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This article informs presents an interview with Maude Barlow, a founder and national president of the Council of Canadians. In March 2005, the Council of Canadians will celebrate its twentieth anniversary. Howe Institute has a series of papers on the subject, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives is lobbying for it and, now, former deputy prime minister John Manley is co-chairing an American-based Council on Foreign Relations task force on North American integration. An international campaign through the Council's Blue Planet Project to have water recognized as a human right through a United Nations treaty, and a national campaign to prevent the bulk export of Canada's water, stop the privatization of water systems and secure a new National Water Act. INSET: The Council at a Glance.