Monday, 27 January 2014
Business Reflection #1: Fire safety on First Nations a national problem
http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/fire-safety-on-first-nations-a-national-problem-1.2512633
Date: January 27th,2014
Title: Fire Safety on First Nations a National Problem
In the article " Fire safety on First Nations a national problem" it tells the story of two first nation brothers Solomon and Jostah Ballantyne aged 10 and 9 who burned alive after a fire broke out in on their reservation home in Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. When asked what the problem was, the reporter got told that the only fire truck in the area was broken and they couldn't afford to get it repaired. The article goes on to report the fact that people living on First Nations reserve in Canada are 10 times more likely to die in a house fire than people in the rest of Canada.
Personally, I think this is a disgrace to Canadian safety and shouldn't be looked over so easily as it is. As a Canadian I believe that all Canadians, no matter location, race, religion, or nationality should have the feeling of safety in their homes; knowing that if anything would happen there would be someone there to help. My question is: How many more innocent lives is fires going to take across our country's reservations before anyone seems to care? 10? 20? more? personally, I believe there should be none. What do you think?
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Tristen, I agree with you. This story is an outrage! Just because a family is first nations does not mean they deserve any less care than the rest of Canadians. I believe the fire truck should have been fixed before hand, so these deaths could have been prevented. Fire in a home is such a tragedy, I would never ever wish burning to death on anyone. This story should change the mind of Canadians to take some strong positive action and prevent this from happening again!
ReplyDeleteTristen, I could not agree with you more! We are all Canadians and we all have the right to life. We should all have the same protection, especially children. It is absolutely terrible that this first nation could not afford to purchase part for their fire truck. This a very big eye opener for us Canadians that we as a country need to begin to look out for each other and assist where it is needed as, no one should have to suffer through travesties such as this.
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