00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.848771 CaOODSP 20250306123619 cr ||||||||||| 171214s2017 onca|||#ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- YN5-145/2017E-PDF Ammar, Nasreddine. Budget sufficiency for First Nations water and wastewater infrastructure [electronic resource] / [written by Nasreddine Ammar]. Ottawa : Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, 2017. 51 p. : ill. Cover title. "7 December 2017". Issued also in French under title: Les besoins d’investissement de l’infrastructure d’aqueduc et d’égout des Premières Nations. Includes bibliographical references: p. 42-51. "In Canada, water and waste water (W&WW) is largely a provincial domain. However, the responsibility for First Nations communities living on reserve falls squarely with the Crown, specifically the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAC). The Government’s 2015 Speech from the Throne promised a renewal of the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples and the Government’s first budget proposed an end to long-term boil water advisories on reserves within five years by investing an additional $1.8 billion over five years, starting in 2016-17. ... This report analyzes federal spending on W&WW treatment on First Nations reserves. Using data collected from the W&WW National Assessment undertaken in 2011, along with other socio-economic, demographic and W&WW system data, PBO has estimated the costs of upgrading water and wastewater systems (referred to as ”investment needs”) on First Nation reserves. The report also examines the evolution of expenditures over the past decade and where possible, explains how INAC allocates funds"--Exec. summary, p. 4. gccst Indians gccst Aboriginal reserves gccst Water management gccst Public expenditures Canada. Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Les besoins d’investissement de l’infrastructure d’aqueduc et d’égout des Premières Nations (CaOODSP)9.848773 PDF 646 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/dpb-pbo/YN5-145-2017-eng.pdf