Posted AT 4:00 PM EST on 27/11/08
Not serious about our water
OTTAWA — Canadians like to think we are world leaders when it comes to protecting our water resources, but in reality we are dilettantes who talk a good game but rarely follow through.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's promise in the Throne Speech to ban bulk water exports fits this picture. To find a group of politicians who are actually doing something you have to look south to the United States and the Council of Great Lakes Governors.
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