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Indigenous Services Failures Persist Despite Increased Funding

10/22/2025

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Auditor-General Karen Hogan reported Indigenous Services Canada is failing to address health and infrastructure issues in First Nations communities.
Despite an 84% increase in spending since 2019, the department has not implemented roughly half of recommendations from 2015–2022.
Twenty years after concerns were raised, 35 long-term drinking water advisories remain, nine active for more than a decade.
Minister Mandy Gull-Masty defended the department, calling the report a guide for improvement.

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Story summary

Auditor-General Karen Hogan reported Indigenous Services Canada is failing to address health and infrastructure issues in First Nations communities.
Despite an 84% increase in spending since 2019, the department has not implemented roughly half of recommendations from 2015–2022.
Twenty years after concerns were raised, 35 long-term drinking water advisories remain, nine active for more than a decade.
Minister Mandy Gull-Masty defended the department, calling the report a guide for improvement.