C-6.2 - Act to affirm the collective nature of water resources and to promote better governance of water and associated environments

Section 17.2 Disposition versions

2017-06-16

17.2. Every 10 years, the Minister must produce a report concerning the administration of this Act. The report must concern, in particular,

(1)  the implementation of the water master plans and the integrated management plans for the St. Lawrence;

(2)  the implementation of the regional wetlands and bodies of water plans;

(3)  the implementation of the wetlands and bodies of water restoration and creation programs put in place under this Act, and in particular,

(a)  identify the projects chosen;

(b)  provide an inventory of the wetlands and bodies of water restored or created under the programs;

(c)  present the evolution of amounts received as compensation for adverse effects on wetlands and bodies of water and amounts invested in measures to restore and create them; and

(d)  provide the results obtained in relation to climate change issues and the objective of no net loss of wetlands and bodies of water, with a view to assessing equivalency between the wetlands and bodies of water affected and those restored or created, as well as any gains made in degraded watersheds; and

(4)  an assessment of the advisability of amending any provisions of this Act.

The Minister must table the report in the National Assembly.

2017, c. 14, s. 11.