In 2019, the ministry of Indigenous Services Canada was created, following the dissolution of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. The ISC is responsible to Parliament, with a mandate to work “collaboratively with partners to improve access to high quality services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis” peoples.On November 7, 2022, an agreement was formally signed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, recognizing the Atlantic First Nations Water Authority as the first Indigenous water utility in the country. This significant milestone puts control of water and wastewater firmly in the hands of First Nations, initiating transfer of responsibility for the
