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First Nations’ Water

First Nations’ Water

As we enter 2021, Canada and Indigenous communities should finally commit to making the systemic reforms that will ensure First Nations have drinking water standards that are the same as the rest of the country.  For starters, Indigenous communities ought to...

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Would You Drink This Water?

Would You Drink This Water?

When one ponders the crisis so many First Nations communities are facing with the quality of water, one can’t help but think of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner  by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” The ironic dilemma of the...

Firewater

Firewater

The “60s’ Scoop” has been much in the news recently, and I expect that we will hear much more about it in the coming weeks and years. In fact, I am guessing that there are already plans to make it the subject of the next national inquiry, soon after the Missing...