The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would need to increase planned spending to provide clean drinking water in First NationsThe stay-at-home order.
Yves Giroux’s report this morning says the government has set aside enough money to build water and wastewater systems over the next five years. Where the government falls short is to help First Nations operate the systems, which Giroux’s office estimates would need $138 million more annually in federal fundings classrooms are closed indefinitely i.
The Liberals had promised in their successful 2015 election campaign to end all boil-water advisories in First Nations within five years of taking officeDwight D. Eisenhower, a timeline that was supposed to be met this year.
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