Peter Moonias, a former chief of the Neskantaga First Nation, says having to live under Canada’s longest-running boil-water advisory is “systemic racism.”
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Water so clean, you can only taste half the periodic table of elements….
Which half?
@Joey Poil nobalmetals half maybe a hint of some gases too…
The band council needs to answer what happened to the money.
Trudeau removed the transparency act.
You don’t know what your talking about.
Sickening … shame on our present and past governments…. he’s right they’re not considering you a human being… you are a commodity a fictional id on a piece of paper…. they think they stand above but they are wrong.
Trudeau does stand above, with the crooked NDP keeping him in place.
You are right in the eyes of the Government and many other hierarchy systems, Human Life is an expense. It is the role a Human assumes that gives them value to the economy. I was homeless for 6 months last year, it is an upsetting reality.
@Happy Viewer sorry to hear that happend to you. Government has lost its civil service vibe and chased money….. we need to change this
5 years of Trudeau doing nothing about this, despite his empty promises.
You see, terrorists and al qaeda members are more important to the prime minister than the Indians living under the governments Indian Act
The government needs to do more.
The GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM.
they need to do more ,,there give loads of money ,,,they go on trip to vegas with it i say
The government can only help if it takes(steals) from someone else.
Trudeau has opened up the borders for 1.4 M over the next 3 years but indigenous end up with nothing. Thanks for this disgrace, Liberal voters.
My assumption as to why they are allowing 1.4 million immigrants is that the world will be flooded with Hong Kong refugees as China has destroyed the one China two systems. Anyone that is in Hong Kong that says anything bad about the CCP can be rounded up and imprisoned. There are about 300,000 Canadians living in Hong Kong. The liberals were going to allow 1 million over those 3 years so doing the math that’s probably why.
Disgusting and disgraceful so disappointed in Trudeau
First identify the source of the pollution. Some of these sites are quite remote so the source should be easily traced.
Water naturally has bacteria and elements from dirt and animals. Few towns and cities can drink water without some level of treatment.
I live in a rural area and am responsible for locating, providing the infrastructure and maintenance of my water system. I’ve been using the water for fourty years.
Why is it so hard to get clean water in Canada?
Because they dont put the money back into the communities they live in…
Maybe they should fix it themselves. How about less dependance on the government, that goes for everyone. When your dependent on the government your a slave to the government.
Truly
The govt put them on reserves that are poor areas, you should think before you comment , racist jerk.
Notice how Libs treat the Indigenous Peoples unfairly.
Who apologized for the residential schools in 2008? Stephen Harper, who was conservative.
Who granted voting rights for them? John Diefenbaker, who also was a conservative.
Trudeau has all the money but instead of giving even a penny to them he gives 10,000,000 to Omar Khadr and other terrorists. Shame.
give me a break, an apology has done what?
@Noplay No kidding. Like saying sorry does anything other than sweeping it under the rug. They’re equally to blame for the neglect.
inquiry:
Why is not the Armies water purifier not being deployed.?
All lib voters should be rounded up and made to trade these living conditions for theirs
Yep. Just found out I’m sick and it’s due to our dirty Rez water.
If this was a city issue the local and federal government would have thrown millions of dollars to solve the problem.
trudeau is a failure
It has always been the government, they control everything. We need to figure out how to help each other.
:'(
I don’t understand why this is so hard to fix. Didn’t we send water purification systems on peace keeping missions to war-torn nations? Why can’t we deploy them here? You would think any elected government would jump on solving this immediately so that they could brag about solving the water crisis their opponents wouldn’t.
Yes the goddamn government is Problem but also you get money to take care of things you have to learn to take care of your things don’t use and abuse Please stop using systemic racism as an escape goat