Question No. 161 Mr. Mike Sullivan: With regard to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada funding in the riding of York South—Weston for the last five fiscal years: (a) what is the total amount of spending by (i) year, (ii) program; and (b) what is the amount of each spending item by (i) Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP), (ii) Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy, (iii) Aboriginal Skills and Training Strategic Investment Fund, (iv) Adult Learning Literacy and Essential Skills Program, (v) Apprenticeship Completion Grant, (vi) Apprenticeship Incentive Grant, (vii) Career Development Services Researc ...[+++]h (Employment Programs), (viii) Canada European Union Program for Cooperation in Higher Education, Training and Youth (International Academic Mobility Program), (ix) Canada Summer Jobs (Youth Employment Strategy Program), (x) Career Focus (Youth Employment Strategy Program), (xi) Children and Families (Social Development Partnerships Program), (xii) Contributions for Consultation and Partnership-Building and Canadian-Based Cooperative Activities (International Trade and Labour Program), (xiii) Disability Component (Social Development Partnerships Program), (xiv) Employment Programs Career Development Services Research, (xv) Enabling Accessibility Fund, (xvi) Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities, (xvii) Federal Public Service Youth Internship Program (Youth Employment Strategy Program), (xviii) Fire Prevention Grants, (xix) Fire Safety Organizations, (xx) Foreign Credential Recognition Program, (xxi) Homelessness Partnering Strategy, (xxii) International Academic Mobility Canada European Union Program for Cooperation in Higher Education, Training and Youth, (xxiii) International Academic Mobility North American Mobility in Higher Education, (xxiv) International Labour Institutions in which Canada Participates Grants (International Trade and Labour Program), (xxv) International Trade and Labour Program (ITLP) Contri ...

8. Takes the view that the tourism sector should contribute to the development of related regional industry, generating economic development and employment at regional level, and stresses the need for a horizontal approach to the sector in terms of Community policies and funds, for example via the creation of a specific Community programme, complementing the Member States’ actions, to promote the sector and encourage synergies between the various social and economic players involved;

136. Calls on the Council to do its utmost to implement the fundamental right to health as regards the treatment of pain and access to opioid analgesics, noting that the International Narcotics Control Board has asked the international community to promote the prescription of painkillers, on condition of stringent control by recognised international and national supervision agents, such as national governments and United Nations specialised agencies, especially in poor countries, as severe under-treatment is reported in more than 150 countries; calls on the Commission and the Council to work towards WHO membership being opened up to all ...[+++] States, as set out in Article 3 of its Constitution, thus enhancing the effectiveness and universality of WHO programmes;

43. Welcomes the initiative taken by the Bureau to establish guidelines for recruitment which take into account persons with disabilities including stagiaires and interim and/or temporary contract staff as stated in the Code of Good practice for Employment of People with Disabilities; welcomes also the initiative taken by the administration regarding the training programme in favour of disabled persons; is of the opinion that, in order to ease their insertion in Parliament's administration, the administration should consider appointing a "coordinator for disabled persons";

a. A single annual focal point should define disbursements; annual target investment areas should include reducing the employment gap between natives and immigrants; improving immigrant performance in education; advancing the education and employment prospects of women; language and introductory programmes; and enhancing political participation of immigrants;

10. Sets great store by prompt and full inclusion of the new Member States in existing EU programmes; points out in this connection that particular importance is attached to the exchanges of employees between administrations and to training measures to prepare the departments concerned for participation in the employment strategy;