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FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

OUR PROCESS

Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

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Home / Charting a Course – Acknowledgements

Charting a Course – Acknowledgements

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) would like to express its sincere gratitude and appreciation to all individuals who contributed to the research of this project and completion of this report.

We wish to acknowledge and thank the many stakeholders, experts and interested Canadians who attended and contributed to our meetings and workshops across the country. Their insights and advice throughout have helped ensure that our research findings and report are grounded and relevant. In particular we would also like to thank the members of our advisory committees for their perspectives, insights and support of this research. A special thank you to the four regional watershed organizations who partnered with the NRTEE in hosting regional meetings, namely the Okanagan Basin Water Board, the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance, the Conseil de gouvernance de l'eau des bassins versants de la rivière Saint-François, and the Bras d'Or Lakes Collaborative Environmental Planning Initiative.

This report is also the result of the work of many consultants and experts. The NRTEE would like to thank all consultants involved in our research program, and specifically acknowledge key contributions from Steven Renzetti, Karen Bakker, Alice Cohen, Rob de Loë, Daniel Murray, Stratos Inc., M.K. Jaccard & Associates Inc., and Dave Sawyer for their analysis and advice.

NRTEE Water Sub-committee members Christopher Hilkene, Elizabeth Brubaker, Robert Slater, Richard Prokopanko, Mark Parent and Robert Kulhawy provided guidance throughout the report, as well as former NRTEE Chair, Bob Page.

Finally, thank you to the NRTEE Secretariat staff for their persistence, hard work and dedication to this program and critical area of policy research, which resulted in this, our second report of the Water Program. Denise Edwards coordinated numerous meetings and workshops. The Communications team - Marie-Josée Lapointe, Tony Bégin, Tania Tremblay, Edwin Smith and Richard Pilon - guided the report through production and design. Policy team members René Drolet, Sandeep Pandher, and former member Katherine Balpataky, all contributed to the research, analysis and writing of this report. Jill Baker was the policy lead on this project and was instrumental in delivering this report.