Thread by @sunlorrie

Be very suspicious of these sorts of claims:
(1) While Ottawa is responsible for 1,050 Indigenous water systems across Canada, one-third of all households on reserves aren’t included, because they have no running water or get it from private wells and cisterns.

https://twitter.com/HedyFry/status/1413976328559370244

(2) Many of the cancelled long-term unsafe drinking water advisories have been achieved through temporary measures, which may not last until permanent solutions are in place.

(3) There’s been no improvement in the number of reserve water systems that are at medium or high risk of failure since the Liberals took power. In 2015, 43% of 699 systems were at medium or high risk. As of 2019, 43% of 718.

(4) Short-term unsafe water advisories, which after a year become long-term advisories, aren’t included in Trudeau’s commitment, which means the severity of the problem is being understated.

(5) For example, one First Nations community was put on an unsafe water advisory for 363 days, followed four months later by another advisory for 325 days, meaning it never qualified as a long-term problem.

(6) Another reserve had 31 short-term unsafe water advisories between Nov. 1, 2015 and Nov. 1, 2020, lasting between two and 172 days.

Source: 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada to the Parliament of Canada: Report 3 — Access to Safe Drinking Water in First Nations Communities—Indigenous Services Canada oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Engli…

Auditor General:
ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER IN FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES:
"Overall, Indigenous Services Canada did not provide the support necessary to ensure that First Nations communities have ongoing access to safe drinking water."