Traduction de «Taux intrinsèque d'accroisse- ment naturel » (Français → Anglais) :

Welcomes the Commission communication of February 2016 on an EU strategy on heating and cooling, but highlights the lack of progress and low targets set for renewable use in heating and cooling, in particular in buildings; stresses the great potential for continued progress in renewable use in heating and cooling; notes that the heating and cooling sector accounts for half the EU’s final energy consumption and therefore plays a key role in achieving the EU objectives on climate and renewable energy resources; recognises the benefits of increasing renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector; stresses the increased flexibility of thermal infrastructure and storage in facilitating the integration of variable renewable sources by sto ...[+++]ring energy in the form of heat, offering excellent returns on investment and providing opportunities for enhancing quality local employment; calls on the Commission to bridge the regulatory gaps in the post-2020 renewables legislative package; reiterates that efforts in the heating and cooling sector hold great potential for increased energy security (given that 61 % of gas imported into the European Union is used in buildings, mainly for heating purposes), for example through the development of district heating/cooling networks, which are an efficient means of integrating sustainable heat into cities on a large scale, since they can simultaneously deliver heat derived from a range of sources and are not inherently dependent on any one source.

At the same time, business and consumer confidence remains high, thanks to the low interest rates and an inflation rate that remains in a 1% to 3% target range. We have kind of a happy situation with low interest rates, a fairly robust dollar, which has pluses and minuses to it, and we have an inflation rate that is well within the acceptable range of 1% to 3%.

The Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector are confronted with such issues as societal change, global population growth, an ageing farming population, access to limited natural resources, climate change, and economic issues related to grain prices, exchange rate and increasing competition at the international level.

With economic action plan 2014, the government continues to support families and communities by keeping taxes low, putting consumers first, protecting Canadians' health and safety, and making communities more resilient in the face of natural disasters.

To help correct this unfortunate situation, MAC recommends that the federal government accelerate the reduction of the corporate income tax rate on resource income from 28% to 21% over the period 2003 to 2007; that you announce a reduction in the general corporate income tax rate to 17% by the end of the decade and immediately initiate consultations with the provinces and territories to offset the increase in revenues created by the new federal tax structure; that you increase the exploration tax credit from 10% to 20%, ensuring that it is no lower than what is currently provided for expenditures on qualified scientific research and de ...[+++]velopment; and that you modernize the Income Tax Act definition of Canadian exploration expense to include current expenditures incurred.

RETURNS AND REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), the following papers, having been deposited with the Clerk of the House, were laid upon the Table: By Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources) Statement of Operations on the Canadian Ownership Account for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1994, pursuant to subsection 71(5) of the Energy Administration Act, Chapter E-6, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985.