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R & D Bulletin see Research and development--Government contracts

R-2000 see Housing--Energy conservation

Rabbits see GST

Rabin, Yitzhak see Israel

Rabinovitch, Victor see Seagram Company Ltd.--MCA studios

Race relations see Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Racism see Discrimination and racism

Racketeering see Eagleson, Alan

Radar control facilities see Airports--Jean Lesage International Airport

Radarsat

    >>Earth observation satellite. 16601-3
    >>>o.q., 16617
    >>>Quebec aerospace industry role, Spar Aerospace, SNC-Lavalin, etc., 16602-3, 16608, 16633
    >>>S.O. 31, 16237-8

Radio-Canada see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--French television network

Radio Canada International see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--International service

Radio licence fees see Search and rescue--Volunteer services

Radio Mutuel see Radio stations

Radio Québec see Drug abuse--Teenagers/young adults

Radio-Restigouche see Radio stations

Radio stations

    >>Canadian recordings, broadcasting, 3169
    >>CBEF, Windsor, Ont., french language station, 25th anniversary, S.O. 31, 12789
    >>CJEM, Edmundston, N.B., fiftieth anniversary, S.O. 31, 8745
    >>CKJM, Chéticamp community radio, Cape breton, N.S., S.O. 31, 15761
    >>CKNW, New Westminster, B.C., The Roving Mike," 15,000th broadcast, S.O. 31, 4857-8
    >>Copyright, neighbouring rights, S.O. 31, 4818, 5513, 6379, 9190
    >>Private, bankruptcies, closing down, 2801
    >>Quebec, closures, merger, o.q., 6440
    >>Radio Mutuel and Télémédia, merger, S.O. 31, 6510
    >>Radio-Restigouche, S.O. 31, 5938
    >>Shawinigan, Que., operation, licence application, Prime Minister Chrétien support when Leader of the Opposition, 7411
    >>Télémédia licence application, Greek language programming, Canadian Heritage Minister Dupuy letters to CRTC, interference allegations, 7273, 7286, 7288, 7291-3, 7296-9, 7306, 7412, 7622-3, 7766-7, 7844-5, 7875, 7878, 14050
    >>>Daniilidis, Mr.
    >>>>Involvement, prior bankruptcy, o.q., 7314-5
    >>>>Not requesting support letter, o.q., 7426-7
    >>>Ethics code breach alleged, 7415
    >>>>o.q., 7310-7, 7366-7, 7369-71, 7373, 7503-4, 7506-7, 7554
    >>>Letters, tabling, requesting, o.q., 7317
    >>>o.q., 7421-3
    >>>Possible influence
    >>>>CRTC Secretary General A.J. Darling statement, o.q., 7424, 7427
    >>>>S.O. 31, 7925
    >>>Public inquiry, requesting, 7415
    >>>Wilson, Howard, ethics counsellor, consultation, timeframe, discrepancy, 7591-2, 7623 o.q., 7365-8, 7372, 7423-7, 7504, 7508, 7554-6, 7558
    >>>>Advice, making public, o.q., 7424-7
    >>See also Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Rae, Hon. Bob see Ontario

RAF Ferry Command see World War II--V-E Day

"Raging Grannies" see Gun control/guns--Registration

Rahmani, Abder see Algeria

Rahmani, Tsara see Refugees

Rail passenger service

    >>Branch line abandonment, consultation process, o.q., 5304
    >>Cut-backs, moratorium, petition, 5620, 15838
    >>Decline, 12585
    >>Decreased utilization, 5051
    >>Esquimalt and Nanaimo line, 14247
    >>>Maintaining, S.O. 31, 8543
    >>>Re-establishing, 16401-2
    >>>Status, Supreme Court decision/VIA Rail Canada Inc. action, o.q., 4061
    >>Expenditures, federal contribution, $331 million, 2137
    >>Fare reduction, VIA Rail Canada Inc., 50% off fares
    >>>Bus transportation industry, lay-offs, etc., o.q., 151506-7
    >>>Condemning, S.O. 31, 11803
    >>Gaspé Peninsula
    >>>"Chaleur", maintaining, S.O. 31, 4269-70
    >>>Tourism, regional development role, 4736
    >>Government commitment, lacking, S.O. 31, 5423
    >>High speed service, establishing, 4762, 4798, 4800, 5051
    >>>Japan, comparison, 5051-2
    >>>See also Rail passenger service--Toronto--Ottawa--Montreal line
    >>High speed train, Quebec City, Que.-Windsor, Ont., corridor, 90, 482, 605, 766-8, 1349, 1374-5, 1510-1, 1931, 1942-3, 1949, 2139-40, 2601, 2608, 3870, 3906-7, 4068, 4073, 5052, 7784, 7787, 7798, 7817, 7824-5, 7831-3
    >>>Benefits, environmental/economic, 2598-9, 3000-2, 3005-6, 3588, 4370-6, 7788, 7831
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 2878-9, 2999, 3001, 10277
    >>>Cost, 3001, 3003-4, 4371-5
    >>>Electrified, 7787-8, 7793
    >>>Feasibility study, June/94 reporting date, 3001-3, 3005, 3007
    >>>>o.q., 12416
    >>>Government position, 3007-8, 4373, 4375
    >>>>o.q., 495, 3566-7, 12416-7
    >>>>Québéc, separation/sovereignty, influencing, 3005, 3007, 4004
    >>>International comparison, 4073
    >>>M. (Laurin), 2999-3008, dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 3008; 4370-7, negatived, on recorded division, 4417-9
    >>>Ontario and Quebec governments studies, 5051
    >>>Private sector involvement, 4372, 4375
    >>>Royal Commission on a National Passenger Transportation System, 1992, findings, 3003
    >>>S.O. 31, 293-4, 3761, 3993
    >>>VIA Rail Canada Inc., profitability, improving, 3002
    >>>>o.q., 3653
    >>>See also Airports--Mirabel International Airport
    >>Incidents, Rimouski, Que., and Brighton, Ont., vandalism possibility, security, improving, o.q., 8045, 8121
    >>Inter-city passenger traffic, percentage, 5050
    >>Jonquière, Que.-Montreal, Que. service, eliminating, 4546, 4799
    >>>Petition, 6299, 8300
    >>London, Ont.-Toronto, Ont. service, reduction, Brantford service, 4377
    >>>o.q., 2541, 2934
    >>Montreal, Que.-Ottawa, Ont. service, frequencies, 5050
    >>Planning, development and operational control, VIA Rail Canada Inc., 5050
    >>Rationalization of services, 2137, 3560-1
    >>>o.q., 5303-4
    >>Revival, role, 3867, 4377-8
    >>Ridership, 5052, 7783-4, 7792, 7826
    >>Rocky Mountaineer tour, S.O. 31, 4386
    >>Safety see Railways--Accidents
    >>Saint John, N.B.-Sherbrooke, Que., line
    >>>Discontinuing, Dec. 15/94, o.q., 7935
    >>>Maintaining, 5331-2
    >>>Transfer to provincial jurisdiction, legislation, o.q., 4279
    >>Saint John, N.B., VIA Rail Canada Inc. discontinuing, S.O. 31, 7803, 9053
    >>Sarnia, Ont.-Toronto, Ont. line, maintaining, petition, 5585, 6567-8, 8645, 13287
    >>Subsidies
    >>>Levels, 5051-2
    >>>Other transportation modes, comparison, 5050
    >>Thunder Bay, Ont., reinstating, petition, 10395-6
    >>Toronto, Ont.-Ottawa, Ont.-Montreal, Que line, high speed service, 5051
    >>Track rental rates, Via Rail Canada Inc., Canadian National Railways rolling back
    >>>o.q., 4208-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 2925
    >>Western continental trains, blue and silver service, introduction, 5050
    >>See also VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Rail passes see Members of Parliament

Railex see VIA Rail Canada Inc.--Western operations

Railway Safety Act

    >>Review, On Track
    >>>Government response, o.q., 9728-9
    >>>Tabled, 9659, 13443

Railway Safety Act (amdt.)(Bill C-21)--Minister of Transport (Young)

    >>First reading, 2797
    >>Second reading, Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, report from Committee, report stage, concurrence, third reading, 3912-4, passed.
    >>Senate passage, 4300
    >>Royal Assent, 4300. Chap. 15, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Railways--Lines

Railway workers see Railways--Workers

Railways

    >>Accidents/derailments
    >>>Passenger safety, emergency measures, first-aid, etc., improving, 8385-6
    >>>>o.q., 8120-1
    >>>United Transportation Union, investigation, requesting, o.q., 4702
    >>>See also Hazardous products--Toxic substances
    >>Atlantic provinces, importance, 753-4
    >>>Fuel tax, removing, rolling stock depreciation rate, accelerating, competitiveness, increasing, 753-4
    >>Benefits, 1413, 7771, 7787-8
    >>Bloc Québécois position, 7775-7, 7827-9
    >>Branch line abandonment, 1942, 2139, 7771-2, 7779, 7800-1, 7818-9, 11387, 15117-8
    >>>British Columbia, 16215
    >>>Canadian Pacific Railway, eastern service, east of Sherbrooke, Que., January 1995, 2139
    >>>Chelan Canadian National Railways subdivision, petition, 11718
    >>>Collingwood, Ont.-Barrie, Ont., impact
    >>>>o.q., 2220
    >>>>S.O. 31, 988, 1851, 3096
    >>>Consultations, process, o.q., 5304
    >>>Coteau junction, Ont., 15111
    >>>Economic impact, 7772, 7786, 7821-2
    >>>Franquet--Chapais and CRAN Canadian National Railways trunk lines, northern Quebec, maintaining, M. (M. Gauthier), 3118-26, dropped from Order Paper, 3126
    >>>Gaspé Peninsula, moratorium, petitions, 4528, 7236
    >>>Glengarry-Prescott-Russell constituency, 15111
    >>>Grain dependent branch lines, notice provisions, exemption, 13068-9
    >>>Infrastructural removal, moratorium, o.q., 9062
    >>>Legislation see Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-101)
    >>>Liberal governments, former, policies, 541
    >>>Moncton-Saint John, N.B., 9045-6
    >>>>o.q., 7561-2
    >>>Moratorium, 7789, 7817, 7820, 9549-50
    >>>>o.q., 1922, 2932
    >>>>Petition, 9070
    >>>National Transportation Agency decision, review, 7820-1
    >>>>o.q., 9062
    >>>New Brunswick, Canadian National Railways northern line, 7791-2
    >>>>S.O. 31, 1499
    >>>Ontario, 16214-5, 16219-20
    >>>o.q., 5303
    >>>Privatization, 1830, 15089, 15092
    >>>>Chibougamau--Chapais, Lac-Saint-Jean regions, Que., proposal, 3120-4
    >>>Public consultation, 3119
    >>>Public sale, M. (Guimond), 16213-21, dropped from Order Paper, 16221
    >>>Quebec, 4101, 4780, 4793-4, 4799, 9550, 16214-5, 16219-21
    >>>>See also Railways--Branch line abandonment passim
    >>>Regulatory review, 15083-4, 15086, 15113
    >>>Saskatchewan, 11444
    >>>Simcoe North constituency, 4269
    >>>Slocan Valley, B.C., 3124-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 936
    >>>See also Rail passenger service
    >>Competition, 15082, 15086-7, 15094-5, 15116-7
    >>>Encouraging, petition, 14327
    >>>Government policies, o.q., 16613
    >>>Shippers, impact, 15087, 15115-6
    >>Decline, government role, 12585
    >>Deregulation, 256, 1413, 4123, 4632, 15086, 15090-1
    >>>Impact, reregulation alternative, 12581-2
    >>Employees, 7816-7, 7819-20, 7823-4
    >>Environmental benefits, 12582
    >>Expropriation powers, limiting, o.q., 14318
    >>Freight traffic, increase, 11303-4
    >>Fuel tax, 8440
    >>>See also Railways--Atlantic provinces
    >>Grants, 7782
    >>Importance, S.O. 31, 884, 3093, 9141, 13524
    >>Infrastructure, maintaining, comprehensive strategy, S.O. 31, 4269
    >>Intermodal traffic, 7770, 7788-9
    >>Labour disputes, 11363
    >>>Fraser, Robert, report, recommendations, 10997
    >>>>o.q., 10898
    >>>Hope, Allan, conciliation commissioner, report, recommendations, 10839-43, 10984-5, 10989, 10994, 11017
    >>>>o.q., 9607-8, 9780-1, 10786, 10828
    >>>S.O. 31, 9943
    >>>Solution alternatives, replacement workers, arbitration, etc., 10505-6, 15079
    >>>>o.q., 9948-9, 10005, 10329, 10614, 10711, 10789
    >>>Transport Minister Young, role, o.q., 9607-8
    >>>See also Canadian Pacific Railway--Strike Railways--Strike
    >>Lines, access to land, restrictions
    >>>Legislation see Railway Safety Act (amdt.)(Bill C-21)
    >>>Trespassing, 3912-3
    >>Maintenance costs, highways, comparison, 12585
    >>Manitoba, jobs, Liberal Party election promises, broken, S.O. 31, 7626-7
    >>National identity, 6465-6
    >>Natural resource regions, importance to, 12584-5
    >>North-south traffic, competition, technological change, 2137
    >>Other countries, comparison, 7788-9
    >>Policies, detrimental, S.O. 31, 10707
    >>Productivity, bureaucracy, limiting, 7166
    >>Profitability, 11279
    >>Regional development, east-west link, importance, 90, 3125-6
    >>Restructuring policy, condemning, M. on supply (Guimond), 7770-801, 7815-33
    >>Rural Canada, service, preservation, petition, 12728
    >>Safety
    >>>Collective agreement provisions, interpretation and enforcement, S.O. 31, 16662
    >>>See also Railway Safety Act; Railways--Accidents
    >>Short line operations
    >>>Commercialization, 2138, 15089, 15091, 15112-3
    >>>Encouraging, 12574, 15079, 15084
    >>>Federal/provincial jurisdiction, 15080, 15085, 15093-4
    >>>Legislation (Bill C-101)
    >>>>o.q., 16613
    >>>>See also Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-101)
    >>>Ontario provincial labour legislation, impeding, 15111
    >>>>o.q., 2220
    >>>Policy, S.O. 31, 5936
    >>>Saint John, N.B.-Sherbrooke, Que., maintaining, 5331-2
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5811
    >>>United States, comparison, 15084, 15086, 15089
    >>>See also Canadian National Railways--Privatization/commercialization, Federal jurisdiction
    >>Strike/lock-outs, March 1995
    >>>Back-to-work legislation, 10697-705, 11581
    >>>>Bloc Québécois position, 10757, 10774, 10776, 10840-1, 10993, 11004-6, 11016-7, 11019-23, 11027, 11450-1
    >>>>>o.q., 10828-9
    >>>>New Democratic Party position, 11450-1
    >>>>>o.q., 10834
    >>>>o.q., 10709-11, 10786-7, 10949
    >>>>S.O. 31, 10785, 10827, 10893-5, 10947-9, 11132
    >>>>See also Maintenance of Railway Operations Act, 1995 (Bill C-77)
    >>>Economy/industry/farmers, impact, 10767, 10840, 10845-6, 10987-8, 10990-2, 10997, 10999-1003, 11007, 11021-2, 11451
    >>>>o.q., 10786-7, 10790, 10829, 10834, 10901-3, 10950, 10955-6
    >>>>S.O. 31, 10783-6, 10826-7, 10895, 10947
    >>>Mediation-arbitration commission, establishment, 10839-40, 10842-4, 10984-90, 10994-5, 10998-9, 11001-2, 11015-6, 11018-20, 11022
    >>>>o.q., 10896
    >>>Workers' demands
    >>>>Government ignoring, 11266
    >>>>>o.q., 10828-9
    >>>>Right to strike, 10841-2, 10985, 10994, 11017
    >>>See also Grain transportation--Rail strike
    >>Track infrastructure see Canadian National Railways--Privatization/commercialization; Rail passenger service--Track rental rates
    >>Transportation policy, review, 7788-91, 7793-4, 7796-7, 7822-3, 15079, 15083-5, 15111-2, 15115, 15117-8
    >>>Consultations, 7785, 7794-5
    >>>Legislation, Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-101), 15087
    >>>>See also Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-101)
    >>>Requesting, S.O. 31, 2970
    >>Trucking industry, competition, 14247
    >>United States railways, competition, 14247
    >>User-pay infrastructure, 12580, 14245
    >>Workers, "bunch of grade 8 and 9 graduates, etc." Transport Minister Young remarks, government position, 7593-4, 11264
    >>>o.q., 7235, 7561
    >>See also British Columbia; Canadian National Railways; Canadian Pacific Railway; Freight rates--Subsidies; Grain transportation; National unity; Rail passenger service; St. Lawrence Seaway; VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Rainey, Monica see Children--Sexual abuse, Citizens Against Child Exploitation

Rainy Hollow, B.C.

    >>DDT, fuel pipeline containers, clean-up, o.q., 6219

Rally 2 see Marine safety

Ramsar Convention see Waterfowl--Wetlands

Ramsay, Jack (REF--Crowfoot)

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