A disaster hits, and
Canada is quick to respond.
Equipped with our latest technology
– capable of purifying 50,000 litres of water per day –
the DART is deployed to the ends of the Earth.
Meanwhile,
Health Canada lists 93 First Nations communities
under Drinking Water Advisories.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)