NDP MPs Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) and Lori Idlout (Nunavut) called on the federal government to keep their promise to the people of Grassy Narrows, a community that’s been dealing with the fallout of a poisoned water supply for over a half-century.

Three years ago, after First Nations leadership and the NDP pressured the government to build a mercury treatment centre, the Liberals promised to fund its building. Three years later, the community is still waiting.

Ashton and Idlout wrote to the Liberal government to urge swift action