Traduction de «Politique de réforme de réglementation » (Français → Anglais) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 144 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With regard to the government’s policy on fully autonomous weapons and autonomous robotics systems: (a) has the Department of National Defense (DND) provided financing, logistical assistance, or any other means of support for the research and development of fully autonomous weapons; (b) has DND provided financing, logistical assistance, or any other means of support for the research and development of autonomous robotic systems; (c) has DND awarded any contracts to develop or contribute to the development of autonomous robotic systems, and, if so, (i) what is the value of each contract, (ii) what entity was awarded each contract, (iii) what were the objective, terms, and conditions o ...[+++]f each contract, (iv) what controls were put in place to prevent the future weaponization of this research; (d) has the government entered into any agreements with universities or research institutes in Canada to study or develop autonomous robotic systems, and, if so, for each respective agreement, (i) what is the value of the government’s contribution, (ii) with which entity was the agreement signed, (iii) what were the objective, terms, and conditions of the agreement, (iv) what controls were put in place to prevent the future weaponization of this research; (e) do DND or the Canadian Forces (CF) have written policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines on the use of robotics by DND or CF, and, if so, what are those policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines; (f) do DND or CF have written policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines on the use of fully autonomous weapons by DND or CFs, and, if so, what are those policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines; and (g) what steps has the government taken in applying Article 36 of Additional Protocol 1 of the Geneva Conventions (new weapons), in regard to funding, research, developing and testing of new weapons systems?

In the first phase, the government should issue policy statements endorsing the development of a national ICT adoption strategy as well as the implementation of a new regulatory framework, and take steps to reform the policy-making and regulatory institutions.

Under the European Neighbourhood Policy, a set of priorities are defined together by the European Union and the partner countries, to be incorporated in a series of jointly agreed Action Plans, covering a number of key areas for specific action, including political dialogue and reform, trade and economic reform, equitable social and economic development, justice and home affairs, energy, transport, information society, environment, research and innovation, the development of civil society and people-to-people contacts.

[English] Two first ministers meetings were held, and policy advice was provided to the Prime Minister and cabinet on a wide range of critical issues, including health care reform, aboriginal policy, smart regulations, the national security review, and the international policy statement.

The Lisbon European Council, the White Paper on Governance adopted in July 2001 [10] and the Better Regulation Action Plan to be presented shortly to the Commission, together represent a dynamic expression of political will to reform.

We are the only party that shares with the NDP a policy that supports electoral reform to some more proportionate system of representation and of parliamentary reform (1150) Ms. Alexa McDonough (Halifax, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the member for Calgary Southeast has had much to say and of course we have only moments in which to respond, so I will go directly to the heart of this issue, to what I think is this cynical and mischievous suggestion made by so many members of the House when they constantly confuse legitimate critique ...[+++] of American policy, whether it is foreign policy, social policy or whatever, with anti-Americanism.