Trudeau arrives in Iqaluit: "It's almost as cold as our treatment of First Nations kids!"

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IQALUIT, NUNAVUT—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Iqaluit this morning along with federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, and had an instant and visceral reaction to the -25 degree weather.
"Holy crap, it's cold!" Trudeau exclaimed as he stepped off the plane. "It's like, almost as cold as the way my government has treated First Nations children! Although not quite."
"This relentless, brutal cold really reminds me of how my government promised $127 million dollars last summer in healthcare for First Nations children living on reserves whose needs have been routinely rejected by Health Canada, and how so far, we've barely provided 10% of that money!" he continued as he zipped up his parka and rubbed his hands together.
"But with the wind chill, which is like, this weird extra layer of frigidity, I'm also reminded of my own weird extra layer of frigidity – specifically, how on top of all that budget stuff, a human rights tribunal ordered my government to provide child welfare services on First Nations reserves that are equal to the services we have everywhere else, but we have yet to follow through on it."
Trudeau, who will spend his visit to Iqaluit meeting with Inuit organizations and giving speeches, said that he admires the members of northern communities for braving such harsh and frosty conditions, though it was unclear whether he meant from the weather or the Canadian government.
"Things will get better!" he exclaimed. "Because spring's coming, I mean. That part I can guarantee."

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