Essentially, it is a bill to enable the federal government, along with the provinces, to become part of the process of making water in Canada a public trust. More specifically, it is a bill that would keep water in its natural basin thereby preventing large diversions of water from one basin to another in Canada and, by extension, outside of Canada.
Seconded by Elizabeth May November 14, 2011.
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Interventions in the House of Commons: November 23, 2011