CWIC Response to Bill C-26 re: Bulk Water Exports
June 2010
This is a letter from the Canadian Water Issues Council (CWIC) to Minister Lawrence Cannon regarding Bill C-26, legislation introduced on May 13, 2010 aimed at banning bulk water exports.
CWIC is a group of knowledgeable water experts and former senior water policy makers who provide advice on transboundary water issues to the Program on Water Issues at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
The letter explains that the most likely proposals for the interbasin transfers of water from Canada to the United States are not addressed under the amendments to the IBWTA and IRIA as proposed in Bill C‐26.
It also suggests how the proposed legislation could be strengthened significantly with a very few additional changes.
