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		<title>January 19, 2012: Webinar—Wave of the Future: Water Policy in Western Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Webinar Website: Click here. Across North America, and indeed around the world, water is increasingly being recognized as critical to social, economic, and ecological prosperity. In this webinar, the guest speakers will examine emerging water policy trends and challenges and what they mean for western Canada. Drawing on the outcomes of the Honourable James A. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth Every Penny</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadians pay remarkably little for the water supplied to our homes and businesses compared to other developed countries (see figure 1). It’s no coincidence that we are also among the highest per capita consumers of water in the world. The environmental consequences of water overconsumption are by now well established. They range from greenhouse gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groups Call for B.C. Public Trust in New Water Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Living Water Smart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver M. Brandes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report released by Ecojustice and POLIS Water Sustainability Project outlines how the B.C. government can become leaders in responsible freshwater management by embracing the Public Trust Doctrine in a modernized version of the province’s Water Act. The Public Trust and a Modern B.C. Water Act urges the provincial government to recognize that a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback: Ontario&#8217;s Water Opportunities Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carol Maas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Hume]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day after Ontario Minister of the Environment John Gerretsen announced some details of the province&#8217;s proposed Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act, the feedback has started rolling in. &#8220;Wise water use better protects our environment and extends the lifespan of existing water and wastewater treatment infrastructure,&#8221; said Peter Hume, president of the Association of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UVic Releases Water Pricing Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Worth Every Penny: Conservation-Oriented Water Pricing in Canada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new University of Victoria report is stimulating a national dialogue on water pricing as part of a sustainable approach to management. Worth Every Penny: Conservation-Oriented Water Pricing in Canada, a report published by the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project, is a primer on how to reform water pricing. The report is aimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report Looks at Water-Energy Link</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The POLIS Water Sustainability Project has released a new research report that looks at the link between water and energy use.  The report, entitled Ontario’s Water-Energy Nexus: Will We Find Ourselves in Hot Water…or Tap into Opportunity?, details Canada’s first estimate of the energy required for providing water-related services. The study reports that pumping and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Campaign Promotes Conservation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coalition of environmental, industry, labour and community organizations as well as individual Ontarians launched a public campaign today to advocate that the provincial government includes a strong conservation and efficiency theme in the proposed Water Opportunities Act. The Ontario Water Conservation Alliance is also releasing its platform entitled Conserve Our Water. &#8220;A strong water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groups Respond to Proposed Water Opportunities Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the announcement of the proposed Water Opportunities Act in yesterday&#8217;s Speech from the Throne, the Ontario government is setting the province on a path to become a global leader in water technology. At the same time, the environmental community is urging the government to include commitments to address Ontario&#8217;s own water use challenges. &#8220;As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awash with Potential</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jurisdictions around the world are increasingly recognizing that sound water management is the foundation for economic and community prosperity. From growing and preparing our food to recreation to producing the many commercial goods we rely on every day, virtually every aspect of our lives is interconnected with water. Unfortunately, the belief that freshwater supplies are [...]]]></description>
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