Canada has no legal obligation to provide First Nations with clean water, lawyers say | CBC News

Canada has no legal obligation to provide First Nations with clean water, lawyers say | CBC News

The federal government has no legal duty to ensure First Nations have clean drinking water, even if Liberal ministers publicly suggest otherwise, Justice Canada lawyers say.That's the defence the federal government is expected to mount in Ottawa this week in Federal Court,

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