Why some First Nations reserves don't have clean drinking water

[@reynoldvaz25]

Making land acknowledgments with no intent to do the right thing. If it looks like hypocrisy, swims like hypocrisy, and quacks like hypocrisy, then it probably is hypocrisy.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@clockworkNate]

Otherwise known as the corrupt tyrant Trudeau

[@paulburton8264]

They are not entitled to any more than any Canadian. All Canadians pay for their own drinking water, so should they

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@@paulburton8264 stfи u took their lands.

[@felixc.3444]

@@paulburton8264 they’re not able to. They’re underfunded and have no proper way to raise money outside of charity to tackle bigger problems. A proper water pump or filter for one house won’t uproot the chronic funding issues that come to plague education, housing, jobs and hospitals

[@heathmac]

That last line. "They never thought we would still be here..." Shivers.

[@mel5257]

Some of these comments are disgraceful, and so is the government’s response to the indigenous water crisis.

[@firstamendment5294]

Native people have the rights to govern their own communities. It's not the governments fault that they are incapable of providing for their own people. If they want the Canadian government to step in and solve all their problems then they should give up the right to govern their own communities.

[@claudiasangwais1129]

Wrong Indigenous People don't have control of their own monies Educate yourself bc it's unfortunately not only do you believe your own lie, others are beginning to believe them to FYI Google Indian Trust Fund that will start you off and just to let you know I'll give you more truth to read

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@intruder9127]

@@chopholtz4950 facts

[@benguay7985]

@@firstamendment5294 ..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@mcampbe41]

Laws and regulations about potable water are provincial based on federal government research. A water system in Ontario that falls under provincial jurisdiction must comply with a large number of laws & regulation including the Safe Drinking Water Act and regulations 170/03 & 169/03 among many others. First Nations reserves fall under federal regulations which are all but no existent. The previous Conservative government put in place Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act but did not get around to writing regulations; the current government is ignoring it. Most bands are complying with provincial regulations on a voluntary basis including the licensing of operators. Provinces also have a robust oversight mechanisms again lacking in First Nations. Want First Nations to have the same standards as the rest of us? Put federal property under provincial jurisdiction for water & wastewater.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@pandastylearmy5938]

first nations reserves are under the Indian Act. a law that only applies to them and excludes them from some very important rights that every other canadian has granted at birth....such as access to clean drinking water.

[@zedsdead6969]

Not "like the rest of us." Most of Newfoundland and Labrador has been on a boil water advisory since someone realized drinking water could be bad for you.

[@Iremembertoforget]

I was in Alberta a few years ago and visited a reserve, this man was carrying well water that was black, I thought it was Coca Cola but it was water. The same man told me he has cancer too. The gov is literally letting them die.😡

[@BroLeaf1911]

There letting themselves die no one is stopping them from leaving the reserve and getting a job like the rest of us canadians and making a successful life happen

[@benguay7985]

@@BroLeaf1911 ..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@IamINERT]

I live in Jamaica Why am I watching this?

[@angelinatawfilis6355]

Allanzo because you want to

[@IamINERT]

angelina Tawfilis yes good point

[@buzzymm]

I am from Canada and watch stuff from Jamaica like Brushy one string ;) it's a small world after all...

[@Sloth55Chunk]

Because you're human and it's good to be informed and educated

[@kkane6228]

Because the effects of colonialism and assimilation from Europeans are global and go largely unrecognized as structural violence towards the people it's imposed on.

[@clockworkNate]

I live in a relatively big canadian town and still would never drink the disgusting water out of the tap. We all have to split on a filter to actually stomach it, would be even worse if we had to boil it everytime as well. And it's not like things like bottled water or filters are cheap on reservations up north. $$$$

[@megladane]

How about asking why most reserves don't have a water and sewer plant like the rest of Canada? Let's start there.

[@jasmines.6325]

do you know why?

[@pth6060]

The answer is simple First Nations waisted there money, that they got from tax payers ,on alcohol, now the world is supposed to feel sorry for them. Discussing.

[@scout8360]

Peter Thiessen of course not like the government just gives them the right amount of money to build it but not run it so it just rots there

[@DogeAVIATION-]

Peter Thiessen it’s not a mirror

[@erin9956]

Peter Thiessen Did you not watch the video? In the video one of them said that the government gives them about enough money to build a water plant, but not enough to actually run it, without a properly working water plant they can’t access clean water. The comment you made about them getting alcohol is a stereotype placed on Aboriginal people, lots of Canadians buy, and have alcohol, but do you think their wasting their money?

[@megladane]

The systemic issue of keeping natives down and out has been as prevalent in Canada as blacks in the US, Keep them drunk, keep them addicted and keep them out of the mainstream. Natives are not allowed to own the land they live on or operate businesses on reserves, worst living conditions in Canada, worst schools, highest drop out rate, highest crime, highest addiction rate, highest abuse rate and the rest of Canada keeps asking why don't natives do better for themselves? How well would you thrive under those conditions?

[@zoopyjoobles]

Nobody is forcing natives to drink. They are getting bucket-loads of free money. If you can't improve your conditions with free money maybe there is something else wrong.

[@theone3054]

thank goodness i found someone in this comment section with common sense

[@firstamendment5294]

@rob sacrey You are completely clueless. You listed several lies and preventable circumstances. Nobody can force you to change your self destructive ways, that is a task that you must take upon yourself. You can put a crackhead in a mansion, but it will eventually become a crackhouse.

[@gregjones5388]

Please state your solution.

[@megladane]

​@@gregjones5388 My solution would not be a popular one, especially among my fellow aboriginals. It would be to stop taking handouts from gov't. Have all reserve land be sovereign land and become responsible for our own future. The band in Westbank BC owns a golf course and rents land to mall developers. The band in Penticton owns a winery and then there is the band in FtMckay AB that owns shares in the oil industry. These are successful bands where each member benefits from the investment and are made to feel apart of it. Drugs and alcohol are discouraged and the people don't feel victimized. sadly these are a minority and then there are some bands that are in remote locations which makes things difficult, but it would be than the status quo.

[@canadianpatriot9566]

No one takes for granted drinking water, most pay high taxes for it and monthly bills, and if you live outside the city you pay to have a well dug and treat the water yourself. Anyone can learn to build a system to clean water.

[@kikikuku5619]

Colonizer

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@TradBarbie]

Anyone except w××××less b×ms.

[@TheWho58]

Most northern Ontario towns dont even safe clean drinking water a trip to the sault or tbay and drinking out of the tap feels like we've truly made it

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@booishoois309]

How about we implement a more balanced approach to indigenous? I refuse to call them first nations because that implies they're sovereign nations living within Canada, which has many many legal repercussions Canadians probably don't get. Listen to perspectives other than the extreme left? Both Bernier and Scheer say we need to tackle the drinking water issue. Bernier also says abolish the indian act, and convert the reserves to fee simple, and give indigenous people their freedom at long last. Canada spends $20 billion + per year on indigenous services, and somehow the their problems don't seem to be improving. Time for equality. All Canadians need access to clean water - that will do more for indigenous than just throwing money at them and babying/apologizing forever.

[@clouds0103]

Scheer doesn't care about first nations too he wants to take away the only source of money in some communities which is welfare. I don't think Scheer wants to help first nations

[@mr.r.942]

Someone doesn't understand that how cause and effect works. If you destroy the self-sustainability of a community and you expect them to now function independently...that somehow results in equality?

[@mr.r.942]

@Rob Jord Look up images of clowns. There's a photo of you on the first page.

[@paulburton8264]

Actually they were Stone Age Tribes of about 20 - 50 people tops. Because they had no metallurgy they could not make farming equipment and lived a nomadic lifestyle following the food source

[@elietheprof5678]

Are these budgets public information? We the citizens need to look them over and speak out about how they can be improved.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@BarryB.Benson]

Frankly, not enough Canadians care… unfortunately

[@jasmines.6325]

what about rainwater roof collectors made from recycled plastic and installing composting toilets?

[@jeffguttormson9125]

or a personal well for each house? i have one at my cabin, set up pressure tank, decontamination system and then a water heater and boom. clean hot water. always wondered whythey have brand new trucks and boats but no well at their house??

[@pandastylearmy5938]

@@jeffguttormson9125 many places are contaminated by paper mills, gold mines, and hydro development. why do you think the protests were happening against pipe lines? its wasn't to beg for money, you fool, it was in defense of clean water.

[@firstamendment5294]

@@pandastylearmy5938 People get their drinking water from the North Saskatchewan. Where there is a will there is a way, and over that way there seems to be no will.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@edmundprice5276]

in some places thats illegal

[@Doodlebug1996]

You should go to a reserve and see how they are running them.. The media doesn't show the whole picture.

[@ejais]

are you talking about the indian act and federal responsibility?

[@4darleneredwood410]

I concur.

[@brainerbird]

Indigenous received 25 billion last year and didn't fix their own water? I thought it was their land. My sink is broken in my house where are Indigenous ppl coming to fix it?

[@dsskoa2432]

They were not given any money, it is being blocked and withheld.

[@claudiasangwais1129]

Come check out our First Nation; we might not be driving brand new vehicles but Hey we treat people how they treat others I'm sure we could throw something together for you 😉hahaha haha

[@kristaa24]

Canada needs to wake up and help these Canadians this is disgusting and heartbreaking 💔 😢

[@savannahblackhawk-mccormic2140]

Clean water for all first nation people this is Canada doing this

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@gailjohnston9253]

With all the billions they are given every yr, why cant they figure it out themselves instead of depending on taxpayers again.

[@lonelyspirit1370]

No one cares about taxpayers

[@brackenonefour]

Gail you sound like that racist auntie everyone tries to avoid. Educate yourself about this money that is "given."

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

Good point, they have been given millions for this problem and it’s still not built. The government needs to do the actual work instead of handling over more $$$.

[@dsskoa2432]

You have no idea Gail as to the truth as to what is really happening, do you?

[@dsskoa2432]

Jennifer show where they have been given money... becauss you can't, it hasn't been given. They talk about it... and make you think it has been or will be...

[@josht1907]

its funny the chief of six nations reserve has millions of dollars owns grand river tobacco and is suspected of organized crime yet theres "no money to run a water treatment plant" . did the chiefs have private fortunes in the 1800's too?

[@waynegabler6570]

Only the ones that were part of the smuggling trade. How many of the rich Indians in southern BC were growing pot before it was legal? The answer: Everybody was.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@josht1907]

@@benguay7985 i dont care who brought what over a piece of water. we are all citizens of this planet and deserve nothing but equality in a community. i don't believe the country is self sufficient nor did i see anyone else claim that in this thread. the point is i dont believe reserves help the people of this country/ world in any way except to divide us. tax breaks same thing weird treaty's about lobster or any natural resorce also same thing. nothing is fair unless the system reflects absolute equality otherwise you end up with this division of population. also as a history professor you know about assimilation tactics used for thousands of years by countless empires and nations when they conquered an enemy territory. they do it to avoid wars and civil unrest in the future and they do that by takeing away the native populations language education system's religion and any other strong cultural identity. it is harsh but with ought assimilation you could not conquer land at all. there would always be civil wars.

[@benguay7985]

@@josht1907 First Nations in Canada have never been conquered. Canada signed treaties nation to nation...don't get our history mixed up with USA...I have a double major in history...I don't have enough time to teach some fool that does not know the true history....just let you know,...there would be no Canada today with out the Aboriginal women in the fur trade industry for over three hundred years...

[@caryfrancis8030]

I'm confused. I live in a small community of 600 in the Kooteney's. So our community decided to upgrade our water supply about 10 years ago, we literally had a wooden pipe 5 km long as the "water main" . So we had a town hall meeting. Agreed upon a resolution to form a corporation responsible for our community water. Elected water board members. Sought government funding. The corporation borrowed money and built a water purification, and pumping facility and ran new underground lines to every property . Nobody was allowed to "opt out" of this service, besides digging and servicing your own well, which is way more expensive than the $400 per year, per household. At least one property was seized by the corporation for non-payment of water services and auctioned off to the highest bidder. But hey, I have clean water, and our community did it all by ourselves. So, whats the problem ?

[@gregjones5388]

That sounds like "Self Government"....I seem to remember another group claiming that.

[@caryfrancis8030]

@@gregjones5388 Self government, you mean "taking responsibility for your community" ? Thats how EVERY government got started.

[@dsskoa2432]

How much funding did your community get to get the project started? And how quickly? These people have been applying and requesting and keep getting turned down or put on a back burner, while their land is taped of natural resources and receive no compensation for that. They are resilient because of 500 years of genocide, stolen lands, stolen children, slavery, rape, and not being heard. They are the least funded people in north America, and should be the richest. Study epigenetics and trauma. Also they are not permitted to self govern by the Indian act that was forced upon them.

[@caryfrancis8030]

@@dsskoa2432 Our community took out a bank loan that was backed by local agricultural business and property owners. This was also funded by our regional district that we pay taxes to. I suppose if you dont pay taxes that would be a problem. It took about 2 years to get everything in place and work to begin.

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@timbucktoo6633]

Why? Perhaps auditing the bands financial records would explain "why". The band leaders and council need to held accountable as well.

[@TSARMOTAF]

There is rampant corruption up there but it rarely gets investigated. The chiefs in some communities literally buy votes.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@BroLeaf1911]

Its much more simple live like the rest of us canadian immigrants who got jobs and made a success out of our lives in this country no one is forcing them to stay on the reserves

[@benguay7985]

@@BroLeaf1911 ..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@pandastylearmy5938]

@@TSARMOTAF AND YOU JUST REPEATED A RACIST MYTH TO FEED AND FAN THE CONTINUING FLAME OF PREJUDICE.

[@winstonskafte5505]

I am a rural Canadian I have a water cistern and pay to have a truck haul it in ,all my nieghbors do the same .

[@gregjones5388]

I thought First Nations were supposed to be Self Governing. Doesn't that include all things that involve governing like clean water?

[@gabriellegillespie6412]

They aren't the ones polluting the water in the first place.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@megladane]

self governing with a 2 year term limit imposed by the federal government. Self government like the Inuit who had to give up all mining rights in order to get that right

[@snoaway]

Gabrielle Gillespie there reserves are filthy

[@elonmusk8711]

@@gabriellegillespie6412 You're totally clueless.

[@wendellswendell2001]

Man don't hate fellow white Canadians. Would you not wan't your fellow people living in rual area's too have clean water? We all deserve clean water!

[@zoopyjoobles]

I lived without water in my childhood, do you know how we survived? We took a bucket, walked down to the lake, and boiled the water. It's not rocket science.

[@scout8360]

Zoopy Joobles It’s not “back in my day” world anymore it’s the modern world now, they should have access to clean drinking water. I lived on a reserve where boil advisory was always there, the river was polluted so people had no choice but go to the nearest town just to get clean water

[@brianmcwhirter]

does anyone question where all the money goes that flows up to reserves from the taxpayers? i wonder how after billions of dollars funding to the reserves, do the people on the reserves still experience these problems. What are the band offices of these reserves doing with the money? conferences in Vegas? PM Harper had a financial accountibility set up for bands, but Trudeau eliminated it. Too bad. i feel bad for the people living on the reserves.

[@peterrezba995]

So why ? If your community is away from cities and their treatment plants then your going to have to use wells ?

[@justindirtrider1982]

I worked in northern Saskatchewan at a uranium mine and worked with natives. I became good friends with one guy in particular. He lives in an isolated community. He told me the water was not drinkable because people drain their motor oil in there driveway. Etc... you cant help those who wont help themselves.

[@pth6060]

I'm sure it's going to cost Canadians millions of dollars to pay for non Canadians drinking water.

[@scout8360]

Peter Thiessen *Native Canadian drinking water

[@pandastylearmy5938]

you cannot dig a well on the canadian shield because it pure rock

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@spoonsarefun]

What is the dollar amount...please send the dollar amount needed to be paid so that Canadians can stop being indebted slaves. Water companies didnt exist before immigration, water is provided to all those who pay for it...you dont want to pay for it and want everything free because you were born on ground and shouldn't have to pay? Either should anyone...people were displaced in world War 1/2 they didn't get lifelong paycheques or land back. My grandfather fought in ww2, but I still have to work???why??? Which province do you want? Natives make up under 5% population, with an entire province and no meddling from immigrants, it would be like a giant reservation and those are going so well.

[@paulburton8264]

Nothing, no more to the Stone Age Tribes. There is nothing there to fund and it will never stop until we stop it

[@JogBird]

Maybe because its not realistic for a community of 200 living in the middle of nowhere

[@jake4297]

JogBird finally someone said it

[@mr.r.942]

Remote doesn't mean "the middle of nowhere". If those communities were settler towns you can bet they'd have clean water right now.

[@mariamistfire5482]

Middle of no where? Let's start at "middle of Canada ". These are communities within a country. These people vote and pay taxes. I wonder how you would feel if you were in thier shoes. Imagine being the very real mother or father, burying her sons because of these issues.

[@eagle-t4g]

As an engineer, the Manitoba community was provided with a state of the art membrane treatment plant. Within 5 year the local indian operators ran the plant into the ground and due to improper care cause a multi-million dollars chemical disposal cost. When I inspected the plant, the plant did not even have lighting. Band council refused to pay anything for the plant. Stop all infrastructure funding to indians!!!

[@waynegabler6570]

Why sell them a system that does not have people trained in the repair dept. Many times the filters are not on site and the repair guy brings them and the plant works until they are plugged? A community well with drinking water could deliver it to each building in the 'fly-in Village' by wagon or sleigh. They could also clean out the septic tanks and bring that to a treatment site. The ones that sell equipment to customers that they cannot maintain are crooks in it for profit rather than good service that fits their skill level. The same goes for the home they are sold, 5 years later the roof is leaking and mice are coming through holes in chipboard.

[@myles3856]

I’m First Nation and I agree with this because that happens on the reserve my family our from and probably most reserves sadly

[@motherhoodsbeauty9279]

Maybe they shouldn’t let local people to take care of it. Let people who know what they’re doing take care of it.

[@paulburton8264]

@@motherhoodsbeauty9279 No they should simply stop funding these reserves they are not sustainable

[@TradBarbie]

Amen!! Look how they treat their free homes.

[@scart121]

Quit spending money on alcohol and drugs and build a water system you can be proud instead whining to the Gov't for money. Educate yourselves on water quality, plumbing and pump maintenance.

[@1nfamoussoldier359]

Canadians are quick to point the finger at other nations but fail to look right into their own backyard

[@josephklein7921]

That water is darker than the prime ministers hallowe’en make-up

[@ALuimes]

There's no apostrophe in "Halloween".

[@josephklein7921]

@@ALuimes it’s the British/Canadian English spelling. Not common in North America, but fairly common in other English speaking countries.

[@josephklein7921]

@@ALuimes we tend to use the American version in Canada as of the past few decades,

[@ALuimes]

@@josephklein7921 So then what gives? We're in North America.

[@keabetsoe1998]

This breaks my heart beyond beliefs

[@patrycjafoks6196]

I am from Poland, central Europe and I had no clue that Canada is so divided until today

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@BroLeaf1911]

Its more like we have these people who refuse to leave the reserve and want handouts constantly from our gov vs just leave the reserve and get jobs like the rest of us

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@Flaccid_Child1]

It’s not divided, I assure you. It’s another issue that we have to tackle as a country. I’m sure Poland has problems as well, much like every country on Earth.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@Flaccid_Child1 Like West vs. East? Quebec vs. the Rest of Canada?

[@adinfinitum6075]

Unbelievable

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@Mike__G]

No safe drinking water. But a new $75,000 truck in every driveway.

[@landenmichelin4949]

Pretty much

[@waynegabler6570]

@@landenmichelin4949 The bank hold the title to the truck, just like in the cities where. How often do you call the Bank to fix a government run facility. Indians can have clean water from a well or a water truck delivering 1,000 gals at a time, and it would still work 24/7 at a fraction of the price the Govt charges the Bands for ant services they provide. Water purification pills can make any ditch water drinkable (snow and rain )

[@claudiasangwais1129]

Wow it would be nice to see a brand new truck in our driveway but you don't Why? You can't take money to your grave I'm to busy donating money to non First Nation charities so Now I'll be looking for some Indigenous people to help bc I know where the money will be spent Water is life

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@winstongrettum3412]

The money given to natives has been squandered on booze half tons and drugs.

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

This has been going on for years. The government just keeps doling out $$$ that never gets to fixing the problem. The government needs to actually do the work so the cash isn’t into the wrong pockets.

[@firstamendment5294]

Like giving money to a bum instead of donating to the shelter.

[@waynegabler6570]

Do you work at Indian Affairs and know about the corruption that disappears most of the money long before any Indian touches it. Giving them all a debit card with the full amount deposited would allow them to pay their bills as they come in. Maybe even order the parts they need from E-Bay rather than the Federal or Provincial Govt. They pay the most for schooling yet get the worst service possible, want to blame them for that as well?? Now you have time to clean up all the people on welfare across Canada that are alive but do not have jobs, chop chop, time is money.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@benguay7985]

@@waynegabler6570 ..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@wetnapkin8848]

Is there a website we can track and see where they spend the billions of $$ I’m honestly just curious…. Trudeau gives away money to random people coming into our country but can’t provide clean drinking water for everyone? Something’s broken here

[@johnmurray3888]

Try asking the reverse question: "How come most descendents of European settlers DO have clean drinking water today?" Could it be that 150+ years of research and careful planning, hard work, and the paying of taxes have a great deal to do with it?

[@zoopyjoobles]

If you are that close to the land, you can simply walk down to the lake with a bucket. It's what I did growing up without running water.

[@aranck4445]

its not clean

[@fuhzzycarrot4u]

Yeah, you shouldn't do that. The world is not the same one in which you grew up.

[@TradBarbie]

They just sit around and beg and cry... and drink.

[@queenu606]

I used to respect Canada.

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@tesseract2365]

What will Canada do without your respect though?

[@PUREtrollin]

For the natives in Canada, what's the point in trying to live in the past? The whole world is fully integrated now with different ethnicities & cultures. Technology has changed tons. Natives in canada lived a primitive lifestyle. That life doesnt exist anymore, have to live in the present. Otherwise you'll end up truly lost in modern society. If other cultures adapted so can natives.

[@shauncameron8390]

Because it's no longer practical or sustainable.

[@krisrhea9999]

I am a status indian, this makes me sick. Let's take care of our actual Canadian citizens right now, instead of worrying about any other nations immigrants. We have a huge problem here and we have the technology and capital to fix it all.

[@paulburton8264]

No we don't. No one in Canada who does not live in a urba setting gets clean drinking water unless they personally pay for it. So neither should you.

[@krisrhea9999]

You are ignorant to the situation, educate yourself first before commenting. You miss the point completely.

[@nathanblades3395]

Because JT promised and never followed through again!!!!

[@shawnmarla9663]

I say until they get rid of the corruption on the reserves then no more money should be given to waste

[@fuhzzycarrot4u]

Would you suggest municipal governments refuse to clear snow and garbage from ridings which have corrupt councillors?

[@BroLeaf1911]

@@fuhzzycarrot4u they ain't tax paying citizens now are they maybe its time they just leave the reserve if its that bad and get jobs like the rest of us and live like all of us canadians

[@benc2981]

no ones actually watching this for fun are they?

[@goddammitboi]

I am lol Canadian politics are a great distraction

[@Hello-jz5xe]

I'm here from school ._.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@tonylau7345]

First step us to admit the wrong doing. And then come together to create a new reality instead of sweeping things under the carpet and pretend there's progress. As I write this, I think about the current wrong doings in occupied Palestine. It's similar history repeating in the modern world, in front of our eyes.

[@chefandy72]

The information is framed within the argument.

[@gobimurugesan2411]

In India we have laws like if government spends money on an infrastructure in an area a percentage of that infrastructure should reach Dalits (oppressed communities) area.

[@willywong8266]

Lets raise taxes up to 90% to help the poor indians , its the least we can do.

[@waynegabler6570]

Federal spending went up from $100B to $360B in the first year of the plague. Seems like there is no limit to the amount of money that is available when the health of (certain) individuals is in question. Of the $4B Ottawa spent on clean water, all of it went to Canadian businesses that service the equipment as well as supply the parts and labor crews. Of the places that have clean water, there are many more remote villages that will never see their (expensive) systems fixed. Canada is operated at as the same level that France operated Niger at for their bosses at the World Health Organization.

[@EricaLobell]

Their water was clean before we got here.... so.... we owe them clean water. If we "borrow" something and then "break" it, we should be responsible for fixing it before returning it. They shouldn't be responsible for cleaning up the mess of civil sludge, pollution, and chemicals that they have no interest in taking part in.

[@SirRC1234]

Skyp water mark be like: "I'm here too"

[@loaded9156]

yer mom

[@zedsdead6969]

Come to Newfoundland!!!!! We've had boil water advisories in most if not all small communities......since I can REMEMBER. Only indigenous people matter?

[@tesseract2365]

They are the loudest, and they never stop complaining.

[@zedsdead6969]

@@tesseract2365 Of course. Then when people come to fix things they shoot at them.

[@nawshin8680]

There are so many racists in this comment section eye-

[@gregjones5388]

There isn't a "conversation", just a one way lecture. When you live with First Nations communities, you see a different reality. In the media...First Nations are stewards for the environment. In reality...rusted bathtub on the front lawn.

[@nawshin8680]

​@@gregjones5388 wdym?

[@snoaway]

It’s not racist if it’s true

[@nawshin8680]

@@snoaway you're subscribed to ben shapiro, don't talk to me about racism lol

[@snoaway]

n a w s h i n you really did your digging detective! Is he a racist Jew? What gender do you identify as?

[@mpatm2607]

I hope the bottle water they receive is free.

[@gregjones5388]

Everything is free for them....including the water filtration systems they didn't maintain.

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@joycegifford8826]

Why are there no household water treatment systems? $7,000.00 will get you a complete household Culligan water treatment system including arsenic removal. Oh right, there is no “victimhood” status kudos for self reliance.

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@TradBarbie]

They can't afford to spend their free money on anything but alcohol and drugs. Not even food for their children.

[@Starmanstriker]

I wonder how the chiefs are handling this? You know, the big boss that makes the decisions with money and have a very close council.

[@pandastylearmy5938]

that council was created by and serves the canadian government. every reserve is under the law of the indian act. which states the government will decide what is spent where, how much and when. natives have tons of cash from sales of land, timber, hydro, minerals, fishing and farming...it all goes into a trust account that is controlled by the federal government. if there is not enough money blame the government. just like if your allowance as a kid was too little it wasn't your fault...it was your cheap parents. plus the indian act makes it against the law to make a profit on any business on a reserve.

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

The ones with the expensive houses and vehicles??

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@geester2123]

@@benguay7985 cut and paste much

[@TradBarbie]

*Exactly.* They're ruining *themselves* and blaming us.

[@tobyeverlasting7234]

Im not canadian but this is simply unacceptable. Native people should be able to practice their religion like any others without oppression. I hate how racist some of you guys are in the comments. Let people be people and stop the genocide of native people

[@Retrogamegirlygofan]

Yes lets go make a time machine and have a fantasy in family guy where indians take over.. . pfft

[@achristian7015]

Justin Trudeau promising something. You must be kidding, right?

[@Callmethegrudge]

That's messed up

[@xevious2501]

Because those "billions of dollars of spending " is not being used for what they were intended to be used for, those monies went directly into the pockets of those making the promises to fix the issues.

[@wetnapkin8848]

That’s seriously gross. I’m 24, and if I had a billion dollars I’d spend literally 95% of it all on other countries getting them all fresh drinking water. But I would start with our home Canada. I can’t believe in 2023 we still have these issues and gov officials have never done anything to solve it: this hurts. They need to know what they’re talking about and doing joining the gov. This is a joke to me. I know I may sound like a know it all, but tell me what’s more important then drinking water and shelter. NOTHING

[@_Peace_Keeper_]

All tribes are First Nations remember that

[@jamesc3745]

What if the UN was planning to revert all "colonialized" lands back to the Indigenous People?

[@haydendyjeman3059]

ayo this straight facts yo

[@TradBarbie]

Such intellect.

[@nathanb5579]

Yer mom

[@sonjajane4426]

Because of racism ... meanwhile ... the good First Nations are trying to protect our waters.

[@chefandy72]

Why?

[@StephenAndrew777]

Harper so would have had this rectified by this point. Not implying that Trudeau is a racist though. I'm flat out saying he is. I base this assessment on his own smarmy rhetoric.

[@paulburton8264]

You are aware that in Canada if you live in a city you pay a hefty amount every month for water and sewage. If you live in a rural area you are fully responsible for your won water and sewage and the quality of it. So why should the stone age tribes be treated any differently ? Let them tax their people and use that money to build and support their own systems. Just like all the rest of us.

[@michaelschuenemann3505]

WE DRINK YELLOW WATER ONLY !!!!!!

[@justaguyaround]

Peeeee?

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@ScooterMcBooters]

Watching this- Boiling water 2024….

[@INDIGE_STUDIO]

Buy a water distiller. At the end of the day, people need to learn how to self-educate.

[@connorcolquhou5845]

To be fair there werent any clean water taps before Europeans got here, so water can be spiritual even if it isn't clean lol. to be fair again there wasn't any pollution, oil contamination and big corporations dictating all of our lives back then either. We are all one people in Canada now though wether your family was born in Africa, India, Europe, Asia or well canada etc. There are 7 billion people on the planet and rising so we gotta get use to living closer together and we might as well have a unifying identity. all the different people should have the same standard of living and dignity no matter where and how we live in this great country. Clean water for all or else we risk taking the great out of this great nation.

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@flynn4838]

Funding for clean water was given to Cheifs and band councils....ask them what they did with it....oh ya.....squandered.

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

Exactly over and over

[@BroLeaf1911]

Its really simple leave the reserve and live like the rest of us Canadian get a job if plenty of immigrants can make a life in Canada who barley speak English whats there problem ?

[@roberta123465]

I dont get it. They don’t want help from the government, but they do want help from the government. This is stupid

[@snoaway]

Because they’re too lazy

[@waynegabler6570]

That you for that long and detailed explanation. Happy Hour is about to start, don't want you to be late. Bye.

[@dsskoa2432]

Mirror much.

[@snoaway]

Wayne Gabler thanks I’m on the way

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

u took their land. stfu

[@justiceedwards4219]

1/8th navajo problem

[@rboddington]

So long as Aboriginals choose self segregation, there will be little any government can do to help them.

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

Yes they want no part of Canada but want the handouts.

[@shosugino6716]

Permavictims.

[@pandastylearmy5938]

what is a permavictim?

[@chais1111]

@@pandastylearmy5938 permanent victims. You re joking right??? i hate the way that we re never allowed to say anything positive about colonization. Think about it for a second and i'm sure you ll find a positive side and also deep down inside no one wants to go back to the way we were 200 years ago that includes the indigenous.

[@pandastylearmy5938]

@@chais1111 I lost my entire family to genocide. I will always have a difficult time finding anything good about it.

[@lionalesso2770]

Then it's time to take the spiritual life, what is practiced, into consideration that it is really good or not causing these this enormous plagues. This is not only meant for Indigenous people.

[@ggmate5155]

What?

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@The_206]

First world huh?

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@mrroy5542]

Wake up natives ! Time to wipe your own butts

[@benguay7985]

..History Professor at Trent University...David King..I gotta rant a bit...someone needs to explain very slowly and clearly to non-Aboriginal ppl that their taxes do not support First Nations. The truth is very few Canadians pay more into the system than they get out of it. They're taxes are not enough to even sustain their own standard of living let alone someone else's. Canada's massive wealth is because of natural resources and no other reason. And as everyone knows, not one stone came over on the ships for Europe. There isn't a village or town in Canada, not even a single detached household that is self-sustaining without natural resource wealth. It cost over $100,000 just to install a crosswalk light and that doesn't even include mainenance. $100,000 just for 5 or 6 blocks of pavement. Public Transit/highways roads and mainenance costs millions and billions. We haven't even discussed healthcare and education. Most all Canadians would have to live in high rise apartments for us to even have a chance at sustainability without natural resource wealth. The wealth comes from the Natural Resources and that obviously has not equally been spent in First Nations communities...yet it's existence did not arrive on the ships with the Europeans...it was already here...the estimated resource wealth in reserved lands alone is billions and billions of dollars and that doesn't included shared lands/treaty lands. Polticians need to act like adults and educate Canadians about this myth and tell their supporters that they're taxes alone do not even sustain them. They are not supporting Aboriginal people and never have.

[@ashleyl2446]

voting Green

[@TradBarbie]

Whaaaaaaaa we want more free stuff and can't do *anything* for ourselves or our children. What a *proud* people 🙄

[@Solaris_Paradox]

OK settler! You European invaders aren't so proud when your king start taking a bath In the middle of the city you guys treat it like a ceremony. Lmao 😂😂

[@ashleyl2446]

when they start taking care of their animals then I will care about if they have water.

[@stevedemoe1359]

I agree. Also. If you don’t like the water on the reserve. Move off the Rez. That is an option!

[@t.jonnson7306]

'Cause complaining & lazy ??

[@xenxebra2559]

They forgot or never knew how to start a fire. Unless its a forest fire.

[@shauncameron8390]

Welfare destroyed their self-sufficiency.

[@xenxebra2559]

@@shauncameron8390 welfare made them to spontaneously loose all survival skills?

[@shauncameron8390]

@@xenxebra2559 Who needs survival skills when you can just collect a cheque for existing at all?

[@danny7954]

Why has the story not been told . The federal government had Above ground single wall steel petro storage tanks fabricated and supplied over decades to hundreds of bands across Canada. This was a federal/ provincial program. These tanks are required for many bands for diesel electric power generation. The specifications of these tanks were not followed and the company ( Toronto based) paid off contacts at the federal level. Poor materials and fabrication in construction and installation. Codes broken. Some band chiefs got paid to stay quite.The tanks failed, leached hydrocarbons for decades. Ground water and water table destruction. This explains the reason as far as oil and hydrocarbons. Any journalists interested I can provide more. I wish I could also explain why 100 years of Catholic priests raping children went unchecked but I'm sorry I can't. Very sorry for all those children and the families they left. Happy Canada day.

[@tesseract2365]

"Some band chiefs got paid to stay quite(sic)." Sounds like an indian problem.

[@MsLoveandjustice]

Wow this is real systematic racism

[@MsLoveandjustice]

@@TheWorldisSoDivided While I tend to agree, this video shows that that is not the whole story.

[@Mikaelbengtsson94]

Glad I live in Sweden

[@dravenhoule646]

Canada is also a good country we just have some issues we are figuring out

[@Picklemedia]

Time to stop enabling imo.

[@wallyoppal]

I can only ask , how much would it have cost to simply supply the means to build infrastructure for clean water years ago ???? Throwing this money at them will provide clean water or will the problem continue ??

[@haydendyjeman3059]

yer mom

[@december0964]

Trudeau who ? WHAT ? WHAT ? WHAT ?

[@spawnedincanada6885]

Disgraceful 😕

[@forresttrees1701]

Try paying taxes! That’s why others have clean water, because they pay for it. There are many rural communities that don’t have clean water cuz their tax base can’t support it. Why should yours be any different?

[@user-bz6tm4tl4u]

why is living off the land not working? pray to jesus

[@wallyoppal]

Send in the priests again , they'll fix 'em .

[@firstamendment5294]

@@wallyoppal Ruthless lmao.

[@waynegabler6570]

You first, the Indians in Northern Quebec would survive better than the people in Montreal. Turn off the power and blow all the bridges for a year and then compare the results.

[@firstamendment5294]

@@waynegabler6570 That is a would be a ridiculous comparison. It's not surprising that you would come up with that since Liberals do not understand how numbers work.

[@dylanr8481]

@@waynegabler6570 Hahaha, they'd be heading north my friend, then they'll hunt all the moose and drink all the water, chop the trees down. Then after all resources are gone they'll blame the Indigenous people for it.

[@buzzymm]

All this and yet we don't riot in the streets...

[@snoaway]

I’m not rioting for lazy drunks

[@BroLeaf1911]

Riot were the reserve or in our city's and community no one is stopping them from leaving the reserve maybe its time they did and live like the rest of us 😀

[@snoaway]

You’re too lazy

[@buzzymm]

@@snoaway ok colonizer... Took you a whole month to come up with that witty retort, Big Brain!

[@snoaway]

buzzy yep only a month but it was si worth it

[@Sebmon503]

wahat omg claim

[@jedinite241]

Native: We want more clean drinking water Canadian British: Ummm does she know we don't have clean water either? Global News: Lets just pretend we have great water