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July 1, 2009

A conversation
with Jim Prentice

POLICY OPTIONS: Mr. Prentice, thanks for doing this. In our new Nanos Research poll for Policy Options, 62 percent of Canadians identified fresh water as the country’s most important...

Jim Prentice, L. Ian MacDonald
  • Environment
  • Media & culture
July 1, 2009

Canadians overwhelmingly choose water as our most important natural resource

By an overwhelming margin, Canadians consider fresh water to be the most important natural resource to Canada’s future. By a margin of 3-1, they chose water over oil and gas...

Nik Nanos
  • Environment
July 1, 2009

Water security: Canada’s challenge

The truth about Canada’s water might surprise you. According to Environment Canada, 25 percent of Canadian communities experienced water shortages during the latter half of the 1990s. Water quality...

Karen Bakker
  • Environment
  • Policy-making
July 1, 2009

A Canadian vision and strategy for water in the 21st century

Water is crucial for the economy. Virtually every industry from agriculture, electric power and industrial manufacturing to beverage, apparel, and tourism relies on it to grow and ultimately sustain...

Rob de Loë
  • Environment
  • Science & Tech
July 1, 2009

Drinking water and waste water: a primer

Safe drinking water starts with good-quality source water, requires treatment to remove microbes and impurities, needs to be distributed through invisible infrastructure and, once used, has to be collected,...

Harry Swain
  • Environment
  • Policy-making
July 1, 2009

Water pricing:
infrastructure grants
hinder necessary reform

Canada’s municipal water suppliers have numerous well-known operational shortcomings. These include incomplete cost accounting, underpricing, inadequate metering and a lack of emphasis on conservation. This ultimately promotes excessive consumption,...

Colin Busby, Steven Renzetti
  • Environment
  • Science & Tech
July 1, 2009

L’approche par bassin versant : le cas du Québec

Les approches de gestion de l’eau centrées sur le territoire de l’État sont, pour la majorité des experts, révolues. Il en est de même pour la gestion sectorielle. C’est...

Alexandre Brun
  • Environment
July 1, 2009

Water challenges in oil sands country: Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy

If you were to ask Canadians what they believe is the most important public policy issue related to water today, many would no doubt say it is a fear...

Lorne Taylor
  • Environment
  • Policy-making
July 1, 2009

Agricultural water policy challenges in BC

In July 2008 the British Columbia government announced a new water initiative called Water Smart Living, which is an attempt to move water management and policy initiatives in BC...

Hans Schreier
  • Economy
July 1, 2009

Transferts massifs d’eau au Canada : entre mythe et réalité

En août 2008, l’Institut économique de Montréal organisé un séminaire destiné à relancer le débat sur la vente massive de l’eau du Québec à l’étranger. L’accueil très froid que...

Frédéric Lasserre
  • Environment
  • Global Affairs
July 1, 2009

The future of Canada-US water relations: the need for modernization

Four years ago, American author Peter Anin wrote a book entitled Great Lakes Water Wars, speculating on probable future struggles between the Great Lakes Region and the US Southwest...

Ralph Pentland
  • Environment
  • Global Affairs
July 1, 2009

The international system for water management: plethora, paucity, whisky and worry

Whisky is fer drinkin, water is fer fightin, over… Mark Twain Aleppo is a glorious city in the north of Syria. The rich carvings on the honey-coloured stone buildings...

Margaret Catley-Carlson
  • Economy
  • Environment
July 1, 2009

Water and the future of Canada’s natural resource sectors

“Hewer of wood, drawer of water” has long been the dominant image of Canada’s economic historiography. We logged forests, mined valleys, tilled fields and drilled sediment — all to...

David McLaughlin
  • Global Affairs
  • Politics
July 1, 2009

Coordinated policy
is the new “must have”

It’s the first lesson parents try to teach their children on the playground: play nicely with others! Last month in Montreal, at the Economic Forum of the Americas, the...

Todd Hirsch
  • Politics
July 1, 2009

The role of the governor general: time to revisit the visits

The controversies in Canada last December over a possible coalition government and the hasty prorogation of Parliament provide a vivid illustration of strengths and weaknesses of the role of...

Jack Stilborn
  • Indigenous
  • Law
July 1, 2009

Nunavut and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement — an unresolved relationship

On June 10, 1993, the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act received royal assent in Parliament. For the Inuit of Nunavut, these two initiatives were inextricably...

Barry Dewar
  • Indigenous
  • Politics
July 1, 2009

Nunavut, un bilan des 10 premières années

Dernier-né des territoires canadiens, le Nunavut a été créé le 1er avril 1999 de la division des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (T.N.-O.). Il est le résultat d’une entente territoriale, l’Accord...

Thierry Rodon
  • Indigenous
  • Law
July 1, 2009

Negotiating and implementing the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement

On April 1, 2009, Nunavut Commissioner Ann Meekitjuk Hanson laid out the legislative priorities and vision of the government of Nunavut in Tamapta, an ambitious document whose title literally...

Terry Fenge, Paul Quassa
  • Indigenous
  • Politics
July 1, 2009

The prince and the pauper — Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and the Government of Nunavut

The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (the Nunavut Agreement or NLCA) signed in 1993 provided the Inuit of Nunavut with a comprehensive compensation package of cash, lands and powers and,...

Michael Mifflin
  • Global Affairs
  • Health
July 1, 2009

Securing the public health realm: re-envisioning Canada’s role in the new century

What should Canada’s role be in protecting global security? When Canada’s mission in Afghanistan changed from peacekeeping to active combat many in this country were forced to re-examine this...

Kumanan Wilson
  • Politics
July 1, 2009

Stephen Harper meets the Tory legacy

It’s been tough being a Conservative in Canada. For every three years Liberals have been in power, Conservatives have held office for two. But to their credit Conservatives have...

Bob Plamondon
  • Media & culture
  • Politics
July 1, 2009

Sir John A. and all his Tory heirs

“So, who was the worst Conservative leader of all time?” a friend asked during a conversation a few months ago. “Was it Robert Manion, J.S.D. Thompson or maybe George...

Adam Daifallah
  • Media & culture
  • Politics
July 1, 2009

Snapshot of Canadian national development

Rudyard Griffiths’ Who We Are falls into two parts, plus suggested remedies for Canada’s ills, and a personal confession in the final chapter. Griffiths is one of the founders...

James Allan Evans
  • Media & culture
  • Politics
July 1, 2009

Iggy’s quest for Canadian identity

The main purpose of Michael Ignatieff’s new book, True Patriot Love: Four Generations in Search of Canada, is to show that he has roots in this country. After having...

Emmanuelle Richez
  • Economy
  • Global Affairs
July 1, 2009

L’hypocrisie organisée

Pour améliorer sa gouvernance, la Banque mondiale a créé en 1993 un Panel d’inspection, une institution indépendante dotée du pouvoir de recevoir et d’étudier les plaintes de personnes ou...

Alain Noël

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