(Return tabled) Question No. 611 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the government’s plans for resource development, as described in the section entitled “Responsible Resource Development” in Chapter 3.2 of Budget 2012: (a) what are all examples of federal environmental laws that are stronger than provincial laws and how will the proposed legislative changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) affect the assessment of environmental impacts of industrial projects that cross provincial borders; (b) what research, action, or investment has the government undertaken to study impacts of the proposed legislative changes to the ...[+++] CEAA on (i) regulatory decision-making, (ii) risk of project-specific and cumulative environmental impacts, (iii) risk mitigation by developers, (iv) Canada’s reputation; (c) what briefing notes, memos, or any other documentation, including, for each, the details of its findings and recommendations, have been provided to the Prime Minister, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of the Environment, their respective Parliamentary Secretaries, their respective Deputy Ministers, and their respective staff members, regarding impacts of the proposed legislative changes to the CEAA on (i) regulatory decision-making, (ii) risk of project-specific and cumulative environmental impacts, (iii) mitigation by developers, (iv) Canada’s reputation; (d) will the proposed legislative changes to the CEAA give any consideration to (i) measuring negative impacts of development, (ii) managing negative impacts of development; (e) by what date will the government bring forth new “legislation to streamline the review process for major economic projects” (Budget 2012, p. 89); (f) what are the projected costs of changes to the CEAA for each province and territory; (g) what assessments of the adequacy of the environmental assessment process in each province and territory have been conducted, (i) what were the dates of any such assessments, (ii) what wer ...

(Return tabled) Question No. 486 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With respect to financial assistance issued by Export Development Canada (EDC): (a) for the fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, what is the total value of general corporate purpose loans; (b) what is the due diligence procedure regarding general corporate purposes loans; (c) what standards are used to assess the potential adverse environmental, social and human rights impacts associated with corporate activities that are funded through general corporate purpose loans; (d) what sources of information are used in order to assess the compliance standards referenced in subquestion ...[+++](c); (e) what is EDC’s process for monitoring ongoing compliance by its clients with the standards referenced in subquestion (c), and what steps are taken in the event of non-compliance; (f) for all debt relief initiatives designed to reduce sovereign debt for each of the fiscal years from 1999-2000 to 2010-2011, (i) how many payments were received from the Government of Canada, (ii) what is the amount of payment, (iii) what countries received debt relief; (g) what is the total value of loans, lines of credit, guarantees and insurance provided by EDC to companies incorporated in tax havens as defined by the OECD in 2009, 2010 and 2011; (h) for all loans, lines of credit, guarantees and insurance to companies for exploration, extraction, transportation and processing of oil, gas and coal, for the fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, (i) what is the name of the client for each transaction, (ii) what is the value of each transaction, (iii) what is the country of operation for each transaction; and (i) for all credit facilities and loans to Talisman Energy Inc. since 2006, (i) what is the dollar amount of each transaction, (ii) what is the description of each transaction, (iii) what is the country of investment for each transaction, (iv) are any applications currently being assessed?

However, rather than providing for general exceptions and derogations for such enterprises, which might imply that they or their products are second-rate or sub-quality and which might result in a complex legal situation for the national market surveillance authorities to supervise, Community legislation should provide for the situation of such enterprises to be taken into account in setting the rules for the selection and implementation of the most appropriate conformity assessment procedures and concerning the obligations placed on ...[+++]conformity assessment bodies to operate in a proportionate manner in relation to the size of undertakings and to the small serial or non-serial nature of the production concerned.

4. If the acquirer of any holding referred to in paragraph 3 is an investment firm, a credit institution, an insurance undertaking or a UCITS management company authorised in another Member State, or the parent undertaking of an investment firm, credit institution, insurance undertaking or a UCITS management company authorised in another Member State, or a person controlling an investment firm, credit institution, insurance undertaking or a UCITS management company authorised in another Member State, and if, as a result of that acquisition, the undertaking would become the acquirer's subsidiary or come under his control, the assessment of the acquisition shall be subject to the prior consultation ...[+++] provided for in Article 60.

The objectives of the programme, adopted as from 1 July 1993 and extending until 31 December 1996, are as follows: I. INTENSIFYING THE PRIORITY MEASURES FOR ENTERPRISE POLICY IN ORDER TO STIMULATE GROWTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY A. Improvement of the administrative and legal environment of enterprises inter alia in the area of indirect taxation in order to alleviate the burdens on SMEs arising from Community legislation B. Better access to Community information for enterprises C. Improving the business-partner-search network D. Continued development of instruments permitting direct contact between entrepreneurs and aimed at promoting transn ...[+++]ational subcontracting E. Ensuring full consideration of the interests of SMEs in the various Community initiatives and policies II. ENSURING THE CONTINUITY AND CONSOLIDATION OF ENTERPRISE POLICY IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE EUROPEANIZATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION OF ENTERPRISES, ESPECIALLY SMEs, A. Encouraging SMEs, including craft-industry enterprises, to adapt to structural changes and to changes brought about by the internal market, in particular through information, exchange of experiences and transnational co-operation activities B. Promoting a better financial environment for enterprises C. Promoting better observation of the economic development of enterprises as part of the dynamic of effective implementation of the internal market D. Evaluation and development of enterprise policy. In order to achieve these objectives and insofar as they cannot be better achieved by the Member States, the Commission, assisted by a Committee composed of representatives of the Member States, will implement such measures as need be taken at Community level, allowing for the findings of any evaluation reports.

THE COUNCIL CALLS UPON THE COMMISSION 1. to facilitate industrial cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe by supporting the development of a climate and a regulatory framework favourable to enterprises and to inter- enterprise agreements; to that end, and in order to overcome barriers to industrial cooperation and to greater integration in the European economy, the following are deemed priorities: (a) increased support for those countries to improve the framework conditions for investment, and in particular transparency and legal security for investors, and the alignment of investment protection rules on those obtai ...[+++]ning within the Community; (b) technical assistance for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to take over the acquis communautaire on competition, which is a necessary condition for setting up an internal market and developing trade and industrial investment; (c) increased technical assistance to bring standards and conformity evaluation procedures into line with those in force within the Community, including environmental protection standards, in particular by encouraging the CCEE to join the relevant international standardization organizations; (d) a significant increase in the organization of round tables between Community and East European industrialists on technological and market trends to boost the development of industrial cooperation; (e) a special effort to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation, particularly in terms of the information society and to improve links between research and industrial development in those countries; 2. to promote cooperation between industrial operators by means of flanking and support measures for the implementation of projects, namely: (a) development of management training initiatives carried out in particular by Community industrial operators, notably for East European company executives; (b) increased support for feasibility and profitability studies of specific pr ...