Aboriginal education still in crisis

A serious, sustained investment to improve the state of First Nations education on reserves would be money wisely spent, not just for the sake of individual young Canadians raised up to their full potential, but for Canada as a whole.
The aboriginal education gap, reaffirmed in bleak national survey figures released this week, continues to be a serious economic drag on the country and it cries out for an innovative action plan.
The arguments against another self-defeating taxpayer handout for our aboriginal communities do not hold water. Aboriginal youth are Canada's fastest-growing demographic group at the same time that this nation is being challenged with a looming labour shortage. Read more...