Ontario’s NDP doesn’t agree with a provincial stance that they are ready to help in the event of flooding in the Far North.
Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa says flooding is already knocking at the door of Kashechewan First Nation, but the government is ignoring the threat, and failing to help with the evacuation.
Mamakwa stresses the remote community faces two crises: the global COVID-19 pandemic and spring flooding.
He notes a large group of the population opted to pre-emptively move to traditional camps, but there are hundreds of others who will have to receive aid from Ontario and the feds.
The Opposition Critic for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation is accusing both levels of government of dragging their feet for far too long.
The Ontario NDP claims Premier Doug Ford cut Conservation Authorities’ flood management budgets by 50%, putting more communities at risk.
Mamakwa says the remote First Nation has flooded year after year, forcing people to evacuate, but this year the government hasn’t stepped up to help at all.
