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Released: 22 April, 2002
Three Members Appointed To The Canada Foundation For Sustainable Development Technology
OTTAWA — Today, the Honourable Herb Dhaliwal, Minister of Natural
Resources, and the Honourable David Anderson, Minister of the Environment, announced
the appointment of David Runnalls, Rita Mirwald and Carl F. Brothers as members
of the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology.
"These members are knowledgeable and well-respected in their fields and
I am confident they will make significant contributions to the Foundation,"
said Minister Dhaliwal, the Minister responsible for the Foundation. "The
Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology will play a leading
role in encouraging the development of new technologies to help Canada reduce
its greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years.
"With the government appointments now complete, these key individuals
are in a position to finalize the membership of the Foundation and make it fully
operational," said Minister Anderson. "We welcome the innovative work
the Foundation will be doing and the positive contributions that will result
from new sustainable development technologies that emerge. Projects funded under
this program will help further domestic and global success in addressing critical
environmental issues such as climate change and air quality."
Funding for the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology was
announced in the Government of Canada's 2000 budget. The initial amount of $100
million for the Foundation will foster partnerships between companies, universities,
private-sector research institutes and not-for-profit corporations. These partnerships
are expected to develop and demonstrate leading-edge technologies that will
achieve environmental benefits, particularly technologies that address climate
change and air-quality issues.
The Foundation is an arm's-length, not-for-profit corporation, which will have
a 15-person Board of Directors, including the chairperson, and 15 members.
The Foundation will prepare annual reports which the Minister of Natural Resources
will table in Parliament.
For more information, media may contact:
Heather Bala
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa
(613) 996-7252
Kelly Morgan
Press Secretary
Environment Canada
(819) 997-1441
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