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Alternative Federal Budget 2020 Water Policy

Water Policy – Alternative Federal Budget 2020 Recovery Plan

In 25 years of Alternative Federal Budgets, this edition of the AFB stands out: reflecting a chapter of history as ...
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Stop Nestlé executive’s appointment to Swiss agency in charge of water aid

The Council of Canadians is joining with allies in Canada, U.S. and Europe to oppose the appointment of Christian Frutiger, ...
Blue Communities

Blue Communities

The Blue Communities Project encourages municipalities and Indigenous communities to support the idea of a water commons framework, recognizing that ...
Lead water crisis reveals federal government’s inaction on water issues

Lead water crisis reveals federal government’s inaction on water issues

Earlier this week, an investigative report by several media outlets revealed dangerously high levels of lead in tap water across ...
Palmater: First Nations’ water problems a crisis of Canada’s own making

Palmater: First Nations’ water problems a crisis of Canada’s own making

In a recent and hard-hitting article in Policy Options, Pam Palmater, a Mi’kmaw lawyer from Eel River Bar First ...
Government inspection reports reveal complaints with bottled water

Government inspection reports reveal complaints with bottled water

Bottled water that smells like "urine," tastes like "old socks" or reeks of "diarrhea."  These were some of the ...
Guelph chapter member says grassroots can fight water commodification

Guelph chapter member says grassroots can fight water commodification

Cameron Fioret, a PhD student at the University of Guelph and member of the Guelph chapter of the Council ...
Murky Waters: When Governments Turn Water Management into a Business

Murky Waters: When Governments Turn Water Management into a Business

Last week, I joined Jamie Brownlee, teacher and researcher at Carleton University, Chris Hurl, Assistant Professor at Concordia University, ...