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16 Jul 2014

The existence of standards and their stringency directly affects the safety of Based on the findings in this report, we are the water we drink. [...] Its primary involve- ment lies in protecting the Currently, Health Canada facilitates the Federal-Provincial-Territorial health of all Canadians by Committee on Drinking Water of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial developing the Guidelines Committee on Health and the Environment, which is a voluntary for Canadian Drinking Water effort not mandated by law. [...] The Sub-Committee certainly does Quality in partnership with the some very important work, but at the end of the day, there is no provinces and territories. [...] However, twice per year and is made members of the public are in the dark as to which guidelines may up of voting and non-voting still pose a health risk. [...] Canada still lacks a national water law and instead The extent to which we enjoy safe drinking relies on a patchwork of provincial and territo- water today is largely the result of decisions and rial laws to manage and protect drinking water.
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Christensen, Randy, MacDonald, Elaine

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Ottawa, Ontario

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