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October 7th, 2013 | Tags: 260 million litres, Aboriginal Rights & Title, BC Government, BC Water Act, BC's ground water, bottled water, Dan Fumano, First In Right, First In Time, First Nations, Hope BC, legislation crafted in 1909, local control of water, nestle, outdated water laws, WaterWealth Declaration | Category: Action Alerts, Community Rights, Feature, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington | The WaterWealth Project
Posted by Sheila Muxlow, Campaign Director 594.20wc on August 16, 2013 Despite the fact that Nestle never applied for a license to access the water and is draining the size of a small lake each year, they are not breaking the law. In fact Nestle’s operation is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to industries that are taking advantage of BC’s outdated water laws. Beyond bottled water, industries like mining, agriculture and natural […]
Continue reading Free Groundwater for Nestle is One of Many Corporate Give-Aways of Water in BC
October 7th, 2013 | Tags: "our" water, Aquaterra, BC, BC Water Act, British Columbians, Canada, Canadian Springs, Chawathil and Union Bar, First Nations, fracking, Hope, Icefield, largest corporations in the world, LNG operations, Natural Glacier Waters (Neve Canada, nestle, Nestle's water extraction operation, Polaris Water Company, Stolo Nation communities, water as a public resource, Water Sustainability Act, Whistler Waters | Category: Feature, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington | The Water Wealth Project
Posted by Larry Commodore, 229wc., on Aug. 29, 2013
As is so often the case here in BC when controversy arises concerning land and resources, many non-natives rally to the cry that it is “our” resources or it’s “public land” that’s at stake.
To some First Nations, this, at best, is met with puzzlement; how did my People’s traditional land and resources become something that belongs to all British Columbians?
A case in point […]
Continue reading Whose Water? A First Nation’s Perspective
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