Attawapiskat First Nation

Kashechewan First Nation

Fort Albany First Nation

Moose Cree First Nation

New Post First Nation

Chapleau Cree First Nation

Missanabie Cree First Nation

Mushkegowuk Council 25th Annual Assembly

Mathew Wesley Kashechewan First Nation Seconded by: Robert Nakogee Fort Albany First Nation

Certified copy of a resolution passed on September 27, 2010

September 27, 2010

Missanabie, Ontario

Resolution No. 2010-09-23

Canada/Ontario Emergency

Management Services Review and Reimbursement of Attawapiskat

Emergency Expenditures

WHEREAS a 1992 Canada/Ontario Agreement was established to arrange how emergencies in First Nations in Ontario would be managed, and according to that Agreement the Ontario Emergency Measures Office manages emergency situations in First Nations in Ontario, and Canada (INAC) reimburses for those costs; and

WHEREAS the Attawapiskat First Nation was required to evacuate its community in 2009 due to soil contamination, but INAC has not fully reimbursed the Attawapiskat First Nation for those evacuation costs; and

WHEREAS the1992 Canada/Ontario Agreement does not provide for an adequate role for First Nations in emergency management procedures;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT

the 1992 Canada/Ontario Emergency Management Agreement is no longer adequate and requires updating; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the 1992 Canada/Ontario Emergency

Management Agreement should be changed to a tri-partite agreement to formally include First Nations; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT

the Mushkegowuk Chiefs in Assembly strongly urge that INAC fully reimburse the Attawapiskat First Nation of the community evacuation costs arising from the 2009 contamination emergency.