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Environment Canada: Fisheries Act
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In response to a request by Aur Resources, Environment Canada added the two lakes to Schedule 2 of the MMER. Water bodies listed on Schedule 2 are thereby re-defined as tailings impoundment areas and are no longer considered to be lakes, and, therefore, are no longer protected under the Fisheries Act.
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As a federal agency, Environment Canada is responsible for every aspect of Canada's environment: land, water, air, and wildlife. Any actions for the Fraser River estuary must be consistent with policies established for the rest of Canada.
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Environment Canada (EC) has been monitoring the sanitary quality of shellfish growing waters on BC's southern coast since the early 1970's. It has an ongoing commitment to do so under the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP) jointly administered by EC, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The primary mandate of the Program is to protect public health by preventing exposure to contaminated shellfish through controlling recreational and commercial harvesting of bivalve shellfish. In accordance with the 1948 Bilateral Agreement between Canada and the US, the CSSP is audited by the US Food and Drug Administration and Canadian auditors. The Agreement is intended to control and improve sanitary practices found in the bivalve shellfish industries of both countries and enable transboundary marketing.
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Canada's environment commissioner, Ron Thompson, says a 10-year-old plan to introduce sustainable development strategies and "green" thinking into the government's daily work has failed. The commissioner's annual audit says that there's little evidence that the government has integrated environmental considerations when dealing with social and economic questions. The notion of "sustainability" arose from two statements of principle and a global agenda that emerged from the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Heads of state and senior officials from 179 nations agreed that while economic development cannot stop, it must unfold within the planet's ecological limits. Canadian civil servants were then expected to act on that conclusion, but Mr. Thompson concludes that the "ambition and fervour" shown at Rio have faded.
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The Board has ... signed memoranda of understanding with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and Environment Canada. Annual work plan projects are developed with each department and implemented under these memoranda. The Board is also involved in initiatives led by DFO related to marine protected areas (MPAs) and integrated management planning under the Oceans Act, such as the Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management plan (ESSIM).
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Canada's Environment Minister John Baird today announced in Montreal action taken by federal government to restrict level of phosphates in laundry and dishwasher detergents in order to reduce the growth of blue-green algae. The minister made the announcement along with the Honourable Michael Fortier, Minister of Public Works and Government Services. They were joined by the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks for Québec, Line Beauchamp.
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