Thank you for your interest in providing your feedback on the Columbia River Treaty Agreement-in-Principle (AIP).
About the Columbia River Treaty AIP
Canada and the U.S. have reached an Agreement-in-Principle (AIP) on modernizing the Columbia River Treaty, first ratified in 1964 to enhance hydropower generation and manage flood risks. This proposal is intended to include, in addition to the existing Treaty purposes, new provisions to enhance ecosystems in both countries and address B.C. domestic objectives.
The AIP is the result of six years of negotiations between Canada and the U.S. and over a decade of engagement with Canadian Columbia Basin Indigenous Nations, local governments and residents. While non-binding, the AIP provides a roadmap for drafting a modernized Treaty.
The Province of B.C. is now seeking feedback from Indigenous Nations, local governments and residents in the Canadian Columbia Basin on the AIP.
Other opportunities to engage
This questionnaire is one way to provide your feedback on the AIP. Other opportunities include:
- Attending community meetings in the Canadian Columbia Basin in the fall and winter of 2024-25
- Sending your feedback by email to columbiarivertreaty@gov.bc.ca or by mail to:
Columbia River Treaty Team
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation
PO Box 9314 Stn Prov Govt.
Victoria B.C. V8W 9N1
View the guidelines for submitting written feedback .
To learn more about the Columbia River Treaty AIP or sign up for email updates, visit the Province of B.C. Columbia River Treaty website.
About this questionnaire
Depending on your responses, this questionnaire may take approximately 10–20 minutes to complete. You do not need to answer all questions and can choose which topics to provide feedback on. Please ensure you click ‘submit’ at the end to record your responses.
Your feedback will inform the next steps in the process to modernize the Treaty.
This questionnaire will remain open until March 31, 2025.
Please note: This online feedback form supports all newer comparable browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge, etc. with activated JavaScript. Your browser settings must have cookies enabled for the questionnaire to run properly and inactivity on the questionnaire for longer than one hour will result in the questionnaire timing out.
Collection Notice: Your information is being collected by the Ministry of Citizens' Services on behalf of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation under the authority of section 26(c) and 26(e) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“FOIPPA”) for the purposes of informing the Columbia River Treaty Agreement-in-Principle engagement. Please do not include any personally identifiable information about yourself or others in the open text field responses. If you have any questions about the collection of this personal information, please contact: Director, Citizen Engagement, CitizenEngagement@gov.bc.ca.
