Federal budget to include billions of dollars in funding for First Nations

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising Tuesday’s budget will deliver “historic investments” to improve the lives of Canada’s indigenous people – funding that will amount to billions of dollars, The Globe and Mail has learned.

The money will be directed toward education, housing, child welfare and water quality, especially for First Nations living on reserves, officials say.

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