Federal Legislative Jurisdiction - Answers 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 - Answers 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? - Answers Gave many important power to provinces
Concurrent powers: sharing control between provincial and federal levels of government
Canadian Constitution and the Environment - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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? - Answers Constitutional, government actions (administrative
law), ruling on civil action
Where does environmental policy come from? - Answers From the legislation form the House of
Commons and the senate (Parliament)
What does the Department of Fisheries and Oceans do? - Answers Administers fish and fish habitat,
protection, species at risk, marine planning and conservation
What does the department Natural Resources Canada do? - Answers 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? - Answers Program for climate change & clean air,
environmental stewardship of entertainment
Describe Québec's relationship with the federal government - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers Indigenous
people are big stakeholders and activists
What are the vehicles of policy change - Answers 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? - Answers 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? - Answers 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? - Answers Agenda setting
formulation
legitimization
implementation
evaluation
What are 3 forms of policy instruments or tools for compliance? - Answers 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
3. regulatory
ex: putting bands and limits on things to control behavior
What is the most effective policy instrument? - Answers
Describe environmental policy making in the territories vs the provinces - Answers Territories can make
their own environmental policy but only for land not owned by the federal government or not co
managed by the Inuit
Territories have:
- less land control, less power