Mr. Speaker, in the Speech from the Throne we learned that:
...building on recommendations of the National Roundtable on theEnvironment and the Economy, the Government will start incorporating keyindicators on clean water, clean air, and emissions reduction into its decisionmaking.
It should be noted that going back to the 1997 Liberal campaign red book, we find:
We will ask the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy to expand its work with stakeholdersand provincial governments to develop eco-efficiency indicators.
Subsequently, in the year 2000 Statistics Canada produced excellent indicators in a report entitled “EConnections 2000”.
Consequently, the government should be made aware of the fact that it is already in a position to use the key environmental indicators already developed by Statistics Canada for its policy development and decision making.