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Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Legislation Engagement Key Options Discussion

Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Legislation Engagement Key Options Discussion. Rights and Responsibilities to Provide Safe Drinking Water. Creating First Nation’s Water Governance Institutions.

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Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Legislation Engagement Key Options Discussion

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  1. Safe Drinking Water for First NationsLegislation EngagementKey Options Discussion Prepared May 14, 2019

  2. Rights and Responsibilities to Provide Safe Drinking Water Prepared May 14, 2019

  3. Creating First Nation’s Water Governance Institutions Prepared May 14, 2019

  4. Transboundary Governance: Decision Making with Provinces/Territories to Protect/Manage Sourcewater Prepared May 14, 2019

  5. Financing Safe Drinking Water and Wastewater Prepared May 14, 2019

  6. Ensuring the Provision of Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation Prepared May 14, 2019

  7. Question 1: What is missing from this Discussion Paper? Are there matters that you want to talk about that aren’t included? If so how would you like your voice to be heard? Please inform the facilitators of your Regional Engagement session or please email your concerns to FirstNationsWater@afn.ca. Prepared May 14, 2019

  8. Question 2: Would you support the following: • A licensing regime for First Nations drinking water and wastewater systems; • Entrenching the “precautionary principle” as the basis for setting standards; • Certification of all operators of drinking water systems; • Inspection powers; • Strong prohibitions and penalties;  • Mandatory use of licensed and accredited laboratories for drinking water testing; • Mandatory duty to report adverse test results; • Statutory standard of care upon managers of drinking water systems; • "Community right-to-know" principles; • Meaningful public participation (non-First Nations) in standard-setting and decision-making under the Act; • Include procedures for First Nations citizens to require investigations of suspected drinking water offences;  • Prohibition of the transfer of ownership of municipal drinking water systems to private companies; Prepared May 14, 2019

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