Traduction de «Automatic system providing information on water quality » (Anglais → Français) :

Water Quality Information System

We had briefly mentioned in our submission that the Indian Act, although it is not a fulsome authority to protect and provide regulations for water quality, already provides power under the bylaw-making sections under section 81 to regulate water systems on-reserve.

The drinking water safety program essentially provides that mechanism for advice in support of communities operating and maintaining their systems, identifying and resolving water quality issues and establishing water quality sampling and monitoring surveillance programs.

The department took note of the two major recommendations contained within the report, namely: The recommendation to conduct an audit of water systems and independent needs assessment of both the physical assets and human resource needs of individual First Nation communities in relation to the delivery of safe drinking water prior to March 2008; and the need for a comprehensive consultation process with First Nation communities and organizations regarding legislative options to ...[+++]provide standards for water quality on reserve.

(Return tabled) Question No. 612 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to changes to environmental programs resulting from the announcements in Budget 2012: (a) specifying how each identified cut is projected to impact the government’s access to scientific information required for the development of public policy, the number of people to be cut, and the amount of money to be cut, what are all areas of scientific research and partnerships to be cut, including, but not limited to, (i) air pollution, (ii) emergency preparedness and response, (iii) industrial waste, (iv) water quality ...[+++]; (b) what briefing notes, memos, or any other documentation, including, for each, the details of its findings and recommendations, have been provided to the Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of the Environment, their respective Parliamentary Secretaries, their respective Deputy Ministers, and their respective staff members, regarding impacts of research and partnership cuts on the government’s access to scientific information required for the development of public policy; (c) what, in detail, does “sufficient data is available to support the dissemination and validation of the UV Index forecast” mean, (i) what does “we will continue to have enough data for EC to track and report on ozone” mean, (iii) in detail, will the government maintain the integrity of the ozone monitoring program, (iv) in detail, will the government maintain Canadian contributions to the global observing system for climate in support of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), (v) what studies have been undertaken to assess the impact of streamlining ozone monitoring on Canada’s international reputation, and what were any findings and recommendations; (d) what briefing notes, memos, or any other documentation, including, for each, the details of its findings and recommendations, have been provided to the Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of the Enviro ...