The newly formed agency offers Ottawa a tool to deliver, but it must be empowered with a clear mandate and the resources to match.

Julie Dabrusin

Steven Guilbeault, left, who is now official languages minister and is a former environment minister, and current Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin at a press conference in the West Block on Oct. 2, 2024. Dabrusin is now the minister in charge of the Canada Water Agency. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade