Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak slammed the federal government’s proposed legislation regarding clean drinking water for First Nations in her opening remarks at the AFN annual general assembly on July 14.
Reactions continue after release of First Nations Clean Water Act
Reactions continue after release of First Nations Clean Water Act
Reaction continues after the Carney government released its long-awaited First Nations Clean Water Act this week, including from opposition parties and a First Nation in Ontario that has been under a boil water advisory for more than three decades.
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OTTAWA - First Nations leaders and an opposition MP are denouncing the Carney government’s new proposed clean water legislation, which drops wording in a previous version that would have explicitly recognized First Nations’ right to clean drinking water.
There were impassioned speeches from First Nation chiefs, councillors, community members and activists as the focus on day one of the AFN’s annual general assembly turned to federal clean drinking water legislation.