It's All About
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WATER Report of The Panel on the Future of the Trent-Severn Waterway A National Historic Site of Canada MARCH 2008 R Talbot R Acknowledgements Completion of this report would not have been possible without the contributions and assistance of many people. Hundreds of people, organizations and branches and agencies of government made formal presentations at our public meetings and provided us with written briefs. These citizens shared with us their time, their knowledge, their experience, their ideas and particularly their passion. For this we are most grateful. We also salute the more than a thousand people that came out to our public meetings and participated in often lively and always productive discussions. Similarly, the staff of the Parks Canada provided us with enormously valuable assistance and demonstrated without exception their commitment to the future of the waterway. The panel was very well served by six staff members and ably guided by a former Parks Canada Superintendent, Mr. Ken East, as Project Manager and Senior Advisor. Their knowledge, energy and commitment made our work much easier – although they always left us with enough unanswered questions to make our work both challenging and interesting. Our sincere thanks to Ken, Richard Scott, Marnie Clement, Shirley Bond, and students Anu Radha Verma and Roddy Mackenzie. Finally, we salute Bruce Stanton, Member of Parliament for Simcoe North, for his initiative and commitment to a positive future for the Trent-Severn Waterway. It was Bruce’s Private Members Motion that received the unanimous approval of Parliament and launched this evaluation.
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