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Sustainable Building Topics => Sustainable Planning & Development => Topic started by: gawnd on October 31, 2007, 08:21:56 PM



Title: Sustainable Development in Canada
Post by: gawnd on October 31, 2007, 08:21:56 PM
Canadian Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Ron Thompson reported to parliament Tuesday that Canadian government based sustainable development programs are failing.

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"The strategies are a major disappointment. We have found little evidence that the strategies have encouraged departments to integrate protection of the environment with economic and social issues in a substantive or meaningful way."

Full Story: Canadian Sustainable Development Initiatives Ineffective (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=6b257ebf-8752-4fc8-9e16-d45726756e9c)