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Port-Cartier, Que. see Penitentiaries
Port-Daniel, Que.
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Cement factory plans, 13994
Port Granby, Ont. see Lake Ontario
Port Langley, B.C. see Postal service--Supermailboxes
Port Moody--Coquitlam constituency
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References, 850-1
Port of Quebec see Quebec City, Que.
Port of Saint John see Saint John, N.B.
Port Perry Cadet Corps see Canadian Armed Forces--Cadet program
Port Perry, Ont.
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Lally, Elaine, accident, S.O. 31, 567
>>See also Crime--Shootings
Portage--Interlake constituency
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References, 1928
Portage La Prairie Learning Centre see Education--Social and human science
Portneuf constituency
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Electoral boundaries, redistribution, 2945
Ports
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British Columbia, labour relations problems, 11363
>>>Board of inquiry, o.q., 10515
>>>Industrial inquiry commission, appointment, 16475
>>>Long-term solutions, o.q., 10514
>>>See also Grain Export Protection Act (Bill C-262)
>>British Columbia, longshoremen strike (1994)
>>>Agriculture producers, impact, 1088, 1953-4
>>>>o.q., 992-3
>>>Alternative ports, use, 4192-3
>>>Arbitration, 1074, 1076, 1080-1, 1084-90
>>>Back-to-work legislation, 1073, 1075,
1078-9, 1081-3, 1087
>>>>Bloc Québécois position, 1593-4
>>>>Coming into force, 1091
>>>>Fines, 1091
>>>>See also West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994 (Bill C-10)
>>>Grain transportation, impact, 1073, 1076-7, 1081
>>>Labour relations, improving, 1077, 1080, 1086-7
>>>Lockout, 1081-3, 1086
>>>Mediation/conciliation procedures, final offer selection, 1073, 1075-6,
1078, 1082-3, 1085, 1087-91
>>>>Labour Minister, neutrality, 1083-6, 1088-9
>>>o.q., 644-5, 719, 794, 938-9, 992, 994, 996
>>>S.O. 31, 882-3, 985, 1230-1, 2735
>>British Columbia, longshoremen strike (1995)
>>>Arbitration, long-term solutions, 10553, 10564, 10571
>>>Back-to-work legislation, 10549
>>>>o.q., 10514-5
>>>>Right to strike, 10550
>>>>Settlement, lack, 10564-5
>>>>See also West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1995 (Bill C-74)
>>>Dispute settlement mechanism, 10549-50
>>>Grain transportation, impact, 10548-9, 10553-5, 10563, 10566-7, 10570-1
>>>Labour relations, deteriorating, 10548-50, 10552, 10561-2
>>>Lockout, 10548, 10566
>>>Mediation/conciliation procedures, final offer selection, 10548-9, 10560-1,
10565, 10569
>>Harbour masters, appointments, 14323
>>>See also Public Harbours and Port Facilities Act (amdt.)(Bill C-344)
>>Ice free ports, users, ice-breaking services, fees, imposing, o.q., 16541-2
>>Ice protection system, 1994 Auditor General report recommendations,
government action, qu., 9696-7
>>Labour disputes, anti-labour attitude, national marine strategy, Transport
Standing Committee report, impact, S.O. 31, 12716
>>Operations, subsidies, Reform Party position, o.q., 12374
>>Policing, municipal police replacing Canada Ports Corporation police
officers
>>>S.O. 31, 14525
>>>Vancouver, B.C., opposition, o.q., 17634
>>Public/private status unknown, 298, federal funding, 12767
>>Tariffs, increase, Feb. 27/95 budget, measure, 10476
>>Year-round operations, Saint John, N.B. and Halifax, N.S., underutilization,
5565
>>>See also Montreal, Que.
>>See also Belledune, N.B.;
Canso Strait;
Churchill, Man.;
Montreal, Que.;
Saint John, N.B.
Ports Canada see instead Canada Ports Corporation
Portugal see Immigration--Visas; Official languages policy/bilingualism--Immigration
Portugal Week
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June 6-10/94, celebrations, S.O. 31, 4983
Post industrial economy see Economy
Post offices
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Chicoutimi constituency, reorganization, qu., 7994
>>Community role, rural areas, 4541
>>Flag, displaying, 4540
>>Glenwood, Alta., petition, 1762
>>Modernizing, communications network/information highway, integrating,
14773-4
>>>o.q., 7559
>>>S.O. 31, 6554
>>Postmasters, medium-size towns, lack, 4542
>>Regional development role, 4542, 4735-7, 14772-80
>>Retail outlets
>>>Parkdale--High Park constituency, petition, 805
>>Rural, closures, 508, 4540, 4543, 4547, 4735, 4791, 4793
>>>Facilities, sale, S.O. 31, 9056
>>>Moratorium, 2101, 4540-2, 4544-6, 14772-4
>>>>Conversion program review, qu., 2226-7
>>>>o.q., 644, 1505, 1559
>>>>S.O. 31, 1498, 1550
>>>Petitions, 160, 1243, 1924, 6943-4, 7236
>>>>Influence, 1588-9
>>>Postmaster retirement, 4540-2
>>>Public consultation, 4545
>>>Quebec, 4545-6, 14772-80
>>>Re-opening, government refusal, 4541-2
>>>Reform Party position, 1122
>>>Saint-Clément, Que., 4541-2, 14772
>>>>o.q., 1559
>>>>Petition, 9250-1
>>>S.O. 31, 713, 1421
>>>St. Albert, Ont., 4540
>>>Victoria--Haliburton constituency, 4547
>>Verdun, Que., petition, 2395-6, 5219
Postage stamps
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Commemorative issues, T. Eaton Company, 125th anniversary, S.O. 31, 2783
>>Printing, contract awarded Australian company, 6393
>>>o.q., 1429-30, 8432
>>>Petition, 6446
Postal rates
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Books, subsidy, eliminating, $25 million replacement program, April 1993,
14185, 14792-3
>>Fair and reasonable, 4541
>>Increase, public hearings/input, 4540, 4544, 6393, 6395
>>Library books, inter-library loans, postal subsidy, maintaining, 4546-7
>>>Petitions, 3447-8, 4999, 6264, 6783, 8945
>>Magazines and publications, subsidy program, reduction, 11827, 14184-5,
16040
>>>o.q., 12254-5
>>Review
>>>Government Operations Standing Committee role, 4543-4, 4547
>>>Postal Services Review Committee role, 4539, 4543
Postal service
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Chilanko Forks, B.C., fire, service maintained by postmistress Penny
Chipman, Canada Post Corporation Golden Postmark Award, S.O. 31, 14219
>>Community mailboxes, sale and lease-back arrangements, o.q., 16485-6
>>Direct mail advertising, "junk mail"
>>>Delivery, ceasing, petition, 14327
>>>Legislation see Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-235);
Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-278)
>>>Recyclable materials, requiring, Canada Post Corporation honouring "no
flyers" signs, petition, 14412, 15537
>>Home delivery, Plessisville, Que., petition, 7430
>>Labour disputes, history, 4543
>>Lindsay, Ont., senior citizens' apartment buildings, 4547
>>>Petition, 2226, 4257-8
>>Mail delivery
>>>Canada Post Corporation exclusive privilege, 4545
>>>>S.O. 31, 15637
>>>Canada Post Corporation system, tribute, S.O. 31, 15284
>>>Home mail boxes, Canada Post Corporation, relocating, petition, 17505
>>>Rerouting through United States, S.O. 31, 15868
>>>Time frame, 4544
>>Merville, B.C., petition, 4834
>>Moberly Lake, B.C., petition, 2492
>>National control centre, Ottawa, Ont., role, 4545
>>Northern Canada, Canada Post Corporation $4 million subsidy, S.O. 31, 16240
>>Operations, public input, 4540-1
>>Regulations
>>>Publishing in Canada Gazette, 4539
>>>Review
>>>>Government Operations Standing Committee role, 4543-4, 4546-7
>>>>Legislation, Bill C-203 see Postal Services Review Act (Bill C-203)
>>>>Necessity, 478
>>>>Postal Services Review Committee, prior to publication, 4539
>>Restoring, petitions, 5163, 7564
>>Rivière-du-Loup, Que., sorting in Rimouski, Que., 4542
>>Rural areas
>>>Cut-backs, Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) actions, 4540-1
>>>Parishes, petition, 1618
>>>Petitions, 1109, 2182-3
>>Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha!, Que., petition, 3886
>>Supermailboxes, 4543
>>>Port Langley, B.C., petition, 1462
>>Vianney, Que., petition, 1730
>>Warfield, B.C., S.O. 31, 3324
>>See also Canada Customs--Search and seizure powers;
Pornography--Adult only films
Postal Services Review Act (Bill C-203)--Boudria
>>
First reading, 646
>>Second reading, 4539-47
>>>Dropped from Order Paper under S.O. 96(1), 4547
>>See also Postal service--Review
Postal Services Review Committee
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Abolition, Feb. 20/90 budget measure, 4539
>>Costs, 4543
>>Establishing, 4539
>>Legislation see Postal Services Review Act (Bill C-203)
>>Recommendations, publishing in Canada Gazette, 4539
>>See also Canada Post Corporation--Corporate plan;
Postal rates--Review
Potatoes
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Marketing, national agency, creating, 9165-72
>>>Legislation see Canadian Potato Marketing Act (Bill C-266)
>>New Brunswick, subsidies, 3615
>>Prince Edward Island, seed potatoes
>>>Elite Seed farm, expansion, S.O. 31, 6133
>>>PVY-N virus, compensation, 3002
>>>>o.q., 2978
>>Producers, Île d'Orléans, Que., compensation, requesting, 2877
>>>S.O. 31, 98
>>See also McCain Foods Ltd.
Poultry
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Chicken, 3630, 4186-7, 4191
>>>GATT, Uruguay Round agreement, import quotas, tariffs, replacing, 8408
>>Industry
>>>Nova Scotia, S.O. 31, 10381
>>>Supply management, 4172, 4178-9
>>See also Agricultural products--Tariffs;
Wheat--Exports to United States
Poverty
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Aboriginal peoples, 205, 242
>>Assemblée des évêques du Québec recommendations, S.O. 31, 2119
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95 measures, impact, 11595, 13221
>>>S.O. 31, 13320
>>Children, 823, 911, 1834, 2065, 2845, 3550, 3556, 5930, 6603-4, 6607-8,
6624-6, 6647, 6654, 6658, 6689-90, 6700, 6729-30, 6739, 7110, 7116, 8050,
11418-9, 11423, 11581, 13304, 13332, 16355-6, 17695-6, 17747-8
>>>Combating, 17688, 17694
>>>>Canada record, United Nations report criticism, 13226
>>>>Government position, 17748
>>>>Ontario Liberal Party election campaign promise, S.O. 31, 12533
>>>>o.q., 13234-5
>>>>Priority, 17699, 17713-4
>>>Crime, relationship, 17748
>>>Economic and social impact, 17695, 17699
>>>Education, relationship, nutrition factor, 17748
>>>Educational impact, 651-2, 823, 7114, 7130
>>>Elimination by year 2000, 1989 House resolution, 537, 746, 3556, 4551,
4733, 17696
>>>>M. (C. Axworthy), 6360-9, dropped from Order Paper, 6369
>>>>S.O. 31, 6253-4, 8290, 8340, 8472, 16898
>>>Elimination, job creation/employment, relationship, 6694, 16356
>>>>o.q., 8176
>>>Family breakdown, impact, 6617
>>>Fund-raising, Ottawa-Carleton region, S.O. 31, 9776
>>>International comparison, 17699, 17748
>>>Nova Scotia, 3556
>>>Number, 610-1, 617, 632, 651-2, 660-1, 866, 1787, 6700, 8323-4, 17695,
17699
>>>>S.O. 31, 986, 11605-6
>>>o.q., 6256-7
>>>Reform Party position, 537
>>>Single parent families, 6626, 6694,
10599
>>>S.O. 31, 6510, 6553-4, 7225-6, 8240, 14638
>>>United Nations/UNICEF report, 610, 3556, 17748
>>>Working income supplement, relationship, 17699, 17713, 17748
>>>See also Children--Deaths;
Family income--Increase;
Ottawa-Carleton Child Poverty Fund
>>Definition, 7086, 7113-5
>>Demographics, 877
>>Economic and social impact, 17695-6
>>>See also Poverty--Children
>>Families, S.O. 31, 12592
>>Government fighting, 617, 6732
>>>o.q., 2171-2, 11610
>>Impact, living conditions, etc., 656
>>Job creation alleviating, 823, 11434
>>>o.q., 11609-10
>>>S.O. 31, 565-6
>>Level, increase, 11580-1, 17695
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), defining, 6700
>>Montreal, Que., 115, 173, 481, 656, 1820-1, 4754
>>>Canadian Council on Social Development, report, o.q., 6083-4
>>>Unemployment factor, federal government responsibility, o.q., 16613
>>Prevalence, 2833-4
>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), economic policies, impact,
6729
>>Quebec, 616-7, 655-6, 658-9, 663, 823, 1302, 2236, 4063, 12077, 13294,
13333, 16182
>>>Demonstration, o.q., 2356
>>>Federal/provincial governments responsibility, 12030-1, 12040, 13137-8
>>>Matapédia--Matane constituency, 12075, 12083-4
>>>o.q., 2172, 11609
>>>Parizeau government ignoring, Prime Minister Chrétien statement, o.q.,
11985
>>>Sovereignty debate, impact, 13333-4
>>>Sovereignty, relationship, S.O. 31, 12063-4, 15475-6
>>>Women's march on Quebec City, Parizeau government response, 13294-5
>>Reform Party position, 6702
>>>See also Poverty--Children
>>Single-parent families, 661, 1958-60, 2002-3, 3551, 7108-11, 11418-9, 11423,
13294, 16356
>>>S.O. 31, 986
>>Social problems, relationship, 660-1
>>Social security system, relationship, 652
>>Sweden, comparison, 13294
>>United States, 5931
>>Women, 660-1, 663, 860-1, 1958-60, 1978-9, 2002, 2026, 5044, 6694, 7108-13,
8050-1, 10581, 11581
>>>O.q., 13371
>>Working poor, 6700, 11581
>>Youth, 2141, 5930
>>See also Cambodia--Development assistance;
Child support payments;
Crime--Rate;
Fédération des femmes du Québec;
Haiti--Housing conditions;
Health;
Housing;
Immigration--Policy;
Innu--Davis Inlet, Substance abuse;
International development assistance;
Multiculturalism--Policy National security--Threat;
North-south relations;
RESULTS Canada;
Senior citizens;
Social security system--Reform;
Unemployment insurance;
Women--Quebec women's march;
Young offenders;
Youth--Social conditions
POWA see Program for Older Worker Adjustment
Powar, Daljit see Immigrants
Power Corporation
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Investments, Quebec, Southam Inc., S.O. 31, 12591
>>See also Liberal Party--Head office;
Television--Direct to home satellite transmission
Power DirecTV see Francophones--Culture
Prairie provinces
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National wealth percentage, 251
Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc.
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Defence industry reconversion program funding, o.q., 13917-8
Prayers see House of Commons; Procedure
Pre-sentence reports see Justice system--Sentencing
Precursors see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Controlled substances
Prefontaine, Anne see National unity--My Canadian Bouquet
Prenatal nutrition programs see Health care
Prescription drugs see Drugs and pharmaceuticals; GST
Preston and Area Development Fund
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Black entrepreneurs, Nova Scotia, expiration, extension requesting, o.q.,
2793
Preventive diplomacy see Diplomacy
Price controls
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Establishing,, petition, 8603
Price fixing see Gasoline/automotive fuels
Price Waterhouse see Canada Post Corporation--Sydney, N.S.
Pride Canada
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10th anniversary conference, S.O. 31, 4340
PRIEM see Small business--Capital, Montreal, Que.
Prime Minister see Chrétien, Jean; Election, general (1993)--Salaries; Members of Parliament--Pensions
Prime Ministers, former see Diefenbaker; Francophones; Pearson; Trudeau
Prime Ministers from Quebec see Canada--Destruction
Prime Ministers of Canada, 1867 to 1994, The see Kingston, Ont.--Representation
Prime Minister's Office
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Employment equity, exemption, 13023-4
>>Expenses, reduction, 12453
>>See also Social security system--Reform
Prime Minister's residences
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Break-in, armed intruder, 24 Sussex Drive, Nov. 4/95, RCMP security
breached, investigation, etc.,
>>>o.q., 16241-2, 16244, 16363-4, 17632
>>>S.O. 31, 17078
>>Renovations, cost, o.q., 1428
Primrose Lake air weapons range see Cruise missile testing
Prince Edward Island
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Fixed link to New Brunswick, Northumberland Strait bridge
>>>Background, 1367-8
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 1347-9, 1356, 1371, 1404-6, 1594
>>>Callbeck, Hon. Catherine, Premier, comments, 1347, 1352
>>>Constitution/confederation obligations, relationship, 1344, 1347, 1360-2,
1364-5, 1369, 1391, 1394, 1397-8, 1401-2, 1407, 1943, 6466
>>>Construction, Strait Crossing Development Inc.-federal government
agreement, 1344-6, 1369, 1372
>>>>Procurement stipulations, Atlantic region benefiting, 1344, 1352, 1354,
1393
>>>>Special committee, monitoring role, recommending, 1403-4
>>>Economic benefits, 241, 1045, 1344-6, 1352-3, 1390-1, 1398, 1400, 1402-3,
1407
>>>Environmental impact, assessments, monitoring, 1348, 1354-7, 1361, 1370,
1375, 1390, 1392-3, 1405, 1410-2
>>>>Federal Court of Canada, decision, 1346, 1372-3, 1394, 1400
>>>Ferry service
>>>>Alternative, 1344, 1363, 1390, 1393, 1395-6, 1398-1401, 1404-7, 1410, 1412
>>>>Job losses, workers, treatment, 1345, 1355-6, 1358, 1361, 1370, 1374,
1390, 1392-3, 1400
>>>>Nova Scotia service, impact, 1354, 1364
>>>Financing, federal government contribution/liability, 1344, 1347-8, 1357,
1365, 1373-5, 1392, 1394-6, 1398, 1402, 1407, 1409
>>>Fisheries see Fisheries, Atlantic--Northumberland Strait Bridge
>>>Infrastructure, related road construction, funding, 1403, 1405
>>>Job creation, 1344, 1352-4, 1363, 1370, 1373-5, 1390, 1393, 1405-6, 1408
>>>Legislation, Northumberland Strait Crossing Act (Bill C-110)(34th Parl.,
3rd Sess.), passage, 1344, 1410
>>>Liberal Party position, 1405-6
>>>Magdalen Islands, access, relationship, 1361-2
>>>Maintenance costs, responsibility, 1357-8, 1370, 1405
>>>McKenna, Hon. Frank, New Brunswick Premier, comments, 1347
>>>Public opinion, consultation, referendum/plebiscite, 1345-6, 1349, 1356,
1359-62, 1368, 1370-1, 1372, 1395-6, 1399-1400, 1405-7
>>>Reform Party position, 1364-8, 1395-7
>>>Tolls, 1346, 1395, 1402
>>>Tourist industry, impact, 1344, 1347,
1353, 1363, 1370, 1406-8
>>>See also Constitution Amendment, 1993 (Prince Edward Island);
Quebec sovereignty referendum
>>Historic sites, birthplace of Confederation, park commemorating, 7283
>>Members of Parliament, number, 2521, 2552-3
>>Political oppression, Reform Party, combating, S.O. 31, 16532, 16612, 16662
>>Rural communities, 871
>>See also other subject headings