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Should canada agree to export water to USA
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Need statistics for geography isu. Please let this thread live until at least 25-50 people have answered. Please state where you live (country) so i know if it will be bias. State reason, if any.
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Re: Should canada agree to export water to USA
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on 2007-05-24 16:11:29 (edited 2007-05-24 16:14:44)
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I live in Canada. I don't think we should. Fresh water supplies are low enough as it is and Canada has it's own needs. As a country it should look out for itself first and allies second. We already export oil from Alberta and possibly by 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador will be producing power and probably also exporting it the US. Not to mention that the Canadian government has pretty much given all the fish in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to other countries. I believe Canada has exported (or, through the braindead actions of the Federal Government, given) enough resources to other countries as it is. Besides, if Canada exports water to the US what will happen when a major water shortage occurs?    |
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Re: Should canada agree to export water to USA
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on 2007-05-24 16:34:44 |
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Jonathon, your argument doesn't take into account the basics of economics. You have a resource (in this case, water) that has a price based on supply and demand. There is a limited supply, and a growing demand, so the price will grow. The government should not (and as far as I know does NOT currently) allow the resources to run dry (literally, in this case). There must be some upper limit on the amount of ANY resource that a country can export, and it's the government's job to set it. Exporting zero water to other countries is probably not economically beneficial right now, but may be in the future. Obviously, when there is a shortage of water, the price will go up, and people will buy much of their water elsewhere, or go thirsty, as the case may be. 
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Re: Should canada agree to export water to USA
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on 2007-05-24 16:42:22 (edited 2007-05-24 16:47:48)
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I assumed WinterCherry meant exporting more than is already being exported. I never meant don't export any water at all. Closing off that would move Canada towards being a closed nation and put strain on Canada/US economic relations. I just don't think that Canada should start exporting more water than what is already shipped out when there will be a future need for it. Then again, what world power has ever thought about the future. |
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Sorry, but let me add some info. Transfer water to the middle west USA.
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on 2007-05-24 17:34:48 |
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i live in Canada~~~ ^^ and i think that if the U.S needs water then we definitely SHOULD export~~ since we HAVE the resources, we should share it with anyone who needs it~! after all, we're all living in the same planet and should help eachother out[wow..cheesy or wut! loll~!] ^0^ 
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on 2007-05-24 20:15:11 |
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If Canada has good amounts of water in reserve, and can sell it to the U.S, why don't do it?... Of course there is the issue about the whole water resources will decrease and thinking about the future. The idea is to use those resources wisely.   |