Maude Barlow wants Great Lakes declared public trust

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Published on Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:52
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mb-great-lake-tourMaude Barlow, the head of the Council of Canadians went on a two-week Ontario tour to get support for a proposal to have the watershed protected as a public trust.

Maude strongly urges that we stop the new Harper Budget bill being "pushed" through that has so many pages and various topics that it is impossible that his party members can give it due diligence before voting.  One aspect is to literally "gut" the current fisheries regulations and other environmental watch dogs.  We will be in crisis mode if this gets passed.
 
Maude's new proposal is basically for the Great Lakes to become a "Common" or a trust of the people and that the govt. cannot destroy the Lakes at will and/or for profit.
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Below are newspaper articles summarizing three of her speaking engagements during her tour.

 

Last night she spoke at London's Aeolian Hall, the last stop on her "Great Lakes Need Great Friends" tour.

"We're living in a world that is losing water," says Barlow. "We're taking water and removing it, polluting it and mismanaging it." Studies support Barlow's assertion, showing that by the year 2030 demand for water in the world will outstrip supply by 40 per cent. That, says Barlow, is catastrophic.

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Posted in "rabble.ca", May 31, 2112

By Meg Borthwick

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 Maude Barlow says the Great Lakes are in such peril that if nothing is done to correct the situation, an expert has told her, “the Great Lakes could be bone dry in 80 years.”

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Posted in "thespec.com" (Hamilton Spectator), May 17, 2012

By Daniel Nolan

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Maude Barlow says the Harper Conservatives are the most “anti-environmental” government in Canada’s 145-year history.

“They are dismantling decades of environmental protection, including environmental assessments for new energy pipelines and new mining projects,” the head of the Council of Canadians said before a scheduled talk Tuesday night at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound.

“They want to be able to mine where they want, dump their tailings where they want. They don’t want a strong assessment process and they don’t want a strong Fisheries Act. They’re laying off thousands of people between Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada and Parks Canada.”

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Posted in the "Owen Sound Times", May 30, 2012

By Denis Langlois