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Federal Funding Announcement of 650 Million Dollars for First Nations, Innuit and Metis

Friday, 29 May 2020 17:57

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau  has announced another 650 million dollars in  new funding for First Nations, Innuit and Metis communities in order to help them bolster their public health response to the pandemic.

The Prime Minister made the announcement earlier this morning during his daily press-conference from Ottawa.

The new funding is on top of the $305-million Indigenous Community Support Fund, which the federal government created in March to help First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities prepare for and cope with the pandemic.

Of that $305 million, $15 million was allotted to organizations that serve urban and off-reserve Indigenous People, who make up more than half of Canada's Indigenous population. The government last week added another $75 million for off-reserve organizations.

Residents of remote Indigenous communities are considered among the most vulnerable during the pandemic.

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