Traduction de «Agricultural Equalization Fund » (Anglais → Français) :

Adjustments to projected statutory spending are provided for information purposes only and include: $1.1 billion to the Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Resource Revenue Fund from the Department of Natural Resources; $1 billion from Health Canada for individuals infected with the hepatitis C virus through the Canadian blood supply before 1986 and after 1990; $561 million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to help producers with the transition from the current business risk programming to the new Agri-Invest Program; $437 million in payments to the provinces under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act; $189 million for the ...[+++]Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Revenue Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments; $63 million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the disaster relief framework that provides a coordinated process for federal, provincial and territorial governments to respond to agricultural disasters; and $42 million to Human Resources and Skill Development Canada to support increases to the forecast of Canada Education Savings Grant payments, mainly due to the enhancements announced in the 2007 budget.

5. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to incorporate a specific article concerning equality between men and women and non-discrimination in Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (Article 8); considers, nevertheless, that steps should be taken to ensure that equality policy is incorporated and the result monitored in all legislation concerning the agricultural sector; recalls Parliament's resolution of 3 ...[+++] July 2003 on women in rural areas of the EU in the light of the mid-term review of the CAP, which proposed that a unit be set up within the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture with the task of incorporating the gender dimension into all relevant legislation and policies;

The larger statutory items in the supplementary estimates include: $420 million for contributions in support of business risk management programs under the agriculture policy framework, the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization Program; $172 million for payments to the Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Resource Revenue Fund; $110 million for the Newfoundland fiscal equalization offset payment; and $40 million to prepare for t ...[+++]he fortieth general election, to conclude the work of the 2006 general election and to pay a quarterly allowance to political parties.

As well, the budget provides for substantial assistance and funding for Aboriginal Canadians, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and protection of our precious natural environment, major investment in a wide variety of needed infrastructure projects, agricultural sector support, support for the Canadian Council for the Arts and one-time extra funding to the provinces in the sum of $255 million for equalization.

I welcome the participation of the candidate countries in the Convention’s work, for it will become quite clear to them from that debate that, as well as the need for good government and combating corruption and crime, as well as economic, judicial and social reform, as well as agricultural and fund distribution policies, there is another point on which the Union is not prepared to compromise: civil rights and equal opportunities, which must be non-negotiable preconditions for EU membership.

This will be followed by presentations on aid available under the various EU Structural Funds, including the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and, of course, the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) as well as under EU Initiatives and Programmes such as EQUAL and Leonardo de Vinci.