Environment committee  . These recommendations draw on our 10 years of experience working to improve access to data in Canada. I'll start with community. Communities are an essential part of Canada's ability to adapt to freshwater issues and climate change. DataStream works with more than 150 community organizations

Environment committee  Thank you. Dr. Higgins, it's been nine years since the International Institute for Sustainable Development took the management of the Experimental Lakes Area. There is some work being done there on the impact of climate change on the lakes. Could you please elaborate

Environment committee   licence to make the necessary changes to adapt to climate change.

Environment committee   to water quantity. Between climate change, increased rainfall and flooding in parts of the country, and increased risks of droughts in other parts of the country, water quantity is going to be a critical aspect of what the Canada water agency should do. I really think its role needs

Environment committee   for health, and also, of course, it's important for climate change. We're making no progress on that.

Environment committee   our waterways. In addition, we must dispel the false perception that water can be contained, channelled and controlled. As you know, because of climate change, there is too much water in some places and not enough elsewhere. If we were smart and allowed waterways to flow freely

Environment committee  , it overlaps with another federal priority I appreciate: reducing the impacts of climate change and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. We have to do that to save Lake Simcoe, save our climate and protect our water from the impacts of salt pollution, which is a huge issue we've just

Environment committee   to be on the site over the next 50 years. In addition, the site will have to be monitored for 500 years, but no one can monitor a site for 500 years. We are very concerned, because the site is located right beside the water, alongside the groundwater. We are afraid that climate change and floods

Environment committee   to no longer be tied to building new housing. That is an important message, which I wanted to send. You also talked about how to go about improving the situation. We think that water conservation is the best vector. Because of climate change, pressure has really grown on our water

Environment committee   it, and that it will always be there. That is the kind of funding we want to have, because, otherwise, we will not get it done. We have to do maintenance, we have to adapt to climate change, and we have to comply with the new secondary wastewater treatment regulations. That amounts, at a minimum

Environment committee   of the upheavals caused by climate change, we have to invest massively in these collective assets. The final point concerns the Canada Water Agency. Earlier, during the meeting with the first group of witnesses, there was talk about reduction at source. That is the best way to eliminate

Environment committee  -water treatment processes, as we increasingly feel the effects of climate change. Water tech is critical in the practical sense, but also has the potential to be positioned as a lucrative opportunity as climate change rises in priority among investment and impact portfolios. I'll

Environment committee   becomes more concentrated because somebody takes our water away, or climate change...let's say the situation changes and we have too much PFAS in our water. It's almost impossible for the City of Montreal to invest in changing our filtration plant. Right now, we would need 45 tonnes

Environment committee  That's terrific. I think that in terms of timing, when we're talking about geothermal as a climate change solution, we need to know the implications of that.

Environment committee   is on the Canada water agency and it's for Mr. Brandes. I read one of your articles in Policy Options regarding implementation. Granted, it was written quite a few years ago. I perked up a bit when you talked about how the water crisis is fundamentally a climate change issue