You realize the need for that right away when you try to solve one of the problems on the ground. Take land development, for example, which is under Quebec's ministry of municipal affairs and housing. This is a key factor in most of the water-related problems in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. If we really want to tackle land development, we have to factor in all the ministries that are directly or indirectly involved. The ministry of municipal affairs and housing works with municipalities on development plans and city planning, but we also have to consider public resources overseen by another ministry.
We also have to look at how we manage bodies of water, and that falls under another ministry. We can't work on this without including everyone involved. The Canada Water Agency can do this work at the national level when we need to talk about issues that are covered by several ministries at once. We know departmental org charts can be pretty complex. The person responsible for water, say, at Quebec's ministry of agriculture, fisheries and food, can be associated with a ministry that's pretty far removed and doesn't necessarily have a direct connection to the other ministries working on the same issue.
Having a centralized platform where those kinds of discussions can take place, something inclusive that enables integration and de-silos everyone is, in our opinion, the only way to come up with viable solutions.