Political leaders speak on La Loche concerns of abandonment
The people of La Loche say they feel abandoned and the provincial NDP agrees with the sentiment.
According to Buckley Belanger, the deputy leader and representative for the Athabasca riding, it’s time for leaders who made promises to fulfill those commitments.
“We really thought when the government came to La Loche, they had the crowd of people there, they saw the community itself, first-hand the challenges they had,” Belanger said. “Of course the school shooting… we thought they would rise up to the occasion; a year later, nothing [has] moved.”
Belanger said the provincial government is walking away from the commitments which were made to the community a year ago.