Government of Canada
2002/34
March 26, 2002
NEW DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE CANADA FOUNDATION
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY
OTTAWA — Today, the Minister of Natural Resources,
the Honourable Herb Dhaliwal and the Minister of the Environment, the
Honourable David Anderson announced the appointment of the Chairperson
as well as the initial Directors and Members of the Canada Foundation
for Sustainable Development Technology.
"The Chairperson, Directors and Members have each made significant
contributions in their respective fields and will bring a wide range of
knowledge to the Board," said Minister Dhaliwal, the Minister responsible
for the Foundation. "I am confident that the Canada Foundation for
Sustainable Development Technology will play a pivotal role in the coming
years in helping Canada reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and improve
its air quality."
"Knowledge and innovation are the foundations for achieving sustainable
development and each of the new Members and Directors has proven capabilities
in this regard," said Minister Anderson. "The Government of
Canada is taking a long-term, systematic approach to sustainable development,
enabling us to address immediate problems, while at the same time ensuring
a sustainable environment for future generations. Forging partnerships,
such as those which the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development
Technology will encourage, is an important step in addressing climate
change and air-quality issues."
Funding for the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology
was announced in the Government of Canada's 2000 budget. The initial amount
of $100 million for the Foundation will foster partnerships between companies,
universities, private-sector research institutes and not-for-profit corporations
to develop and demonstrate leading-edge technologies that will achieve
environmental benefits, particularly technologies which address climate
change and air-quality issues.
The Foundation will be an arm's-length, not-for-profit corporation, consisting
of a 15-person Board of Directors, including the Chairperson, and 15 Members
of the Foundation. The Government of Canada appoints the Chairperson,
six of the Directors and seven Members of the Foundation.
Mr. James Stanford has been appointed as Chairperson for the Foundation.
The new Directors are T. M. (Mike) Apsey, Alain Caillé, Dr. David
Johnston, Dr. Jane E. Pagel, Dee Parkinson-Marcoux and Dr. Elizabeth Parr-Johnston.
The new Members are Chief Mary Louise Bernard, Dr. Indira V. Samarasekera,
Katherine Trumper and Judith A. Whittick.
The Government will appoint the three remaining Members shortly. Once
this is done, the seven government-appointed Members will appoint the
eight remaining Members. The 15 Members will then appoint the remaining
eight Directors.
The Foundation will prepare annual reports which the Minister of Natural
Resources will table in Parliament.
For more information, media may contact:
Heather Bala
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 996-7252
Kelly Morgan
Press Secretary
Environment Canada
(819) 997-1441
The following media backgrounder is also available:
- Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development
- Biographies
To find out more about these appointments or to learn more about what
the Government of Canada is doing on climate change, visit: http://climatechange.gc.ca
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