ENV320 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Federal Legislative Jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Trade, Navigation & Shipping;
Sea coast and Inland Fisheries;
Indians and Reserve Land;
International Treaties;
Defense and Foreign Relations
Public Property section 91(1a), 2
Fisheries, marine and freshwater 91(12)
Navigation and shipping 91(10)
Criminal law 91(27)
Indians, and lands reserved for the Indians 91(24)
Marine Pollution & Interprovincial Water Pollution
Boundary Waters and Migratory Birds
Provincial/Territorial Jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Most Natural Resources
(forestry, electrical energy), Wildlife, Land-sale of public lands
Municipal institutions in the province- Zoning, Development, Waste Management &
Recycling, Drinking Water and Wastewater
Property and Civil Rights- federal government is limited, provincial governments have a lot
of control
Provincial environmental policies- patchwork of 10 distinct provincial variants than a
national environmental policy
Regulate business and industrial activities and emissions from them
,What did the BNA do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Gave many important power to
provinces
Concurrent powers: sharing control between provincial and federal levels of government
Canadian Constitution and the Environment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Canadas
constitution doesn't list the environment as subject matter specifically assigned to one level of
government or the other
Some can be regulated by federal, some provincial, or both work together
Shared Federal and Provincial Jurisdiction over Environmental Issues - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Water: fishing, shipping, and navigation, rivers and lakes in the province,
oceans, drinking water, and waste water
Land: terrestrial protected areas, wildlife and species at risk, waste management, nuclear
activities
Air: industrial emissions, toxic substance, international air pollution, GHG and climate
change
David Suzuki - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Blue Dot campaign 2014
Right to a healthy environment, recognized by all levels of government and enshrined in
Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms
What kinds of things do the courts do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Constitutional,
government actions (administrative law), ruling on civil action
Where does environmental policy come from? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- From the
legislation form the House of Commons and the senate (Parliament)
What does the Department of Fisheries and Oceans do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Administers fish and fish habitat, protection, species at risk, marine planning and
conservation
,What does the department Natural Resources Canada do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Provides clean energy technology police, geoscience for sustainable development of natural
resources, & other initiatives on greening the company
What does the department Transport Canada do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Program for
climate change & clean air, environmental stewardship of entertainment
Describe Québec's relationship with the federal government - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Federal government is hesitant to intrude on Québec, separatist sentiment, made progressive
policies at provincial level
Relationship is different form the rest of the country and Québec rests federal initiatives
Describe the relationship between provinces and the federal government - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Provinces have their own policies for regulation of water (and natural
resources)
Provinces don't like any federal interference, rejects any kind of national policy
A lot of federal and provincial jurisdictional tensions
Describe the relationship between Indigenous peoples and federal government - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Indigenous people are big stakeholders and activists
What are the vehicles of policy change - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 5 primary factors :
1. the economy
2. politics and government structure
3. ideology
4. social movements
5. history
, What political parties best promote environmental issues? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Green Party; NDP; Liberal (left is more concerned with economy but not as much with the
environment; liberal is more concerned with regulation)
What do business groups lobby provincial and federal governments for concerning
environmental policy outcomes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- They want environmental
regulations to be business friendly
They claim environmental policies hasn't been based on science and hasn't been studied
enough
Suggest there will be job losses
Threats to move their businesses out of Canada
Regulation will cause negative economic impacts
What are the 5 stages of the policy process? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Agenda setting
formulation
legitimization
implementation
evaluation
What are 3 forms of policy instruments or tools for compliance? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
1. voluntary/outreach/education
ex: reducing bottled water consumption and providing the public with information about
water quality
2. economic
ex: carbon tax, getting the individual to reduce consumption
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Federal Legislative Jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Trade, Navigation & Shipping;
Sea coast and Inland Fisheries;
Indians and Reserve Land;
International Treaties;
Defense and Foreign Relations
Public Property section 91(1a), 2
Fisheries, marine and freshwater 91(12)
Navigation and shipping 91(10)
Criminal law 91(27)
Indians, and lands reserved for the Indians 91(24)
Marine Pollution & Interprovincial Water Pollution
Boundary Waters and Migratory Birds
Provincial/Territorial Jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Most Natural Resources
(forestry, electrical energy), Wildlife, Land-sale of public lands
Municipal institutions in the province- Zoning, Development, Waste Management &
Recycling, Drinking Water and Wastewater
Property and Civil Rights- federal government is limited, provincial governments have a lot
of control
Provincial environmental policies- patchwork of 10 distinct provincial variants than a
national environmental policy
Regulate business and industrial activities and emissions from them
,What did the BNA do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Gave many important power to
provinces
Concurrent powers: sharing control between provincial and federal levels of government
Canadian Constitution and the Environment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Canadas
constitution doesn't list the environment as subject matter specifically assigned to one level of
government or the other
Some can be regulated by federal, some provincial, or both work together
Shared Federal and Provincial Jurisdiction over Environmental Issues - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Water: fishing, shipping, and navigation, rivers and lakes in the province,
oceans, drinking water, and waste water
Land: terrestrial protected areas, wildlife and species at risk, waste management, nuclear
activities
Air: industrial emissions, toxic substance, international air pollution, GHG and climate
change
David Suzuki - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Blue Dot campaign 2014
Right to a healthy environment, recognized by all levels of government and enshrined in
Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms
What kinds of things do the courts do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Constitutional,
government actions (administrative law), ruling on civil action
Where does environmental policy come from? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- From the
legislation form the House of Commons and the senate (Parliament)
What does the Department of Fisheries and Oceans do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Administers fish and fish habitat, protection, species at risk, marine planning and
conservation
,What does the department Natural Resources Canada do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Provides clean energy technology police, geoscience for sustainable development of natural
resources, & other initiatives on greening the company
What does the department Transport Canada do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Program for
climate change & clean air, environmental stewardship of entertainment
Describe Québec's relationship with the federal government - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Federal government is hesitant to intrude on Québec, separatist sentiment, made progressive
policies at provincial level
Relationship is different form the rest of the country and Québec rests federal initiatives
Describe the relationship between provinces and the federal government - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Provinces have their own policies for regulation of water (and natural
resources)
Provinces don't like any federal interference, rejects any kind of national policy
A lot of federal and provincial jurisdictional tensions
Describe the relationship between Indigenous peoples and federal government - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Indigenous people are big stakeholders and activists
What are the vehicles of policy change - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 5 primary factors :
1. the economy
2. politics and government structure
3. ideology
4. social movements
5. history
, What political parties best promote environmental issues? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Green Party; NDP; Liberal (left is more concerned with economy but not as much with the
environment; liberal is more concerned with regulation)
What do business groups lobby provincial and federal governments for concerning
environmental policy outcomes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- They want environmental
regulations to be business friendly
They claim environmental policies hasn't been based on science and hasn't been studied
enough
Suggest there will be job losses
Threats to move their businesses out of Canada
Regulation will cause negative economic impacts
What are the 5 stages of the policy process? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Agenda setting
formulation
legitimization
implementation
evaluation
What are 3 forms of policy instruments or tools for compliance? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
1. voluntary/outreach/education
ex: reducing bottled water consumption and providing the public with information about
water quality
2. economic
ex: carbon tax, getting the individual to reduce consumption
