Sustainable Water Monitoring Act

Proposal text

Funding for Saskatchewan’s Global Water Futures Observatories will be made a permanent part of the Federal budget.

Funding will also be allocated on a permanent basis for a chosen or newly created Federal Institute to interface with the University’s data collection techniques to produce accessible information and reports.

The mandate of both organizations will be expanded to monitor all available fresh water sources in Canada, as well as producing accessible reports and policy recommendations for public and private agencies.

Said Federal Institute will include significant Indigenous membership, and will prohibit anyone with a history of being an executive or management from oil industries, mining or other polluting industries from holding executive roles in the Federal Institute.

Type of Proposal

Public policy that the party would represent

Objective / Benefit

Water insecurity is an increasingly prevalent threat to national security in the age of climate change. Water is life; it is the foundation of every nation. To ensure access to this precious resource, it is essential to understand the status of the freshwater in Canada on a stable, ongoing basis. In order to ensure this data is available to Canadians for the foreseeable future, the Federal government should permanently fund Saskatchewan’s Global Water Futures Observatories initiative to continually monitor the available water in Canada. This includes ground water, snow packs, lakes, rivers, rainfall, etc. They will coordinate with a chosen/created Federal Institute, and their mandate will be expanded to monitor water usage and rainfall.

If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?

N/A

List any supporting evidence for your proposal

Climate change, global drought, work of Saskatchewan’s Global Water Futures Observatories

Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the group or groups?

N/A

Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?

Yes

Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.

English