Nowadays, the negative image that animal experimentation can have among the general public confirms the indisputable importance of this issue.

Using intelligent road signs for the automatic transmission of speed limits to passing vehicles is a relatively straightforward technology but it can mean a substantial increase in safety.

This Kyoto protocol contains measures in fields of jurisdiction that are truly effective in combating climate change, such as: strict regulations on manufacturing standards for all vehicles, with stiff penalties in cases of non-compliance that will be enforceable in the short term; elimination of the GST on the purchase of new cars that consume less than 6 litres of gasoline every 100 km, and incentives for efficient trucks; research and development grants for organizations working to combat climate change, such as the Centre d'expérimentation des véhicules électriques du Québec in Saint-Jérôme; creation of a tax deduction for public ...[+++]transit passes; and mandatory energy-efficiency labelling on all new and used vehicles sold in Canada.

Therefore, the Canadian navy is experimenting with and developing, for example, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, stealth buoys for surveillance along our coastlines, high-frequency surface wave radar to provide surface coverage to the bounds of the exclusive economic zone on the east and west coasts, and a stand-up of joint and interdepartmental marine security operations centres on both coasts to improve the capacity previously developed by our maritime operational centres.

The fact that in 1985 the UK Transport Research Laboratory produced an experimental vehicle with pedestrian protection based on an existing design and that a Japanese car actually on the market today meets over 70% of the EuroNCAP, cries out for a short negotiation period, which should not extend beyond the end of 2002.

You also said that the industry needed four things to weather the storm. First, short- term and low-interest loans, a package of distinct loans along the lines, proportionally, of the $25-billion U.S. program launched in Washington to assist automobile manufacturers so that they can start to build fuel-efficient vehicles, tax credits for scientific research and expenditures linked to experimental development to enable companies to have access to public funds even if they are not making a profit, and simplified regulations to make it e ...[+++]asier for SMEs to obtain aid.