A water shortage in Nunavut has prompted the region’s territorial government to declare a state of emergency, leading experts to re-evaluate water infrastructure in areas they say lack necessary funding.
"Families are frustrated. Businesses are frustrated," MP Lori Idlout told CTV News Channel. "Water is such an essential human right."
"It is a human right to have access to [water]," sustainability researcher Kaylia Little told CTV News Channel on Sunday. "What we know is that the investments [towards water infrastructure] that have been made historically in the region have been vastly below those in the south," she said.
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