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Canada’s clean water promise excludes some Indigenous communities, says local grand chief
A local Indigenous leader says the federal government’s focus on access to clean drinking water may be neglecting Indigenous reserves in less dire situations. Joel Abram, grand chief of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, said that reserves with water treatment systems still need to reach provincial standards, despite a federal promise to focus on ending boil-water advisories. “While we understand it’s important to address those situations, its left a…