FA1-2/2014-1-0E-PDF ISBN 978-1-100-24976-6 ISSN 1495-0782 Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Canada Commissaire à l’environnement et au développement durable du Canada Office of the Auditor General of Canada • Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada To the Honourable Speakers of the House of Commons and the Senate: On behalf of the Auditor General of Canada, I have the [...] The recent breach of the tailings pond dam at the Mount Polley mine, the ongoing Giant Mine Remediation Project, the Sydney Tar Ponds cleanup, and the collapse of the northern cod fishery remind us that the social and economic costs of ineffective resource management can be substantial and long-lasting. [...] Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development—Fall 2014 3 THE COMMISSIONER’S PERSPECTIVE In 15 of the 47 preliminary environmental scans we reviewed, reasons provided for not conducting a detailed SEA were inconsistent with the criteria in the Cabinet Directive. [...] Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development—Fall 2014 5 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development—Fall 2014 Main Table of Contents The Commissioner’s Perspective Chapter 1 Mitigating Climate Change Chapter 2 Environmental Monitoring of Oil Sands Chapter 3 Marine Navigation in the Canadian Arctic Chapter 4 Implementation of the Canadian [...] Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development—Fall 2014 Chapter 1 5 MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE Observations and Recommendations Working to reduce emissions 1.12 In the 2012 Spring Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Chapter 2—Meeting Canada’s 2020 Climate Change Commitments, we noted several deficiencies.
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