“Before we can have an economic action plan, we have to have a climate action plan”

“Ship noise is reducing acoustic habitat for killer whales in exactly the same way that clear-cut logging is reducing habitat for grizzly bears”

“You’ve got aboriginal title to the land. You have to have aboriginal title to the water. Land and water are one, and they’re both necessary for our preservation”

“The trajectory we’re on puts us on track for another mass extinction—just the sixth in our planet’s history”

“For many survivors of the residential school era, estrangement from water went so much deeper than simply not having a seat at the table”

“Two in five people suffer from water scarcity every year. That’s going to become three in five by 2025”

“Ninety-three percent of Canadians agree that water is our most precious resource. But it isn’t reflected in many of our policies or laws”

“A mussel can filter two litres of water per hour…. That is an amazing service”