Northern Grand Chief Upset With Education Act

The Grand Chief of the Anishinbek Nation in northern Ontario says the federal government must stop experimenting with the lives of First Nations children.
Patrick Madahbee is upset with the Feds plan to push ahead with the First Nations Education Act.
Madahbee says the government is trying to control the destiny of First Nations people.
He notes First Nations haven’t been properly consulted and stresses they are being used as “lab rats”.
Madahbee is asking the government to wait while they complete their own strategy to help aboriginal youth.
He says the system they are working on will allow for more parental and community involvement and says the government is trying to ram this Act down their throats.
Madahbee stresses the answer to the needs of First Nations comes from within the communities and notes the bureaucrats wouldn’t be able to find their communities unless they had a GPS.
Madahbee says Indian Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt has stated that there will be no additional funding for First Nations education until he sees reform of the current system.
He stresses they will make every attempt to stall the passing of the Act.