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	Environment Canada - Important Notices
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	www.ec.gc.ca /default.asp?lang=En&n=12345678-1&xml=5830C36B-1773-4E3E-AF8C-B21F54633E0A (907 words)

	Prime Minister of Canada:
		In his reply to the Speech from the Throne, Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged the Opposition parties in the House of Commons to support the Speech so the Government can start implementing its five-point plan for a better Canada.
		Canada's Universal Child Care Plan provides Choice, Support and Spaces for today's parents; a plan that supports families regardless of where they live, whatever their circumstances and preferences
		Prime Minister addresses Vancouver Board of Trade and hails B.C. as Canada’s “Economic and political powerhouse on the Pacific”
	www.pm.gc.ca /eng (264 words)

	EnviReform - Opening Address of David Anderson, Minister of the Environment, Canada
		The ministers meeting recognized the need to establish the dialogue on the Americas, in particular identifying three themes: the challenge that the environment presents in the evolving [inaudible], public health, and biodiversity and ecosystems.
		There were 24 ministers at the Montreal meeting, out of the 34 states involved, and the ministers forwarded the recommendations to their leaders in preparation for the third Summit of the Americas.
		As Canada's minister of environment, I have made it clear that liberalized trade is a key component of sustainable development.
	www.envireform.utoronto.ca /old-site/opening_da.html (1258 words)

	Petition No. 57 - Minister's Response: Environment Canada
		Environment Canada's scientists from the National Water Research Institute who have studied the chemical, physical and biological characteristics of the Harbour over the past several years in trying to gain a better understanding of the extent and impact of contaminated sediments.
		Environment Canada is not in a position to be able to specify and commit to a specific timeline for the start and completion of the clean-up of the Randle Reef sediments as the final implementation of this undertaking still depends upon a number of contingencies.
		In this regard, Environment Canada does not think it is in the public interest to begin an investigation that may take several years of effort, involving several hundreds of thousands of dollars, with questionable results and which would not in and of itself lead to the remediation of the Randle Reef site.
	www.oag-bvg.gc.ca /domino/petitions.nsf/viewe1.0/F6422CBA9A7D13B285256DA6005D2253 (1928 words)

	Environment Canada Summary
		Environment Canada is the agency with overall responsibility for the development and implementation of policies related to environmental protection, monitoring, and research within the government of Canada.
		Environment Canada is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and conservation of wildlife.
		Environment Canada is the lead department within the federal government when it comes to cleaning up hazardous waste and oil spills.
	www.bookrags.com /Environment_Canada (500 words)

	Canada: Environmental Issues (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Canada’s growth in oil output, particularly recently, can be attributed to the development of oil sands in Western Canada, as well as to large oil projects off the coast of Newfoundland.
		Canada's carbon intensity, 0.19 metric tons of carbon per thousand $1995-PPP in 2001, was also the highest among industrialized economies.
		According to Environment Canada, Canada's higher carbon intensity in comparison to other OECD countries has been due to increased consumption of fossil fuel for electricity generation, increased energy consumption in the transportation sector, and growth in fossil fuel production (largely for export).
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/canenv.html (1660 words)

	INSIGHT: Canada Maps Out New Position on Kyoto Protocol
		By Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment Canada
		But we have not allowed these voices to silence Canada’s will to lead the world in an urgent, transparent, honest debate about the challenges that we and our international partners are facing when it comes to finding a truly global solution to climate change.
		Canada also put forward a compromise position that any future approaches to new targets for developed countries should reflect a country’s specific national circumstances — considerations such as the nature of a country’s economy and energy sources.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/jun2006/2006-06-21-insamb.asp (2222 words)

	PlanetSave - Canada's environment commissioner calls for massive scale up in climate efforts
		Under the terms of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, Canada is committed to a 6 percent cut in greenhouse emissions from 1990 levels by 2012.
		Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Environment Minister Rona Ambrose are working on a new environment plan, Green Plan 2, but their comments to date suggest they intend to focus on smog rather than global warming.
		Among the risks she cited in the report are the spread of pests and diseases, drought in the prairies, melting permafrost and destabilized infrastructure in the North, rising sea levels and more intense storms on the coasts, and more days of extreme heat and smog in large urban centers.
	www.planetsave.com /ps_mambo/The_News/Climate/Canada's_environment_commissioner_calls_for_massive_scale_up_in_climate_efforts_200609297885 (520 words)

	Environment minister delivers death sentence to owls (thegreenpages - Canada)
		That's how many Northern Spotted Owls are left in Canada, and a recent decision by the federal environment minister all but guarantees that they will...
		That's how many Northern Spotted Owls are left in Canada, and a recent decision by the federal environment minister all but guarantees that they will be the last of their kind in our country.
		Those animals, which include threatened species such as the tailed frog, the coastal marbled murrelet, northern goshawks and fishers, will likely go the way of the spotted owl if their shared habitat continues to be destroyed by logging.
	www.thegreenpages.ca /portal/ca/2006/08/environment_minister_delivers.html (732 words)

	Environment minister tells UN conference Kyoto is being used to divide Canada (Site not responding. Last check: )
		NAIROBI, Kenya (CP) - The Kyoto Protocol is being used to divide Canada, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose told the UN Climate Conference in a speech that outraged environmentalists and opposition critics.
		Liberal environment critic John Godfrey noted that the Liberals announced their $10-billion Project Green in April 2005, and were beginning to implement it at the time of their defeat.
		NDP environment critic Nathan Cullen said he was shown parts of Ambrose's speech in advance, and they included a reference to the government's collaboration with the NDP.
	www.canada.com /topics/news/national/story.html?id=ee7644e1-4e0a-4085-8cbf-c8b513d4b458&k=7808 (610 words)

	Green Car Congress: Canada
		Canada’s The Globe and Mail reports that while Shell Canada is moving ahead with a C$10- to C$13-billion plan to increase its Athabasca oil sands production, it is also looking for government support for a carbon capture and storage project for its Scotford upgrader.
		The Alberta (Canada) government is committing C$239 million (US$ 212 million) over the next five years to strengthen and expand the province’s—more widely known as the motherlode of oil sands—bioenergy sector.
		Canada’s The Globe and Mail reports that, according to private instructions to Canadian negotiators in Bonn, Germany, Canada will not support attempts by other countries to set deeper emission-reduction targets for the Kyoto Protocol’s second phase.
	www.greencarcongress.com /canada/index.html (3244 words)

	In The News: Canada’s environment minister to meet with students
		The federal ministry of environment stresses that in the midst of a new industrial revolution environmental performance is an increasingly fundamental determinant of the economic competitiveness of companies and of nations.
		Minister Dion will share with the EVDS student audience his vision of a collaborative, national approach to ensure Canada and Canadian enterprise will be among the leaders environment performance.
		On Jan. 25, 1996, Dion was sworn in as President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, a position he held until Dec. 12, 2003.
	www.ucalgary.ca /mp2003/news/sept04/dion-visit.html (435 words)

	Speaking Notes for the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Environment Canada on Clean Air Day at the National Press ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Our partners within the Kyoto protocol have expressed their hope that Canada’s unique relationship with the United States will be helpful to facilitate the dialogue between the key initiatives that are emerging to address climate change.
		Canada’s industrial sector is also a major contributor to air pollution; therefore, our government recently announced a pollution prevention initiative for base metal smelters which will reduce sulphur dioxide and metal pollutants, such as lead and mercury, from a major industrial source of these pollutants.
		Environment Canada and Health Canada are developing a new national Air Quality Health Index, together with provincial and municipal governments, as well as other partners.
	www.news.gc.ca /cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=218209 (3342 words)

	Canada's Environment Minister proposes major addition to its list of protected species
		OTTAWA, Canada (06/19/06) -- Canada's Minister of the Environment, Rona Ambrose, has in consultation with the the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Loyola Hearn, proposed adding 42 new animals, plants and fish to the list of species protected under the Species at Risk Act (SARA).
		The Minister of the Environment is recommending that 32 terrestrial and 10 aquatic species be listed.
		The Minister of the Environment is recommending that eight aquatic species not be listed at this time, including five populations of beluga whales, the porbeagle shark and two populations of white sturgeon.
	www.caprep.com /0606022.htm (357 words)

	08/28/01 -- Canada essential to forest preservation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Canada's long-term commitment to woodlands is important to global forest resources.
		Canada led the way at the Global Change Conference in Bonn, Germany this July in developing an agreement to give credit to countries that protect their forests.
		Canada depends on forestry for its economy and controls 20 percent of the global trade in the area.
	forests.org /archive/canada/canessfo.htm (483 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Canada
		Dion, 51, a former environment minister who entered politics a decade ago to fight separatism in Quebec, won the eight-way race Dec. 2 on the fourth ballot.
		Overall, the environment is the second-biggest issue among voters behind health care, according to an Environics Research poll of 2,005 voters Nov. 2-6.
		The environment ``is much more important to voters in Quebec than people in other parts of the country,'' Allan Tupper, a political scientist at the University of British Columbia, said in an interview after Dion took the lead in Saturday's third ballot.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=20601082&refer=canada&sid=anclv4NrZy9c (1045 words)

	Minister of the Environment : Minister's Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of the Environment
		Laurel Broten was appointed Ontario’s Minister of the Environment in June 2005.
		As Minister of the Environment, Laurel has spearheaded a wide range of important initiatives to protect the province’s air, water and land.
	www.ene.gov.on.ca /envision/org/minister.htm (373 words)

	Nearctica - Environment - Canada Law - Department of Environment
		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.
		The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into agreements with the government of any province or any agency thereof respecting the carrying out of programs for which the Minister is responsible.
		The Minister shall, on or before January 31 next following the end of each fiscal year or, if Parliament is not then sitting, on any of the first five days next thereafter that either House of Parliament is sitting, submit to Parliament a report showing the operations of the Department for that fiscal year.
	www.nearctica.com /environ/ecanlaw/e-10.htm (481 words)

	Canada: Environment Minister to Add 39 Species for Protection Under The Species at Risk Act (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Government of Canada is committed to ensuring the protection of species at risk and consequently, recovery strategies and action plans are developed for species listed as threatened or endangered, while management plans are prepared for species of special concern.
		Aboriginal peoples in Northern Canada have been responsible stewards of the environment for thousands of years, and it is because of their responsible conservation efforts that we have the populations of species in the North that we do today.
		Environment Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service will work with Aboriginal peoples to develop management plans to achieve our shared objectives of maintaining healthy populations of the Peary Caribou, the Dolphin-Union population of Barren-Ground Caribout and the Porsild's Bryum.
	www.portofentry.com /site/root/market/company_news/3174.html?changer-id=aaafw2uJDBgw8I& (833 words)

	ENB: POPSD, Stockholm, 2001
		Kjell Larsson, President of the Conference, announced the Canada was prepared to deposit the first instrument of ratification, and David Anderson, Minister of the Environment for Canada, submitted the instrument to the Secretariat.
		David Anderson, Minister of the Environment, Canada, lauded the shared recognition of the threat of POPs, the shared commitment to take action, and the shared conviction that technical and financial assistance is needed.
		Jürgen Trittin, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany, said that cooperation between governments and civil society and NGOs was critical to the successful outcome of the negotiations.
	www.iisd.ca /chemical/popsd/index.html (1269 words)

	Total disregard for the facts and critical elements of Kyoto and Climate issues by Green Party of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment, addressed the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on Thursday, October 5, 2006 on the merits of her government’s expected plan to address air pollution and global climate change.
		It is not clear from the Commissioner’s testimony at the Environment Committee that Mme Gelinas intended to suggest a different finding than anything stated in her official report.
		The fact that Canada still shows up at meetings, and, until next month as President of the UN Climate Change Conference, is merely a sign of monumental hypocrisy bordering on sabotage.
	www.times10.org /green1018116.htm (1831 words)

	Green Car Congress: Environment Minister: Kyoto Target Impossible for Canada
		Canada’s Environment Minister Rona Ambrose says that it is impossible for Canada to reach its Kyoto target, and that Canada must set more realistic targets for cutting greenhouse gases.
		Canada needs to get trucks featuring NA gasoline engines out of the showrooms: modern turbodiesels and/or hydraulic hybridization are far more appropriate.
		Canada is switching to low-sulphur diesel along with the US, a key requirement for the longevity of particulate filters.
	www.greencarcongress.com /2006/04/environment_min.html (2116 words)

	Gore claims Baird misrepresented his comments on Canada
		Canada tokes at 4 times world average: UN
		A Statistics Canada study released Tuesday says 630,000 Canadians were injured on the job in 2003, and individuals who smoked daily were more likely to suffer a workplace injury than occasional or non-smokers.
		Canada's fourth biggest bank, Bank of Montreal, announced Tuesday it intends to purchase two Wisconsin-based banks, in a move to expand its Harris Bank retail unit.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2007/02/12/baird-gore.html (1265 words)

	U.S., Canada Move to Eliminate Toxics in Great Lakes \| EPA History \| US EPA
		U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol M. Browner and Canadian Minister of the Environment Sergio Marchi today agreed to a milestone plan to protect public health by virtually eliminating persistent toxic substances from the Great Lakes by the year 2006, as promised by President Clinton and Prime Minister Chretien in February 1995.
		The United States and Canada are increasing efforts under a 1991 agreement to address air quality issues, notably ground level ozone (smog) and particulate matter (soot).
		To cope with both pollution problems, the environmental agencies, EPA and Environment Canada, will examine how emission management mechanisms, including innovative pollution control strategies, could be applied to our common boundary.
	www.epa.gov /history/topics/canada/04.htm (737 words)

	The Front: Environment
		It was the early 1980s, Gallon was Ontario's deputy minister of the environment, and Canada was at the forefront of the world's nations in terms of environmental protection.
		Canada, securely standing atop the moral high ground, was indignant.
		The CIBE report also states that, out of Environment Canada's total budget, only $16.9 million is spent on compliance and enforcement.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/1998/061198/news5.html (850 words)

	Canada's environment minister: post-Kyoto deal to take "several years"
		Canada will host the UN conference from November 28 to December 9 in Montreal to discuss for the first time what will come thereafter.
		He also said Canada hoped to open talks with countries that had not ratified the Kyoto Protocol in order to encourage them to get onboard, alluding to the United States and Australia, as well as big polluters China and India, which are not obligated under the pact to reduce their CO2 emissions.
		Dion, who met with environment ministers from some 40 countries last week in Ottawa to prepare for the Montreal conference, recognized that it would be difficult to reconcile each country's diverging views.
	www.spacedaily.com /2005/050926204306.gy11nuiq.html (410 words)

	NEWS FROM THE REGIONS: CANADA
		Canada's International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew and Environment Minister David Anderson on 5 February announced Canada's "Framework for Conducting Environmental Assessments of Trade Negotiations", which establishes the process and analytical requirements for conducting strategic environmental assessments (SEA) of trade agreements.
		Canadians taking part in a public consultation on Canada's participation in WTO services negotiations have cautioned against blanket liberalisation while others warned of the need to differentiate trade liberalisation and deregulation, and ensure that Canadian interests are fully protected, a report released on 7 February by Canadian International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew said.
		Canada's Ambassador to the WTO, Sergio Marchi, is currently overseeing negotiations in services as Chair of the WTO Council for Trade in Services.
	www.ictsd.org /html/weekly/story6.13-02-01.htm (590 words)

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