APTN National News
It’s a community living in poverty despite having rich neighbours.
The reserve sits in the middle of half a dozen profitable mining operations.
In her final instalment of living conditions in northern Ontario, APTN National News reporter Tiar Wilson takes us to Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation where most houses have eight or more people living in them.
In situations like this, I want to know who is responsible for the quality of the drinking water. Governments pin-point at eachother as to who’s responsible for the water quality. Because it’s FN people, Health Canada is pointed at. But because the water is coming from a natural source (body of water), Environment Canada is pointed to…..It was mentioned in a meeting involving senate members, that the “qualified” people who build/engineer water systems are at the provincial/municipal levels…not the federal level. So….who’s held accountable??????