A Canadian Worldview | Big Think

From the creator

A Canadian Worldview New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do Americans sufficiently respect Canadians? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maude Barlow: Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the United Nations General Assembly. She also chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch and is a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. Maude is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), and the 2008 Canadian Environment Award. She is also the best selling author or co-author of 16 books, including the recently released Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming Battle for the Right to Water. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: Maude Barlow: Well Canadians and Americans have many similarities and most of us in Canada have family in the US because the families came over from wherever and some went to Canada, some went to the US. In a way we are very similar. In a way, we are quite different. We live in a big harsh cold climate and our ancestors knew that if we didn’t share, we wouldn't survive. So, we

Published 2012-04-24 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Availability and playback restrictions are controlled by the original channel.