That's true, for the time being. The soft path approach is used, more or less, for academic studies.
I appreciate what you're saying, but as we go ahead with our studies, we intend to formulate real policies to address these different issues. Right now, people are wondering how to use and conserve water? With the soft path plan, the question is: For what purpose is water needed and what are the alternatives? We are concerned about the use of drinking water for non-essential purposes. Why do we have a system in place that ensures an optimum water supply to grow food products? Conceivably, the same results could be achieved with perhaps one-third of the amount of water currently used.
This is one Middle Eastern model where various techniques are employed to conserve water. Can we create a similar model here in Canada? We don't have an answer to that question yet, but ask us again in six months' time.
Thank you.