2019-Sep-22
GBA Submits Comprehensive Response on Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health, 2020
The Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Heath is the federal-provincial agreement that outlines how the government of Canada and Ontario provincial ministries coordinate their efforts to protect and conserve the Great Lakes ecosystem. This agreement is important as it binds Ontario into the provisions of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the US. Accordingly, GBA pulled together a comprehensive submission to address the many issues and action items that affect Georgian Bay. In addition to input from many of your GBA directors, particularly Claudette Young on the aquaculture content, we would like to thank: the Township of the Archipelago; and Georgian Bay Forever, Georgian Bay Land Trust and Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve for their efforts on your behalf in helping GBA assemble our submission.
The GBA submission and its attachments can be viewed here:
GBA submission on draft Canada Ontario Agreement sep 4 2019
- Ontario Aquaculture Research Priorities Roundtable 2019
- CELA – Ecojustice – Lintner Law – Schedule 5 Bill 108
- GBA submission on 10 year review of the Endangered Species Act Mar 4 2019
- Excerpts from ECO (2000-2006) Revolving Issues
- FOCA 2018 AGM presentation on septics
- Michigan Ministries Report to not permit cage aquaculture March 2016
The Township of the Archipelago led by Reeve Bert Liverance inspired and assembled a joint summary submission here.
GBA also signed on (see page 17) to the excellent response on this matter from the Canadian Environmental Law Association and Environmental Defense here. We should all thank these two hard-working organizations for all they do on behalf of the environment, so much of which benefits us in Georgian Bay.