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Sustainable Development is a concept that came out of the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The report that followed was titled "Our Common Future", also known as the Brundtland Report, and defined sustainable development as "…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." In 1995, the Government of Canada adopted sustainable development principles and practices in its ‘Guide to Green Government’. Following this, Transport Canada and other Federal departments were required by amendments to the Auditor General Act to table a Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) in parliament every three years. The amendments to the Auditor General Act also created the position of the Commissioner of the Environmental and Sustainable Development. A key duty of the Commissioner is to monitor and report annually to Parliament on whether departments have met the objectives and implemented the plans set out in their sustainable development strategies. Transport Canada tabled its first strategy in December 1997, its second one in December 2001 and is currently preparing its 2004-06 strategy. For more information, see: |
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