We can’t take our water for granted

While federalism has worked in protecting provincial autonomy, it is a barrier to ensuring the secure supply of one of the building blocks of life.

The issue of the quality of our water and the needs of our neighbour to the south are imposing a short timeline for this country’s governments to work together on this issue, writes Andrew Caddell. Pexels photograph by Yaseminmsl

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

July 15, 2026

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I just spent two weeks wandering around Quebec and Ontario. It was hard to avoid thinking of water, whether swimming in Laurentian and Eastern Townships lakes, summer thunderstorms, or Canada Day floods in Montreal and Ottawa. In Kamouraska, I look out ont...

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