Farmers'
Resolution to
Exempt
Water from the NAFTA
The bad news is that water is included in the FTA and the NAFTA.
The good news is that there is a fix,
and that Canada's farmers have already done a lot of the work to get us
there.
The Farmers' Resolution to Exempt Water from the NAFTA
- signed by over 200 farm organizations from across Canada -
is shelf ready for Canadians to pick up, loft to shoulder height and use
to effectively reclaim the public interest in this critical policy
discussion...
The Farmers’ Resolution to Exempt Water from the NAFTA is a
Canada-wide, farmer-led campaign to develop farm “voice” and farm
“authority” in a critical public policy dialogue: the retention of
national sovereignty over Canada’s water resources.
It is not "anti-NAFTA". Nor is it "anti-exports". It
is simply "pro-Canadian". It is about retaining
Canada's sovereign right to make decisions for and by communities with
respect to water use. In perpetuity.
Prior to the signing of the FTA and the NAFTA, Canadians were assured
by our Federal Government that Canadian sovereignty over our water
resources remained uncompromised. Turns out, it was: any
time water is licensed and withdrawn by a US firm - or a firm with US
investors - NAFTA rights attach.
Water’s inclusion in the NAFTA means “hands-off” to Canadian public
policy any time there is a US commercial interest in Canada’s water.
From an irrigation project in southern Saskatchewan to the use of water
for hydroelectric generation to "water flooding" in the oil patch, US
interests in Canada’s water are facilitated and protected by NAFTA. No
such protection exists for Canadians.
- Published Columns and Articles:
Local organizing committees
and how you can help.
To find out more about provincial
organizing committees and how you can help, please send an email to holm@farmertofarmer.ca
For farmers: making arrangements
for Holm to speak.
To make arrangements for Wendy
Holm to address your farm meeting on the water/trade issue, please send
an email to holm@farmertofarmer.ca
For media: making arrangements
for interviews.
To make arrangements in interview
Wendy Holm, please send an email to holm@farmertofarmer.ca
WENDY R. HOLM, P.AG. - THE
HOLM TEAM
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BC Agrologist of the Year (2000)
Double Queen's Medalist (1993, 2002)
Gold Award, Press Column, 2003
(The Frank Jacobs Award, Canadian Farm Writers Federation)
Bronze Award, Press Editorial, 2003
(The O.R. Evans Award, Canadian Farm Writers Federation)
Silver Award, Press Editorial, 2004
(The O.R. Evans Award, Canadian Farm Writers Federation)
Bronze Award, Press Column, 2006
(The Frank Jacobs Award, Canadian Farm Writers Federation)
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