Social performance task

By Aunnie

  • Boundary waters treaty

    Created the international joint commission which was established to prevent or resolve disputes and assist Canadian and American governments to share common water supplies most importantly the Great Lakes in an equitable and responsible way. The commissions primary responsibilities are the 1909 boundary waters treaty, the Great Lakes water quality agreement.

  • Great Lakes water quality agreement

    The Great Lakes water quality agreement amended in 1978 and 1987 this agreement between Canada and the U.S. Originally dealt with attempts to reduce eutrophication of the Great Lakes since then it has expanded to include toxic substances as well

  • Canada wildlife Act

    This act authorizes the acquisition of land by the federal government for the purpose of creating national wildlife areas refuges under protection from habitat disturbance and hunting. This act also allows for marine areas to be recognized and protected. By 1996 NWAs had been established protecting about 489332 hectares of habitat

  • Canadian Environmental Protection Act

    CEPA is an amalgam of several acts concerning environmental standards protection and penalties for violation it deals primary with regulation of pollution

  • The National Forest Strategy

    A laid out plan for completion of an ecological classification of forest lands completion of a network of protected areas representative of Canada's forests establishing forest inventories and developed of a system of national indicators of sustainable forest management

  • Canadian Environment Assment Stragey

    This act was passed to ensure that rigorous environment assement would be preformed for projects carried out by the federal government or crown corporations and that the assement would include public consultion

  • Bill C-65 Introduced

    This bill which would have been Canada's first law to protect endangered and threatened species did not pass concernes over the bill included a lack of provision for species on privet lands and the fact that the bill would have given the cabinet the ability to override the recommendations of COSEWIC allowing political issues to enter into species designation process

  • Canada Oceans Act

    This act recognized an exclusive economic zone which extends for 200 nautical miles off Canada's coasts encompassing almost five million square kilometres of ocean. With the EEZ Canada may enforce its rights and responsibilities over exploration of living and non living reasorces. The minister of fisheries and oceans may develope and implement initiatives to support sustanible development and manage marine resources. In addition the minister may establish marine protected areas and enforce them.

  • Report of the Panel on the Ecological Integrity of Canada's parks

    The panel findings were grim Canada's parks are under attack from threats whit him and outside their boundaries and their ecological integrity is severely compromised.

  • Species at Risk Act

    This act was killed when the election call was made in October 2000. The species at risk would not only directly protected species at risk but also their habitat. Responsibility of this act would of had fallen to the minster of fisheries and oceans for aquatic species the minster of heritage for species in national parks and environment Canada for all other species and habitats.