I think it's a huge one for mental health. I have community members with depression or sadness, worrying if they have enough water for their kids to even have a bath, worrying if they can get a load of water because sometimes they can't get a load of water. Those are emergency calls.
The other part of it is that sometimes the kids worry. They know they didn't have a bath that night, but are other kids going to know? This is a huge mental health issue weighing on parents and especially on kids who have to go back into school. They know what's going on at home. There are some who still do not have running water in their homes. Their are some who are using outhouses.
This is 2024. That's why I did my statement. We're sitting around this table talking about legislation for first nations people—that's what boggles my mind—while we first nations, my community and other communities, struggle with this.