OTTAWA, ON, April 27, 2022 /CNW/ – Please be advised that the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services; Chief Wayne Moonias, Neskantaga First Nation; Chief Doreen Spence, Tataskweyak Cree Nation; Chief Emily Whetung, Curve Lake First Nation; and will provide an update on the safe drinking water settlement agreement.
Members of Tataskweyak Cree Nation, and Neskantaga First Nation will also share some of their lived experiences under a long-term drinking water advisory and the impact that the settlement agreement will have on their communities.
Date: April 28, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Where:
Sir John A. Macdonald Building – Room 200
144 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
The media availability will also be held virtually.
Please note: Participation in the question and answer period of this event is for accredited members of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery only.
Media who are not members of the press gallery may contact [email protected] to request temporary access.
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SOURCE Indigenous Services Canada
For further information: (media only): Alison Murphy, Press Secretary, Office of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, [email protected]; ISC Media Relations, [email protected]; For more information from counsel for Tataskweyak Cree Nation, Curve Lake First Nation and Neskantaga First Nation, media may contact: Michael Rosenberg, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, 416-601-7831, [email protected]; Darian Baskatawang, Associate, Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP, 807-356-2534, [email protected]
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