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Millville, N.B. see Breau, Louise

Mine environmental neutral drainage program (MEND) see Mining industry

Mine Operators Conference

Miner, Jack

    >>Naturalist, death, 50th anniversary, S.O. 31, 7982

Mineral resources

    >>Mapping, Geological Survey of Canada role, value, 2778
    >>Sub-surface rights see Aboriginal land claims--Sahtu Dene and Métis Land Claim Agreements
    >>See also Aboriginal land claim--Voisey Bay, Labrador British Columbia--Tatshenshini-Alsek wilderness area

Mines, anti-personnel see Land mines

Minesweepers see Defence equipment--Ships

Mini-budget see Government expenditures--Reduction

Minimum tax see Corporations--Income tax

Minimum wage see Wages and salaries

Mining industry

    >>Aboriginal land claims, impact, 1770, 7027, 7043-4, 7047, 7522
    >>Advisory committee, private sector, 16465
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, relationship, 13209, 13215, 16465
    >>>Ignoring, S.O. 31, 10507
    >>Capital investment, 502
    >>>Flow-through shares, reintroducing, 601-2, 1279
    >>>>o.q., 1617
    >>>>S.O. 31, 2213, 12589
    >>Consortium, need, 13210
    >>Employment, decline, 16461
    >>Environmental protection/assessment, regulations, 5036, 16461, 16463-5
    >>>Grevet project, 8191
    >>>o.q., 15769
    >>Exploration
    >>>Expenditures, 16462, 16464, 16466
    >>>>o.q., 15347
    >>>Incentive program, 1770, 5036
    >>>>M. (Deshaies), 15063-71
    >>>>M. (Serré), 13207-16, 15239-48, 16459-66
    >>>>>Agreed to, 16466
    >>>>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 13216, 15248
    >>>Keeping Mining in Canada, industry information campaign, 2105, 11395, 13207, 13209, 16461
    >>>>Creighton, Sask., supporting, S.O. 31, 15519
    >>>>McMillan, Sara, poster contest first prize winner, S.O. 31, 8239
    >>>Tax measures, Feb. 27/95 budget including, S.O. 31, 9416
    >>>Whitehorse mining initiative, report, 2105, 13208-9, 16465
    >>>>o.q., 15347
    >>Exports, percentage, 1769, 13214
    >>Government assistance, 6763
    >>>Lack, condemning, S.O. 31, 14309, 15519
    >>Government commitment, 16466
    >>Importance, economic role, etc., 6210, 16461-2, 16465-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 4127, 8288-9, 10464, 15520
    >>International competitiveness, 16461-2
    >>Investing in the Americas Conference,, 16465
    >>Jurisdiction, federal-provincial, 6239, 9113, 16461-6
    >>Kemess mine, British Columbia, proposal, environmental assessment, 17487
    >>Land use planning, relationship, 16462
    >>Liberal Party policy, 1770, 2105
    >>Metal mining liquid effluent regulations, compliance, 16464
    >>Mine closures, 1769, 13208
    >>Mine environmental neutral drainage program (MEND), 8181, 13213
    >>Mineral development, 10171
    >>Natural Resources Standing Committee report, Lifting Canadian Mining Off the Rocks, implementing, 16461, 16463-4
    >>>See also Natural Resources Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth
    >>Ore bodies inventories, low levels, 1770, 2105
    >>Petitions, 6943, 7107, 7375, 7992, 8178, 8180, 8300, 8789, 8946, 9069, 9115-6, 9204, 9661-2, 9696, 9785, 9787, 9831, 9864, 10200-1, 10230, 12296, 12762, 13057, 15536, 15815, 15989, 16492, 17145
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) policy, condemning, 1769
    >>Reclamation funds, tax deductions, Feb. 22/94 budget measure, 1710, 1770, 2105, 5036, 8555, 8559, 8583, 8589, 9767, 13207-16, 16461-2, 16465
    >>Regulatory reform, 11395, 14912-3, 16461-3, 16465
    >>>o.q., 15527, 15769
    >>>S.O. 31, 15175-6, 16184-5
    >>Research
    >>>CANMET Laboratory, Elliot Lake, Ont., government-private sector partnership, 11282
    >>>Rockbursts, Natural Resources Department, funding, o.q., 1616
    >>Resource allowance, improvement/replacement, federal-provincial meetings, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10101
    >>Russia, 9 Cameco Corp. Canadian employees killed in Kyrgyzstan helicopter crash
    >>>o.q., 15347
    >>>S.O. 31, 15283
    >>Single window environmental process, 1770
    >>Statistics, 13207-8, 13215
    >>Sustainable development, 6237, 6240, 16464-6
    >>Sustaining, petition, 6002, 12150
    >>Taxation, 502
    >>>Burden, etc., 8192-4, 15492
    >>>Double taxation allegations, 2105
    >>>>Extraction/recycling, 16464
    >>>See also Mining--Exploration--Reclamation funds
    >>Tin mine, Yarmouth County, N.S., closure, 549
    >>Transportation infrastructure, northern Quebec, significance, 3119-22
    >>Wages, 16461-2
    >>Yukon, economy, importance, 7026-7
    >>See also British Columbia; Cuba--Canadian investments; Elliot Lake, Ont.; Employment; Environment--Protection; Exports; GDP; Macassa Mine; Mine Operators Conference; National Mining Week; Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction, Ocean mining; Program for Older Worker Adjustment; Yukon Quartz Mining Act and the Yukon Placer Mining Act (amdt.)(Bill C-120)

Minister of Labour see Human Resources Development Department--Labour Minister

Ministerial permits see Immigrants--Terrorists; Immigration

Ministerial regional offices see Cabinet ministers--Offices/staff

Ministerial responsibility see Federal Office of Regional Development for Quebec

Ministerial statements see Statements by Ministers

Ministers see Cabinet ministers

Minivans see Automotive safety--Bumpers

Minna, Maria (L--Beaches--Woodbine)

    >>Beaches--Woodbine constituency, 2085-6
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, o.q., 13726
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, 3063
    >>>M. for approval (P. Martin), 2084-6
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 3062-4
    >>Canada Customs, o.q., 17240
    >>Canada Health Act, 11872-3, 11893
    >>Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Bill C-28), 5413-4
    >>Child care, 2085, 3063, 17747-8
    >>Children, S.O. 31, 12836
    >>CSIS, 6347-9
    >>>M. on supply (Langlois), 6347-9
    >>Deficit, 17747
    >>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 6841-3
    >>Department of Health Act (Bill C-95), 16233-4
    >>Department of Industry Act (Bill C-46), 6163-5
    >>Discrimination and racism, 10620-1
    >>Economic conditions, 2085
    >>Education, 3062-3
    >>Endangered and Threatened Species Act (Bill C-275), 16513-4
    >>Finance Standing Committee, reports, M. (Gagliano), 17747-8
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, o.q., 11531
    >>Government expenditures, 869
    >>Government programs and services, 6165
    >>Gun control/guns, S.O. 31, 2851
    >>Health care, M. on supply (Manning), 11871-4, 11893, 11895-6
    >>Health insurance (Medicare), 11872-3
    >>Human Resources Development Standing Committee, report, 5350
    >>Immigrants, 920
    >>>o.q., 642
    >>Immigration Act (amdt.), Citizenship Act (amdt.) and Customs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-44), 9260-2
    >>India, o.q., 7186
    >>Industry Department, 6163
    >>Infrastructure program, 3063
    >>Job creation, 2085, 3062-3
    >>Lake Ontario, S.O. 31, 16773
    >>Members of Parliament, S.O. 31, 6848
    >>Multiculturalism, 6841-3
    >>>M. (J. Brown), 11566
    >>Multiple sclerosis, S.O. 31, 13043
    >>National Housing Act (amdt.)(Bill C-108), 16287, 16289
    >>National identity, 6842-3
    >>National Missing Children's Day, S.O. 31, 12836
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 15803
    >>Occupational Health and Safety Week, S.O. 31, 5572
    >>Packaging and labelling, M. (Pagtakhan), 4300-1
    >>Postage stamps, petition, 6446
    >>Poverty, 17747-8
    >>>M. (C. Axworthy), 6368
    >>Procedure, decorum, 6842
    >>References, maiden speech, 2084
    >>Research and development, 3063, 6164
    >>Security Intelligence Review Committee, 6348-9
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 13240
    >>Small business, 3063, 6163-4
    >>Social justice, 2085-6
    >>Social security system, 2084-6
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 869-70
    >>Terrorism, S.O. 31, 11671-2
    >>Tourist industry, 6164
    >>Unemployment, 17747
    >>Welfare, 11895
    >>Whales, S.O. 31, 11878
    >>Wildlife, 16513-4
    >>Women, 10632
    >>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 10620-1, 10632
    >>>S.O. 31, 7500, 16359
    >>World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, S.O. 31, 12279
    >>Young Offenders Act, petition, 5586
    >>Youth, 2085, 17747
    >>Youth Internship Program, 3062-3
    >>Youth Service Corps, 3063

Minority groups see Ethnic minorities; Training programs

Minority language groups

    >>Promotion, government departments and agencies, action plans, o.q., 13050
    >>See also Education

Minority language newspapers see Government advertising

Minto Elementary and Junior High School see Canada Remembers Program

Mirabel International Airport see Airports

Mirabel, Que. see Defence equipment--Helicopters, Grifton helicopters

Miramichi constituency

Miramichi, N.B. see Pulp and paper industry

Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 1994 (Bill C-40)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 5162
    >>Second reading, Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, report from Committee, report stage concurrence, third reading, 5596-7, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 5782. Chap. 26, S.C. 1994
    >>References, 6520

Missiles

    >>Missile firing competition, National Defence Department involvement, S.O. 31, 6978

Missing children see Children

Missing persons see McLaughlin, Sherri

Mission--Coquitlam constituency

    >>References, 165-6
    >>See also Rogers Cable

Missionaries see Rwanda--Civil war

Missionary Church see Evangelical Missionary Church (Canada West District) Act (Bill S-12)

Mississauga Hospital see Henderson

Mississauga, Ont.

    >>Seniors residence, fire tragedy, S.O. 31, 10894
    >>S.O. 31, 9944
    >>See also McCallion, Hazel; McKechnie, Frank; Pope John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre

Mississauga West constituency

    >>Economic growth, 6164-5
    >>Population growth pattern, 9392-3

Mitchell, Andy (L--Parry Sound--Muskoka)

    >>Anderson, Reverend Ronald Edward, S.O. 31, 8824
    >>Bala and District Lions Club, S.O. 31, 11981
    >>Beaver, S.O. 31, 10946
    >>Bell Canada Act (amdt.--construction charges)(Bill C-346), 14411
    >>Bethune, Dr. Norman, S.O. 31, 10319-20
    >>Boating safety, S.O. 31, 13472
    >>Borrowing Authority Act, 1995-96 (Bill C-73), 10342-3
    >>Bouchard, references, 17051
    >>Brodie, Paul, S.O. 31, 6849
    >>Budget, 13311-2
    >>>M. on supply (Williams), 7168
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 13310-11
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 13310-2
    >>Business development corporations, S.O. 31, 6708
    >>Canada, 17050
    >>Canada World Youth Program, S.O. 31, 9816-7
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act, petition, 6944
    >>Canadian values, S.O. 31, 17573
    >>Carter-Edwards, Ed, S.O. 31, 6380
    >>Child support payments, 6683
    >>Confederation Life Insurance Company
    >>>o.q., 16738
    >>>Petition, 16698
    >>Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110), 17050-3
    >>Contraventions Act
    >>>o.q., 13132
    >>>S.O. 31, 3873
    >>Darling, Stan, 127
    >>Deficit, 7168, 10342-3, 13311, 15784, 17728-9
    >>Department of Industry Act (Bill C-46), 6788-9
    >>Economic development, 17728
    >>>S.O. 31, 1180
    >>Electoral boundaries, 9400-3
    >>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18), 2767-8
    >>Employment, 6683
    >>Environment, S.O. 31, 9321-2
    >>Everett, Robert Emerson, S.O. 31, 2665-6
    >>Federal Business Development Bank, 6789
    >>FedNor, 15787-8
    >>Figure skating, S.O. 31, 10382
    >>Finance Standing Committee, reports, M. (Gagliano), 17728-9
    >>Financial Administration Act (amdt.--exempted crown corporations)(Bill C-263), 11656
    >>Financial Administration and Auditor General Acts (amdt.--review of budget speech)(Bill C-245), 6665-6
    >>Financial institutions, S.O. 31, 9525
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 11111-2, 13569, 13573-4, 13582, 13587, 13602
    >>Georgian Bay Island National Park, S.O. 31, 15284
    >>Government, 13310
    >>Government borrowing, 17728
    >>Government expenditures, 10342-3, 13310, 17728
    >>>S.O. 31, 7362
    >>Government revenues, 6665-6
    >>Grain transportation, 13312
    >>Gun control/guns, 11111-2, 13573-4, 13587, 13602
    >>>Petitions, 10340, 13376
    >>Heritage Vision '95, S.O. 31, 11290
    >>House of Commons, 9400, 9402
    >>Income tax, 6683
    >>Industry, 6788
    >>Industry Standing Committee, reports, 16783
    >>Infrastructure program, 130
    >>>S.O. 31, 12410
    >>Job creation, 130, 15784, 17728-9
    >>Liberal Party, 130
    >>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-85), 12209-11
    >>Mining industry, M. (Serré), 13215-6
    >>Muskoka ActiveFest '94, S.O. 31, 4385
    >>National Triathlon Team, S.O. 31, 8543
    >>National unity, 17050-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 15964
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, petition, 1863
    >>Ontario, 17728-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 12410, 13366
    >>Paralympics, S.O. 31, 1852-3
    >>Parry Sound--Muskoka constituency, 127, 2767-8
    >>Penitentiaries, qu., 10201
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 13653, 13669, 13675
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 1864
    >>>Petitions, 1864
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 9400-3
    >>Protection of Personal Information Obtained by Certain Corporations Act (Bill C-315), 17069-70
    >>Public Service, 17728
    >>Quebec, 17050-1
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 17050-1
    >>References, maiden speech, 127
    >>Research and development, 17728
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 12729
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 9477, 10340, 12729
    >>Small business, 128-31, 6788-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 10656, 14525, 16773
    >>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 15779, 15784-8, 16783
    >>Small Business Week, S.O. 31, 7224
    >>Snowmobiling, S.O. 31, 8113
    >>Social policy, S.O. 31, 7802
    >>Social security system, 10343
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 828-30, 914
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 6682-4
    >>>o.q., 2224
    >>Special interest groups, 7168-9
    >>Spruce Glen Public School, S.O. 31, 6212
    >>Telephone service, 14411
    >>>S.O. 31, 8287
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 127-31
    >>Tourist industry, 128, 6789
    >>>S.O. 31, 17079
    >>Training programs, 17051-2
    >>Unemployment, 6683, 17729
    >>Unemployment insurance, 17455-6
    >>>M. on supply (Lalonde), 17455-6
    >>United Nations International Day of Families, S.O. 31, 12590-2
    >>Veterans' benefits, petition, 6390, 9476
    >>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 12183
    >>Waterways, o.q., 17391
    >>World No Tobacco Day, S.O. 31, 13041
    >>World War II, S.O. 31, 11478
    >>Young Offenders Act, petition, 17445
    >>Young offenders, petition, 6944

Mitchell, Margaret see Women--Violence against

Mitchell, Mike see Akwesasne Indian Reserve--Chief

Mladic, Ratko see Bosnia-Herzegovina--War crimes

MMT (Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl) see Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives; Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-94)

Moberly Lake, B.C. see Postal service

Mobile homes see Mortgages, CMHC program

Mochovce, Slovakia see Nuclear reactors

Model forests see Mexico

Model parliament see Parliament

Moffat, Roxanne see Small Business Week

Mohamed, Sharon see Murder

Mohawk people

    >>Bloc Québécois, discrediting, Deputy Prime Minister Copps, allegations
    >>>o.q., 1500, 1552
    >>>S.O. 31, 1496-9
    >>Cabinet committee studying, Quebec representation, o.q., 4060-1
    >>See also Akwesasne Indian Reserve; Kahnawake Indian Reserve; Kanesatake Band Council; Kanesatake Indian Reserve; Quebec--Aboriginal peoples; Tobacco/cigarette smuggling

Mohawk Warrior Society see Drug trafficking--Cocaine

Moment of silence see House of Commons--Prayers

Monarch Butterfly Reserves

    >>Long Point National Wildlife Area, Point Pelee National Park and Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area designation, S.O. 31, 16138-9

Moncton, N.B. see Railways--Branch line abandonment

MONDEX see Currency--Alternatives

Mondia Editeurs see Canadian Heritage Department--Aboriginal peoples

Monetary policy

    >>Bank of Canada policy, relationship, o.q., 9901, 11187
    >>Economic development and job creation focus, o.q., 9901
    >>G-7 countries, impact, 10434-5
    >>Inflation, impact, 1736
    >>Liberal-Progressive Conservative governments, similarities, 13070
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) policy, Bank of Canada Governor continuing, 532, 1786, 2604, 3196-7
    >>>o.q., 2737, 12286, 12899-900
    >>United States, comparing, 2598
    >>See also Economic conditions--Recession; GDP--Decline; Interest rates