Canada: Environmental protection is tied to health of economy

Montreal Gazette: In a speech last week to his Conservative caucus, Stephen Harper laid out four priorities for his government: citizenship, crime, the economy and families. Following this week's report to the House of Commons by Scott Vaughan, the federal commissioner of the environment and sustainable development, he would be well advised to add a fifth to that list: environmental regulation. Vaughan's report points out numerous weaknesses and confusions in federal environmental protection laws and monitoring...

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