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 Items tagged: privatizationItems Found: 5Water Privateers?February 28, 2012 - 9:51 am Should Nestlé Group's Peter Brabeck-Letmathe should receive an honorary degree from the University of Alberta? According to the Council of Canadians, absolutely not. This morning, Maude Barlow's advocacy group issued a press release to raise awareness about Brabeck-Letmathe's "pro-water market" stance... Categories: Blog Podcast: Should Water Be Privatized?September 24, 2010 - 2:16 pm On the last day of the World Water Congress in Montreal, CBC Radio-Canada invited me to take part in a panel on the water privatization debate with Dr. Peter Huck and Meera Karunananthan. It aired on Marc Montgomery's show, The Link, on Friday afternoon. You can hear the podcast here. Click here for... Categories: Blog Winnipeg Water to Stay PublicMay 6, 2010 - 12:16 pm Winnipeg is no longer considering a private partner for its water and sewer facilities, reports the Winnipeg Free Press. Instead, the city is replacing its water and waste department with a new city-owned entity responsible for water and sewage treatment, garbage and recycling collection and generating... Categories: News, Western Canada Winnipeg Votes for New Water UtilityJuly 23, 2009 - 8:23 am Winnipeg's city council has voted in favour of creating an arm's-length utility to manage its water and waste services. The motion to create a new utility was passed by a 10-6 margin. After weeks of controversy and protests against water privatization, Mayor Sam Katz has maintained that the decision... Categories: News, Western Canada Barlow Appointed Senior Water Advisor for UNOctober 23, 2008 - 8:18 am Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and founder of the Blue Planet Project, has been appointed as the first senior advisor on water issues by Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, president of the 63rd session of the United Nations. Barlow, reacting in Ottawa to the announcement... Categories: International, National, News |
