Dear MEP,
We, the undersigned organizations, would like to call on you to vote against the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada, which endangers freshwater resources and water services at both sides of the Atlantic.
After thorough analysis of the CETA text and the Joint Interpretative Instrument, we have found several provisions within the CETA which pose serious threats to watersheds and public water and sanitation services in Canada and the EU:
-- Water is included in CETA despite all the promises that it would be out of negotiations and despite the opinion of the European Parliament in its resolution of 8 September 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water (2014/2239(INI), no. 22), where the Parliament “calls on the Commission to permanently exclude water and sanitation and wastewater disposal from internal market rules and from any trade agreement”[1].