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Il semble que la deuxième phase ne sera pas la tour finalement. Mod : est-ce que vous voulez créer un nouveau fil avec mon message et changer le nom de celui-ci pour "phase 3" ou "phase future"? EDIT monctezuma : c'est fait Source : LeTravailleur, SSP
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Twitter and Foursquare data shows where the well-to-do are likely to move next. Do you dread the thought of gentrification jacking up real estate prices (and stifling culture) in your neighborhood? In the future, you might only need to keep tabs on social networks to know when your part of town is changing -- British researchers have learned that Foursquare check-ins and Twitter posts can help predict gentrification. If many people start visiting unfamiliar locations in materially-deprived neighborhoods (say, trendy new restaurants) with their friends, that's usually a good sign that these areas will be gentrified before long. Accordingly, places that are dominated by locals and regulars tend to resist that shift, no matter the income levels. Moreover, the very people who tend to use Foursquare and Twitter work to the advantage of this predictive model. The researchers believe that the people who most often use these networks tend to be the affluent types who create gentrification. The very fact that they're showing up in a given region, however temporarily, may be proof enough that demographics are changing. There's only been a limited amount of testing so far, but it's promising. The check-ins and tweets accurately predicted the gentrification of London's Hackney area in recent years, and they've already identified a few additional areas (Greenwich, Hammersmith, Lambeth and Tower Hamlets) that could be next. Provided this method holds up, it could give communities a chance to mitigate the negative effects of gentrification before it's too late, such as by working on affordable housing. http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/18/predicting-gentrification-through-tweets/ -
back to the future - les nids de poule
un sujet a posté alex_montreal dans Projets oubliés et/ou en suspens
this week 4 years ago: champagne de sensibilisation et re-lancement d'une app a l'appui... - rue de la Cathédrale 13 mars 2012, aujourd'hui rénovée. -
New York City at top of the list for this year according to Economist's FDI magazine. Toronto at no.5, Montréal at no 9 for major American cities. Source: http://www.fdiintelligence.com
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Per this article in The Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Montreal+picked+five+hubs+Future+Earth+project/10008798/story.html Montreal has been selected as one of five global hubs for a United Nations project called Future Earth, an ambitious 10-year initiative to build and connect international research on the environment and sustainable development — and to find ways to intensify and accelerate the impact of that research. It is a united, international effort to create sustainability and advance scientific study on questions of environmental impact, to merge science and public policy — and to address urgent environmental challenges. Future Earth’s globally distributed secretariat will also have hubs in Paris, Tokyo, Stockholm and Boulder, Colo. Those involved in petitioning to get the hub here — there were at least 20 competing bids — believe that Montreal’s star will definitely shine brighter on the international stage now. While the project will involve all of Montreal’s universities, Concordia University will house the local hub that will bring together Quebec researchers to contribute to this major scientific initiative. It is news that has Concordia president Alan Shepard smiling these days, although he is primarily focused on what a coup this is for Montreal and the opportunities he believes will emerge from it. “This is great for Montreal and very good for Concordia,” Shepard said in an interview on Monday. “We’ll be the host but it’s collaborative, an intersection for all the universities in Montreal to work together on climate change and the health of the Earth.” The universities came together to work on a joint proposal to lobby for the hub at the urging of Montréal International, which acts as an economic driver for Greater Montreal. Montréal International vice-president Stéphanie Allard is also convinced that Montreal’s involvement in the project can only be a boon to its universities and to the city itself. “It’s a very big opportunity for all the universities and for Montreal,” said Allard, who oversees international organizations. “It will increase our visibility in the world, it will establish us as an international city and it will certainly make us more attractive to researchers.” Future Earth is the result of a commitment made in 2012, at the United Nations conference Rio+20, to develop a new international network to advance sustainability. It is being overseen by the International Council of Science, a non-governmental association with a goal to strengthen international science for the benefit of society. The project is committed to developing the knowledge for responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change and for supporting transformation towards global sustainability in the coming decades. It will mobilize tens of thousands of scientists while strengthening partnerships with policy-makers and other stakeholders in the quest for a sustainable planet. “Solutions to the major sustainability challenges facing humanity require integrated science and a closer relationship with policy-makers and stakeholders than we have seen to date,” said Yuan-Tseh Lee, president of the ICSU. “Future Earth has been designed to respond to these urgent needs, and I am impressed by the innovative consortium that has come together to drive the program forward.” In making its pitch, Montréal International cited that Montreal has a rich, diverse and high quality research network already in place, that it is multicultural and multilinguistic, that it is very well-positioned to be a hub and that office space is cheaper here than in many cities. Shepard said it’s hard to say what financial benefits there could be for the city, but he said having the secretariat will certainly bring UN resources, international visitors, research opportunities, graduate students and lots of attention. “Montreal becomes a neuronetwork and it’s glowing really bright,” he said, adding that the project meshed well with Concordia’s “intellectual values” of integrating different academic disciplines. An added bonus is that it also fits well with a preoccupation of the university’s students, namely sustainability and environmental science. “Future Earth clearly recognizes Montreal’s research capacity and the valuable contribution we will make in developing solutions to global environmental challenges,” said Shepard. “It’s a beautiful thing to have in your city; it will bring great intellectual leadership and passion and opportunity.” kseidman@montrealgazette.com Twitter: KSeidman
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Bonjour! On parle souvent du secteur coin Saint-Laurent et Sainte-Catherine à cause de ses nombreux bâtiments en mauvais état et de tous ses terrains vagues. Je me disais que ce serait bien de faire quelque chose pour unifier ce secteur et l'embellir. En même temps, je trouve que le petit parc Hydro-Québec à l'ouest de la maison du développement durable, bien que très beau et très agréable, termine trop brutalement sur un stationnement. Voici donc ma proposition pour réunifier le secteur. Un fil conducteur qui commencerait sur la place de la paix, traverserait un éventuel nouveau bâtiment pour rejoindre le parc Hydro-Québec. Puis, il passerait à travers la future esplanade de la patinoire, pour ensuite traverser le stationnement et aboutir dans un bâtiment au-dessus de la station Saint-Laurent. Il pourrait ressortir de l'autre côté pour marquer une seconde entrée du métro. Cela pourrait prendre plusieurs formes, que ce soit du béton peint, comme à Copenhague (voir plus bas), de la végétation, des murales au sol, des jeux de matériaux... Situation actuelle: Proposition Exemple de Copenhague:
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GOOD: City Index 2014 - #12 - Montreal, Canada Canada’s cool kid grows up
un sujet a posté jesseps dans L'actualité
#12 - Montreal (Courtesy of GOOD) Read more The 50 cities they selected are quite interesting; #1 Hong Kong, #2 Johannesburg and #3 Mexico City. -
Insurance giant wants to build Canadian operations with Standard's Quebec assets CBC News Posted: Sep 03, 2014 5:13 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 03, 2014 6:45 PM ET Manulife Financial Corp. says its life insurance division is buying the Canadian-based assets of Standard Life Plc for $4 billion in cash. The deal combines Manulife, one of the largest life insurance companies in the world with 84,000 employees, and Standard Life Canada, this country's fifth-largest insurer with 2,000 employees. "Several months ago, Standard Life decided to explore the sale of its Canadian operations through a competitive process," Manulife CEO Donald A. Guloien said. "We are delighted to be named the successful bidder." Standard Life provides long term savings, investment and insurance products to about 1.4 million Canadians, with $52 billion of assets under management. Manulife said it was particularly keen to acquire Standard Life’s Quebec assets. "One of the key reasons we were interested in this company is its people in Quebec. We want to increase our presence in the province and use the very talented employee base to grow and expand our business in Quebec, throughout Canada and indeed the world,” Guloien said in a statement announcing the deal late Wednesday. Caisse contributes to deal Manulife plans to pay for the deal with a combination of a public offering, a private placement, internal resources and possible future debt, it said. Later in the day, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Quebec provincial pension fund investment arm, announced a $500‑million equity investment in Manulife Financial to contribute to the financing of the acquisition. Manulife and Standard Life have previously collaborated in distributing investment products around the world, through a relationship between Standard Life Investments and John Hancock. Manulife said it would take 18 to 24 months to consolidate the new operations and it did not foresee any job losses in the near future. The company expects the deal to add three cents to its earnings per share every year over each of the next three years and to build earnings capacity beyond the 2016 core earnings target of $4 billion. The deal closes in the first quarter of next year, pending regulatory approval. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/manulife-buys-standard-life-s-canadian-assets-for-4b-1.2754776
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X-Men to shoot in Montreal in April 2015
un sujet a posté Chris1989 dans Divertissement, Bouffe et Culture
Huge news! Days of Future Past that was shot here in 2013 grossed $745 million worldwide and cost over $200 million to shoot. The new film's budget could be $250 million + Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Channing Tatum. Rumours of the original cast of Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry returning are also in the air. http://www.cjad.com/cjad-news/2014/09/04/x-men-returning-to-montreal -
Montréal, terre d'accueil de Future Earth Publié le 11 juin 2014 à 08h48 Une organisation internationale visant à coordonner les recherches mondiales sur les changements climatiques vient de choisir Montréal pour s'y installer. Future Earth, qui compte notamment l'UNESCO et le Programme des Nations unies pour l'environnement parmi ses commanditaires, établira une partie de ses activités dans la métropole québécoise. L'information n'a toutefois pas encore fait l'objet d'une annonce officielle, et les partenaires impliqués se sont faits avares de commentaires, hier. C'est le scientifique en chef du Québec, Rémi Quirion, qui a vendu la mèche dans un communiqué diffusé lundi. Montréal International, qui a travaillé à pousser la candidature de Montréal dans ce dossier, a confirmé du bout des lèvres que Montréal avait été désigné «soumissionnaire favori» pour abriter le secrétariat de l'organisation. La ville a proposé une candidature commune avec la France, le Japon, la Suède et les États-Unis. Il n'a pas été possible de savoir combien d'emplois devraient être créés à Montréal, ni si des mesures d'incitation financières ont été offerts pour attirer ce nouveau secrétariat. «Il s'agit d'une nouvelle fantastique pour le rayonnement de Montréal. Il y a déjà 62 organisations internationales basées à Montréal, contre 14 à Vancouver et 34 à Toronto. Nous sommes la ville internationale du Canada», a dit Stéphanie Allard, vice-présidente, organisations internationales, chez Montréal International. Future Earth, dont le secrétariat est actuellement à Paris, s'est donné comme mission de favoriser les recherches sur les meilleures façons de réagir aux changements climatiques. Elle dit vouloir mobiliser 1000 chercheurs et tisser des partenariats avec les décideurs de la planète au cours des 10 prochaines années. Montréal International avait formé une alliance avec les universités montréalaises, le Fonds de recherche du Québec et le consortium de recherche sur le climat Ouranos pour promouvoir la candidature de Montréal. http://www.lapresse.ca/environnement/dossiers/changements-climatiques/201406/11/01-4774771-montreal-terre-daccueil-de-future-earth.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B9_environnement_263_accueil_POS1
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Route 201 projet d'élargissement
un sujet a posté Né entre les rapides dans Projets oubliés et/ou en suspens
Le MTQ projète de compléter l'élargissement du pont MGR-Langlois (en réalité quatre structures), de telle sorte que la r-201 entre l'A-20 (Coteau) et l'A-30 (future A-530) serait entièrement à quatre voies. Le tout évidemment sujet aux consultations et évaluations environnementales "habituelles". Je n'ai rien contre! Toutefois, je me sens intrigué, considérant le futur pont de l'A-30 qui rejoindra l'A-20 approximativement au km 29, soit 15 km en aval de l'échangeur A-20/r-201. Comme le premier sera à péage, et non le second, je me demande bien si une telle amélioration de la r-201 ne nuirait pas à la rentabilité du péage sur l'A-30, et partant, si des oppositions "obscures" au projet du MTQ (pour la r-201) ne surgiront pas un de ces jours. Chose certaine, pour la ville de S. de Valleyfield, une r-201 améliorée serait un gros avantage (surtout pour la liason vers Toronto); dans le cas contraire (ie. pas d'élargissement de la r-201), la future A-30, même avec son "appendice" A-530, pourrait avoir des effets mitigés (des pour et des contre) pour Valleyfield. -
(Courtesy of Autoblog)
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Bois des Caryers, phase 1 (maisons de ville) - 2 et 3 étages
un sujet a posté GDS dans Projets oubliés et/ou en suspens
Ce projet remplace Écocité sur le Bois, qui a été annulé ********************* Are we sure this is the right website and name? or are the towers a distant future phase? -
À l'Exception de quelques geeks et financiers, peut de gens ici connaissent le concept du Bitcoin (Monnaie web open-source, sans banque, sans gouvernement attaché), même les médias traditionnels n'en parle pas du tout, pourtant, Montréal semble vouloir devenir une mini capitale de cet argent virtuel, selon un forum important du sujet. Source: Bitcointalk We are excited about the interest building around the establishment of the Bitcoin Embassy in Montreal and we have been working hard, putting together a team and organizing as we prepare to officially open our doors. The Bitcoin Embassy will serve as a hub where everything Bitcoin related will be given the opportunity to have it’s place under the same roof. We have in mind ; a bitcoin store / museum, a place for meet-ups, conferences, educational sessions, startup / venture capital center, everything that can help grow and promote Bitcoin throughout the Montreal community. Our goal is to make this city an international location for existing Bitcoin enthusiasts and future adopters alike. Join us at our next meet-up planned for Saturday, August 17th, 2013 at 2:30pm at the Bitcoin Embassy offices located at: 3485 St-Laurent Boul. Montreal. We look forward to discuss, plan and get people involved in the next phases of this exciting new project! Please get in touch with us at info@BitcoinEmbassy.ca Qui "Donne" un espace dans un endroit important comme St-Laurent? Beaucoup de commentaire sur Reddit /r/Montreal sur les connexions malveillantes du projet
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Article by FDI intelligence (financial times) Rankings: 1. New York City 2. Sao Paulo 3 Toronto 4.MONTREAL 5. Vancouver 6. Houston 7. Atlanta 8. San Francisco 9. Chicago 10. Miami "Canadian cities Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver ranked third, fourth and fifth, respectively, and performed particularly well in the attraction of knowledge-intensive FDI. All three locations were among the top 20 key destination and source cities for FDI. With the exception of New York, Montreal-based companies invested in more FDI projects than other city in the Americas region" "Business friendly Canada Placed in third, Montreal’s success lies in retaining and developing relationships with existing investments – data from fDi Markets shows that one in five FDI projects since 2003 were expansions. Montreal tops strategy list The prize for Best Major American City for FDI Strategy 2013/14 is awarded to Montreal. It beat 126 competitors across North and South America who submitted information regarding their FDI strategies. In its American Cities of the Future submission, economic development agency Montréal International stated that its economic development strategy has centred predominantly around high-tech clusters, and in particular aerospace, life sciences and health technologies, as well as information and communications technology (ICT). Elie Farah, vice-president of Investment Greater Montréal, says: “The year 2011 was one of the best for Montréal International in terms of attracting FDI since 2005. This is partially explained by the investments from Europe which, in the past two years, have become the main source of FDI in the region.” http://www.fdiintelligence.com/Locations/Americas/American-Cities-of-the-Future-2013-14
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Degrowth? Otherwise known as shooting yourself in the foot
un sujet a posté Maisonneuve dans L'actualité
Montreal to host conference on reducing growth BY MICHELLE LALONDE, GAZETTE ENVIRONMENT REPORTER http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Montreal+host+conference+degrowth/6600947/story.html MONTREAL - Just as events are forcing Quebecers to debate some fundamental questions about our economy and our future, five Montreal universities happen to be hosting a weeklong conference on “degrowth” – a movement that questions whether economic growth should be our society’s primary goal. “Degrowth is an attempt to force us out of this lock-step way of thinking that growth is always good,” said Peter Brown, a professor at McGill University’s School of Environment and one of the conference’s organizers. Brown said the conference – which starts Sunday and ends Saturday, May 19 – has been in the works for years and is modelled on similar conferences in Paris in 2008 and Barcelona in 2010, and is leading up to a global conference on the issue next fall in Venice. But he admits the timing is serendipitous. The Occupy movement, the recent record-breaking Earth Day march in Montreal, concerns over the push to develop northern Quebec and the continuing student strikes are all signs that many Quebecers are questioning the “business-as-usual” approach to economic development. Brown says all of these movements may find common ground in the notion that a narrow focus on growing the economy at any cost, while discounting effects on the environment and human well-being have led mankind to commit some catastrophic errors. Gross domestic product should not be used as the key measure of a country’s well being, because it ignores the cost of creating wealth (for some), such as environmental degradation and human suffering, say proponents of degrowth. Errors like runaway global warming, habitat destruction and a widening wage gap between rich and poor will lead to calamity for future generations, and a forced, unplanned “degrowth” period that will be painful, they warn. “Any healthy civilization looks after future generations ... we just don’t do that,” Brown told The Gazette on Thursday. The conference will feature panels and lectures by academics and activists prominent in the North American degrowth movement. The big draw will be a public lecture by ecologist David Suzuki called Humanity in Collision with the Biosphere: Is it Too Late? on Friday at 11 a.m. at UQÀM. (Admission to Suzuki’s talk is free, but registration is required). The conference, titled Less is More; Degrowth in the Americas, runs from May 13 to 19. Registration costs $200 per day, or $390 for all seven days, with reduced fees offered to students or members of “grassroots Montreal-based organizations.” Talks will be recorded and posted on the conference website (montreal.degrowth.org). mlalonde@montrealgazette.com Twitter: @mrlalonde © Copyright © The Montreal Gazette ********************************************************************************************************************* Québec - Forward Never, Backwards Ever -
2010-06-22 WORLDHOTELS Adds 26 New Affiliate Hotels to Its Global Portfolio Since Jan. 1, 2010 For WORLDHOTELS-The Americas development team, new projects are in various stages of completion for new affiliate hotels in New York (2); Brazil (5), Argentina (2) and Mexico (2). Future regional development plans include hotels and resorts located in Memphis, Washington, D.C., Boston, San Francisco, Houston, Toronto and Montreal. Anybody knows anything about these folks? http: //www.worldhotels.com/hotels-and-resorts.html?&L=0 :)
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6605 Hochelaga, coin Langelier. 3 1/2 et 4 1/2 près du métro Langelier. Je trouve que le projet a vraiment un beau design. Malheureusement, les photos sont très petites. Une de ces photos est en + gros dans la revue ''condo direct'' et elle permet de mieux apprécier l'évocation du future design.
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http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/magnificent-montreal/1 "Both Canadian and Québécois, part anglophone and part francophone, with one foot in the past and the other firmly in the future, Montreal is a city that defies easy categorization."
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(Courtesy of The Montreal Gazette)
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Bonsoir, J'ai fais un petit plan de ce que la carrière Francon aurait l'air transformé en milieu naturel. Premièrement, l'accessibilité du site est excellente , avec la station Pie-Ix de la future ligne Mtl-Mascouche et la future voie réservé de la rue Pie-Ix. Légende: Ligne bleu : Ligne Mtl-Mascouche de l'AMT Ligne blanche : Voie réservé sur Pie-IX Tracé vert : Nouvelle piste cyclable Lignes rouges : Accès de la rue Pie-IX vers la carrière avec esscaliers pour y descendre Du côté gauche, il y aura des escaliers à chaque bout de rue. comme ceux là Bon, voici le résultat Avant Après Quand pensez vous ?
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(Courtesy of The Montreal Gazette)
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I haven't seen this article posted anywhere. Given the challenges presented with putting up the Mackay project I suspect this doesn't bode well for future tall development. Megaproject proposals put Montreal at 'major crossroads': founder Lambert http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/think+tank+will+conscience+mayor/2104533/story.html
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America’s triple A rating is at risk By David Walker Published: May 12 2009 20:06 | Last updated: May 12 2009 20:06 Long before the current financial crisis, nearly two years ago, a little-noticed cloud darkened the horizon for the US government. It was ignored. But now that shadow, in the form of a warning from a top credit rating agency that the nation risked losing its triple A rating if it did not start putting its finances in order, is coming back to haunt us. That warning from Moody’s focused on the exploding healthcare and Social Security costs that threaten to engulf the federal government in debt over coming decades. The facts show we’re in even worse shape now, and there are signs that confidence in America’s ability to control its finances is eroding. Prices have risen on credit default insurance on US government bonds, meaning it costs investors more to protect their investment in Treasury bonds against default than before the crisis hit. It even, briefly, cost more to buy protection on US government debt than on debt issued by McDonald’s. Another warning sign has come from across the Pacific, where the Chinese premier and the head of the People’s Bank of China have expressed concern about America’s longer-term credit worthiness and the value of the dollar. The US, despite the downturn, has the resources, expertise and resilience to restore its economy and meet its obligations. Moreover, many of the trillions of dollars recently funnelled into the financial system will hopefully rescue it and stimulate our economy. The US government has had a triple A credit rating since 1917, but it is unclear how long this will continue to be the case. In my view, either one of two developments could be enough to cause us to lose our top rating. First, while comprehensive healthcare reform is needed, it must not further harm our nation’s financial condition. Doing so would send a signal that fiscal prudence is being ignored in the drive to meet societal wants, further mortgaging the country’s future. Second, failure by the federal government to create a process that would enable tough spending, tax and budget control choices to be made after we turn the corner on the economy would send a signal that our political system is not up to the task of addressing the large, known and growing structural imbalances confronting us. For too long, the US has delayed making the tough but necessary choices needed to reverse its deteriorating financial condition. One could even argue that our government does not deserve a triple A credit rating based on our current financial condition, structural fiscal imbalances and political stalemate. The credit rating agencies have been wildly wrong before, not least with mortgage-backed securities. How can one justify bestowing a triple A rating on an entity with an accumulated negative net worth of more than $11,000bn (€8,000bn, £7,000bn) and additional off-balance sheet obligations of $45,000bn? An entity that is set to run a $1,800bn-plus deficit for the current year and trillion dollar-plus deficits for years to come? I have fought on the front lines of the war for fiscal responsibility for almost six years. We should have been more wary of tax cuts in 2001 without matching spending cuts that would have prevented the budget going deeply into deficit. That mistake was compounded in 2003, when President George W. Bush proposed expanding Medicare to include a prescription drug benefit. We must learn from past mistakes. Fiscal irresponsibility comes in two primary forms – acts of commission and of omission. Both are in danger of undermining our future. First, Washington is about to embark on another major healthcare reform debate, this time over the need for comprehensive healthcare reform. The debate is driven, in large part, by the recognition that healthcare costs are the single largest contributor to our nation’s fiscal imbalance. It also recognises that the US is the only large industrialised nation without some level of guaranteed health coverage. There is no question that this nation needs to pursue comprehensive healthcare reform that should address the important dimensions of coverage, cost, quality and personal responsibility. But while comprehensive reform is called for and some basic level of universal coverage is appropriate, it is critically important that we not shoot ourselves again. Comprehensive healthcare reform should significantly reduce the huge unfunded healthcare promises we already have (over $36,000bn for Medicare alone as of last September), as well as the large and growing structural deficits that threaten our future. One way out of these problems is for the president and Congress to create a “fiscal future commission” where everything is on the table, including budget controls, entitlement programme reforms and tax increases. This commission should venture beyond Washington’s Beltway to engage the American people, using digital technologies in an unparalleled manner. If it can achieve a predetermined super-majority vote on a package of recommendations, they should be guaranteed a vote in Congress. Recent research conducted for the Peterson Foundation shows that 90 per cent of Americans want the federal government to put its own financial house in order. It also shows that the public supports the creation of a fiscal commission by a two-to-one margin. Yet Washington still sleeps, and it is clear that we cannot count on politicians to make tough transformational changes on multiple fronts using the regular legislative process. We have to act before we face a much larger economic crisis. Let’s not wait until a credit rating downgrade. The time for Washington to wake up is now. David Walker is chief executive of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and former comptroller general of the US
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Publié le 11 mai 2009 à 16h10 | Mis à jour à 18h34 Le Québec se joint à la future Bourse du carbone François Cardinal La Presse Le gouvernement Charest fera un pas de plus vers la création d'un vaste marché du carbone nord-américain en déposant mardi un projet de loi en ce sens. Sans attendre Ottawa, Québec jettera les bases de sa participation au futur programme de plafonnement et d'échanges de droits d'émissions de gaz à effet de serre, qui doit entrer en vigueur en 2012. Lors d'un discours prononcé mardi à Montréal, la ministre de l'Environnement, Line Beauchamp, précisera que la pièce législative qu'elle dévoilera au cours de la journée permettra au gouvernement de mettre sur pied une Bourse du carbone à Montréal, et d'y participer activement. Sous l'égide du Western Climate Initiative (WCI), ce futur marché financier devrait devenir le plus important système de plafonnement et d'échanges de droits d'émissions en Amérique du Nord, le second au monde. En clair, cette future Bourse permettra l'échange de droits de polluer entre entreprises (celles qui émettent plus de 25 000 tonnes de gaz à effet de serre par année). Les émissions de ces dernières seront plafonnées, après quoi les mauvais élèves, qui ne réussiront pas à respecter la limite fixée, devront acheter des crédits aux bons élèves, qui auront émis moins de gaz à effet de serre que permis. «À ce jour, le Québec a surtout eu recours à des plans d'action qui contenaient des mesures de nature volontaire et incitative, a reconnu la ministre. Les réductions obtenues jusqu'ici sont fort appréciables, mais elles seront insuffisantes pour l'atteinte des cibles de réduction à long terme préconisées par le Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat (GIEC).» Sans vouloir préciser ses intentions, la ministre a laissé entendre que le Québec se fixerait une cible de réduction plus ambitieuse, à l'horizon 2020, que celle préconisée par le WCI: moins 15 % sous le niveau de 2005.
