Frozen funds will soon be flowing.
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford stopped in Grassy Narrows Friday afternoon to announce retroactive payments because of mercury poisoning from the English-Wabigoon River system.
Rickford says residents of the First Nation have suffered the unfortunate consequences.
He stresses this has been a long time coming and is the right thing to do.
Rickford says the board overseeing these payments now has access to the funds and will begin dispersing the money appropriately.
Pleased to announce that Ontario is taking action and increasing mercury disability payments for Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemong FN. These payments have been frozen for over 30 years and benefits will finally be indexed to inflation pic.twitter.com/DVl8tlekI3
— Greg Rickford (@GregRickford) September 28, 2018
