A prominent human-rights group says Canada is failing to address long-standing abuses, delivering a rebuke of what it calls the federal government's inadequate climate policy and violations of the rights of Indigenous people and immigration detainees.
, says decades of structural and systemic discrimination against Indigenous Peoples has led to “widespread abuses” that persist across Canada.
“Access to clean drinking water is fundamental, and we continue to make progress on our commitment to lifting all remaining long-term drinking water advisories in First Nation communities,” the joint statement said.A spokesman for both departments, Randy Legault-Rankin, said the government is reviewing the report's findings and listed federal programs and investments that are underway to address concerns over drinking water, children's well-being and violence against Indigenous women.
“Federal and provincial climate change policies have failed to put in place adequate measures to support First Nations in adapting to current and anticipated impacts of climate change and have largely ignored the impacts of climate change on First Nations' right to food.”
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