Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Department of the Environment (Canada)


Related Topics

In the News (Sat 26 Dec 09)

  
  Encyclopedia: Cabinet of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Judicial The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is Canadas legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.
In Canada, the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Senate is the leader of the largest party in the Senate that is not in government.
The Supreme Court of Canada consists of the Chief Justice of Canada and eight puisne Justices appointed by the Governor in Council (Governor General of Canada) from among superior court judges or from among barristers of at least ten years standing at the Bar of a province or territory.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cabinet-of-Canada   (1256 words)

  
 2004 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development - Chapter 3 - Sustainable Development ...
The Department has stated that its primary goal is to "identify specific areas where the tax system may be acting as an impediment to the attainment of sustainable development" (Exhibit 3.2).
The Department's ability to report in greater detail about analysis planned or conducted with respect to specific tax changes is restricted by the confidentiality concerns referenced in the Department's response to recommendation 3.60.
For example, five of the six departments and agencies we audited cannot demonstrate that they are meeting their commitments to divert office waste, and the government cannot demonstrate that it met its target to reduce waste generated by 50 percent by 2000.
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca /domino/reports.nsf/html/c20041003ce.html   (9134 words)

  
 Minister of the Environment (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the Cabinet of Canada, The Minister of the Environment (French: Ministre de l'Environnement) is responsible for overseeing the federal government's environment department, Environment Canada.
Noted environment ministers of the past have included Jack Davis, Roméo LeBlanc, Jean Charest, Sheila Copps and David Anderson.
The current Minister of the Environment is Stephane Dion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_the_Environment_%28Canada%29   (108 words)

  
 Nearctica - Environment - Canada Law - Department of Environment
This Act may be cited as the Department of the Environment Act.
The Governor in Council may appoint an officer called the Deputy Minister of the Environment to hold office during pleasure and to be the deputy head of the Department.
Section 6 of the Department of the Environment Act is repealed.
www.nearctica.com /environ/ecanlaw/e-10.htm   (481 words)

  
 Canada. (from Environment) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
From 1791 to 1841 the region was known as Lower Canada and from 1841 to 1867 as Canada East, though the two names continued to be used interchangeably.
Parks Canada of the Department of the Environment administers the parks for the benefit of the visitors and preserves them for the enjoyment of future generations.
In area and population it is the smallest of Canada's 10 provinces.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-91087?tocId=91087   (793 words)

  
 Petition No. 58 - Joint Response: Environment Canada (EC), Finance Canada - Department of (FIN), Industry Canada (IC), ...
A study subsequently released as a working paper by the Department of Finance in 2001 (http://www.fin.gc.ca/wp/2001-17e.html) estimated that the income tax expenditures associated with oil sands projects over the next 34 years will be in the order of $820 million in present value terms.
About 16.5 percent of Canada's primary energy supply is from renewable sources, mostly hydroelectricity and biomass waste, compared to an average of 6 percent among countries of the Organization for Economic Development (OECD).
Notwithstanding these challenges, the Government of Canada remains committed to further expanding the use of renewable energy to achieve its climate change and sustainable development objectives.
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca /domino/petitions.nsf/viewe1.0/8068B63DD46AE37285256DA2005C4308   (2221 words)

  
 2nd-36th, Volume 32a - Committee of Supply - Department of Environment
Simply, I suppose I should state that the mission of the department is to ensure a high quality of environment for present and future generations, and I want to start the discussion by saying that I am very appreciative of the work that the department has been doing.
The department will be actively reviewing and amending many of its regulations to ensure we conform with the criteria under the regulatory review committee and I suppose today is an appropriate time given that that committee had a public function today at dinnertime.
The Department of Environment rejected their application, and, subsequently, the R.M. sold the property to another interest who is now putting on, I understand, 6,000 head of hogs on the same piece of land.
www.gov.mb.ca /leg-asmb/hansard/2nd-36th/vol32a/h032a_6.html   (15623 words)

  
 GOVINFO Archives - 2001: Even lead department's (Environment Ca
The department's 1997 sustainable development strategy was formed after changes to the Auditor General Act in 1995 required federal ministers to "green" government operations.
Environment Canada has been billed in subsequent public reports as a champion of the push for cleaner government.
Justice LaForest, speaking for the Supreme Court of Canada in its 1997 judgment on Dagg v.
library.usask.ca /lists/govinfo/2001/0686.html   (1125 words)

  
 Sable Gas Project , Nova Scotia , Canada
According to the State of the Environment Report put out by the Department of the Environment in 1990 the evidence is clear, human activities are changing the planetary atmosphere.
According to a fact sheet put out by the Department of the Environment in Canada, called Atmospheric Environment Service, over the next 50 years, this process is expected to increase average world temperatures between 1.5 and 4.5 C. Such a major warming will have profound global impact.
While attending the Caretakers of the Environment Conference in Murmansk, Russia on Artic Ecology five years ago, it was the belief of some of the Russian scientists who attended the conference that Global Warming was inevitable and is now occurring.
guevara0.tripod.com /id2.html   (3297 words)

  
 Department of the Environment (to Sept. 00) - News Release: Nova Scotia Smog Forecast Program Launched - August 2, 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Health Canada scientists have found that hospitalizations for respiratory ailments are significantly increased by air pollution.
In addition to the daily Smog Forecast, Environment Canada will issue a smog advisory to alert citizens when ground-level ozone concentrations are expected to exceed the national standard.
The Department of Health will issue a health advisory simultaneously with the smog advisory to alert people about what actions they can take when smog levels are exceedingly high.
www.gov.ns.ca /news/printpage.asp?id=20000802002   (722 words)

  
 Analysis of Environment Canada's Budget - Special Report
We examined the Estimates, entitled, "Environment Canada, 199899=20 Estimates, Parts III Report on Plans and Priorities", and we report in some detail the allocation of funds to Environment Canada by Cabinet.
Canada's weather reporting function in 1998 to=20 99 was allocated $192.8 million, or 35% of Environment Canada's $551.0=20 million budget.
Instead of providing=20 information on department by department basis, Environment Canada=20 provides the information in vague subject headings, called "A Greener=20 Society", "A Healthy Environment", "Safety From Environmental=20 Hazards" (this is where the funds for weather reporting are buried),=20 and "Administration".=20 Other environment ministry in Canada and the U.S. provide more detailed financial reports.
ces.iisc.ernet.in /hpg/envis/doc98html/envgallon66.html   (2025 words)

  
 The ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs - Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The mission of the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs is to protect the environment and natural ecosystems for the benefit of current and future generations.
Its leading role is to promote sustainable development and, in keeping with that responsibility, it aims to keep the environment healthy within the confines of economic development and social progress.
The Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs acts on behalf of the citizens of Québec to ensure that their environment is healthy and to protect public health.
www.menv.gouv.qc.ca /ministere/inter_en.htm   (454 words)

  
 The Health of our Water: Toward sustainable agriculture in Canada | Bibliography - General references   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, December 6, 7, and 8, 1995.
Prepared for B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks; Environment Canada, and Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
P.E.I. Department of Fisheries and Environment, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Rudolph, D.L., D.A.J. Barry, and M.J. Goss.
res2.agr.gc.ca /publications/hw/14_e.htm   (2872 words)

  
 Canadian Trucking Alliance
Bradley’s message was simple: “Canada and the United States are each other’s major trading partners and together form the world’s largest and most stable bi-lateral trading relationship.
Canada is the United States best customer – not Japan, not China, not the EU – it’s Canada.
It was feared that such a requirement would increase congestion and inefficiencies at the busiest border crossings, particularly in southern Ontario and the lower mainland of British Columbia where non-citizens represent a higher proportion of the truck driver population.
www.cantruck.com   (3001 words)

  
 Department of the Environment (to Sept. 00) - News Release: Nova Scotia Leads Canada in Recycling and Composting - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Department of the Environment (to Sept. 00) - News Release: Nova Scotia Leads Canada in Recycling and Composting - September 26, 2000
Acting Environment Minister Michael Baker announced this tremendous achievement to more than 250 solid waste professionals from around the world at a convention in Halifax on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
We should all congratulate them for their efforts." The 50 per cent target is a national goal every province and territory in Canada agreed to meet by 2000.
www.gov.ns.ca /news/printpage.asp?id=20000927006   (451 words)

  
 Province of British Columbia
Environment Minister Barry Penner (middle), Mark Angelo, Outdoor Recreation Council Rivers chair (left), and Global reporter Mike Chisholm (second from right) get a briefing from Dr. Tony Sperling of Hansen Associates about the work being done to clean up and remediate the former Pitt River dump site.
VANCOUVER – Environment Minister Barry Penner will be in Montreal next week representing British Columbia at the United Nations conference on climate change (COP 11), where leaders from over 180 countries are gathered to map out future international climate change objectives.
The ministry's vision is a clean, healthy and naturally diverse environment that enriches people's lives, now and in the future.
www.gov.bc.ca /bvprd/bc/channel.do?action=ministry&channelID=-8395&navId=NAV_ID_province   (238 words)

  
 Environmental Affairs - Environment Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The aim of ARET is to decrease the adverse effects of toxic substances on human health and the environment by accelerating the reduction/elimination of selected toxic substance emissions.
National Office of Pollution Prevention: Environment Canada's focal point for the management of toxic substances, implementation of federal pollution prevention policy and legislation, and the development of new concepts and policy instruments that facilitate the transition to pollution prevention in Canada.
The Science and the Environment Bulletin: Science and the Environment Bulletin is a bi-monthly publication produced by Environment Canada to provide information on leading-edge environmental science and technology to Canadians.
strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inea-ae.nsf/en/ea02074e.html   (459 words)

  
 Unasylva - No. 99 - Tomorrow's purpose
One such change, the progressive deterioration in man's environment, was featured earlier that same month of October 1970 in the Canadian House of Commons when Prime Minister Trudeau announced that his Government was taking steps toward the establishment of a department of the environment.
The new British Minister for the Environment was one of the speakers to address the Second International Congress of the World Wildlife Fund which was held in London in November.
Certainly there is to be a United Nations conference on man and his environment in 1972, but we have not two years to lose.
www.fao.org /docrep/a7218e/a7218e01.htm   (759 words)

  
 Director General Environment (DGE)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Awareness of environmental issues continues to be prominent in Canada and internationally.
This is reflected in the strong emphasis the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces place on protecting the environment in all peacetime operations and activities.
Important human and financial resources are expended to ensure that the Canadian Forces and National Defence policy on the environment is implemented throughout DND/CF, and that full compliance with the Federal Government's environmental legislation, regulations, and guidelines is observed.
www.dnd.ca /admie/dge/dge2e.htm   (103 words)

  
 Department of the Environment (Canada) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Department of the Environment (Canada) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Department of the Environment (Canada) contains research on
Department of the Environment (Canada) and External links.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Environment_Canada   (139 words)

  
 Environmental Biology Sequence - Ecosystems
Producers convert energy from the environment into carbon bonds, such as those found in the sugar glucose.
This is the first step in biomagnification; the pollutant is at a higher concentration inside the producer than it is in the environment.
Since every organism loses water to the environment, as the water is lost the pollutant would leave as well.
www.marietta.edu /~biol/102/ecosystem.html   (5620 words)

  
 Department of the Environment Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Department of the Environment Act (R.S. 1985, c.
An Act respecting the Department of the Environment
(2) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister also extend to and include such other matters, relating to the environment and over which Parliament has jurisdiction, as are by law assigned to the Minister.
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/E-10/text.html   (477 words)

  
 EDUCATION PLANET - 5203 Web Sites for Environment Science
Department of Natural Resources and Environment * - New web sites for the Department of Primary Industries and the Department of Sustainability and Environment have recently been established.
Environment Canada's mandate is to preserve and enhance the quality of the natural environment, including water, air and soil quality; conserve Canada's renewable resources...
RMIT Faculty of the Constructed Environment * - The Faculty of the Constructed Environment aims to provide the widest possible access to programs and scholarship that make a difference to the lives of people and their environment.
www.educationplanet.com /search/Science/Environment   (459 words)

  
 Directory of Environmental Assesment Practices in Canada - List of References
Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, Environmental Screening Guidelines and Procedures for Projects Conducted on the Canadian Frontier Lands.
Environmental Assessment Division, Department of Environment and Lands.
Ministry of the Environment and Wildlife, Environmental Assessment Branches.
www.ceaa.gc.ca /017/0005/2_e.htm   (4268 words)

  
 Prince Edward Island: Government Guide
The day-to-day administration of the Province is carried out by nine departments and a number of boards, commissions and agencies.
Each department is overseen by a member of Executive Council, which is led by the Premier and supported by Executive Council Office.
Due to recent changes to the departments, the Government Guide is presently being updated.
www.gov.pe.ca /government/index.php3   (100 words)

  
 Prince Edward Island: News Release (Governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island to Research and Monitor Risks of ...
Provincial and federal government personnel working in cooperation with the farming community have taken a number of measures over the past few years to try to reduce the impact of pesticides in the environment.
The results of these studies will be provided to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, provincial government permitting departments, and community stakeholders to help develop better ways to prevent pesticides from entering watercourses through runoff, which may include best management practices.
This initiative reflects a collaborative approach on the part of Environment Canada, Health Canada, and provincial governments to manage the risks associated with pesticide use.
www.gov.pe.ca /news/getrelease.php3?number=3389   (462 words)

  
 Welcome to the Department of Theatre Arts at Cañada College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
he Department of Theatre Arts of Cañada College is committed to being one of the top theatre programs in the Northern California Community College system.
Our department provides an environment where students are encouraged to recognize their differences and celebrate their commonality through the art of the theatre.
Students experience theatre that ranges from classical dramatic literature to new works, and develop an appreciation and knowledge of the art form.
canadacollege.net /academics/degrees/theatrearts/home.htm   (113 words)

  
 Environment Canada
This artikel Environment_Canada is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License.
In the Cabinet of Canada, The Minister of the Environment is responsible for overseeing the federal governments environment department, Environment Canada.Noted environment ministers of the past have included Jack Davis, Roméo LeBlanc, Jean Charest, Sheila Copps and David Anderson.
This artikel Minister_of_the_Environment_(Canada) is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License.
www.bookonlineshopping.com /279519_environment-canada_0660177749marineweatherhazardsmanualwestcoasteditionsellusedbooks.html   (238 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.