Environment committee  Do you want me to submit them or speak on them?

Environment committee  The first thing is to talk to the provinces and territories about what their needs are. That would be really appreciated. Align your policies within your federal programs to provincial priorities. I think we need funding and collaboration to strengthen our monitoring and scientific capabilities.

Environment committee  Thank you so much for the question. I don't know about the actual decision on the licensing, but as other researchers have said, our understanding of groundwater in Canada and in British Columbia is pretty minimal. Do we know what the extraction limits are for the aquifers? We don't.

Environment committee  Yes. I didn't totally answer Ms. Collins' question about where Canada would fit. I think that if Canada, through the Canada water agency or through other agencies, is able to help British Columbia and other provinces build their capacity, and if we have provinces that are more capable, we will in return have a more capable Canada.

Environment committee  Thank you, Ms. Collins. Yes, there have been multi-year droughts. It's problematic for water users in British Columbia. Last year, there were three or four watersheds where farmers had to stop irrigating at a time when they'd already planted and fertilized. I think one issue is allocating more water than what we have for supply, maybe over-allocating water.

Environment committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. All of my professional experience has been in British Columbia, where I live, so it's from that perspective that I speak to you. It wasn't until 2016 that B.C. began licensing groundwater use—decades after other Canadian jurisdictions.