Author: Environment Canada
Government Publication– Mar 29, 1987 The Federal Water Policy is a statement of the federal government”s philosophy and goals for the nation”s freshwater resources and of the proposed ways of achieving them. It recognizes that water is, at present, Canada”s most undervalued and neglected natural resource. In no part of Canada is freshwater of sufficient quality and quantity that it can continue to be overused and abused in the way it has been in recent decades. The underlying philosophy of the policy is that
Government Publication– Mar 29, 1987 The Federal Water Policy is a statement of the federal government”s philosophy and goals for the nation”s freshwater resources and of the proposed ways of achieving them. It recognizes that water is, at present, Canada”s most undervalued and neglected natural resource. In no part of Canada is freshwater of sufficient quality and quantity that it can continue to be overused and abused in the way it has been in recent decades. The underlying philosophy of the policy is that
Canadians must start viewing water both as a key to environmental health and as a scarce commodity having real value that must be managed accordingly. http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/info/pubs/fedpol/e_fedpol.pdf