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Environmental Science Policy 3 (2000) 201–211 www.elsevier.nllocateenvsci Sustainable development policies in Canada’s mining sector: an overview of government and industry efforts Gavin Hilson Institute for Enironmental Studies, Uniersity of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Suite 1016, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3E8 Abstract This paper provides an overview of mining sustainable development policy-making in Canada. In addition to documenting the important efforts made by the Canadian government, some of the more recent initiatives undertaken by the Canadian mining industry are highlighted. Following years of sustainable development research and careful planning, the Canadian government finally drafted the national Minerals and Metals Policy of the Goernment of Canada: Partnerships for Sustainable Deelopment (1996), which sets out the Canadian government’s role, objectives, and strategies in areas of jurisdiction for making the concept of sustainable development operational in its mining industry, and seeks to create a legacy that Canadians can pass to future generations. Since its implementation, the primary response of both national mining organizations and selected Canadian mining companies to the challenge of sustainable development has been improved planning, and the development of policies that address key environmental and socioeconomic issues and which build upon the principles addressed in the Minerals and Metals Policy of the Goernment of Canada. It is concluded that most of the attempts made thus far by both the government and the mining industry to address mining sustai