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Canada Pension Plan privatizing in Brazil
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour | The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is helping Brazil's right-wing government to privatize a public water system in Rio de Janeiro. Plus labour's plans for the climate crisis.
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Nestlé water bottle. Image credit: Nestlé/Flickr
Ontario needs to ensure water remains in the public common
Doreen Nicoll | Ontario's Wellington County will be hard hit by Nestlé's plans to sell its North American bulk bottled-water business to a private equity firm.
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Bridge over Avon River, Stratford, Ontario. Image credit: Ken Lund/Flickr
Activists rally as pandemic lockdown suspends plans for Stratford glass plant
Doreen Nicoll | Stratford city council hit pause on Xinyi Canada Glass Limited's proposed $400-million glass plant in Stratford, Ontario. But the respite only lasts as long as the current pandemic lockdown.
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Indigenous activist Autumn Peltier features in stunning short documentary film 'The Water Walker'
June Chua | "Water truly has no flag and it has no borders. We must join forces."
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Public-private partnerships de-democratize water
Doreen Nicoll | As part of the economic recovery from COVID, the federal Liberal government will likely rely on the Canada Infrastructure Bank and its mandate to form P3 agreements to minimize municipal debt.
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World Water Day 2020: taking a watershed approach to climate change
Beth Lorimer | The theme of this year's World Water Day explores how climate change and water are inextricably linked.
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'All Eyes on Nestlé' campaign draws attention to the commodification of water
Doreen Nicoll | Activists from around the world are joining an Ontario community's fight against Nestlé and the commodification of water.
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Oceans warming faster than scientists predicted
David Suzuki | Three of the most serious impacts of climate breakdown on the ocean -- acidification, heating, and deoxygenation -- have been present in every mass extinction in Earth's history. Why aren't we acting?
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Attawapiskat water crisis continues despite urgent calls from community
Vi Bui | Three weeks after Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency over its water quality, there are no signs of concrete actions from the federal government to address the community's water crisis.
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Water is for life, not profit
Doreen Nicoll | A large proportion of Ontario voters agree that permits to take water for for-profit bottling should be phased out over the next two years.
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Aerial view of Campbellville. Photo: Haljackey/Wikimedia Commons
Quarry industry threatening quality of life and water safety in Rockwood and Milton
Doreen Nicoll | James Dick Construction plans to blast below the water table in two quarries and that could allow contaminated surface water to infect municipal and private wells.
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Canada has many reasons to celebrate World Oceans Day
David Suzuki | The push for greater ocean protection marks a growing shift in our perception of the seas, from a resource storehouse and dumping ground for wastes to a source of life.