GEORGIA BASIN INTER-REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE: “In a meeting with Assistant Deputy Minister Jim Mattison in 2005, Premier Gordon Campbell gave the team our marching orders. So began the creation of Living Water Smart. Leading up to 2008, we were on a fast track,” recalled Lynn Kriwoken, former Executive Director in the Ministry of Environment
“After their re-election in 2005, the Gordon Campbell government created a Water Stewardship Division in the Ministry of Environment. That had never been done before. It was a single division with headquarters staff in Victoria and regional staff throughout BC. This brought water together organizationally and operationally. The premier appointed John Slater as Parliamentary Secretary for Water Supply and Allocation. The premier said to us…we want a water plan that shows we are leading the world in water management, bar none,” stated Lynn Kriwoken.