With a number of factors that seem to be aligning — a young and rapidly growing Aboriginal population, a growing land base, the proximity of many First Nations communities to natural resource projects and a vibrant visionary and entrepreneurial leadership in many communities — there is an opportunity to make a real and positive impact on the future for Aboriginal entrepreneurs, businesses and communities.

In the case of existing quarries and expanding settlements in the area concerned, the weight factor indicated in brackets shall be used.

Globalisation and the opening of markets in goods, services and capital have operated as unprecedented growth factors in Europe, but they have also facilitated an expansion of cross-border organised crime.

Only six upper-Thompson coho were caught. That's from the expansion factor they use—the presence of Thompson coho mixed in with the rest of the coho.

Considers that the reaction to the challenge of the information society is a political priority for the European Union that will help achieve the objectives of creating employment, improving the quality of life of citizens, increasing the competitiveness of the production system and increasing economic and social cohesion in the Union; 2. Considers that information and communication technologies are of major importance for the competitiveness of economic activities and that as a mobilizer of investment they will be an important factor in economic expansion; 3. Considers that it is the responsibility of enterprises to ensure and improve ...[+++] industrial competitiveness and of the public authorities to foster a competitive environment and to create an appropriate legal and regulatory framework; II 4. Considers that the development of the information society has a twofold effect on European industry: - it has a general influence on the competitiveness of industry as a user of infrastructure and information services; - it has a direct impact on the European information industry as the supplier of operators, producers of all kinds of content and providers of information services and on users; 5. Stresses that the content industry will have great importance for the future of the information society and that the information services industry must expand considerably; 6. Recognizes that the level of acceptance of the new services on the part of users is one of the decisive factors for effective development of the information society.

We talked about the EU expansion, but there is also the factor of NATO expansion.