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He moved out of his mom s cramped home this winter into a COVID-19 isolation tent in her yard that he built last fall with his stepdad. I had nowhere to go, Missewace said. My mom and stepdad had to 14-day quarantine here so I decided to live here. Put it to use … It s sad.
At least six other households are also using temporary pandemic structures as permanent solutions in the remote Ojibway community.
Andrew Missewace, 36, lives with his dog, Niska, in a tent meant for COVID-19 isolation.(Submitted by Andrew Missewace)
Eabametoong has a total membership of 2,700 people, but about 1,500 live off-reserve mostly in Thunder Bay, approximately 350 kilometres south due to a critical housing shortage. Ninety-three people are currently waiting for a home.
OTTAWA Until the federal government addresses several underlying deficiencies with the water systems and implements regulatory standards, First Nations communities in Canada will continue to not have reliable access to clean drinking water, according to the auditor general. In a new report issued Thursday, auditor general Karen Hogan found that Indigenous Services Canada did not provide adequate support to First Nations communities, to ensure they have access to safe drinking water. In order to ensure that once all outstanding drinking water advisories are lifted, history doesn’t repeat itself, the federal government needs to make long-term water system improvements, commit to sufficient funding for operations and maintenance, and put regulations in place, her report reads.
iPolitics By Linsey Raschkowan. Published on Feb 25, 2021 11:47am Parliament Hill in January 2021. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Mike Burton, chief of staff for Indigenous Services Minister Minister Marc Miller, has left temporarily, for parental leave. Burton and his wife welcomed their second child, Kyana, last spring, he is on leave is until May.
“I feel lucky to work for a minister and a government that supports and encourages dads to take parental leave,” he said in a statement to iPolitics. “I’m grateful to have been able to take leaves with both of my kids.”
Burton’s first child, Ninwaya, was born in August 2018. He lamented that being a full time parent to two children under three years old is “exhausting and rewarding”, especially when experiencing the challenges of raising children during the extraordinary times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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