2. Stresses that the European Union’s future industrial strength and importance lie in a Renaissance of Industry for a Sustainable Europe (RISE) strategy which pursues technological, business, financial, environmental and social innovation towards a third industrial revolution including an efficiency strategy that reindustrialises Europe, strengthens European industry as a whole and acts as a response to rising social challenges; argues that RISE can create new markets, inter alia for new and innovative products and services, business models and creative entrepreneurs and enterprises, new jobs and ...[+++]decent work, bringing an industrial renewal with economic dynamism, confidence and competitiveness; believes that one of the main priorities is to maintain strong manufacturing sectors and know-how and that open markets, the availability of energy and raw materials as well as innovation, energy and resource efficiency are key pillars of such a competitiveness strategy; notes that a reliable future-oriented infrastructure for transport, energy production and distribution as well as telecommunications are also of great importance;

2. Stresses that the European Union’s future industrial strength and importance lie in a Renaissance of Industry for a Sustainable Europe (RISE) strategy which pursues technological, business, financial, environmental and social innovation towards a third industrial revolution including an efficiency strategy that reindustrialises Europe, strengthens European industry as a whole and acts as a response to rising social challenges; argues that RISE can create new markets, inter alia for new and innovative products and services, business models and creative entrepreneurs and enterprises, new jobs and ...[+++]decent work, bringing an industrial renewal with economic dynamism, confidence and competitiveness; believes that one of the main priorities is to maintain strong manufacturing sectors and know-how and that open markets, the availability of energy and raw materials as well as innovation, energy and resource efficiency are key pillars of such a competitiveness strategy; notes that a reliable future-oriented infrastructure for transport, energy production and distribution as well as telecommunications are also of great importance;

5. Considers that given the shrinking productivity gap with emerging countries, the EU must work harder to increase its competitive advantage; that a new long term-strategy for a sustainable EU industry is a necessary component of the EU 2020 strategy; that it must focus on cutting-edge industries which can be competitive on the global stage and champion innovative technological solutions in, among others, areas ...[+++]such as energy provision and reducing carbon emissions; that it should achieve a fair shift in employment to a low-carbon economy, make knowledge and creativity the main resource of people, companies and regions, promote the social market economy, and actively support innovation, investment, vocational education, lifelong learning, transmission of knowledge and skills and quality job creation in new areas, particularly ensuring access for young people to these new areas; and that boosting the internalisation of EU companies and its SMEs in particular will also be key to strengthening our competitiveness and potential growth in a globalised world;

27. Recognises that trade too often leads to the overexploitation of eco-systems, particularly forests, in developing countries; urges industrialised countries to take responsibility for the widespread deforestation caused by international trade; emphasises the significant climate impact of deforestation and therefore the long-term economic value and importance of preserving forests intact; calls for serious EU efforts to establish reward mechanisms for 'avoided defores ...[+++]tation' in the international climate negotiations, along with other strong policy measures to promote responsible trade in natural resources; emphasises that policies on strengthened and sustainable forest management should be country-led and calls on the Commission to provide financial and technical assistance in this regard; stresses that assistance from the international community should take into account the opportunity costs of alternative uses of land, the costs of administering and enforcing protection and the challenges of managing the political transition as established interests are displaced; stresses that in order to avoid rural unemployment and rural-urban migration, complementary programmes to help identify new income sources are vital;

Our people came from all over: the Innu and Inuit inhabitants whose ancestors were there when European cities were still swamps; the settlers who came from England, Ireland, Scotland, the Channel Islands, Canada and Newfoundland to build new lives in the freedom of Labrador; the Metis, whose heritage goes back to the blending of these traditions centuries ago; and the skilled and energetic people who helped build the modern industrial Labrador in our interior resource towns.

We are a resource-based industry, heavily dependent on the railways to move our goods to domestic, U.S. and offshore markets.