“I'm disappointed the government's new water bill doesn't recognize clean water as a human right for First Nations or deal with pollution from resource extraction that goes beyond reserve boundaries. I'll go home to Winnipeg Centre, which I call the centre of the universe, and come back ready to keep fighting in the fall.”
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