Valcourt Accuses NDP Of Trying To ‘Score Cheap Political Points Over Deadly Reserve Fire – Huffington Post
February 19, 2015
Canada’s Aboriginal Affairs minister accused the opposition of trying to “score cheap political points” after an NDP MP said a lack of federal funding was to blame for a fire that killed two aboriginal children in Saskatchewan.
“This has everything to do with the lack of federal funding to First Nations when it comes to fire and emergency services,” NDP MP Niki Ashton said in question period on Wednesday.
Early Tuesday, a fire ripped through a Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation house while two children and their grandmother were inside. An 18-month girl and a two-year-old boy were carried out of the home by their father but died on scene.
Fire crews from neighbouring Loon Lake, Sask. did not respond to an emergency call about the blaze, citing a dispute over unpaid bills.
