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No more excuses: Fix the clean water problem

No more excuses: Fix the clean water problem

Clean, safe, reliable water should be available to all people in Canada in this day and age, and yet it isn’t. We have all heard the promises of politicians on the campaign trails, and still, there are many places in this country where there are consistent boil water advisories or just plain water that is unusable for numerous reasons. In 2016, there were 105 communities with long-term drinking water advisories in place, where the water had been unsafe to use or consume for at least a year. By this year, the number of communities without water is 61.

Melillo wants to ‘eat his words’ on clean water crisis

Melillo wants to ‘eat his words’ on clean water crisis

Ottawa has once again delayed the completion of much-needed work on designing and building water construction plants in communities with long-term drinking water advisories but has recommitted to providing clean drinking water across the country. “It’s frustrating,” says Kenora MP Eric Melillo. “The government made a lot of promises to Canadians and Indigenous people across this country that they were going to end all long-term boil-water drinking water advisories.”