Martin, Hon. Paul (L--LaSalle--Émard; Minister of Finance and Minister responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec; Minister of Finance as of January 25, 1996)

>>Aboriginal Head-Start Program, 1710
>>Aerospace industry, Montreal, Que., o.q., 16613
>>Agricultural products, sale to non-sovereign foreign buyers, 10097
>>Agricultural research, 3618-21
>>Agriculture
>>>Changes, government inaction, M. on supply (Marchand), 3617-22
>>>Government initiatives, 10097
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Department, expenditures, 10096
>>Air traffic control, commercialization, 10098
>>Airline industry, taxation, o.q., 490
>>Alberta, deficit reduction measures, o.q., 9473
>>Atlantic Groundfish Strategy, 1711
>>Bank of Canada, mandate, o.q., 9064
>>Banks and banking
>>>Chartered banks, o.q., 15295
>>>International banking centres, o.q., 4989
>>>"International casinos", o.q., 10667
>>>Profits, o.q., 8754
>>>Taxation, o.q., 8754, 9146, 10468
>>Bloc Québécois, mandate, 12034-6
>>Border crossings, United States, o.q., 9201
>>Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95 (Bill C-14), 1729, 1841
>>Borrowing Authority Act, 1995-96 (Bill C-73), 10103
>>>M., 10705
>>Budget
>>>Balanced, o.q., 10147, 14611, 17039, 17581-2
>>>Finance Department economic forecasts, o.q., 1856
>>>Pre-Budget consultations, 678-80, 1714
>>>>M., 678-81
>>>>o.q., 27-8, 231-2, 640, 717, 5894, 6136-8, 6144, 6259, 7033, 8878-80, 9901-2
>>>Presentation date, Feb. 22/94, 1235
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), o.q., 1721
>>Budget (1996), pre-budget consultations, o.q., 14611-2
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94
>>>Budget documents, tabled, 1708
>>>Details, o.q., 1306
>>>M. for approval, 1708-14, 2059-60
>>>Ways and Means motions, notice, tabled, 1708
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 10094, 10102
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 12037
>>>Budget documents, tabled, 10094
>>>Date, o.q., 9776, 9901
>>>Financial institutions/analysts, o.q., 9277, 9420
>>>Financial update, fall, 1995, o.q., 14611-2
>>>M. for approval, 10094-102
>>>Road to fundamental reform, o.q., 10615
>>>Success, o.q., 11489
>>>Ways and Means motion
>>>>Concurrence, M., 10548
>>>>Notice, tabled, 10094, 10475
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 2364, 2775, 4618, 4621
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 10722, 11257, 13220-1
>>Business, subsidies, 1713, 2059, 10097-8
>>>o.q., 4659
>>Canada Assistance Plan
>>>Established Programs Financing, 1712
>>>Funding, 10099
>>>>o.q., 10188
>>Canada Business Services Centres, 1709
>>Canada Communications Group, divesting, 10098
>>Canada Health Act
>>>Enforcing, o.q., 12725
>>>Five principles, 10099, 12035-6
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer
>>>Funding, 10100
>>>>o.q., 13803-4, 14645, 15768, 17499
>>>Health care, post-secondary education and Canada Assistance Plan funding, amalgamation, 10099
>>>>o.q., 10189-90
>>>Programs, national standards, 10099, 12034-5
>>>>M. on supply (Bouchard), 12034-7
>>>>o.q., 11060, 13807, 15769, 17708, 17711
>>>Provinces, transfer of powers to, 12034-5
>>>>o.q., 12418-9, 13803, 13806
>>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), o.q., 15768-9
>>>Tax points, transfer to provinces, 12035
>>Canada-Hungary, Canada-Argentina, Canada-Netherlands Income Tax Convention, Canada-Nigeria, Canada-Zimbabwe Income Tax Agreement Act (Bill S-2), 2678, 3312, 4570
>>Canada Investment Fund, creating, 1710
>>Canada Pension Plan
>>>Actuarial soundness, o.q., 15218, 16783
>>>Reform, o.q., 15218
>>>Sustainability, 10100
>>>>o.q., 10148
>>Canada Savings Bonds, RRSP option, o.q., 14768
>>Canada-United States Tax Convention Act, 1984 (amdt)(Bill S-9), 13812, 14705, 15507, 15538
>>Canadian Armed Forces, bases, closures, 1712
>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto Broadcast Centre, o.q., 1066
>>Canadian National Railways, privatization, 10098
>>Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act (Bill C-63) (3rd Sess., 34th Parl.), proclamation, 1710-1
>>Canadian Space Agency, research and development, o.q., 15103
>>Capital gains tax
>>>Fairness, o.q., 9783
>>>Lifetime $100,000 exemption, 1713
>>>>o.q., 2128, 6138, 6899, 7182
>>>Lifetime $500,000 exemption, 1713, 10098
>>Carbon tax, government instituting, 2059
>>>o.q., 790
>>Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, 1710
>>Child care, government commitment, o.q., 2540, 17704
>>Child support payments, income for recipient, o.q., 3830, 3834, 13009
>>Corporations
>>>Income tax, 1712-3, 10101
>>>>o.q., 1724, 4203, 7182, 9651-2, 12110 , 14648
>>>Profits, o.q., 17392
>>Court Challenges Program, restoring, 1710
>>Crown corporations
>>>Financial Administration Act, o.q., 1067
>>>Privatization, 10098
>>>Subsidies, 2059
>>Customs Act and Customs Tariff (amdt.)(Bill C-102), 14410, 14726, 15990
>>Customs Tariff (amdt.)(Bill C-5), 645, 2165
>>Customs Tariff, duty deferral program, o.q., 16246
>>Dairy industry, subsidies, o.q., 10151
>>Defence equipment, helicopters, EH-101s, 1712
>>Defence expenditures, reduction, 1712
>>Defence industry, industrial reconversion program, o.q., 4828, 6516
>>Defence policy, review, 1712
>>Deficit
>>>1993-94, 10095
>>>>o.q., 4275
>>>1994-1995, o.q., 16484-5
>>>Controlling, 680
>>>Eliminating, o.q., 9902, 9906, 10146-7, 10787-8, 10830, 10897-8, 14453, 14611, 15292, 16196, 16483
>>>Forecasts, 10095
>>>>o.q., 1239, 1855, 1857, 2668, 6899-901, 13723-4
>>>GDP percentage, o.q., 2669, 3276, 4655, 5895, 6900, 7034-5, 8427-8, 9143, 9777-80, 10096, 16070, 17039-40
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) responsibility, 17388
>>>Public opinion, 679
>>>Reduction, 1708-9, 1712, 2059
>>>>o.q., 23, 230, 387, 1180-1, 1234, 1721-4, 1799, 2042, 2175, 3996, 4275, 4696, 5341, 5893, 6331-2, 6560, 6773, 6775, 6900-2, 7096-7, 7181, 8173-4, 8347-8, 8936-7, 9057, 9144-58, 9726, 9776, 9900, 9906, 10787-8, 15292, 15295, 16070, 16192-3, 17386-8, 17499, 17581-2
>>>Social security system expenditures, o.q., 9907, 17387
>>>Taxation, o.q., 5341-2, 6560
>>Dingwall, references, o.q., 643
>>Dollar, exchange rate, decline, o.q., 2787, 15699-700
>>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, industry, o.q., 166130
>>Economic and Regional Development Agreement, Quebec, o.q., 12899
>>Economic conditions
>>>Deficit/national debt, o.q., 15767
>>>Economic statement, o.q., 5727
>>>Quebec separation threat, o.q., 15765, 15767
>>Economic development
>>>Montreal, Que., o.q., 16613-4
>>>National debt/deficit, impact, 10094-5
>>>Quebec independence question, impact, 10094
>>Economic G-7 Summit (1995), Halifax, N.S.
>>>Final communiqué, o.q.. 13328
>>>International financial institutions/transactions, o.q., 10716
>>Economic G-7 Summits (1994), employment/job creation, o.q., 2537
>>Economic recovery
>>>Consumer confidence, o.q., 10793
>>>Interest rates, rise, impact, o.q., 5727
>>>Montreal, Que., o.q., 718
>>>Small business, o.q., 7510-1
>>Economy
>>>Decline, slowdown, o.q., 13808
>>>Government role, 10096
>>>Growth, 10094
>>>>o.q., 3831, 4275, 4523, 4952, 5820, 9058, 10618, 10787, 13596-7, 14453, 15043
>>Education, post-secondary, Established Programs Financing, 1712
>>Employment, increasing
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94 role, 1708-9, 1713
>>>>o.q., 1861
>>>Quebec, o.q., 2788
>>>Target, o.q., 6906
>>Energy conservation, equipment, 1710
>>Environment, economy, relationship, 1710
>>Environmental industry, 1710
>>Equalization payments
>>>Formula, o.q., 2787
>>>Quebec, o.q., 3275, 12411, 15341
>>Estimates
>>>1994-1995, supplementary (A), 4526
>>>>M., 4527
>>>Scrutiny, o.q., 235
>>Excise Act, Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 4527, 4602, 5600, 5624
>>Excise Act, Ways and Means motions, notice, tabled, 10094
>>Excise Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-13), 1617, 3285, 3291
>>Excise Tax Act and Excise Act (amdt.)(Bill C-90), 12544, 14737, 15472
>>Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-103), 14410
>>Excise Tax Act, Ways and Means motions, notice, 1312, 1708, 9784, 10094, 11353
>>Farm income, 3619
>>>"Whole farm concept", 10097
>>Farms, 3619
>>>Debt settlement sales, o.q., 7691-2
>>Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec (FORD-Q)
>>>Effectiveness, o.q., 16615-6
>>>Expenditures, o.q., 6904
>>>Financial assistance per riding, qu., 11573-4
>>>Loans, o.q., 16667
>>>Ministerial responsibility, o.q., 3763
>>Federal-provincial fiscal arrangements, jurisdiction, o.q., 10467
>>Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-Secondary Education and Health Contributions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-3), 259, 2076-7
>>Film and video industry, development tax incentives, 10101
>>>o.q., 17500-1
>>Financial institutions
>>>Income tax, 1713
>>>Information technology, 10101
>>>Large deposit taking institutions, 10101
>>Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-100), 14187-8, 16763
>>Fiscal policy
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, statement, 1708-9, 1712
>>>o.q., 9198
>>Fisheries and Oceans Department, expenditures, 10096
>>Foreign investments
>>>Attracting, o.q., 12419
>>>Canadian bond holdings, o.q., 3275
>>>Deficit reduction, o.q., 3276
>>Freight rates, subsidies, 10097
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels
>>>Ethanol, o.q., 2543, 10150
>>>Excise tax, 10101
>>>>o.q., 10150
>>GATT, Article XI, 3622
>>Goodale, references, 3617
>>Government accommodation/buildings, Sault Ste. Marie, o.q., 9529-30
>>Government borrowing
>>>1996-97 requirements, 10095
>>>Borrowing authority legislation, 1708
>>Government credit rating
>>>Downgrading, o.q., 10897-8
>>>Foreign currency debt, o.q., 2621, 2666, 4823-4
>>>Moody's Investors Service reviews, o.q., 9725-6, 9776-7, 9779
>>>Triple-A level, o.q., 2621, 10829-30
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions
>>>Administration, reducing, 3621-2
>>>Operating budgets, reducing, 1712
>>>Regional agencies, 10096
>>>Review, 1712, 10098
>>>Service delivery standards, 1709
>>Government expenditures
>>>6% cut-backs, o.q., 490
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, 1709, 1712-4
>>>>o.q., 1722-6, 1917, 5098-9
>>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 10095, 10101
>>>>o.q., 9198
>>>Capital expenditures, o.q., 9529-30
>>>Contingency reserves, 4137, 10095
>>>Controlling, o.q., 15806
>>>Management, 10098
>>>Reduction, 1709, 1712-4, 2059, 10095-6
>>>>o.q., 1181, 1803, 1917, 2669, 3239, 4272, 5574, 5893, 6515, 6773-4, 6904, 7033-5, 8879, 9059, 9276, 9903-4, 10148, 16483, 17580
>>>Reforms, structural, o.q., 4137
>>>Waste and duplication, o.q., 4272
>>Government programs and services
>>>Duplication and overlap, o.q., 5941, 15806-7
>>>Expenditures, 10095, 10098
>>>>o.q., 10147
>>>Federal-provincial duplication, 10102
>>>>o.q., 15806-7
>>>o.q., 1918-9
>>>Privatization and commercialization, 10098
>>Government revenues
>>>Growth, 2059
>>>Increasing, o.q., 945
>>Governor General, income tax, o.q., 384
>>Grain, farm-stored, cash advances, 3619
>>Grain handling, system, 10097
>>Grain transportation
>>>Freight rates, 10097
>>>>o.q., 10151
>>>System, 10097
>>GST
>>>Abolition, o.q., 5575, 5724, 5729, 6219, 6775, 13050, 16029, 17443
>>>Credits, o.q., 4135
>>>Food items, o.q., 2126
>>>Harmonization, o.q., 4860, 5724, 6039, 13724
>>>Provincial and federal consumption taxes, merging, o.q., 5658-9
>>>Reform, 1709
>>>>o.q., 6217
>>>Replacing, o.q., 717, 1503, 2126, 4056, 4201-2, 4276, 4695, 5575, 5723, 6038-9, 7183, 8344, 9651
>>Health care
>>>Funding, o.q., 9535-6, 13803-4, 14615
>>>Prenatal nutrition programs, 1710
>>>System, o.q., 9535-6
>>Health insurance (Medicare)
>>>Canada Health Act principles, 1711
>>>Established Programs Financing, 1711
>>Home Buyers Plan, RRSP funds use, 1710
>>Human Resources Development Department, expenditures, 10096
>>Human Resources Investment Fund, employment and job creation, 10098-9
>>Human rights, funding, o.q., 11063-4
>>Hyundai Auto Canada, Bromont, Que., plant, o.q., 2539-40, 2624, 2668-9, 2794
>>Immigrants, financial guarantees, 10097
>>Immigration, policy, 10097
>>Income tax
>>>Business and professional income, 10101
>>>>o.q., 10617, 10663-4
>>>Charitable donations tax credit, 1711
>>>Child support payments, 1711
>>>Entertainment expense deduction, o.q., 940
>>>Exemptions, senior citizens, o.q., 637-8
>>>Gambling, lotteries, winnings, o.q., 940
>>>High income earners, o.q., 12110
>>>Increase, budget measure, o.q., 1235, 1502
>>>Life insurance premiums, 1713
>>>Overdue accounts, 10101
>>>Payroll tax deduction, o.q., 1182
>>>Personal, 10101
>>>Provincial taxes on capital and payroll, o.q., 17582
>>>Senior citizens age credit, 1713
>>>>o.q., 1799
>>>Tax shelters/loopholes, 1713
>>>>o.q., 25, 231, 384, 939-40, 1180-1, 2128, 6332, 9144, 9777, 9901
>>>United States estate taxes paid, equivalent credit, o.q., 9201
>>>Unpaid taxes, o.q., 8936, 9143
>>Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-9), 946, 1137, 3194
>>Income Tax Act and Income Tax Application Rules (amdt.)(Bill C-59), 8210
>>Income Tax Act and Income Tax Application Rules (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 13907
>>Income Tax Act, Income Tax Application Rules, Canada Pension Plan, Canada Business Corporations Act, Excise Tax Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-27), 3916, 4411, 4416
>>Income Tax Act, Ways and Means motion, notice, 1708
>>Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-105), 15584, 15611
>>Industrial park museum, theme park, o.q., 3394-5
>>Industry Department, expenditures, 10096
>>Inflation
>>>Dollar, exchange rate, o.q., 11345
>>>Government policy, o.q., 2622, 2667
>>>Reduction, 1708
>>>Targets, o.q., 2788
>>Information highway
>>>Financial markets, o.q., 10389
>>>Government paper, 1710
>>Infrastructure program
>>>Implementing, 1709
>>>Job creation component, o.q., 3395, 16613, 16740
>>>Provinces, o.q., 2738
>>>Quebec, o.q., 5898
>>>Women, o.q., 1993-4
>>Inheritance/estate tax, re-imposing, o.q., 9731
>>Interest rates
>>>Bank of Canada rate, o.q., 8122, 9900
>>>Bloc Québécois policies, o.q., 4696, 5574, 9057-8
>>>Decline, o.q., 13597
>>>Increase, o.q., 2175, 2666, 2668, 2739, 2788-9, 4137, 4696, 5574, 9198, 16320-1
>>>Policy, o.q., 9064
>>>United States rate, o.q., 2042, 9058
>>International development assistance, funding, 1712-3, 10096
>>International financial institutions
>>>Capital flow, o.q., 10667
>>>Electronic transfer, o.q. 10389
>>International Maritime Organization, housing allowances paid, o.q., 491
>>Job creation
>>>400,000 in 1994, 10094
>>>>o.q., 9194-5
>>>Budget, Feb. 27/95 measures, o.q., 10149, 13721-2
>>>Deficit, relationship, o.q., 12492
>>>Government initiatives, o.q., 1721, 2537-8, 13808, 15043
>>>Interest rates increase, relationship, o.q., 16320-1
>>>Private sector, o.q., 2540, 13808
>>>Quebec, o.q., 13596, 16613
>>>Rate, o.q., 2667, 13596-7
>>>Regional development projects, o.q., 2539, 2794
>>>Social security system reform, o.q., 9195
>>>Statistics, o.q., 2176, 3159, 6773, 9058
>>>Tax credit, o.q., 2537
>>>Taxation, o.q., 2125, 3831
>>>Unemployment insurance premiums reduction, o.q., 1798, 7684
>>Job creation, regional development projects, o.q., 16616
>>Justice system, public safety, 10097
>>Labour, provincial jurisdiction, o.q,, 13807
>>Law Reform Commission of Canada, restoring, 1710
>>Liberal Party, election promises, o.q., 642
>>Livestock Feed Bureau, disbanding, 10097
>>Livestock, feed-freight assistance subsidies, 10097
>>Magdalen Islands, ferry service, o.q., 2543
>>Megaprojects, funding, 10098
>>Members of Parliament, pensions, o.q., 4860
>>Mentally disabled persons, 1711
>>MIL Davie Inc., Lauzon, Que., shipyard, o.q., 3763
>>Military colleges, Collège militaire royal, Saint-Jean, Que., o.q., 2737, 6561
>>Milk
>>>Bovine somatotropin, o.q., 11530
>>>Industrial milk producers, subsidies, 10097
>>Mining industry
>>>Reclamation funds, 1710
>>>Resource allowances, 10101
>>Monetary policy
>>>Bank of Canada policy, o.q., 9901, 11187
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) policy, o.q., 2737, 12286, 12899-900
>>Municipalities, grants in lieu of taxes, statement by Minister, 4870
>>NAFTA, opportunities, 3618
>>National debt
>>>Foreign holdings, o.q., 14768, 15295
>>>GDP percentage, 10095
>>>>o.q., 490, 10148
>>>Increase, 10095
>>>>o.q., 5817, 10467
>>>Interest payments, o.q., 9058, 9907
>>>Level, o.q., 16483
>>>Other countries, o.q., 7734
>>>Reduction, o.q., 15292, 16483
>>National Defence Department, budget, 10096
>>National Forum on Health, 1711
>>>Health care expenditures, o.q., 6982
>>National Literacy Program, 1709
>>National Research Council, funding, 1710
>>Natural Resources Department, expenditures, 10096
>>Old age pensions
>>>Benefits, o.q., 638, 10384, 17385
>>>Canadians living abroad, 10100
>>>High-income recipients, 2059, 10100
>>>>o.q., 10189
>>>Reduction, o.q., 15769
>>>Review, o.q., 14723-4
>>Pensions
>>>Aging society, impact, 1711
>>>Public system, affordability, 10100
>>>Taxation, o.q., 6136-8
>>Petro Canada, privatization, 10098
>>>o.q., 1070, 14769
>>Petroleum industry, resource allowances, 10101
>>Poverty, Montreal, Que., o.q., 16613
>>Private family trusts, 1713
>>>Foreign holdings, 10101
>>>Income splitting, 10101
>>>Income tax exemption, 10101
>>>>o.q., 21, 384, 643, 1721, 1724, 1799, 4654-5, 6557, 6899, 9656, 9731
>>Procedure
>>>Documents, 1804
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 2737, 4702, 10904
>>>Minister's remarks, 16743
>>>Orders of the Day, 1312, 9784, 10094, 10475, 11353
>>Public Accounts, accounting practices, o.q, 235
>>Public Service
>>>Downsizing, 10097
>>>>o.q., 16736-7
>>>Salaries, 1712
>>Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act, eliminating, 10098
>>>o.q., 10193, 10793
>>Quebec
>>>Budget, provincial, May 9/95, 12037
>>>Credit rating, o.q., 9058
>>>Separation/sovereignty, o.q., 10148, 10832, 14814, 14921-4 14925-7, 15292, 15700-1, 15766
>>References, 3089, 3113, 4094, 4645
>>>See also Budget Pre-Budget consultations; Budget (1996)--Pre-budget consultations; Canada Steamship Lines; Conflict of interest; Deficit--Forecasts, 1996-97--Reduction; Economy--Conference--Growth; Economic policy--Economic and fiscal update; Federal Office of Regional Development for Quebec--Ministerial responsibility; Federalism--"Flexible federalism"; Finance Department; Government expenditures--Reduction, Interest rate increase; Housing--Social, Programs; Infrastructure program--Quebec; Job creation--Tax credit; Military colleges--Collège militaire royal, Saint-Jean, Que.--Bloc Québécois; National debt--Quebec share; Ontario--Provincial election (1995); Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Economic and political association--Separation/sovereignty, National debt; Sustainable development--Tax barriers; Taxation--Increase; Tobacco/cigarette smuggling--Export tax
>>Regional development
>>>Jurisdiction, o.q., 9728
>>>Loans, o.q., 16667
>>>Montreal, o.q., 10661
>>>Programs, o.q., 5214
>>>Quebec, o.q., 13047
>>Research and development, 1710
>>>Expenditures, o.q., 15103-4
>>>Government commitment, o.q., 13479
>>>KAON particle accelerator project, 1710
>>>Tax incentives, 10101
>>RRAP, reintroducing, 1710
>>RRSPs
>>>Contributions, 10101
>>>>o.q., 25, 230, 642-3, 1306
>>>Foreign investment option, o.q., 15295
>>>Investments, o.q., 5817, 9473
>>>Taxing, o.q., 5941, 6136-8, 6144, 6216, 6258-9, 6331-2, 6515, 8750, 8936-7, 9143
>>Rural Canada
>>>Budget, February, 1995, o.q., 9656, 10151
>>>Preservation, 3619-20
>>Sales taxes
>>>Federal-provincial co-operation, harmonization, o.q., 4276, 4522
>>>National, 12%, government proposal, o.q., 6774-5
>>Science and technology, 1710
>>>Activities, fostering, 10098
>>Senior citizens, sustainable support system, 10100
>>Small business
>>>Assistance, 10098
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, measures, 1708-10
>>>Business networks strategy, 1709
>>>Capital, access, 1709, 10098
>>>Dialogue with government, 1710
>>>Exports, 1709
>>>Regulations, paper-burden, 1709
>>>Survival, o.q., 1241
>>Social security system
>>>Canada Health and Social Transfer cutbacks, o.q., 13804
>>>Cut-backs, o.q., 6775
>>>Expenditures, o.q., 7182, 9907, 10149
>>>Funding, o.q., 9529
>>>Maintaining, o.q., 10149
>>>Moratorium, o.q., 3275, 3387, 3996
>>>National goals and principles, 10099
>>>>o.q., 10188-9
>>>National standards, o.q., 9529
>>>Reform, 1708-12
>>>>o.q., 6514, 6780, 6901, 8346-7, 9905
>>>Reform Party proposals, o.q., 10147
>>>Transfer payments to provinces, o.q., 12411, 15341, 15343, 17708-9
>>Space program
>>>International space station program, 1710
>>>Long term plan, 1710
>>Special interest groups, government funding, 1713, 10098
>>Spending Control Act, o.q., 1724
>>Tax reform
>>>Government commitment, 10101
>>>>o.q., 21, 4201
>>>Initiatives, tax base, broadening, o.q., 643
>>Tax treaties
>>>Double taxation, o.q., 10793
>>>Tax havens, o.q., 9901
>>Taxation
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, not raising, 1709
>>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, o.q., 9198
>>>Burden, o.q., 7182
>>>Compliance, increasing enforcement, 1713
>>>Fairness/unfairness, o.q., 718, 945, 8936, 9472
>>>Increase, 2059
>>>>o.q., 716-7, 939-40, 6982-3, 8751, 8878-9, 8936, 9000
>>>Loopholes, o.q., 7181
>>>Reducing, o.q., 17387-8, 17500
>>>Tax base, broadening, o.q., 1181
>>>Underground economy, o.q., 8936
>>>United States, o.q., 9276, 10793
>>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling
>>>Export tax, o.q., 892
>>>Government strategy, Feb. 8/94 announcement, o.q., 1064, 1234-5
>>>Reform Party policy, o.q., 891
>>Tobacco/cigarettes, taxes, o.q., 26, 891
>>Trade
>>>Free trade, o.q., 16246
>>>Promotion, 3618
>>>United States, 3621
>>Transfer payments to provinces
>>>$37 billion cash and tax points, 10100
>>>Block funding, o.q., 9905, 11526
>>>Budget, Feb. 27/95 measures, 12037
>>>>o.q., 10146-7, 10187, 10190-1, 10898
>>>Cut-backs, 10100
>>>>o.q., 9529, 9650-1, 12366, 17581
>>>Freezing, o.q., 1726, 6901, 7182
>>>Quebec, o.q., 10187, 12366-7, 15343, 16027-8
>>>Reform, 1708, 10099
>>>>o.q., 1726, 3232-3
>>>Use, 10099
>>Transport Department, budget, 10096
>>Transportation, surface freight transportation system, 1710
>>Unemployment
>>>Countermeasures, o.q., 2667
>>>Rate, o.q., 3159, 7181, 14453
>>>Reducing, o.q., 13053
>>>Youth, o.q., 13723
>>Unemployment insurance
>>>Benefit period, 1711
>>>Benefit rate, 1709, 1711
>>>>o.q., 1723, 1993
>>>Benefits, o.q., 1800, 2787-8, 5945, 9468
>>>Dependency, 10099
>>>Eligibility, weeks required, 1711
>>>Expenditures, 10099
>>>>o.q., 14814
>>>New Brunswick, o.q., 2737
>>>Premiums, 1709-11
>>>>o.q., 1798, 2045, 2537, 3159, 5820, 7684-5, 8431-2, 10467, 12413, 17385, 17440
>>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), o.q., 15769
>>>Reform, 10099
>>>>o.q., 2736-7, 3236
>>>Voluntary quits, fired for misconduct, 1711
>>Unemployment insurance account
>>>Consolidation with government financial statements, o.q., 17384-5
>>>Deficit, o.q., 7684-5, 9468
>>>Surplus, 10099
>>>>o.q., 17384-5
>>University research, funding agencies, 1710
>>Wages and salaries, stagnation, o.q., 16070
>>Welfare, minimum residency requirements, 10099, 12035-6
>>Wheat, exports to U.S., 3617
>>Women
>>>Advocacy groups, o.q., 9329
>>>Status, o.q., 15706
>>World Trade Organization, membership, o.q., 14922
>>Youth Internship Program, 1709
>>Youth Service Corps, 1709