Disparities In Canada

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The relationship that The Canadian Government (TCG) and First Nations communities share has undergone and still continues to undergo immense disparity. The majority of issues indigenous groups struggle with are attributed to and result of TCG’s negligence pertaining to their healthcare, education, living conditions and accessibility to basic necessities on reservations; as well as their discriminatory and prejudice practices when handling legal and criminal disputes. Canadian society and the Government of Canada are unceasingly interrupting and defacing the Aboriginal culture and its values by funding and approving pipelines that will devastate sacred treaty land and its inhabitants, inappropriate/degrading cultural appropriation, and disrespecting …show more content…
Surveys recorded in 2008 regarding living conditions on reservations concluded that out of an estimated 80,000 homes per reserve, 37.3 percent of homes are in need of extensive repairs, 33.5 percent need moderate repairs and 29.2 percent need mild repairs. [“First Nations Housing On Reserve” (FNHOR)]. “First Nations people are now recognized as the youngest and fastest growing segment of the Canadian population, which only highlights the ever-growing demand for better housing on-reserve” (Assembly of First Nations). In addition, the growing population of people on reserves are in need of housing and considering 23.4 percent of families living on reservations live in overcrowded quarters (FNHOR), new homes are needing to be built. However, it costs an estimated $150,000 to $155,000 in order build a small family home on a Manitoban reserve (a 30 percent increase if built in Ontario) and the average First Nation reservation-dependent family has an annual income of $9,000 gross pay. “The lack of adequate, affordable housing is an issue that plagues many First Nations communities across Canada” (“On-reserve Housing”). Yet another issue many First Nations have is short-term housing availability. An estimated 94.1% of reservations have housing waiting lists and out of their population, 30.4 percent of families wait anywhere between four and six years to find a short-term home …show more content…
A confirmed 32.2 percent of households do not have safe drinking water and those who do are not guaranteed it seeing as 73 percent of the treated well-water still has a very high risk at being contaminated (FNHOR). “In February (2016), a First Nation community in northwestern Ontario called a state of emergency due to radioactive particles and higher than normal lead levels in its drinking water” (Chin). Luckily, 34 percent of communities receive water by trucks from filtered water plantations, and treated river and lake water companies. But water resourcing is not the only conflict; on average, there is only one supermarket located near a reserve and more often than not, that ‘supermarket’ is a convenience store selling chocolate and chips. This conflict is also one of the biggest contributing factors to Canada’s obesity rate considering obesity is significantly denser on reserves than anywhere else in Canada. Moreover, foods that do contain healthier properties over junk food is significantly overpriced. As little as one head of cabbage can cost up to $28.54. Indigenous communities are put under great stress when their access to healthy food and clean water is compromised, perhaps TCG should consider funding community gardens or advanced water filtration systems to help alleviate the
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