Protecting water quality and talking strategy are two key planks in a recent meeting between the Ontario Great Lakes Guardians’ council and the Minister of the Environment.
On Tuesday, Minster of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks Rod Phillips discussed sewer overflows, algae, road salt and plastic pollution and their impacts on the great lakes.
“This was my first meeting with the Great Lakes Guardians’ Council and the exchange of ideas from partners around the table and dialogue about how to tackle the pressures on our water resources and protect our Great Lakes was extremely valuable,” said Minister Phillips. “We will take what we learned from today’s Council meeting along with future consultations to inform the actions we will take together to protect our Great Lakes and keep our water clean.”
The plan is to update the strategy of protecting the great lakes as part of the government’s ’Made in Ontario Environment Plan.’
The lakes provide drinking water to more than 10-million Ontarians, and contain one fifth of the world’s supply of fresh water.
