Another Massive Problem Coming Between Canada and New York?

The Empire State's special relationship with the nation of Canada and the province of Ontario goes back for centuries. It kind of makes sense, considering how close neighbors we are. There are many places in New York where you can get to Canada quicker than you can get to other parts of your city or town.

Places across New York, like Buffalo and New York City, depend on our relationship with Canada for many things, like electricity, dairy products, and shoppers spending their hard-earned loonies and toonies in our stores. However, all that has been in jeopardy since President Trump started a trade war with the other nations in North America.

Over the last few weeks, we've seen both America and Canada issue tariffs, taxes, and additional fees on all sorts of things going in both directions, from electricity exports and metals to milk and other farm products.

Now, it seems that more changes might be on the way for border states like New York, Michigan, and Minnesota as the President might try to tear up a series of essential treaties the two nations share.

Another Massive Problem Coming Between Canada and New York?

The US States of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ontario, and Wisconsin share one of the largest sources of fresh water with the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and for more than 200 years, have had various treaties that governed how the two nations have shared the Great Lakes.

But the days of cooperation between America and Canada on the Great Lakes may be coming to an end, as it's been reported that President Trump wants to tear up the Great Lakes Agreement.

According to the New York Times, Trump wants to walk away from the agreements that govern how the lakes are shared. Now, which agreement? The President didn't say, so you may need to assume he means all of them.

As it stands today, there are several that manage the 5 Great Lakes, which include The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972, the Great Lakes Charter of 1985, and the Great Lakes–Saint Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement of signed 2005.

If these agreements are torn up, it will significantly change how New Yorkers use fresh water.