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AFN national chief calls Ottawa’s updated Clean Water Act ‘disappointing’

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July 14, 2026

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Speaking at the Assembly of First Nations general meeting in Ottawa, National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says the updated First Nations Clean Water Act introduced in the spring 'fails to clearly designate First Nations rights to clean water.'

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