Traduction de «Water playground » (Anglais → Français) :

30. Believes that designation of zones, including drinking water catchment protection areas, with reduced or zero pesticide use and enhanced protection of the aquatic environment from pollution by pesticides are necessary in order to avoid unwanted exposure; considers that “buffer zones” of appropriate width taking account of the different agricultural, geographical and weather conditions should be established; considers that the use of pesticides should be prohibited in and around residential areas, public parks, sports grounds, school grounds and children’s playgrounds, as the C ...[+++]ommission has recognised that the risks to the general public from exposure to pesticides in such areas are high;

Hon. Gordon O'Connor (Minister of National Defence, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the answer is as follows: a) During its deployment in Afghanistan, between October 2001 and May 2006, the Canadian Forces have participated in 404 restoration or development projects. b) 332 projects are deemed completed. c) Approximately 72 projects are at various stages of completion. d) The nature of these projects includes: community water access; medical facility renovation; medical equipment provision; medical supplies provision; road construction; bridges construction; school construction; school supplies; fire hall construction; support to non-governm ...[+++]ental organizations; small business case development; widow training programs; water infrastructure; sanitation projects; provision of quality of life supplies; support to Afghan national security forces; support to orphanages; playground construction and renovation; miscellaneous. e) The Canadian Forces projects were centered in and around Kabul and Kandahar city areas. f) Though not all projects are surveyed on a regular basis to confirm their serviceability there is no evidence or reports of any of these projects being attacked by insurgents.

For first nation communities as a whole over the longer term, revenues generated from large-scale commercial and industrial development projects can be directed to upgrading road, water and sewer infrastructure as well as building playgrounds, schools and medical centres.

It is our playground. Many take their drinking water from that lake, but it is a lake whose health remains dangerously precarious.

7. Fully supports the recommendation for a ban on aerial spraying and the possibility to designate pesticide free zones, but urges the Commission also to propose a ban on the use in special protection zones such as for drinking water abstraction, on the use of pesticides in schools, playgrounds and parks in order to protect children, and in areas close to inhabited zones; calls on the Commission to present such proposals before the end of 2003;

Many of our parks were first national water playgrounds, a place for recreation.