To be successful, we require federal government support and recognition that this is a national and not just a regional issue, strategic investment and infrastructure and increased ability to market the gateway.

The directives given to the ministers of energy and the environment were as follows: climate change is an important global issue and Canada must do its part to address it; no region of the country should be asked to bear un unreasonable burden of action; understanding the impact of Kyoto and the costs benefits of implementation options is key; a process to examine consequences of Kyoto would be established in advance of ratification; the provinces and territories will be able to participate fully with the federal government in the management and implementation of the Kyoto protocol; and finally, the Energy and Environment Ministers ...[+++]would consider jointly appropriate courses of action.

Judicial training is a vital issue for the establishment of the European judicial area.

The third challenge: Europe attaches great importance to the prevention of long-term unemployment and therefore to implementing active policies combining early detection of problems experienced by jobseekers with provision of proper individual guidance.

8. NOTING the major technological and economic issues at stake in bringing into operation a satellite radionavigation system, REITERATES the strategic importance of the Galileo project and the need to take a decision on this matter by the end of 2000 and to complete preparations for that purpose; RECOMMENDS in that connection the establishment, for the development of that programme, of a single, tightly knit body, with clearly defined roles for the ESA and the Commission respectively, to take charge of it and be accountable to the Member States;

The development of this new source of energy will be expensive, but the stakes in terms of industry and energy measure up to the scale of the project.