Question No. 57 Hon. Wayne Easter: With respect to the June 2001 report entitled “Coastal Impacts of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise on Prince Edward Island”: (a) have there been any updates to the study since the release of the report in June 2001; (b) has the government conducted any separate studies since June 2001 on the impacts of climate change and rising sea-levels on Prince Edward Island; (c) what programs have been implemented to deal with rising sea levels affecting Prince Edward Island; and (d) what advice or assistance has been provided by the Government of Canada to the Government of Prince Edward Island to deal with th ...[+++]e impact of rising sea levels on the province?

3. || Specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (POSEI) Specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands. || Evaluation || Reports to the European Parliament and to the Council in the basis of Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 respectively - to evaluate the impact of specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (POSEI), and of specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands.

As regards Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (4), the waters around Mayotte, as a new outermost region, should be included within the scope of that Regulation and the use of purse-seines on tuna and tuna-like schools of fish inside the area within 24 miles from the baselines of the island should be prohibited, in order to preserve the shoals of large migratory fish in the vicinity of the island of Mayotte.

5 %, 5 %, 4 %, 3 % and 2 %, respectively of the value of marketed production in the outermost regions of the Community as referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty or in the smaller Aegean Islands as referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 of 18 September 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean Islands (32).

In order to mitigate the specific constraints and structural problems in farming and forestry activities and in adding value to agricultural and forestry products as a result of remoteness, insularity or distant location and of the dependency of the rural economy on a limited number of agricultural products, and to promote a robust rural development policy, specific provisions for certain rural development measures, as well as appropriate co-financing rates from the EAFRD should apply in the outermost regions referred to in the Treaty and the islands covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific meas ...[+++]ures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products (10).

If we consider the relocation of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island — and PEI is not a designated bilingual region — people from that region are telling us that the francophone community on PEI has greatly benefited.