Agreements
Four Bilateral Water Management Agreements have been completed:
- British Columbia and Yukon, completed in April 2017;
- British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, completed in October 2015;
- Alberta and the Northwest Territories, completed in March 2015; and
- Yukon and the Northwest Territories, signed an updated agreement for the Peel/Mackenzie sub-basin and a new agreement for the Liard sub-basin in 2022.
Other agreements between neighbouring provinces and territories are currently being negotiated.
Objectives
The bilateral agreements will commit jurisdictions to work cooperatively to achieve the following objectives:
- Effect cooperative watershed management among the jurisdictions which share the water resources of the Mackenzie River Basin,
- Sustain the ecological integrity of the aquatic ecosystems of the Mackenzie River Basin, and
- Facilitate equitable and sustainable use of shared water resources by establishing criteria and desired outcomes that address water consumption, flows, quality, ground water management and aquatic ecosystem health commitments.
- 2024 BC-YT-NT MWMA Report
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- 2022 YT-NT BWMA Peel Report
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- Biological Indicators Workshop
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- Literature Review on Biological Monitoring and Biological Indicators in the Hay and Slave Rivers for the Alberta–Northwest Territories Bilateral Water Management Agreement
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- 2024 BC-YT-NT MWMA Report
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- B.C.–Yukon BWMA Annual Implementation Report 2021
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- 2024 BC-YT-NT MWMA Report
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- B.C.–Northwest Territories BWMA Information and Implementation Report 2019-2021
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MRBB Involvement
The Mackenzie River Basin Transboundary Waters Master Agreement provides broad guidance for negotiating individual bilateral agreements. Provincial and territorial jurisdictions are responsible for the development of bilateral agreements.
Each MRBB jurisdiction will engage its Indigenous organizations in the development of the bilateral agreements in a manner consistent with its legal obligations. The MRBB recognizes the importance of Indigenous participation and traditional knowledge in transboundary water management.
The MRBB has the responsibility to ensure consistency and coherence among the agreements and to ensure that collectively, the agreements will result in fulfillment of the terms and principles of the Master Agreement.
The Board also has responsibility to track the development of the agreements and, if in its opinion believes that progress is unduly delayed, the Board may bring this observation to the attention of all jurisdictions and hold a discussion to resolve the delay. If progress continues to be delayed, the Board may bring this matter to the attention of the Ministers.
The federal government will become involved in the negotiation of bilateral agreements under two circumstances:
- If the bilateral agreement specifically implicates the federal government to some action or specifically relates to federal jurisdiction; and/or
- If a provincial or territorial party to a bilateral agreement requests the input of the federal government.