Traduction de «Société de développement de Terre-Neuve » (Français → Anglais) :

6. Is concerned that certain safeguards to guarantee the purposeful use of public finance are not always in place; in particular, notes that the goals of PPP are often defined in a very general way, while criteria for specific, measurable, attainable and timely objectives are usually absent; stresses that PPP should be a tool which rewards responsible behaviour by private firms; accordingly, deems that a strong regulatory framework should be put in place to ensure that these investments comply with human rights, social, environmental and transparency standards while ensuring that the private sector pays its fair share of taxes; points out also that a pro-poor development ex-ante i ...[+++]mpact assessment, ensuring the rights of the people, particularly access to land, water and basic social services, is needed for each PPP project that benefits from official development aid; stresses that measurable output indicators and monitoring as well as evaluation mechanisms need to be agreed upon in consultation with civil society during the preparatory phase of the projects and effectively implemented; highlights the importance of the formal consultative and scrutiny role for parliaments and civil society in order to ensure full transparency, legitimacy and accountability;

It's related to the Newfoundland and Labrador Development Corporation.

When I look at the next page in my book under “Transfers”, it states: “Internal reallocation of resources–Write-off of debts due to the Crown pertaining to loans made by the Newfoundland and Labrador Development Corporation”. There's a two-piece writeoff and then a balance to balance that.

25. Notes that various companies have already obtained hundreds of thousands of hectares of land in some developing countries for the production of biofuels for EU markets; calls for such land acquisition to be countered by introducing criteria with clear limits to the amount of permitted greenhouse gas emissions during the whole life cycle of the production of biofuels and criteria which make this kind of use of land suitable for food production disadvantageous;

4. Calls, furthermore, on Member States to include the issue of earthquakes in national and regional strategies for sustainable development and to establish national platforms for the discussion of earthquake risk management and civil protection based on integrated analyses of vulnerability, involving different institutional actors and the relevant partners in civil society;

Mr. Rob Anders (Calgary West, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of Human Resources Development was asked about the job buying fiasco at BPS Imaging in Newfoundland and he said he had not heard about it.