60. Recalls, once again, the very tight margins available under heading 4, which do not allow the EU to react adequately to recurring and emerging crises and emergencies; points out that the increasing and unbearable discrepancy between this underfinanced heading and the Council's new political commitments on the world stage can only be addressed by a revision of the ceiling under the existing MFF;

60. Recalls, once again, the very tight margins available under heading 4, which do not allow the EU to react adequately to recurring and emerging crises and emergencies; points out that the increasing and unbearable discrepancy between this underfinanced heading and the Council's new political commitments on the world stage can only be addressed by a revision of the ceiling under the existing MFF ;

4. Stresses that margins available according to the financial programming published by the Commission in May 2009 for the budget years 2011 -2013 are very tight; emphasises that this will prevent the institutions from taking any new, meaningful political initiative in areas set as priorities by the newly appointed President of the Commission such as, for example and to name only a few, addressing climate change or the "EU 2020" strategy; emphasises, moreover, that, following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, a number of policies will be strengthened at EU level, which will require additional EU funding; therefore calls on the ...[+++] new Commission to publish, as soon as possible, a report on the functioning of the (IIA), as provided for in Declaration 1 thereof, together with an adjustment, a review and a revision of the current MFF 2007-13, including its prolongation until 2015/2016;

Mr. Speaker, in a time of economic uncertainty, in a time when Canadians are having to watch their pocketbooks closely and to manage their own household spending carefully, would the President of the Treasury Board tell the House what this Conservative government is doing to demonstrate leadership with respect to responsible spending practices and fiscal restraint?

It was a very interesting and very very close election.

Competition in that area, of providing services for northern Canada, is extremely severe and very healthy.