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Canada has legal duty to provide safe water, housing to remote First Nations, federal judge rules

The Federal Court building located at 90 Sparks Street in Ottawa.

A federal judge has sided with two First Nations in Manitoba and one in Ontario that sued the Canadian government over its duty to provide them with safe housing and clean drinking water, in separate rulings delivered Friday.


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