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[woman vocalizing]

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- Water justice

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is the right
of every living being on Earth

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and the right
of the Earth itself

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to have water
for sustainable life.

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We need new laws
to regulate human behavior

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in order
to protect the integrity

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of the Earth
and all species on it

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from our wanton exploitation.

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This is my life\'s mission
in the years I have left.

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As Martin Luther King said,

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\"The law may not change
the heart,

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but it will restrain
the heartless.\"

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Rivers have rights
to flow to the sea.

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- Delegates are reminded
that the plenary meeting

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to observe the 60th anniversary

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of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights

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will begin at 3:00 p.m.
in the General Assembly Hall.

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The panel is now concluded.

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[gavel tapping]

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- Thank you for those words.

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Okay.
Where do I go?

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- Maude?
- Yes.

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- How are you?

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- Diego.
Good, good, good.

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- At what time you will come
for the thing?

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- Right back.
We\'ll be back at 3:00.

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Where will I come?
The main...

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- You are now
going to the interviews?

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- We\'re going...
Yes, \"Time\" magazine,

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and then we\'ll be back.

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- He means for the movie.

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What time can we come get you?

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- Oh, yeah,
I\'ll be back at 3:00.

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- I will meet
all the people at 4:30.

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- Bless you.
We\'ll be back at 3:00.

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Now, how will I find you?
Where will you be?

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- I\'ll be here
in the office, so...

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- Okay, Denise, we\'re ready.

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\"The New York Times\"
is interested too.

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I mean, I was on Fox News
this morning.

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And everybody\'s been very kind.

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It\'s been a very un...
What\'s the word...

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Uncritical kind of thing.

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It\'s been really...

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Like, people are ready for this.

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There\'s something...

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There\'s been something very...
I don\'t know.

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Even Fox News was...

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She said, \"Well,
this is so important.\"

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[water trickling]

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[soft piano music]

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As a Canadian, quite frankly,
I\'m embarrassed

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by the way our governments,
collectively,

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have mishandled water,
taken it for granted.

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I call it
\"the myth of abundance.\"

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We\'re a country
that\'s been given

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this gift of water

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and a gift of wealth,

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and we\'ve used our water
to make wealth.

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I argue that
then we owe something

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back to the world,

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both in taking care of our water

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but also in taking the kinds
of stands internationally

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to help other people
protect their water.

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Canadians are going
to have to answer the question,

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\"Have we looked after
this precious heritage?

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And if not,
what right do we have to it?\"

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all: The people, united,
will never be defeated!

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The people, united,
will never be defeated!

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- Stop the...

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all: Tar sands!

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- Stop the...

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all: Tar sands!

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- What do we want?

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All: No new approvals!

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- When do we want it?

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All: Now!

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- We care about the land.

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We care about the trees.

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We care about the wetlands.

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We care about the animals.

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All: Yes!

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- We care about justice.

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All: Yes!

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- What we lack
is political leadership,

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political courage,
and political leaders

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who won\'t even stop lying to us.

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And let me tell you,

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they are lying
when they tell you

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that the tar sands are safe.

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They are not safe
for the people there!

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[cheers and applause]

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So this is a revolution
in this province,

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in this country.

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And I am telling you,
we will not give up.

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[cheers and applause]

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- The process started before

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the county took over
waste management in the 1990s.

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It actually started in 1979...

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- Excuse me, sir.

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- And has been something
going on since.

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- Excuse me,
with great due respect,

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um, I think an awful lot of us
in this room

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have come to have a dialogue.

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And this doesn\'t feel
very much like a dialogue,

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and we wondered
if we could open this up

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to a discussion, which I think

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is what we understood
was going to happen here today.

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[crowd murmuring]

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- Walk out?

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- Let\'s have
our meeting outside!

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[plaintive flute music]

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Every single time
I write a book, I find God.

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I pray to God, whoever God is,

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to write this book for me,
to give me a break.

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And I swear
I\'ll never do it again.

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I\'m always going,
\"We need research on this.\"

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- Right.

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- There\'s a hole
in our thinking here.

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And that is... that...
That obsess...

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That\'s the thing
that obsesses me.

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And the worrying,
the obsessing 24 hours a day,

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I can\'t imagine...

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I\'d love to give that away.

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- [laughs]

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- But I don\'t know
how that would happen.

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That\'s my personality.
I\'m a total type A.

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- Right.

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- Nellie McClung said,

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\"No one likes an alarm clock
in action,\"

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and I think she knew

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I was gonna be in the world
one day

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when she said that.

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- I am told that
at the United Nations,

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we\'re in the midst
of the third water decade.

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So I never dreamt
that Maude would be now

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with us in this task

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that all of the sudden
fell upon me,

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hoping and praying

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that she would become
my chief advisor,

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senior advisor
on the issue of water.

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We\'re extremely happy
to have you with us.

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- I\'m extremely happy
to be here.

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The honor is mine.
- No.

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- The honor is mine.

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- Thank you.

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- This is a moment

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for us to make some decisions
about what...

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Are we gonna go soft

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or are we gonna go
a little bit harder?

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- We are not saying that
there\'s no place for business.

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But the thing is that

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we have to define
exactly what that place is

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so that it doesn\'t go against
the rights of people.

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- And I can write this out
for you

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when you say this,
because I know...

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- In one page.
- Yes, I can do that.

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- So I will take that
on my trip when I go now.

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- Yes, because it\'s
a nonconfrontational way

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of opening the dialogue.

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You\'re not saying
there\'s no possible...

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- Confrontation
won\'t get us anywhere.

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- No.

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- You mentioned this, um...
- Tar sands.

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- Development program that...
Are they tar pits?

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Pit mines?

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- In northern Alberta,

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which isn\'t all that far
from Alaska,

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is the world\'s biggest oil find.

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The tar sands.
They call them the tar sands.

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For every barrel of oil

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they\'re able to extract
from the tar sands,

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they destroy three to five
barrels of water.

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And they\'re destroying

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3 million barrels of water
a day now,

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but they plan to expand it
four to five times.

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They\'ve killed a boreal forest

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the size of Greece.

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It\'s going to become
the biggest site

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of greenhouse gas emissions
in the world

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within ten years.

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It is an appalling thing.

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I flew over it
several weeks ago.

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I called it
\"Canada\'s Mordor\" from Tolkien,

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and the press all picked it up,

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and now everybody\'s
referring to it as Mordor.

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[train rumbling]

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Fellow water warriors,

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I just want to welcome
everybody this morning.

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We\'re off on
an incredible adventure.

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We\'re going to go see
what they\'re doing

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to the tar sands
up in northern Alberta

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so that we can supply
the United States

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with all the energy it wants

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so that it won\'t convert
to more sustainable usage.

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We\'re going to feel this thing
up close and personal.

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It\'s not going
to be far away anymore.

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So it\'s an
incredibly important journey.

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Thank you all for being here.

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Now here comes the sun.

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Isn\'t that gorgeous?

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Sun always comes up.

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We always have another
good day to fight, eh?

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Well, see,
the Council of Canadians,

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the voice is our members.

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- Yeah.

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- It\'s... you know,
I mean, I may be, you know,

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more well-known
than some,

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but we\'ve got all these people

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and thousands
and thousands more.

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And so it\'s not
any one person\'s voice.

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- Yeah.

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- That\'s what\'s
so beautiful about it,

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and that\'s the model.

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I mean, that\'s the only way

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we\'re going to make change.

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- Yeah.
Right.

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- Alberta is going to be
a water have-not province.

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Soon.

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I mean, nobody can believe it,

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but this is a province

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that\'s going
to run out of water.

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People know the tar sands
as an energy issue

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and as an environmental issue,

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but it\'s also a water issue.

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What\'s happening
with the tar sands in Alberta

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is not just
the business of energy

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or business of oil.

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It\'s the business of water.

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And it\'s a way
of commodifying water

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and in fact giving the right

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to American energy companies
operating there

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to own and control that water.

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Wow, it\'s a whole city out here.

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Look at the cranes!

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Oh, my God.

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We\'re in wilderness,
essentially,

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and there\'s traffic
like the middle of Toronto

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in the middle of the day
or at rush hour.

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What is that?

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- I think
that\'s a tailings pond.

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- Is it a tailings pond?

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That water is too dangerous

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to ever go back
into the Athabasca.

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They say that
if the big one broke,

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it would destroy
the environment.

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It would destroy
the entire water system up here.

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When you stop and think
about the world water crisis

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and the fact that
so many parts of the world

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are running out of water

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and people
are going to be moving here,

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and this is what we\'re doing
with the water

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instead of saving it for when...

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- What are we going to have left

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when people migrate here?

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- When people migrate,
seriously.

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You\'re going to get Americans
coming up here.

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We\'ve got refugees
all over Africa right now from...

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Water refugees.

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They call them food refugees,
but in many cases,

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it\'s because there\'s no water
to grow the food with.

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[camera clicks]

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Look at the stuff in the middle.

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It\'s not just water.
It\'s...

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- Welcome to Mordor.

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- \"Welcome to Mordor\" is right.

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60%...
- 60%, yes.

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- Of the world\'s
energy investment is here.

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- Every major
multinational corporation

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and state-owned
oil company...

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- In the world.

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- Has got a stake in this area.

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- Yeah?
- Right now, yes.

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- Wow.

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- Every day, about a million
barrels of bitumen

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are taken out, every day, yes.

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- And 3 million barrels
of water are destroyed.

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[radio crackles]

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[woman vocalizing]

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- God, it\'s huge.

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- Yeah.

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- [indistinct]

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[solemn music]

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- Maude, how does
your new role at the UN

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affect what you can do
about situations

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like the tar sands
or that sort of thing?

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- Yeah, I don\'t know, yeah.

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- I mean, how does that change?

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- I don\'t know.

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It\'s just all kind of new.

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My role is really

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to advise the new president
of the General Assembly

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on the world water crisis

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and what the General Assembly
has to do.

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But I would like, for sure,

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to develop this possibility
to be able to take our concerns

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around what Canada\'s
doing to our water...

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In particular
to First Nations communities

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and particularly
the tar sands...

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To the floor
of the United Nations.

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So it\'s a very exciting
possibility.

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I\'ll be thinking
what steps to take next.

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[applause]

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- Hello.
My name is Mike Mercredi.

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I\'m a member of the ACFN,

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the Athabascan Chipewyan
First Nations

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out of Fort Chipewyan.

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I\'m directly affected
by the impacts of the tar sands.

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Fort Chip is the front lines,
the edge of Canadian Shield.

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We\'re basically at war.

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It\'s warfare.

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There\'s a major health crisis
going on in Chip.

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And this is the issue
we\'re trying to bring.

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This is the issue
that we want to address

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to the rest of the country,
to the rest of the world.

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We\'re facing, basically,

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a major, major
health catastrophe up there.

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And if people know it,

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this year, they have six cases,

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six cases of cancer this year

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in a community of 1,200.

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So imagine if the water
flowed the other way.

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So if the water flowed
into the city

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and people were dying
in the city,

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I think something would be done
about that.

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So that\'s all I can say
about that.

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The water flows north,

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and we have to deal with it
up there

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with the small community.

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But if the water
was flowing south,

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take that perspective

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and see what the government
would do then.

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[ice scraping loudly]

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[engine puttering]

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- At one time,
it was so natural for us

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to just dip into the water
with our cups

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whether we were
down by the shore

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or out on the river,
out on the lake,

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where we\'d just
take a drink of water

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if we\'re thirsty,

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just naturally do it.

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Now we can\'t do it,

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and it\'s because of influence
we feel from industry,

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industry pumping pollutants

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and all the garbage
into the rivers.

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And not just oil patch
industries.

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Any influence right
from point A, Fort Chipewyan,

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right to the Rocky Mountains
where the river starts,

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the Athabasca River,
our main water source.

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- And as this water
continues north

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and empties into
the Arctic Ocean

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and then disperses
over the whole continent,

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everybody\'s gonna feel it.

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It\'s not just us.

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We\'re just the first.

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So I think that this poison
that\'s in the water is global.

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And I think
industry is aware of it.

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[thunder rumbling]

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[dogs barking]

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[thunder crashing]

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[both speaking in Dene]

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[drumming and vocalizing]

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- The Council of Canadians

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is not a stranger
to controversy,

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because we take
a very strong stand

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on behalf of the public trust.

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[drumming and vocalizing]

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So as a result,
we come up against

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very powerful figures
and powerful interests

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in our country
and internationally

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who are not overly fond us.

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Not overly fond of me,
I think it would be fair to say.

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- We need you guys to leave.

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Get on your bus, please.

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And if you\'re taping that,
I need you to stop.

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- Why?

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What\'s the problem with...

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What\'s the problem with filming?

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- But it\'s not allowed,
pictures and all that.

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- How come?

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- What\'s the purpose?

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- We\'re on
a fact-finding tour.

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We\'re from all over...

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- Seriously!
I said no pictures!

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- We\'re from all over Canada.

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- Quit taking pictures!

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- So we\'re interested
in what you\'re doing here and...

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- Yeah, okay.

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- So we\'re trying
to learn a lot about it

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\'cause a lot of people
are writing about it

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and talking about it.

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- There\'s a process
that you guys can go through.

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I need you to get back
on that bus.

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- Have a nice day.

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I do think that we\'ve
called power for what it is,

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and I think that
we\'ve put the analysis

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of these international trade,
financial agreements,

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investment agreements,

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we\'ve put them
in a political framework

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that others did not want

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to have put in a framework
like that,

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and we\'ve made some enemies.

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\"By your enemies,
you shall know them.\"

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It\'s fine with me.

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[water trickling]

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[machinery whirring]

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There\'s a mighty struggle
taking place in the world

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between those who see water
as a commodity

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to be put on the open market
like running shoes or Coca-Cola

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and sold to the highest bidder,

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and those on the other who say,

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\"No, it\'s part
of our common heritage.

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\"It\'s a public trust.

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\"It belongs to other species,

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\"and it belongs
to future generations

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as much as it belongs
to this one.\"

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And we believe that
we need to put

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a set of priorities
placed on that water

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within public governance.

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Now, these are very, very
strongly opposing positions,

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and what I\'m seeing is that
those positions are hardening

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as it becomes more clear

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that the world
truly is running out of water.

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And there\'s a scramble

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for who\'s going
to make decisions

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around the allocation
of what\'s left.

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- Well, the divide between
the different ideologies,

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the two main clashing
ideologies, if you will,

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in the water business

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seems to be
almost a religious divide

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in that Maude Barlow,

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to pick an example
of one extreme,

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chooses to portray water
as part of a godlike nature.

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- It is absolutely true

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that there is a new
consciousness, if you will.

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And you\'ll see it first within
First Nations communities,

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indigenous communities, women.

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A lot of young people

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are articulating
this very different view.

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- And it essentially puts...

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As a starting point, it puts man

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as sort of the secondary person.

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It\'s extreme,
and it\'s also, I think, absurd.

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The other side
of the ideological divide

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is to see water as part
of the natural resources

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that exist on the planet,

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not much different
from gold or oil or land

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or any other commodity.

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From that perspective,

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it\'s just another thing
that is useable.

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- You cannot live
without clean water.

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And to say that it\'s just
a resource like any other,

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I think, is not to understand

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the essential part
that water plays

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in the lifeblood of the Earth.

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It is the Earth\'s lifeblood.

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We hurt it, we hurt ourselves.

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We hurt the Earth.

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- I think it should become
a very complicated,

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sophisticated,
multidimensional business

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like any other.

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There is no particular reason

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Canadians should want to sit
on this pile of water

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and say,
\"You can\'t have our water.\"

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- The market works this way:

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it goes to where
people can afford it.

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Those who can buy it
and who can buy a lot of it

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get to do that.

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They get it buy it.

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They get to trade it.

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They get to hoard it.

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They get to set a price
that others can\'t afford,

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which means that if you\'re not
in that category, you die.

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- I mean, it is so obvious
that human beings use nature.

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They\'ve just been doing it
since day one,

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whenever day one occurred.

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Whenever humans
became capable of thinking

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and rationally working their way

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through an understanding
of their environment,

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they have been using nature.

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[man speaking indistinctly
over radio]

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[woman vocalizing]

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[vocalizing continues]

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[water trickling]

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[bird trills]

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- 104.1,
The DOCK in Midland.

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Okay, my dear,
I\'m ready any time you are.

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- I think Site 41 kind of...

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It just has a silly history

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that somebody said yes
a long time ago,

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and nobody has the guts
to say no now.

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I shouldn\'t say nobody.

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Lots of people want to say no.

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I mean, it\'s such a...
It\'s such an incredible story,

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that it has been named
by this university

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in Heidelberg as the...

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Potentially, the cleanest water
in the whole world,

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which, of course,
makes me nervous

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\'cause all the bottled water
companies

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are going to come in for it.

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- You are such an inspiration.

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If you could be prime minister,

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the world would be
a better place.

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- Aw, that\'s very nice.

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I thank you very much.

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I\'d rather do this
than be prime minister, though.

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- Hi.
Good to see you.

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- Hi.

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- Maude Barlow!

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- I\'m Erica Bukowski.

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I have been
a big supporter of yours.

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- I\'ve been wanting
to meet you so many times,

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and I always miss you.

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- Well, I\'m here.
- Glad you\'re here.

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- If you ask yourself,
\"Why is this happening?\"

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There\'s a reason.

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It\'s very simple in our minds,

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if you think about it.

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Somebody is making
a lot of money.

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It\'s a corporation.

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They\'re stealing
our children\'s life.

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[applause]

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They\'re stealing
our children\'s water.

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I\'m here as a Mohawk
with my brother and my sister,

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with you as a spiritual force.

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We are a spiritual force
together.

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We are useless
apart from each other.

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I thank you again.

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[steady drumming]

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[police radio crackles]

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- We all need clean water
to survive.

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So why does Simcoe County
want to build a landfill

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on top of the Alliston Aquifer?

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Landfills can leak
toxins and pollutants

00:29:09.633 --> 00:29:10.799
into water tables,

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threatening people,
livestock, and wildlife

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:14.632
for generations.

00:29:14.633 --> 00:29:16.599
That\'s a risk
we can\'t afford to take.

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Call, email, or speak
to your councillor before...

00:29:18.633 --> 00:29:22.566
[man and woman singing]
We shall not be moved.

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We\'re going to stop the dump,

00:29:24.067 --> 00:29:26.066
and we shall not be moved.

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We\'re going to stop the dump,

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and we shall not be moved.

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Just like the tree
that\'s standing by the water,

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we shall not be moved.

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- As this grows,

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we\'re going to get
more publicity, I promise.

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.932
Yeah.

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Oh, yeah, we\'ll come back.

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I mean, the next time,
it\'ll be twice as big.

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This feels like a lot
of the marches I\'ve been on

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in Latin America
and Asia and Africa.

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Like, it doesn\'t feel
any different.

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[peaceful piano music]

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.732
To the water of life.

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To the water
of this beautiful county

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and Tiny Township.

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We\'re going to keep you pure.

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- Bravo.

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- Mmm.
That\'s gorgeous water.

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Beautiful.

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Wow, look at all these people!

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[faint drumming,
indistinct conversation]

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:39.499
Gosh, look at this.

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The cars go all the way
down there

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and all the way down there.

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:44.499
Look at the crowd.

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:46.566
This is wonderful.

00:30:46.567 --> 00:30:49.232
Danny, look at the people.

00:30:49.233 --> 00:30:50.566
It\'s a miracle.

00:30:50.567 --> 00:30:53.299
[woman speaking indistinctly
over police radio]

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:59.032
[woman singing
along to drumming]

00:30:59.033 --> 00:31:00.866
[singing together]
We are the women,

00:31:00.867 --> 00:31:03.699
keepers of water.

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:05.032
Grandmothers taught us

00:31:05.033 --> 00:31:08.566
to move through this world
with care.

00:31:08.567 --> 00:31:13.232
The voice of unborn sons
and daughters,

00:31:13.233 --> 00:31:15.566
cradled by our Mother Earth,

00:31:15.567 --> 00:31:19.232
waiting for their share

00:31:19.233 --> 00:31:25.067
and all her care...

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:28.966
Cradled by our Mother Earth,

00:31:28.967 --> 00:31:32.799
waiting for their share

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:40.300
and all her care.

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:45.266
- Wow.

00:31:45.267 --> 00:31:46.432
[cheers and applause]

00:31:46.433 --> 00:31:48.599
It is not too late
to stop this dump site.

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.766
I promise you,

00:31:49.767 --> 00:31:51.266
I will be back
and back and back,

00:31:51.267 --> 00:31:53.132
and I will bring
lots of people with me

00:31:53.133 --> 00:31:54.799
and lots of media with me.

00:31:54.800 --> 00:31:58.299
[cheers and applause]

00:31:58.300 --> 00:32:00.799
It is never too late to say

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:03.132
that we\'re going to save
this wonderful Mother Earth.

00:32:03.133 --> 00:32:05.266
It is always too early
to give up.

00:32:05.267 --> 00:32:06.766
The politicians are embarrassed

00:32:06.767 --> 00:32:08.099
that they said yes to this.

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:10.732
They have absolutely no reason

00:32:10.733 --> 00:32:11.899
that they can give you

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:13.066
because there isn\'t a reason

00:32:13.067 --> 00:32:15.232
why this dump site
is being opened.

00:32:15.233 --> 00:32:16.899
The water is
the cleanest, sweetest,

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:18.732
most beautiful water
in the world.

00:32:18.733 --> 00:32:20.566
We don\'t need this site.

00:32:20.567 --> 00:32:22.399
There is no reason for this site

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.566
except they just decided

00:32:23.567 --> 00:32:25.232
they didn\'t know how to say no.

00:32:25.233 --> 00:32:27.399
Well, we\'ll tell them.
No!

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:29.799
No to this site,
and we\'ll be back!

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:32.800
[cheers and applause]

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:40.466
- Well, that was a good speech.

00:32:40.467 --> 00:32:42.966
[laughter]

00:32:42.967 --> 00:32:44.632
I\'m going to...

00:32:44.633 --> 00:32:47.366
I\'m gonna have Cindy
wrap this up.

00:32:47.367 --> 00:32:51.199
I want you to know
that in the year of 2000,

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:55.867
the county of Simcoe
voted to select...

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:03.699
- The question of whether
water is a human right is...

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:05.532
It\'s not a semantic debate.

00:33:05.533 --> 00:33:07.699
You get people
who say it\'s a human need.

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:10.199
Why do you need
to designate it a human right?

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.699
And here\'s why.

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:14.532
If it\'s a human need,
it can be delivered

00:33:14.533 --> 00:33:17.032
by the public sector
or the private sector

00:33:17.033 --> 00:33:18.699
on a for-profit basis.

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:21.032
If it\'s a human right,
you cannot sell it.

00:33:21.033 --> 00:33:22.532
You cannot trade it.

00:33:22.533 --> 00:33:24.532
And you cannot deny it
to someone

00:33:24.533 --> 00:33:28.033
because they do not have money
to pay for it.

00:33:30.533 --> 00:33:33.533
[water crashing]

00:33:38.767 --> 00:33:41.099
My commitment to water
began, really,

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:43.266
with commitment
to Canada\'s water

00:33:43.267 --> 00:33:46.099
when we fought the inclusion
of water as a tradable good

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:47.999
in the first
free trade agreement,

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.499
the one that preceded NAFTA.

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.666
It was called the Canada-U.S.
Free Trade Agreement.

00:33:51.667 --> 00:33:54.166
And we said, \"Take it out,\"

00:33:54.167 --> 00:33:56.499
because we were signing
a free trade agreement

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.832
with a superpower.

00:33:57.833 --> 00:33:59.899
Not only did they not;
they kept it in in NAFTA,

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:03.233
and then they added
new dimensions to it.

00:34:11.667 --> 00:34:14.332
The debate about
bulk water exports from Canada

00:34:14.333 --> 00:34:17.999
has been going on
for, oh, 40 years.

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:19.499
It comes, and it goes.

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:21.066
It waxes and wanes.

00:34:21.067 --> 00:34:22.199
Some people say,

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:24.199
\"Well, it would be too expensive
to ever happen,\"

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:25.866
but, you know,
that\'s what they used to say

00:34:25.867 --> 00:34:27.866
about the tar sands
not very long ago.

00:34:27.867 --> 00:34:30.532
They said tar sands oil
was too expensive to extract

00:34:30.533 --> 00:34:32.866
and would never be
a major supplier of energy

00:34:32.867 --> 00:34:34.332
to the United States.

00:34:34.333 --> 00:34:37.666
It\'s now the major supplier
of oil to the United States.

00:34:37.667 --> 00:34:38.832
So I mean,

00:34:38.833 --> 00:34:40.332
if you need water,
you need water.

00:34:40.333 --> 00:34:42.566
And believe me,
the United States needs water.

00:34:42.567 --> 00:34:48.633
[stirring electric guitar music]

00:35:27.467 --> 00:35:30.299
- NAFTA has become
almost a piñata

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:33.166
for pandering politicians
and pundits,

00:35:33.167 --> 00:35:35.499
the excuse for everything
that\'s gone wrong,

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:38.666
but it really
is a simple agreement

00:35:38.667 --> 00:35:42.499
whose purpose is to dismantle
trade and investment barriers

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:45.332
and to encourage
trade and investment.

00:35:45.333 --> 00:35:48.799
And understood in those terms,
it\'s been a great success.

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:51.800
[church bells ringing]

00:35:57.733 --> 00:36:00.066
Each of the three countries
of North America

00:36:00.067 --> 00:36:01.732
have its sacred cows.

00:36:01.733 --> 00:36:04.567
Canada\'s sacred cow
now is water.

00:36:09.233 --> 00:36:12.732
I don\'t think it\'s beyond
the scope of governance

00:36:12.733 --> 00:36:15.232
for all three countries
to think hard

00:36:15.233 --> 00:36:17.332
about how to regulate
the use of water

00:36:17.333 --> 00:36:19.832
to benefit
all three communities,

00:36:19.833 --> 00:36:23.167
not just today
but in the future as well.

00:36:25.467 --> 00:36:27.466
The hard question is,
how do you distribute it

00:36:27.467 --> 00:36:30.232
so that all of the peoples
in North America

00:36:30.233 --> 00:36:32.899
have an adequate supply?

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:35.399
And that does require
a new kind of governance

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:37.732
and a new way of thinking
about our neighbors

00:36:37.733 --> 00:36:42.066
and a more generous spirit
on the part of Canada

00:36:42.067 --> 00:36:43.832
than we sometimes see.

00:36:43.833 --> 00:36:45.166
- We are not talking about

00:36:45.167 --> 00:36:47.066
Canadian water
versus American water

00:36:47.067 --> 00:36:49.232
but rather ecosystem water

00:36:49.233 --> 00:36:52.066
and protecting those watersheds
as they exist now.

00:36:52.067 --> 00:36:53.899
We have problems in this country

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:55.399
just as they do
in the United States.

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:57.899
In fact, they have just about
the same amount of water.

00:36:57.900 --> 00:37:00.066
They\'re going to have
to use it differently.

00:37:00.067 --> 00:37:01.732
And if anybody thinks Canadians

00:37:01.733 --> 00:37:04.399
are going to easily
send water to places

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:06.232
that still haven\'t learned

00:37:06.233 --> 00:37:08.066
to move away
from great big lawns

00:37:08.067 --> 00:37:10.399
and swimming pools
and golf courses

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:12.732
and fountains and Las Vegases
and so on,

00:37:12.733 --> 00:37:15.233
they\'re in for a rough ride.

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:24.699
- If Canada chooses
to export its water,

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:26.199
it becomes a commodity

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:29.099
and should be treated
like all other commodities.

00:37:29.100 --> 00:37:31.432
If Canada is concerned
about that,

00:37:31.433 --> 00:37:36.266
what Canada should do
is to open up for negotiations

00:37:36.267 --> 00:37:37.732
a water agreement.

00:37:37.733 --> 00:37:39.399
- The fact is that
at the moment,

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:41.399
there is a North American
Free Trade Agreement,

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:43.399
and it is very, very,
very clear.

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:46.066
The corporate rights accruing
to water companies

00:37:46.067 --> 00:37:47.966
and anybody else
using that water

00:37:47.967 --> 00:37:49.299
once they have access...

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:50.300
It\'s clearly written.

00:37:50.301 --> 00:37:51.799
It\'s in a very tough agreement

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.799
that has very tough
enforcement mechanisms.

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:57.466
And that is one of the reasons
we are so adamant

00:37:57.467 --> 00:37:58.966
that no province
should be allowed

00:37:58.967 --> 00:38:01.299
to begin commercial exports
of water,

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:03.299
because once one province does,

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:05.132
the whole country is committed

00:38:05.133 --> 00:38:07.466
to the new provisions
under NAFTA,

00:38:07.467 --> 00:38:08.966
and then we are then required

00:38:08.967 --> 00:38:11.966
to continue to supply our water
to the United States

00:38:11.967 --> 00:38:14.466
until we run out.

00:38:14.467 --> 00:38:17.467
[water rushing]

00:38:20.733 --> 00:38:23.066
149 39th Street,

00:38:23.067 --> 00:38:25.566
the Murray Hill
East Suite Hotel.

00:38:25.567 --> 00:38:26.899
- The Murray Hotel, right?

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:28.399
- Yep.
Is that okay?

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:30.399
- 39... no, yeah, okay...

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.099
- Or the Ritz.

00:38:32.100 --> 00:38:34.766
Tomorrow morning,
I go to the UN at...

00:38:34.767 --> 00:38:37.599
For an 11:00 meet...
A 9:00 meeting.

00:38:37.600 --> 00:38:39.599
Then I have an 11:00...

00:38:39.600 --> 00:38:41.666
Then I have a...

00:38:41.667 --> 00:38:42.866
Yes.

00:38:42.867 --> 00:38:45.032
So I\'ve got a 10:00 meeting
in the morning,

00:38:45.033 --> 00:38:46.432
a 1:00 p.m.
press conference.

00:38:46.433 --> 00:38:48.766
I\'ve got \"The Washington Times\"
at 3:30.

00:38:48.767 --> 00:38:49.866
- The room is paid.

00:38:49.867 --> 00:38:51.266
Your card
I just have to put down too

00:38:51.267 --> 00:38:52.366
in case there\'s any charges.

00:38:52.367 --> 00:38:53.367
- Great.

00:38:53.368 --> 00:38:55.867
[keys clacking]

00:39:07.600 --> 00:39:08.766
- Hold on.
Hold on one second.

00:39:08.767 --> 00:39:09.932
- Sure.

00:39:09.933 --> 00:39:12.266
- You have to show him
your little white...

00:39:12.267 --> 00:39:13.832
What we want, what we\'re seeking

00:39:13.833 --> 00:39:17.199
is a covenant or a treaty
at the United Nations

00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:19.366
like the rights that are held

00:39:19.367 --> 00:39:21.866
in the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights

00:39:21.867 --> 00:39:23.866
that was ratified in 1948.

00:39:23.867 --> 00:39:26.699
We want one similar to that
on water.

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:29.199
And the reason it wasn\'t
in that original document

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:32.099
is because nobody
back then could imagine

00:39:32.100 --> 00:39:34.099
that there would
be a problem with water.

00:39:34.100 --> 00:39:35.100
- You are based in Canada?

00:39:35.100 --> 00:39:36.100
- Yes.

00:39:36.101 --> 00:39:37.599
If Canada were to declare

00:39:37.600 --> 00:39:39.432
its support
for the right to water

00:39:39.433 --> 00:39:42.599
at the United Nations,
it would be very important,

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:44.432
because Canada
has traditionally been

00:39:44.433 --> 00:39:46.266
an extremely important country

00:39:46.267 --> 00:39:49.366
in terms of being
a barometer for human rights.

00:39:49.367 --> 00:39:53.366
And we\'ve generally been
on the side of the angels.

00:39:53.367 --> 00:39:55.566
Maude Barlow, Mario,
what an honor to meet you.

00:39:55.567 --> 00:39:56.732
- Look forward to yours...

00:39:56.733 --> 00:39:58.066
- That was wonderful.
- Thank you.

00:39:58.067 --> 00:39:59.067
- Wonderful comments.

00:39:59.068 --> 00:40:00.199
Thank you so much.

00:40:00.200 --> 00:40:01.699
I\'m gonna talk about women
and water

00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:02.866
and the right to water,

00:40:02.867 --> 00:40:05.032
so we will be
on the same wavelength.

00:40:05.033 --> 00:40:07.866
- The proliferation of states
during the 20th century

00:40:07.867 --> 00:40:10.699
led to the very deep
differentiation

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:13.032
in the reality of state power
across the world.

00:40:13.033 --> 00:40:15.032
- Since the signature
of the declaration,

00:40:15.033 --> 00:40:19.032
our country has made
tremendous progress.

00:40:19.033 --> 00:40:21.232
Still, much remains to be done.

00:40:21.233 --> 00:40:22.899
- How to further mainstream

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:24.399
the universality
and cohesiveness

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.899
of all human rights

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:28.066
in a way that celebrates
diversity.

00:40:28.067 --> 00:40:29.499
Thank you.

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:31.832
- There are 24 agencies
at the United Nations

00:40:31.833 --> 00:40:34.332
tasked with different parts
of the water story,

00:40:34.333 --> 00:40:36.832
and they\'re very keen
to have the support

00:40:36.833 --> 00:40:39.999
of people who want to move this
in a more systemic way

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:41.666
to the political level.

00:40:41.667 --> 00:40:43.666
It it with a sense of urgency

00:40:43.667 --> 00:40:46.599
that I urge the nations
here today

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:50.332
to give priority to extending
the human right to water.

00:40:50.333 --> 00:40:52.832
Is water a common good,
like air,

00:40:52.833 --> 00:40:56.499
or is it a commodity,
like Coca-Cola?

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:58.666
Who is being given
the right or the power

00:40:58.667 --> 00:41:01.666
to turn the tap on or off:

00:41:01.667 --> 00:41:03.666
the people, governments,

00:41:03.667 --> 00:41:06.266
or the invisible hand
of the market?

00:41:06.267 --> 00:41:08.932
What is needed now
is binding law

00:41:08.933 --> 00:41:12.066
to codify that states
have the obligation

00:41:12.067 --> 00:41:14.666
to deliver sufficient, safe,

00:41:14.667 --> 00:41:17.999
accessible, and affordable water
to their citizens,

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:21.099
and it must become
self-evident.

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:22.599
Let us commit here today

00:41:22.600 --> 00:41:25.932
in remembrance of all of those
who fought so hard

00:41:25.933 --> 00:41:30.266
to create the 1948 Universal
Declaration of Human Rights

00:41:30.267 --> 00:41:32.766
to a water-secure world
for all

00:41:32.767 --> 00:41:35.432
based on the principles
of water protection

00:41:35.433 --> 00:41:38.932
and watershed renewal,
equity, and justice,

00:41:38.933 --> 00:41:41.266
and the right
of all living things

00:41:41.267 --> 00:41:42.932
to water for life.

00:41:42.933 --> 00:41:44.932
Thank you.

00:41:44.933 --> 00:41:45.933
- Thank you,
Mrs. Barlow,

00:41:45.934 --> 00:41:48.366
for that excellent presentation.

00:41:48.367 --> 00:41:51.367
[siren blares,
car horns honking]

00:41:57.533 --> 00:41:59.866
- I\'m afraid
of running out of time

00:41:59.867 --> 00:42:01.366
on this mission

00:42:01.367 --> 00:42:04.532
and just not being able
to get there fast enough

00:42:04.533 --> 00:42:06.866
to stop what I really do see

00:42:06.867 --> 00:42:11.033
as a crisis
of monumental proportions.

00:42:13.767 --> 00:42:17.599
I believe that water refugees,
water migration,

00:42:17.600 --> 00:42:19.766
is coming very, very quickly,

00:42:19.767 --> 00:42:21.099
not in some future time.

00:42:21.100 --> 00:42:22.266
It\'s in... it\'s now.

00:42:22.267 --> 00:42:23.832
It\'s in our generation.

00:42:23.833 --> 00:42:25.499
Hello, okay, so I just finished,

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:27.966
and I\'m in a taxi in traffic,

00:42:27.967 --> 00:42:31.132
but I think I\'ll make my flight.

00:42:31.133 --> 00:42:34.132
[laughs]

00:42:34.133 --> 00:42:36.299
Okay, I\'ll see you later.

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:37.632
I should be home at 6:00.

00:42:37.633 --> 00:42:39.732
Okay, sweetie.
Bye-bye.

00:42:39.733 --> 00:42:42.566
[buttons clicking]

00:42:42.567 --> 00:42:45.567
[humming \"I\'ll Fly Away\"]

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:51.632
I guess I\'d say I\'m on the road

00:42:51.633 --> 00:42:54.466
probably half the year,
although it comes in waves.

00:42:54.467 --> 00:42:56.132
You know, it\'s not so bad
in the summer.

00:42:56.133 --> 00:42:57.399
Yeah, I get lonely,

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:59.232
but, you know, I got friends
all over the world.

00:42:59.233 --> 00:43:00.399
And you have to know,

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:02.066
when you\'re in
this kind of movement,

00:43:02.067 --> 00:43:04.399
you\'re friends
with people immediately.

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:06.732
Sometimes you get off a plane
in, I don\'t know,

00:43:06.733 --> 00:43:08.732
Latin America, Africa, wherever,

00:43:08.733 --> 00:43:09.899
and somebody greets you,

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:11.566
and you immediately have a bond.

00:43:11.567 --> 00:43:12.732
You\'re friends for life

00:43:12.733 --> 00:43:14.232
because you share
a common struggle

00:43:14.233 --> 00:43:15.566
and a common vision.

00:43:15.567 --> 00:43:17.399
It\'s really
the toll on your body

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:19.066
and missing my family.

00:43:19.067 --> 00:43:22.566
Those are the downsides
of the traveling.

00:43:22.567 --> 00:43:24.332
You swallow the exhaustion.

00:43:24.333 --> 00:43:25.666
You just suck it up.

00:43:25.667 --> 00:43:28.732
What are you gonna do?

00:43:28.733 --> 00:43:30.566
- Hold on to mama\'s hand

00:43:30.567 --> 00:43:32.966
\'cause we have to walk
down the stairs, okay?

00:43:32.967 --> 00:43:34.632
- Give me a kiss.

00:43:34.633 --> 00:43:35.966
- Let me see?

00:43:35.967 --> 00:43:38.399
- [gasps] Beautiful.

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:42.232
- One, two, three, go!

00:43:42.233 --> 00:43:43.866
Good one.

00:43:43.867 --> 00:43:46.166
- You\'re such a good swimmer.

00:43:46.167 --> 00:43:47.466
- Okay, let\'s do some fishing.

00:43:47.467 --> 00:43:48.632
- Want to take your shoes off?

00:43:48.633 --> 00:43:51.799
[loon wails]

00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:53.632
- Why are you
putting your shoe there?

00:43:53.633 --> 00:43:54.832
- It\'s a good sign.

00:43:54.833 --> 00:43:56.532
It means that the lake
is really a good lake,

00:43:56.533 --> 00:43:57.832
a healthy lake.

00:43:57.833 --> 00:43:59.832
It has to be deep,
and the water has to be clean

00:43:59.833 --> 00:44:03.332
for the loons to live here.

00:44:03.333 --> 00:44:04.666
The other day when I was here,

00:44:04.667 --> 00:44:06.332
there was a loon
really, really close,

00:44:06.333 --> 00:44:07.866
and you know what it was doing?

00:44:07.867 --> 00:44:09.699
It was feeding its baby loon,

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:12.699
and the babies
sit on their backs.

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:14.699
They will keep them on
their back for a little while

00:44:14.700 --> 00:44:20.199
until they\'re big enough
to swim by themselves.

00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:23.199
I find myself in a lot
of stressful situations.

00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:24.866
Got a lot of people mad at me.

00:44:24.867 --> 00:44:27.032
Got a lot of powerful
entities mad at me.

00:44:27.033 --> 00:44:28.266
They blame me,

00:44:28.267 --> 00:44:30.366
and I think they give me
more power than I deserve.

00:44:30.367 --> 00:44:33.532
So to have a refuge,
a safe place to come

00:44:33.533 --> 00:44:36.866
with people who love me
and people whom I adore

00:44:36.867 --> 00:44:38.699
and to just forget all that

00:44:38.700 --> 00:44:40.532
is extraordinarily important.

00:44:40.533 --> 00:44:42.666
How did you like
Vancouver Island?

00:44:42.667 --> 00:44:43.667
- Great.

00:44:43.668 --> 00:44:44.832
- Great!

00:44:44.833 --> 00:44:46.599
We found... we found
this really cool stuff,

00:44:46.600 --> 00:44:48.599
and we even found
a dead jellyfish.

00:44:48.600 --> 00:44:50.599
- A dead jellyfish, where?

00:44:50.600 --> 00:44:52.199
On the beach?
- Yeah.

00:44:52.200 --> 00:44:54.199
- When I\'m with them,
I forget everything else,

00:44:54.200 --> 00:44:56.532
except water\'s still there
but in a nice way.

00:44:56.533 --> 00:44:58.866
But I just...
I\'m with them.

00:44:58.867 --> 00:45:00.699
And I go to the place
that they are,

00:45:00.700 --> 00:45:02.699
and I see the world
through new eyes

00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:06.366
because, boy, those eyes
are just so fresh and so clean,

00:45:06.367 --> 00:45:07.532
and they\'re so new.

00:45:07.533 --> 00:45:08.866
- We got a starfish on our trip.

00:45:08.867 --> 00:45:09.867
- Yeah?

00:45:09.867 --> 00:45:10.867
- I really like it.

00:45:10.868 --> 00:45:12.032
It\'s about, like, this big.

00:45:12.033 --> 00:45:15.032
- I was trained,
taught to be a nice girl.

00:45:15.033 --> 00:45:17.032
I was the middle girl
of three girls,

00:45:17.033 --> 00:45:18.899
and I was the good one.

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:20.899
And I got a lot of leeway
in my life

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:22.232
being like that.

00:45:22.233 --> 00:45:23.899
And one of the first times

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:25.899
that I ever took a public stand
on something

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:27.232
and got castigated,

00:45:27.233 --> 00:45:29.032
my mother said,
\"You cut it out,\"

00:45:29.033 --> 00:45:30.566
\'cause I was feeling sorry
for myself.

00:45:30.567 --> 00:45:32.566
She said, \"Serious people
have serious enemies.\"

00:45:32.567 --> 00:45:35.233
And I\'ve always remembered that.

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:53.832
The Montreal Economic Institute

00:45:53.833 --> 00:45:57.166
wants to set the stage
for Quebec to export water.

00:45:57.167 --> 00:45:59.132
Tell me how they\'re going
to get this water

00:45:59.133 --> 00:46:01.133
to those places that need it.

00:46:12.333 --> 00:46:15.333
- [speaking French]

00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:51.899
- We have to keep it
in watersheds.

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:53.732
We have to capture storm water.

00:47:53.733 --> 00:47:55.366
We have to capture rainwater.

00:47:55.367 --> 00:47:58.166
We have to harvest the water
that comes from the skies

00:47:58.167 --> 00:48:00.332
and protect the water
that we already have

00:48:00.333 --> 00:48:01.632
and then live within that.

00:48:01.633 --> 00:48:02.966
It\'s called the soft path.

00:48:02.967 --> 00:48:06.132
The hard path
is all the heavy technology:

00:48:06.133 --> 00:48:08.532
the expensive desalination

00:48:08.533 --> 00:48:10.532
and the expensive recycling

00:48:10.533 --> 00:48:13.199
and now the pipelines
that will move water

00:48:13.200 --> 00:48:14.532
from one place to another

00:48:14.533 --> 00:48:17.032
and mass diversion of water
for profit.

00:48:17.033 --> 00:48:20.033
This is a recipe for disaster.

00:48:42.233 --> 00:48:43.399
- These think tanks

00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:45.732
that are doing this
in Canada and Quebec,

00:48:45.733 --> 00:48:49.799
now who are paving the way
for this in the future,

00:48:49.800 --> 00:48:50.966
say they\'re doing it

00:48:50.967 --> 00:48:53.299
for humanitarian reasons
in one breath,

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:54.599
and in the next breath,
they say,

00:48:54.600 --> 00:48:56.299
\"But we will sell it
and make money from it.\"

00:48:56.300 --> 00:48:58.300
Those two things
do not go together.

00:49:22.033 --> 00:49:24.366
- If we\'re going to share,
the sharing has to come

00:49:24.367 --> 00:49:26.532
in our changing our lifestyles

00:49:26.533 --> 00:49:29.199
and implementing a system,

00:49:29.200 --> 00:49:30.532
an economic system in the world

00:49:30.533 --> 00:49:33.699
based on diversity, fair trade,

00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:36.532
ecological sanity, stewardship,

00:49:36.533 --> 00:49:38.032
and social justice.

00:49:38.033 --> 00:49:39.532
And this is profoundly different

00:49:39.533 --> 00:49:41.032
than the system
that we have now.

00:49:41.033 --> 00:49:42.532
Feeding into this notion

00:49:42.533 --> 00:49:44.532
that you\'re gonna somehow
ship water somewhere,

00:49:44.533 --> 00:49:45.866
make some money from it,

00:49:45.867 --> 00:49:48.532
dribble some charity,
sprinkle some charity

00:49:48.533 --> 00:49:50.699
in some African villages
so you can sleep at night

00:49:50.700 --> 00:49:53.866
is just a cover
for the corporatization

00:49:53.867 --> 00:49:55.532
and the commodification
of our water,

00:49:55.533 --> 00:49:58.200
and I will not let it happen.

00:50:23.333 --> 00:50:26.166
- [singing]
I don\'t care what they say.

00:50:26.167 --> 00:50:28.866
I\'m gonna drink it anyway.

00:50:28.867 --> 00:50:32.032
No bottled water.
Keep it free.

00:50:32.033 --> 00:50:34.866
Fresh, clean water.
Keep it free.

00:50:34.867 --> 00:50:37.866
Keep it free and keep it mine,

00:50:37.867 --> 00:50:40.532
publicly owned, not privatized.

00:50:40.533 --> 00:50:43.866
Keep it free and keep it mine,

00:50:43.867 --> 00:50:47.232
publicly owned, not privatized.

00:50:47.233 --> 00:50:50.066
- [singing] Every creature
has the right to share

00:50:50.067 --> 00:50:52.899
running water everywhere.

00:50:52.900 --> 00:50:56.066
Dasani and Evian,

00:50:56.067 --> 00:50:58.899
Aquafina and Dasani.

00:50:58.900 --> 00:51:00.399
[all singing]
No bottled water.

00:51:00.400 --> 00:51:02.066
Keep it free.

00:51:02.067 --> 00:51:04.966
Fresh, clean water.
Keep it free.

00:51:04.967 --> 00:51:08.132
Keep it free and keep it mine,

00:51:08.133 --> 00:51:11.166
publicly owned, not privatized.

00:51:11.167 --> 00:51:14.166
Keep it free and keep it mine,

00:51:14.167 --> 00:51:17.332
publicly owned, not privatized.

00:51:17.333 --> 00:51:20.166
- [singing]
Water is a human need,

00:51:20.167 --> 00:51:23.667
not for money, not for greed.

00:51:28.767 --> 00:51:30.932
- Bottled water
is really the first step

00:51:30.933 --> 00:51:33.932
towards the concept
of the privatization of water,

00:51:33.933 --> 00:51:37.166
and it\'s very important for us
to make this distinction.

00:51:37.167 --> 00:51:38.832
If you commit yourself
to private water,

00:51:38.833 --> 00:51:40.166
to bottled water,

00:51:40.167 --> 00:51:42.666
you\'re gonna stop caring
what comes out of your tap.

00:51:42.667 --> 00:51:46.166
And let me tell you,
the municipal water in Ontario

00:51:46.167 --> 00:51:47.566
is the cleanest in the world.

00:51:47.567 --> 00:51:49.066
You do not have
to worry about it.

00:51:49.067 --> 00:51:50.899
You do not need
to drink bottled water.

00:51:50.900 --> 00:51:53.332
It\'s absolutely unnecessary.

00:51:53.333 --> 00:51:56.999
It is a public trust,
and it is a human right.

00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:58.499
And we join together

00:51:58.500 --> 00:52:01.466
in saying, \"Water for all,
for all time.\"

00:52:01.467 --> 00:52:02.467
[applause]

00:52:02.468 --> 00:52:04.467
Thank you.

00:52:06.833 --> 00:52:07.899
- Recently,

00:52:07.900 --> 00:52:11.066
a march was held
in protest of Site 41,

00:52:11.067 --> 00:52:13.066
and over 1,000 people came out

00:52:13.067 --> 00:52:15.399
and were inspired
by Maude\'s message.

00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:16.732
[voice breaks]
Thank you, Maude,

00:52:16.733 --> 00:52:18.399
for bringing hope
to our community...

00:52:18.400 --> 00:52:22.732
[applause]

00:52:22.733 --> 00:52:24.066
And joining with those

00:52:24.067 --> 00:52:27.732
who have fought tirelessly
for years.

00:52:27.733 --> 00:52:29.399
And I believe it when you say

00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:31.399
that you will come back
time and time again

00:52:31.400 --> 00:52:33.732
and bring more and more people
till we win this,

00:52:33.733 --> 00:52:35.232
and I know
that you will come back,

00:52:35.233 --> 00:52:37.566
and we will celebrate victory.

00:52:37.567 --> 00:52:39.566
And just recently,
a group of Native...

00:52:39.567 --> 00:52:40.899
Or First Nations women

00:52:40.900 --> 00:52:43.566
have set up camp at Site 41

00:52:43.567 --> 00:52:45.732
in protest of Site 41,

00:52:45.733 --> 00:52:47.466
and they have vowed not to leave

00:52:47.467 --> 00:52:49.966
until the government
reverses their decision.

00:52:49.967 --> 00:52:53.966
And I am calling in CUPE
to support those women

00:52:53.967 --> 00:52:58.299
and to promote our protests
and to bring people.

00:52:58.300 --> 00:53:01.332
And thank you again, Maude.

00:53:01.333 --> 00:53:04.332
[applause]

00:53:04.333 --> 00:53:10.333
[solemn piano music]

00:53:15.133 --> 00:53:16.466
- Whoo!

00:53:16.467 --> 00:53:17.799
[car horns honking]

00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:20.166
Environmental Protection Agency
in the United States

00:53:20.167 --> 00:53:21.266
says there is no such thing

00:53:21.267 --> 00:53:22.599
as a dump site
that doesn\'t leach.

00:53:22.600 --> 00:53:23.600
- Yeah, of course.

00:53:23.600 --> 00:53:24.600
- There is not one.

00:53:24.601 --> 00:53:25.766
Eventually, they all leach.

00:53:25.767 --> 00:53:27.599
All: No garbage in our water!

00:53:27.600 --> 00:53:30.232
No garbage in our water!

00:53:30.233 --> 00:53:31.899
No garbage in our water!

00:53:31.900 --> 00:53:34.399
No garbage in our water!

00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:36.799
No garbage in our water!

00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:39.800
- No garbage in our water!

00:53:50.900 --> 00:53:53.900
[faint drumming]

00:53:57.700 --> 00:54:00.700
[drumming]

00:54:13.267 --> 00:54:19.267
[men vocalizing]

00:54:27.267 --> 00:54:33.267
[men singing in native language]

00:54:41.067 --> 00:54:44.599
- This woman has been
a tremendous inspiration

00:54:44.600 --> 00:54:48.332
and a tremendous help.

00:54:48.333 --> 00:54:49.999
You said you would
keep coming back

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:52.499
as often as necessary.

00:54:52.500 --> 00:54:55.166
Well, it\'s not that
I don\'t want to see you again,

00:54:55.167 --> 00:54:56.666
but it would be really nice

00:54:56.667 --> 00:54:58.999
if this were the last time
you had to come,

00:54:59.000 --> 00:55:02.499
except for our celebration
banquet when it\'s over.

00:55:02.500 --> 00:55:03.732
[applause]

00:55:03.733 --> 00:55:06.932
- Democracy
looks like the women\'s camp.

00:55:06.933 --> 00:55:09.266
All through those rainy days
and windy nights,

00:55:09.267 --> 00:55:11.599
staying here
and having the faith

00:55:11.600 --> 00:55:13.832
that there was
a reason to do it.

00:55:13.833 --> 00:55:16.166
Democracy looks like people

00:55:16.167 --> 00:55:18.832
from all walks of life
in this community

00:55:18.833 --> 00:55:20.666
and, frankly,
around the province

00:55:20.667 --> 00:55:22.332
and more and more
around the country

00:55:22.333 --> 00:55:24.999
coming together and saying,
\"We stand with you.\"

00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:28.666
I want to tell you
that we\'ve got a plan.

00:55:28.667 --> 00:55:31.832
We\'re going to put together
a resolution for county council.

00:55:31.833 --> 00:55:34.666
The first time they meet
is August the 25th,

00:55:34.667 --> 00:55:36.332
and it will, among other things,

00:55:36.333 --> 00:55:40.699
call for a moratorium
on the site for a year,

00:55:40.700 --> 00:55:42.199
while we hold public hearings

00:55:42.200 --> 00:55:43.866
and we do a proper assessment

00:55:43.867 --> 00:55:46.599
of what this is going to mean
to the surrounding watershed,

00:55:46.600 --> 00:55:48.766
because so far,
all of their analysis

00:55:48.767 --> 00:55:52.099
has been on
just the site itself.

00:55:52.100 --> 00:55:54.266
Water can
be the place of healing.

00:55:54.267 --> 00:55:56.432
Water can be the place
where we come together

00:55:56.433 --> 00:55:59.432
to learn how to live differently
with one another

00:55:59.433 --> 00:56:01.432
and to learn how
to tread more lightly

00:56:01.433 --> 00:56:03.099
on this beautiful Mother Earth.

00:56:03.100 --> 00:56:05.099
I thank you.
Miigwetch.

00:56:05.100 --> 00:56:08.100
[cheers and applause]

00:56:12.300 --> 00:56:18.300
[ethereal music]

00:56:22.700 --> 00:56:25.700
[water running]

00:56:42.533 --> 00:56:46.599
- There has been
a concerted campaign

00:56:46.600 --> 00:56:49.099
led by some of the labor unions,

00:56:49.100 --> 00:56:52.932
especially CUPE
and the Council of Canadians,

00:56:52.933 --> 00:56:55.266
with Maude Barlow at its helm,

00:56:55.267 --> 00:56:59.266
against the private provision
of public services.

00:56:59.267 --> 00:57:02.266
And it\'s been
a very effective campaign,

00:57:02.267 --> 00:57:04.599
and they have scared
a lot of people

00:57:04.600 --> 00:57:07.599
away from private provision.

00:57:07.600 --> 00:57:09.466
I think that\'s a terrible error.

00:57:09.467 --> 00:57:12.966
[water sloshing]

00:57:12.967 --> 00:57:14.132
When we look at what

00:57:14.133 --> 00:57:15.799
the private sector
has to offer...

00:57:15.800 --> 00:57:18.299
For example, let\'s look
at the investment issue...

00:57:18.300 --> 00:57:20.099
We probably need

00:57:20.100 --> 00:57:25.132
in the realm
of about $90 billion

00:57:25.133 --> 00:57:27.299
to invest in water
and sewage systems.

00:57:27.300 --> 00:57:29.966
Now, governments
are extremely reluctant

00:57:29.967 --> 00:57:31.632
to invest that kind of money.

00:57:31.633 --> 00:57:33.166
They just don\'t have the money.

00:57:33.167 --> 00:57:35.666
We\'ve got the money
waiting to be invested.

00:57:35.667 --> 00:57:37.999
It\'s crazy that
we don\'t take advantage of it,

00:57:38.000 --> 00:57:39.832
because we need that money.

00:57:39.833 --> 00:57:41.599
Our systems are falling apart.

00:57:41.600 --> 00:57:44.499
- These for-profit companies
are in business for profit.

00:57:44.500 --> 00:57:46.766
And so they come into
a relationship like that.

00:57:46.767 --> 00:57:48.332
They have to make money.

00:57:48.333 --> 00:57:49.999
They are
for-profit companies.

00:57:50.000 --> 00:57:53.099
So on top of whatever money
is being collected

00:57:53.100 --> 00:57:54.432
to run the water system,

00:57:54.433 --> 00:57:57.699
they have to make enough money
for their shareholders.

00:57:57.700 --> 00:57:59.399
Some of them
are transnational companies.

00:57:59.400 --> 00:58:00.400
They have to make money

00:58:00.401 --> 00:58:01.832
for shareholders
around the world.

00:58:01.833 --> 00:58:04.832
So they have to make
a profit of between 10% and 20%,

00:58:04.833 --> 00:58:06.499
which means that
the rates have to go up

00:58:06.500 --> 00:58:08.832
or they have to lay off
a whole bunch of people

00:58:08.833 --> 00:58:12.166
or they have to cut corners
in terms of safety.

00:58:12.167 --> 00:58:13.999
- I certainly used to assume

00:58:14.000 --> 00:58:16.332
that the solution
to all environmental problems

00:58:16.333 --> 00:58:19.332
lay in more
government regulation.

00:58:19.333 --> 00:58:22.832
I definitely
used to be more identifiable

00:58:22.833 --> 00:58:25.166
as somebody on the left
than on the right.

00:58:25.167 --> 00:58:26.666
I think now

00:58:26.667 --> 00:58:29.166
those distinctions
mean almost nothing.

00:58:29.167 --> 00:58:31.666
I think that some would say
that the tools

00:58:31.667 --> 00:58:34.666
that I propose...
Something like privatization...

00:58:34.667 --> 00:58:36.166
Is a right-wing tool.

00:58:36.167 --> 00:58:38.832
I think they would say
the end that I propose

00:58:38.833 --> 00:58:43.332
is a left-wing end.

00:58:43.333 --> 00:58:45.999
- Even though we don\'t think
of anybody in our country

00:58:46.000 --> 00:58:49.399
being so poor that they
couldn\'t afford water systems,

00:58:49.400 --> 00:58:51.132
trust me, when the rates go up,

00:58:51.133 --> 00:58:52.966
as they did in Detroit,
Michigan...

00:58:52.967 --> 00:58:55.466
42,000 families were cut off,
their water,

00:58:55.467 --> 00:58:57.132
mostly African-Americans,

00:58:57.133 --> 00:58:58.632
older people, unemployed people

00:58:58.633 --> 00:58:59.966
who couldn\'t afford the water.

00:58:59.967 --> 00:59:02.466
So thinking that it only happens
in countries far away

00:59:02.467 --> 00:59:04.866
is absolutely wrong.

00:59:04.867 --> 00:59:06.866
- When a resource is free,

00:59:06.867 --> 00:59:09.866
people don\'t have any incentive
to conserve it.

00:59:09.867 --> 00:59:12.199
But when you have to start
paying for a resource,

00:59:12.200 --> 00:59:13.532
that changes.

00:59:13.533 --> 00:59:16.199
The incentives
change completely.

00:59:16.200 --> 00:59:19.200
[helicopter rotors whirring]

00:59:48.567 --> 00:59:51.567
[keys clacking]

01:00:00.033 --> 01:00:01.699
- If you want to start
a good argument

01:00:01.700 --> 01:00:03.199
among economists and others,

01:00:03.200 --> 01:00:06.466
ask them what water is worth.

01:00:06.467 --> 01:00:09.299
Water is for sale
across various systems.

01:00:09.300 --> 01:00:11.466
That\'s the reality
that we face today.

01:00:11.467 --> 01:00:13.632
You and I can go down
to a grocery store

01:00:13.633 --> 01:00:15.799
and buy a liter of water

01:00:15.800 --> 01:00:18.799
at a price, by the way,
that\'s probably at or above

01:00:18.800 --> 01:00:21.299
what we would pay per gallon
to fill our cars...

01:00:21.300 --> 01:00:23.966
Or a liter to fill our cars.

01:00:23.967 --> 01:00:25.799
As we think about
where things are going,

01:00:25.800 --> 01:00:26.966
we need to acknowledge

01:00:26.967 --> 01:00:30.199
that water is owned
and being sold.

01:00:30.200 --> 01:00:31.699
- In essence, in the end,

01:00:31.700 --> 01:00:34.532
the debate is coming down
to who is making the decisions,

01:00:34.533 --> 01:00:35.966
who controls water.

01:00:35.967 --> 01:00:38.132
In certain areas of the commons

01:00:38.133 --> 01:00:40.132
where there must be
a public trust

01:00:40.133 --> 01:00:42.132
because it is
life-and-death, like water...

01:00:42.133 --> 01:00:43.799
And I think health care
is another one,

01:00:43.800 --> 01:00:45.632
but water\'s probably
the best example...

01:00:45.633 --> 01:00:47.599
You must maintain
public control.

01:00:47.600 --> 01:00:48.600
You must.

01:00:48.601 --> 01:00:49.666
- On the whole issue

01:00:49.667 --> 01:00:51.832
of whether
it\'s public or private.

01:00:51.833 --> 01:00:54.499
My view, it\'s neither
one nor the other.

01:00:54.500 --> 01:00:56.666
Governments are critical players

01:00:56.667 --> 01:00:59.499
in terms of defining
broader social goods,

01:00:59.500 --> 01:01:01.632
and they should continue to be.

01:01:01.633 --> 01:01:04.132
We need to be thinking, too,
about those populations

01:01:04.133 --> 01:01:06.966
in which we have seen
these public mandates fail,

01:01:06.967 --> 01:01:08.632
and there are a number
of key examples

01:01:08.633 --> 01:01:10.132
across the world.

01:01:10.133 --> 01:01:12.466
By the same token,
we have seen failures

01:01:12.467 --> 01:01:15.799
with respect to implementation
on the private sector side.

01:01:15.800 --> 01:01:17.132
So in my view,

01:01:17.133 --> 01:01:19.632
it\'s not
an either-or proposition.

01:01:19.633 --> 01:01:23.466
We need to be thinking
about a linked structure

01:01:23.467 --> 01:01:27.466
that looks at government
for leadership and mobilization

01:01:27.467 --> 01:01:28.632
not only at the federal

01:01:28.633 --> 01:01:30.799
but the state
and provincial level

01:01:30.800 --> 01:01:32.299
and even the local level.

01:01:32.300 --> 01:01:34.466
We need very creative approaches

01:01:34.467 --> 01:01:36.132
with respect to private sector,

01:01:36.133 --> 01:01:38.132
and we\'re beginning
to see those right now.

01:01:38.133 --> 01:01:40.632
And I believe there\'s
a very significant role

01:01:40.633 --> 01:01:42.966
for the nongovernmental
organization community.

01:01:42.967 --> 01:01:46.132
Civil society can play ball
in this game

01:01:46.133 --> 01:01:48.032
as never before now.

01:01:48.033 --> 01:01:54.033
[woman vocalizing]

01:01:59.967 --> 01:02:02.967
[water flowing]

01:02:36.967 --> 01:02:39.967
[water rushing]

01:02:45.200 --> 01:02:48.932
- I feel
a kind of frantic tension.

01:02:48.933 --> 01:02:50.599
I don\'t know
how else to describe it.

01:02:50.600 --> 01:02:53.099
I\'m watching what\'s happening
to the world\'s water,

01:02:53.100 --> 01:02:54.932
and it won\'t go away for me.

01:02:54.933 --> 01:02:56.099
I\'m obsessed with it,

01:02:56.100 --> 01:02:58.266
and I worry about
the incremental transfer

01:02:58.267 --> 01:03:02.766
of water ownership
and decision-making and control,

01:03:02.767 --> 01:03:05.432
piece by piece
in 100 different ways,

01:03:05.433 --> 01:03:07.266
into the hands
of private sector.

01:03:07.267 --> 01:03:10.432
And how you get it back
after that, after it\'s gone,

01:03:10.433 --> 01:03:14.266
is going to be
extraordinarily hard,

01:03:14.267 --> 01:03:17.200
which is why we\'re fighting
not to let it go.

01:03:20.100 --> 01:03:23.100
[wind whistling]

01:03:28.333 --> 01:03:34.333
[delicate haunting music]

01:03:43.267 --> 01:03:46.267
[indistinct, echoing
conversation]

01:03:55.367 --> 01:03:58.800
[water splashing]

01:04:01.733 --> 01:04:05.233
[water trickling]

01:04:09.633 --> 01:04:12.633
[water splashing]

01:04:54.633 --> 01:04:56.966
I don\'t think
you\'re decrepit at all.

01:04:56.967 --> 01:04:58.466
I think you\'re brilliant.

01:04:58.467 --> 01:05:01.932
- I told them, yeah,
I\'m ready for the archives.

01:05:01.933 --> 01:05:02.933
- Aw.

01:05:02.934 --> 01:05:04.266
[laughter]

01:05:04.267 --> 01:05:07.366
- I have always believed,
of course,

01:05:07.367 --> 01:05:09.532
as all of us,

01:05:09.533 --> 01:05:13.699
I\'ve believed in the importance
of water.

01:05:13.700 --> 01:05:21.032
But it was not until I read
Maude\'s book \"Blue Gold\"

01:05:21.033 --> 01:05:25.032
that I became fully, fully aware

01:05:25.033 --> 01:05:28.532
of the great importance of water

01:05:28.533 --> 01:05:33.732
and of the need
to really put it up front

01:05:33.733 --> 01:05:36.966
in the conscience of the world.

01:05:36.967 --> 01:05:38.966
- I would like Canada
to play a leadership role.

01:05:38.967 --> 01:05:40.299
We have a lot of water.

01:05:40.300 --> 01:05:42.632
We don\'t have as much water
as people think.

01:05:42.633 --> 01:05:45.466
You hear that we have
20% of the world\'s freshwater,

01:05:45.467 --> 01:05:46.699
but we actually have

01:05:46.700 --> 01:05:49.532
about 6.5% of
the available freshwater.

01:05:49.533 --> 01:05:53.032
The year with the United Nations

01:05:53.033 --> 01:05:56.399
is incredibly important
for me and, I believe,

01:05:56.400 --> 01:05:57.933
I\'d like to think, for the work.

01:06:03.600 --> 01:06:07.599
Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola
use city water.

01:06:07.600 --> 01:06:09.266
They use municipal water,

01:06:09.267 --> 01:06:10.432
and then they put it through

01:06:10.433 --> 01:06:12.099
their secret
reverse osmosis process

01:06:12.100 --> 01:06:13.932
and add their
secret packet of minerals,

01:06:13.933 --> 01:06:16.699
and they sell it back to you
at 1,100 or 1,200 times more

01:06:16.700 --> 01:06:18.700
than you pay for it
from the tap.

01:06:21.900 --> 01:06:25.699
There is a huge influence
of the water corporations

01:06:25.700 --> 01:06:29.366
and other corporations
on the UN agenda,

01:06:29.367 --> 01:06:31.032
and I worry very much

01:06:31.033 --> 01:06:34.699
that if the private sector
takes over the policy-making

01:06:34.700 --> 01:06:36.032
at the United Nations

01:06:36.033 --> 01:06:37.066
that we\'re going to lose

01:06:37.067 --> 01:06:39.399
the last international
institution

01:06:39.400 --> 01:06:41.732
that\'s supposed to be about
governments and their people

01:06:41.733 --> 01:06:44.232
and not about private sector
interests.

01:06:44.233 --> 01:06:46.466
So it is a fight
for the soul of the UN

01:06:46.467 --> 01:06:48.632
that\'s taking place now.

01:06:48.633 --> 01:06:52.466
If it no longer represents
governments and its citizens

01:06:52.467 --> 01:06:54.632
but rather the interests
of these corporations,

01:06:54.633 --> 01:06:57.799
we\'re going to have lost
a very, very important symbol

01:06:57.800 --> 01:07:01.466
for human and ecological
advancement.

01:07:01.467 --> 01:07:04.132
I\'m going to continue
to make this critique

01:07:04.133 --> 01:07:06.132
inside and outside
the United Nations.

01:07:06.133 --> 01:07:07.632
Hello.

01:07:07.633 --> 01:07:10.867
- How are you, madam?

01:07:50.300 --> 01:07:52.632
- Hello.
How are you?

01:07:52.633 --> 01:07:53.799
I\'m good.

01:07:53.800 --> 01:07:56.300
I\'m going to Ottawa
through Toronto.

01:07:59.233 --> 01:08:05.233
[solemn piano music]

01:08:23.933 --> 01:08:26.933
[crowd murmuring]

01:08:28.767 --> 01:08:30.999
I love raw democracy.

01:08:31.000 --> 01:08:33.432
This is just the purest form

01:08:33.433 --> 01:08:35.767
of citizen democracy
that you can get.

01:08:40.667 --> 01:08:43.667
[crowd shouting and clapping]

01:08:47.133 --> 01:08:51.299
- Again, move for a one-year
moratorium on Site 41.

01:08:51.300 --> 01:08:54.632
As elected officials,
responsiveness to citizens

01:08:54.633 --> 01:08:57.132
is one of our primary
responsibilities.

01:08:57.133 --> 01:08:58.966
- You can\'t be
this divisive vision.

01:08:58.967 --> 01:09:03.299
You can\'t have 16 people
not talking to 16 people.

01:09:03.300 --> 01:09:06.732
- Your Worship, the resolution
passes 86 in favor...

01:09:06.733 --> 01:09:09.733
[wild cheers and applause]

01:09:18.033 --> 01:09:20.566
- I think that there was
such a wonderful joint effort,

01:09:20.567 --> 01:09:21.866
and I think they heard,

01:09:21.867 --> 01:09:23.799
and they heard with
their hearts and their heads.

01:09:23.800 --> 01:09:25.399
I think there was healing
that took place

01:09:25.400 --> 01:09:26.400
in this community today,

01:09:26.401 --> 01:09:28.232
on county
and between people here.

01:09:28.233 --> 01:09:30.732
And I think this
has been an historic decision.

01:09:30.733 --> 01:09:32.232
I\'m absolutely thrilled
and honored

01:09:32.233 --> 01:09:33.399
to have been part of it.

01:09:33.400 --> 01:09:35.066
- What does this mean,
this moratorium?

01:09:35.067 --> 01:09:36.399
- Well, this moratorium means

01:09:36.400 --> 01:09:38.566
that they now have to have
full public consultation,

01:09:38.567 --> 01:09:40.666
full peer review of the model.

01:09:40.667 --> 01:09:42.499
Very important victory
for democracy

01:09:42.500 --> 01:09:44.332
and a coming together
of the sides

01:09:44.333 --> 01:09:47.066
that have been apart
over the healing of water.

01:09:47.067 --> 01:09:48.399
- Whoo-ee!

01:09:48.400 --> 01:09:50.232
- Whoo-ee!
[laughs]

01:09:50.233 --> 01:09:53.566
[cheers and applause]

01:09:53.567 --> 01:09:54.899
- [weeping]
You bring me to tears.

01:09:54.900 --> 01:09:56.066
- Oh, sweetie.

01:09:56.067 --> 01:09:57.566
- You bring me to tears.

01:09:57.567 --> 01:09:58.567
- But you know what?

01:09:58.568 --> 01:09:59.732
The site will never open.

01:09:59.733 --> 01:10:01.666
George, the site will
never open now.

01:10:01.667 --> 01:10:02.667
- Miigwetch.

01:10:02.668 --> 01:10:04.332
- No, see,
it was you who did it.

01:10:04.333 --> 01:10:05.499
I mean, you guys,

01:10:05.500 --> 01:10:07.999
you women were so strong
and so brave,

01:10:08.000 --> 01:10:09.832
and you put up with tough times,

01:10:09.833 --> 01:10:11.332
and it was tough at that site.

01:10:11.333 --> 01:10:12.333
- You helped.

01:10:12.334 --> 01:10:13.999
- And, well,
we all did it together.

01:10:14.000 --> 01:10:15.166
- Honor... to honor her

01:10:15.167 --> 01:10:16.699
with some medicine
from my people too.

01:10:16.700 --> 01:10:17.700
- Oh.

01:10:17.701 --> 01:10:19.366
- My sweetgrass.

01:10:19.367 --> 01:10:21.532
- You held your sweetgrass
as people voted.

01:10:21.533 --> 01:10:22.699
Your sweetgrass, you did.

01:10:22.700 --> 01:10:23.966
I watched it.

01:10:23.967 --> 01:10:27.900
Your sweetgrass sent
the right vote out to everybody.

01:10:34.067 --> 01:10:35.399
- Well, my hope for Canada

01:10:35.400 --> 01:10:40.566
is that we will recognize
what is going to become

01:10:40.567 --> 01:10:44.399
more and more a fact
of economic life,

01:10:44.400 --> 01:10:48.466
which is that the water
is going to become a commodity

01:10:48.467 --> 01:10:50.399
more than it is today.

01:10:50.400 --> 01:10:53.066
It already is a commodity
in many parts of the world,

01:10:53.067 --> 01:10:54.966
in many parts
of the United States.

01:10:54.967 --> 01:10:57.632
- I don\'t understand
why the private sector

01:10:57.633 --> 01:11:02.632
should not provide a role
in providing public services.

01:11:02.633 --> 01:11:04.299
- We need innovative thinking

01:11:04.300 --> 01:11:06.299
with respect
to a blend of parties now

01:11:06.300 --> 01:11:09.132
as we think about
how we begin to capture

01:11:09.133 --> 01:11:12.132
some of these
monumental challenges,

01:11:12.133 --> 01:11:15.266
to exploit these challenges
that exist in longer range.

01:11:15.267 --> 01:11:17.532
- Ask yourself
the hard questions:

01:11:17.533 --> 01:11:20.699
does it serve Canada well

01:11:20.700 --> 01:11:24.032
to say that it will never
export any bulk water,

01:11:24.033 --> 01:11:29.300
or is there not a framework
by which Canada could benefit?

01:12:03.900 --> 01:12:06.900
[children shouting]

01:12:09.533 --> 01:12:12.533
[children laughing]

01:12:13.767 --> 01:12:16.767
[water splashing]

01:12:46.700 --> 01:12:49.700
[water rushing]

01:13:56.567 --> 01:13:59.232
- I\'m working with thousands
of people around the world

01:13:59.233 --> 01:14:00.399
to save the world\'s water

01:14:00.400 --> 01:14:02.899
for the Earth,
for other species,

01:14:02.900 --> 01:14:06.066
for ourselves,
and for future generations,

01:14:06.067 --> 01:14:11.899
as a public trust
and a human right.

01:14:11.900 --> 01:14:14.899
I believe that water could
become nature\'s gift to us,

01:14:14.900 --> 01:14:18.166
to teach us how to live
in peace with one another

01:14:18.167 --> 01:14:20.499
and in harmony with the Earth,

01:14:20.500 --> 01:14:23.167
if we had the wisdom to listen.

01:14:25.033 --> 01:14:28.033
[leaves rustling]

01:14:30.600 --> 01:14:36.600
[peaceful acoustic music]

01:17:04.300 --> 01:17:07.300
[water rushing]

01:17:10.733 --> 01:17:16.733
[ethereal music]