Lheildi T’enneh Chief Dolleen Logan took aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the lack of access to clean drinking water across Canada.
Today (Friday), the host first nation announced plans to upgrade the Wastewater Treatment and Domestic Water Supply systems for the North and Southside subdivisions.
Logan told the media patience from Indigenous leaders is wearing thin after Trudeau made an election promise in 2015 that more Indigenous communities would have access to clean drinking water.
“We are not asking for the world, we are not asking for them to change the climate tomorrow – all we want is clean and safe drinking water for our families.”
“The one person that we can blame is Trudeau. The number one priority that was in his first election campaign was to improve first nations drinking water. As of, August of this year, there are still 93 Indigenous communities under the boil water advisory.”
“We were promised this, this was his campaign, and we still have to fight with them to get a little bit of help. With the bottled water, I might add, the band is paying for it under their own sourced revenue, the federal government is not helping. We are doing our best, we have flushed the systems many times, and other times we have had to shut the water off.”
Currently, a “Do Not Consume’ order has been in place for members living in both communities since August.
The water system is OK to use for bathing, washing clothes and dishes but not for drinking.
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