Alberta is planning to start selling off it’s fresh water to make a profit. This is a very questionable policy and has not yet been proposed but it is not expected to go well with the public when it is introduced. This is a plan that has not yet been used buy any Canadian province and is very controversial. This is an idea of selling something that is publically used and owned and making it private. In a country like Canada where everything is equal and most things are free, like healthcare, taking away our water may very well be an obstruction of justice.
If Alberta starts selling water this will open the doors for the whole country to start selling their water as well. Water could be sold and taken to places where there is a water shortage. In some ways this would be good because it would help suffering people but shipping off all that water would be very expensive and could cause Canadians to become short of water. The government could make a lot of money selling off water. But if the water is sold, the owner can do anything they want with the water and the government can do nothing to legally stop them.
If water were to be sold privately the world would be ruled by the richest people living on it. The people with the most money would purchase all the water and would start selling it off for more than even they bought it for. Nobody would be able to prevent this and with water being necessary for survival I’m sure that nobody would hesitate to go out and purchase a few liters. All these liters would add up and many families would be put into debt but still have to pay for their water. Even more problems would occur when you need to buy extra water for showering and watering plants or crops or any other things that involve water. If all the water in the world was owned by one person, that one person would rule the own world.
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Your article has some very power full subjects. I think you are on the right track although you might want to watch out for the broad statements such as "one person would rule the world." From one province to ruling the world is quite a large leap. That said you might want to look at both sides of the story. Water trading could turn bad but there are also alot of merits coming out of it. It has the possibility to help those who are less fortunate become more economically involved, and as you said it will ensure that everyone across the world gets a taste of water. None the less good article.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a bit naive to say that right now water is completely public. As long as we have companies (such as Nestle, who takes water even from the Guelph area) which takes Canada's water and resells it for a profit in bottles, water can't be called public. I disagree with the concept just like you do, however, water should be free for all, and not monetized.
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