Minister planning to table First Nations water bill despite provincial opposition | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alessia Passafiume
Publication Date: July 4, 2025 - 15:19

Minister planning to table First Nations water bill despite provincial opposition

July 4, 2025
The federal minister of Indigenous services says her government plans to reintroduce legislation to ensure First Nations’ rights to clean drinking water – despite calls from Alberta and Ontario for it to scrap the bill altogether.Two provincial environment ministers sent a letter to their federal counterpart this week calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to abandon legislation they see as undermining competitiveness and delaying project development.


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