20. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to educate stakeholders in the requirements for keeping wild animal species in captivity, ensuring effective use of a species-specific enrichment programme that provides appropriate mental and physical stimulation, in order to improve the welfare of wild animals currently in captivity; calls for an urgent and thorough implementation of the Zoo Directive and for all enforcement personnel and zoo veterinarians to be appropriately trained and quali ...[+++]fied;

Second, that programs of education and training beyond secondary school be undertaken to ensure the quality of which rivals the best of those available elsewhere that collectively encompass all disciplines and levels of post-secondary study and that serve the many purposes of learning — for democratic citizenship, for personal development, for employment and for sheer enjoyment and enrichment ...[+++].

Hon. Peter MacKay (Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the response is as follows: a) All resale food services on Canadian Forces wings, bases and stations are administered and operated by Canadian Forces Exchange System, CANEX. There have been no RFPs issued to create franchise services. b) No RFPs were issued to create franchise services. c) Any tendering processes for resale activities are managed by CANEX, subject to the direction of the Minister of National Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff. d) Any resale activities are administered in accordance with Canadian Forces policy governing operation of personnel support programs ...[+++]. This policy can be found at: [http ...]

To that end we are putting a number of new programs in place: for example, a personal enhancement program that will increase the amount of reimbursement for educational courses from $5,000 up to $20,000, not just for officers but for all ranks of the Canadian forces.

I should like this programme to become a practical reality and for culture to be not only a factor of enrichment for our citizens, both in personal as well as in social and economic terms, but a right which it is our job to assert, and also the hallmark of rediscovered interaction within the Union.

In North America, the Perry programme provides enrichment courses for 3-4 year olds from low-income families plus weekly home visits by programme staff.