The Great Lake’s future at a cross road |
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Authors: | Gail Krantzberg |
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Affiliation: | (1) Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada, L2S 4K1 |
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Abstract: | Some argue that a collective vision for the future of the Laurentian Great Lakes is embodied in the␣Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement (GLWQA). The GLWQA is a binational agreement, first signed in 1972 by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and President
Richard Nixon, wherein the two countries (the Parties) commit to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological
integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem.” Article X of the Agreement states that the Parties shall conduct
a comprehensive review of the operation and effectiveness of this Agreement following every third biennial report of the International
Joint] Commission (IJC). The IJC’s 12th Biennial Report, released in 2004, triggered this important science, program, and
policy review which commenced May 2006. This essay makes the case for a rigorous review, that explores deliberately the future
scope of the Agreement to protect the world’s largest surface freshwater resource, and calls for innovation in the governance
regime of this binational ecosystem. |
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Keywords: | Great lakes Ecosystem approach Institutional arrangements Governance |
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