Posted on 06/02/08
New law would ban water removal on environmental grounds
The issue of how well protected Canada's water is from bulk exports has always been hotly contested.The federal government has insisted in recent years that foreigners won't be able to get their hands on a resource some have called "blue gold," while environmentalists have been just as adamant that large-scale diversions pose an ever-present threat.
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