WHEREASÂ the National Organizing Partners for Canada Water Week - The Gordon Foundation, World Wildlife Fund Canada, Living Lakes Network Canada and Canadian Freshwater Alliance - have identified the third week in March as Canada Water Week;
WHEREASÂ Canada is home to some of the largest, most beautiful and most economically important rivers and lakes in the world; and
WHEREASÂ residents in our communities have an important and celebrated connection to rivers, lakes and waterways; and
WHEREASÂ a week profiling the importance of clean water would increase public awareness that we need to take care of, protect and restore freshwater ecosystems in and near our communities; and
WHEREAS public opinion surveys continue to reveal that a clear majority of Canadians consider fresh water to be the nation’s most important natural resource; and
WHEREASÂ March 22 is recognized as World Water Day;
NOW THEREFORE I, Mayor Roxanne Carr, do hereby proclaim March 20 to 27, 2017 as ‘Water Week’ in Strathcona County.
DATED this 14th day of March, 2017.
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Roxanne Carr, MAYOR
STRATHCONA COUNTY