Thank you for the question.
The Ottawa River is a good example, but it could easily apply to other Canadian provinces as well. Integrated water management at the watershed level must be based on the geographical unit of the watershed involved. The Canada water agency could be a place or platform for combining Quebec's regional governance model with Ontario's model, to find ways to work together on the issue on both sides of the border.
We know that conservation authorities have a completely different type of governance in their area. We have much to learn from each other. However, we, the watershed organizations, along with the Quebec government, don't have the mandate to work with them, nor do they have the mandate to work with us.
The Canada water agency would provide a good national platform for handling one of Canada's priority watersheds, for example, but also all kinds of other rivers, including most of Lake Winnipeg's tributaries.