AFN responds to INAC's study on Well-Being of First Nation communities
November 12, 2004 - 7:07am | by Anonymous
Of the 4,685 communities ranked in INAC's well-being index, 92 First Nations appear in the bottom 100! One First Nation community appears in the top 100 communities. Click here to read the Canada Newswire article.
INAC's First Nations Community Well-Being Index assesses quality of life based on indicators such as education, life expectancy and income (information can be found on-line at http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/ra/pub4_e.html). The government study ranks 4,685 Canadian communities, including 541 First Nation communities.
In response to the INAC document, the Assembly of First Nations published a document called "Federal Government Funding to First Nations - The Facts, the Myths, and the Way Forward" - Click here to read this document