From Permit Conditions to Community Impacts: Practical Lessons from Water Governance in Northern Canada

Water governance in Canada often looks tidy on paper. Legislation is clear, permit conditions are detailed, and monitoring frameworks are well defined. In practice, however, effective water management depends less on perfect documents and more on how regulators, proponents, and communities interpret and apply those requirements on the ground. My work as an Environmental RegulatoryContinue reading “From Permit Conditions to Community Impacts: Practical Lessons from Water Governance in Northern Canada”