Water is forgotten element in energy strategy

As the Dene and others have declared, “water is life.”

Indigenous protesters highlighting the importance of water to their lives. Linda Duncan writes that water is too often overlooked when decisions are made on major energy projects. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NDP MP LINDA DUNCAN

August 21, 2017

A growing focal point for disputes over major energy projects involves impacts to our precious water sources. Canadians, in particular Indigenous peoples, are taking action on the failure of governments and regulatory agencies to truly consider and address impacts to our rivers, lakes, wetlands, an...

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