LONDON, ONT. London has been officially recognized as a “Blue Community” for its commitment to safe drinking water. The Council of Canadians presented a certificate to Mayor Ed Holder and the city’s water department during a ceremony in front of City Hall Wednesday. The Blue Community Project requires the adoption of the following framework: recognizing water and sanitation as a human right banning the sale of bottled water at municipal facilities and events supporting publicly owned and operated water and wastewater services. “London has practiced these principles for a long time because we believe inherently that water is a right,” Holder said.
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Publishing date: Jan 25, 2021 • January 25, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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As a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada and as a team member of Villa St. Joseph Ecology and Spirituality Centre in Cobourg Ontario I am writing to express my concern re the Nuclear Dump that is proposed for the South Bruce area. Most religious communities are signing on to the Blue Communities Project which sees the right to clean water a basic right for all peoples around the world (The Council of Canadians, the Blue Planet Project and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) initiated the Blue Communities Project in 2009)