{"id":5858,"date":"2010-07-08T09:46:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T16:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=5858"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:21:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:21:33","slug":"canada-takes-water-awareness-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2010\/07\/08\/canada-takes-water-awareness-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Takes Water Awareness Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
Say what you will about Canada being up on the latest trends in fashion or music, but our neighbor to the North may be on the verge of setting the course in national water management policy. Recently ministers from across the country met<\/a> to talk about how best to protect and preserve Canada\u2019s water from the effects of climate change- not to argue about whether it was happening or what the economic issues around it are. The premiers and territorial leaders of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut met\u00a0 for the Western Premiers’ Conference and agreed that immediate action is needed to conserve Canada’s fresh water supplies. The leaders agreed to a Water Charter, stating that climate change has affected the water situation, and that water is “an essential component of all life on Earth and there is no substitute.”<\/p>\n