By Amanda Stephenson \u00a0The Canadian Press \u00a0Raoul Montgrand, president of the Chard M\u00e9tis Nation in northern Alberta, called a 200-square-foot camper trailer home for close to two years. The community leader and his wife were among the many residents affected by an ongoing housing crisis in the isolated hamlet, located about an hour-and-a-half drive southeast of Fort McMurray. But Montgrand, who now lives in a beautiful new pre-fabricated home situated just a stone’s throw from his old trailer, says what bothered him most about the dire housing conditions in Chard was what it meant for the community’s children. “Before, we would see five or six families in one house,” Montgrand said in a recent interview. “Without a house, there’s no education. How are the kids going to go to… <\/p>\n
By Amanda Stephenson \u00a0The Canadian Press \u00a0Raoul Montgrand, president of the Chard M\u00e9tis Nation in northern Alberta, called a 200-square-foot camper trailer home for close to two years. The community leader and his wife were among the many residents affected by an ongoing housing crisis in the isolated hamlet, located about an hour-and-a-half drive southeast of Fort McMurray. But Montgrand, who now lives in a beautiful new pre-fabricated home situated just a stone’s throw from his old trailer, says what bothered him most about the dire housing conditions in Chard was what it meant for the community’s children. “Before, we would see five or six families in one house,” Montgrand said in a recent interview. “Without a house, there’s no education. How are the kids going to go to... <\/p>\n