Federal First Nations clean water bill gets mixed reaction in Sask.
Saskatchewan's Federation of Independent Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) says the federal government rushed out its new clean water legislation without doing its homework first.
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Saskatchewan's Federation of Independent Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) says the federal government rushed out its new clean water legislation without doing its homework first.
"As it stands, the federal water act announced (Monday) is not true reconciliation, it is an attempt to legalize the status quo."
"As it stands, the federal water act announced (Monday) is not true reconciliation, it is an attempt to legalize the status quo."
Ottawa tabled a water quality legislation for First Nations communities such as Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation who has been on the boil water advisory for over 30 years.
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