Environmental Scan — June 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Foreword
	Acknowledgements
	Demographics
	Society
	Economy
	Politics & Governance
	Science & Technology
	Environment
	Policing & Security
	Appendix A — Legislative Overview
	Appendix B — Acronyms

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Summary

This section provides an update on how previously reported trends are evolving or taking new forms.

For example, globalization and interdependence continue to dominate - both globally and nationally.

The concept of intermesiticity - first reported in 2002 - takes on enhanced importance in 2003.

What’s new - international tensions around the stabilization of a new world order and the growing recognition of Canada’s diminishing influence.

In this section

• three dominant overarching governance trends - globalization; US dominated world; transformed international security environment
• two competing frameworks - multilateralism & coalitions of the willing - emerge around new world order
• EU positioning as a potential rival to US dominance
• blurring of private and public spheres of responsibility - ethics a driver of governance frameworks
• Canada’s role and influence in the world is diminished substantially
  management of the US relationship key governance lever

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