More money for Aboriginal education

This is a response to the recent CBC report on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement to give First Nations students more control over their education, as well as provide http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/first-nations-to-get-more-control-over-education-ottawa-says-1.2527266

Prime Minister Harper says he will give $1.9 billion toward FNMI education funding starting in 2015. This sounds like an awful lot, but not so much if you break it down between the 3 year span of the funding and divide it up between every First Nations school and student.

What does this mean?

In October 2013, the new First Nations Education Act was proposed, which was said to give First Nation councils more control in on- and off-reserve schools, under the condition that attendace goes up and stays up, and the majority of students meet the education requirements. Protesters, oppositions, and other FN groups criticized it for being vague, lacking in consensus and patriarchal.
In response, a new AFN report was released to indicate "a clear[er] path" to reforming Aboriginal education, which can be seen below:

    With files from The Canadian Press

The top of the document shows the goals of the newly proposed legislation as of December 2013, and what has been done about it as of February 2014.

Will the government's funding and legislation be enough? Many First nations groups and supporters are skeptical, but only time will tell. I think the government means well, but remains ignorant of what First Nations councils and students are really seeking. Better communication on this matter needs to take place before any more legislation should be foisted on Canadians.