DB 🌱💦<p>This is Walkerton all over again. Seven people died and more than 2,300 became ill, many of those illnesses being lifelong ordeals. </p><p>These disasters tend to happen when governments (usually Conservative) wash their hands of public health by underfunding it or privatizing it.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EColi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EColi</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbPoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Walkerton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walkerton</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MikeHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeHarris</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/walkerton-report-blames-province-water-managers-1.303975" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/walkerton-r</span><span class="invisible">eport-blames-province-water-managers-1.303975</span></a></p>