Now is the time for Canada to assume its infrastructure responsibilities to First Nations

The original peoples of this land deserve the dignity of accessing infrastructure that they can count on, all the time.

Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu’s First Nations Clean Water Act is still being debated in committee, nearly 300 days after its first reading in the House of Commons.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TYLER BALL

October 9, 2024

All water use restrictions have now been lifted in the City of Calgary, ending 109 days of frustration for its residents. In contrast, another Alberta community south of Edmonton has just revived a 10-year-old lawsuit against the federal government to finally provide them wi...

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