Yet here it is giving away one of the planet's most precious commodities for essentially nothing. Under the Water Sustainability Act, the meagre fees and rental prices the government is charging companies are intended to cover the cost of administering the new legislation.
The whole thing seems like madness to me, especially in the ever-changing climate environment in which we live. Maybe once upon a time the public didn't care if the government gave water away.
I think it does now. And I'm confident the minister will soon see the names of at least , people who disagree with her on this issue. I'm equally sure those names represent but a fraction of those who think it's time to reconsider this unconscionable corporate giveaway. Follow Gary Mason on Twitter: garymasonglobe Opens in a new window. Report an error.
Editorial code of conduct. Skip to main content. A consulting engineer retained by CHZ for the project declined an interview. Greg Crookes, a natural resource manager for the High Bar First Nation, says the community has been in regular talks with the province, each time strongly opposing the plant.
He says the area only gets about 28 centimetres of precipitation per year, the same figure included in Environment Canada's precipitation records for the years to An independent study commissioned by SRSS noted that the water bottling company's assessments relied on outdated modelling of the aquifer from , and didn't take into account changes to the landscape that could impact how much water is retained by the aquifer.
Kane says recent wildfires have had a major impact on the soil. In , the Elephant Hill fire burned 1, square kilometres of land, including watersheds near the proposed bottling plant.
Warming weather and drought conditions are also top of mind. This year, Clinton saw temperature records break as it was baked by a heatwave. The province says it's still reviewing the Clinton bottling plant application and that it's committed to consultations with First Nations.
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