There is little doubt that NAFTA has brought about the loss of Canadian sovereignty over its own resources and further threatens its water supply. Through the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), bulk water transfers are being discussed. The SPP is carrying on where NAFTA left off, and this includes further gaining access to Canadian oil, gas, electricity, and water. The Montreal Economic Institute, which is a think tank, is now urging Canada to export its fresh water for financial gain. This will mortgage Canada’s future for possible short-term benefits. A continental resource pact, which includes energy and water, is all part of deeper integration into a North American Union.
Canada Needs A National Water Policy That Bans Bulk Water Exports
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?Water is not for trade? - A myopic and very misguided statement. Why is it that OIL, which in Alberta means money plus devastation of the landscape, is OK to trade, but WATER is not? Why is it that in Quebec, an area the size of England was damned around the Hudson Bay so that electricity could be sold to the U.S.?
The Canadian government should establish a national policy, and it should take control of fresh water sales.
The revenues will enable funding of Medicare and Education at a time when the rest of the world's economies are heading into the tank.
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