The federal government has promised to spend $500 million over 10 years to address the socio-economic issues of the northern First Nations.
The only problem is that the money would never have been offered if the First Nations in question weren't now blocking construction of the MacKenzie pipeline:
The money will go into a fund to address socio-economic issues linked with the project. Ottawa announced the deal with the Northwest Territories and the Gwich'in, Kahsho Got'ine, Inuvialuit, Tulita/Deline and Dehcho First Nations late Monday.
It's great for some progress to be made on the living conditions of First Nations - but how many others are currently being neglected entirely (at least until the NDP budget is implemented) since they don't have a pipeline to block for leverage?
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