Weak federal policies account for Canada’s poor environmental performance

If federal environmental policies were strengthened to that of Sweden and Norway, Canada's environmental ranking would move from almost dead last to first place.

That Canada has one of the poorest environmental performance records of any developed country is, sadly, no longer news. What is newsworthy is that it's not our cold climate or long geographic distances that lie behind Canada's poor environmental record, it's merely weak government policies.

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