Trudeau government only spending 70 per cent of what’s needed to end First Nations boil water advisories: PBO

Ottawa will have to spend at least $671 millions on capital upgrades before 2021 to bring water and wastewater infrastructure on First Nations reserves in line with non-First Nations communities.

NDP Indigenous affairs critic Charlie Angus, pictured at an NDP event in September, says the report raises 'red flags' about the Liberal government's commitment to ending boil water advisories on First Nations communities.The Hill Times file photograph

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BY JOLSON LIM

December 7, 2017

The federal government needs to bolster spending on water and wastewater treatment by the hundreds of millions, if not billions, if it hopes to put an end to the alarmingly high number of boil water advisories on First Nations reserves, the Parliamentary Budget Office has found.

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