Justice
Outraged Canadians Report the Detroit Water Authority to the UN for Human-Rights Violations
Is there a plan to force the gentrification of Detroit through overdue water bills? And should the United Nations take action? The Council of Canadians thinks so.
Is it a human-rights violation to cut off water for residents who are delinquent on utility payments when an entire city is struggling to get caught up? That's the claim in a report submitted to the United Nations this week by Canadians concerned about water access in Detroit.
The Blue Planet Project, a division of the liberal non-profit Council of Canadians, filed a claim with the UN this week detailing a range of human-rights violations—all of them stemming from water shut-offs issued by Detroit's water authority.