This article first appeared in the Hill Times.
The climate emergency is a water emergency.
In Canada, we experience climactic change directly through changes to our water – its quality, its quantity, and its seasonality.
In short, to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate in Canada, we have to start with water.
The Liberal Party recognized this in 2021 with a campaign promise of a 10-year, $1-billion Freshwater Action Plan. That plan would “protect and restore large lakes and river systems” across the country, from the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system to the Fraser and Mackenzie River basins...