Interlake chiefs call on feds for Jordans Principle funding – Winnipeg [Video]

Leaders with the Interlake Reserve Tribal Council (IRTC) say they’re owed $1.5 million in Jordan’s Principle funding from the federal government by the end of January.

At a press conference, IRTC member chiefs and councillors said the delay in funding has left their communities scrambling.

“I just had a call today from a member that she needs her rent paid or she’s going to be evicted,” said IRTC Council Chair Chief Cornell McLean. “She has a child that’s severely disabled. What am I to do? I paid the rent. That’s what I had to do.”

“We’ve had to step in with our own source revenue to step in for a program that’s funded, a program that’s been ruled and a program that’s been long legal,” said Pinaymootang First Nation Chief Kurvis Anderson.

Chief McLean said 900 families are affected.

Little Saskatchewan First Nation councillor Darrell Shorting said he’s prepared to take drastic measures.

“We try to be …