Water
The Council of Canadians fights to protect Canada’s freshwater sources from pollution, privatization, and government neglect. Our campaign work focuses on recognizing water as part of a shared commons and a human right.
Canada has no national strategy to address urgent water issues, leaving it up to communities to defend local waters. We support these Public Water Champions nationwide, mobilizing our tens of thousands of supporters and volunteer chapters. We encourage community empowerment and involvement through our “Blue Communities Project.” We are pushing the Federal government to create a strong and independent Canada Water Agency, a comprehensive National Water Policy, and to end Drinking Water Advisories in First Nations. We are opposing Big Water and its attempts to commodify water.
Water is vital to people’s health and livelihoods. Join us in taking action to protect water!
Blue Communities Project Guide Resource
First Nations highlight the right to water and sanitation at United Nations hearings in Geneva
Council of Canadians assists Shoal Lake 40 representative to speak at the UN on the right to water
Report – Water Rush: Why B.C.’s Water Sustainability Act fails to protect water
Barlow to speak on the right to water in Ireland, Feb. 13
Human Rights Day: What about our right to water?
Manitoba may legislate the right to water before April 2016
