It includes for example, research and development on cleaner vehicles, repair, maintenance and improvement works on existing infrastructure, developing new infrastructure and the implementation of the transport part of the action plans under Council Directive 96/62/EC of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management and Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, which ...[+++]may comprise measures to mitigate traffic-based noise and air pollution around large infrastructure and in agglomerations.

It includes, for example, research and development on cleaner vehicles and the implementation of the transport part of the action plans under Council Directive 96/62/EC of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management and Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise , which may comprise measures to mitigate traffic-based noise and air pollution around large infrastructu ...[+++]re and in agglomerations.

Question No. 244 Mrs. Irene Mathyssen: With respect to the development of an action plan to increase the equality of women across Canada, announced in the Budget 2008: (a) what is the time frame for the development of the action plan; (b) what department will be responsible for developing the action plan; (c) what monetary resources will be allocated to develop the action plan; (d) how many full-time equivalents will be allocated to develop the action plan; (e) will there be any public consultation on the development of the action plan; (f) what organizations have been consulted; (g) what o ...[+++]rganizations will be consulted; (h) will Canada's commitment under the 1995 Beijing Declaration serve as base for the action plan; (i) what mechanisms of accountability will be built into the action plan; and (j) will eliminating systemic discrimination against women be the main objective of the plan?

Hon. Josée Verner (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages and Minister for La Francophonie, CPC): Mr. Speaker, in response to a) Over the next year, the government will work on the development of an action plan. In response to b) Status of Women Canada will lead the development of the action plan, with other federal government departments and agencies.

The first thing required is clear-cut national ministerial leadership on mental health, which should be a non-negotiable issue: A leadership that is daring, innovative and which is attached to a budget, and not mere words; a leadership that would inspire provinces to jump on board; a leadership that would instill a home care program and a first point of entry into the system at the low-end cost rather than the upside-down way it is now; a leadership that would help foster the growth of client-run programs; a leadership that acknow ...[+++]ledges that the best way to fight stigma and discrimination is through first person accounts of recovery rather than third party interpretation.

- Development of tourism Both areas have particularly rich and varied resources in terms of natural scenery, historic monuments and culture (mountains, rivers and lakes, Romanesque churches, Cathar castles, etc.) near major "sources" of visitors in the major adjoining conurbations and the summer visitors to the Languedoc coast, and so both will undertake major projects to develop "quality" tourism with a strong value-added element.