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Question: Premier hints at bulk water exports: Is this man gone nuts? Should he be opposed? Surely he should. As quoted by the evening telegram on Monday may 14, 2001 Grimes' bold statement, made soon after he arrived in Atlanta to take part in an Atlantic trade mission with Prime Minister Jean Chretien, was the strongest indication yet he is dedicated to putting the province's fresh water up for sale.
Answer: There is nothing wrong with selling water - by the bottle or by the tanker! In NFLB we have hundreds of rivers that daily dump millions of gallons of fresh water (most of it drinkable) into the ocean. The problem is the cost of delivering it to the consumer. Towns in NFLB that have been rationed,
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