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Ramsubhag, Taramatie see Refugees

Randolph, Man. see Charitable donations

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Raney, Anne see Parliament Buildings--Peace Tower

Rankin Family

    >>Juno awards, S.O. 31, 2618

Rankin, John Angus

    >>Cape Breton parish priest and fiddler, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 17080

Rape see Bosnia-Herzegovina--Women; Capital punishment--Extending; Sexual assault

Rayntjens, Philippe see Immigrants--Mugesera

rBST see Bovine somatotropin hormone

RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

    >>Airplane, Grumman Goose, sale, S.O. 31, 2617, 15041
    >>Autonomy, removal from jurisdiction of Public Service Staff Relations Act, 7898, 7900-1, 7906-11
    >>Budget, cut-back, S.O. 31, 6033
    >>Burnaby, B.C., community policing program, S.O. 31, 12591
    >>Civilian employees see Bilingualism bonus--RCMP; Public Service--RCMP status; Public Service Staff Relations Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58)
    >>Civilian employees/uniformed members, numbers, 7904, 7908
    >>Counter-terrorist unit, reinstating, o.q., 11756
    >>Dog training centre, Bowden, Alta., relocation, petition, 1313
    >>Employment equity policy, 7282-3, 7900-1, 7909, 7911-2, 12984, 13021, 13027, 15446
    >>>o.q., 14089
    >>Entrance requirements, 5498
    >>Housing allowances, Toronto, Ont./Vancouver, B.C., o.q., 576
    >>Image, promotion, RCMP-Disney Corporation agreement, use to promote private commercial concerns, condemning, S.O. 31, 14760
    >>Investigations, political interference, Rod Stamler allegations, 6325
    >>>o.q., 4661
    >>Laberge, Pierre, retired member, appearance before Quebec sovereignty commission
    >>>Banned from Montreal, Que. RCMP headquarters, o.q., 12597
    >>>Wife fired from CSIS position
    >>>>o.q., 13006-8
    >>>>S.O. 31, 13044
    >>Legislation, Public Service Staff Relations Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58)
    >>>Petition, 11944
    >>>See also Public Service Staff Relations Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58); RCMP--Unionization
    >>Messes, alcohol use/abuse, o.q., 1066
    >>Nanaimo, B.C., additional officers, o.q., 7039
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 7912
    >>>Bilingual positions/units, 7896-7, 7907
    >>>See also Bilingualism bonus--RCMP
    >>Personnel management, Treasury Board responsibility, 7901, 7909
    >>Policing contracts, below cost, 1200-2
    >>Political activities, elected office, Sergeant Gaétan Délisle, Mayor, Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Que., suspension, o.q., 16836
    >>Salaries
    >>>Freeze, two year extension, Feb. 22/94 budget measure, 2117, 2779, 4433, 4635
    >>>Increments, suspended for two years, Feb. 22/94 budget measure, morale, impact, 2806-7, 2834, 2841-2, 4433
    >>>>British Columbia, work to rule, resorting to, o.q., 5213
    >>>>o.q., 1998-9
    >>Sexual harassment
    >>>Female civilian employee, job loss, review, o.q., 3047
    >>>Policy, o.q., 3047
    >>Source Witness Protection Program see Witness protection program
    >>Staff relations
    >>>Grievance procedures, 7901
    >>>Legislation see Public Service Staff Relations Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58)
    >>Uniforms, turbans by Sikh officers, Reform Party position, etc., 6878
    >>>Federal Court of Appeal ruling, 16985
    >>>>S.O. 31, 13171
    >>Unionization, 7904-6, 7908-9, 7911-2
    >>>Bargaining rights, denial, legislation, Public Service Staff Relations Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58), 11179-80
    >>>>o.q., 9331-2
    >>>>See also Public Service Staff Relations Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58)
    >>>Delisle case, 7899-902
    >>>S.O. 31, 9274
    >>See also Aboriginal peoples--Band funding; Air Canada--Airbus A320; Air India, flight 182--June 23/85 crash; Airports--Security services; Akwesasne Indian Reserve--Deaths; Bilingualism bonus; Black Canadians--Nova Scotia; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Canada Post Corporation--Office building; Canadian Wheat Board--Dumping allegations; Conflict of interest--Dupuy; Correctional Service of Canada--Influence peddling; CSIS--Infiltration activities; Drug trafficking--Cocaine; Gagliano--References; Gasoline/automotive fuels--Alternative fuels; Gun control/guns--Indian reserves--Smuggling; Immigrants--Criminals, Deporting--Criminals, RCMP task force; Indian reserves--Law enforcement; Irving Whale; Justice system--Custody/incarceration; Liquor smuggling--Canada Customs; Money laundering; National security; Occupational health and safety; Parti Québécois--Activities; Payne--References; Peacekeeping; Prime Minister's residences; Public Service; Sexual assault--Olson; Tobacco/cigarette smuggling; Unemployment insurance--Information; Yugoslavia (former)

RDI see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Read, Larry see Dangerous offenders

Reading see Born to Read Day

Reagan, Ronald see United States

Real estate

    >>Quebec market, sovereignty referendum (1995), uncertainty factor, 15613

Real estate developers see Income tax--Tax shelters/loopholes

Real estate investment funds see Mutual funds--Income tax treatment

Rebellion of 1837-1838 see Responsible government in Canada

"Rebels Squadron" see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Petawawa, Ont.

Rebuilt Resources Skills Development Incorporated

    >>Environmental citizenship initiative project, S.O. 31, 6133

Recall Act (Bill C-210)--D. Grey

    >>First reading, 804-5
    >>Second reading, 3723-32, 5320-30, 7386-94
    >>>Dropped to bottom of precedence on Order Paper, 3732, 5330
    >>>Negatived, on recorded division, 7538-9
    >>See also Members of Parliament--Recalls by constituents, Legislation

Recession see Economic conditions

Rechner, Captain Patrick see Bosnia--Herzegovina--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeepers taken hostage

Reclamation see Mining industry

Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) see Bovine somatotropin hormone

Recorded divisions see instead Divisions, recorded

Recording industry see Radio stations--Canadian recordings

Records see Criminal records

Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Program see Wildlife

Reculé see Privilege--Brien; Quebec--Regions

Recycling see Environment--Composting and recycling; Mining industry--Taxation; Postal service--Direct mail advertising

"Red book" see Liberal Party--Election promises

Red Cross see Canadian Red Cross; Rwanda--Civil war

Red Deer, Alta. see Curling--Labatt Brier; Penitentiaries--Bowden Institute

Red ribbons see AIDS

Redcliffe, Alta. see Consumers Paper Corporation

"Redneck" see Chatters--References; Morrison--References; Reform Party

Redress arrangements see Chinese Canadians; Discrimination and racism--Government past actions; German Canadians; Italian Canadians; Japanese Canadians; Ukrainian Canadians

Reed, Julian (L--Halton--Peel)

    >>Aboriginal self-government, 3459
    >>Agriculture, 4600
    >>Alternative Fuels Act (Bill S-7), 14039-40
    >>Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95 (Bill C-14), 2685
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 358
    >>>S.O. 31, 3949
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina Federation, S.O. 31, 13716-7
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94
    >>>M. for approval (P. Martin), 2090-1
    >>>M. on supply (R. Speaker), 2245
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10139, 10457
    >>Budget, M. (P. Martin), 709
    >>Canada Customs, o.q., 15107
    >>Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Bill C-28), 4357
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 10457
    >>Canadian Film Development Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-31), 4594-5, 4597, 4600
    >>Capital gains tax, 709
    >>Carbon tax, 6804
    >>China, 6803-4
    >>Criminals, 15026
    >>Crown corporations, M. (Harvard), 8519-20
    >>Department of Natural Resources Act (Bill C-48), 6801-5
    >>Disability pensions, 2517
    >>Economy, 4600
    >>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18), 2529, 2749-50
    >>Employment, 2017
    >>Excise Act, Customs Act and Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act (amdt.)(Bill C-11), 1669, 1693, 1700-1
    >>Family, 12093-5
    >>Film and video industry, 4594-5, 4597, 4600
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 11095
    >>Forestry, 6802-3
    >>>o.q., 12115
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 14039-40, 14618, 14625-8
    >>>o.q., 1184
    >>>S.O. 31, 635, 6769, 9648, 11132-3
    >>Grandparent Year Act (Bill C-291), 8210, 12093-5
    >>Grandparents' Day Act (Bill C-274), 13079
    >>Gun control/guns, 11095
    >>>Petitions, 12729
    >>Hazardous products, o.q., 2487
    >>Hibernia development project, 6804
    >>Immigrants, 2466
    >>Immigration Act (amdt.--visitors' visas)(Bill C-219), 2466
    >>Immigration Enforcement Improvement Act (Bill C-316), 15026
    >>Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-9), 1279
    >>Infrastructure program, 2245, 2629
    >>Job creation, M. on supply (Lalonde), 2629
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-94), 14618, 14625-8
    >>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-85), 12358, 14443-4
    >>Mining, 1279
    >>National debt, 2685
    >>National identity, 2091
    >>Natural resources, 6803
    >>Oil and natural gas, 1279, 6802-3
    >>Old age pensions, 2091
    >>Peacekeeping, M. (Ouellet), 357-8
    >>Pearson International Airport Agreements Act (Bill C-22), 6276
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 5434, 17537
    >>>Members' remarks, 1669
    >>Quebec, 2685
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 15761
    >>References, maiden speech, 357
    >>Reform Party, 14444
    >>Sahtu Dene and Métis Land Claim Settlement Act (Bill C-16), 3459
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 12729
    >>Serial killer board game/cards, petition, 646
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 12729
    >>Social security system, M. (Duhamel), 2517-8
    >>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, 1669, 1693, 1700
    >>Tobacco/cigarettes, 1669, 1701
    >>Women, M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 2017

Referendum Act

    >>Regulations
    >>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee referral, M. (Milliken), agreed to, 12965
    >>>Review, Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee designation,
    >>>>M. (Milliken), agreed to, 14324
    >>>>M. (Milliken), negatived, 12850-1

Referendums and plebiscites

    >>Costs, 1605, 4955
    >>Educational process, 1635
    >>Government position, 1351
    >>>o.q., 5517-8
    >>Moral issues, allowing referendums, 12515
    >>New Zealand, comparison, 12512-3
    >>Oct. 26/92 see Constitutional reform--Charlottetown Accord
    >>Public education, importance, Patrick Watson remarks, 8802
    >>Quebec legislation, 1627-8
    >>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation
    >>Quebec sovereignty see Quebec--Separation/sovereignty; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)
    >>Reform Party position, 7126, 12361, 12386, 15780
    >>Simple majority rule, S.O. 31, 14714
    >>Utility, participatory democracy, 3726-8
    >>See also Canadian Wheat Board--Monopoly status; Capital punishment; Constitutional reform; Euthanasia--National referendum; Grain--Exports; House of Commons; Official languages policy/bilingualism--Acceptance/rejection; Peacekeeping--Switzerland; Petitions; Prince Edward Island--Fixed link to New Brunswick, Public opinion; Young Offenders Act--Amending, North Vancouver constituency

Refineries see Oil and natural gas

Reform of the House of Commons Special Committee (1st Sess., 33rd Parl.)(McGrath Committee) see House of Commons--Reform--Votes, Free votes; Petitions

Reform Party

Refugee advocacy groups see Immigration and Refugee Board--Appointments

Refugees

    >>Acceptance policy
    >>>Abuse, 16079
    >>>Compassion, displaying, reputation, 2309
    >>>>S.O. 31, 2967
    >>Appeal process see Refugees--Claims/claimants--Determination proces
    >>Applications, increasing, 798
    >>Better life, wanting, 6877
    >>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    >>>Provisions, extension to, Supreme Court of Canada ruling, 10th anniversary, S.O. 31, 11479
    >>>See also Refugees--Determination process
    >>Children see Refugees--Women and children
    >>Chinese
    >>>Claimants, one-child policy/forced sterilization factor, Supreme Court of Canada ruling, Kwong Hung Chan case, etc., o.q., 15605
    >>>Deportation threat
    >>>>Condemning, S.O. 31, 3228
    >>>>o.q., 3160
    >>Claims/claimants, process, status, etc.
    >>>Appeal process, interim measures, o.q., 4346
    >>>Dudka family, petition, 4401
    >>>Favouring criminals over legitimate claimants, o.q., 1308, 1506, 4393, 5849-50, 6020-1, 6024-5
    >>>Fee, $500 adult/$100 child, unaffordable, 5799
    >>>Garda family
    >>>>o.q., 13478
    >>>>Petition, 3771
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3873
    >>>Genuine refugees, economic migrants, differentiating, 5200-1, 5223-4
    >>>Lasia, Arthur, HIV positive individual/sexual orientation, discrimination claim, acceptance, 9861-2
    >>>>o.q., 9825-6, 9908
    >>>Ministerial review, 2312-3
    >>>Multiple claims, 5834, 6016
    >>>Status, 5198
    >>>>o.q., 332-3
    >>>See also Health care--Refugees; Immigrants--Criminals
    >>Colombian, selection criteria, S.O. 31, 12891-2
    >>Criminals, 2312, 5797-8, 5829-30, 5833-5, 5849, 6016, 6026, 9173-5, 9182, 9229-30, 9254, 9256
    >>>Deportation, 8922
    >>>>Khan case, United Nations ruling, o.q., 10515
    >>>>Legislation see Immigration Enforcement Improvement Act (Bill C-316)
    >>>>o.q., 7686
    >>>>See also Refugees--Singh, Tejinderpal
    >>>Legislation see Immigration Act (amdt.), Citizenship Act (amdt.) and Customs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-44)
    >>>Offences, summary/indictable, political/non-political, sentence, implications, 5798-9, 5848, 6006, 6010, 6016, 6024, 9216-7
    >>>o.q., 3834, 4393, 9729
    >>>Rehabilitation, requests, 5795
    >>>Status requests, Melissa Harris, Charles Ng, S.O. 31, 16957
    >>>See also Refugees--Claims/claimants
    >>Delets family, refugee status denied, deportation, 17542-3
    >>>o.q., 17041
    >>Deportation see Refugees--Chines--Criminals--Rahmani--Ramssubhag
    >>Determination process
    >>>Appeals, minister's powers, political interference factor, etc., 8928-9
    >>>Cost, 5200, 5204, 10223
    >>>Geneva Convention/Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 5798-9, 5832, 5848, 6006, 6017, 9176-7, 9212, 9216
    >>>Guidelines, Citizenship and Immigration Department officials, adhering to, 5801
    >>>Immigration and Refugee Board regional hearing offices, rejection rates, qu., 12422
    >>>Immigration and Refugee Board, mandate, 5224, 5849-50
    >>>Inconsistent, 5198
    >>>o.q., 4393-4, 8938-9, 8997-9
    >>>Reform Party policy, 10223
    >>>>S.O. 31, 8472-3, 10382
    >>>Senior immigration officers' exclusion powers, 8920, 9176
    >>>S.O. 31, 3326, 4461, 5721
    >>>Streamlining, 10231
    >>>Travel to home country, monitoring, o.q., 12114-5
    >>Dima family, refugee status denied, 11646-7, 17742
    >>>o.q., 11532, 16539-40
    >>Documents
    >>>Fraudulent, 8946
    >>>Verification, referral by airlines to Canadian authorities, qu., 13684
    >>El Salvador, Immigration and Refugee Board, rejection, 801, 3265
    >>>o.q., 389-90, 2129
    >>Halm, Henry James, convicted U.S. pedophile, claim, o.q., 1307-8
    >>Hugo, San Martin Pedro, deported Peruvian terrorist, appeal, Federal Court of Canada ruling, o.q., 1506
    >>Immigrants/immigration system, differentiating, 5830-1, 16075
    >>Inland, number, determination system, 5200-1, 5222-4
    >>>o.q., 5159
    >>Inthavong, Boujan, dangerous offender, Immigration and Refugee Board approval, condemning
    >>>Deportation, o.q., 11143
    >>>S.O. 31, 9323
    >>Israel, 380 claimants, acceptance, o.q., 12194
    >>Landed immigrant status
    >>>Passport requirement, 6290
    >>>>o.q., 5432
    >>>See also Refugees--Permanent resident status
    >>Migratory pressures, root causes, defusing, 2257, 2309-10
    >>Numbers accepting, 5200-1, 5203, 5223, 16075
    >>>Level, highest in world, 665, 2099, 5200
    >>>o.q., 889
    >>Permanent resident status
    >>>Prior security check, o.q., 13533
    >>>See also Refugees--Landed immigrant status
    >>Policy, 7471-3
    >>>Global pressures, influencing, 10231-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 6434
    >>Political, 801
    >>>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 307-8, 801
    >>Rahmani, Tsara, alleged Algerian terrorist, deportation, o.q., 11295, 11812
    >>Ramsubhag, Taramatie, and children, deportation, halt, requesting, 9645
    >>>o.q., 9330
    >>Reform Party position, 5201-2, 6024-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 12999
    >>Singh, Tejinderpal, convicted hijacker, deportation, 16079
    >>>o.q., 15183-4
    >>Sponsorships, increasing, 797-8, 803-4, 16075
    >>Sri Lanka, legitimacy, o.q., 12114-5, 12193-4
    >>United States treaty/memorandum of understanding, 10232
    >>>o.q., 10079-80
    >>Vietnamese, repatriation, 8784-5
    >>>o.q., 8249
    >>Welfare fraud, 665
    >>Welfare recipients, o.q., 889
    >>Women, 798, 800, 2310
    >>>Abuse and discrimination victims, 665-6, 2009-10
    >>>o.q., 2001, 9330
    >>>S.O. 31, 4127-8, 11480
    >>>See also Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee--Reports, presented, Seventh
    >>Women and children, 16076
    >>Work permits, 665, 801
    >>>o.q., 3333
    >>World overpopulation, 2309
    >>Yugoslavia (former), 2309
    >>>Status, o.q., 1384-5
    >>>United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees request, Canada accepting 500, Quebec additional 100, 16075-6
    >>See also Health care; Middle East--Peace process; Myanmar; Nunez--References; Rwanda--Civil war; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office