Thank you.
We all know that the crisis of clean drinking water is directly related to the housing crisis on first nations. It recently came out that on housing the federal government has shortchanged first nations in the prairie provinces by a total of a quarter billion dollars. The Prime Minister and his cabinet have fundamentally ruled out reimbursing first nations in the prairie provinces from whom they stole that money.
In my riding, remote first nation communities like Garden Hill and Island Lake first nations, face one of the most acute housing crises in the country. Also, we know that for a community like Garden Hill, the lack of proper housing has meant that by the time water gets to them, it often becomes contaminated.
I imagine there are similar connections in communities across your region. The lack of climate-resistant infrastructure is also a real problem, when we're talking about water treatment plants, water systems, etc.
I know this makes it clear that resolving the clean drinking water issue means resolving the housing crisis. I'd like to open it up to whomever might want to share how the lack of adequate housing and adequate infrastructure affects your community's ability to have clean drinking water.