O

O Canada see House of Commons--Proceedings; National Anthem

Oakville--Milton constituency

>>Economic conditions, S.O. 31, 2663-4

OAS see Organization of American States

Oaths of allegiance see Citizenship; Flag; Members of Parliament

Oaths of Office (Pro Forma)(Bill C-1)--Prime Minister (J. Chrétien)

>>First reading, 9

O'Brien, Morag see Women--Persons case

O'Brien, Pat (L--London--Middlesex)

>>Abortion, petition, 5623
>>Agriculture
>>>M. (Goodale), 4155-7
>>>S.O. 31, 4384
>>Auditor General Act (amdt.)(Bill C-83), 14560-2, 14564
>>Big Brothers Month, S.O. 31, 14638
>>Bloc Québécois, 2307-8
>>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 5988
>>Bouchard, references, 5988
>>Budget, 1166
>>>M. (P. Martin), 738-40
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 11272-4
>>>M. for approval (P. Martin), 10221, 10435-8
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 11272-4
>>Business, 11273
>>Business Development Bank of Canada, S.O. 31, 13909-10
>>Cabinet, 6150
>>Cabinet ministers, 6150
>>Canada, S.O. 31, 15208
>>Canadian Executive Services Organization, S.O. 31, 2350, 8991-2
>>Child care, 895
>>>o.q., 13325
>>>S.O. 31, 2120
>>Child support payments, M. (Gaffney), 4552-3
>>Children, 4552-3, 5868
>>Citizenship Act (amdt.--right to citizenship)(Bill C-249), 7885-6
>>Climate change, S.O. 31, 12713
>>Constitution Amendment, 1993 (Prince Edward Island), M. (Dingwall), 1369-71
>>Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110), 17551-2
>>Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Code, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Transfer of Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-45), 5868-9
>>Crime, 5460-1
>>Cruise missile testing, M. (Collenette), 439
>>Culture, S.O. 31, 7849
>>Currency, petition, 14189
>>Dairy industry, 10437
>>Deficit, 6150, 11273
>>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 7872-4
>>Department of Industry Act (Bill C-46), 6149-51
>>Developing countries, S.O. 31, 8991-2
>>Economic development, 6150-1
>>Economic recovery, 15909
>>Education, S.O. 31, 8822
>>Electoral boundaries, 4157
>>Employment, 2018-22
>>Employment equity, 15232-3
>>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15232-3
>>Endangered and Threatened Species Act (Bill C-275), 14254-5
>>Environment, 14560-1
>>>o.q., 11299
>>Environment Week, S.O. 31, 13227
>>Euthanasia, petition, 5949
>>Farms, 4157
>>Fisheries, Atlantic, 1370
>>Food, 4155, 4504
>>>o.q., 1558, 3707
>>Foreign affairs policy, M. (Ouellet), 2307-8
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, petition, 3575
>>GATT, 4155, 4157, 10437
>>>S.O. 31, 147
>>Gender-bias, 2018-9, 2021
>>Government appointments, 9304
>>Government expenditures, 11273
>>>M. on supply (Crête), 1166-7
>>Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65), 9304
>>Haiti, 5988-9
>>Hate crime, petition, 10430
>>Health care, 188, 15911
>>Hockey, 3603-4
>>Housing, M. on supply (Guay), 1449
>>Human rights, S.O. 31, 8690-1
>>Immigrants, S.O. 31, 636, 3514
>>Immigration, o.q., 1105
>>Infrastructure program, 740
>>International development assistance, 2307
>>International Development Week, S.O. 31, 9414
>>Intervenor Funding Act (Bill C-339), 16352-3
>>Job creation, 739, 15909-11
>>Justice system, 5868
>>>Petitions, 13056
>>Learning Disabilities Month, S.O. 31, 10783
>>Legislation, petitions, 13056
>>Liberal Party, 7872
>>Literacy, S.O. 31, 4984
>>London Investment and Education Council, S.O. 31, 7551
>>London--Middlesex constituency, 738-9, 6149
>>>S.O. 31, 6328
>>Members of Parliament, 4155
>>Middle East, o.q., 14818
>>Multiculturalism, 7872-4
>>NAFTA, S.O. 31, 1420
>>National debt, 6150
>>National Energy Board, petition, 3793
>>National Forum on Health, S.O. 31, 10143
>>National Parole Board, 5868
>>National Patriot Day, M. (Bergeron), 8900
>>National Services Month, S.O. 31, 8289
>>National Sports of Canada Act (Bill C-212), 3603-4
>>National unity, S.O. 31, 11984
>>Olympics, 7873-4
>>Ontario
>>>Highway 16, M. (Jordan), 3255-6
>>>S.O. 31, 13122-3
>>Parole, 5868
>>>o.q., 5518
>>PCBs, 14562
>>>S.O. 31, 5656
>>Peacekeeping
>>>M. (Ouellet), 317
>>>M. (Ouellet), 5987-9
>>Penitentiaries, 5868
>>Pipelines
>>>Petitions, 2396, 5353
>>>S.O. 31, 7177
>>Poverty, S.O. 31, 6553-4
>>Prince Edward Island, 1369-71
>>Procedure
>>>Members' remarks, 10475
>>>Speeches, 4156, 11272
>>Public Accounts Standing Committee, 1166-7
>>Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act, 11274
>>Quebec, 17552
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum, 15909-10
>>>S.O. 31, 15802
>>Railways, M. on supply (Guimond), 7818-20
>>References, maiden speech, 738
>>Refugees, 8784-5
>>>o.q., 8249
>>>S.O. 31, 2967
>>Regional development, 6151, 15912-3
>>Religious leaders, S.O. 31, 5423
>>RRSPs, 739-40
>>Rwanda, civil war, 5987
>>>o.q., 3765
>>Serial killer board game/cards, S.O. 31, 3228
>>Sexual offenders, 5868
>>Sexual orientation, petitions, 10200, 10724
>>Small business, 6149
>>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 15909-12
>>Social security system, M. (L. Axworthy), 895, 903-5, 908, 915-6
>>Society of Jesus, S.O. 31, 5423
>>South Africa, democratization, o.q., 3767-8
>>St. Patrick's Day, S.O. 31, 2428
>>Telephone service, S.O. 31, 4128
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 188
>>Tobacco/cigarettes, o.q., 16958
>>Turbot, S.O. 31, 11402
>>Unemployment, 739
>>Welfare, S.O. 31, 13122
>>Witness Protection Act (Bill C-206), 4499-500
>>Women
>>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 2018-22
>>>S.O. 31, 6031
>>World Consumer Rights Day, S.O. 31, 2286
>>Young offenders, 5460-1
>>Young Offenders Act, 5459-60
>>Young Offenders Act and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 5459-61

Obscenity see Literacy--Crime prevention program

Occupational health and safety

>>Accidents, $10 billion economic costs, o.q., 9064-5
>>Ontario, programs, Harris government dismantling, 16726
>>Quebec measures, S.O. 31, 13508
>>RCMP measures, Canada Labour Code regulations, 7896
>>Regulations, federal--provincial harmonization, 16475-6
>>See also Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Week; National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured in the Workplace

Occupational Health and Safety Week

>>Recognition, S.O. 31, 5425, 5572, 13716

Occupational training see Training programs

Oceanography see Marine research

Oceans

>>Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, 100 mile jurisdiction, response to 1969 Manhattan incident, 14861, 15056
>>Canadian jurisdiction, extending, economic zone, etc., 14860-9, 14872-9, 14892, 14895-6, 14898, 14903-5, 15017-20, 15029, 15035-6, 15055-7, 15060, 15141-5, 15147
>>>Aboriginal peoples, land claims, relationship, 15054
>>>Bureaucracy, increasing, 14907-8, 15012, 15019-20, 15145
>>>Conservation role, 15011, 15036, 15141
>>>Contiguous zone, 24 miles, 14862, 14873, 14892, 14895, 15010, 15017, 15057, 15144, 15147
>>>Continental shelf, nose and tail of Grand Banks, inclusion, 14869, 14872, 14896, 15010, 15017, 15055, 15057, 15060, 15141, 15144
>>>Criminal jurisdiction, 15012
>>>Departmental responsibilities, 14866-8, 14873-4, 14900-1, 14905-6, 14908, 15013, 15060
>>>Economic zone 200 miles, 14862, 14873, 14878-9, 14892, 14895-6, 14898-9, 14904, 15010, 15016-20, 15057, 15144, 15147-8
>>>Environment Department/Fisheries and Oceans Department responsibilities, 14875-8, 14905-6, 15013, 15031-2
>>>Environmental regulations, Regulatory Efficiency Act (Bill C-62) overriding, relationship, 15147-8
>>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction factor, consultations, co-operation, etc., 14865, 14867-8, 14873-8, 14892, 14894-5, 14904, 14906, 15009, 15011, 15018-20, 15030-3, 15035-7, 15054-5, 16528
>>>Fisheries and Oceans Department, lead role, 14899, 14906, 15013, 15016-8, 15030, 15055, 15142-4, 15147
>>>Fisheries, relationship, benefits, 14893, 14899-900, 14907, 15141-2
>>>Historical background, previous legislation, 14861-3, 15054, 15144
>>>International law of the sea, relationship, 15009-12
>>>International relations, relationship, leadership role, 15036-7 15055, 15141, 15144-5
>>>Law of the Sea convention, relationship, 14862, 14865, 14869, 14878-9, 14893, 14895, 14904, 15009-12, 15030, 15056, 15059, 15147
>>>Legislation (Bill C-98)
>>>>Bloc Québécois position, 14867-8
>>>>Consolidation of existing programs and legislation, 14862-4, 14869, 14896, 14904, 14906, 15010-1, 15016-9, 15029, 15060, 15141
>>>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee studying, 14877
>>>>Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee studying, 14864, 14868, 14875, 14903, 14905, 15012, 15142-3
>>>>Future, planning for, 14869-70
>>>>Information/briefings from Fisheries and Oceans Department, lack, 14865, 14867
>>>>Liberal Party election promise, "red book", 15054
>>>>Reform Party position, 15143
>>>>Regulations Act (Bill C-84), relationship, 14874-5
>>>>S.O. 31, 16731
>>>>See also Oceans Act (Bill C-98)
>>>Municipalities, jurisdiction, relationship, 14876, 14878, 15058-9
>>>Ocean mining, 15141-2
>>>Oceans industries, technology, relationship, 14892-3, 14901, 14903-4
>>>Oceans management strategy, sustainable development, ecosystems, integrated approach, etc., 14860, 14863-4, 14866-8, 14872-6, 14878-9, 14891-6, 14898-908, 15012-3, 15015-9, 15029-31, 15035-7, 15054-5, 15057, 15059-60, 15141, 15144-5, 15147-8
>>>>Consultations, 14863-4, 14891-2, 14894-6, 14902-3, 14906, 15016, 15018, 15020, 15029, 15057
>>>>Document, A Vision for Oceans Management, November 1994, 14863, 15015-6, 15018, 15029
>>>>Economic, commercial, trade activities, 15036-7
>>>>National Advisory Board on Science and Technology study, relationship, 14863, 14891, 14894, 14902, 15015, 15018, 15054, 15059, 15144, 15147
>>>>Partnerships, governments/industry, role, 14892, 14895-6, 14899, 14905, 15018, 15030-1, 15036, 15054, 15057, 15144
>>>Powers over zones, 14862, 14872-3, 15017, 15057
>>>Protected marine areas, establishing, protecting species, etc., 14864, 14868, 14871, 14873, 14878, 14893, 14899, 15017, 15055, 15057, 15059, 15145, 15147-8
>>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, relationship, 14866-9
>>>Regional factors. 14863-4
>>>Regulations, role, 14896, 14901, 15018, 15141
>>>>Duplication, reducing, 15054
>>>Responsibilities and obligations, 14860
>>>Scientific marine research, relationship, 14864, 14899, 14905, 15016, 15018, 15036, 15142, 15145
>>>Tourist industry, ecotourism, benefits, 14893
>>Canadian role re international agreements, Law of the Sea convention, 14861
>>Coastal waters, protection, o.q., 7810
>>Economic role, fisheries, trade, etc., 14861, 14878-9, 14903-4, 15015-6, 15059
>>Environmental role, climate change, relationship, 14904, 15019, 15036
>>Historical role, aboriginal peoples, explorers, settlers, 14861, 14865, 14869, 14899, 14903, 15015-6
>>Ocean dumping, 15142, 15146
>>Territorial waters, 12 mile limit, 1970 declaration, 14861-2, 15010, 15017, 15056
>>See also Arctic Ocean; Oil and natural gas

Oceans Act (Bill C-98)--Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Tobin)

>>First reading, 13812
>>Second reading, 14860-79, 14891-908, 15009-20, 15029-37, 15053-62, 15141-8
>>>Amdt. (Y. Bernier), 14868, negatived, on recorded division, 15136
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 15203-4
>>Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 15204
>>>Reported, with amdts., 17445
>>See also Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction

Oceans Day

>>Observance, S.O. 31, 4985-6, 13470

Oceans industries

>>ARKTOS, tracked amphibious vehicle, 15059
>>Compact airborne spectographic imager (CASI) technology, Itres Ltd., Borstad and Associates Ltd., Ariel Geomatics, 14893, 15059
>>Gable Group, 15059
>>New East Technologies, Newfoundland, ocean satellite communications, 14893
>>See also Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction

October Crisis, 1970 see Quebec

Octobre see Film and video industry; Quebec--October Crisis

Odawa Pow Wow

>>18th annual, S.O. 31, 4514

OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)

>>Johnston, Hon. Donald, Secretary-General, appointment, S.O. 31, 8474
>>See also Agriculture--Assistance programs; Canada Pension Plan--Actuarial soundness; Canada Student Loans Program; Economic conditions; Economy--Growth; Environment; Federalism--Centralized/decentralized; Income tax--Conventions/protocols with other countries; Job creation--OECD forecasts--Strategy; Savings; Unemployment insurance--Other

Oerlikon Aerospace Inc. see Defence equipment--Armoured vehicles; Defence Industry--Reconversion program

Off-shore investments see Banks and banking--Deposits

Off-shore profits see Corporations--Income tax Defence equipment--Procurement policy

Off-the-shelf purchases see Defence equipment--Procurement policy

Offenders

>>Parole or statutory release, breach, arrest without warrant, 16079
>>>See also Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--arrest without warrant)(Bill C-355)
>>Probation, breach, arrest without warrant, 14323, 16208-12
>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--arrest without warrant)(Bill C-343)
>>See also Crime--Violent, "Three strikes, you're out"; High risk offenders; Sexual offenders

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act see Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-100); Income Tax Act, Excise Act, Excise Tax Act, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act, Old Age Security Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-)

Officer cadets see Military colleges--Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont.

Officer Corps see Canadian Armed Forces

Officer training see Canadian Armed Forces

Official development assistance see International development assistance

Official Languages Act

>>25th anniversary, 2148, 2150, 2180, 7638
>>>Reviewing
>>>>M. (Ringma), 13196-205
>>>>>Amdt. (S. Tremblay), 13202
>>>>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 13205
>>>>S.O. 31, 487
>>Abolition, 3041
>>>Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada petition, S.O. 31, 12480
>>Amending, territorial bilingualism, 13196
>>>M. on supply (Ringma), 3137-51, 3165-92, negatived, on recorded division, 3259-60
>>Background, 13200
>>Improving, S.O. 31, 3041
>>Objectives, 6860
>>Problems, 3137-8, 3143-4, 3146-7, 3181-2, 3187-8
>>>Official Languages Commissioner reports, 13196-9, 13202
>>Review, 1831, 3035, 3167-8
>>See also Air Canada; Canadian National Railways--Privatization/commercialization; Canadian Sport and Fitness Administration Centre; Francophones outside Quebec--Assimilation; Transportation--Privatization

Official Languages Act (amdt.--review of the Act)(Bill C-283)--J-R Gauthier

>>First reading, 6722
>>See also Official languages policy/bilingualism--Program

Official Languages Commissioner

>>Annual reports
>>>1993
>>>>Official Languages Standing Joint Committee referral, 2893
>>>>S.O. 31, 2925, 2927
>>>>Tabled, 2893
>>>1994
>>>>S.O. 31, 12061
>>>>Tabled, 11717
>>Perquisites, cost, S.O. 31, 7552
>>See also Bilingualism bonus; Government programs and services--French language services; Official Languages Act--Problems; Official languages policy/bilingualism--Failure; Official Languages Standing Joint Committee--Reports; Public Service--Official languages policy/bilingualism

Official Languages Myths and Realities see Official languages policy/bilingualism

Official languages policy/bilingualism

>>Acceptance/rejection, referendum, petitions, 71-2, 678, 847, 946-7, 1109, 1151, 1243, 1462, 1560, 1863, 2047, 2183, 2678, 3164, 3284, 3711, 4528, 5951, 8181, 8300, 8490, 8759, 8886, 9476, 9538, 10200, 11447, 11996, 13240, 13882, 14095, 14327
>>>S.O. 31, 1548, 1851, 3230
>>Administration, responsibilities, 3166
>>Asymmetrical bilingualism, 3139, 3144, 3169-70
>>Bilingual services, sufficient demand, definition, review, 2149-50
>>Bloc Québécois position, 1548, 3144, 3180, 3187-8
>>>S.O. 31, 3325
>>Booklet, Official Languages Myths and Realities, 3150
>>>S.O. 31, 2925
>>Bouchard statements, condemning, S.O. 31, 1683
>>Constitutional entrenchment, 8794, 8849
>>Contradictory and unjust, 3168-9, 11582
>>Costs, 455, 1832, 2927, 3144, 3148, 3172, 3174, 3179, 3185-7, 3191, 5039, 6871-2, 8374-5, 9880, 11582, 11589-90
>>>$49 billion contribution to national debt, 1782
>>>Benefits, 1782, 1832, 3143
>>>Disclosure, public inquiry, requesting, o.q., 2743-4
>>>Health care, comparison, 3182-3
>>>o.q., 2933, 3159-60
>>>Second language training, $374 million per annum, 11435
>>Divisiveness, 2148, 2150, 4970, 6871, 7283, 9128, 11582-3
>>Education, 6859, 6872, 9128
>>>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 6859-60
>>Education programs, federal transfers to provinces, eliminating, costs savings, 3035
>>English Canada, 8840-1
>>Failure, 6461
>>>Official Languages Commissioner statement, S.O. 31, 11805
>>Federal institutions, 1831, 6859-60, 7871, 9076, 9078-80, 9128
>>>Report, tabled, 2180
>>>S.O. 31, 9774
>>>Statement by Minister (Eggleton), 2180-2
>>Goal, linking justice and national unity, 2148-9
>>Government commitment, 2181, 6839
>>Government role, 7640-1
>>History, 3137-8, 3140-1, 3186-7, 6859
>>Immigration, Canadian embassies, eligibility criteria information, English only
>>>Poland, S.O. 31, 4384
>>>Portugal, S.O. 31, 10317-8
>>Individual bilingualism, Quebec/English Canada, 17026
>>Institutional bilingualism, 3166, 3173-4
>>Internet, government departments providing information in English only, o.q., 12797
>>Kindersley--Lloydminster constituency, 3176
>>Legislation see Official Languages Act (amdt.--review of the Act)(Bill C-283)
>>Minority languages rights, relationship, 17567
>>>Protecting, 3041, 3145, 3516, 6859, 9132
>>>>Anglophones in Quebec, 3035
>>Ottawa elitist group, creating, 1831-2
>>Personal or individual bilingualism, encouraging, 1831
>>Priority, 7301
>>Program, success/failure, 1831-2, 2936, 8374-5, 8378, 11582-3
>>>Gallup poll, March 1992, 1831
>>>o.q., 2933, 2974-6
>>>Review, legislation see Official Languages Act (amdt.--review of the Act)(Bill C-283)
>>>S.O. 31, 3701
>>Promoting, 6872, 7293
>>>Canadian Kennel Club, $5,000 grant, 7300
>>>>o.q., 2743
>>>Forum 94, Charlottetown, P.E.I., S.O. 31, 8472
>>Provincial jurisdiction, 3041
>>Public support, 3172, 9132. 9137
>>Quebecers' perceptions, 9083-4
>>Reform Party position, 621, 1782, 1831, 2181-2, 3035, 3139-40, 3144, 3147-8, 3150-1, 3173, 3181, 3184-5, 3188, 3191, 3311, 4970, 5039, 6427, 6872, 7871, 7909, 9127-8, 9132, 11589, 13993
>>>"Ethnic cleansing", 3176-7
>>>o.q., 1916-7, 2974, 3519
>>>S.O. 31, 1422, 1914, 2121, 3154, 3565, 4515-6, 6848
>>Role, 3172-3, 3182, 3190-1
>>Success, benefits, 9136-8
>>Territorial bilingualism, 3035, 3138-40, 3149-50, 3167, 3175-6, 3181, 3183-5, 3189, 3191-2
>>>Finland example, 2149
>>>Reform Party proposal, 4959, 7871, 9076, 9078-80, 9128
>>>>S.O. 31, 3515-6
>>Toleration, example, 3149
>>Toronto, Ont., bilingual designation, 2149
>>See also Bilingualism bonus; Canadian Armed Forces; Canadian Heritage Department; Canadian Sport and Fitness Administration Centre; Courts--French as official language; Defence equipment--Ships; Economic G-7 Summit (1995)--Canada hosting, Halifax; Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department; House of Commons; Human Resources Development Standing Committee--Members; Immigrants--Education; Income Security Programs--Information services, Bathurst, N.B.; Jasper National Park; Judges--Appointments; Language training; Military colleges--Collège militaire royal; National Defence Department; National unity; New Brunswick; Public Service; RCMP; Sports--Associations; World Conference on Women (Beijing, China, September 1995)