Ottawa’s stance in court on clean water for First Nations is appalling

After relegating First Nations to reserves and opening their traditional territories to resource exploitation, the Crown surely faces a moral duty to ensure the people living on those small parcels of land have access to life's necessities.

Even as Ottawa argues it has no legal duty on the matter, politicians have said the government has a role. In April 2022, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said ‘Canada accepts the role that the government has played in First Nations' lack of access to clean drinking water.’The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LYNNE GROULX

October 24, 2024

It is unconscionable that a wealthy and ostensibly progressive country like Canada is still debating whether everyone should have access to clean water.

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