Canada finally gets its own federal sustainability strategy

Is the strategy 70 plus pages of raw pollution-fighting muscle? No. Is it a weak and flabby pamphlet that will do for the environment what oil sands regulations are doing for ducks? No again.

Environment Minister Prentice introduced the new Federal Sustainable Development Strategy in the House early last month, a first for Canada. Agreed, SD strategies aren't the most politically-sexy issue in the world, but if done right the new policy will eventually have an impact on almost every a...

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