Ontario looking to future after billions left on the table for our kids..

Ontario is going it alone. After a kerfuffle at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) saw a 47.8 billion child welfare system reform deal struck down Ontario has decided it will be heading to talks…alone The Chiefs of Ontario (COO) and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) had already approved the agreement at their special assemblies prior to the AFN meeting and are hoping, now that a federal election is coming, they will still be able to begin talks. Some AFN chiefs felt the deal negotiated last July was too weak and turned it down and wanted a renegotiation of the terms. The problem is the federal government says no. They sent a confidential letter to the AFN effectively cutting the national body out of any renegotiation telling them they are not…

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