• lungdart@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    I want everyone to have access to clean potable water. But in my community, that’s the manicupalities responsibility, not the federal government. Genuine question, why is that different for first Nations?

    Another genuine question. Why are so many first Nations without it, if they’re all seperate communities with separately managed water systems?

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      1 month ago

      Treaties for the first thing, and also just an abstract moral idea that we don’t leave people behind.

      For the second thing, self-perpetuating poverty and trauma.

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        1 month ago

        The treaties the federal government has say they will maintain water infrastructure?

        Don’t get me wrong, they should, and we shouldn’t leave people behind. I’m just trying to figure it all out