PART B
The Great Lakes Water Agreements, Brief 2, By Peter Schulte tells the history of how the US and Canada came to a mutual agreement and Compact in 2008. Previously they had a mutual agreement, but once the compact was signed by President Bush, it made it mandatory that all 8 states needed to have state mandated laws that governed water consumption and sustainability.
I think that it is great that 2 countries were first able to recognize that there was a need to sustain our Great Lakes and secondly were able to come to a mutual decision to help govern responsibilities. Although it did surprise me that the US only made it mandatory for the 8 states to create laws regarding water supply so recently in 2008. If I hadn't of read this article I definitely would have assumed that there was some sort of state mandated water sustainability act in place previous to 2008.
It is fantastic to at least know that 2 countries are able to get along and come to some agreement as well.
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