Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak in her downtown Ottawa office in January 2024.
Unless the federal government acts now, the cost of closing the on-reserve infrastructure gap will top half a trillion dollars by 2040, the Assembly of First Nations says, joining a chorus of voices warning Ottawa is at risk of missing its targets.National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak of the Assembly of First Nations says the federal government has all the data it needs, and can no longer make excuses for underfunding and neglect of the infrastructure gap.
It ties the enormous deficit to decades of underfunding, federal failures and unfair distribution of wealth. The report also serves as a comprehensive budget proposal, and promises the infusion of $349.2 billion would create more than 3.2 million jobs and boost Canada's GDP by more than $1 trillion. In a scathing report, Hogan found Ottawa is at high risk of not closing the housing gap by 2030 and has, through outdated funding formulas, already shortchanged First Nations in the three Prairie provinces out of $274.3 million collectively.
At the time, federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu stood by the deadline, but her department wouldn't say whether it feels the government is on track. Hajdu wouldn't answer directly when asked again last month.
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