As noted on the Democracy Now! website, “Maude Barlow is an author, activist, and the former senior advisor on water to the United Nations. She is the national Chairperson for the Council of Canadians. She came to Cancun to speak with other civil society organizations about the relationship between water and climate change and the need for climate justice. Democracy Now caught up with Maude Barlow and asked her to talk about the COP16 talks.”

Watch the 6-minute interview with Maude below at http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2010/12/6/maude_barlow_with_only_market_based_solutions_on_the_table_the_continued_destruction_of_the_earthcan_go_on_quite_happily

Brent Patterson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Council of Canadians
www.canadians.org

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Brent Patterson

Brent Patterson is a political activist, writer and the executive director of Peace Brigades International-Canada. He lives in Ottawa on the traditional, unceded and unsurrendered territories of the Algonquin...