Last year, when 225,000 of us spoke out against the mismanagement of our shared water reserves for pennies, the BC government listened and agreed to revisit water rates for industrial users, including bottling companies like Nestlé, and fracking companies.

But a year on, the government still hasn’t conducted the review it promised us. And right now, it is trying to give exemptions to major companies like Nestlé so they don’t even have to apply for water licenses, and exclude fracking companies from the review altogether.

The bottom line is this: our shared water reserves are seriously in danger -- and we need to fight back now. 

We’re teaming up with grassroots water groups like WaterWealth to hold the BC government to account on this. Here’s our plan: we are going to flood the radio with hard-hitting ads in key constituencies across BC. We need to remind the government that we are the ones that elected them -- not the corporations that stand to benefit from this sweetheart deal. 

Can you chip in to flood the airwaves and save our water from fracking companies and Nestlé? A single play costs just $40.  

The new Water Sustainability Act came into force earlier this year, and the government had plenty of time to review water pricing before then. Instead, it delayed the review, and is pushing to make sweet deals for companies that want to use and sell our shared freshwater for profit. 

Radio ads are incredibly effective at getting noticed because we can micro-target them to hit in constituencies where the government is vulnerable. Plus we're heading into an election year -- meaning the government has to take notice. 

We’ve run radio ads to stop the secretive and extreme Canada-China FIPA, on the dangerous TPP trade deal, and when the Canadian government sold off the Canadian Wheat Board to the lowest bidder. They work. They are also cheap to buy in bulk. The more we buy, the more plays we get, amplifying our impact. 

We need to hold the government to account -- and let it know that we aren’t going to let the water be sold off to the highest bidder without us taking notice. 

Can you chip in to to protect our water now?

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