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Old 07-30-2007, 06:19 PM   #1
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Default Kashechewan reserve

$250,000,000 for 1,800 people.

Thats about $140,000 per person.

Assume an average family of 4. Thats $560,000 per family being spent.

Any bets on how long before this reserve floods again?

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Ottawa to rebuild, but not relocate, Kashechewan reserve


SUE BAILEY
Canadian Press
July 30, 2007 at 10:36 AM EDT

OTTAWA — Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice has signed a $250-million agreement toward rebuilding, but not moving, the flood-prone Kashechewan First Nation.

The remote northern Ontario reserve of about 1,800, near the coast of James Bay, is on low-lying land that has flooded twice in the last three years.

Residents were also evacuated in 2005 because of a dirty water crisis that made international headlines.
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