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		<title>IJC Recommends Focus on Human Health Concerns for Great Lakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Joint Commission provided 32 recommendations for action at the federal, state, provincial and local levels of government in its 15th biennial report, released today (find it here). In particular, the recommendations focus on the need for the United States and Canada to approve a revised Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) that addresses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GLWQA: What Do You Think?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time is running out! A month away from some serious deadlines, the governments of Canada and the United States are engaging the Great Lakes community as they proceed with the negotiations to amend the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA).  To ensure &#8220;broad and meaningful&#8221; public engagement, they&#8217;re inviting public input on a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement Extended</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2007 Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA) has been extended to March 31, 2011. The agreement, signed in June 2007, was set to expire on March 31, 2010.The COA establishes an action plan and roles and responsibilities between federal and provincial ministries, and helps Canada to meet its commitments under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FCM Dispatch: Day One</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Here&#8217;s your ATM machine,&#8221; said architect Avi Friedman, pointing to an image of the majestic Peace River in Alberta. During his keynote speech this afternoon at FCM&#8217;s Sustainable Communities conference in Ottawa, Friedman touched on tourism in waterfront communities as a wealth generator. When I asked him later to expand on this thought, he told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$93.3M for York, Durham Wastewater Improvements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The governments of Canada and Ontario have set aside a total of $93.3 million in funding to support the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Pickering. The governments of Canada and Ontario will each set aside up to $46.67 million and will work with the Regions of York and Durham to upgrade the Duffin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boundary Waters Stamp Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Boundary Waters Treaty celebrates its hundredth anniversary with a week of celebrations in Niagara Falls, we&#8217;ve reported on expert groups Great Lakes United and the newly-formed Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW—formerly Gordon Water Group) using the occasion to voice their concerns about the &#8220;outdated&#8221; Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Experts Call for Great Lakes Amendments</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2009/more-experts-call-for-great-lakes-amendments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another group is campaigning for renegotiation of the &#8220;outdated&#8221; Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Great Lakes United, a cross-border group of 38 leading Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River experts, is urging the U.S. and Canadian federal governments to use this week&#8217;s 100th anniversary celebrations of the Boundary Waters Treaty in Niagara Falls, Ontario to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FLOW Brings Attention to Transboundary Issues on IJC Centennial</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boundary Waters Week (June 5-14) will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty with a series of events in Niagara Falls, but the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) is using the occasion to ask the federal government to invest in Canadian water security. FLOW wants feds to provide greater support to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Party Leaders Urged to Sign Great Lakes Pledge</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2008/party-leaders-urged-to-sign-great-lakes-pledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environmental groups asked the leaders of the federal parties yesterday to put their name to a pledge to make toxic pollution in the Great Lakes region a top priority. The pledge comes in the wake of several actions in the U.S. to address the Great Lakes, including new funds to clean up contaminated sediment and [...]]]></description>
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