Settlement agreement unlikely to ensure safe drinking water for First Nations

Successive Conservative and Liberal governments have not acted to create regulations for First Nations drinking water despite the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act, which became law in 2013.

In July Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller announced an $8-billion settlement agreement had been reached between the federal government and First Nations living under drinking water advisories who had launched class-action lawsuits. This compensation sets a dangerous precedent for governments, writes Steve E. Hrudey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY STEVE E. HRUDEY

September 1, 2021

Safe drinking water is vital to human wellbeing. Clearly, actions to ensure safe drinking water must be effective. Government action should certainly not be superficial, expensive political sideshows. Long-term boil water advisories and unsafe drinking water for Cana...

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