December 6th: SEI Seminar Series Event:
Serving The Public: Visit from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
This event is free and all are welcome! Please RSVP to tarob@yorku.ca.
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
Gord Miller will visit the faculty to talk about the newly released annual report titled, Serving the Public (2012/13), which will be followed by a Q & A session.
Gord Miller was first sworn in as the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario on January 31, 2000, to oversee the continued implementation of the Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) . As an independent officer appointed by the Legislative Assembly, Commissioner Miller oversees 14 ministries and monitors and reports annually on:
- Government compliance with the provisions of the EBR
- Government progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Activities in Ontario to reduce the use or make more efficient use of electricity, natural gas, propane, oil and transportation fuels.
In 2010 he was re-appointed to his third five-year term as Environmental Commissioner of Ontario.