Ontario: Nishnawbe Aski Nation Opposed To Social Assistance Cuts

Ontario: Nishnawbe Aski Nation Opposed To Social Assistance Cuts   Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) has joined First Nation organizations across Ontario in opposing proposed changes to social assistance programs outlined in the Government of Ontario’s 2012 budget that will have devastating impacts on impoverished First Nations. “Ontario’s social assistance system already fails to meet the needs of First Nations and it is shameful that this government is proposing cuts that will only further...

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