Information
Session - Halifax
Organized by the National Round Table on the Environment
and the Economy (NRTEE)
January 22, 2004
Casino Nova Scotia Hotel, 1919 Upper Water Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
AGENDA
| 8:30 |
Registration |
| 9:00 |
Welcome
Gene
Nyberg, Acting Executive Director and CEO, NRTEE
Greetings from the Halifax Regional Municipality,
Brad
Anguish, Director of Environmental Management
Services, Halifax Regional Municipality
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| 9:15 |
PART A: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
IN CANADIAN CITIES
Introduction
Gene
Nyberg, Acting Executive Director and CEO, NRTEE
Presentation of NRTEE State of the Debate Report, "Environmental
Quality in Canadian Cities: The Federal Role"
Edwin Aquilina, NRTEE Member and Special Advisor to
the Mayor of Ottawa
Local Perspectives (Panel):
John Charles,
Open Space Planner, Halifax Regional Municipality
David Nantes,
Vice President, Annapolis Group Inc. Land Developers
Prof. Frank Palermo,
Faculty of Architecture and Planning, and Director of
the Cities and Environment Unit, Dalhousie University
Questions and Answers/Discussion |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10.45 |
PART B: BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT
IN CANADA
Introduction
Bill
Borland, NRTEE Member and Director, Environmental
Affairs, JD Irving Limited
Presentation of the NRTEE Report, "Cleaning
up the Past, Building the Future: A National Brownfield
Redevelopment Strategy for Canada"
Angus
Ross, Chair, NRTEE Task Force on Brownfield
Redevelopment, and Chairman, L&A Concepts
Local Perspectives (Panel):
Michael Sprague,
Director, Remediation Branch, New Brunswick Department
of Environment and Local Government, and Co-Chair Program
Development Group, Atlantic Partnership in RBCA Implementation
(PIRI)
David O'Carroll,
P.Eng., Associate Site Remediation Specialist, Imperial
Oil Ltd. (representing the Canadian Petroleum Products
Institute)
Questions and Answers/Discussion |
| 12:20 |
Review and Wrap Up |
| 12:30 |
Session Adjourns |
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