Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for being here today.
I remember in the early 2000s that in the community of Walkerton, Ontario, there was a major incident with the water treatment plant. There was a boil water advisory in place for a couple of weeks. People were so outraged. Some people were fired, and a couple of people eventually went to jail.
I'm surprised, then, to see on the website of Indigenous Services Canada that there are still 26 reserves across Canada that have boil water advisories in place. These are long-term boil water advisories that have just been allowed to languish for months and years.
How is it possible that we still have these boil water advisories on reserves in Canada?