GEOG 2EI3 Lecture 5: Lecture 5- January 13th .docx
2 May 2012
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Federal: scott vaughn: appointed by the government, performs watchdog role. Figures out where money is coming from, flowing to and into. Figures out how the gov"t is performing within environment. Whether the gov"t is making sustainable choices or not: if not, goes to the house of commons and addresses this concern that the gov"t is not making sustainable choices. Provincial: gord miller plays a watchdog role as well but at the provincial level: determines how the provincial gov"t performs in terms of sustainability and whether they make sustainable choices. Administers environmental petitions: example: citizen petitioned against how many federal offices keep their lights always on. Audits federal gov"ts performance on environmental issues. Conclusion they drew from their study was that the gov"t has trouble and is struggling to enforce environmental protection regulations: difficult enforcing their own regulations, difficult to monitor their own regulations. They believe they don"t have enough information.
