Governments in action
Dry southern U.S. states will be unable to take massive sips from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin under a deal reached today by Ontario, Quebec and other jurisdictions that border the waterways.The Ontario government called the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement an “historic” deal that will essentially prohibit massive, bulk water exports from the fresh-water lakes.
Ontario signed the deal in Milwaukee alongside representatives from eight American states — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Quebec also signed the deal since the St. Lawrence River is connected to the Great Lakes, which account for one-fifth of the world’s fresh water supply.
Hooray for them, protecting the Great lakes from being drained to water Arizona! What? You say you have never heard of such a plan?
It’s more of a theoretical risk, but Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay said the deal was key to protecting Great Lakes water from drainage over decades to come.
Well thank God we are protected from the ‘theoretical risk.’
