Many problems will effect Canada over the next 50 years. Human rights issues, wars, water crises, poverty, famine, drought, and global warming have plagued our world for decades. However, some are bigger threats to Canada than others.
In my opinion, the biggest threat facing Canada in the next 50 years is a Water Crisis. Over the past 50 years, the population has almost tripled which has put a strain on our resources around the world, including our water sources. Water is the essential component of life, without it, no human being could survive. According to the World Health Organization and the World Bank, 2 billion people lack access to clean water, and 1 billion people do not have enough water to meet their daily needs. In less than 50 years, the world's population will increase to approximately 9 billion people which will put an even more significant strain on our world's water sources. Canada is home to one of the largest water resources in the world. And in the next 50 years as the water crisis becomes more severe, countries will become reliant and/or dependant on Canada for water. The United Nations deems water as a human right, however, Canada does not. With the United Nations recognizing water as a human right, many countries around the world have adopted the same recognition. As more and more countries acknowledge the human right, countries that do not have enough water sources for their population will become more dependant and reliant on countries with larger water sources. This may become increasingly difficult due to Global Warming - the increased Earth's temperatures, as well as the increase in the world's population.
Unless the world begins to be more water conservative and implement programs which will enable water to be more easily accessed as well as preserved, water will be depleted in the next 50 years and our resources will become sparse. This is Canada's biggest threat, and action must be taken in order to decrease the risk of this global water crisis.
I agree with you Meaghan about the water crisis being very important but do you think that climate change is more immediate as it is taking effect now? Water is something Canada has an abundant resource for and we may be pressured in the future to give up some of this resource but the climate changing is directly effecting Canada's exports and economy. YOu have great ideas and it is a difficult question to predict! No one knows what will happen!
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