First of all, there are thousands of cottages located in the Canadian Shield drawing their clean drinking water from the lake.

Secondly, the City of Winnipeg built a 108 mile aqueduct for their drinking water through the Canadian Shield over a century ago using manual labour, picks, shovels, and machinery of the day.

Finally, with over 80% unemployment on reserves, there are no valid reasons why First Nations cannot dig their own trenches, lay pipe, build and maintain their own water supplies.