The province is focused on dealing with suicides, flooding and other emergencies in more creative ways.
Minister of Indigenous Relations David Zimmer spoke at the Social Emergencies Summit in Thunder Bay this week, saying better funding is needed for the many programs already in place.
The task is to decide on who gets money and how quickly, and better planning is needed to do this.
It was pointed out to the minister that some First Nations communities have been under boil water advisories for over 20-years, to which he responded by saying his government is committed to ending that.
