<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Just updating folks on various NDP water policy info.<div><br></div><div>Lulu :0)</div><div><br>--- On <b>Mon, 7/5/10, laytoj@parl.gc.ca <i><laytoj@parl.gc.ca></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: laytoj@parl.gc.ca <laytoj@parl.gc.ca><br>Subject: New Democrats on water issues<br>To: laytoj@parl.gc.ca<br>Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 4:25 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Thank you for including me in your email in support of the United<br>Nation's resolution calling for water to be recognized as a human right.<br><br>New Democrats believe that access to clean water is not a privilege but<br>a necessity for all Canadians and people world-wide. That is why we are<br>supportive of this UN measure. <br><br>The federal NDP has consistently called on successive
 federal<br>governments to develop a robust National Water Policy. Such a policy is<br>urgently needed to address important water-related issues facing all of<br>us today. Unfortunately, the Harper Conservative government has helped<br>to block the United Nations Human Rights Council from recognizing water<br>as a basic human right.<br><br>In addition, you may be interested in the following initiatives that our<br>New Democrat team is working on:<br><br>Bill C-219: ban toxic deposits in lakes -<br><a href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query=55" target="_blank">http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query=55</a><br>83&Session=22&List=toc<br>Bill C-250: prohibit the export of water -<br><a href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query=56"
 target="_blank">http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query=56</a><br>14&Session=22&List=toc<br>Bill C-458: prohibition against oil tankers in Dixon Entrance, Hecate<br>Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound -<br><a href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query=68" target="_blank">http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query=68</a><br>94&Session=23&List=toc<br>Bill C-469: Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights -<br><a href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query=69" target="_blank">http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&query=69</a><br>05&Session=23&List=toc<br><a href="http://www.ndp.ca/press/parliament-unanimously-supports-ndp-call-for-rev" target="_blank">http://www.ndp.ca/press/parliament-unanimously-supports-ndp-call-for-rev</a><br>iew-risky-oil-projects<br><a
 href="http://www.ndp.ca/press/duncan-blasts-proposal-to-dump-toxic-waste-in-at" target="_blank">http://www.ndp.ca/press/duncan-blasts-proposal-to-dump-toxic-waste-in-at</a><br>habasca-river<br><br>Again, thank you for contacting me. Please be assured that the NDP will<br>continue to fight vigorously to ensure Canadians have clean water to<br>drink and a clean environment to live, work, and play. All the best.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br><br>Jack Layton, MP (Toronto-Danforth)<br>Leader, Canada's New Democrats<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></table>