Water Policy and Governance in Canada
This book provides an insightful and critical assessment of the state of Canadian water governance and policy. It adopts a multidisciplinary variety of perspectives and considers local, basin, provincial and national scales. Canada’s leading authorities f
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Steven Renzetti Diane P. Dupont Editors
Water Policy and Governance in Canada
Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 17
Editor-in-chief Ariel Dinar, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, USA Series editors José Albiac-Murillo, Zaragoza, Spain Stefano Farolfi, CIRAD UMR G-EAU, Montpellier, France Rathinasamy Maria Saleth, Chennai, India
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8877
Steven Renzetti • Diane P. Dupont Editors
Water Policy and Governance in Canada
Editors Steven Renzetti Department of Economics and Environmental Sustainability Research Centre Brock University St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Diane P. Dupont Department of Economics and Environmental Sustainability Research Centre Brock University St. Catharines, ON, Canada
ISSN 2211-0631 ISSN 2211-0658 (electronic) Global Issues in Water Policy ISBN 978-3-319-42805-5 ISBN 978-3-319-42806-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42806-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016952625 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
To our children, Alexandra and Nicholas, who have provided much inspiration. —Diane P. Dupont and Steven Renzetti
Foreword
In March 2000, the World Commission on Water in the twenty-first century chaired by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, vice president of environment of the World Bank, issued its report A Water Secure World: Vision for Water, Life, and the Environment (World Water Council 2000). The commission’s vision was that every human being should have access to safe water for drinking, appropriate sanitation, and enough food and energy at reasonable cost. Providing adequate water to meet these basic needs would be done in a manner that works in harmony with nature. However, the commission insisted: The future
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