WELLINGTON WATER WATCHERS (Guelph) CONTINUE TO HAMMER CORPORATE GIANT NESTLE

Today's Waterloo Region Record carries the following story written by Leah Gerber titled "New petition to Nestle circulating". Wellington Water Watchers along with Story of Stuff (?) have a petition available for signing at either "sumofus.org" or on the Story of Stuff website. Sorry that I can't make that clearer but I'm simply quoting from today's Record article (pg. A8). Apparently this petition is asking Nestle to give its' controversial North American wells back to the public prior to selling their North American water brands. These wells are located nearby in Aberfoyle, south of Guelph plus four others in the U.S. (Colorado, Florida, California & Michigan). ................................................................................................ Also it turns out that "The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council has made a claim to the Aberfoyle site". The Wellington Water Watchers believe that Premier Ford of Ontario and the Canadian federal government could look at this bottled water situation through the dual lens of reconciliation and watershed -level governance. Furthermore if Nestle refuse then possibly either the province or the federal government could buy the wells. .................................................................................................................. I have to admit that these plans are well outside my area of expertise. I do agree with the basic principle that water in the ground (aquifers) are owned by all Canadians and should be shared with all local residents. Water is a right and privatizing the resource is fraught with dangers and potential abuses. Whether Nestle has any corporate reason to cooperate I do not know. Whether either the provincial or federal governments stepping in and buying the wells would set some kind of precedent could be interesting. I'm doubtfull that they would do so yet believe that that precedent would be in the public interest. The problem is that the corporate friends of both governments might be quite upset and make that clear to them.