It still leaves the communities in a position where they don't have trained operators on the ground.
I want to move on quickly here because I only have seven minutes, including your answers.
In the report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development from 2005, there was an indication that the success of a first nation water management strategy depends on INAC’s and Health Canada’s addressing the management weaknesses. There were a whole bunch of management weaknesses.
Mr. Gagnon once again pointed out that Bill S-8 clarifies roles and responsibilities, but we've just recently had the case of Kashechewan, where the community recommended there be storm sewers and backflow limiter valves for each house after the flood of 2008, and the government refused. The storm sewers would have helped contain the flash flood. Instead, the sewage lifts were quickly overrun. There was no way of stopping the backup of raw sewage into the homes, and now 38 people are homeless.
This kind of situation is not unusual in first nation communities, and the community is well aware of it, but we’ve got governments…. This is not a partisan remark. It's not only this government but decades of governments that have not responded to community needs. It's the community that bears the direct brunt of this.
Do you think Bill S-8 will clean up situations like this?