The Commission has carried out an analysis of the costs and benefits (see staff working paper for detail) which shows that the costs of abatement policies and competitiveness effects can be minimized if all sectors and greenhouse gases are included, participation in reducing emissions is broadened to include all major emitting countries, emissions trading and project based mechanisms are fully used, and if synergies with other policies are fully exploited (e.g. Lisbon Strategy, energy security policy, continuing reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, cohesion policy, and a ...[+++]ir quality policies).

Hon. Sharon Carstairs (Leader of the Government): Honourable senators, it is clear from its policy that the Government of Canada is extremely concerned about the employment of members of visible minorities and others that we have specifically targeted, such as Aboriginal people, who are highly underrepresented in our public service, and the handicapped, who are to an ever greater degree disadvantaged within our public service.

Whereas experience has shown that, with regard to most supplies of gold of more than a certain purity the application of a reverse charge mechanism can help to prevent tax fraud while at the same time alleviating the financing charge for the operation; whereas it is justified to allow Member States to use such mechanism; whereas for importation of gold Article 23 of the Sixth Directive allows, in a similar way, that tax is not paid at the moment of importation provided it is mentioned in the declaration pursuant to Article 22(4) of ...[+++]that Directive;

This study shows that visible minority lawyers earn substantially less than their white counterparts.

The African-American community in the United States is demonstrating what visible minorities can do to push the corporate community into greater inclusiveness.

While this episode points to a need to review both the size and the speed of access to the financing mechanisms, it is also understood that there can be no presumption that multilateral financing will be provided in every instance of local or regional financial crisis.