By Jamaica Cass Canada\u2019s latest auditor general\u2019s report reveals an uncomfortable truth: billions of dollars and countless commitments later, the federal government still cannot demonstrate meaningful improvement in health services for First Nations. As a family physician working in my First Nation, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in southern Ontario, I see the evidence of this failure not in spreadsheets but in people \u2014 patients navigating a health system that remains structurally unequal. Nearly 10 years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s (TRC) Calls to Action, it is clear that reconciliation without accountability delivers only rhetoric, not care. The report states: \u201cIncreasing First Nations\u2019 capacity to deliver programs and services within their communities is critical to improving outcomes for First Nations people and supporting reconciliation.\u201d Yet the same report concludes that the… <\/p>\n
By Jamaica Cass Canada\u2019s latest auditor general\u2019s report reveals an uncomfortable truth: billions of dollars and countless commitments later, the federal government still cannot demonstrate meaningful improvement in health services for First Nations. As a family physician working in my First Nation, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in southern Ontario, I see the evidence of this failure not in spreadsheets but in people \u2014 patients navigating a health system that remains structurally unequal. Nearly 10 years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s (TRC) Calls to Action, it is clear that reconciliation without accountability delivers only rhetoric, not care. The report states: \u201cIncreasing First Nations\u2019 capacity to deliver programs and services within their communities is critical to improving outcomes for First Nations people and supporting reconciliation.\u201d Yet the same report concludes that the... <\/p>\n