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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1999
Page
2
A reader denounces Rothesay rendering trucks for spreading a rancid stench of rotting flesh along Lagimodiere Boulevard and at the Neepawa airport facility. The letter urges banning loose loads and burying carcasses on site, calling the venture wasteful and hazardous.
Sixty frustrated Lake St. Martin First Nations residents delivered an open letter to the prime minister on July 21 1999 after a 2.5 day protest march from the reserve. The Lake St. Martin Accountability Committee says the issue is accountability by the band council not a funding shortage. Similar objections have been voiced by Sagkeeng residents.
A coalition in Manitoba urges direct funding to individual First Nations residents and independent financial and operational audits of Indian Affairs programs. They accuse band councils of misallocating over 80 percent of a 4.5 billion dollar federal spend and cite Auditor General Denis Desautels on grant oversight.
The CPP is financially sound per the 1998 actuarial report and a federal provincial review. Admin costs run about 1.75 percent of benefits in 1997-98, far below private plans. CPP aims to replace up to 25 percent of pre retirement earnings, with Old Age Security and private savings as other pillars. Contact the HRDC site or toll free number for details.
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