AFN chief calls for speedy return of clean water legislation – CityNews

May 12, 2025

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says that if the new Liberal government doesn’t introduce legislation on access to clean drinking water within 100 days, the problem won’t be fixed soon.

The Liberals under then-prime minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation that would have guaranteed the right to clean drinking water — but it failed to become law before Parliament was prorogued.

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says she blames “political games” in the House of Commons for the bill’s failure to launch and says parliamentarians wasted time pointing fingers at each other.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has indicated his government will reintroduce the legislation after speaking with Indigenous communities.

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