Bachrach calls on Ottawa to step up on watershed security in BC

OTTAWA — On Wednesday, a motion tabled by NDP MP Taylor Bachrach at the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development was passed, calling on Ottawa to help build a 1 billion dollar BC watershed security fund.

The fund would be in collaboration with the provincial government and private investors and Bachrach says that “there is an urgent need to restore our watersheds, build climate resilience and create good paying jobs after the devastating fires, floods and droughts BC has seen” in recent years.

He says that a timely federal investment would build on collaboration with local government, First Nations, NGOs and landowners, and allow BC to meet the challenge that climate change poses for our watersheds.

“Our committee heard a compelling presentation from the B.C. Wildlife Federation that highlighted the collaboration that exists between groups,” said Bachrach. “A timely federal investment would build on that collaboration and allow BC to meet the challenge that climate change poses for our watersheds.”