Article Origin
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year
2012
March 30 - Globe and Mail
Aboriginals will get an injection of cash to help improve the lot of their students, many of whom spend their days in deteriorating classrooms with sub-standard teaching and limited access to libraries and computers.
And a program to improve water systems will be extended to help remedy the deplorable conditions on reserves, some of which have been compared to the worst of the developing world.
Still, the federal budget released Thursday does not eliminate the 2 per cent cap on increases that applies to most on-reserve spending – a cap that has been in effect since 1996, which aboriginal leaders blame for their deteriorating standard of living.
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