Maxime Blanchette-Joncas at the Public Accounts Committee

On April 29th, 2021. See this statement in context.

April 29th, 2021 / 12:25 p.m.

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Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC

So you're starting from the beginning, so to speak. The government made this commitment in 2015. There were 160 long-term drinking water advisories in first nations communities. The government said it was going to fix everything by March 31, 2021. Then the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

We understand the situation, but do you think the government would really have been able to achieve its goal of getting this all done by March 31, 2021, had the COVID-19 pandemic not occurred?

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