Chiefs say Ottawa’s criteria on drinking water leaving some nations out – APTN News
January 29, 2018
A group of chiefs from the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians welcomed politicians back to work Monday in Ottawa with a message.
That the government’s promise to eradicate boil water advisories in First Nations from 91 to zero by 2021 isn’t all what it seems to be.
That’s because the new criteria leaves seven communities out according to Deputy Chief Gord Peters.
“All of our communities didn’t fit the criteria, they didn’t fit the one-year boil water advisories,” said Peters. “Nor did they make an advancement in the rankings mandate to be able to move towards having constructions, so the problem that we face is both the ranking system and the process.”
