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Sustainability goals for Canada

GOAL 1:

Ensure that Canadians always have safe air to breathe while maintaining socio-economic activities that do not threaten global climate security.

GOAL 2:

Provide access to potable water and economical supplies of water for other purposes while maintaining the integrity of our aquatic ecosystems for other uses and species.

GOAL 3:

Ensure a sustainable system of food production, distribution, processing, consumption and recycling that promotes healthy diets and strong economies, at home and around the world.

GOAL 4:

Provide adequate shelter and a sense of community for all Canadians while conserving the natural habitat upon which people and all other species depend.

GOAL 5:

Ensure that people respect one another for their differences and human values and are able to reach their full potential without compromising similar opportunities for future generations.

GOAL 6:

Create a healthy environment and an affordable health care system that will improve the physical and mental well-being of all Canadians.

GOAL 7:

Develop a society in which people feel secure and safe in their homes, communities and workplaces.

GOAL 8:

Ensure levels of mobility and communication that support basic human needs without denying future generations similar opportunities.

GOAL 9:

Design closed loop systems of resource use that maintain the source and assimilative capacities of ecological systems.

From: Canadian Choices for Transitions to Sustainability. Ottawa : Projet de société. Final draft, May 1995. Chapter 1.

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