# The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2013-01-01T03:29:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/68 "2013-01-07T19:58:08Z")

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I’m glad that is sort of stuff is getting out to the public, not because it makes First Nations look bad, but because illuminates a very significant part of the puzzle that all of us – First People and the ROC – must figure out if we are to mitigate the remote reserve poverty problem, for the problem is far greater than just insufficient funding.

Here’s what stood out to me when I looked at Chief Spence’s reserve’s financial statements a year ago (you can look at them on the band’s website):

> [@Attawapiskat - Solutions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attawapiskat-solutions/605344/77):
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> In Attawapiskat, $2,031,007 is allocated to the housing program, of which $60,512 actually goes to housing program delivery, while $403,342 is spent on administration and $1,374,128 is spent on wages and employee benefits. Why does only 3% of the housing program go to housing program delivery? [http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Non-Consolidated-Schedule-of-Programs.pdf](http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Non-Consolidated-Schedule-of-Programs.pdf)
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> In Attawapiskat, $607,364 is allocated to the Chief and Band Councillors, not including travel. In Manitouwadge, an economically struggling non-native northern Ontario bush town that is a few hundred people larger than Attawapiskat, $94,200 is allocated to the Mayor and Town Council, including the election costs. Why are the Attawapiskat Chief and Council costs six and a half times higher than those of a comparable non-reserve community? [http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Consolidated-Schedule-of-Salaries-Honouraria-and-Travel-Expenditures.pdf](http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Consolidated-Schedule-of-Salaries-Honouraria-and-Travel-Expenditures.pdf)[http://www.manitouwadge.ca/uploads/documents/By%20Laws/2011%20Budget.pdf](http://www.manitouwadge.ca/uploads/documents/By%20Laws/2011%20Budget.pdf)
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> How did a temporary band manager run up a transportation tab of $68,397 in only two months? [http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Consolidated-Schedule-of-Salaries-Honouraria-and-Travel-Expenditures.pdf](http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Consolidated-Schedule-of-Salaries-Honouraria-and-Travel-Expenditures.pdf)
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> Why is a band co-manager the spouse of the Chief? [http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/20111205NoticeQuestionsAboutAttawapiskat.pdf](http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/20111205NoticeQuestionsAboutAttawapiskat.pdf)
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> Why does Attawapiskat not even have a budget, despite INAC (the Federal government agency that provides Attawapiskat with most of its funds) requiring it? [http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Management-Letter.pdf](http://www.attawapiskat.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Management-Letter.pdf)

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