Thank you so much.
The oil and gas industry used nearly 12% of water diverted from Alberta's rivers and lakes in 2020.
With respect to the witnesses—I don't want to take any time away from them—I will use my time just to put on notice this motion:
Given that,
The climate crisis is exacerbating drought conditions in western Canada,
Southern Alberta's agriculture sector is suffering economically from multi-year droughts, with impacts to our food supply chains,
Much more must be done by the federal government to ensure healthy watersheds and resilience to droughts,
The oil and gas industry used nearly 12% of water diverted from Alberta's rivers and lakes in 2020,
Droughts are likely to become more frequent and severe as global temperatures rise,
The committee express its concerns over the continuous expansion of the oil and gas sector with seemingly no plans to scale down activity and urges the federal government to do more to build drought resilience through watershed investments, and phase out fossil fuels while transitioning workers to sustainable, unionized, and well-paying jobs.