Paul Martin urges ‘united voice’ on aboriginal education – The Globe and Mail
Jul. 10, 2015
As the Conservative government’s attempt to reform on-reserve education waits to die on the order paper, First Nations leaders are being urged to persuade Canadians they need more control over their schools than the proposed law allowed – and much more money to go along with it.
The First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act, which was put on ice after most chiefs said it would give too much control to the Aboriginal Affairs Minister, will be gone when the election is called later this summer. Its demise will leave unspent most of the $1.9-billion the government offered for First Nations education on the condition that the legislation be endorsed and passed into law.
With the country preparing to go to the polls, former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin says it is time for the First Nations to make a public case for more education funding.
