Bart Stupak: “H. Res. 566 is a resolution that is meant to send the message that we, the House of Representatives, are serious about…”

“H. Res. 566 is a resolution that is meant to send the message that we, the House of Representatives, are serious about protecting our Great Lakes and will not sit idly by and allow our Great Lakes water to be sold to foreign countries. This resolution was originally introduced last spring after the Province of Ontario in Canada approved a permit that allows the Nova Group, an Ontario-based company, to divert three billion liters of water from Lake Superior over the next five years and sell it to Asia. After considerable public outcry against this proposal, the Ministry of the Environment of Ontario announced that the permit issued to the Nova Group would be canceled. Recently, however, the Nova Group asked the Ontario environmental appeal board to overturn the decision withdrawing the permit and to allow it to proceed with its bid to export fresh water to several Asian countries. Allowing the diversion of billions of liters of water from the Great Lakes would create dangerous consequences for the Great Lakes region and the United States.”