 Departments of the Government of Canada | |
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| Environment | |
| Environnement | |
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| Minister | John Baird (Canadian politician) |
| Parliamentary Secretary | Mark Warawa |
| Established | 1971 |
| Responsibilities | Meteorological Service of Canada Parks Canada Canadian Ice Service Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Water Survey of Canada National Water Research Institute National Pollutant Release Inventory |
| Employees | ~6,000 [1] |
| Department Website | |
Environment Canada (EC), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act ( R. John Russell Baird, PC, MP (born May 26 1969 is a Canadian politician Mark Warawa (born May 7, 1950) is a Canadian politician Formerly a businessman and loss prevention officer as well as a city councillor in Abbotsford Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. S. , 1985, c. E-10 ), 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. A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of Government Public administration, sometimes led by a minister, but usually a senior The Canadian Government, formally Her Majesty's Government in Canada, is the Federal government of Canada.
Environment Canada is the lead department within the federal government when it comes to cleaning up hazardous waste and oil spills. For the fictional character see Oil Slick (Transformers. An oil spill is the release of a Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbon into The department is also responsible for meteorology as well as research and education on climate change, as well as international environmental issues (e. Meteorology (from Greek grc μετέωρος metéōros, "high in the sky" and grc -λογία -logia) is the Interdisciplinary Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences g. , Canada-USA air issues).
Responsibility for environmental management in Canada is a shared responsibility between the federal government and provincial/territorial governments. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For example, provincial governments have primary authority for permitting industrial waste discharges (e. g. , to the air) while the federal government is responsible for the management of toxic substances in the country (e. g. , benzene). Benzene, or benzol, is an organic Chemical compound and a known Carcinogen with the molecular formula C 6 H 6 Environment Canada provides stewardship of the Environmental Choice Program, which provides consumers with an eco-labelling for products manufactured within Canada or services that meet international label standards of (GEN) Global Ecolabelling Network. Environmental Choice Program was established by Environment Canada in 1988 with over 300 categories of products to help consumers identify services/products which are less harmful The Global Ecolabelling Network is a non-profit interest group composed of 26 eco-label organisations throughout the world
Environment Canada is currently (2005-present) undergoing a structural transformation to centralize authority and decision-making, and to standardize policy implementation.
John Baird is the current Minister of the Environment (2007-). John Russell Baird, PC, MP (born May 26 1969 is a Canadian politician The Minister of the Environment ( French: Ministre de l'Environnement) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible
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Division
Environment Canada is divided into several geographic regions:
- Atlantic (Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Quebec
- National Capital
- Ontario
- Prairie-Northern (Nunavut, NWT and Prairies)
- Pacific-Yukon (BC and Yukon)
The department has several organizations which carry out specific tasks:
- Meteorological Service of Canada (for weather forecasting)
- Weatheradio Canada, a national system of emergency weather broadcast transmitters
- Canadian Wildlife Service
- Parks Canada which manages the Canadian National Parks system. Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast: The Maritime provinces, called the Maritimes in local English (or the Canadian Maritimes by non-Canadians is a region of Eastern Canada Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The National Capital Region is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighboring city of Gatineau, Quebec Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Nunavut (ˈnuːnəvʊt ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory The Canadian Prairies is a region in western Canada, which may correspond to several different definitions natural or political Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC is a division of Environment Canada, which primarily provides public meteorological information and Weather forecasts Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location Weatheradio Canada is a Canadian radio network which broadcasts Weather information The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS (French Service canadien de la faune, SCF) is an agency of the Government of Canada, administered by the Parks Canada (French Parcs Canada) is a Government of Canada agency that is mandated to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canada's History 1885 - Banff National Park established Canada's first National Park
- Canadian Ice Service
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
- Water Survey of Canada
- National Water Research Institute
- National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)
Enforcement
Environment Canada Enforcement Branch is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and pollution provisions of the Fisheries Act and corresponding regulations. The Water Survey of Canada is a scientific branch of Canada 's Department of the Environment that is responsible for monitoring the nation's freshwater resources The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI is Canada 's legislated publicly-accessible inventory of Pollutants released (to air water and land disposed of
The Governor-in-Council appoints Enforcement Officers and pursuant to section 217(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, enforcement officers of Environment Canada have all the powers of peace officers. The Queen-in-Council (or during the reign of a male monarch King-in-Council) is the technical term of Constitutional law that refers to the exercise of Executive A law enforcement officer (also called peace officer) in North America, is any public-sector person charged with upholding the peace, mainly
More information: EC Enforcement Branch
Related legislation
- Canada National Parks Act
- Canada Water Act
- Canada Wildlife Act
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999)
- Department of the Environment Act
- Environment Week Act, Canadian
- International River Improvements Act
- Lac Seul Conservation Act
- Lake of the Woods Control Board Act
- Manganese-Based Fuel Additives Act
- Migratory Birds Convention Act
- National Wildlife Week Act
- Species at Risk Act (2002)
- Weather Modification Information Act
- Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Inter-provincial Trade Act
External links
- Environment Canada
- Meteorological Service of Canada
- Parks Canada
- Select programs and services of Environment Canada
- Related acts and regulations
- National Pollutant Release Inventory
- Press releases issued by Environment Canada for Ontario - entire archive
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