Discussion · Adjournment Proceedings
Heather McPherson NDP
“Leaders from Fort Chipewyan have asked the government for decades to protect their health. The government only talks instead of taking real action. I want the government to protect the water in northern Alberta and respect Indigenous landowners.”
“Mr. Speaker, to be perfectly honest, I am so frustrated listening to that response. It has been decades since the alarm was raised about the health impacts on people living in the Fort Chip area. Every year, Chief Adam and Grand Chief Mercredi come to Ottawa and ask the government to take action. What we get from the government is consultation after consultation and no meaningful action, no meaningful enforcement and no meaningful commitment to making sure that the water in northern Alberta is protected and that the indigenous landowners in that area are being respected.”
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Mr. Speaker, to be perfectly honest, I am so frustrated listening to that response. It has been decades since the alarm was raised about the health impacts on people living in the Fort Chip area. Every year, Chief Adam and Grand Chief Mercredi come to Ottawa and ask the government to take action. What we get from the government is consultation after consultation and no meaningful action, no meaningful enforcement and no meaningful commitment to making sure that the water in northern Alberta is protected and that the indigenous landowners in that area are being respected.