What it means
The Canadian public understands the value of healthy water, and that Canada’s water is not unlimited, has threats to its health and needs protecting.
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Diverse constituencies with influence engage in effective decision making and exercise authority to ensure the health of all waters.
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Accessible, scientific, traditional and local knowledge to monitor, assess, and report on freshwater health and to anticipate and understand emerging issues.
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A public policy framework enables nested watershed governance and collaborative decision-making that addresses the unique contexts, needs and opportunities that exist at different scales.
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Enforced legal standards that reflect sustainability principles provide consistent regulatory backstops to ensure human and aquatic ecosystem health.
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Human-made surroundings and their supporting infrastructure function in harmony with watershed ecosystems.
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Mechanisms within economic systems - such as investments, financial penalties and price signals - incentivize activities that repair damage, and sustain net gains, to the integrity of ecosystems.
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