Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The impact of provincial regulations in the Atlantic region would be significant. There are four provinces, so I think it would be significant. We created a regional framework to move away from provincial regulations, because the four provinces regulate quite differently. Curre

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not aware of any. Through Bill S-8, I'm not aware of any.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For the Atlantic region, industrial activities are quite a bit different from what they would be in Alberta. I'll answer from the perspective of the Atlantic region, and perhaps Dr. Hrudey could expand on Alberta. Within the Atlantic region, industrial effluents don't pose a tr

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think, to come full circle again, it would obviously involve first nation communities at the table. Dr. Hrudey mentioned the capacity at the ground level, the front level. Are there operators? Do they have the capacity, the management structure, and the operational structure to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Regulatory enforcement presently is essentially enabled through a funding envelope to the first nation community. That is very difficult to enforce because it's enwrapped in all of the other activities the first nation community does. Having explicit goals, explicit milestones or

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think it's important, first of all, to recognize that for first nations to achieve self-governance, they have to be at the table deciding their fate and what they can uphold, first and foremost. They should also, as first nations leaders, have a clear idea of what their goals a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In my testimony, to follow along your line of thinking, we developed a benchmark based on best practice in the Atlantic region. Then we pilot-tested those benchmarks. We didn't necessarily pilot the community's ability to meet the benchmarks but we piloted the benchmarks themselv

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I think a regional approach has some merit from the standpoint, as Dr. Hrudey mentioned, of Canada not being a homogenous place. Water challenges across Canada are certainly different and unique: there are arid places in Canada, and the Atlantic region is certainly not an ar

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would echo what Steve was saying; my comments are very similar. The act enables regulation. How that regulation would unfold…. I think our regulatory framework was very similar to what Steve outlined, in that it would be a drinking water safety plan of some sort. I think that

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members, for providing me an opportunity to address clean drinking water in first nation communities in Atlantic Canada, and the potential impacts of Bill S-8. The Centre for Water Resources Studies at Dalhousie University was established in 1