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The federal government considers it a minor issue, even boasting to international agencies that 100% of households in Canada have access to clean water.
Sure, if you’re going by their official numbers that’s true, except their numbers are absolutely wrong.
Data analysis we conducted of government clean water advisories marked “active”, show that the Federal government only counted 1 in 10 of these advisories.
Officially, the Canadian government estimates that 82,400 people are without regular access to clean, and safe drinking water.
As bad as that is, this number only includes 108 of the 1,001 active advisories we could find.
Despite only having 13.5% of the population, BC had over 843 active advisories that could be found.
The province accounts for 84.31% of all advisories we could find across Canada, which shows a remarkable lack of competence from the provincial government.
Why Isn’t The Government Doing Anything?
The Government of Canada has pledged to fix most of the problem by 2021 – in 5 years.