Lincoln: It is our pleasure to present the Report of the National Task Force on Environment and Economy to you, as President of the Canadian Council of Resource and Environment Ministers. [...] Litho’d in Canada FOREWORD NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY The National Task Force on Envi- on Environment and Development, and Members of the Task Force share a ronment and Economy was established in particular, the special meeting of the common desire to improve upon exis- by the Canadian Council of Resource World Commission with members of ting processes which result in economic [...] Sustainable economic The political and economic struc- blems and of structural limitations in development does not require the tures of Canada and the world are our economic, sccial and political awakening to the need to make econo- systems. [...] Pricing mechanisms can be used to ensure that costs are equitably distributed, and can induce both public and private sector agencies to adopt 4 RECOMMENDATIONS To enhance understanding of the - Information generation and reporting 1.5 Greater resources must be linkages between the environment and systems such as state of the environ- dedicated to cooperative research and the economy, the Task For [...] Depending on the needs and Chairperson of each Round Table desires of each jurisdiction, the Round should be appointed by and report to Tables’ mandates might include over- the First Minister of the jurisdiction seeing and advising on major studies, in which it is formed.