I believe that a nine-month extension of the moratorium is essential. Indeed, it would be better to continue the moratorium until the Tier 3 and the Source Water Protection process is completed.
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This is a good idea to extend the moratorium, but it would be better to continue the moratorium until the Tier 3 and the Source Water Protection process is completed in February of 2021 or to 2023 as our municipality is requesting.
Elora has population growth pressures that have already started and will be exponential in the next 30 yrs in relation to the past 100 yrs. Safe and sustainable water sources should not be threatened by corporate extraction.
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The privatization of water must be stopped! It is a public and sacred trust and, as such, needs to remain in public control. I am horrified at the damage that Nestle and other bottlers have done. It is a plastic nightmare. It is a water depletion and pollution nightmare.
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We are proposing to amend the Ontario Regulation 463/16 to extend the current moratorium on new or increasing permits to take groundwater to produce bottled water for 9 months, ending October 1, 2020.
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1 ) This moratorium is essentially an extended monopoly for permit holders who received permits prior to 2016 - Not that I support more water being used, but it does seem unfair
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There should be an outright ban on water bottling permits and current permits should be revoked. These corporations are not only irreversibly damaging the communities that they operate in, but they are making billions of dollars in the process. Absolutely despicable!
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I am just an average Canadian, I don't have a bunch of attachments for this comment, I simply want to express my concern in general for an issue that seems to be stymied and needs to be resolved once and for all.
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Nestle has a bad track record, consistently putting profit over the public good. I started boycotting the company decades ago when they first ignored regulations about pushing formula over breastfeeding especially in developing countries. The effect on babies' health was devastating.
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Water is an extremely valuable resource and we must protect the freshwater rights and water sovereignty for the people. I support the proposal to extend the current moratorium on water bottling permits and would ask that and any changes only further protect freshwater in Ontario.
One-third of Canada's population depend on groundwater (Statistics Canada); in Ontario, the proportion is over 45%. It is thus an extremely important resource.
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Water bottling permits must stop, as groundwater resources are finite. Droughts, climate change and over-extraction continue to impact our limited water sources. At this pace, communities will not have enough for their future needs.
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Re: ERO 019-0913
To ensure protection of our precious water source and the environment the provincial government must take immediate action to phase out all bottled water takings, along with plastic water bottles.
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Nestle should not be able to abuse our environment with this water extraction & doubly so as they are not even paying pennies on the dollar for it! 2.25& for every million litres is ridiculous and absurd
I am fully in favour of your proposal to extend the moratorium on water taking in the province of Ontario for the purposes of retailing in plastic water bottles.
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