Grassy Narrows First Nation files lawsuit provincial and federal government for mercury contamination

Grassy Narrows First Nation – Asubpeechoseewagong Anishinabek – files lawsuit against the provincial and federal governments, arguing they have violated their Treaty rights and other legal and constitutional duties by failing to protect against and remedy the effects of decades of mercury and other contamination of Grassy Narrows’ lands and waters. Co-lead counsel Adrienne Telford says: "If this was Ontario cottage country, the river would have been cleaned up decades ago, the pollution stopped and the harms properly compensated. Instead, we see serial failures on the part of government to do the right thing".

More information on Grassy Narrows’ legal case and ways of supporting the people of Grassy can be found here.

News coverage includes:

• CBC: Grassy Narrows First Nation files lawsuit against Ontario, federal governments over mercury contamination
• CBC: Grassy Narrows First Nation sues governments over mercury contamination
• Global News: Grassy Narrows First Nation sues Ontario, Canada over alleged mercury poisoning
• CTV News: Grassy Narrows First Nation sues Ontario, Canada over mercury contamination
• Toronto Star: ‘We have been met with a hard heart’: Frustrated at lack of progress, Grassy Narrows sues governments for failing to clean up mercury pollution