Global News published this video item, entitled “Canada settles class action lawsuits over First Nations drinking water advisories” – below is their description.
Canada’s Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller on announced on Friday that the federal government has settled two class-action lawsuits involving dirty drinking water in First Nations communities.
The proposed settlement agreement is worth nearly $8 billion and is still awaiting court approval.
Included in the agreement are the Neskantaga First Nation – which has Canada’s longest-running boil water advisory — and the Tataskweyak Cree Nation, which has been under a boil water advisory since 2017.
The minister also announced the creation of a first nations advisory committee on safe drinking water.
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