Bill S-11, An Act for Safe Drinking Water on First Nations Lands in Senate Committee
February 15, 2011 - 6:46am | by brianbeaton
Round 2 for S-11, An Act for Safe Drinking Water on First Nations Lands in Senate Committee
How Did Drinking Water Become so Controversial?
Presentations by AFN, AMC, UBCIC, Chiefs of Ontario say “The issue is not water. It is this legislation.”
A Four Arrows Report on Parliamentary News with a special essay on “How Much Consultation Is Enough?” and Senator Brazeau speech "As a First Nations person ..." criticizing elected First Nation leaders.
Ottawa, Ontario, 12 February 2011 – The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples heard five witnesses last week on Bill S-11, An Act for Safe Drinking Water on First Nations Lands. All five witnesses were in sharp contrast with the views of the Committee’s first witnesses, officials from Indian Affairs with their solicitor from the Department of Justice.