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The Program on Water Issues

Research, analysis and dialogue on important and emerging freshwater issues.

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  • POWI Research
  • Bulk Water Export
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  • Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Groundwater
  • Oil Sands
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Bulk Water Export

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

Owen Saunders | October 25, 2012

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.

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CWIC Evidence at Standing Committee on Bill C 383

Canadian Water Issues Council (CWIC) | October 25, 2012

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.

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Bulk Water Export: We should not permit removal of water from its natural basins.

Ralph Pentland and Adele Hurley | June 17, 2011

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.

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Quebec’s Northern Waters: Export Opportunity or Illusion?

Patrick Forest and Frank Quinn | May 29, 2011

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?

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Canadian Water Issues Council (CWIC) response to Bill C-26– Letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon

Canadian Water Issues Council (CWIC) | June 2, 2010

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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Webcasts & Events

Library of Parliament Seminar
“A Model Act to Preserve Canada’s Waters”

May 16, 2008 at 9:00 am

On Friday, May 16, 2008 the Library of Parliament convened a seminar on A Model Act to Preserve Canada’s Water that was released by the University of Toronto’s Program on Water Issues at the Munk Centre for International Studies.

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Panel Discussion
“A Model Act for Preserving Canada’s Waters”
Canadian Water Issues Council

February 6, 2008 at 9:30 am

This 2008 panel discussion of the paper, “A Model Act for Preserving Canada’s Waters”, focused on the central public policy question: are there options available to Canada to deter bulk water removals that are both consistent with Canada’s trade obligations and desirable from other public policy perspectives?

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Panel Discussion
“Water, Energy and North American Integration”
Andrew Nikiforuk

September 10, 2007 at 9:00 am

Drawing on expertise from various perspectives, this 2007 “day of discussion” was designed to raise issues and stimulate dialogue on emerging domestic, bilateral and continental water policies of significance to Canadians.

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Media & News

Water export bill leaky, critics say

Gloria Galloway, Globe and Mail | June 3, 2010

Media coverage of the Canadian Water Issues Council critique of Bill C-26, which is intended to prevent bulk water export.

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Water bill wouldn’t stop U.S. from draining Canada’s rivers, experts warn

Gloria Galloway, Globe and Mail | June 2, 2010

Media coverage of the Canadian Water Issues Council critique of Bill C-26, which is intended to prevent bulk water export.

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Quebec think-tank favours water exports

John Partridge, Globe & Mail | August 27, 2008

The Montreal Economic Institute wades into the bulk water export issue, asserting that “large-scale exports of fresh water would be a wealth-creating idea for Quebec and for Canada as a whole”.

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Library of Parliament Seminar: A Model Act to Preserve Canada’s Water

Library of Parliament, Parliament of Canada | May 16, 2008

Text of presentation and discussion of POWI’s A Model Act to Preserve Canada’s Water at the Library of Parliament Seminar, May 16, 2008.

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To Block Exports of Water in Bulk

Editorial, The Globe and Mail | February 11, 2008

Globe and Mail editorial supporting prompt federal action to protect Canada’s water from bull water exports.

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