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Need a Source? Waterkeeper can help you cover the Great Lakes Protection Act hearings
If Queen’s Park is your beat then you know the Great Lakes Protection Act (GLPA) subcommittee hearing happened today. Lake Ontario Waterkeeper is enthusiastic about the GLPA and its mission of “drinkable, swimmable, fishable” water. Read Mark Mattson’s full presentation to the Standing Committee.
Great Lakes Protection Act hearing, presentation by Waterkeeper
Mark Mattson offers three reasons why the proposed law will be good for the Great Lakes, including this one: the Great Lakes need all the help they can get.
Waterkeeper comments on Ontario's Great Lakes Strategy and Great Lakes Protection Act
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper supports the aims of the Great Lakes Strategy and the Great Lakes Protection Act. We agree that Great Lakes protection requires support from a range of government ministries including those concerned with environment, tourism, and industry. We support a strategy that underpins and guides provincial decision-making resulting in meaningful restoration and protection of the Great Lakes.
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