17. What is the Canadian government trying to do about scarce problem in its area?

The Canadian government is trying to tackle the problem by increasing the budget allocated to water resources. They have a large source of water but the issue is that the water isn’t suitable for consumption.

The increase in the budget will help the government to provide adequate solutions such as provision of water treatment plants in order to treat the water and make it fit for consumption.

explanation:

with the profits from the european sales, merchants purchased europe's manufactured  goods, including tools and weapons. then the merchants shipped those manufactured  goods, along with the  american  sugar and rum, to west africa where they were bartered for  slaves.