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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s self-imposed five-year deadline to bring clean drinking water to reserves currently under boiling advisories may have been applauded at a recent town hall in Toronto, but it could blow a serious hole in his party’s infrastructure budget.



Questioned on his party’s plan to address water access at an evening event hosted by Vice News Canada, Trudeau was quick to point out that his proposed Green Infrastructure Fund specifically includes “water-related issues” — including those facing First Nations communities.

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“We have 93 different communities under 133 different boiled water advisories across the country,” he reminded the crowd.

“[Serpent River First Nation] Chief Isadore Day has called for.. .within five years, there should be zero, and I’ve told the chief, and I’ve told First Nations many times, we agree with that, and a Canadian government led by me is going to address this as a top priority, because it’s not right in a country like Canada that this has gone on for far too long,” he said, which garnered an audibly enthusiastic response from the crowd.