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Groups Speak Up on Bulk Water Issues
The bulk water export debate is back in the media.
Most recently, a new report from the Fraser Institute says that Canada should look at...
CSR: Water
In early 2010, Intel adopted a new water policy that reinforces the company’s commitment to conservation and respect for the human right to water....
Myths and Legends
Myth #1: Water is a public good.
Water is essential to life. Therefore, some argue, it should be considered public. Food is also essential...
Can We Rely on Technology to Guarantee Future Water Resources?
During this year’s Rivers to Oceans Week (June 8 to 14), the Canadian Museum of Nature is running a café scientifique—a forum in an informal setting—that asks this very question in several locations around the country.
Barlow Appointed Senior Water Advisor for UN
Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and founder of the Blue Planet Project, has been appointed as the first senior advisor...
Federal Water Quantity Report Made Available
The Council of Canadians and MiningWatch Canada have made public a report drafted by Environment Canada in December 2007 revealing that the agency had...
First Nations Water Situation Reaches “Boiling Point”
A new report from the Polaris Institute in collaboration with the Assembly of First Nations says “too many First Nation communities are living with...
Workshop Focuses on “The Value of Water”
This month the Centre for Environment at the University of Toronto will host The Value of Water, a one-day workshop that will address address...
Canada Foils UN Water Plan: Toronto Star
International water advocates say Canada halted an initiative to have the United Nations Human Rights Council recognize water as a basic human right, according...
Poll Reveals Canadians Over-Confident in Supply of Fresh Water
Canada may be on the brink of a fresh water crisis and unless Canadians start taking notice, our economy will suffer, concludes a poll...
