, 2023-01-02 05:00:00,

Too often, a resolution to improve is a tragedy in three acts. It begins with a hopeful desire to reverse bad habits. In Act 2, resolve glitches and progress failures. And finally, in Act 3, there is resignation. Ah well, there’s always next year.

Act 3 is where we find the federal government and its stated and reaffirmed promise to provide safe drinking water on all First Nations reservations. Years and many missed deadlines have come and gone since Justin Trudeau and his liberals first vowed to remove boil water notices on reservations. During the 2015 federal election campaign, Neskantaga First Nation chief Wayne Moonias challenged the candidates to make a resolution. The él Ojibwe él community, located 430 kilometers north of Thunder Bay, had run out of drinking water. Water for two decades. Who would fix it?

Later that day, Justin Trudeau accepted the challenge, vowing to remove long-term boil water advisories on all First Nations within five years. At the time, there were 105. “It’s not right in a country like Canada,” he told a town hall. “This has gone on too long.”

That marked the optimistic opening of Act 1. His government has pledged $1.8 billion to provide clean water and has set a March 2021 deadline to end all notices.

Suddenly,…

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Too often, a resolution to improve is a tragedy in three acts. It begins with a hopeful desire to reverse bad habits. In Act 2, resolve glitches and progress failures. And finally, in Act 3, there is resignation. Ah well, there’s always next year.

Act 3 is where we find the federal government and its stated and reaffirmed promise to provide safe drinking water on all First Nations reservations. Years and many missed deadlines have come and gone since Justin Trudeau and his liberals first vowed to remove boil water notices on reservations. During the 2015 federal election campaign, Neskantaga First Nation chief Wayne Moonias challenged the candidates to make a resolution. The él Ojibwe él community, located 430 kilometers north of Thunder Bay, had run out of drinking water. Water for two decades. Who would fix it?

Later that day, Justin Trudeau accepted the challenge, vowing to remove long-term boil water advisories on all First Nations within five years. At the time, there were 105. “It’s not right in a country like Canada,” he told a town hall. “This has gone on too long.”

That marked the optimistic opening of Act 1. His government has pledged $1.8 billion to provide clean water and has set a March 2021 deadline to end all notices.

Suddenly,…