Nathan Denette/THE CANADIAN PRESS A man rides his ATV in Attawapiskat, Ont., on April 19, 2016. A UN report specifically mentions the northern Indigenous community as one facing a state of emergency over a lack of clean water. A United Nations (UN) report is highlighting the role “abhorrent” housing conditions play in the poverty and exploitation that Indigenous people face in Canada and around the world. The report, presented to the UN General Assembly on Friday, examines the lack of access to secure housing both in cities and on reserves and its effect on the rights of Indigenous people in countries including Canada, Australia and Tanzania. “The Special Rapporteur finds that housing conditions for Indigenous peoples around the world are overwhelmingly abhorrent and too often violate the right to adequate housing,” the report reads.

Source: Huffington Post October 21, 2019 12:11 UTC