That's terrific. Thank you.
I've visited several first nations to look at this issue since being elected. I went up to Sioux Lookout and talked with the NAN, the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. An elder there said to me, “Stop poking holes in Mother Earth. Then we won't have boil water advisories.” I think he was referring to starting with clean water instead of continuing to contaminate the water.
As we saw, the Chippewa from Fort Chipewyan came to us as a committee to talk about the Kearl spill pollution getting into their stream. I know that pollution from industry has been the main contributing factor in other areas. What are we doing to try to fill a policy gap that we may have in terms of provincial jurisdiction over water in provinces and federal jurisdiction to get clean water for first nations?