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Pressure on Canada to Export Water Will Be Immense (thetyee.ca)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Unfortunately the export of water will only benefit the megacorporations that already has control like Nestle.

It's difficult to imagine Canadians who are already experiencing localized and frequent drought conditions to export what limited supply we have.

One method that might encourage Canadians to consider exporting water is an agreement that ALL profits will be shared to low and middle income class Canadians as we all know that capitalistic systems are highly unsustainable and are immensely toxic for anyone involved.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Some water company bought land in Colorado, pumped as much water as they wanted, lowered the level of the aquifer significantly enough to cause local wells to run dry for years, and it was perfectly legal for the company to do that. We need protections to prevent similar stories in Canada. Not just people but many local or even distant ecosystems depend on our aquifers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We already have that problem. Look at Nestle being allowed to pump water when there was a drought and how cheap water is for them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Nestle's exporting it by the bottleful. This is talking about full-scale river diversion and pipelines.

[–] MajorSauce 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure that as soon as water gets scarse, our "friends" from the south will start pumping the great lakes and start aggressively buying anything they can around our other water reserves. If we dare nationalise those critical resources, they will liberate us from this oppressive regime to promote free trade.

Must be one of their most used page of their playbook.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The great lakes compact is pretty aggressively supported by the Great Lakes states. There would be a pretty massive domestic fight if the west tried to take any water.

In fact the Great Lakes Compact was created after Canada tried to start shipping Lake Superior water to Asia in the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, this would be one issue where even Ohio might make the right choice and protect the Great Lakes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ohio just voted for a convicted rapist and felon who ran the worst campaign in modern history.

I don't have any faith in America at all and the US "heartland" specifically. If Trump told them to cut their own genitals off, they'd do it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

who ran the worst campaign in modern history.

He should be in jail, he's genuinely not a good person, and I am surprised that he was allowed to run in the first place, but if the point of a campaign is to win, was the campaign "bad"?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've always said America will annex Canada for the water during my lifetime

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I had never considered this but I can't unconsider it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hopefully the French will save us? They have nukes, and like fucking shit up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

How long before Canada starts selling blood and organs to the highest bidder? This fucking country.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't give the Americans anything. Fuck them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope you don't like produce.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I eat local

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

In the winter? Hmm, I smell lower mainland.

That being said, I have a pretty impressive array of nonperishables recipes going, if anyone needs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It may surprise you, but many of us don't survive off American products. In fact we avoid them cause they're usually shit, including the produce.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Where the hell do I buy this lettuce, and where does it come from, if not by truck through the US? I in no way can afford stuff that gets flown in.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Federal government needs to mandate Canadian water supplies are preserved for Canadians.

Any province that doesn’t play along loses their federal transfer payments in 2-3x the amount of excess water exports they permit.

I don’t have a problem selling excess we don’t need. Preferably above oil prices.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Tell me how that works for BC, who’s a net positive for transfer payments and is the source of the Columbia River whose water system travels through three states after leaving BC?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess we could dam the river and sell it all to the yanks. Better than oil money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Er… the Columbia river basin already has 274 dams. Another isn’t going to do too much, unless you’re thinking of flooding all of BC between the Rockies and the Cascades….