Yes, budget 2022 did extend, for an additional year, funding for the federal freshwater action plan, which is the flagship initiative that Environment Canada works with in the Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg, the St. Lawrence River, the Fraser River, the Mackenzie River and the Saint John River. The goal, of course, is to protect and restore fresh water in Canada.
The government has a commitment to increase that funding. We are continuing to work to support the government in its decision-making on exactly what that would look like.
There was also funding provided for the Canada water agency. There is a transition office that has been set up. It is working extremely diligently to provide options to the government on what form and function that agency would ultimately take. It has been using the funding for the last little while to engage in extensive consultations with the provinces and territories, indigenous colleagues, and Canadians writ large, to support the government in making its ultimate decisions.