Translation of "Négligence à profiter d'une occasion favorable " (French → English) :

at the first suitable opportunity [ at the first convenient opportunity ]

We had the attitude when we established the first Canadian Agricultural Safety Program that we would take advantage of existing strengths across the country.

There are three types of refusal, including not taking advantage of an opportunity for employment.

Some Canadians may also be failing to take full advantage of the discretionary savings opportunities offered to them through individual structures like the RRSPs.

5. Supports the substantial increase in funding for the DCI’s thematic programme on the environment and the sustainable management of natural resources; understands that the Commission is seeking additional support for promoting sustainable energy for developing countries in the run-up to the 2012 UN Rio+20 Conference, and for financing the EU’s recently announced initiative on ‘Energising Development’, which addresses energy inequality in the developing world; reiterates, however, that climate financing must be additional to currently programmed development funding, and that funds for key MDG sectors, e.g. basic education and health, should ...[+++]not be diverted to climate action; welcomes the proposed increase for the Investing in People budget line, and reminds the Commission of the established EU benchmarks and the commitments, made since the 2007-2013 DCI began, to allocate at least 20 % of the DCI to health and basic education, with particular attention to progress on the most off-track MDGs;