The head of the Chiefs of Ontario (COO) has blunt words for Ontario and Alberta, who this week called on the federal government to not reintroduce legislation that would mandate safe drinking water in First Nation communities.
“Ontario and Alberta’s opposition to Bill C-61 is not only disappointing, it is a direct attack on the rights, health, and safety of First Nations,” COO Regional Chief Abram Benedict told APTN News in a statement.
“This legislation was developed to ensure that our communities finally have access to clean, safe drinking water, a basic human right that far too many have been denied.”
He reiterated that Ontario has the highest number of long-term drinking water advisories in the country and gave the example of Neskantaga First Nation whose members have lived under a boil water advisory for over 30 years, calling it “a national failure that must be addressed.”
Anyone depriving people of clean drinking water should be drowned in their own piss. Nothing makes me more angry.
