Charles Angus: What if They Declared an Emergency and No One Came

Charlie Angus is the member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay.
It's been three weeks since Attawapiskat First Nation took the extraordinary step of declaring a state of emergency. Since then, not a single federal or provincial official has even bothered to visit the community.

No aid agencies have stepped forward. No disaster management teams have offered help.

Meanwhile temperatures have dropped 20 degrees and will likely drop another 20 or 25 degrees further in the coming weeks. For families living in uninsulated tents, makeshift cabins and sheds, the worsening weather poses serious risk.
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[Sweetashanni]

Does anyone know where we can send aid to? Like at least some clothing, blankets, and food??

[PositivFritid]

@Sweetashanni You can go to the Canadian Red Cross website

[MrDukelyons420]

if they sold their wide screen t.v they could buy themselves some ned insulation and some plywood. If they sold their towns zamboni and hadnt build that huge hockey arena, maybe they'd have a half decent health facility to go to. The governments gotta stop throwing money in the air. They need to be sent to towns and cities where they can find jobs and start feeding their poor kids. Poor poor kids, they dont deserve it.

[kensamor]

Why don't they leave that place? It's not like there's no choice?

[ogytrewq]

@kensamor You can't leave it's an ABROGINAL reserve so if you are an aboriginal you can't leave!

[margurl95]

@kensamor We can't just leave that place, its been home for decades! It's a piece that still belongs to us from what the government took. Plus, it would mean admitting defeat.

[stereoheads]

@kensamor What makes you think they have the money to simply "leave that place" if some are living in tents!?

[STOREYGIRL]

Is this our Country Canada....My God, this is a travesty.