AQUIFÈRE CONFIANCE... / WATER WE DRINKING?

documentaire   Québec   2004    français   0:10:00   

Sommes-nous vraiment maîtres de nos réserves d’eau? Au Québec, les gouvernements nous retirent peu à peu la gratuité et la souveraineté de notre patrimoine hydrique. Entorse à la démocratie?

BIOS     Geneviève Boucher    Anik Cuhat-Sauvé     Isabelle Tétrault

Documentary Quebec   2005  français/English subtitles  0:10:00 

Our drinking water: is it a public right, or a commercial product?  This film illustrates the ongoing battle to define the status of water, while our government prepares to privatize the public water distribution network. Against the backdrop of a system of laws powerless to stop the potential redirection of rivers towards the United States, our aquifers are being depleted by foreign companies uninterested in the regenerative capacity of  this resource, so valuable to our ecosystems. Once again, society’s less fortunate will suffer the consequences of the commercialization of a vital resource that is essential to the survival of our planet. Indeed, the battle for  the future of water is only part of a greater struggle to prevent the world itself from becoming a commercial product.