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Transport Canada, like other federal departments, is required to prepare a
sustainable development strategy (SDS) every three years.
Transport Canada is pleased to announce that we have begun the preparations for
our 2007-2009 Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS).
The 2007-2009 Strategy provides an opportunity for Transport Canada to
demonstrate continued federal leadership in promoting sustainable
transportation. Sustainable transportation remains a departmental priority and
Transport Canada looks forward to advancing sustainable transportation
initiatives and to working with key partners where appropriate.
Transport Canada’s 2007-2009 SDS will be tabled in Parliament in December 2006.
While this Strategy will build on the 2004-2006 SDS, goals for the
2007-2009 Strategy are to streamline the process and to focus on a smaller
number of issues where the department can make a significant contribution. Three
themes at the heart of sustainable transportation have been selected to focus
our efforts: urban, freight and marine transportation.
The goal will be to present a results-based approach to achieving our long-term
vision for sustainable transportation. The SDS will identify specific actions
for the department to undertake to promote sustainable development within its
policies, programs and operations.
Our 2007-2009 SDS will also address key federal environmental and sustainable
development priorities, including clean air, clean water, clean land and climate
change.
In preparation for our 2007-2009 Strategy, Transport Canada engaged selected
experts and stakeholders to provide focused guidance in each of the three areas:
marine transportation, urban transportation and freight transportation.
This consultation process took place through a series of three expert workshops,
each specific to one of the three aforementioned themes. The purpose of the
workshops was to assist Transport Canada in defining the challenges and
identifying possible commitments for the 2007-2009 Sustainable Development
Strategy.
Within each workshop, a rich assortment of experts gave exceptional
presentations spanning a wide variety of topics according to each specific
theme. These presentations fueled a basis for discussion that allowed the
participants to actively discuss various opportunities, ideas, challenges and
commitments to consider for the 2007-2009 Strategy.
With the multitude of information gathered from these successful workshops,
Transport Canada is well equipped to move forward in the department’s process of
developing and finalizing clear, focused and achievable commitments and targets.
To this end, please find below links to all of the SDS workshop presentations as
well as the summary reports from each workshop. These presentations do not
necessarily reflect Transport Canada’s viewpoint but were used to provide
context and a starting point for the discussions. Please note that those
presentations in English are the original documents from the authors, and the
translations were provided by Transport Canada.
Current and Past Sustainable Development Strategies
On February 16, 2004, the department's third strategy
- Sustainable Development Strategy 2004-2006
was tabled in Parliament. This
third strategy brings more precision to the concept of
sustainability, and defines seven challenges and 32 specific commitments
for the next three years.
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In the second strategy, Transport Canada
adopted a set of sustainable development principles and made specific
commitments to action.
The first strategy provided a sound foundation
for integrating environmental considerations into the work of the
department. |
Related Sustainable Development Sites
Sustainable Development Information System
- The Government of Canada's SD Info site
Transport Canada's Environmental Management System
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Study on Corporate Social Responsibility:
Lessons Learned
For further information on Transport Canada's sustainable development
strategies, send a request to SDS@tc.gc.ca.
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