Take Action: Make Water A Human Right

Posted on Monday, March 22 at 10:48 by sthompson
This World Water Day, The Council of Canadians is launching a national campaign to ensure water is a human right and to encourage Canadians to act locally to protect our waters. We must ensure that water remains a human right that is public, protected, and priceless.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Email the Prime Minister: Tell Prime Minister Martin to reverse his government’s decision on water as a human right, and to protect Canada's waters by developing a new national water policy and keeping water out of trade deals. To send Prime Minister Martin an email, please visit http://www.canadians.org

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L’EAU EST UN DROIT HUMAIN

L’eau est essentielle à la vie - personne ne devrait pouvoir la contrôler ou l’exproprier dans un but lucratif.

Mais en 2002, le gouvernement du Canada a été le seul membre de la Commission des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies à voter contre la reconnaissance de l’eau à titre de droit humain. L’enquête sur la tragédie de Walkerton a en outre démontré que le droit d’usage de l’eau n’existe pas dans la loi canadienne. Notre gouvernement continue donc de rejeter le droit fondamental d’usage de l’eau, tant sur le plan international que national.

IL FAUT AGIR DES MAINTENANT!

Le Conseil des Canadiens entreprend une campagne nationale pour garantir que l’eau est reconnue un droit humain et encourager les Canadiens à agir à l’échelle locale pour protéger notre eau. Nous devons nous assurer que l’eau demeure un droit humain public, protégé et d’une valeur inestimable.

CE QUE VOUS POUVEZ FAIRE

Envoyez un courriel au premier ministre: demandez au premier ministre Martin de renverser la position de son gouvernement afin de reconnaître l’eau comme un droit humain et de protéger l’eau du Canada en élaborant une nouvelle politique nationale de l’eau et en gardant l’eau à l’écart des ententes commerciales. Pour envoyez un courrel au premier ministre Martin, voir www.canadians.org

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The Council of Canadians
502-151 Slater Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3.
Tel: (613) 233-2773; Toll-free: 1-800-387-7177
Fax: (613) 233-6776
inquiries@canadians.org
http://www.canadians.org

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  1. Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:11 pm
    More CRIMINAL activity!!

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    Dave Ruston

  2. Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:19 am
    Well, I think if we have huge stores of water and it is declared a "right", the rest of the world, esp. the US, will demand access to our water. We will have no control, it will be used against us.

  3. Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:29 pm
    Our drinking water isn't so safe, and the rest of the world can be taught how to purify their own drinking water.

    Solar panels can run the pumps and the purification appliances. There is no big mystery here, but the only ones we have to worry about are the ones that want so much water for agriculture that we can't supply without losing our own resourses.

    There are other ways. Golf courses use lake or river water, and because it is non-potable, it doesn't take away from our pure drinking water.

    Agriculture could do the same, use existing rivers, and even divert some rivers to supply more area with tributaries.

    The mountains are a huge resource for that purpose.

    If they can run long pipelines for oil, why can't they do the same for water ??



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    Jim Callaghan
    Minden, Ontario
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    www.misterc.ca



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