U.S. firm sues Canada for $10.5 billion over water
An American-owned water export company has launched a massive lawsuit against Canada for preventing it from exporting fresh water from British Columbia.
Sun Belt Water Inc. of California is suing Canada for $10.5 billion US, the Canadian foreign ministry said Friday.\
The suit has been filed under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Sun Belt says it has been "mistreated" by the B.C. government.
Sun Belt Water Inc. of California is suing Canada for $10.5 billion US, the Canadian foreign ministry said Friday.\
The suit has been filed under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Sun Belt says it has been "mistreated" by the B.C. government.
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In fact the Government of Canada is lying because a formal notice of demand for arbitration was served on the Deputy Minister of Justice in November 1999 and it was raised on the floor of the House of Commons by Lorne Nystrom who yelled across the floor "But, Mr. Prime Minister we are being sued for 10.5 billion" Hansard contains no record of the comment. The case has moved along and a number of key witnesses are now conveniently dead. Some of
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