RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BUDGET 2023 5 INSTITUTION! ALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE To advance environmental justice in Canada, the Green Budget Coalition recommends: • Funding the establishment of a permanent, high-level O!ce of Environmental Justice; and • Making a permanent, whole-of-government commitment to directing an appropriate proportion of the overall bene"ts from federal investments in climate. [...] Canada currently lacks coordinated capacity to ensure racialized and disadvantaged communities have the opportunity to enjoy the same level of environmental protection from environmental health hazards and access to environmental health bene"ts as other Canadians. [...] To bolster and support implementation of environmental justice requirements, the Government of Canada needs to invest in institutional capacity, as well as research and policy development, to ensure that all people in Canada bene"t from environmental protection. [...] Under the Biden administration, a January 2021 Executive Order51 on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,” directs government agencies to prioritize and advance environmental justice in multiple areas. [...] and provide the institutional capacity needed to: • Improve understanding of the burden of preventable environmental health hazards faced by racialized and/or disadvantaged communities; • Assess possible interventions; • Develop and coordinate implementation of a national strategy on environmental racism and environmental justice (as required by Bill C-266); • Champion e#orts to integrate environm.
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