Indigenous leaders in Canada and the U.S. are turning up the pressure on Ottawa for an investigation of toxic mining runoff from B.C.
, despite high-level bilateral promises of an agreement by this summer to “reduce and mitigate” its impact.
“We need more than a soft commitment to agree to a solution in principle. The Kootenay River deserves, and the Ktunaxa people expect, clear federal action from the Canada-U.S. bilateral negotiations.” “We believe that there are processes that are being followed right now that have a better chance of getting to a resolution,” Trudeau said during a news conference in New York City.
The principal mining player in the region, Teck Resources, has already spent more than $1.2 billion in an effort to fix the problem, with plans for $750 million more over the next two years. In a letter last month to both Trudeau and B.C. Premier David Eby, Teneese and 10 other signatories noted their obligations under the boundary waters treaty, as well as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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