Cuts to First Nations Programs Keep Coming: 2010 Budget Slashes Funding for Essential Services http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/3419

Less than two years after Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apology for the Canadian government's role in administering the [Indian Residential School] system, [Aboriginal Healing] funding has not been renewed in Canada's 2010 budget, leaving 134 foundation-funded healing projects across the country without the means to continue operating. Many organizations were forced to close their doors as of March 31, 2010, when the cuts took effect.