Episode 37: Ralph Pentland was Director of Water Planning and Management in the Canadian Federal Government from 1978-91. In that capacity, he was responsible for negotiating and administering numerous federal - provincial and Canada - U.S. Agreements, was responsible for administering the Canada Water Act and the International River Improvements Act, and was the primary author of the 1987 Federal Water Policy. Since 1991, Ralph served as a water and environmental policy consultant in many countries, served as Canadian Co-Chairman on several International Joint Commission Boards and Committees, collaborated with numerous non-governmental and academic organizations, including Chairing the Canadian Water Issues Council at the University of Toronto for a decade, helped negotiate major intergovernmental agreements in the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence and Mackenzie River Basins, assisted in the development of federal water export legislation, and was co-author of the book Down the Drain: How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water Resources. He is currently President of Ralbet Enterprises Incorporated, a Member of the Forum for Leadership on Water, a Board Member with LakePulse, and a Member of the Advisory Committee for Environmental Defense Canada.

This episode's motto: "Policy depends on public opinion, which tends to lag science by 20 years."

Links of interest:

http://www.aguanomics.com/2013/11/down-drain-review.html

https://www.aguanomics.com/2017/05/so-what-would-carbon-tax-really-cost.html