More than three years after the Canadian government agreed to fund a in-community mercury poisoning care home for Grassy Narrows First Nation, construction hasn’t started, estimated costs are skyrocketing, and the chief is questioning the prime minister’s commitment.
“It makes me very uneasy,” said Rudy Turtle of the situation facing his community, also known as Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek, about 90 kilometres north of Kenora, Ont.
“A few years ago, when Trudeau was out campaigning, he said on national television that money wouldn’t be an issue building the treatment centre. Now, it’s kind of like they’re backing down on their word.”
The federal government and Grassy Narrows
