POWI’s work focuses on the need to prevent bulk water diversions and export and how it can be achieved.
See also Canada / US Transboundary and Water / Energy Nexus.
Reports & Publications
Bill C-383: Outline of Remarks to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the House of Commons
Text of testimony of Owen Saunders on behalf of the Canadian Water Issues Council (CWIC) to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
View ▸CWIC Evidence at Standing Committee on Bill C 383
Hansard report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development consideration of Bill C-383, with testimony from Owen Saunders on behalf of the Canadian Water Issues Council.
View ▸Bulk Water Export: We should not permit removal of water from its natural basins.
Ralph Pentland, acting Chair of the Canadian Water Issues Council and prime author of the 1987 Federal Water Policy and POWI’s Executive Director, Adele Hurley argue that it is in our best interests to ban the bulk removal of freshwater in Canada.
View ▸Quebec’s Northern Waters: Export Opportunity or Illusion?
Patrick Forest and Frank Quinn examine the practicality and geographic potential of exporting Quebec’s waters in bulk. Aussi disponible en Français: Les eaux nordiques Québecoises: Exportables ou non?
View ▸Canadian Water Issues Council (CWIC) response to Bill C-26– Letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon
The Canadian Water Issues Council’s letter to Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon, identifying shortcomings in Bill C-26, which is intended to prevent bulk water export. Aussi disponible en Français: Canadian Water Issues Council (CWIC) response to Bill C-26– Letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon – Version Française
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