Translation of "courbe à structure libre " (French → English) :

Over the full length of the wheelchair space the width shall be 700 mm from floor level to a minimum height of 1 450 mm with an additional 50 mm width to give clearance for hands on each side that is adjacent to any obstacle that will inhibit clearance for the wheelchair users hands (e.g. wall or structure) from a height of 400 mm to 800 mm above floor level (if one side of the wheelchair is adjacent to the aisle there is no additional 50 mm requirement for that side of the wheelchair as it is already free space).

Tobacco has slowly been moving from the right hand side and a completely free market, back to the centre over the last two decade, while alcohol, having escaped from the prohibition of the extreme left of the curve has moved through the strictly regulated, controlled state monopoly that characterized the Canadian alcoholic beverage market of the 60’s and was almost akin to prescription, and is now steadily moving to the right hand end as governments and the “drinks industry” seek more and more to normalize it.

Quebec benefits from Canada's political and economic unity in many ways, including the following: the movement of goods and services across internal borders is facilitated by our common currency and significant harmonization of the laws, regulations and tax systems affecting businesses; interprovincial mobility of labour is guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; mobility of capital between regions is supported by federal regulation of the financial sector and by the existence of a common currency; free movement increases the flexibility of regional economies; unemployment rates are lower because Canadians can look for work where there are a lot of jobs; free movement of goods and services contributes to the short-term stabil ...[+++]ity of businesses because they can gain easy access to markets and resources across the country; and our economic structure's long-term adaptability is supported by the free movement of capital, which can flow to regions experiencing economic growth.

In order to reinforce the effectiveness of existing provisions concerning the freedom to deal in the securities of companies covered by this Directive and the freedom to exercise voting rights, it is essential that the defensive structures and mechanisms envisaged by such companies be transparent and that they be regularly presented in reports to general meetings of shareholders.

The success of this essentially ordo-liberal policy can be seen from the fact that, in the part of Germany that had not won freedom and in the other countries bent under the yoke of the communist dictatorship, the German Mark was seen not only as a symbol of freedom but also as a model of monetary reliability.

For example, the minister on May 25 stated in an article in the Toronto Star: ``In the harshest remarks by a Canadian minister in recent years, the minister yesterday accused President Bill Clinton's administration of increasingly arbitrary use of U.S. trade law to thwart Canadian exports in wheat, lumber and other commodities and of kowtowing to regional interest'' (1835 ) The article goes on to say that the minister stopped short of talking about abrogating the North American free trade agreement if disputes continue, but certainly did warn in that same interview that NAFTA is in a somewhat uncertain position at this time.