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The impact of climate change is becoming increasingly obvious around the world but different levels of the Canadian government are failing to respond cohesively. For example, the Harper government immediately cut several liberal-era environmental research programs and admitted that Canada has been moving away from Kyoto Protocol targets and that the Kyoto Protocol is not central to its idea of either good environmental or good energy policy. Meanwhile, a Quebec liberal government announced that it would introduce a carbon tax to reduce CO2 emissions by 10 million tons by 2012 while Canada's mayors introduced their own climate change initiatives, linking them to local infrastructure development. This second volume in the ISE series examines the reshaping of ISE policy in the context of multi-level governance and policy. Contributors examine climate change policy, innovation in the natural resources sector, the internet pharmacy trade, biotechnology policy and governance, provincial government renewable energy policies, the psychological and human nature connection with sustainable development policies, procurement policy and innovation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the commercialization of Canada's universities.

More than 20 public intellectuals provide their unique vision of Canada from the perspectives of the arts, sciences, economics, politics, and foreign relations. Contributors include Jacob Viner, F.R. Scott, Jean-Charles Falardeau, Harry Johnson, J.A. Corry, James Eayres, Kenneth Hare, Scott Gordon, Jane Jacobs, Maurice Strong, Mordecai Richler, John Hirsch, Guy Rocher, Charles Taylor, Stanley Roberts, Michael Kirby, John Meisel, Sylvia Ostry, Larkin Kerwin, Peter Lougheed, Mel Hurtig, Allan Gotlieb, Lise Bissonnette, and Bernard Ostry.

The project, conducted for the Commission by the Centre for Policy and Program Assessment of the School of Public Administration, Carleton University, examined reports by royal commissions, inquiries, parliamentary and legislative committees, and task forces, as well as commissioned studies. The focus was on reports that involved public input and that recommended changes in government policy relating to Aboriginal peoples.

The project, conducted for the Commission by the Centre for Policy and Program Assessment of the School of Public Administration, Carleton University, examined reports by royal commissions, inquiries, parliamentary and legislative committees, and task forces, as well as commissioned studies. The focus was on reports that involved public input and that recommended changes in government policy relating to Aboriginal peoples.

Concepts and issues underlying the establishment of public sector participation in mineral enterprises in Canada are examined. Also, the origins of the BC Northeast Coal Development Office, the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation, the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan and Novaco in Nova Scotia are reviewed.