Julie Gelfand’s first report to Parliament in her role as Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development touches on a number of different areas, including the federal government’s actions related to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental monitoring of oil sands, and marine navigation in the Canadian Arctic. The commissioner’s findings underscore that the … Read more
In his Spring 2014 report tabled in Parliament, Auditor General Michael Ferguson examines a number of different areas, including public sector pension plans and the expansion of federal correctional facilities, which illustrate how important it is for government to consider both the long and short term perspectives in its planning. As some of these audits show, government … Read more
Auditor General of Canada, Michael Ferguson, has appointed Julie Gelfand as commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD), effective 24 March 2014. Gelfand previously held the positions of chief advisor at Rio Tinto Canada, and of vice president of Environment and Social Responsibility at the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC). In those … Read more
The 2013 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada is available online. Call 613-995-3708.
The Fall 2012 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development was tabled in the House of Commons. The commissioner is concerned that resource boom is outpacing environmental safeguards. Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Scott Vaughan said the report notes that the expected boom in natural resources development will bring environmental … Read more
The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Scott Vaughan tabled his spring 2012 report in the House of Commons. Vaughan said the “jobs vs. the environment” debate of the past is changing to reflect what businesses have actually experienced. Vaughan added that two decades ago, some feared that controlling pollution or protecting forests would … Read more
Auditor General of Canada Michael Ferguson tabled the 2012 spring report in the House of Commons. The report is available on the Auditor General's website.
In the "December 2011 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development" tabled in Parliament, the commissioner Scott Vaughan said that few organizations aside from the federal government have the capacity to carry out credible, long-term environmental research and monitoring at a national level. The federal government’s role in environmental science was one of … Read more
The Interim Auditor General of Canada John Wiersema tabled his 2011 Fall Report in the House of Commons. Wiersema said the government did a good job of monitoring progress and spending in three programs funded under the Economic Action Plan. The audit found that Infrastructure Canada, Industry Canada, and five regional development agencies collected information … Read more
The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Scott Vaughan released "The Commissioner's Perspective-October 2011 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development." The report said there are significant gaps in the information needed to understand and respond to the changing state of our environment. The Commissioner’s Perspective notes that due to a … Read more
