OTTAWA – Strong environment laws and policies could foster growth for Canadian businesses in a rapidly expanding green economy, Environment Minister Peter Kent was told in an internal government memo obtained by Postmedia News.“The clean technology sector in Canada looks to governments to overcome existing barriers to allow it to realize its economic and environmental potential,” said the memo, sent by Kent’s former deputy minister, Paul Boothe, a few weeks before the last federal budget. “Environment Canada… leads the green growth (and green economy) file for the government of Canada and plays an important role in fostering clean technology innovation through well-designed environmental regulations and policies.”