Translation of "Flex Housing Homes that Adapt to Life Changes " (English → French) :

That, in the opinion of this House, this government has lacked a commitment to principled environmental policy backed by action which is urgently needed to address the climate change crisis, and it is the further opinion of this House that the government has consistently ignored the legislative and regulatory powers at its disposal that allow the government to take immediate and decisive action to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve meaningful and science-based reduction targets, and therefore the House calls upon the government to: (a) use the legislative, regulatory and fiscal authorities already available to t ...[+++]he Government of Canada to put in place immediately a national climate change plan that implements economy-wide regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, and invests in renewable energy, clean technology and energy efficiency in order for Canada to compete in the new green economy; (b) stop putting Canada’s environmental and economic future at risk by insisting that Canada must wait for the United States to act first before showing our own leadership on this most vital issue; (c) set a domestic legally-binding long-term greenhouse gas reduction target of 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050; (d) report to Parliament annually on its policies and proposals to achieve the trajectory toward the 80 percent target and revise as necessary; (e) establish a non-partisan expert group approved by Parliament to set a science-based emissions trajectory to reach that 80 percent reduction target so that Canada does its part to keep global temperature increases to below 2oC; (f) reverse the decision to cut the ecoENERGY program that allowed Canadians to receive a rebate for greening their homes using energy efficient products and services; (g) restore Canada’s tarnished international environmental reputation by implementing Canada’s international commitment made during the Copenhagen negotiations to provide our fair share of new climate change ...

11. Points out that all indicators show that the crisis is not over; warns in this context against a repetition of the mistakes made during the Great Depression, especially curbing wages; underlines the call of the OECD that governments will need to continue to stimulate their economies as rising unemployment and weak housing markets continue to dampen private demand and that the current low interest rates should remain in force for the time being; stresses the opportunity to transform their economies by heavily investing in ‘green’ and ‘white jobs’ in the area of sustainable development, public service and care and by promoting a red ...[+++]uction of working time without loss of pay in order to fight unemployment and allow workers to reconcile work and non-work life; criticises strongly the neo-liberal language in the Leaders’ Statement such as ‘to strengthen the ability of our workers to adapt to changing market demands’;