“If I made promises it’s because I intend to keep them,” Trudeau told Sarain Carson-Fox, host of the VICELAND show RISE, while visiting Shoal Lake 40 last year, a reserve on the border of Manitoba and Ontario that has been on a boil water advisory for two decades.
Nearly two years into the Liberal mandate, he is still a long way from fulfilling his promise.
Back in July 2015, before he was elected, there were 114 First Nations under 159 drinking water advisories across Canada. (Drinking water advisories can affect as little as one building or an entire First Nation, so communities can have more than one advisory at a time.)
Fast forward to this year, and as of July 31, 2017, there were a total of 121 First Nations under 172 drinking water advisories across Canada, including B.C.
same in america. Its violence.
Fact check: Indigenous water crisis isn’t improving, despite promises from Trudeau
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