[All] Our Waters, Our Life: KAIROS World Water Day Call to Protect Water!

[Neil E Taylor]

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Our Waters, Our Life ... 
KAIROS World Water Day Call to Protect Water!


March 22 is World Water Day, a time when KAIROS companions and communities
have traditionally come together with partners and allies across the country
and around the world to protect water and call for equitable access for all.
This year, as we face new threats to water from Omnibus Bill C-45's changes
to the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA), we are marking World Water
Day with renewed determination and energy. Inspired by Indigenous peoples'
call to all Canadians to enter into right relationship with the earth and
its peoples, Canadians have responded with faith and in solidarity. In
January 2013 Chief Shining Turtle of Whitefish River First Nation renewed
the call: 

Let us work together, to ensure respect for earth, the water and our fellow
creatures. Let us work together to honour the sacred treaty relationship we
have with one another. Let us work together to creatively, peacefully and
firmly push our government to repeal or amend the recently-passed laws which
will harm the earth and us all. Let us join together in the circle dance of
respect for each other and the earth.

In response, today KAIROS is launching "Our Waters, Our Life," a campaign
from World Water Day through National Aboriginal Day (June 21) in which
we're asking you to be in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and to protect
water. Stay tuned - you'll soon be able to participate in a variety of
actions: sign our call around Bill C-45; put your community on our
watershed/traditional territory map; host an event in your community; and
participate in a national action talking place in Ottawa around National
Aboriginal Day! Get a sneak peak at www.kairoscanada.org/ourwater
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Other Solidarity Actions on Water


On March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination, Idle No More and Defenders of the Land launched a series of
solidarity actions related to the rights of Indigenous peoples, including a
call to repeal Bill C-45. Watch for events taking place in your community
from now through Earth Day and into what is being thought of as "Sovereignty
Summer."

On March 22, the Council of Canadians is asking you to take a picture of
yourself by a body of water no longer protected by the NWPA, and submit it
to a Flickr album. More details on this creative action can be found here
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please also send a copy of your photo to KAIROS Education and Campaigns
coordinator Sara Stratton: sstratton at kairoscanada.org.
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We invite you to raise your voice this spring and join with the many
Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, organizations and leaders who
call with urgency for the protection of water. 

 

 


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