World Water Day to be marked locally
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By EMC News
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Tweet ThisEMC Events - World Water Day, March 22, exists to bring awareness that there is a global water crisis that affects people in every country, including Canada, and that it is being exploited by a few multinational corporations to make a buck.
The privatization of water delivery is designed to bring riches to some even though it brings much hardship to others. Third World countries are being forced into it, even though it results in their poor being cut off. It treats water, not as a human right and public trust, but as a commodity to be sold for profit to those who can afford it.
In Canada, there is no national water policy and cities such as Hamilton have tried privatizing their water delivery and waste water management, others such as Calgary and Toronto have considered it, and even in Brockville, a councillor has suggested it.
On Monday, March 22, at 7 p.m., in room 215 at St. Lawrence College, the Brockville Chapter of the Council of Canadians will present the film, 'Flow', a look at the impact of the privatization of water delivery around the world.
To ground the issue in our own location, Jason Barlow of the Brockville water treatment plant, Jane Lyster of the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit and Tom Low, a retired water engineer, will be present.
The public is invited and there is no charge.
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