Nestlé, the world’s largest bottled water company. The Swiss multinational is already allowed to pump up to 4.7 million litres of water out of the ground every day from two nearby wells that it bottles at its Guelph plant – on two expired permits no less!
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Thank you for this proposal to extend the moratorium on taking public groundwater and "giving" it to private conglomerates to sell for profit. This pause will stop development and allow more evidence to be gathered, distributed and considered.
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Supporting the bottled water industry is counter-intuitive to human survival. It doesn't benefit Ontarians in any way. It only benefits Swiss billionaires.
It simply does not make sense to allow a private company to deplete our water supply to create profit for the few. It makes even less sense when you think that allowing Nestle to access the water encourages single use plastic, which we now know is one of the big environmental issues we face today.
So glad to hear about this moratorium being extended. Water in plastic bottles should be banned altogether, and Ontario should be using its water frugally so there is lots for the 13 billion residents of southern Ontario to use in the near and distant future.
Water Is For Life Not For Profit
Do not allow Nestlé or any other water bottling company to steal more water from aquifers. All life depends on the safety and security of ground water and water tables.
Be on the right side of history.
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I support extending the water taking moratorium, in fact I think it should be extended for a longer time as proper consideration of Ontario's water resources should include extensive mapping of the aquifers, and of their capacities.
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While I am in total agreement to a moratorium stopping Nestle from taking our groundwater until late next year I believe that their permits should be revoked permanently.
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Bottling water is a scam. It creates a lot of pollution. I hate that big companies manipulate the government to steal from us only to sell it back. If our politicians were any good they’d put a stop to it. Nothing good is coming from this.
Long-term, the goal should be to phase out all permits to bottle water in the province.
This industry has no reason to exist. Consumer behaviour can change. No one needs bottled water.
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We need the ground water for the future. Why are we spending millions of dollars to purify water, if we continue to buy water in plastic bottles? This does not make Dollars and SENSE!
I strongly believe a moratorium is NOT enough. All current bottlers of Ontario's water should IMMEDIATELY be required to pay the local or provincial government permitting them to do so a MINIMUM of ten cents per litre of water extracted from either ground or lake.
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I completely support this moratorium. Nestle for too long has exploited our naturals resources. It is time to review what actual benefit this has in the long run.
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Definitely do not allow any company to take any more than they are taking now.I would like to see that amount reduced.also the price that they are paying should go up a huge amount these companies are paying next to nothing and making a massive profit .I personally do not buy bottled water it is unn
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