Promise History
2.10.051 - “We will eliminate all long-term drinking water advisories on reserve by 2021 [by making investments]”
11-Aug-2021
The government has not yet succeeded in ending drinking water advisories on First Nations’ reserves. Some water advisories have been removed in this mandate, but some have been added.
“Explore the map of lifted and remaining long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserves across Canada. The Government of Canada is working with First Nations to end long-term drinking water advisories. On the map and in the table below, an LT-DWA refers to long-term drinking water advisories which have been in effect for more than 12 months.”
19-Apr-2021
“$125.2 million over four years, beginning in 2022-23, to continue to support First Nations communities’ reliable access to clean water and help ensure the safe delivery of health and social services on reserve”
19-Apr-2021
“Budget 2021 proposes distinctions-based investments of $6.0 billion over five years, starting in 2021-22, with $388.9 million ongoing, to support infrastructure in Indigenous communities,”
10-Mar-2021
“Mercredi, 38 communautés autochtones continuaient à être sous le coup de 58 avis à long terme sur la qualité de l’eau.”
Encore 38 communautés autochtones sans eau potable au pays - La Presse
02-Dec-2020
This promise is one about outcomes or results. According to information available on Indigenous Service Canada’s (ISC) website, there have been more drinking water advisories added than water quality advisories withdrawn since the beginning of the Trudeau government’s mandate. The ISC website indicates that there are 59 reviews. In 2% of cases, a drinking water infrastructure project is at the feasibility study stage, 19% are in design, 59% are under construction and 20% are awaiting the removal of the long-term advisory. According to Indigenous Services Canada, the process of eliminating a notice takes an average of 3 to 4 years. For these reasons, we have issued a broken promise verdict. If the trend is reversed and the government succeeds in reducing and eliminating the drinking water advisories, this verdict will be reassessed.
“Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, announced more than $1.5 billion in additional investments to accelerate work to lift all long-term drinking water advisories on reserves, and $114.1 million per year ongoing thereafter to support daily operations and maintenance for water infrastructure on reserves. This funding will support First Nations in their work to provide reliable and secure access to clean water in their communities.”
07-Oct-2020
“The throne speech was clear that in the fall, we will be presenting a fiscal update, Freeland said, apparently oblivious to the fact that one cannot update something — the 2020-21 budget — that does not exist.”
23-Jan-2020
16-Jan-2020
“The Government of Canada is on track in its commitment to end all long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserves by March 2021. […] Between November 2015 and December 2019 87 long-term advisories affecting public systems on reserves have been lifted.”
Forward - A Real Plan for the Middle Class
Reference Documents
“In communities where reliable access to safe, clean drinking water has been restored, however, a risk remains. Without sufficient resources to operate and maintain water and wastewater systems, it is possible that new drinking water advisories may be issued in future. To ensure that does not happen and to make sure that previous investments deliver asting benefits, Budget 2019 proposes to invest an additional $739 million over five years, beginning in 2019–20, with $184.9 million per year ongoing. This investment will support ongoing efforts to eliminate and prevent long-term drinking water advisories—funding urgent repairs to vulnerable water systems, and providing water operator training and support programs, so that First Nations communities can effectively operate and maintain their public drinking water systems.”
Investing in the Middle Class - William Francis Morneau, Minister of Finance
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