Traduction de «Alberta Combined Training Association » (Anglais → Français) :

6. Emphasises that the family is a cornerstone of our society and is inherently associated with the transmission of values and with cooperation in a spirit of solidarity; underlines that introducing flexible working hours and providing telework opportunities as well as extending child care and professionalising home help for the elderly represent an important step towards making it possible to combine work and family life and to enhance equal participation of women and men in the labour market and in education and ...[+++]training; regrets that the lack of adequate leave schemes, parental leave schemes and flexible working arrangements for both parents often hinders women from participating actively in the labour market or from working full time; considers that this also requires a change in corporate cultures with regard to the appointment and employment of women; calls therefore on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to prevent cuts in benefits or social services in the field of childcare, care of the elderly and vulnerable people due to the economic and financial crisis;

45. Emphasises that the family is a cornerstone of our society and is inherently associated with the transmission of values and with cooperation in a spirit of solidarity; underlines that introducing flexible working hours and providing teleworking opportunities, as well as extending child care and professionalising home help for the elderly, represent an important step towards making it possible to combine work and family life and to enhance equal participation of women and men in the labour market and in education and ...[+++]training; regrets the fact that the lack of adequate leave schemes, parental leave schemes and flexible working arrangements for both parents often prevents women from participating actively in the labour market or from working full time; considers that this also requires a change in corporate cultures with regard to the appointment and employment of women; calls therefore on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to prevent cuts in benefits or social services in the field of childcare, care of the elderly and vulnerable people as a result of the economic and financial crisis;

Philip Resnick, Professor, Political Science, University of British Columbia, supported the proposal as “less than perfect, but a step in the right direction” (3:28) While a Bundesrat-style “large/medium/small” province distribution would be ideal, the certainty of opposition from small provinces to seat reductions makes the distribution proposed be best available response to a significant problem: “The fact remains that British Columbia and Alberta, with their burgeoning populations and red-hot provincial economies, are grossly under-represented in a Senate whose regional composition dates back to the railway era” (brief, p. 4) C.E.S (N ...[+++]ed) Franks, Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University, also stressed the need for change, noting that both British Columbia and Alberta have a larger population than all of the Atlantic provinces, yet retain a combined total of only 12 seats compared to the 30 possessed by the Atlantic provinces (1:29) Andrew Heard, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Simon Fraser University, argued that the Senate has become “.a symbol of this institutional exclusion and under-representation,” and commended senators Murray and Austin for doing all Canadians a great service with their motion (3:39)

Philip Resnick, Professor, Political Science, University of British Columbia, supported the proposal as “less than perfect, but a step in the right direction” (3:28) While a Bundesrat-style “large/medium/small” province distribution would be ideal, the certainty of opposition from small provinces to seat reductions makes the distribution proposed be best available response to a significant problem: “The fact remains that British Columbia and Alberta, with their burgeoning populations and red-hot provincial economies, are grossly under-represented in a Senate whose regional composition dates back to the railway era” (brief, p. 4) C.E.S (N ...[+++]ed) Franks, Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University, also stressed the need for change, noting that both British Columbia and Alberta have a larger population than all of the Atlantic provinces, yet retain a combined total of only 12 seats compared to the 30 possessed by the Atlantic provinces (1:29) Andrew Heard, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Simon Fraser University, argued that the Senate has become “.a symbol of this institutional exclusion and under-representation,” and commended senators Murray and Austin for doing all Canadians a great service with their motion (3:39)

The second six months would be home stationed but some would be on training, and in the last six months out of that 18 months, two months or so, they would be distinctly away in the combined manoeuvre training centre out in Wainwright, Alberta, which the land component is building.

Philip Resnick, Professor, Political Science, University of British Columbia, supported the proposal as “less than perfect, but a step in the right direction” (3:28) While a Bundesrat-style “large/medium/small” province distribution would be ideal, the certainty of opposition from small provinces to seat reductions makes the distribution proposed be best available response to a significant problem: “The fact remains that British Columbia and Alberta, with their burgeoning populations and red-hot provincial economies, are grossly under-represented in a Senate whose regional composition dates back to the railway era” (brief, p. 4) C.E.S (N ...[+++]ed) Franks, Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University, also stressed the need for change, noting that both British Columbia and Alberta have a larger population than all of the Atlantic provinces, yet retain a combined total of only 12 seats compared to the 30 possessed by the Atlantic provinces (1:29) Andrew Heard, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Simon Fraser University, argued that the Senate has become “.a symbol of this institutional exclusion and under-representation,” and commended senators Murray and Austin for doing all Canadians a great service with their motion (3:39)