Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table a petition signed by hundreds of young students from my riding of Vancouver Kingsway and the greater Vancouver area who are petitioning the House to draw our attention to the fact that Nestlé is taking water from Hope, B.C. and only paying the price of $2.25 per million litres. That is less than the price of a chocolate bar. From this, it is making huge profits from our water.
The petitioners point out that numerous droughts and wildfires have happened in B.C. recently. They ask that our House consider stopping Nestlé and other big companies and conserve our water for future generations to come. They also want us to encourage the public to start using reusable bottle and stop buying plastic bottles.
I would like to thank the students of Windermere Secondary School in my riding for their wonderful concern about the environment and our freshwater supplies.