Water Crisis In Canada? What Water Crisis, Eh?

Remember this older post about water? Well, read the following article and weep - while at the same time "praising" Harper and the SPPNA:

Groups make public an unreleased government report on water crisis in Canada

The Council of Canadians and MiningWatch Canada have made public a report drafted by Environment Canada in December 2007 revealing that the agency had documented crucial information regarding the looming freshwater crisis in Canada.

The report, titled “A Federal Perspective on Water Quantity Issues,” which was obtained through an Access To Information request warns "there may be heightened risk for jurisdictional conflict for water allocation between provinces and also between Canada and the United States."

“The Harper government has repeatedly dismissed the threat of bulk water exports, while suppressing this report. We are concerned that this information, which contradicts Harper’s claims, was not publicly released months ago,” says Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians. “Now we know that Environment Canada has pointed to the possibility of pressure to export water to the United States, given the water crisis in the American Southwest and the impacts of climate change.”

The Environment Canada report also highlights the myth of abundance of freshwater in Canada and emphasizes that only 1% of Canada’s total water supply is renewed annually. It points to unsustainable industrial consumption of water in the energy and agricultural sectors.


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Maybe there should be some regulations on our water exports?

Um? What's that you're saying?

Oh.

Never mind, then ...