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221 | Scientific/expertise domains concerned 1) In November 2001 a study on fiscal measures to reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger cars has been published (the COWI Study), which included model based calculations to assess the extent to which vehicle related taxes (mainly registration taxes and annual circulation taxes) can be effective means to reduce these emissions from new cars to the agreed target of the Community Strategy of 120 g/km.

We are therefore pleased to note that the legislation contains provisions that ensure the foundation grants scholarships to students who are in financial need and demonstrate merit; limits the extent to which scholarships can be granted on merit only; prescribes the composition of the board of directors to include student representation; requires the foundation to keep its administrative costs low; allows for student mobility a ...[+++]nd scholarship portability; and requires transparency and accountability in the way the foundation conducts its business.

(Return tabled) Question No. 864 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to mental health and suicide in the Canadian Forces (CF), including regular forces, reservists and veterans, as well as among Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) veterans: (a) what does history and research show from the First World War (WWI) and the Second World War (WWII), regarding the percentage of Canadian veterans who suffered some degree of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it might have impacted their ability to (i) hold down jobs, (ii) maintain relationships, (iii) overcome substance abuse, (iv) maintain their will to live; (b) ho ...[+++]w are suicides tracked for CF regular forces, reservists and veterans, including RCMP veterans, (i) has the tracking method changed over time (from 2000 onwards) for any of these groups, including name changes (e.g., suicide versus sudden death) and, if so, how, why and when, (ii) how are suicides tracked among veterans who may not be known to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) and who may be under other types of care (e.g., in hospitals) or in homeless shelters, prisons, etc.; (c) what are the identified gaps in tracking for each of the identified groups and, for each gap, what action items (i) are planned (including predicted start and completion dates, and necessary funding), (ii) are being implemented (including predicted completion date and necessary funding), (iii) have been completed to address the problem; (d) how are suicides investigated for each identified group today and, for each group, for the years 1990 to the present (or years available), (i) what percentage of victims were known to either the Department of National Defense (DND) or VAC prior to the suicide, or to the medical, social-aid or prison system, (ii) what percentage had attempted suicide before, (iii) what percentage suffered from an identified Operational Stress Injury (OSI), including PTSD, anxiety, depression or substance abuse, (iv) what percentage suffered from acquired brain ...

The recommendations are the following: develop and implement a national vision for a high-quality and affordable system of post-secondary education; track success and measure results by increasing funding by $10 million to Statistics Canada's branch for the collection and analysis of post-secondary education statistics; reduce student debt by increasing the value and number of non-repayable grants available to students and by redirecting funds allocated to education-related tax credits and savings schemes to the Canada Student Grants Program, and allow graduate students to qualify for grants under the program; meet Canada's obligation ...[+++]s to fund Aboriginal education by removing the funding cap on increases to the Post-Secondary Student Support Program, and by ensuring that every eligible First Nations and Inuit learner is provided adequate funding to attend post-secondary education; and foster innovation by increasing the number of Canada Graduate Scholarships to 3,000 and distribute the funding proportionately among the research councils according to enrolment figures.

Therefore, these petitioners would like the government to create a federal needs based grant system for all Canada student loans in every year of study by rolling in the budget of poorly targeted federal PSE programs and the expiring millennium scholarship foundation, to reduce the federal student loan interest rate, to create a federal student loan ombudsperson, and to create enforceable federal standards governing the conduct of government and private student loan collection agents subject to the policy objective of helping students find ways to repay ...[+++]their loans, among other things.

According to one study, fewer than one in four restructuring operations achieve their objectives of reducing costs, increasing productivity and improving quality and customer service as they often cause the motivation, loyalty, creativity and productivity of the employees to suffer.