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Great work is being done in Nova Scotia and we need the momentum to continue with your support. An increase in funding is imperative to make more success. The risk of losing funding is a real threat to the ongoing prosperity of our communities. We need all levels of government onside with a strong commitment to wanting to eradicate the barriers of hundreds of years of oppression.
It will take us all to create the change we need in first nations communities as well as increasing our participation in all levels of Canada's workforce.
It has only been since my generation that Mi'kmaq people were not forced to attend residential school and have been offered education and employment without being forced to renounce our identity as Mi'kmaq people.
The work that ASETS agreement holders are doing across this country is crucial to rebuilding our nations from within.
If adequate and responsive measures are not put in place to provide innovative solutions to these barriers, it will result in further dependence on social assistance and continue the cycle of exclusion and oppression.
Thank you for your time and attention in this important matter and we trust that you will continue to advocate on our behalf for the betterment of our nation.