Building momentum : sustainable development in Canada = L'élan est donné : le développement durable au Canada.: E2-136/1997-PDF

"The purpose of this report is to identify and describe important trends in Canada over the last quarter century, which taken together provide a snapshot of Canada's progress toward sustainable development. … Details on issues and specific initiatives can be found in the list of selected readings at the end. This report is not a comprehensive scorecard. It is intended to illustrate how conditions in Canada have changed, to demonstrate how issues, priorities, thinking, and responses have evolved during a dynamic quarter century, and to highlight challenges that remain in our quest for a sustainable future"--Introduction, page 2 (1st group).

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada, issuing body.
Canada. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, issuing body.
Title Building momentum : sustainable development in Canada = L'élan est donné : le développement durable au Canada.
Variant title Élan est donné : le développement durable au Canada
Publication type Monograph
Language Bilingual-[English | French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Other formats Paper-[English | French]
Note(s) Co-published by: Environment Canada.
"Building Momentum: Sustainable Development in Canada is Canada's submission to the Fifth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, April 7 to 25, 1997."
Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references.
Issued also in print format.
Text in English and French on inverted pages.
Publishing information Ottawa, Canada : [Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade], 1997.
©1997
Description 1 online resource (18, 21 pages) : illustrations
Catalogue number
  • E2-136/1997-PDF
Subject terms Sustainable development -- Government policy -- Canada.
Sustainable development -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
Environmental policy -- Canada.
Environmental law -- Canada.
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