Sustainable Development Strategy: A Sustainable Future In The Balance
Department of Justice
December 1997

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Ministers Message

Executive Summary

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Requirement for a Sustainable Development Strategy
1.2 The Meaning of Sustainable Development
1.3 Law and Sustainable Development

2.0 Sustainable Development and The Department of Justice

Objective 1: Enhance Departmental Capacity

Objective
Rationale
Actions

Objective 2: Improve The Department's Understanding Of The Linkages Between Sustainable Development And The Department's Legal and Policy Services

Objective
Rationale
Actions

Objective 3: Identify and Advise on The Legal Status And Significance Of The Federal Government's Sustainable Development Obligations

Objective
Rationale
Actions

Objective 4: Support Law Reform To Promote Sustainable Development

Objective
Rationale
Actions

Objective 5: Ensure Consistent And High Quality Legal Advice Related to Sustainable Development

Objective
Rationale Actions

Objective 6: Improve The Department's Physical Stewardship

Sub-Objective 6.1: Reduce Pollution and Waste
Sub-Objective 6.2: Reduce Resource Consumption
Sub-Objective 6.3: Implement An Environmental Management System

3.0 Performance Measures

Annexes

A: Departmental Profile

B: Consultations and Issue Scan

B-2: Participants and Contacts

C: International Sources of Environmental and Sustainable Development Law:
1992 Rio 'Earth Summit', Agenda 21 and Domestic Law Reform

D: Further Reading

Copyright Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1997

Catalogue No.: J2-146-1997
ISBN: 0-662-26382-0 (English)
ISBN: 0-662-82508-X (French)