Chief Spence- “Attawapiskat still in crisis, but we can move forward together.”

August 2, 2012

Yesterday, the Federal Court announced that the imposition of a third-party manager at the Attawapiskat First Nation was ‘unreasonable‘ and that it was unable to prove any financial mismanagement on part of Attawapiskat’s Chief and Council.

The Vice-President (Communications) for the Aboriginal Peoples’ Commission, Kevin Seesequasis recently had the opportunity to speak with Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation at the AFN‘s 33rd Annual General Assembly in Toronto regarding the crisis in her community.

Here’s what she had to say:

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