For the purpose of addressing specific requirements of the International Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Protocol, the Great Lakes Action Plan was developed by participating Federal agencies on the basis of several issues. The Agriculture and Agri-food Canada program addressed the following issues: land based pollution sources, contaminated sediments, and airborne contaminants. The specific objectives that Agriculture and Agri-food Canada addressed in the Great Lakes initiative were as follows:
The Great Lakes Water Quality (GLWQ) Program strove to develop technologies which will help farmers be effective stewards of the land and water resources, as well as to improve water quality in the Great Lakes basin.