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NATURE QUÉBEC (NGO) PUGWASH Toronto

NATURE QUÉBEC (NGO) PUGWASH Toronto. By Marc Hudon November 2008. My presentation touches. Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river system Canada/Quebec collaboration, challenges Integrated water resource management. The St. Lawrence river. Being the main exit of the Great Lakes system ,

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NATURE QUÉBEC (NGO) PUGWASH Toronto

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  1. NATURE QUÉBEC (NGO)PUGWASH Toronto By Marc HudonNovember 2008

  2. My presentation touches • Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river system • Canada/Quebec collaboration, challenges • Integrated water resource management 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  3. The St. Lawrence river • Being the main exit of the Great Lakes system , • Being situated geographically at the very end of that system, • Made it obvious to my organisation that we had to be involved upstream and work in a collaborative and integrated, approach as much as was possible, • Hence began a long working process with NGOs, cities and governments to learn, educate contribute to the well-being and hopefully sustainable development of the waters we share. 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  4. Some independent initiatives in place • Canada – Ontario Agreement • Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement • St. Lawrence Action Plan • Boundary Waters Treaty • Great Lakes Water Resource Agreement 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  5. A piece of water history in Quebec • 1978 – Loi sur la qualité de l’Environnement (Bill on environmental quality), • 1978-95 – Plan d’assainissement des eaux usées (7B$ wastewater), • 1988-10 – Plan d’actions Saint-Laurent, • 2002 – Politique nationale de l’eau (GBV et GISL), 03-07 working group on GISL, • 2008 – Bill 92 (« Great Lakes/St. Lawrence water resources agreement») 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  6. St. Lawrence Action Plans  (only looks at the Quebec portion) • These 5 year cycle restoration action plans that occurred in Quebec, represent a realistic approach to collaborative efforts by the federal government with Quebec that led to concrete results in some specific fields with stakeholder participation towards the river restoration using public and private funds. • Example of fields covered : health, agriculture, biodiversity, industrial, navigation, community involvement, decision support, protection, restoration. 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  7. « Priority intervention Zone program » (ZIP committees) was born in 1989 to 2003 • Strategies Saint-Laurent was created at the request of Nature Quebec and 6 other national NGOs, • thus putting together environmental NGOs and stakeholders to work with governments, • Community interaction program, • Ecoaction program, • Advisory committee. 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  8. National Water Policy in Quebec (2002) • Bureau d’audience publique sur l’environnement (commission Beauchamp 2000) • Watershed management for 33 priority watersheds • St. Lawrence Integrated Management (SLIM) 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  9. St. Lawrence Integrated Management (SLIM) • Goal: Manage activities and uses touching the St. Lawrence river in an integrated and participative fashion so as to guarantee the well being of the people and the sustainable development of the river. • Ongoing process based on concertation of all decision makers, users and civil society, • Planification and harmonization of protective measures and resources uses, • Sustainable development • SLIM covers the St-Lawrence river, sediments, shorelines, littoral, wetlands, barachois, 600 islands, lakes, fjord and the mouth of over 250 tributaries. 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  10. Principles • Common heritage (Patrimoine collectif) • Collaboration • Representativity and balance of « powers » (équilibre des forces) • Respect of competences and rights • Precautionary principle • Respect resilience • Concerted decision making 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  11. Governance mechanisms • Regional level (within Quebec) • National level (within Quebec) 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  12. Challenges • (Usage conflicts: • Access vs infrastructures • Ecological integrity vs transport • Accessibility • Aquatic invasive species • Climate changes: • Erosion • Water quantity • Water quality • Biodiversity • Emerging threaths: • Hormones • Perturbateurs endocriniens • Nano particles • Organobromés • Etc 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  13. Funding • Canada ? • Quebec ? • Users ? • Polluters ? • Green fund ? 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  14. Political contexte • Respect of jurisdictions, • Numerous ministries involved, • Relationship fed/prov., • Sponsorship aftermat (my opinion) 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

  15. Merci beaucoup/ 870, avenue De Salaberry Bureau 207 Québec (Québec) G1R 2T9 www.naturequebec.org

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