Sarkis Assadourian moved, That whereas the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade has decided to refer the issue of the linkage between human rights and trade to the Human Rights Sub-Committee for a full examination and report; And whereas I have proposed a resolution to the Committee concerning the sale of Candu reactors to Turkey; And whereas the issue of human rights is inextricably linked to the security and political stability of the region as a whole, particularly in relation to the historic mistreatment of minorities, in addition to the relationship between neighbours in the region - Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, ...[+++] Cyprus, Syria and Greece; And whereas all these issues are of direct concern to Canadians and to our friends and allies in the European Union and NATO and should be addressed in a coherent fashion in our foreign policy; Be it resolved that the motion for which I gave notice on Feb. 10 be tabled in order to permit the issue raised therein to be discussed as a part of the Sub-Committee's work and to be the subject matter of recommendations of the report to be prepared by the Sub-Committee.

In 1998, there was freezing rain in the Montreal region and part of the St. Lawrence Valley that caused considerable damage to electrical and telecommunications networks, disrupted the operations of a large number of businesses, and even led to some debts.

S. having regard to the serious repercussions of insecurity on the region's economy, in particular the mining and tourism sectors, on its development and on job creation; whereas the worsening security situation has resulted in the shelving of development projects under way in several countries in the sub-region, thus leaving many young people unemployed, whose vulnerability is likely to benefit terrorist or criminal groups;

S. having regard to the serious repercussions of insecurity on the region’s economy, in particular the mining and tourism sectors, on its development and on job creation; whereas the worsening security situation has resulted in the shelving of development projects under way in several countries in the sub-region, thus leaving many young people unemployed, whose vulnerability is likely to benefit terrorist or criminal groups;

Although on a lesser scale, just weeks later, a major storm in Carlisle – a town in my constituency – coupled with hurricane winds and high tides produced exceptional rainfall, leading to the overtoppling of defences and flooding of 3 000 homes and hundreds of businesses, drowning two elderly ladies in their beds and forcing thousands of people from their homes, some for many months.

Climate, which refers to a region’s average weather conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.), changes over time.