That's a good question.
There are over 20 different departments and agencies in the federal government, as you may know, that have a responsibility for freshwater-related activities. In the proposed legislation, the Canada water agency would assist the Minister of Environment and Climate Change with the minister's freshwater-related responsibilities. More specifically, the mandate of the agency would be to work “to improve freshwater management in Canada by providing leadership, effective collaboration federally” with those 20-plus federal organizations “and improved coordination and collaboration with provinces, territories, and Indigenous Peoples to proactively address national and regional transboundary freshwater challenges”.