LETTER: Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink

SooToday received the following letter to the editor from reader Bryan Davies in response to the article Chronic water problems in Indigenous communities only getting worse: experts.

Your excellent Ian Ross article lays bare the problems far too often confronted by First Nations communities in a place with more fresh water than any other on this planet.

This article sadly stands in ironic contrast to the July 1st proclamations made by Prime Minister Trudeau, where we are the apparently undoubted "greatest country on Earth".

Really — stop the bleating. Not until we get core issues like water sorted, Mr. Trudeau ... not until political leaders like you find the ability to substitute empty platitudes for true action on fundamental human rights, like people having clean water, can you ever sensibly make such claims.

The "greatest country" claim is exposed as a great embarrassment by Ian Ross.

Bryan Davies