We need to put nature first in Canada’s water policy and management

If we aspire to pass on healthy and productive rivers, lakes and wetlands to future generations, Canadian governments need to adopt water policies that respect the limits of what nature can provide.

Many Canadians were shocked when Statistics Canada released a report in September showing that Southern Canada witnessed an overall drop in renewable water supply of 8.5 per cent between 1971 and 2004. How could this be happening in one of the world's water-wealthy nations?

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