POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Keystone Pipeline, Arctic Council, Omnibus Bill
Document Summary
Basic themes and concepts of environmental politics in canada. First substantive issue examined is the oil and energy politics. Other issues include biodiversity, toxic chemicals, garbage, urban sprawl, food security and artic politics. Constitution establishes two levels of government national & provincial: both have law making powers, taxation powers (*oil sands) One level cannot alter the other *national climate change legislation difficult to make policy. All canadians have an mp and a mla/mpp. **not all countries work this way*: usa and mexico are both federal states, uk and france are unitary states. The house makes laws, and the senate improves and passes those laws: all environmental laws, the house controls spending all spending on environment, budget bill can include riders that effect environment. Mps and senators sit on committees: environment and sustainability committee for example. Biodiversity: sara and the provinces (provinces that don"t have sara) Canadian environmental protection act: chemical management plan. Omnibus bills: navigable water protection act, fisheries act.
