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!
Five things you can do to help ban bottled water
Factsheet: Why is the Canadian Government Letting Mining Companies Turn Lakes into Toxic Dumps?
Groups urge Ontario and Manitoba governments to fund the Experimental Lakes Area
Stop the War on Science: Save the Experimental Lakes Area
ELA to be sold off to “client-friendly” buyer with no scientific expertise?
Fisheries and Oceans Canada rejects Council of Canadians’ request to visit ELA
60% of Conservative voters oppose the funding cuts to the Experimental Lakes Area
