Claims period now open in federal government safe drinking water agreement with Canada’s First Nations

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Thursday alongside representatives from several of Canada’s First Nations communities, Patty Hajdu, federal minister of Indigenous services, provided an update on the progress underway and announced that the claims period is open for the settlement agreement resolving national class action litigation related to safe drinking water in First Nations communities.

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