Kelowna Accord

When agreement of Kelowna ( Kelowna Accord german, french Accord de Kelowna ) is a working paper entitled "Strengthening Relationships and Closing the Gap " ( Strengthening the relationships and the Bridging The Gap ). This working paper has been prepared under the government of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and leaders of the First Nations in 2005. On the basis of living conditions, education and training and employment of indigenous people should be improved. For this purpose, the funding promised by the government and programs should be developed. The text was first published in January 2006 in the Toronto Star, but without it " Kelowna Accord " to name as it is naturalized soon.

Actually, it was more, in the course of 18 months developed documents that were presented in the House as " documents that belong to the Kelowna Accord."

The press release from the office of the prime minister from November 25, 2005 named five billion dollars that should be invested within the next ten years, but without specifying the load distribution more accurately, which is characterized for the different instances of the government, the provinces and territories and the strains gave.

When the government on 2 May 2006 presented their budget under the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper elected as his successor Paul Martin, she pleaded Although the objectives of the Kelowna Accord, but not to finance as they had called the press release. However, the members of the former government could show no agreement signed. On 21 March 2007, the government rejected in a vote again from the budgeting process.

Since 2006 the leading organizations of indigenous people seek the enactment of the agreement, so far in vain.

According to a report by CBC News on 21 November 2006, the Kelowna Accord, the text on the page of the Privy Council Office is now no longer discoverable included, the following: $ 1.8 billion for education, a new school system, teacher training, identification of children " with special needs", 1.6 billion for construction, including 400 million for the provision of potable drinking water, 1.3 billion for health services, eventually 200 million for economic development.

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