Paul Martin

Budget 2000

In his Budget Speach in February of 2000, Paul Martin, the Minister of Finance had these words to say:

"Finally, as we move to more fully integrate economic and environmental policy, we must come to grips with the fact that the current means of measuring progress are inadequate.

Therefore, we are announcing today that the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy and Environment Canada, in collaboration with Statistics Canada, will be provided funding over the next three years to develop a set of indicators to measure environmental performance in conjunction with economic performance.

In the years ahead, these environmental indicators could well have a greater impact on public policy than any other single measure we might introduce."