By Alessia Passafiume THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she hopes to table a piece of legislation this fall that she says is the closest the federal government has come to co-developing law with First Nations. “It’s really, to me, very important that it reflects the input of Indigenous Peoples,” she said. The proposed bill would aim to begin addressing the protection of fresh water within First Nation communities, as well as water that flows into them. “I’m pretty excited about it,” Hajdu said in a wide-ranging interview with The Canadian Press. “It’s an opportunity to show the country that we can do things together _ even in this very Westminster parliamentary setting.” The new bill is expected to come more than one year after Canada…
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