Environment and sustainable development indicators for Canada

The indicator has nonetheless been recommended A comprehensive extension of the SNA to due to the importance of wetlands, provide a robust set of data covering each of the which support substantial economic activity and main types of capital will require years of effort. [...] Accordingly, the ESDI model informed public and decision makers regarding includes discrete indicators of some aspects of the use of the indicators and the value of a human and natural capital. [...] A primary purpose of the system of national The basic premise adopted by the National indicators and information systems presented here Round Table on the Environment and the is to remedy this asymmetry in the availability of Economy (NRTEE) in carrying out the ESDI information. [...] It excludes, for example, the The Minister of Finance instigated the ESDI benefits associated with the work of volunteers Initiative because of widespread agreement in and the services provided freely by the Canada and elsewhere that the national-level, environment (such as protection from ultraviolet macroeconomic indicators currently in use to radiation). [...] The NRTEE hopes that, by indicators such as the GDP by developing expressing the concern for intergenerational new indicators that would track some of the equity in terms of “capital,” it can provide a link additional factors that are of importance to to the economic issues that are the purview of Canadians.