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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation announcement halts any progress on a $48 billion proposal to reform child welfare systems on reserves. It also stalls a First Nations clean drinking water bill. Trudeau received both praise and criticism from Indigenous leaders following his resignation announcement. We’ll look at how Trudeau delivered on Indigenous issues in Canada.
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Russ Diabo (Kahnawake Mohawk), policy analyst
Matthew Wildcat (Cree), assistant professor of Native Studies and director of Indigenous Governance and Partnership at the University of Alberta
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The funding is kept primarily by Federal and Provincial bureaucracies and incorporated organizations. It’s definitely a story that isn’t transparent because the funding doesn’t reach the front line, very small percentage makes it to where it will count.