We write today to recommend important changes to the public consultation process for the renegotiation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The process outlined by the governments on their January 14 public Webinar is inadequate and unsatisfactory. The process outlined will not provide for sufficient public input that is both relevant and meaningful to you as you renegotiate the agreement. We urge you to re-evaluate your consultation plans and make changes to the process to ensure the public consultation process undertaken this year is as or more robust than the one that the Canadian and U.S. governments followed in their 1987 negotiations.