UN expert finds 'flagrant breaches' of First Nations rights to clean water

Canada’s failure to provide First Nations with clean drinking water constitutes a flagrant human rights violation, according to the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to drinking water and sanitation.Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, United Nations special rapporteur on the right to drinking water and sanitation, spoke with reporters in Ottawa on Friday.

Arrojo-Agudo's brisk tour of Canada included stops in Ontario, Nunavut, British Columbia and Alberta. He met with government officials, civil society groups, Indigenous people and others in Ottawa, Iqaluit, Toronto, Fort McMurray, Alta., Vancouver and Smithers, B.C. "I'm sadly surprised by this criminalization of Indigenous river defenders which damage Canada's international reputation," he said.He said the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the House of Commons' unanimous agreement that genocide occurred at residential school, and the passage of legislation on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples together provide a benchmark for international leadership.

In 2015, while running for prime minister, Justin Trudeau promised to ensure all First Nations had access to potable water by spring 2021, a deadline he missed by a wide margin.

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