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October 22, 2007
External link Key Great Lakes Advocates to Provide Public Input to International Upper Great Lakes Levels Study

October 18, 2007
External link St. Clair River portion of IJC Upper Lakes Study to be Expedited

October 12, 2007
External link Canada's New Government Taking Action to Clean up Lake Simcoe

September 24, 2007
External link Government of Canada Takes Action to Combat Dumping of Raw Sewage and Upgrade Sewage Treatment

September 24, 2007
External link IJC Renews Call for IMO Convention Ratification to Combat Aquatic Invasive Species

September 12, 2007
External link Environment Ministers Work Together Improving Air and Water Quality

September 10, 2007
External link IJC extends consultation period with governments on New Regulation Plan for Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River water levels and flows

August 16, 2007
External link Canada and Ontario Announce Agreement to Improve and Protect The Great Lakes

August 2, 2007
External link International Upper Great Lakes Public Interest Advisory Group (PIAG) Begins its work

June 13, 2007
External link IJC Releases Timetable for Decision Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River Regulation File format: PDF

April 13, 2007
External link Canada Has No Intention of Negotiating Bulk Water Exports

April 2, 2007
External link Canada's New Government Provides $450,000 for Lake Winnipeg Science Research

March 22, 2007
External link Canada's New Government Marks World Water Day with National Water Strategy

March 16, 2007
External link Canada and Ontario Continue to Improve the Great Lakes

October 24, 2006
External link IJC recommends a new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement for the 21st Century

October 20, 2006
External link Bearspaw First Nation Opens New Water Treatment Plant

October 12, 2006
External link Environment Ministers Take Action on Air, Water and Soil Quality

October 11, 2006
External link New $7.4 million Water Treatment Plant Ends Boil Water Advisory at Driftpile First Nation

October 11, 2006
External link New Water Treatment Plant in Kawawachikamach

October 10, 2006
External link International Joint Commission recommends improved notification, monitoring, reporting and prevention of spills in the Great Lakes Basin

September 8, 2006
External link Canada Announces Funding for the Upper Great Lakes Study

August 9, 2006
External link Lennox Island First Nation Water Supply Upgrade: Environmental Assessment to Continue as a Comprehensive Study

June 1, 2006
External link Water Supply Program to Support Yukon Farmers Announced

October 21, 2005
External link Government of Canada Responds to IJC's Recommendations On Great Lakes Water Quality

June 11, 2005
External link IJC's Role Defined In Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Review

May 18, 2005
External link Environment Canada and the Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs du Québec award $402,500 in grants for environmental projects

January 11, 2005
External link Federal Government Promotes Strong Protection for Water in the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Basin

December 10, 2002
External link Canada Announces coming into force of Amendments to International Boundary Waters Treaty Act

September 22-23, 2001
External link Safe Water: Top priority for Environment Ministers (Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment - Opaskwayak / The Pas, MB)

February 5, 2001
External link Canada reintroduces legislation to protect the Great Lakes from bulk water removals

March 15, 2000
External link Canada welcomes International Joint Commission report on protection of waters of the Great Lakes

March 15, 2000
External link IJC recommends comprehensive measures to governments for protecting water of Great Lakes Basin

November 30, 1999
External link Environment Ministers meet at Kananaskis

November 22, 1999
External link Amendments to International Boundary Waters Treaty Act to Protect Great Lakes from Bulk Water Removals

September 3, 1999
External link IJC to visit 12 cities for public hearings on IJC's interim report on the uses, diversions, and bulk exports of Great Lakes water

August 18, 1999
External link Government of Canada Welcomes IJC Report on Bulk Water Removals from the Great Lakes

August 18, 1999
External link IJC recommends moratorium on bulk removals and sales of Great Lakes water

February 10, 1999
External link Strategy Launched to Prohibit the Bulk Removal of Canadian Water, including Water for Export

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