Essay About Drinking Water In Canada

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Water is fundamental for life; a basic human right and should be accessible to all. Then the question should be; should Canada then be obligated to share the water supply with our neighbours? Since more than 70% http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/e_quickfacts.htm, July 13th, 2009 of the Earth is covered in water, one would assume there is an adequate amount of water for everyone. It would benefit Canada to share our clean drinking water with other less fortunate countries. By sharing, we would then help our own economic crises in Canada, and alleviate ourselves of recession with the income of money coming from other countries. By showing this; it is indicated that the Canadian government should welcome the proposal to sell water in bulk to the United…show more content…
According to the Canadian government itself, “the total amount of water in the world is estimated at over a billion cubic kilometres, while its forms may change from oceans to clouds, to precipitation, to rivers, to ice fields, and so on, the total quantity of water has remained constant for the past three to five million years.” http://www.ec.gc.ca/Water/en/info/pubs/NSKit/e_chap2.htm, July 13th, 2009 Canadians have enough water to share, exceptionally compared to populous alternative countries. Alternative countries that need water and can put it to better use than Canadians can, as we use gallons on water each year in recreational swimming pools, water parks, and washing our cars. No, Canada should not feel compelled, this is a nation that has always tried to help others and this favourable circumstance to share our water would benefit Canada. Canada has the potential to bring in billions of dollars of revenue from simply selling our clean water. The economic convenience of selling our water is ceaseless. According to conferenceboard.ca, “Canada has an unemployment rate of 6.1%,” http://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/details/economy/unemployment-rate.aspx, July 13th,

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