OTTAWA, January 28,
2008 - Canada's Environment
Minister John Baird today announced the
appointment of Anthony Dale and Elizabeth
Brubaker to the National Round Table on
the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE).
These appointments are effective immediately.
"These appointees
bring with them a wealth of experience and
expertise that will complement the work
that the Round Table does," said Minister
Baird. "Their abilities make them ideal
choices to assist the Roundtable in its
work and help push the NRTEE agenda forward."
NRTEE is dedicated to
exploring new opportunities to integrate
environmental conservation and economic
development in order to sustain Canada's
prosperity and secure its future. Its mandate
has been enhanced to provide advice to the
Government on Turning the Corner: An Action
Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Air
Pollution.
NRTEE was created in
October, 1988, and its independent role
and mandate were enshrined in the National
Round Table on the Environment and Economy
Act. Its members are drawn from distinguished
leaders in business, labour, universities,
environmental organizations, Aboriginal
communities and municipalities.
Eric Richer
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of the Environment
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Biographies
Anthony Dale (Toronto)
Mr. Anthony John Dale was appointed Vice
President, Policy and Public Affairs for
the Ontario Hospital Association on January
13, 2006. In this capacity he has oversight
responsibility for Public Affairs, Policy
and Research, Legislative and Legal Affairs,
Regional Affairs and staff support for the
Hospital e-Health Council. He also serves
as Executive Lead for OHA Region 1. Mr.
Dale has been at the OHA since May 2004
when he joined the organization as Director
of Public Affairs and Member Communications
with responsibility for advocacy planning,
corporate communications planning, media
relations, government relations, issues
management, speechwriting and related activities.
From April 2001 to April
2004 Mr. Dale was a senior consultant at
a leading Canadian public affairs consulting
firm serving a wide variety of clients,
including several national and provincial
health care organizations. From 1995 to
2001 he served in a series of progressively
more senior staff positions in the Office
of the Minister of Labour, Office of the
Minister of Health and Long Term Care and
Office of the Premier of Ontario. Mr. Dale
holds a Master of Public Administration
and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in
political studies, both from Queen's University.
Elizabeth Brubaker (Toronto)
Ms. Elizabeth Brubaker is Executive Director
of Environment Probe, an environmental and
public policy research institute that is
committed to developing and promoting alternative
resource policies that are environmentally,
socially and economically sustainable.
Ms. Brubaker is the
author of several books, the most recent
being Greener Pastures: Decentralizing the
Regulation of Agricultural Pollution, published
by the University of Toronto's Centre for
Public Management in May 2007.
Ms. Brubaker has spoken
and written extensively on water. She has
also participated in a number of regulatory
hearings regarding water, including the
Demand-Supply Plan Hearing in the early
11000s (the environmental assessment of
Ontario Hydro's nuclear and hydroelectric
expansion plans) and the Walkerton Inquiry.
Ms. Brubaker is also
the author of Property Rights in the Defence
of Nature (Earthscan 1995), a book investigating
the extent to which the property rights
regime developed under the English common
law can serve as a force for environmental
protection. She has also worked on the establishment
of property rights in fisheries.
In addition, she has
contributed chapters to 13 books published
in four countries. She has written in the
popular press and has lectured in Canada,
the United States, France, Australia, and
China.
