#DeedsNotWords: A National Day of Water Protection Solidarity North of the Medicine Line

"The problem of water in Canada is not only rooted in the need to protect it from toxic contamination and destruction as a result of development, but also in the fight for survival against a racial hierarchy that determines who has access to clean water and who does not. This past summer, there were 158 drinking water advisories in effect in over a hundred First Nations communities across Canada, and many of them have been in place for decades. Systemic underfunding of basic infrastructure on reserves has made running water—an essential service in urban centers—a luxury for Indigenous peoples."