Lack of federal funding leaves First Nations with new plants but no access to clean water An investigation by a consortium of universities, colleges and media companies, including Mount Royal University, Global Calgary and APTN News co-ordinated by Concordia University’s Institute for Investigative Journalism (IIJ) has found that money spent by the federal government since 2015 has failed to include sufficient funding to connect homes to centralized systems on First Nations in many parts of the country.In 2019 the federal government built a $14.2-million water treatment plant on Tsuut’ina Nation but Chief Roy Whitney-Onespot said the majority of residents still rely on wells or cistern to get their water.“The water treatment facility was.