Proposed Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem

This document has been prepared by the Government of Canada to acknowledge and to provide a federal response to the comments received during the comment period for the Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA). The sixty-day comment period began on March 17, 2007 and ended on May 16, 2007. All comments received have been reviewed and given due consideration. Editorial comments received have been noted but are not specifically identified in this document.

More information about the comment period and a listing of commenters is contained in Appendix 1.

For the purposes of this document, responses to the comments have been grouped according to the following headings:

1. General Comments and Questions
2. Framework
3. Areas of Concern Annex
4. Harmful Pollutants Annex
5. Lake and Basin Sustainability Annex
6. Coordination of Monitoring, Research and Information Annex
7. Appendix 1