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Water publications
Features
- The Council of Canadians chapter on water in the Alternative Federal Budget 2012
- Struggles Against Canadian Mining Companies Around the World, May 2012
- Factsheet: We Must Take Action to Protect the Great Lakes Forever, May 2012
- Handbill: 5 Things you can do to protect the Great Lakes, May 2012
- Chilean Patagonia in the Balance: Dams, Mines and the Canadian Connection,
By Alex Latta and Kari Williams for The Council of Canadians, January 2012
- Myths Versus Realities: Getting the facts about fracking, February 2012
- We Must Take Action to Protect the Great Lakes Forever, October 2011
- Radioactive Shipment Will Put Great Lakes at Risk, October 2011
- “Do you have running water? I don’t and I live in Canada”, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2011
- Feds Need to Face the Facts about Fracking, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2011
- Mega Quarry Would Be a Mega Mistake, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2011
Our Right to Water: A People’s Guide to Implementing the United Nations’ Recognition of the Right to Water and Sanitation, Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians, June 2011 (1.35 MB) (français) (español) (português)
- Moving from Recognition to Realization: Botswana court upholds Kalahari Bushmen’s right to water, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- Burnaby, B.C., Becomes Canada’s First Blue Community, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- When the Water Changed: How one family doctor is speaking out about the tar sands industry, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- No Fracking Way: Our water, health and air at risk, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- Creating a New Narrative for the Great Lakes Radioactive shipments planned for Lakes, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- Our Great Lakes Commons: A People's Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever, By Maude Barlow, March 2011

- Fact sheet: No Fracking Way! Hydraulic fracturing poses serious risks to water and health, January 2011
- Bulk Water Export Bill Has Leaks, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2010
- Council Joins Community Struggles to Protect Canadian Lakes and Rivers from Becoming Mining Companies’ Private Dumps, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2010
- Right to Water Resolution a Resounding Victory for Water Justice, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2010
- Fact sheet: Private water and CETA (bilingual) September 2010
- 3 World Water Wins: Around the world, people are taking control of their water supply, By Maude Barlow, Anil Naidoo, Meera Karunananthan, Yes Magazine, May 27, 2010
- Council of Canadians Statement on the Draft Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulation, Submitted to the Department of the Environment, May 19, 2010
- Why is the Canadian Government Letting Mining Companies Turn Lakes into Toxic Dumps? March 2011
- There Is No Market for Water, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2010

- Water and climate change, Maude Barlow, January 2010
- Our Water Commons - Toward a new freshwater narrative
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Fact sheets
Brochures and presentations

Books
Reports, articles and speeches
- Process to Replace Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Is a Threat to Water, the Environment and Democracy, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2012
- Momentum Building for Fracking Bans, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2012
- Tar Sands Are Coming to a Great Lake Near You, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2012
- Teen Helps Turn Cities into Blue Communities, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2012
- Bearing Witness to Community Struggles Against Dams and Mining in Mexico is a report by Maude Barlow, former Senior Advisor on Water to the 63nd President of the United Nations General Assembly and Blue Planet Project founder, detailing her travels in Mexico in November 2012 to bear witness to the growing social and environmental impacts of dams and mining operations and community struggles for access to clean, safe water.
- Paying for water in Canada in a time of austerity and privatization: A discussion paper by Maude Barlow, June 2012
- Council Launches Tour in May to Protect Great Lakes Forever, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2012
- Why We Need to Shout Out Against Mining Injustice, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2012
- We Are All Stewards of the Land: One community’s fight against fracking, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2012
- Rio+20’s So-Called “Green Economy” a Trojan Horse, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2012
- Great expectations for the Great Lakes: Council of Canadians’ statement on upcoming Great Lakes Protection Act, May 2012
- Chilean Patagonia in the Balance: Dams, Mines and the Canadian Connection,
By Alex Latta and Kari Williams for The Council of Canadians, January 2012
- Letter calling on the G77 to support the right to water and sanitation in Rio, The Council of Canadians, October 31, 2011
- Great Lakes Water Quality Submission, The Coucil of Canadians, October 2011
- Our Right to Water: A People’s Guide to Implementing the United Nations’ Recognition of the Right to Water and Sanitation, Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians, June 2011 (1.35 MB) (français) (español)
- Moving from Recognition to Realization: Botswana court upholds Kalahari Bushmen’s right to water, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- Burnaby, B.C., Becomes Canada’s First Blue Community, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- When the Water Changed: How one family doctor is speaking out about the tar sands industry, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- No Fracking Way: Our water, health and air at risk, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- Creating a New Narrative for the Great Lakes Radioactive shipments planned for Lakes, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- Creating a New Narrative for the Great Lakes Radioactive shipments planned for Lakes, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2011
- Our Great Lakes Commons: A People's Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever, By Maude Barlow, March 2011
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- Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, Council of Canadians raises several concerns with the Safe Drinking Water For First Nations Act (Bill S-11), February 18, 2011.
- Public water for sale: How Canada will privatize our public water systems, Council of Canadians and CUPE, December 2010
- Bulk Water Export Bill Has Leaks, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2010
- Council Joins Community Struggles to Protect Canadian Lakes and Rivers from Becoming Mining Companies’ Private Dumps, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2010
- Right to Water Resolution a Resounding Victory for Water Justice, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2010
- 3 World Water Wins:
Around the world, people are taking control of their water supply, By Maude Barlow, Anil Naidoo, Meera Karunananthan, Yes Magazine, May 27, 2010
- There Is No Market for Water by Meera Karunananthan and Scott Harris, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2010
- Council of Canadians Statement on the Draft Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulation, Submitted to the Department of the Environment, May 19, 2010
- Statement from the Council of Canadians submitted to the Alberta government regarding an application by the Eastern Irrigation District to eliminate restrictions on its water licence that currently prevent it from being used for any purpose other than irrigation. April 2010
- Women and Water in Canada: The Significance of Privatization and Commercialization Trends for Women’s Health, March 2010
- Victory at Site 41 Shows There Is No Water to Waste, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2009
- Notes for opening keynote Australian Water Summit, April 1, 2009 by Maude Barlow, (Former) Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the United Nations General Assembly
- Fast Facts: Municipal Corporate Utility for Winnipeg’s Water and Waste,
Lessons from Elsewhere, Report by Maude Barlow & Meera Karunananthan, July 21, 2009
- Painting the Town “Blue” One Community at a Time, by Meera Karunananthan, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2009
— Youth Ban the Bottle on World Water Day
- National Water Policy - From the CCPA's 2009 Alternative Federal Budget (PDF 129kb)
- Mining Companies Turning Lakes into Toxic Dumps, by Meera Karunananthan, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2009
- Council of Canadians' submission to the Toronto District School Board in advance of a vote on whether to ban bottled water sales in their 560 schools June 2008
- Recipient of the Canadian Environment Award's Citation of Lifetime Acheivement award, Maude Barlow used portion of her keynote address to highlight the impacts of the petrochemical industry on the environment and health, particularly of First Nations communities, in Canada. Read her full speech here. June 2, 2008
- Yes, It’s Worth It: Anil Naidoo reflects on a year in the life of the water justice movement, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008
- A Review of the Engagement Sessions for the Federal Action Plan on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations, Safe Drinking Water Foundation, April 24, 2009
- Speaking notes for the Mary Donaldson Lecture,
Saskatchewan Library Association annual meeting, April 30, 2009
- Lake Naivasha withering under the assault of international flower vendors (PDF), report by Food & Water Watch and The Council of Canadians, February 2008
- A Federal Perspective on Water Quantity Issues - Unreleased government report on water crisis in Canada made public by The Council of Canadians and MiningWatch Canada, December 2007
Documents obtained by the Council of Canadians provide damning evidence of how North American integration is being carried out by stealth. They describe a series of closed-door meetings with government officials and business leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States to discuss everything from bulk water exports to a joint security perimeter and a continental resource pact, all with the explicit aim of helping executive-level politicians further integrate our three countries.
Water is a human right
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Putting Harper on Notice: World Water Day to highlight the need for a national water policy, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008
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Lake Naivasha withering under the assault of international flower vendors (PDF), report by Food & Water Watch and The Council of Canadians, February 2008
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“A powerful, global movement”: Maude Barlow explains why the solution to the world water crisis is in our hands, Canadian Perspectives Autumn 2007
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National Disgrace: Canada’s shameful position on the right to water needs to change Canadian Perspectives Spring 2007
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Report from the World Social Forum in Nairobi (PDF), Kenya by Maude Barlow, January, 2007
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Challenging Corporate Investor Rule: How the World Bank’s Investment Court, Free Trade Agreements, and Bilateral Investment Treaties have Unleashed a New Era of Corporate Power and What to Do About It, by By Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy Studies
and Sara Grusky of Food and Water Watch, April 2007
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Letter to Prime Minister Harper (PDF) on International Women’s Day to call on the Canadian government to endorse the right to water. March 2007
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Troubled Waters in First Nations Communities: Private companies cash in on failing water systems Canadian Perspectives,
Autumn 2006
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Whistler chapter fights the stench of privatization Canadian Perspectives,
Summer 2006
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Threats to Our Water: NAFTA, SPP, Atlantica, Super-Corridors (PDF) - by Dr. Janet M. Eaton for Sierra Club's Water Privatization Task Force. Alarming new developments that will promote the sale of bulk water between the three NAFTA countries, particularly from Canada to the U.S.
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Taking back the World Water Forum
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Passage to India
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Kyoto Showdown: Civil Society at the Third World Water Forum
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Activists Take Centre Stage at Water Forum
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Blue Gold: The Global Water Crisis and the Commodification of the World's Water Supply
by Maude Barlow
Bulk water exports
- Canoeing to Montebello: Raging Grannies take to the water to fight bulk exports, Canadian Perspectives Autumn 2007
- The SPP and water: Bulk exports and the “joint optimum utilization of the available water”, Behind Closed Doors: What they're not telling us about the Security and Prosperity Partnership, July 2007
- Water Division, Export and Canada-US Relations: A Brief History (PDF format), Frank Quinn, The Program on Water Issues, Munk Centre for International Studies, August 2007
- On the Table: Water, Energy and North American Integration (PDF format), Andrew Nikiforuk, The Program on Water Issues, Munk Centre for International Studies, September 2007
- On the Defensive: Harper government backtracks on bulk water exports as Council holds "open door" meeting in Calgary, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2007
- Bulk Water Exports: A Timeline, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2007
- People are talking about water': An interview with the Council of Canadians' Susan Howatt, Canadian Perspectives, Summer 2007
- Threats to Our Water: NAFTA, SPP, Atlantica, Super-Corridors (PDF) - by Dr. Janet M. Eaton for Sierra Club's Water Privatization Task Force. Alarming new developments that will promote the sale of bulk water between the three NAFTA countries, particularly from Canada to the U.S
- Turning the tide on water shortages Canadian Perspectives,
Summer 2006
- Great Lakes Basin Sustainable Water Resources Compact and the Diversion of Great Lakes Waters – A Legal Opinion
- Sucking the Great Lakes Dry
- The Great Lakes Annex Agreements: Still Leaking!
- A Victory for The Tay River
- Canada on Tap - The Environmental Implications of Water Exports
by Jamie Linton
- Thirst for Control: New Rules in the Global Water Grab
by Steven Shrybman
- Water Export Controls and Canadian International Trade Obligations
by Steven Shrybman
Safe Water for First Nations
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