Trudeau promises to update act around use and development of water in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repeated promises Tuesday to update legislation that governs water use while formally announcing the Canada Water Agency is to be headquartered in Manitoba’s capital city.
“The threats and realities facing our environment have changed since it was written in 1970,” he said in a news conference Wednesday . The federal government’s budget released earlier in the year allocated funds for the creation of the agency and suggested it be headquartered in Winnipeg. Trudeau also met with Indigenous high school students at The Forks Wednesday morning before making the announcement about protecting fresh water.He is also making stops in Portage la Prairie, Man., and in a federal riding in the south end of Winnipeg.In the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg South Centre, Liberal candidate Ben Carr is looking to win the seat held by his father, longtime MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr, who died in December.
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