N

NABST see National Advisory Board on Science and Technology

NAFO see Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

>>Adjustment assistance, displaced workers, Liberal Party election promise, o.q., 2625-6
>>Americas, all, extending to, 16117
>>Asia-Pacific nations, reaction, 2304
>>Bloc Québécois position, 16095, 16117
>>Canadian withdrawal, 16838-9
>>>See also Canadian Withdrawal From NAFTA Act (Bill C-359)
>>Chile, inclusion, 11428, 11458
>>>Application, 2263, 2297
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 16117
>>>Negotiations, social dimension, including, o.q., 8482
>>>Negotiations, United States demands, S.O. 31, 13121-2
>>>o.q., 8036-7, 8837, 8942, 14457-8
>>>Renegotiation, necessity, o.q., 14450-1
>>>S.O. 31, 8934
>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, position, o.q., 8942
>>Culture, relationship, 6875, 7486-8, 15996
>>Dispute settlement mechanism, 2278
>>>United States sabotaging, 8453
>>>Yukon Surface Rights Board, comparing, 7528-9
>>Economic independence, impact, 14736
>>End user certificates, 9556
>>Environmental Co-operation Agreement, 8437
>>>Enforcement procedures, 949-50, 952-5, 3379-83
>>>Legislation see Crown Liability and Proceedings Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4)
>>Environmental Commission, location, selection process, 52, 54, 58-9, 204-6, 954
>>>Montreal, Que., 3381, 4805, 7143
>>>>o.q., 2857, 3103, 3392-3, 3442
>>>>S.O. 31, 2847-8, 2967, 3437
>>>o.q., 234, 1309-10
>>>Winnipeg, Man., advocating, S.O. 31, 2478
>>Human rights clause, including, o.q., 14457
>>Implementation, Liberal Party reversing position, 534, 1783, 1786, 7516, 11269-70, 11428, 14732, 15592-3, 15990
>>>Impact, economic conditions factor, 15825
>>Improvements, 42, 4164
>>Labour Co-operation Agreement, 8437
>>>Enforcement procedures, 949-50, 952-6, 3379-83
>>>>Commission, 954
>>>>Legislation see Crown Liability and Proceedings Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4)
>>Membership, expanding, 6503-4, 8415
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 2277
>>>>Quebec independence, requesting, 2305
>>>Latin American countries, joining, 1542
>>>See also NAFTA--Chile--Quebec
>>Mexico, human rights record, Chiapas Indians revolt
>>>Canadian delegation response, Secretary of State C. Stewart position, o.q., 152-3
>>>Relationship, 1216-7
>>>>o.q., 26-8
>>>S.O. 31, 1420
>>New Democratic Party position, 457-8, 4503
>>Opportunities, 3618
>>Quebec, independent, inclusion, 15610, 15613, 15823
>>>o.q., 14450-1, 14641
>>>S.O. 31, 9525, 14640, 14920, 15099
>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Economic and political association
>>Quebec position, 951, 7324, 13095, 15995-7, 16095
>>Quebec role, 8419, 8435, 8792, 8802, 8806
>>Ratification, 198, 3195
>>>Job losses, 737
>>Reform Party position, 951
>>Social and labour provisions, lack, 16117
>>Social programs, relationship, harmonization, etc., 15995
>>Subsidies, dumping and countervail side agreements, 543-4, 2274, 2278, 8437
>>>Negotiations, status, o.q., 10956
>>See also Agricultural products--Tariffs; Customs Tariff--Legislation; Defence equipment--Procurement policy; Exports--Expansion opportunities--United States; Gasoline--Additives, MMT; General Preferential Tariff; Government contracts--Purchases; Manufacturing industries--Imported manufacturing inputs; Mexico--Elections; Trade--Expansion--Interprovincial trade, Internal trade agreement; Transportation--North-south direction; Unemployment--FTA; Water; Wheat--Durum wheat, exports to United States; World Trade Organization

Nanaimo, B.C. see Drug trafficking--Combating; RCMP

Nanaimo--Cowichan constituency

>>Government grants, reviewing committees, S.O. 31, 11339
>>See also Crime--Immigrants committing; Quebec--Distinct society

Nancoo, Linda see Centennial Flame Research Award

Nanos, Fatos see Albania

Naples, Italy see Economic G-7 Summits (1994)

Narcotic Control Act

>>Historical background, 1561
>>Repeal, 1565
>>See also Drug trafficking--Combating, Legislation

Naskapi see Quebec--Aboriginal peoples

National Aboriginal Achievement Awards

>>1994, first annual, S.O. 31. 1497

National Aboriginal Languages Month see Aboriginal Languages Month

National Access Awareness Week

>>Accessibility for disabled and handicapped persons, S.O. 31, 12997, 13000-1, 13170
>>S.O. 31, 4652, 4693, 12892, 13121

National Action Committee on the Status of Women

>>Annual lobbying day, S.O. 31, 13589
>>Convention, S.O. 31, 5150
>>Government funding, 864, 3848-50, 3853
>>>S.O. 31, 5338-9
>>Membership, men excluded, discriminatory, government funding withdrawal, requesting, o.q., 5309

National Addictions Awareness Week

>>S.O. 31, 7803

National Adoption Awareness Month Act (Bill C-246)--Boudria

>>First reading, 4002-3
>>See also Adoption

National Advisory Board on Science and Technology see Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction, Oceans management strategy

National Advisory Council on Aging see Senior citizens

National AIDS Awareness Week

>>Homophobia awareness campaign, S.O. 31, 15336-7
>>See also AIDS Awareness Week

National Anthem

>>Male references, amending
>>>Legislation see National Anthem Act (amdt.)(Bill C-264)
>>>Petition, 1243
>>O Canada, English vs French meanings, 194, 14288
>>See also House of Commons--Proceedings

National Anthem Act (amdt.)(Bill C-264)--Robinson

>>First reading, 5619
>>See also National Anthem--Male references

National Apprenticeship Program

>>Government implementing, 523-4, 550-1, 610, 1683, 1938, 1941, 3685-6

National Archives of Canada

>>Documents, disposal, National Archives Advisory Board, consultations, 14389-90
>>See also National Library--Mandate

National Archives of Canada Advisory Board

>>Appointments, review by House of Commons committee, 14387, 14389-90
>>See also National Archives of Canada--Documents

National Archivist of Canada see Secret Records

National Arts Centre

>>Director General
>>>DesRochers, Y., firing, $350,000 severance payment, 1952-3
>>>>o.q., 1615-6, 1689
>>>Election by Board of Directors, o.q., 1689-90
>>Employees, public service membership, 9756
>>Financial management, Auditor General, special examination, 1274, 9755
>>Management autonomy, 1275
>>>o.q., 1689
>>See also Access to Information Act and Privacy Act (amdt.--Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and National Arts Centre Corporation)(Bill C-342); Financial Administration Act (amdt.--Canada Council, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Film Development Corporation, National Arts Centre Corporation)(Bill C-341); Financial Administration Act (amdt.--exempted crown corporations) (Bill C-263)

National Basketball Association see Basketball

National Battlefields Commission see Canadian Heritage Department

National Biomass Ethanol Program see Gasoline--Blended

National business plan see Economic development

National Capital Commission

>>Beaudry, Marcel, Chairman, Quebec Liberal Party fund raising, o.q., 10713-4, 10833, 11348
>>Budget, excessive, 9286-8
>>Christmas lights, survey, cost, 4806
>>Decision-making, public input, 9287, 9300
>>>o.q., 1861
>>Eliminating, 9287-8
>>Membership, "local municipality" representation, 14379-81, 14385
>>Office space leases, Chambers Building, José Perez involvement, o.q., 10901
>>Staff, lay-offs, contracting out to employee takeover companies, savings, o.q., 16837
>>See also Quebec sovereignty referendum--No campaign; Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee--Reports, Third

National Capital region

>>Clean environment, maintaining, government policies, o.q., 13529
>>High tech business park, proposed development, National Capital Commission master plan, S.O. 31, 11982-3
>>Public Service, downsizing, impact, o.q., 17499-500
>>See also Government contracts

National Child Day

>>S.O. 31, 7980-2, 8033-5, 8166, 16532-5

National Citizens' Coalition

>>Business, David Somerville role, etc., 12231
>>See also Members of Parliament--Pensions; Quebec--Distinct society

National Citizenship Week

>>Canadian Heritage Department initiative, 17641
>>S.O. 31, 3042, 3386
>>Statement by Minister (Marchi), 3009-12

National Composting Awareness Week

>>S.O. 31, 12063

National Co-op Week

>>Statement by Minister (Goodale), 7039-41

National Council of Welfare see Canada Health and Social Transfer

National Crime Prevention Council

>>Appointments, 517
>>Establishing, 1578, 2415-7, 2423, 2458, 4240, 4286-7, 5861, 14470
>>>o.q., 7185
>>Funding, 4287
>>Government convening, 515
>>>o.q., 4132, 4202

National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured in the Workplace

>>S.O. 31, 3644, 3646, 11933-5
>>Statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 3609-10

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

>>Proclamation, 8659, 8692-3
>>S.O. 31, 17231, 17273-4

National Daycare Week

>>Workers, conditions, recognizing, S.O. 31, 4051

National debt

>>$1 trillion by 2001, Canadian Manufacturers Association study, 3053
>>$675 billion, 1997-98 projection, 10116, 17723-4
>>1997-1998, forecast, 11276
>>Bank of Canada financing greater share, 11591
>>Banks holding, 16824
>>Budget addressing, 681
>>>Throne Speech proposal, 10
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94 measures, impact, 1765, 1767, 2242-3, 14032
>>>See also Government credit rating--Foreign currency debt
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95 measures, impact, 10120-3, 10137-41, 10163, 10166-7, 10180-1, 10293, 10449, 10490, 10497, 10533, 10536-7, 10540, 13116
>>Controlling, mechanism, lack, 13342
>>Crisis, 6394, 6534-6, 6660-1, 6733, 6958-9, 6961-2, 6996, 6999, 7976-7, 13875, 13883-4, 13892-3
>>>International Monetary Fund intervention, threat, 2269, 3018
>>>New Zealand, comparison, 2229-30, 3015
>>>o.q., 4275
>>Current, 3088, 4621
>>Developing countries, comparison, 12804
>>Domestic program, 1844, 10245
>>Election promises factor, 12386
>>Elimination, Phoenix Rising Solution, conversion of excessive debt to equity, Ross Healy proposal, 11592-3
>>Factors, 1155, 2680, 6171
>>>Government expenditures, 13343-4
>>>Tax exemptions and government programs and services, 11429
>>Federal, provincial and municipal debt
>>>$660 billion, 3052, 3076
>>>Foreign holdings, 44%, 17723
>>Federal spending power, relationship, 14740
>>Federalism, 7190, 10156, 10211
>>Foreign holdings, 1844, 6150, 8818, 10246, 11335, 11357, 11359, 11442, 11829, 13303, 13343
>>>Implications, 2099, 4927
>>>Interest rate increase, dollar exchange decline, impact, 3062
>>>Percentage, 11588, 2152-4
>>>Reducing, 13305
>>>>o.q., 14768, 15295
>>>S.O. 31, 15284
>>>See also Debt recovery bonds; Foreign policy--Independent; National debt--Federal, provincial and municipal
>>GDP percentage, 681, 732, 740-1, 748-9, 763-4, 1265, 1868, 1939, 3052, 10310, 10963
>>>100%, approaching, 11586
>>>>S.O. 31, 4199-200
>>>Budget cuts addressing, 15885
>>>Decline, 10095, 13289
>>>Increase from 20% to 75%, 1975 to 1995, 17679, 17686, 17694, 17698, 17724, 17729
>>>o.q., 490, 1234
>>>Stability, o.q., 10147-8
>>>Target, 60%, 2498, 13116
>>History, 3088, 13146-7
>>Impact, importance, 12041-2, 12058, 12060, 13115-6
>>Increase, 1754, 1813, 1893-4, 1906, 1933, 1939, 2249, 2680, 2685, 2691-2, 2694, 3052, 3808-9, 4455-6, 4562-3, 4646-7, 6253, 6510, 6661, 6772, 7030, 7160, 7165, 7198-9, 7307, 7553, 7804, 8315, 8318, 8332, 8335, 8360, 8365, 8373, 8498, 8510, 8593, 8846, 9156, 9290, 10211-2, 11314-5, 11356, 12200-1, 13262, 13346, 16702, 17751
>>>$800 billion by year 2000, forecast, o.q., 10467
>>>Additional $100 billion in next three years, 1769, 1783, 1817, 1865, 1936, 2056, 2063-4, 2096, 2107, 2136, 2147, 2493, 3026, 4924, 4954, 6165, 7165, 11357, 11392-3, 11420, 11432, 11588-9, 11707-8, 13060, 13217, 16453, 16456
>>>>o.q., 5817
>>>>S.O. 31, 5809
>>>Forecast, S.O. 31, 2665
>>>Government responsibility, 1771
>>>>S.O. 31, 6380, 7363
>>>Liberal government (Trudeau) responsibility, 6729, 7084, 8565, 11314, 11442, 11502-3, 15573
>>>Liberal governments (former), responsibility, 17729-30
>>>Liberal Party election promises, "red book", impact, 15475
>>>New measures, necessary, o.q., 2853
>>>o.q., 16243
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney-Campbell) responsibility, 3054, 6729, 8565, 10256, 13117, 13147
>>>Rate, 17684, 17697
>>>>Decline, 10095
>>>Since 1980, 663
>>>S.O. 31, 6632
>>>See also Foreign aid
>>Individual/per capita share, 473, 1829, 2683-4, 2688, 3015, 3052, 5041, 6685, 8818, 11314, 11357, 16517
>>>McNeill, Carl, donation, S.O. 31, 7420
>>Interest payments, 606, 618, 663, 703-4, 764, 777-8, 781-3, 1811, 1813-4, 1826, 1886, 2049-50, 2056, 2099, 2102, 2147, 2227-8, 2683, 2686-7, 2691-2, 3059, 3088, 3108, 3808-9, 3823-4, 5039, 6858, 6952, 6961, 8357, 8572, 9510, 10110, 10239, 10279-82, 11284, 11287, 11314-5, 11335, 11337, 11356-7, 11420-1, 11428-9, 11432, 11435, 11441-2, 11584, 11586, 11588, 11591-2, 11707-8, 11823, 11829, 12807, 13060, 13069, 13217, 13303, 13338, 13344, 13388, 16128, 17698, 17724, 17751-2
>>>37 cents of every tax dollar, 2152
>>>Borrowing to pay, 16606
>>>Increase, 1757, 1759, 1765-6, 14033
>>>Interest rate increase, impact, o.q., 9058
>>>o.q., 9907, 10147
>>>Underestimating, 2117
>>Interest rates, relationship, 2682, 13060
>>International comparison, 11357, 17754
>>>Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, 11706
>>International problem, 17754-5
>>Level, surpassing $.5 trillion, 33, 46, 51, 144, 161, 480, 695, 708, 778, 781, 1155, 1160, 1759, 1780, 1813-4, 1819, 1825, 1829, 1936, 2135, 2156, 2250, 2681, 2688, 3015, 3036, 7871, 9510, 9771, 11357, 11420, 11586, 11589, 11828, 13217, 13252
>>>o.q., 16483
>>>S.O. 31, 146
>>Liberal government (Trudeau) record, 1780, 2136, 2250, 2680, 3022, 3054, 3088, 17724
>>Liberal governments, former, 6649, 6996, 7201, 10211-2, 10316, 11829, 13416-7
>>Mortgage on future generations, 2227-8, 2230, 2232, 2241-2, 2250, 3015-6, 5038-9, 6951-2, 6994, 6998, 11586, 17724
>>Other countries, comparison, 10527, 10538, 13416-7
>>>o.q, 7734
>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), record, 3088, 11829, 15913, 17724
>>Progressive Conservative government, former, 6649, 7201-2
>>Projections, five year forecast, based on Feb. 27/95 budget, qu., 14548
>>Public donations, S.O. 31, 1607
>>Quebec independence, impact, 3720
>>Quebec share, 8845, 13147-8
>>>Provincial debt, comparison, 11441
>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, National debt
>>Reducing, 60, 539, 1886, 1944, 2684, 3112, 4635-6, 6395, 6426, 6701, 7196, 7200-1, 8369-70, 10219-20, 10940-1, 13338-9, 14033, 15826, 16455-6
>>>2 year rolling targets, extending, Auditor General report, o.q., 15291-2
>>>1993 election campaign issue, 1787
>>>Auditor General's report, comments, 1223-4, 17753
>>>Deficit reduction, elimination, relationship, 17689-90
>>>>o.q., 16483
>>>Game plan or targets, 1811, 7165
>>>Government inaction, 7194-5, 9352
>>>>S.O. 31, 6135
>>>Gradualism policy, 11707-8
>>>Interest rate increase, impact, 11257
>>>London and St. Thomas Real Estate Board, trust fund initiative, S.O. 31, 9819
>>>New Democratic Party position, 1787
>>>On backs of disadvantaged, 6610, 7976, 16516-7
>>>o.q., 21
>>>Senior citizens role, 16530
>>>See also Disabled and handicapped persons--National debt/deficit; Government credit rating
>>Reform Party position, 6535, 7125-6, 7871, 15772, 16128
>>Responsibility, 13341-2
>>>Collective, 1903
>>S.O. 31, 6707
>>Social security system, relationship, 3853, 4924-5, 15781, 17724, 17751
>>>See also Social security system--National debt/deficit
>>Surtax on banks/financial institutions' profits, petition, 15732-3
>>Taxation, relationship, 17751
>>Third World country status, Wall Street Journal, article, 11586
>>Unemployment, relationship, 2680, 17724, 17751
>>Youth, impact, 667, 2227-8, 14034
>>>S.O. 31, 2927, 3438
>>>University of Manitoba debate, Duhamel comments, S.O. 31, 9272
>>See also Canadian Heritage Department; Competitiveness; Confederation; Debt recovery bonds; Economic conditions--Deficit/national debt--National debt--Quebec separation threat; Economic development; Film and video industry--Loan Guarantee Program; Foreign investment--Deficit; GDP; Government contracts; Government expenditures--Government operating costs; Health care--Funding; Infrastructure program--Deficit/debt; International development assistance; Job creation--Government programs--National debt/deficit; Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program; Multiculturalism--Funding; Official languages policy/bilingualism; Quebec--Separation/sovereignty; Small business--Growth; Social security system; Standard of living--Artificial; Taxation--Reducing; Transfer payments to provinces; Unemployment

National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee

>>Reports, presented
>>>First (Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act (Bill C-67)), 11353
>>>Second (1995-1996 main estimates), 13054
>>>Third (1995-1996 main estimates), 13054
>>See also Canada's Defence Policy Review Special Joint Committee