An Empty Glass for Water

Welcome.
I have created this blog in order to spread the word that safe drinking water is a human right.

In Canada, there are currently 109 First Nation communities that are under boil-water advisories - some for more than a decade.

Indian & Northern Affairs Canada lists only 22 on their website. I added up the number of people affected from the 22 listed communities, using their census figures from 2006. The total tells me that there are approx. 10,000 people that can NOT go to their tap tonight and get a drink of water. This figure is of course much higher, because they've only listed 22 of the 108 First Nation communities.

I don't understand how our Prime Minister can justify his belief that not everyone has a right to safe drinking water. Perhaps if he saw the numbers in front of him, he could visually see how big the problem is. So that's how I came up with this project. A glass to be filled for every person that needs a drink of fresh, safe water.

I would like you to join me in sending an EMPTY GLASS FOR WATER to our Prime Minister in Ottawa... an empty glass for every person that can't go to the tap tonight and fill it up with safe drinking water. These people cannot be invisible any longer. Send an empty glass to the hill and request that PM Harper fill it up with clean, safe water!

Please spread the word! Start a movement for change. Mail your EMPTY GLASS FOR WATER or drop it off on the hill if you're in the area.

Mail your EMPTY GLASS FOR WATER with a note saying "FILL IT UP 4 FNs" to:

Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1A 0A2