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On World Water Day, we painted the town blue! Council of Canadians chapters and supporters held over 50 separate events in more than 30 towns and cities across the country to mark World Water Day this year. Canadians from all walks of life screened documentaries, signed petitions, toasted tap water, and held public rallies to show their support for water as a public resource and a human right. In Ottawa, the Council of Canadians joined with a coalition of national and local water advocacy groups illuminating the Peace Tower with a spectacular projection of blue light, and offered a toast to public water to highlight the need for federal action to support Canada's public water resources and services. We showed our support for tap water – so did our elected officials! This year, we celebrated a decade of community action against water privatization through the Water Watch Coalition, which was launched in 1998 by the Council of Canadians, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). To mark World Water Day, the Council of Canadians and CUPE launched a new initiative called “The Blue Communities Project.” Through the Blue Communities Project we will provide community leaders and activists the tools to resist public-private partnerships, promote water as human right at the local level, and ban bottled water in public spaces.
We got the message out!
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InformationFor more information about organizing or participating in World Water Day events, call us at 1-800-387-7177 or email inquiries@canadians.org.
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June 25, 2009
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