Canada’s water needs protection from thirsty America: trade lawyer
Chris Cobb, CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen
Published: Sunday, April 01 2007
OTTAWA – Canada urgently needs a clear policy to protect the nation’s water resources from privatization, pollution and the creeping demands of the United States, a leading activist told an Ottawa conference Saturday.
“Water needs to be regarded as a fundamental human right and not as a commodity,” said international trade lawyer Steven Shrybman. “That is critically important. We need to strengthen sovereignty and negotiate an agreement with the United States that makes it very clear that we will determine when and where Canadian water resources will be used. And that agreement needs to trump any right of any claimant in a trade agreement to assert a claim on Canadian water.”
Shrybman was speaking at “Integrate This” a packed weekend conference organized by the left wing advocacy group Council of Canadians to challenge terms of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Opponents of the SPP say its proposed increased economic integration of the three countries is a threat to Canada and Canadians in numerous areas.
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