1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health-related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments and disease prevention and control, particularly on the impact of environmental factors on the bee colony immune system and their interactions with pathologies, on defining sustainable agricultural practices, on promoting non-chemical alternatives (i.e. preventative agronomic practices such as crop rotation and use of biological control) and on generally further encouraging Integrated Pest Management techniques and the development of veterinary me ...[+++]dical products for current EU honeybee-disease-causing agents, especially the Varroa destructor mite, as it is the main pathogenic agent and requires a greater variety of active substances to combat it, given its great ability to develop resistance and to combat endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases;

1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health-related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments and disease prevention and control, particularly on the impact of environmental factors on the bee colony immune system and their interactions with pathologies, on defining sustainable agricultural practices, on promoting non-chemical alternatives (i.e. preventative agronomic practices such as crop rotation and use of biological control) and on generally further encouraging Integrated Pest Management techniques and the development of veterinary me ...[+++]dical products for current EU honeybee-disease-causing agents, especially the Varroa destructor mite, as it is the main pathogenic agent and requires a greater variety of active substances to combat it, given its great ability to develop resistance and to combat endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases;

Chemical exposure test: the purpose of the test is to provide evidence that the container can withstand exposure to specified chemical substances.

[Text] Question No. 208 Mr. Loyola Hearn: With regard to the use of chemical agents by the Canadian military, were chemical agents tested by the Canadian military and, if so: (a) in what year(s); (b) which chemical agents were tested; (c) where were chemical agents tested; (d) were there different locations where chemical agents were stored and not tested; (e) were there chemical agents tested or stored at CFB Shilo and posted to CFB Petawawa and, if so, what type of tests were performed and how often; (f) what quantity of agents were stored at CFB Shilo and CFB Petawawa respectively and for how long; (g) were there ongoing shipmen ...[+++]ts of chemical agents from base to base; (h) were military personnel made aware when they were involved in the transport or storage of chemical agents; (i) was there a safety policy relative to chemical agents at the time of storage or testing; (j) how many times has the safety regulations protocol pertaining to chemical agents been amended since the 1960s; and (k) does the current policy differ greatly from military policies of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and, if so, in which way?

Hon. Bill Graham (Minister of National Defence, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, as agreed with the member of Parliament, the department has interpreted the original question on the order paper to read: With regard to the testing of agent orange/agent purple or other herbicides tested by the Canadian military, were such chemicals tested by the Canadian military at CFB Shilo and CFB Petawawa and, if so: (a) in what year(s); (b) which chemicals were tested; (c) where were these chemical tested; (d) were there different locations where these chemi ...[+++]cals were stored and not tested; (e) what type of tests were performed and how often; (f) what quantity of these chemicals were stored at CFB Shilo and CFB Petawawa respectively and for how long; (g) were there ongoing shipments of these chemicals between CFB Shilo and CFB Petawawa; (h) were military personnel made aware when they were involved in the transport or storage of these chemicals on or between these two bases; (i) was there a safety policy relative to these chemicals at the time of storage or testing; (j) how many times has the safety regulations protocol pertaining to chemicals been amended since the 1960s; and (k) does the current policy differ greatly from military policies of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and, if so, in which way?

We released a report a few months ago dealing with complaints concerning chemical agent testing during World War II. We recommended reasonable compensation for 3,500 veterans who were the subject of chemical warfare experiments involving mustard gas during World War II at military labs in Suffield and in Ottawa.