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Winnipeg Free Press By: Kerry Black Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in 2015 that long-term boil-water advisories on First Nations would be eliminated by March 2021; Indigenous Services Canada now says the earliest it could happen is 2023. Indigenous Services Canada has announced it won’t end long-term advisories until 2023 at the earliest. In 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to ending all long-term drinking water advisories by March 2021. When that deadline passed, the government recommitt...

This announcement comes as no surprise to many First Nations outraged by the lack of progress on ending drinking water advisories in their communities, and the growing divide and gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Examples of First Nations across Canada enduring persistent drinking water issues are endless. Neskantaga First Nation in Northern Ontario has been on a long-term boil water advisory since 1995. Semiahmoo First Nation recently had a 16-year boil water advisory lifted, after connecting to the nearby Metro Vancouver water line through the city of Surrey...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Joseph Quesnel Save to Read Later CANADA and its Indigenous communities should finally commit this year to making the systemic reforms needed to ensure First Nations drinking water standards are the same as the rest of the country. Opinion CANADA and its Indigenous communities should finally commit this year to making the systemic reforms needed to ensure First Nations drinking water standards are the same as the rest of the country. For starters, Indigenous communities ought to experiment with more regional water ...

Neskantaga First Nation residents board a plane to return home from Thunder Bay, Ont., on Dec. 19, 2020, following a two-month evacuation that was triggered by problems at their drinking water treatment plant. Olivia Stefanovich/Media pool photo Although the federal government is making progress in improving drinking water in some First Nations communities, a number are only getting temporary solutions to their water issues that may leave them with unsafe water in the years to come, says a new audit released on Thursday. The report, tabled in Parliament by federal auditor general Karen Hogan...