A/HRC/45/12/Add.3 Comments from Indigenous Services Canada General considerations: The term “Indigenous” should be capitalized throughout the report. Para 2, 1st sentence, comments: It is recommended that “also formerly known as” be added before “Grassy Narrows First Nation”. Para 2, last sentence, comments: There is a need to clarify if the term “defenders” is inclusive of environmental activists (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) and other formal roles like legal, public health and/or the military, or only imply Indigenous “land defenders” who are defending their own territories. Para 8, 5th sentence, comments: This sentence should read: “Other examples include involvement of Health Canada, Environment Canada, and Indigenous Services Canada, as well as the Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Para 10, 2nd sentence, comments: A reference is needed for this sentence. There is a link to a footnote, which is missing. Para 10, last sentence, comments: Evidence supports the contrary. For example, there are more LT DWAs off-reserve than onreserve. The Government of Canada is looking to support drinking water regulations in First nations communities and work is ongoing in this regard with the Assembly of First Nations – a First Nations Led Process for New Safe Drinking Water and Wastewater Legislation. Para 14, 2nd sentence, comments: There is a need to clarify what the correct term for justiciability is. Para 15, 2nd sentence, comments: The reference for this sentence needs to be clarified, to be made more accessible to readers. Para 20, last sentence, comments: There needs to be references to support this statement to help understand what the Special Rapporteur means and have better clarity on the economic costs of childhood exposures. Para 25, last sentence, comments: This sentence should be accompanied by examples and a reference. Para 26, last sentence, comments: Indigenous community-led initiative should be pluralized. Para 37, first sentence, comments: Canada established the Mercury Disability Board over 35 years ago, in 1985. The Mercury Disability Board had a mandate to diagnose and provide monetary compensation for a disability caused by mercury poisoning. As other examples, in 1970 the Ontario government introduced a program to supply Grassy Narrows with fish from uncontaminated waters. Health and Welfare Canada also initiated the mercury surveillance program. The first stage was to monitor First Nations and Inuit populations whose principle food source, fish, 12