Qujannamiik, Iksivautaq.
I'm introducing NDP-74, which is based on the multitude of responses we got from first nations all over Canada, asking that the minister not just be reduced to making “best efforts” but that the obligation for the minister be at its highest. Therefore, NDP-74 replaces “The Government of Canada must make best efforts to” with:
The Government of Canada must
I think that this amendment is very much a request from first nations to have reconciliation with Canada, first nations having for too long been reduced to “best efforts” of previous Liberal and Conservative governments, which, because of their “best efforts” at the time, always resulted in not enough investments for first nations to have clean drinking water. This has resulted in the many hundreds of boil water advisories that first nations have to endure. This is really hoping to change the colonial pattern of underinvesting in first nations.
Qujannamiik.