Feds sign deal promising millions to Ontario First Nation facing housing crisis – Daily Commercial News
March 19, 2019
OTTAWA — The federal government has finalized a deal that will deliver millions of dollars to a remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario to help tackle a housing crisis that is affecting the health of residents.
Ottawa says the agreement signed March 14 represents an investment of up to $12.8 million in Cat Lake First Nation — more than the roughly $10 million promised in an interim deal reached last month.
In a statement, Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O’Regan says the government will provide $5 million to build 15 new housing units in Cat Lake and $2.1 million to repair and renovate 21 houses.
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