ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TRIBUNAL / NESTLE BICKER OVER WATER SUPPLY

Last Saturday's Waterloo Region Record had the following story "Nestle, Ontario water deal under review". As is the norm our governments are not there to protect us the residents from corporations but in fact the exact reverse. Our Ministry of the Environment routinely runs interference between corporate thieves/polluters and citizens. The M.O.E. issue PTTW ie. permits to take water to various industries. Over in Guelph Nestle have been expanding their bottling operation and hence water removal for some time now. The M.O.E. had been looking for a clause that would limit their water extraction during times of drought. One would think that to be emminently reasonable which it is. Corporations however are not reasonable they are greedy. Even a semi-voluntary reduction would mean less profit. Hence we have a battle brewing which is going back to the ERT (Environmental Review Tribunal).