Mr. Speaker, Attawapiskat is not alone. Today two reserves in northern Quebec declared a state of emergency.
Capital and maintenance costs on reserves are underfunded by $200 million a year. Third party management will not solve these problems. The Alberta Lubicon are under third party management, yet mould still creeps throughout their school. The government's own evaluation concluded third party management was not effective and certainly did not solve the critical problems facing communities like Attawapiskat.
Why are the Conservatives applying this same failed policy for first nations communities in crisis?