CP NewsAlert: Carney says First Nations clean water legislation will come next spring

By Canadian Press on December 2, 2025.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce clean drinking water legislation in the spring, delaying a bill that had been promised for this fall.

Carney’s promise to revive the legislation came in an address to the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa today, where he also said he will host a joint meeting with federal, provincial, territorial and First Nations leaders early in the new year and that co-ordination on water solutions will be a key agenda item.

More coming.

Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press