Canada: Pressing Need to Improve First Nations’ Water Supply

Expand Aerial photo of the vast freshwater resources in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada, October 2018. © 2018 Human Rights Watch (Toronto) – World Water Day on March 22, 2019 is a reminder that many of Canada’s First Nations communities do not have safe drinking water, Chiefs of Ontario and Human Rights Watch said today. The groups issued a draft guide on the human right to water for First Nations communities and advocates. This guide will be open for comment through September 6, and then finalized. “Most Canadians have easy access to fresh water, but many First Nations communities…

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