Mr. Speaker, the situation in Attawapiskat continues to deteriorate. This is what 12-year-old Jack Linklater, Jr. sent me this morning. He wrote, “The cold is here. It is going to be -34°. The ice is now in our windows and mould is gaining by my bed. My sister had to stay up all last night to keep the fire going because there are holes in the house”.
This is a humanitarian tragedy. The Red Cross is on the ground and provincial officials are on the ground.
Does the government think that sending in an accountant to take control of the band will actually make this humanitarian tragedy disappear?