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Working Paper # 21 – A Renewed Framework for Government Accountability in the Area of Sustainable Development: Potential Role for a Canadian

By François Bregha, Resource Futures

In 1990, the NRTEE recommended to the Prime Minister that an independent Environmental Auditor or Commissioner be established to report to Parliament on the effectiveness of the measures being taken to integrate environmental considerations into policy making. The purpose of such public reporting would have been to assure the public that government departments were indeed implementing the measures needed to undertake environmental assessments of their policies. During the 1993 federal election campaign, the Liberal Party of Canada promised to appoint an Environmental Auditor General. This paper considers the structure and organization of such an office, including what its focus should be and what it should do.

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WorkingPaper # 21 - A Renewed Framework for Government Accountability in the Area of Sustainable Development: Potential Role for a Canadian Parliamentary Auditor/Commissioner for the Environment (January 1994) (4.42 Mb - 43 pages) Date: 1994