Often times, many of the issues regarding water crisis that are talked about on the Canadian News are about issues happening in other areas of the world. However, the news rarely talks about the water crisis’ that are happening in Canada. The water problems that Canada is facing are comparable to Flint, Michigan in the U.S.A and other countries and should not be turned a blind eye to. These issues often happen in small towns, fly-in communities and most of all, First Nations Communities across Canada and The United States.
There is a reservation 30 minutes away from Hamilton and 2 minutes away from Caledonia and the water crisis there is epidemic. With a population of 20,000, Six Nations is one of the biggest reservations in Canada and out of that 20,000, 9% of residence whom live on the reserve have access to running water. Six nations as well as 60 other reservations across Canada have been under a water boiling advisory for some time now. The more recent issues Six Nations faces with water and corporations are the current issues with Nestle. They have asked to buy water from the grand river and the reservation denied the request, but the company has gone ahead and continued anyways. This brings a lot of issues with water as well as respecting the Treaty of Haldimand Tract of 1784 as well as the people of Caledonia and anyone else whom is drinking that water as well. The issue in Canada is that companies have a lot of say in the resources we have and how they are used. The people who are in charge of those things need to take these things serious. Canada is one of the biggest countries where we are fortunate enough to have fresh water we need to take care of those things that we are given.
For more information and an inside look into the Six Nations Water Crisis check out the CBC article and video here.
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