Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Petition calls on Canadians to boycott Nestlé over water grab

 Bottles of Pure Life brand water move on the production line at the Nestle Waters Canada plant near Guelph, Ont. in January 2015. (Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images)huffingtonpost.ca

USA Today Network,
   The backlash continues to grow against Nestlé in Canada after the bottled water giant outbid a small town aiming to secure a long-term water supply through a local well, according to local reports.
    The Council of Canadians, a social action organization, launched a boycott on Friday in response to the deal, stressing the dire need for bottled water industry reform as the country battles drought and depletion of ground water reserves.
   “The water crisis is at our door here in Canada,” Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, said in a statement. “Wasting our limited groundwater on frivolous and consumptive uses such as bottled water is a recipe for disaster...http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/09/26/petition-calls-canadians-boycott-nestl-over-water-grab/91119300/
 
Note: Redistribution of wealth and income(globalism) includes water and land. [Resource Distribution and its Consequences]
The distribution of wealth and income

Source: Boundless. “Distribution of Wealth and Income.” Boundless Sociology. Boundless, 26 May. 2016. Retrieved 27 Sep. 2016 from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/global-stratification-and-inequality-8/a-comparative-analysis-of-global-stratification-in-mexico-71/distribution-of-wealth-and-income-416-10395/
The distribution of wealth and income

Source: Boundless. “Distribution of Wealth and Income.” Boundless Sociology. Boundless, 26 May. 2016. Retrieved 27 Sep. 2016 from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/global-stratification-and-inequality-8/a-comparative-analysis-of-global-stratification-in-mexico-71/distribution-of-wealth-and-income-416-10395/

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