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We are all too familiar with the economic and social upheaval caused by a global pandemic. Mother Nature also reminded us over the last two years that weather plays an important role in our lives, the economy and ultimately our pocketbook.

We drink it, bathe in it, flush it, generate electricity with it and, best of all, skate on it. We are also blessed with the fourth most renewable fresh water resources in the world. Today, let’s immerse ourselves in some “fresh” Canadian water data.

In 1930, the economist Harold Innis quipped that Canadians were “hewers of wood and drawers of water” to emphasize the importance of resources during our economic development. While forests and the forestry industry no longer play the key role they once did in the Canadian economy, they still help define who we are as a country.