The Canada Water Agency, tasked with protecting and managing Canada’s freshwater and brokering international agreements, launched in October 2024. Pentland said the Canada Water agency is as important as the Public Health Agency of Canada, established in 2004. This is exactly the kind of work the Canada Water Agency is primed to do, Pentland said. Green Party leader Elizabeth May also panned the possibility of cuts to the Canada Water Agency. She said the Canada Water Agency is a major step to repairing that deficit but these potential cuts could throw a wrench in that work.