The water emergency in Kashechewan must spur action on federal legislation

If the government does not act now, our First Nations communities will continue to be plagued with more critical infrastructure failures.

The prime minister and Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty promised to re-table the federal First Nations water legislation that was introduced under the previous Parliament, but it hasn’t yet materialized, writes Alvin Fiddler. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ALVIN FIDDLER

February 23, 2026

This winter, while many Canadians have sought shelter inside from bitterly cold temperatures, the people of Kashechewan—a remote fly-in Cree community on the James Bay Coast—have been forced out of their homes after a catastrophic breakdown of their water system forced a...

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