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Plant breeding research see Barley; Wheat
Plant closure see Dominion Textiles Inc.--Quebec; Eaton Yale Limitée; Hyundai Auto Canada--Bromont, Que.; Inter-City Products Canada Limited; Yarmouth County, N.S.
Plant Protection Act
>>
Legislation see Agriculture--Regulations, Compliance agreements;
Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (Bill C-61)
Plastic explosives see Explosives
Platform for Action see World Conference on Women--Equality
Plaut, Rabbi Gunther
>>
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, convocation address, S.O. 31, 8113-4
Plea bargaining see Justice system
Plebiscites see Referendums and plebiscites
Plessisville, Que. see Postal service--Home delivery
PLO see Palestine Liberation Organization
Ploughing
>>
International ploughing contest, Reform Party members participation, S.O.
31, 5937-8
Pneumonic plague see India
Poaching see Fisheries--Illegal fishing/poaching; Fisheries, Atlantic--Illegal fishing/poaching; Fisheries, Pacific--Illegal fishing/poaching; Migratory birds; Salmon--Pacific fishery, Resource depletion
Podivinsky, Edi see Olympics, 1994 Winter Games--Skiing
Poets see Bishop, Elizabeth
Point Pelee National Park see Monarch Butterfly Reserves
Point Tupper, N.S. see STORA Feldmill Ltd.
Points of order see Procedure
Poland
>>
Democratic constitution, anniversary, S.O. 31, 12108
>>Economic and environmental development, S.O. 31, 5891
>>See also Eastern Europe--Democratic and economic reform;
NATO--Eastern European countries;
Official languages policy--Immigration
Polanyi, John C. see University research
Polar bears see Currency--Two dollar coin
Police
>>
Authority to act, restricting, 1328-31
>>Fleeing suspects, apprehending, use of deadly force, 1314, 1323, 1328-30,
3322
>>>Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police position, 1319, 3321
>>>Legislation
>>>>Consultation, 3323
>>>>Court inspired, 1320
>>>>English/French versions, concurring, 3319-21
>>>>Regulations, committee consideration, 1332
>>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--force) and Coastal Fisheries Protection
Act (amdt.--force)(Bill C-8)
>>>Lines case, 1299, 1314, 1319, 1331
>>>Numbers killed, 1328-9
>>>Police officer opinion, 1320-1, 3321
>>>Public opinion, 1319, 1323-4
>>>Restrictions, criteria, etc., 1291-3, 1298-300, 1314-5, 1319-23, 1329-34
>>>Safety, imminent or future danger criteria, 1315-6, 1322, 1329-31
>>>Suspect rights/police ability to protect, 1321-3, 3323
>>Killed in line of duty, 1329
>>>Baylis, Todd, Toronto, Ont., police constable
>>>>Gayle, Clinton, deportee, charged, stolen handgun use, o.q., 5576-7, 5579,
5728, 6012
>>>>Sympathy extending, S.O. 31, 5573
>>>Memorial, Parliament Hill
>>>>Prison guards, conservative officers and customs officials, names added,
S.O. 31, 6134-5
>>>>S.O. 31, 2616
>>>Pinard, Odette, Montreal Urban Community officer, S.O. 31, 16900
>>>Sonnenberg, Rick, young offender charged, 1302-3
>>Law and order, maintaining, Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police, tribute, S.O.
31, 13523
>>Procedures, 6521, 6524
>>See also Aboriginal people;
Capital punishment--Reinstating;
Kanesatake Indian Reserve;
Medal of Bravery;
National Police Week;
Nicolet, Que.;
Parole--Murderers;
Ports;
Youth
Policing contracts see RCMP
Polio see Health
Polish Home Army Cross see World War ll--Poland
Political activities see RCMP
Political parties
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Co-chairs, appointment, petition, 13813
>>Donations
>>>Federal tax credit, 3582, 11312
>>>Individual, $5,000 limit/year, 2506, 2509, 3490, 3582, 3990, 4016, 4030-1,
4037, 4039-40, 4075-6, 4224-5, 6595-6, 11313
>>>>M. (Plamondon), 2504-12, 4015-23,
6061-8, negatived, on recorded division,
6227-8
>>>>>Amdt. (Assad), 4019, negatived, on recorded division, 6226-7
>>>>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 2512, 4023
>>>>>References, 6729
>>>>o.q., 6337
>>>>S.O. 31, 6253
>>>Information, disclosure, 11312
>>>Restrictions, o.q., 4865
>>Election expenses see Elections--Expenses; Canada Elections Act
(amdt.--reimbursement of election expenses)(Bill C-319)
>>Funding, 3722, 12513
>>>$1 individual donation, pool, dividing between parties, 4018-20, 4022,
17299, 17301
>>>$100 or more, amount and name of donor, annual report, 4017
>>>1974, reform, federal tax credit, introducing, 2504
>>>Banks and financial institutions, 3490, 3546, 4016, 4030, 4033, 4045,
11774, 16824
>>>Bloc Québécois, 3584, 3593, 3693, 4007-8, 4017-8, 4030, 4034, 4037, 4045,
4062, 4064, 4225, 5366, 11313, 12459-60, 12496
>>>>S.O. 31, 6555
>>>Corporations, unions, special interest groups, etc., influence factor,
2504-5, 2508-9, 2512, 3490, 3547-8, 3582, 3693, 3697, 3712-3, 3747, 4007-8,
4015-6, 4018, 4020, 4022, 4025, 4030, 4032-3, 4039, 4045, 4049, 4062-4,
4224-5, 6280, 10495-6, 11774, 12496
>>>>History, 2510-1
>>>>S.O. 31, 6433
>>>Democratization, 3489
>>>Federalist, big business, big money, 2091
>>>Foreign sources, 4017
>>>France, 4017
>>>Liberal Party, 4018, 4037, 4045, 5366-7, 12460
>>>>Government rewarding contributors, 15030-1
>>>Pearson International Airport privatization contracts, relationship, 3585,
4032, 5366-7, 12459
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), 1988 election promises,
2511, 4021
>>>Progressive Conservative Party, 4037, 4045
>>>Provinces, regulations, 2505, 2510
>>>Quebec, legislated restrictions, 864-5, 2505, 2508, 2511, 2764, 3490,
3546-8, 3582, 3693, 3696-7, 3723, 3747, 3987, 4017-8, 4020-1, 4026, 4030-1,
4039-40, 4042, 4074, 4076, 6277, 11313, 17300
>>>Reform Party policy, 4016
>>>Reform, review
>>>>M. (Assad), 17298-307
>>>>>Dropped from Order Paper, 17307
>>>>S.O. 31, 6897
>>>Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing (Lortie),
recommendations, 2504, 2506-7, 2509, 2511, 3490, 4017-8, 17300, 17303-4
>>>Tax credits, 3858-9, 4019, 4022
>>>>Reform Party position, o.q., 14084-5
>>>United States, comparison, 4021-2
>>>See also Canadian National Railways;
Government contracts
>>Lobbyists, participation, 4064, 4074
>>Old-line parties, similarity, 54, 3984-5
>>Platforms, implementation, 12460-1
>>Populist movements, 5551
>>Registration
>>>Legislation see Canada Elections Act (amdt.--registration of political
parties)(Bill C-229);
Canada Elections Act (amdt.--registration of political parties)(Bill C-320)
>>>National party, status, requirements, 6241-4, 6246-7
>>See also Bloc Québécois;
Liberal Party;
Progressive Conservative Party;
Reform Party
Political process
>>
Credibility and integrity, restoring, 3507, 3512, 5255-6, 5360, 6699
>>Youth, participation, 3105-6
>>See also Government--Integrity;
Members of Parliament--Integrity--Public trust;
Quebec
Political refugees see Refugees--Political
Politicians
>>
Career politicians see Members of Parliament
>>Manning, Preston, Reform Party leader, comments, catfish analogy, 14281
>>Public cynicism, 12180, 12182,
12201, 12232-4, 12345, 12435, 12528, 14266
>>See also Electoral boundaries--Redistribution/readjustment process
Polluter pays principle see Hazardous waste--Storage sites
Pollution
>>
Organic pollutants, international meeting, Vancouver, B.C., June 1995,
13184-5
>>Prevention
>>>Green Clean project, S.O. 31, 8992
>>>Incentives, economic instruments, S.O. 31, 6510-1
>>>Throne Speech proposal, 10
>>See also Air pollution;
Environment--Toxic substances;
Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT;
Pulp and paper industry--Effluents;
South China Sea;
St. Lawrence River;
Water pollution
Polytechnical University of Nicaragua see Universities and colleges--International co-operation
Pomerleau, Roger (BQ--Anjou--Rivière-des-Prairies)
- >>Air India, flight 182, 15278
>>Airports, 3719
>>Anjou-Rivières des Prairies constituency, 7247-8
>>Association Canadienne-Française de l'Ontario, S.O. 31, 4517
>>Auditor General Act (amdt.)(Bill C-83), 16752-5
>>Auditor General Act (amdt.--reports)(Bill C-207), 2812-3
>>Automobile industry, 3719
>>Automobiles, 14154-5
>>Bikers, 15279
>>Bloc Québécois, 12384-5
>>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 335, 2187
>>>S.O. 31, 16661
>>Breast Cancer Week, S.O. 31, 7028
>>Budget
>>>M. (Gagliano), 8501-3
>>>M. on supply (Williams), 7201
>>>M. (P. Martin), 729-30
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 10807-8
>>>M. for approval (P. Martin), 10124-5, 10156, 10491
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 3085, 3117-8
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 11586-7, 13333, 13346
>>Canada Oil and Gas Operations, Canada Petroleum Resources Act and National Energy Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-6), 2187-8, 3337-9
>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 10806-7
>>>M. on supply (S. Tremblay), 10806-9
>>>o.q., 10660
>>Canadian Jewish Congress, S.O. 31, 2477
>>Canadian National Railways, o.q., 13809
>>Canadian Pacific Railway, S.O. 31, 16732
>>Capital gains tax, petition, 12118
>>Charitable and Non-profit Organization Director Remuneration Disclosure Act (Bill C-224), 9490-1
>>Conflict of interest, S.O. 31, 13363
>>Constitutional reform, S.O. 31, 15697
>>Corporations, 2813, 3719, 8002
>>Crime, 15279
>>CSIS, 6346, 6349, 7248-9
>>>M. on supply (Langlois), 6346, 6349
>>Cultural institutions, o.q., 7367
>>Defence equipment, o.q., 7985, 8601
>>Defence expenditures, o.q., 8601
>>Defence industry, o.q., 6084
>>Deficit, 3118, 8502-3, 11586
>>>M. on supply (Grubel), 9622
>>Department of Natural Resources Act (Bill C-48), 6233-5
>>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-52), 6536, 7247-9
>>Dupuy, references, S.O. 31, 13363
>>Economic conditions, 11587, 12384-5
>>Economy, 11586
>>Ecuador, S.O. 31, 3324
>>Education, S.O. 31, 2786
>>Endangered and Threatened Species Act (Bill C-275), 14255-7
>>Energy, 3337-8, 10124-5
>>Energy efficiency, statement by Minister (A. McLellan), 3282
>>Environment, 15031, 16752-5
>>>Statement by Minister (Copps), 15050-1
>>Explosives Act (amdt.)(Bill C-71), 15278-9
>>Federalism, 10156
>>Finance Standing Committee, S.O. 31, 8874
>>Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-100), 16789, 16792
>>Flora and fauna, 14255-6
>>Forestry, 6234
>>>o.q., 5346
>>Gagnon, P., references, 6707
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 14151-4, 16344-7
>>GATT, S.O. 31, 9525
>>Ginn Publishing Canada Inc., 2187
>>>o.q., 3707
>>Government, 3990, 7248, 10809
>>Government credit rating, 4004
>>Government expenditures, 2813, 3990, 4004, 7201, 8502
>>>M. on supply (Williams), 1245-7
>>Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65), 9355
>>Governor General, S.O. 31, 2168
>>Grain transportation, 10124-5
>>Greek Independence Day, S.O. 31, 10945
>>Gun control/guns, 15032
>>>o.q., 10003
>>Haiti, S.O. 31, 295
>>Hazardous waste, o.q., 13179
>>Hibernia development project, 2187-8, 3339, 3869, 3990, 8502
>>>o.q., 3388, 3518
>>Hockey, S.O. 31, 18
>>Housing, petition, 577
>>Hydro-electric power, 2187
>>Hydro-Québec, S.O. 31, 3093
>>Income Security Programs, petition, 8758
>>Income tax, 6536, 8002, 8502
>>Income Tax Act and Income Tax Application Rules (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 11774
>>Infrastructure program, o.q., 6083
>>Innu, S.O. 31, 1550
>>Irving Whale, 16346
>>>o.q., 4826, 16193, 16779
>>Job creation, 3118, 8003
>>Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43), 12262-4
>>Magdalen Islands, 2389
>>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-94), 14151-5, 16344-7
>>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-85), 12384-5
>>MIL Davie Inc., 3339
>>Military colleges, o.q., 12540
>>Mining industry, M. (Serré), 15240-2
>>Montreal, Que., 3719
>>Municipal infrastructure, M. (Gilmour), 16649-51
>>NAFTA, S.O. 31, 9525
>>National debt, 3720, 7201, 11586, 13346
>>Non-profit organizations, 9490-1
>>Nuclear energy, o.q., 15347
>>Nuclear Reactor Finance Limitation Act (Bill C-285), 9640-1
>>Nunziata, references, 6707
>>Oceans Act (Bill C-98), 15030-5
>>Oil and natural gas exploration, 2187
>>Old age pensions, qu., 12447
>>Olympics, 1994 Winter Games, S.O. 31, 1718
>>Ontario, 3719
>>Pan-Am, flight 103, 15278
>>Pain, references, o.q., 1237-8
>>PCBs, o.q., 13531-2
>>Peacekeeping, M. (Ouellet), 335
>>Pearson International Airport Agreements Act (Bill C-22), 3718-20, 3990, 4004-5
>>Petro-Canada, 15030-1
>>>o.q., 14769
>>Petrochemical industry, 3719, 14153-4
>>Political parties, 3990, 11774, 15030-1
>>Poverty, 173
>>Private family trusts, 2813, 6536, 8502-3, 11774
>>Procedure
>>>Decorum, 12075
>>>Divisions, recorded, 3085
>>Quebec, 3118, 4004, 6234-5, 8003, 10156, 10809, 11587, 12385, 15032-4, 16789, 16792
>>>S.O. 31, 3645, 7682, 8287, 9525, 9775, 15870, 16479
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 16792
>>>o.q., 15647
>>>S.O. 31, 10144, 10609, 11587, 15520, 15918-9
>>Rail passenger service, 4004
>>>S.O. 31, 3993
>>References, maiden speech, 173
>>Referendums and plebiscites, S.O. 31, 14714
>>Reform Party, 12385, 15032, 15035
>>Romélus, Bishop Willy, S.O. 31, 1377
>>Scouting, S.O. 31, 1793
>>Senate, 9355
>>Shipping industry, o.q., 11346-7
>>Smuggling, 15279
>>Social security system, 173, 10491
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 8001-4
>>>S.O. 31, 6707, 9142
>>St. Lawrence Seaway, M., 2387-9
>>Tax reform, 11774
>>Tax treaties, 11774
>>Taxation, S.O. 31, 8874
>>Telefilm Canada, o.q., 7367
>>Television, 12262-3
>>>S.O. 31, 13470-1
>>Television, cable, o.q., 4990-1, 5156
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 173
>>Training programs, 3720, 16789
>>>S.O. 31, 8287
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 1245-6
>>Unemployment, 1245-6, 3117-8, 3338-9, 3990, 4004, 7247
>>Unemployment insurance, 3117, 8001-2, 8004
>>Waste management/recycling, o.q., 5518
>>Welfare, 3990, 13333
>>Young offenders, 10016-8
>>Young Offenders Act and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 10016-8
Pools see Grain transportation--Costs; Milk--And cream export levies
Poor and disadvantaged see Social security programs--Reform
Pope John Paul II see Turcotte, Jean-Claude Cardinal
Pope John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre, Mississauga, Ont.
>>
Opening, S.O. 31, 6032
Poppy see Remembrance Day
Population
>>
Africa, Sub-Sahara, growth rates, 2306
>>Developing countries, growth, percentage, 2306
>>>Women, empowerment, education, equality, importance, 6295-7, 10604
>>Growth
>>>Controlling, 9346
>>>Environmental impact, economic activity factor, 14853
>>Migration, world-wide problem
>>>Controls, fiscal resources, limits, 2269
>>>Crisis, 2343
>>>International population policy, developing, 2309
>>>International solutions, seeking, 2309-10, 6296-7
>>Overpopulation
>>>Environment, impact, 14559
>>>Poverty, relationship, 2306
>>>See also Bangladesh--Development assistance;
International development assistance;
Refugees--World overpopulation
>>United Nations Conference on Population and Development, September 1994,
Cairo, Egypt, 2310, 6295-8, 6721, 16075
>>>Statement by Minister (Marchi), 6295-8
>>See also Peacekeeping;
Representation
Porcupine caribou herd see Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee--Reports, Second; Wildlife--Conservation and protection
Pork
>>
Exports, 6917
>>See also Livestock--Western producers
Pornography
>>
Advertising for pornographic and sexually explicit material, Canada Post
Corporation delivering
>>>Free trade, relationship, S.O. 31, 13043
>>>o.q., 16486-7
>>>S.O. 31, 16430
>>Computer networks distribution, 15500
>>Legislation, petition, 13683
>>Léolo, National Film Board funded film, depiction of child engaging in
bestiality, CBC broadcasting, o.q., 15645-6
>>White Ribbons Against Pornography (WRAP), S.O 31, 16899-900, 17272, 17701