In Canada, large beverage companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi purchase water for their bottled water products from municipal water supplies, often at a lower rate than the citizens who actually own the water would pay. The following concerned Canadians feel strongly that the practice of selling our water to corporate interests for less than we would pay constitutes unfair and unacceptable mismanagement of our natural resources. We support the introduction of legislation requiring that municipalities charge commercial purchasers at least the same rate that residents pay for water.