Anna Betty Achneepineskum is a Deputy Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which represents 49 First Nations in Treaty No. 9 and the Ontario portion of Treaty No. 5.
As a First Nations member in the Thunder Bay community, I am appalled by the callous rhetoric put forward during this week’s deliberations on how to address homeless encampments in the McVicar Creek area by citizens and City Council.
We are living in a housing crisis, and basic needs are not being met. In Nishnawbe Aski Nation territory alone more than 7,500 housing units are currently needed, and the demand is growing. Our First Nations members are being forcefully displaced from their own communities because of chronic underfunding leading to lack of housing and access to health and social services.
Housing is a human right for all Canadians. It is also a Treaty right. We have to do better as a society to not only help those in need, but to treat them with common decency and dignity. I believe that safe and dignified solutions can be developed if we all approach these issues in a thoughtful and compassionate way.
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