They've really wrestled with some of these important internal questions about whether they're sacrificing value in one area to preserve value in another.

To ensure the sustainable development of rural areas, it is necessary to focus on a limited number of core priorities relating to knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, to farm viability, to the competitiveness of all types of agriculture in all regions and promoting innovative farm technologies and the sustainable management of forests, to the organisation of the food chain, including the processing and marketing of agricultural products, to animal welfare, to risk management in agriculture, restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems that are related to agriculture and forestry, to the promotion ...[+++]of resource efficiency and the shift towards a low carbon economy in the agricultural, food and forestry sectors, and to promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction in and the economic development of rural areas.

5. With a view to restoring the soundness of its financial sector, Cyprus shall continue to implement the restructuring of the banking and cooperative credit-institution sectors, continue to strengthen supervision and regulation, also taking into account the role of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), and undertake a reform of the debt-restructuring framework, while safeguarding financial stability.

We have to come up with some solutions so that we can help mitigate the impact on the industry for the short term and look forward to the long term”.

In the light of experience it is necessary to change the regime for the fruit and vegetables sector in order to achieve the following objectives: improving the competitiveness and market orientation of the sector so as to contribute to achieving sustainable production that is competitive both on internal and external markets; reducing fluctuations in producers’ income resulting from crises on the market; increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables in the Community; and continuing the efforts made by the sector to maintain and protect the environment.

Ms. Lucie Gagnon: In light of the comments we have presented today as well as the elements included in our brief tabled in September, we ask members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage to maintain the main objectives of the Broadcasting Act to ensure that the legislation defends the interests of Canadians by keeping the commitments made to members of Canada's broadcasting system, mainly to support and promote the broadcasting of Canadian content and the expression of Canadian diversity; to maintain the current regulatory regime which prohibits ownership of Canadian media by foreign interests; to maintain the CRTC's role as a regulatory body, and more specifically, to assign it responsibility for safeguarding the place of non-pr ...[+++]ofit community media; to recognize, in the Broadcasting Act, the non-profit community-owned sector as a fundamental part of the broadcasting system; to ensure that the act safeguards and supports community broadcasting, which is embodied by all community-owned organizations in which the public is directly involved in management and programming decisions; to encourage the establishment of a fund for radio programming and support for showcasing future cultural talent with a view to giving the community sector an opportunity to effectively meet the aims of the Broadcasting Act; and to ensure the community sector has access to technology by setting aside frequencies and the use of part of all new regulated technologies.