Environment committee  Consequently, there are multiple benefits here. Thank you, sir.

Environment committee  The most important thing that can be said in answer to that is that we do face an emergency. Almost all the indicators that we see over much of the country, from the British Columbian coast to Quebec, indicate not just drought but extremely dry conditions and vulnerability to wildfire.

Environment committee  Thank you very much for that very important question. It allows me to answer the previous question at the same time. If we want water to be a pillar of our foreign policy, we have to get our own house in order first. We can do this simultaneously as we reach out to help others, because there are mechanisms, as Dr.

Environment committee  We can certainly answer that.

Environment committee  Thank you very much for the question, and thank you for your support of the UN. What is really important about this is that the vision and image of the UN are very much affected by current events and media, and a great deal of the tension right now happens to be focused on the UN Security Council, and in particular the two wars that are being fought.

Environment committee  I would submit to you that, for almost all of us who work in this domain, this is not a job; it's a calling. The committed people we have working with us are committed wholly in their minds and hearts to doing what they can for all of humanity, and that is global citizenship. We are grateful that Canada, as a global citizen, is supporting these programs.

Environment committee  Please allow me to extend the very best wishes of the United Nations to all. I would like to begin by observing that water is already a pillar of Canada's foreign policy and has been so for more than a century. Since the signing of the boundary waters treaty in 1909, Canada and the United States have shown the entire world how water can be peaceably shared through co-operation.