Translation of "adopte la règle " (French → English) :

There is a scandal and then we adopt stricter rules, and each time we do so, we must remember that these rules apply to an increasingly larger area of political activity, in the sense that there are still more links in the net.

The proposal merges these four Directives into a single horizontal instrument regulating the common aspects in a systematic fashion, simplifying and updating the existing rules, removing inconsistencies and closing gaps.The proposal moves away from the minimum harmonisation approach followed in the four existing Directives (i.e. Member States may maintain or adopt stricter national rules than those laid down in the Directive) to embrace a full harmonisation approach (i.e. Member States cannot maintain or adopt provisions diverging fro ...[+++]m those laid down in the Directive).

Question No. 132 Mr. Robert Oliphant: With respect to the new United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) user fee requirements for Canada: (a) what did the government do, if anything, to negotiate this fee change with the United States; (b) what communications occurred between Canada and the United States in preparation for this fee change; (c) what notice, if any, was provided to Canadian railway companies by the United States government of the August 25, 2007 interim rule authorizing APHIS to collect fees to cover costs for agricultural quarantine, inspection as well as planned increases to the program’s inspection capacity related to ports of entry in Canada; (d) does the Government ...[+++]of Canada know why the exemption removal was issued by the United States government, as an interim rule, as opposed to publishing a proposed rule for comments; (e) why was the targeted risk management model for customs reforms in North America not followed; (f) what overall purpose did the additional inspection under the APHIS proposal demonstrate; and (g) why is this fee being imposed on railway companies seeing as railways do not engage in the shipping of any substantial quantities of agricultural products across the border?

So Mr. Proulx was not implying that the government would do this but that some hypothetical government, other than the one that happens to be sitting here, might do that; therefore, we ought to take measures to ensure that the hypothetical government, not the one that's sitting here.by putting something not into hypothetical rules, but into the rules that are here. I'm glad he's clarified that point for our benefit.

Governments must adopt more restrictive ground rules so that people can play by those rules. Moreover, industry is requesting that ground rules be established on a fairly long time horizon so it can justify the investment and decisions that have to be made today.

Also identified were the following: opening international markets to Canadian exports and outward investment; ensuring a level playing field by effectively enforcing trade rules, and where necessaryproviding financing and investment mechanisms to offset foreign subsidies and investmentincentives; the need to improve the tax treatment of manufacturing investments by way of acceleratedwrite-offs and tax credits for investments in new technologies; maintaining an adequate, cost-competitive, and reliable supply of energy; and expanding the capacity of Canada’s transportation and communications infrastructure (1605) Smart regulations are ...[+++]an important element in building the type of enabling businessenvironment that Canadians and industry both require in a more fast-paced, globally competitive,and technologically sophisticated economy.