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Toronto must be more competitive, says OECD

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09-Nov-2009

Toronto is home to 40% of the Canada’s business headquarters, the world’s seventh largest stock exchange, and it produces almost 20% of the national GDP.

GFSD Innovation, 2009 - OECD (2008), “Eco-Innovation Policies in Canada”

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29-May-2009

The report is part of a series of country profiles on eco-innovation policies developed for eight non-EU OECD members: Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Turkey and the US.

Modernising Canada’s agricultural policies

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05-Aug-2008

Peter Jarrett and Shuji Kobayakawa

The agricultural sector in Canada is relatively large, compared to those in most other G7 countries. In recent years, the federal and provincial governments have undertaken a number of sectoral reforms to meet the competitiveness and environmental challenges that it faces.

Achieving sustainability of the energy sector in Canada

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30-Jun-2008

Annabelle Mourougane

Energy represents a major sustainable development challenge for Canada. Eventually the main challenge will be to curb greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), despite the rapid expansion of high emitting sectors.

Environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990: Canada

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16-Jun-2008

This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD Countries since 1990 .

List of Canadian useful websites on agri-environmental issues

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16-Jun-2008

Canada website information

Economic survey of Canada 2008: Achieving long-term sustainability of the energy sector

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11-Jun-2008

Achieving sustainable exploitation of its plentiful energy sources is one of the key challenges Canada will face in the years to come. Indeed, the economy relies considerably on energy based activities whose development has been encouraged by government policies.

Water: an Under-Delivered Promise

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10-Jun-2008

In his speech delivered at the Conference of Montreal, Angel Gurría underlined that growing pressures from agriculture, energy production and industries were imperilling our water resources. He affirmed ...

Improving Co-ordination between Environmental and Health Policies: Final Report

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05-Mar-2007

The report provides evidence-based recommendations to improve policy co-ordination between environment and health. It incluses case studies on Canada, France and the United Kingdom to better understand the existing level of co-ordination between environmental and health policies.

Climate Change and the OECD

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09-Dec-2005

Kiyo Akasaka, OECD Deputy Secretary General

Mr. Akasaka outlined "Climate Change and the OECD" during the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change  (COP11) in Montréal on 9 December 2005.