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As Premier Danielle Smith lets her friends bypass environmental assessments to build AI data centres that will guzzle millions of litres of water daily, her government tells us with a straight face that they are protecting Albertans from drought.<\/p>\n
The Government of Alberta\u2019s announcement about their \u2018investment\u2019 in water is not a gift, but a distraction from their deeply troubling agenda of water misuse, deregulation and industrial exploitation.<\/p>\n
Alberta faces incredible threats to our water security, our access to clean water and as First Nations, to our inherent water rights\u2014nipiy, mini, aohk\u00ed\u00ed, tu.<\/p>\n
We will not ignore that these issues came from industry\u2019s actions and the government\u2019s own track record of ignoring and abusing Treaty territories for their gain.<\/p>\n
True water security cannot be achieved while this government bypasses consultation, facilitates \u201ctreat-and-release\u201d of toxic tailings water into our rivers and streams, or lets their friends skip the rules.<\/p>\n
We stand in full opposition to the Government of Alberta\u2019s so-called strategy for water. This is a performative partnership that does not equate to the reconciliation of our Treaty rights.<\/p>\n
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