WHEREAS in an era of climate volatility and cyber risk, the free flow of both water and information is essential to the peace, order, and good government of Canada;

WHEREAS Western Canada’s headwaters, irrigation networks, digital telemetry, and municipal conduits constitute critical infrastructure whose disruption would endanger public health, food security, and national sovereignty;

WHEREAS the Parliament of Canada, acting through this Act, seeks not to duplicate provincial or municipal mandates but to fortify them by establishing a security umbrella, dedicated funding mechanisms, and the decentralised support of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) Digital Arcs West initiative;

AND WHEREAS Calgary’s leadership in piloting the Alberta AquaCapture programme offers a scalable model for every community that draws life and livelihood from Western waters—

THEREFORE the Senate and House of Commons enact the Western‑Canadian Watershed Writ, inviting every willing province, territory, municipality, and Indigenous nation into a shared architecture of resilience.

WHEREAS Alberta is custodian of the Rocky Mountain headwaters that feed the prairie provinces and the North;

WHEREAS the Province recognises that food‑chain stability, climate adaptation, and cyber‑secure infrastructure are mutually reinforcing public goods that no single order of government can deliver alone;

WHEREAS Alberta therefore embraces the federal Western‑Canadian Watershed Writ in a spirit of co‑operative federalism, pledging proportionate fiscal participation and streamlined approvals to leverage national investment for local and regional benefit;

WHEREAS the Alberta AquaCapture : Calgary Office will serve as the provincial centre of excellence for data‑driven water management, public engagement, and volunteer‑powered urban‑forest restoration—demonstrating how community health and watershed health advance together;

AND WHEREAS a balanced funding formula—federal, provincial, municipal, Indigenous, private—ensures that every dollar invested in headwaters protection returns shared dividends from the Rockies to Hudson Bay—

THEREFORE the Legislative Assembly of Alberta enacts this Implementation Act to harmonise provincial statutes, bond authorities, and agency mandates with the Western‑Canadian Watershed Writ.

WHEREAS the City of Calgary is home to more than one‑and‑a‑half million Canadians who depend each day on an uninterrupted supply of safe, affordable water and the resilient digital systems that control its flow;

WHEREAS Calgary’s ageing distribution mains, reservoir assets, and urban forest now face unprecedented stress from population growth, drought cycles, and cyber‑enabled threats;

WHEREAS Council is determined to protect Calgarians while enabling the Province to manage headwaters and the Federation to shield critical infrastructure under the Western‑Canadian Watershed Writ;

WHEREAS the establishment of the Public Educator’s Office and the launch of Alberta AquaCapture : Calgary Office will engage residents, employees, Strategy, Support and Integrated Initiatives of the department of public safety and emergency services of Alberta, and business partners in tree planting, smart‑sensor deployment, and citizen‑science—turning community wellness into watershed security;

AND WHEREAS a fair, multi‑level cost‑sharing framework—federal security fund, provincial green bonds, municipal debentures, and private sponsorship—will channel sufficient yet sustainable capital to replace pipes, harden cyber defences, and build Calgary’s Clear‑Water Conduit for generations to come—

THEREFORE the Council of the City of Calgary enacts this By‑law to align every municipal power, permit, and public‑education tool with the Western‑Canadian Watershed visions.