Anti-bottled water tour floods the city

Claim bottled water industry sells a public resource for huge profits

By Dylan Penner and Ryan LeClaire –

The Council of Canadians and CUPE Ontario are holding a province-wide tour to encourage bans on bottled water in municipal and provincial facilities. The 15-city speaking tour, which arrives in Toronto today, features Maude Barlow, National Chairwoman of the Council of Canadians and Senior Advisor on Water to the
President of the UN General Assembly, City Councilor Paula Fletcher, as well as Sid Ryan and Yolanda McClean representing CUPE Ontario.

They’ll conduct their meeting at Steelworkers Hall, 15 Cecil St. at 7 p.m. All are invited.

The bottled water industry sells water – a shared public resource – for huge profits, undermining our faith in public water. The Unbottle It! speaking tour will equip communities with the facts, and help them tap into clean and safe public drinking water.