24. Takes the view that EU development policy should respect both the interests of the EU and those of developing countries and considers that the reciprocal opening-up of the markets should not be achieved at the expense of economic stability in developing countries and requires equivalent supervisory and regulatory frameworks; asks the Commission, the Council and the European Investment Bank to make the provision of microcredit to SMEs and small-scale farmers a priority of development cooperation, thus fostering sustainable regional economic structures;

58. Takes the view that EU development policy should respect both the interests of the EU and those of developing countries and considers that the reciprocal opening-up of markets, which should not be achieved at the expense of economic stability in developing countries, requires equivalent supervisory and regulatory frameworks; asks the Commission, the Council and the EIB to make the provision of microcredit to SMEs and small-scale farmers a priority of development cooperation, thus fostering sustainable regional economic structures;

The Commission will consequently examine whether it should propose legislation setting out clearly the Member States' obligation not to discriminate, directly or indirectly, against nationals of the other Member States in the granting of legal aid or the partial or total exemption from costs or expenses.

The National Energy Board Act has no provision for the awarding of intervener funding or for the awarding of costs to landowners unlike provincial energy acts.

Private access should be introduced with safeguards such as leave from the Tribunal to make sure for cost awards and certainly . it should not provide for damages (4)

In the area of agricultural subsidies, if we were to negotiate a bilateral subsidy discipline with the United States, it would not solve the problem, because the Europeans could continue to subsidize their industries and drive us both out of international markets.