Opinion: Trump’s threats to our water security require urgent action.
U.S. administration poses three distinct threats to our water security, including signals that the U.S. plans to unravel long-standing water agreements.
Every year on March 22, the world unites to celebrate the importance of fresh water to life on Earth. But this year, World Water Day feels different. For over a century, Canada and the U.S. have co-operated on shared rivers and lakes, but today we face a hostile neighbour more interested in intimidation than collaboration.
Donald Trump’s troubling fixation on what he calls B.C.’s “very large faucet,” was reinforced by recent reports suggesting a primary motivation for turning Canada into the 51st state is to seize control of our water.
For too long, we have taken water for granted. That must change — and fast. Water security must be treated as urgently as national security.
