The chief of the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation says he has received a commitment from Prime Minister Justin for an improved relationship.
The isolated reserve on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary has been under a boil water advisory for 19 years.
Chief Erwin Redsky says Trudeau spent seven hours on the reserve yesterday, hauling large jugs of drinking water and speaking with school children and elders.
The First Nation is on a man-made island that was cut off from the mainland a century ago during construction of an aqueduct that carries fresh water to Winnipeg
