Aboriginal Water Quality by: Wasiq Wadud/8X

My illustration or editorial cartoon is an emphasized version, of the saddening and true story of the water Aboriginals obtain in Canada. In Canada, access to clean water is universal to almost all of the population. Even though, people do not dump garbage on their pipes (if they have any), the quality and accessibility of water for Aboriginals is very poor and discriminative. It has been proven that 40% of Aboriginals that do have water, their quality is at “high risk”. Also many Aboriginals, up to 60% in a certain tribe don’t even have indoor plumbing. A survey shows if water is provided to Aboriginals, it is through unhealthy and old piping. Though Canada is spending much of its budget for sewers towards the Aboriginals, it has shown not to work. One of the main problems with maintaining clean water for our First Nations is the shortage of technicians who have the knowledge to fix pipes, and the hiring of unprofessional technicians, who do an unsatisfactory job. My cartoon is based on the research and facts I have learned. My cartoon shows two unprofessional workers, working on the pipes for this Aboriginal house. Them slacking off, and polluting shows how sometimes unprofessional plumbers get hired. A key point to my cartoon is the speech of a worker, it demonstrates how dirty the pipes are and how unhealthy the quality of water can be, that even garbage can’t change its quality! Though I know this is an emphasized perspective, it is meant to show the atrocious quality of water Aboriginals obtain. It is also to demonstrate how the Canadian government is not doing enough for their original citizens, and the lack of access for our First Nations. Though this is humorous, it is designed to aware the upsetting story for our Aboriginals, and will hopefully trigger more to take action.