That is the extortionate fee Nestlé will be paying to suck-up British Columbia's groundwater, beginning later this year. They probably feel quite aggrieved as up to now they've been getting it for nothing. Not a cent. All those bottles of "Spring Water" they sell for — coincidentally — about $2.25 each, have been free.
Arguably we shouldn’t be selling water at all. If we do though it’s a natural resource that’s uncontestably more important than oil, for instance, and should be priced accordingly. Québec charges $70 per miillion litres for it and Nova Scotia $140. (That’s not enough either IMHO, but at least their numbers are somewhat credible.) British Columbia's government however — while cutting funding to health care and education for over a decade — likes to be a good corporate partner. So while wildfires blaze across the province, and water rationing is in place almost everywhere, it's willing to give away our water for the price of a chocolate bar.
If you think this is wrong, help us out by signing this petition. Thanks.
http://action.sumofus.org/a/bc-bottled-water/13/2/?akid=11688.7460691.HkxIrf&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1
Arguably we shouldn’t be selling water at all. If we do though it’s a natural resource that’s uncontestably more important than oil, for instance, and should be priced accordingly. Québec charges $70 per miillion litres for it and Nova Scotia $140. (That’s not enough either IMHO, but at least their numbers are somewhat credible.) British Columbia's government however — while cutting funding to health care and education for over a decade — likes to be a good corporate partner. So while wildfires blaze across the province, and water rationing is in place almost everywhere, it's willing to give away our water for the price of a chocolate bar.
If you think this is wrong, help us out by signing this petition. Thanks.
http://action.sumofus.org/a/bc-bottled-water/13/2/?akid=11688.7460691.HkxIrf&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1
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