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==== Drinking water ==== {{main|Long-term drinking water advisories}} 400 First Nations communities in Canada had some kind of water problem between 2004 and 2014. The residents of [[Neskantaga First Nation]] in Ontario have had a boil-water advisory since 1995.<ref>Joanne Levasseur, Jacques Marcoux, [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bad-water-third-world-conditions-on-first-nations-in-canada-1.3269500 "Bad water: 'Third World' conditions on First Nations in Canada"], CBC News, October 14, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amnesty.ca/our-work/issues/indigenous-peoples/indigenous-peoples-in-canada/the-right-to-water|title=The Right to Water|work=Amnesty International Canada |date=October 18, 2012}}</ref> In 2015, newly elected Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] promised to solve the drinking water problem within five years, by investing $1.8 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-justin-trudeau-first-nations-boil-water-advisories-1.3258058|title=Trudeau vows to end First Nations reserve boil-water advisories within 5 years |publisher= CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-nations-orbis-infrastructure-water-consultants-budgets-1.3780760|title=Feds ask why First Nations projects over budget β Answer? The feds |publisher= CBC News}}</ref> As of October 2021, long-term boil water advisories are still present in 32 First Nations drinking water systems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Map of long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserves |website=Government of Canada - Indigenous Services |url=https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1620925418298/1620925434679 |access-date=7 October 2021 }}</ref>
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