May 9, 2019
Protecting water in a post-capitalist economy
Emma Lui
Grassroots groups and the water justice movement will play a critical role in building an alternative post-capitalist economy, one that prioritizes water justice over profit.
Emma Lui
Emma Lui is an activist, a writer and a contributor to the book "Corporatizing Canada: Making Business out of Public Service." She is the Social Media Coordinator for the Ottawa Water Study/Action Group and a member of the La Pêche Women's March Network. Emma is currently on a year-long sabbatical from the Council of Canadians, where she had been the Water Campaigner for more than eight years. She has an MA in Political Economy and a BA in Human Rights and Law from Carleton University. Her areas of interest include water and climate justice, Indigenous solidarity as well as food and nutrition.
Apr 11, 2019
How the water justice movement is challenging extractivism in Canada
Emma Lui
This blog gives an overview of some water justice issues and how grassroots groups, Indigenous nations, communities and organizations are working to protect water.
Mar 19, 2019
The water justice movement's fight against commodification and extractivism
Emma Lui
This article provides an overview of the water justice movement in Canada and the ways in which power is manufactured and deployed in water governance.
Nov 30, 2018
Six Nations youth leads protest against Nestlé water operation in Ontario
Emma Lui
Makasa Looking Horse is a youth from Six Nations and a student at McMaster University. She led the organizing for the Putting a Stop to Nestlé events on November 24.
Oct 4, 2018
B.C.'s thirsty LNG industry is a threat to water supplies
Emma Lui
The approval of LNG Canada, a $40-billion fracked gas project, gives the green light to a very thirsty industry that will abuse even more water at a time when water supplies are unpredictable.
Oct 3, 2018
How much would it cost Trudeau to implement the right to water?
Emma Lui
The 2019 Alternative Federal Budget released last week outlines how much funding the Trudeau government needs to allocate in the 2019 budget to protect drinking water and watersheds.
Aug 30, 2018
What the drought warnings across Canada are telling us
Emma Lui
Many regions across provinces and territories, which are on the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples, have issued drought warnings.
Aug 10, 2018
Nestlé still pumping after Ontario water permit expired two years ago
Emma Lui
Two years ago Nestlé's Aberfoyle permit expired. Yet the multi-billion-dollar water corporation continues to pump up to 3.6 million litres a day from the Aberfoyle well.
Jul 19, 2018
Minister of Water missing in Trudeau's cabinet shuffle
Emma Lui
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just shuffled his cabinet. A Water Minister is needed to coordinate the more than 20 departments related to water and develop an action plan.
Jun 13, 2018
Water for Flint, not for Nestlé
Emma Lui
The corporate takeover of water around the Great Lakes and the violations of the human right to water and Indigenous rights shows that access to water often falls along racial, class and other lines.
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