One of the key learnings for me over the past number of years is that the drought we're currently experiencing in the Northwest Territories isn't related to water use. It's more about climate change. It's more about something that we've never seen before, which is a meteorological system that's over the entire basin. These drought codes that we're seeing are related to climate more than usage of water. We're seeing the water being passed across the border and into our jurisdiction. What we need to do is think more about climate change and how we will adapt to that in our management.
On June 11th, 2024. See this statement in context.