Auditor general Karen Hogan THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick By Alessia Passafiume and Laura Osman The Canadian Press Updated March 19, 2024 2:56 p.m. EDT OTTAWA – After two new reports detailing how the federal government is underperforming on First Nations housing and policing, the federal auditor general says a fundamental shift needs to occur in the government. “Time after time, whether in housing, policing, safe drinking water or other critical areas, our audits of federal programs to support Canada’s Indigenous Peoples reveal a distressing and persistent pattern of failure,” Karen Hogan said at a press conference Tuesday. “The lack of progress clearly demonstrates that the government’s passive, siloed approach is ineffective, and, in fact, contradicts the spirit of true reconciliation.” 2024 First Nations policing and housing reports of the Auditor General…
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