# Carney pledges more than $4.5 billion to improve safe drinking water access for First Nations

https://mins.news/en/video/116028

- Global News, 2026-10-26 14:51 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxnPNVpw0Dg

> Prime Minister Mark Carney joined a historic meeting between First Nations and federal ministers in Ottawa on Monday, their first meeting in more than two decades. He said Canada would invest an additional $3.5 billion annually to ensure First Nations children on reserve receive education that respects and embraces their culture, and would take new measures informed by the meeting, including in the upcoming federal budget.

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