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Maude Barlow, National Chair of the Council of Canadians, and Tony Clarke, Director of the Polaris Institute  and a former social affairs director for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, have won the Right Livelihood Award (RLA) known worldwide as the "alternative Nobel Prize." The pair will share the prize of approximately $300,000 CAD with two other recipients from Malaysia and Botswana. Barlow and Clarke will receive the award at a ceremony held in the Swedish Parliament on December 9.

	Canadian church leaders and representatives of eight denominations launched "Life Before Profit!" in Ottawa Oct. 6. The national campaign is to highlight the need to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere. Clockwise from back row left they are: Bill Janzen (Mennonite Central Committee), Archbishop Roger Ebacher, (Roman Catholic), Bishop Ray Schultz (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada), Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate (Anglican Church of Canada), Frederick W. Sheffer, (United Church of Canada), Karen Bokma (Christian Reformed Church in North America), the Rev. Tony Boonstra (Presbyterian Church in Canada), Carol Dixon (Canadian Yearly Meeting of Religious Society of Friends [Quakers[), and featured speaker Elizabeth Eilor, a Director of the African Women's Economic Policy Network  in Uganda.
	During his presentation, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, displayed a copy a "Enough for All," a resource produced by the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund" that focuses on water.
	Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, speaks at launch of a national campaign in Ottawa Oct. 6 highlighting the need to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.
	Archbishop Roger Ebacher, Chair of the Social Affairs Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at launch of a national campaign in Ottawa Oct. 6 highlighting the need to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.
	Archbishop Roger Ebacher, Chair of the Social Affairs Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, looks on as fresh water is poured into a large jar during the ceremony in Ottawa Oct. 6 launching a national campaign to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.
	"Water is a fundamental human right and access to safe water should be considered a birthright of all human beings," Elizabeth Eilor, a Director of the African Women's Economic Policy Network   in Uganda.
	The Rev. Tony Boonstra, representing the Presbyterian Church in Canada, speaks at launch of a national campaign in Ottawa Oct. 6 highlighting the need to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.
	Bill Janzen, representing the Mennonite Central Committee, speaks at launch of a national campaign in Ottawa Oct. 6 highlighting the need to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.
	Bishop Ray Schultz  of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, speaks at launch of a national campaign in Ottawa Oct. 6 highlighting the need to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.
	Frederick W. Sheffer, President of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada speaks at launch of a national campaign in Ottawa Oct. 6 highlighting the need to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.

	Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, watches as Danny Gillis of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace pours water during the ceremony in Ottawa Oct. 6 launching a national campaign to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.
	Evelyn Kelly, a retired Ottawa Catholic school principal, pours water during the ceremony in Ottawa Oct. 6 launching a national campaign to protect public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.
	Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, signs a card to be sent to Prime Minister Paul Martin along with thousands of others calling on the government to ensure access to clean water for all, now and for future generations.

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