If this fear was founded it would mean that Claude Ryan and Robert Bourassa, the Canadian Jewish Congress, le Rassemblement arabe de Montreal, the Quebec Board of Black Educators, the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers, the Provincial Association of Catholic Teachers, Alliance Quebec and the Gazette, among so many others, would be separatists simply having in common that they have endorsed the principle of linguistic school boards.

Question No. 621 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With regard to the planned reductions in departmental spending for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) announced in Budget 2012, for fiscal years 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015: (a) what is the total dollar amount of reductions for each of the program activities, specifically, (i) International Policy Advice and Integration, (ii) Diplomacy and Advocacy, (iii) International Commerce, (iv) Consular Services and Emergency Management, (v) Passport Canada, (vi) Governance, Strategic Direction and Common Service Delivery; (b) what are the total reductions for full-time equivalents (FTEs) for each of the program activities, specifically, (i) International Policy Advice and ...[+++]Integration, (ii) Diplomacy and Advocacy, (iii) International Commerce, (iv) Consular Services and Emergency Management, (v) Passport Canada, (vi) Governance, Strategic Direction and Common Service Delivery; (c) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor for the Extractive Sector; (d) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Afghanistan, Middle East and Maghreb, broken down by (i) Afghanistan Inter-Departmental Communications and Information Services Bureau, (ii) Director General, Afghanistan Task Force, (iii) Middle East and Maghreb Bureau; (e) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Americas, broken down by (i) Director General, Latin America and Caribbean, (ii) Hemispheric Policy Bureau, (iii) North American Platform Program, Executive Coordinator and Senior Advisor, (iv) North America Policy Bureau, (v) North America Programs and Operations Bureau, (vi) North American Leaders' Summit Division; (f) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, Eurasia and Africa, broken down by (i) Africa Bureau, Director Gen ...

What do the following organizations have in common: the Vancouver Board of Trade; the Canadian Nurses Association; the Canadian Institute of Planners; the Chinese Canadian National Council; the Town of Halton Hills, which is Mr. Chong's town; the Canadian Association for Business Economics; the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants; the Canada West Foundation; the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada; the Canadian Federation of Independent Business; the Canadian Labour ...[+++] Congress; Alberta Health Services; the United Way of Canada; the Canadian Jewish Congress; the Canadian Public Health Association; the Chamber of Commerce in Burlington, Ontario, which is Mr. Wallace's town; the Canadian Council on Social Development; the Canadian Economics Association; the Governments of Ontario, Manitoba, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island; the Government of Nunavut; the Canadian Medical Association; the Toronto Board of Trade; the Canadian Association of Midwives; the Corporation of the County of Simcoe; the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops; the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; the Royal Society of Canada; the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada; the Ukrainian Canadian Congress; the cities of Edmonton—which is Mr. Lake's town—Fredericton, Ottawa, Toronto, and Victoria?

Bilateral arrangements on linking the Community scheme with other trading schemes to form a common scheme or taking account of equivalent measures to avoid double regulation could constitute a step towards global agreement.

The European Commission set out its intention to combat the illegal logging and the associated trade in its Communication to the Council and the European Parliament on a global partnership for sustainable development [24] and in the 6th Community Environmental Action Plan. [25]

The Commission is therefore proposing an interregional association between the Union and Mercosur. 2. EU-Mercosur interregional association The long-term goal put forward by the Commission today is an EU-Mercosur interregional association founded on a balanced political, economic and trading partnership conducted in a spirit of solidarity, notably through the gradual establishment of a free-trade area for industrial products and services together with reciprocal and gradual liberalization of trade in agricultural products, taking account of the sensitivity of some products. Cooperation, political and otherwise, could be deepened at the ...[+++]same time. The objectives of association would be: - to foster interregional flows to the advantage of both partners and within the bounds of the Uruguay Round Final Act; - to promote strategic investment by firms; - to strengthen political cooperation at international level, in particular by seeking to reach joint positions in international forums on issues of mutual interest, including world peace and security; - to improve the efficiency of the Union's external activities by establishing a new framework for relations with partners of a similar nature. Though it is too early to state in detail the components of such an association, the main lines would be: - the gradual establishment of a free-trade area for industrial products and services and, taking account of the sensitivity of certain products, reciprocal and gradual liberalization of agricultural trade; - cooperation and dialogue on trade issues; - the liberalization of trade in services and capital; - joint financing instruments for regional projects; - cooperation on environmental issues and transport; - cooperation on science and technology; - cooperation on information, communications and culture; - interinstitutional cooperation; - political cooperation and coordination in international forums; - industrial cooperation; - cooperation regarding the informatio ...