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| 2009 Annual Report on Drinking Water |
The Minister of the Environment 's 2009 Annual Report on Drinking Water was released November 19, 2009. The report provides updates on key achievements in drinking water from July 2008 to June 2009, an overview of drinking water performance results and highlights of the broader water agenda including the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan, climate change adaptation, Great Lakes initiatives and the Toxics Reduction Act. The CTC SPC is particularly proud the the Minister chose to include information about our March 22, 2009 "World Water Day 2009" collaboration with Youth4Water. |
| Moving Stars and Earth for Water |
October 9, 2009 - The CTC Source Protection Committee would like to share an exciting international event taking place this Friday evening presented by Canadian Guy Laliberte. Moving Stars and Earth for Water is a special two-hour program that raises awareness about the issues of water in the world today from a variety of perspectives. On October 9, 2009 at 8:00 p,m. EDT (GMT-4), this live event will be presented around the world by a global community of artists representing all cultures and creative disciplines and well-known personalities. Celebrated around the planet, the artists are singers, actors, filmmakers, photographers, dancers, acrobats, poets, etc. What they all have in common is a concern regarding access to water and a desire to illustrate this in their own distinctive way. The event will feature: Al Gore, Dr. David Suzuki, Julie Payette, Salma Hayek, Shakira, U2 and many more. Program Details For The October 9th Artistic Event
The artistic core of the show is a poetic tale written especially for the occasion by renowned novelist and Man-Booker Prize-winner Yann Martel. The tale will be gradually revealed as the program takes us through 14 cities around the world on a journey that begins in Montreal and ends in Moscow. To access the webcast follow this link. |






