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Defending Democracy and the Water Rights: Maude Barlow - The Green Interview Series

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Catalogue Number:  PT0057
Producer:  Paper Tiger
Directors:  Becket, Chris
Producing Agencies:  Paper Tiger and Arcadia Video
Subject:  Canadian Politics, Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, Canadian World Studies, Civics, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, Environmental Studies, Science, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Women's Studies
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2012
Running Time:  62:00
Closed Captions:  Yes


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This episode of The Green Interview features Maude Barlow, a Canadian environmental activist and author who argues that water is the next oil. As chair of the Council of Canadians, Barlow led a public fight against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the 1980s and for over a decade, she has focused her boundless energy on a crisis of global proportions: the looming world-wide water shortage, which is accelerated by free-trade deals that privatize water. She says the Canadian government’s new free-trade deal with Europe signs away people's water rights and gives up local control over provision of water and other provincial-municipal services. In this Green Interview, Barlow discusses the world's dwindling water supplies and explains the implications of CETA—Canada's tentative Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Europe.


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