the source of the problem? Why aren't they using that money to rather put up water treatment plants????

[Species8472]

Well not gonna chime in on the politics/optics but it will likely mean significant $$$/work for me as I regularly partner with FN owned companies to build plants and/or do upgrades and maintenance at remote communities.

[MikePal]

Wait, did they say compensate people??

Yup so far the compensation and distribution will amount to $10K into each member whose been living with water issues..that could mean every member of the household. ..

Do you think they'll combine the money and hire someone to fix the problem themselves ..HaHa..

note: Actually the reserves are supposed to, by contractual arrangement, pay 20% of the cost of water infrastructure projects. Few do, citing insolvency.

[MikePal]

Well not gonna chime in on the politics/optics but it will likely mean significant $$$/work for me as I regularly partner with FN owned companies to build plants and/or do upgrades and maintenance at remote communities.

The way is sounds, the Liberals will be throwing a lot of money into the coffers at INAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) and the lucrative contracts will flow.

The way PWGSC works, if your company is owned by an Indigenous Women you could be making $millions in the next few years.

[Species8472]

The way is sounds, the Liberals will be throwing a lot of money into the coffers at INAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) and the lucrative contracts will flow.

The way PWGSC works, if your company is owned by an Indigenous Women you could be making $millions in the next few years.

Been that way for a while. The end of the day I still get the work. Partner with a FN general and they sub the work out and take a cut.

Been doing it for 15 or 20 years now. Nothing new.