Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Mackenzie River Basin Transboundary Agreement was signed in 1997. We’re one of six signatories: the federal government, Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C., Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. As well, there’s aboriginal representation. It was signed almost 12 years ago now in a different time and different place. The sensitivity about water has gone up by orders of magnitude. We have been pushing for a full meeting on the Mackenzie River Basin Board to talk about the transboundary agreement, to talk about the bilaterals, to talk about how do we move forward with integrated watershed management. We’ve been raising the issue at the FPT table for a National Water Strategy. We have it on our list of things to do. It’s not something we can do unilaterally. It’s going to take cooperation and it’s going to take the commitment and buy-in by a lot of players, especially for us and the federal government.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 264-16(3): Transboundary Water Agreements
In the Legislative Assembly on March 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 264-16(3): Transboundary Water Agreements
Oral Questions
March 4th, 2009
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