Government must do more to address First Nations’ water woes – Rabble.ca

Neskantaga First Nation in Ontario has had to boil water since 1995. “We’re over 20 years already where our people haven’t been able to get the water they need to drink from their taps or to bathe themselves without getting any rashes,” Neskantaga Chief Wayne Moonias told CBC News in 2015. Their water issues have yet to be resolved.

They’re not alone. In fall last year, 156 drinking water advisories were in place in First Nations in Canada. More than 100 are routinely in effect — some for years or decades. According to a 2015 CBC investigation, “Two-thirds of all First Nation communities in Canada have been under at least one drinking water advisory at some time in the last decade.”

Read More: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2017/02/government-must-do-more-to-address-first-nations-water-woes

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