{"id":4355,"date":"2025-08-19T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:35:10","slug":"the-real-reasons-native-reserves-cant-get-clean-drinking-water-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4355","title":{"rendered":"The real reasons Native Reserves can&#8217;t get clean drinking water in CANADA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The real reasons Native Reserves can&#8217;t get clean drinking water in CANADA<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unless one is familiar&nbsp;with the First Nations governance system, and &#8220;RESERVES&#8221; , it ends up&nbsp; an emotional dysfunctional&nbsp; issue.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With few exceptions ( See OSOYOOS BAND success ) they have a Chief and possibly a Band&nbsp; Council as well.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Their Reserves&#8217;&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8221; land&nbsp; &#8221; are held in trust by the Federal Gov&#8217;t&#8230;. aka it can NOT be sold.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No band member can own land&#8230;the Reserve is shared&nbsp;as a collective. They get homes provided , but do not own them.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Chief (and Council ) rule over the entire&nbsp;Band with&nbsp;an iron fist.&nbsp; &nbsp; They are THE Law&#8230;.. case closed.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Cory Morgan video ( below ) is one of many he&#8217;s done re: the Reserves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We see in the news constant stories about primitive Reservations&nbsp;with LACK of clean drinking water.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QUESTION: Who is to blame ?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ANSWER = NOT US !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either the money is embezzled &#8230;.or the facilities are built and poorly maintained<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another Cory Morgan video ( forthcoming ) he says that Housing is provided..then later some are arsoned by the Band&nbsp; members as a means of getting&nbsp;a new (clean) house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gov&#8217;t continually cuts ( blank )&nbsp;cheques to the Band = The&nbsp; Chief .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven Harper had introduced a Law that proper&nbsp;and transparent&nbsp; accounting of the Band was required (which&nbsp;Trudeau later killed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is quite clear the Federal money is effectively mismanaged if not outright stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, I don&#8217;t\/can&#8217;t feel sorry for the given Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My sympathies go to the hard -working&nbsp;taxpayer whose $$$ MILLION&nbsp; in Tax $$$ go to&nbsp;these&nbsp; Band&#8217;s ad- nauseum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These Bands governance models are perfect examples of the &#8221; COMMUNIST MODEL&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;You&#8217;ll Own Nothing and be Happy&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Property&nbsp;is not owned&#8230;it&#8217;s part of the great collective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democracy doesn&#8217;t exist..the rules and law are either from their cultures or simply at whims of the Chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chiefs&#8217; (control) role to Band Members = much the same as Rabbi&#8217;s to Jews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are we NON First Nations about to come under the same governance model&#8230;&#8230;moreso as our Gov&#8217;ts are continually&nbsp;surrendering OUR lands to First Nations and thus we are becoming&nbsp; increasingly beholden to a given &#8221; Chief &#8220;?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reducto ad Absurdum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;there are approx 200 First Nations Bands in BC..<em>.hence will these 200 Chiefs ultimately become THE rulers over&nbsp; ALL&nbsp; BC collectively ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The real reasons Native Reserves can&#8217;t get clean drinking water in CANADA&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9MzpDfmme8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9MzpDfmme8w<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Attachments area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9MzpDfmme8w&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preview YouTube video The real reasons native reserves can&#8217;t get clean drinking water in Canada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9MzpDfmme8w&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-6.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-6-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9MzpDfmme8w&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/docs\/doclist\/images\/mediatype\/icon_2_youtube_x16.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9MzpDfmme8w&amp;authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real reasons Native Reserves can&#8217;t get clean drinking water in CANADA Unless one is familiar&nbsp;with the First Nations governance system, and &#8220;RESERVES&#8221; , it ends up&nbsp; an emotional dysfunctional&nbsp; issue. With few exceptions ( See OSOYOOS BAND success ) they have a Chief and possibly a Band&nbsp; Council as well. 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