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Canadian scholars know by heart the exhortation to think globally and act locally. Fewer, however, are familiar with the expansion of scientific knowledge and state policy that made it possible to think of the world as a global system and act on those beliefs. This article explores this interplay of scientific expertise, state power, and environmental politics by analyzing the Science Council of Canada (scc)'s "conserver society" of the 1970s. My research reveals how the scc, a Crown corporation, became a key player in Canadian environmentalism when it used the oil crisis and the Trudeau government's rationalizing reforms as an excuse to pioneer alternative development and to help Canadians grapple with the challenge of long-term sustainability. The article asserts that state experts played a central role in the construction of early forms of sustainability. Their efforts also highlight the multifaceted character of sustainable development as it promised to catalyze national growth, social change, and scientific achievement even as it protected Canadians' ecological future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Market access for Canada's oil sands has been increasingly contested as proposals for new pipelines have become so controversial. This article develops a framework for political risk analysis and applies it to five pipeline proposals. The political risk to major infrastructure projects is a function of the number of institutional veto points; whether opposition groups have access to veto points; whether the project can take advantage of existing infrastructure; the salience of concentrated environmental risks; and the jurisdictional separation of risks and benefits. Each of the projects faces formidable political risks, but the risks vary in type and magnitude by project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We investigated the 5.3 percentage point increase in the prevalence of food insecurity in Canada between the National Population Health Survey of 1998-99 and the Canadian Community Health Survey of 2000-01. We found that the increase in food insecurity occurred disproportionately in households in the western provinces, particularly Alberta, and among homeowners rather than renters. Inter-provincial variation in heating cost inflation explained as much as 61 percent of the inter-provincial variation in food insecurity increases between 1998 and 2001. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Canada exhibits high per capita energy consumption. This paper examines energy use in Canada by region and sector, focusing on four sectors most relevant to civil engineering activities: residential, commercial–institutional, construction, and transportation. Environmental impacts associated with major energy sources including coal, petroleum products, natural gas and electricity are reviewed. The relationships between energy consumption and infrastructure design are analysed. Opportunities for reductions are identified in building design, water and waste-water systems, urban form, and transportation. Large improvements in commercial and residential energy efficiency can be achieved through the implementation of existing technologies in building upgrades, retrofits, and rebuilds. Increasing surface albedos and more extensive use of vegetative shading and consideration of the geometric properties of urban canyons and their microclimatic effects also allow for considerable energy savings. The incorporation of mixed-modal transit, walking and cycling paths, and community-scale design as elements of long-term transportation planning and the development of alternative transportation technologies have the potential to considerably reduce per capita energy use. The development and implementation of alternative energy supply technologies include energy recovery from waste-water treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]