The water strategy that is under development has a clear blending and recognition of the value of traditional knowledge, natural capital and western science. We recognize very clearly in all our work with the aboriginal governments that, yes, some of the best knowledge we have about water in the Mackenzie River Basin comes from the traditional knowledge of the people that live on the land.
We need to blend that with western science, and we are committed to spending the time and the effort to make sure that we have all the documents and instruments we need to have the best protection possible for the whole Mackenzie River Basin, especially the part from the 60th parallel
north, which is the area that we live in.
We are also signatories of the Mackenzie River basin transboundary agreement, and we have to work with the other jurisdictions so that we can in fact have whole watershed management as our priority.