GATINEAU, Que., — The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)  has had to pay off 75 employees, half its staff after being hit with the termination of a government skills training program. NWAC says, like other Indigenous non-profit organizations across the country it does not receive stable core funding forcing it to lay off half of its workforce. `It is heart-breaking to lose so many talented and dedicated people,” says NWAC President Carol McBride. “We hope to create additional employment opportunities when this organization secures further work in the service of Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people. But, until that time, our financial hands are tied, and we simply do not have the money to sustain our current payroll.” With the ending of the National Apprenticeship Program (NAP),

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