Federal Liberals take heat for extending timeline to fix drinking water problems on First Nations
Government quietly tabled plan with new deadlines for water at a committee
Parliament Hill
Senate investigating how personal documents were dumped ‘in the streets’ of downtown Ottawa
Information discovered short walk from Parliament Hill included name, age, identity and community.
Federal budget pledges $18B in new money for Indigenous communities
The cash would be a 300 per cent jump from the 2019 allocation and would ‘further narrow gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples,’ says Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
‘They need to make it happen’: Billions needed in budget to lessen social gap for Indigenous Peoples
Housing, water, child welfare at top of wish list for federal cash in first budget since 2019
Ministers promise ‘thorough review’ following APTN report on racism in their departments
People from across the country have come forward breaking their silence says Letitia Wells on N2N
Indigenous Services tries to shift Canadians’ focus to progress made, not promises broken
Department refuses to set new deadline for lifting water advisories
Feds never on track to fix First Nations drinking water says auditor general
Communities will never have reliable drinking water ‘until deficiencies with water systems are addressed,’ says Karen Hogan
Parliamentary budget office says cost of compensating First Nations families sits at $15B
‘That’s easily $10 billion more than if Justin Trudeau had done the right thing,’ says NDP’s Charlie Angus.
Cash still a question mark with Indigenous child welfare reform law
Canada facing 10th non-compliance motion at Canadian Human Rights Tribunal