May 04, 2018

Nearly 100,000 urge Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to cut ties with Nestle over bottled water

On Friday, May 4th, local Ontarians and members of SumOfUs Canada Society in partnership with Wellington Water Watchers, will deliver nearly 100,000 signatures to  the Ontario Ministry of Environment offices at Bay and Wellesley, urging Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to phase out bottled water permits and cut ties with Nestle.

What: Petition delivery and rally

When: Friday, May 4th at 12pm (local time)

Where: 77 Wellesley St W, Toronto, ON

View the petition here: https://actions.sumofus.org/a/premier-wynne-phase-out-bottled-water-permits-now

According to a new poll of Ontario residents, Ontarians across party lines want water permits phased out in the next two years and 64% of Ontarians think that corporations, like Nestlé, should not have control of their groundwater.

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Wellington Water Watchers is a non-profit organization founded in 2007  committed to protecting local water and to educating the public about threats to the watershed.

SumOfUs Canada Society is a digital consumer watchdog with a community of 1.5 million Canadians holding corporations accountable for their actions and forging a new, sustainable and just path for the Canadian and global economy.