Trump's musings on 'very large faucet' in Canada part of looming water crisis, say researchers
Aging infrastructure and changing climate could put pressure on long-standing treaties
This is an exerpt from a CBC News article, published February 18, 2025. Read the full piece here.
Water sharing between Canada and the United States has long been a contentious issue.
In 2005, former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed warned against sharing Canada's water supply with the United States, suggesting Alberta's most important resource was water, not oil and gas.
"We should communicate to the United States very quickly how firm we are about it," Lougheed said.
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John Pomeroy, a University of Saskatchewan water scientist, said he's very concerned about where this issue is heading for three reasons...