Feds Un-freeze Funding for Kitpu Youth Centre

bsichel — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:26:12 +0000

Public pressure forces government to back-pedal on cuts to CCAY

A news release today would seem to indicate that the Harper government is backtracking on its cuts to the Kitpu Youth Program, run out of the Mi'kmaq Native Friendship Centre.

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National Day of Action Against Cuts to Aboriginal Youth Programs - Halifax Rally

Natascia Lypny — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:29:17 +0000

People gather in Grand Parade Square and march throughout Halifax in solidarity with the Kitpu Youth Program and similar programs across the country

The shutting down of the Mi'kmaq Native Friendship Centre's Kitpu Youth Program, and subsequent campaign to reinstate it, was the catalyst for a national day of action Thursday against the federal government's decision to freeze funds for Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth programs

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