Minister planning to table First Nations water bill despite provincial opposition
- The federal minister of Indigenous Services plans to reintroduce legislation ensuring First Nations' rights to clean drinking water despite opposition from Alberta and Ontario officials, who want the bill scrapped due to competitiveness concerns.
- Indigenous Services Canada's recent data reported 37 long-term drinking water advisories affecting First Nations, with Neskantaga First Nation under a boil water advisory for nearly 31 years.
- Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's spokesperson stated that the government is committed to ensuring everyone in Canada has access to clean water, planning to introduce legislation this fall.
- Alberta's and Ontario's environment ministers expressed their hope that the new federal government would abandon legislation they believe undermines competitiveness and delays project development.
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Minister Mandy Gull-Masty will move forward despite appeals from Alberta and Ontario to abandon the project.
Despite provincial opposition, federal minister planning to table First Nations water bill
The federal minister of Indigenous services says her government plans to reintroduce legislation to ensure First Nations' rights to clean drinking water — despite calls from Alberta and Ontario for it to scrap the bill altogether.
The federal Minister of Aboriginal Services stated that her government was planning to reintroduce legislation to ensure the right of First Nations to drinking water, despite Alberta and Ontario's calls for a complete abandonment of the bill.

Minister planning to table First Nations water bill despite provincial opposition
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