Mandy Gull-Masty

Madam Speaker, I took the time to study things and speak with the communities. One very important aspect of this bill is the government's historic investment to ensure that the communities benefiting from this bill have all the essentials, including funds to invest in the work involved in lifting boil water advisories.

C-37 Madam Speaker, Billis seeking, first and foremost, to establish the minimum standards that are in place for many residents in ridings that are not first nations communities. This is the base. If first nations communities want to do the additional work to define what that standard should be for them, they are able to do that, and we would support them through Bill C-37.

Madam Speaker, I want to remind my colleague that, while he speaks of big, shiny announcements, there are 38 communities waiting for this work to be done, such as Kashechewan, which this year had to evacuate because of major infiltration in its water system. There are communities hoping to do this work, and they need this valuable resource. We are working on this law in partnership with those [more]

Madam Speaker, I want to inform my colleague that, in government, we have to do the work of responding and ensuring that the government fully represents all of the positions that are presented to it, and while we do this incredible work, we are also making decisions to ensure that the historic investment that we have put forward in this space will meet their needs. Every community that has met [more]

Madam Speaker, the objective of this law is to do that. I want to remind my colleague that it is the Liberal government that put forward this promise. We have done intense capital project planning, invested in community, lifted a number of boil water advisories and prevented a number of boil water advisories. Now we seek to target the 38 remaining boil water advisories. I hope that my colleague [more]

C-37, An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands moved that Bill, be read the second time and referred to a committee. waachiyeh meesuuyeh kwe ulaakut tansi eeyou iskwew C-37 She said: Madam Speaker,,,,,and hello. I rise today as a proudfrom the community of Waswanipi, and also as the Minister of Indigenous Services, to [more]

Madam Speaker, we have to take into consideration that the work we do here is not only about water system infrastructure but also about giving communities the power, the resource and the jurisdiction over deciding how they are going to access that. It is not only about how they are doing the work to harmonize their relationship with their environment, protect necessary resources and practise [more]

Madam Speaker, this bill is the result of six years of work by the first nations themselves. The information was provided by the communities themselves. I really took the time to study all of the evidence presented and to talk to many people who are affected by the current advisories. One of the things my colleague really needs to try to understand is that the gradual implementation of the right [more]

Mr. Speaker, reconciliation means working in full partnership with indigenous communities. We are doing that work by advancing child and family services reform and working on clean drinking water, health care and education. This includes supporting Canada's first Inuit-led university and also doing the critical work on tuberculosis elimination and strengthening food security for children and [more]

Mr. Speaker, it was a pleasure and an honour to introduce the water bill, because we know that the $4.6 billion of resources attached to that bill are going to help communities do the work that they need to do in community, supporting their members with clean drinking water. It was a pleasure to meet with Chief Ackabee and Chief Fisher to speak about their file. If this member wants to do [more]