The NDP Convention in Montreal debated the following resolution:
2-02-13 Resolution on Updating the Federal Water Policy
Submitted by the Quebec Section
BE IT RESOLVED that the NDP support updating the Federal Water Policy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Policy must be updated in a manner respectful of provincial and municipal jurisdiction and First Nations over water management.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the policy’s core principles should include the notions already part of the NDP policy—that free universal access to clean water is a human right, and integrated water management must ensure that reserves of clean water are adequate to maintain aquatic ecosystems.
MP Jamie Nicholls spoke in support of this