Freshwater: Appearance before the Standing Committee – March 24, 2022

Canada Water Agency

Q1. What will be the mandate of the Canada Water Agency? Where will the Canada Water Agency be located?

Q2. What is the Freshwater Action Plan and will the Canada Water Agency be responsible for delivering it?

Q3. How will the Canada Water Agency work with provinces and territories, Indigenous peoples, and stakeholders?

Q4. How will the Canada Water Agency work to modernize the Canada Water Act?

Q5. Will the Canada Water Agency be responsible for addressing drinking water on Reserve?

Lake Winnipeg

Q1. What is the Government of Canada doing to protect and restore Lake Winnipeg?

Great Lakes

Q1. What is the Government of Canada doing to protect and restore the Great Lakes?

Water quality monitoring

Q1. Who is responsible for water quality monitoring in Canada?

Q2. How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact water quality monitoring activities?

Q3. What has been the impact of the suspension of the Government’s water quality monitoring activities?

Q4. What is the Government of Canada doing to protect Canada’s freshwater resources?

Wastewater

Q1. What is the federal government doing to control the amount of industrial wastewater in Canadian waters?

Q2. What is the federal government doing to address the amount of untreated or undertreated wastewater effluent released in the environment?

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