Niki Ashton says the proposed federal budget fails Aboriginal people.

The MP for Churchill says it doesn’t address missing and murdered aboriginal women, nutrition north, or Aboriginal education: "In the case of education which we know to be a key area, there’s a massive gap that aboriginal students face on reserves compared to any student off reserve and it's nowhere near the investment that’s required. In fact Steven Harper himself had made a pledge of 1.9 billion dollars. This budget invests $200 million over a series of years and we know this is nowhere near what is necessary to begin to bring up the standards". 

Ashton says the budget does not show that the federal government is a willing partner to address the immense challenges that people on First Nations face.