Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Part I: Muddy Waters: How Well Are We Governing Canada's Waters?; 1. Introduction / Karen Bakker; 2. Great Wet North? Canada's myth of water abundance (John Sprague); 3. On guard for thee? Water (ab)uses and management in Canada (Dianne Draper and Dan Shrubsole); 4. Out of sight, out of mind? Taking Canada's groundwater for granted (Linda Nowlan); 5. Challenging the status quo: The evolution of water governance in Canada ((Rob de Loe and Reid Kreutzwiser); PART II: Whose Water? Jurisdictional Fragmentation and Transboundary Management; 6. Whose water? Canadian water management and the challenges of jurisdictional fragmentation (J Owen Saunders and Michael M. Wenig); 7. Drawers of water: Water diversions in Canada and beyond (Frederic Lasserre); 8. Thirsty Neighbours: A century of Canada-US transboundary water governance (Ralph Pentland and Adele Hurley); PART III: Liquid Gold: Privatization, Water Rights, and Water Markets; 9. Commons or commodity? The debate over private sector involvement in water supply (Karen Bakker); 10. Liquid gold: Water markets in Canada (Ted Horbulyk); 11. Trading our common heritage? The debate over water rights transfers in Canada (Randy Christensen and Anastasia Lintner); Part IV: Waterwise: Pathways to Better Water Management; 12. A tangled web: Reworking Canada's water laws (Paul Muldoon and Theresa McClenaghan); 13. Are the prices right? Balancing efficiency, equity, and sustainability in water pricing (Steve Renzetti); 14. Moving water conservation to centre stage (Oliver Brandes, David Brooks and Michael M'Gonigle); Part V: Water Worldviews: Politics, Culture and Ethics; 15. The Land is Dry: Indigenous Peoples, Water and Environmental Justic (Ardith Walkem); 16. Half-empty or Half-full? Water Politics and the Canadian National Imaginary (Andrew Biro); 17. Rising waves, old charts, nervous passengers: navigating towards a new water ethic (Cushla Matthews, Bob Gibson, and Bruce Mitchell); 18. Conclusions: Governing Canada's waters wisely (Karen Bakker); Appendix:; Overview of key aspect of water governance in Canadian provincies and territories.
