Commission urges stronger Great Lakes pact

The Great Lakes face such a large variety of new threats from chemical pollutants, foreign invader species and global warming, among other problems, that they need to be protected by an entirely new environmental pact between Canada and the United States, the International Joint Commission says. The commission, a binational organization that overseas the boundary waters of the two countries, also wants any new environmental accord signed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. .. Link (Dr. Glen Barry)