CP Exclusive: Ontario to Introduce Bill Wed. To Protect Great Lakes Water
Posted on: Monday, 2 April 2007, 18:00 CDT
TORONTO (CP) - Legislation to strengthen the protection of water in the Great Lakes will be introduced in the Ontario legislature Tuesday.
The Canadian Press has learned that the province has convinced the American states involved in the deal to agree to much tougher rules than were originally planned.
The bill will implement a deal signed in December 2005 between Ontario, Quebec and eight U.S. states called the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement.
The agreement strengthens the ban on water transfers out of the Great Lakes, which will stop parched states in the U.S. south and Midwest from raiding the huge fresh-water lakes for their own needs.
It will also allow provinces and states bordering the Great Lakes to seek a judicial review of water diversion and withdrawal decisions made by their neighbouring jurisdictions.
Ontario government sources say the legislation shows a willingness on the province's part to take the lead on cross-border environmental issues instead of waiting for federal governments to act.
Source: Canadian Press
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