http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/5932/0 en http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/urgent-call-support-punishment-failure-submit-firs/32526 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Indian Affairs Push Algonquin Families of Barriere Lake to the Brink of Starvation, Food and Cash Needed </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4415.jpg" alt="" title="The Barriere Lake Algonquins live on approximately 17,000 square kms of unceded territory 4 hours north of Ottawa in Quebec." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p>For the last three months, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs has refused to issue social assistance cheques to 15 Algonquin families at Barriere Lake. This has affected between 50-60 people, including 25 children. Aboriginal Affairs is aware of the situation, but has failed to intervene.</p> <p><a href="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/urgent-call-support-punishment-failure-submit-firs/32526" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/urgent-call-support-punishment-failure-submit-firs/32526#comments Barriere Lake Solidarity Algonquins of Barriere Lake First Nations Financial Transparency Act Third Party Management Sat, 20 Dec 2014 13:59:27 +0000 Barriere Lake Solidarity 32526 at http://montreal.mediacoop.ca