GIVING AWAY OUR PUBLIC WATER FOR CORPORATIONS TO SELL

Is this one of the primary purposes of government? In other words to legitimize the rape of natural resources of a country in order to profit the few at the expense of the many. When you look at aggregate (gravel), forests (lumber) and water it certainly becomes clearer. Our governments basically monetize public resources to be extracted for primarily private benefit while at the expense of the public. Our public surface water bodies have been and continue to be free sewers for polluting industries while our cleaner groundwater is sold for peanuts to multinational companies to make a fortune on while our known contaminated groundwater is primarily expected to clean itself by "natural attenuation". All of this is based upon the corporate and government principle of "dilution is the solution to pollution". Of course it is a pathetic solution that simply spreads the pollution farther afield while diluting the source concentrations over time. ......................................................................................................................................... Today's Waterloo Region Record has an excellent article written by Robert Case, a prof at Wilfred laurier as well as the Chairperson of the Waterloo Wellington Waterwatchers in Guelph. It is titled "You should worry about water when Wall Street controls the taps. This article is about multinationals monetizing the public asset that water is, whether ground or surface water. Triton Water Canada Holdings purchased the assets of Nestle which has been a controversial water bottler in Aberfoyle, Guelph and Elora for some time. The Wellington water watchers and many more do not want the Ontario government to give the company a permit to take local groundwater for use in single use plastic bottles. There had been a moratorium on water bottling in Ontario for a couple of years but that moratorium has ended. Morally these water bottling companies do not have a leg to stand on. Legally is a whole different matter as our politicians, governments and legislative assembly have long ago sold out to the highest bidders. That unfortunately is not you or me.