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The FTA between Canada and Peru covers goods and services with separate agreements on labour cooperation and the environment in parallel

Canada's aid for trade approach relies on two key strategies: its Sustainable Economic Growth Strategy and its Aid Effectiveness Agenda in the promotion of increasing environmental sustainability, among other themes

Several provincial taxes have been set in place, such as the carbon tax in British Columbia or the environment tax on Prince Edward Island

Canada has established import licensing requirements for a number of products based on, inter alia, stated environmental purposes

The Standards Council of Canada is the national accreditation body which accredits standards development organizations, testing and calibration laboratories, certification bodies, quality and environmental registration organizations, inspection bodies, personnel certification bodies, and auditor course providers and certifiers

Under the Novel Food Regulations, importers of fruits, vegetables, tubers, seed and grains, amongst others, that are derived from transgenic plants are subject to CFIA import requirements, while if the plant pest potential of a plant with novel traits has not yet been assessed by the CFIA, its import requires an import permit issued under the Plant Protection Regulations

The vast majority of export controls are maintained for, inter alia, environmental reasons and often pursuant to multilateral environmental agreements, or Canadian environmental and resource conservation programmes

Export development Canada's (EDC) trade finance and risk mitigation services address financing gaps where the private sector may not be able to fully respond to the needs of Canadian businesses by taking into consideration in the assessment of Canadian benefit the environmental impact among other things

The International Science and Technology Partnership Program funds up to 50% of the Canadian costs of bilateral joint research projects, including on environmentally beneficial practices, proposed by companies, universities, and other private-sector research and development institutes

Since 2006, green procurement has become a specific policy objective, and Ministers and PWGSC are required to integrate environmental performance considerations into their procurement processes