21. Recognises that the public sector alone will not be able to provide all the financing needs required to expand energy access; points out, in this respect, the importance of private investors and market-oriented reforms in the energy sector; underlines, however, that increasing focus on the use of public-private partnerships and attracting funds from private financiers may adversely diminish the financial attractiveness of local renewable energy projects, since such projects are less ‘bankable’ than major, grid-connected projects, which often serve large industries; underlines, therefore, that the ultimate responsibility for ensuring ...[+++]access to universal services, especially affordable energy for poor and remote populations, remains that of the state;

The resolution is right when it says, albeit in the conditional, that ‘water is a shared resource of mankind and that access to water should constitute a fundamental and universal right’ and that ‘water is assumed as a public good and should be under public control’.

The charter would have enshrined the right of every senior living in Canada to the following: income security, through protected pensions and indexed public income support that provides a reasonable state of economic welfare; housing, through secure, accessible and affordable housing; wellness, through health promotion and preventive care; health care, through secure, public, accessible, universal health care, including primary care, dental care, home care, palliative care, geriatric care and pharmacare; self development, through ...[+++]lifelong access to affordable recreation, education and training; government services, through timely access to all federal government programs and services, including family reunification.

A multilateral trade regime that is stable, transparent and rules-based is a global public good that should be developed hand-in-hand with other public goods such as access to health and environmental protection.

We have agreed on the need for common rules and commitments, to ensure that economic policies take account of the requirements of basic social and human rights; on respect for the conventions on forced labour, child labour, trade union rights and collective bargaining, and on non-discrimination; on fair access to productive resources (especially land, credit and education); on universal availability of public assets and services designed to forestall the causes of poverty; on promoting equal opportunities for men and women - and full participation by women must be the great challenge facing us in the 21st century; on establishing ba ...[+++]sic instruments to ensure practical solidarity in the face of life's major hazards; on aid for social mobility through the acquisition of personal resources of education and health; and on receiving and integrating economic migrants.

Our public universal health care system maximizes the public benefits of those expenditures, increasing health and wellness of workers, ensuring universal coverage without costly employer premiums, increasing the attractiveness of Canada as a place to live and work, and providing peace of mind to all citizens that their health care needs and those of their families are covered.