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Ramsubhag, Taramatie see Refugees
Randolph, Man. see Charitable donations
Random Acts of Kindness Week
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S.O. 31, 9774
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
>>
Agenda, 1599, 1602
>>>S.O. 31, 6254
>>Anniversary, S.O. 31, 12894
>>Anti-Atlantic Canada sentiment, condemning, S.O. 31, 7924-5, 7926, 14716,
17625-6
>>Assembly, Ottawa, Ont., S.O. 31, 6772
>>Attitude, disrespect for House of Commons, etc., 12347-8
>>Bloc Québécois, comparing, 169-70, 172, 175, 12800-1, 12806
>>Candidates, women, success ratio, 12987
>>Caring and compassion, Liberal Party, comparison, 15494
>>Critics, committee members, removal, 14275-6
>>>o.q., 14453
>>>See also Reform Party--Justice critic
>>Darth Vader Party, 17726
>>Election expenses, alleged foreign contributions, CSIS investigation, o.q.,
9324-5
>>Election platform, fiscal restraint, tax relief and parliamentary reform,
"blue book", 2135, 12345-6, 12348-9, 12452-4, 12466-7, 12470-1, 12499-500,
12507-8
>>>Ignoring, S.O. 31, 5514, 11055
>>>Liberal government (Chrétien) stealing, o.q., 7180
>>Electronic town hall meeting, 1-900 telephone number, 7171, 13900
>>>S.O. 31, 6435, 9525-6
>>Financial status, deficit/surplus, 10542
>>>S.O. 31, 10264
>>Freedom of expression, asserting, 5255
>>>S.O. 31, 2214
>>Fund raising, o.q., 7692, 13474,
13478-80
>>Goals and objectives, 3985
>>Government, potential, lack of Quebec support factor, 15032, 15034-5
>>"Hates Indians...defender of the white man", Indian Affairs Minister Irwin
alleged statements, 1837-8
>>>o.q., 1686, 1690, 1727, 1801
>>>S.O. 31, 1720, 1794-5
>>Hypocrisy, 12355-6
>>>S.O. 31, 17702-4
>>Justice critic, P. Forseth, removal, 14275-6
>>>o.q., 13480, 14085
>>Leader, financing of allowance, car/driver, "publicity stunt" allegations,
12454-5, 12466, 13899-900
>>Leadership, 6393-4
>>Let the People Speak, fax and voice mail line, S.O. 31, 934
>>Members, requirements, 1600
>>Membership recruiting, Forseth letter to constituents, abuse of Member's
privileges, S.O. 31, 9323
>>National opposition role, 16770
>>Official Opposition status, 17672-7
>>>Petitions, 11718, 12336, 12546, 13240, 13444, 14188-9, 14327, 14411, 14545,
14652, 14819, 14850, 17505
>>>See also Leader of the Opposition--Position
>>Philosophy, mandate, role, etc., 46, 3217-9, 3335, 6426-7, 6929, 12471-3,
12506, 13897, 16873
>>>Integrity and honesty in government, 7414
>>>o.q., 7559
>>Policy, 3110, 7304, 15354
>>>Confused, 4956-7
>>>Liberal government (Chrétien), adopting, S.O. 31, 5810
>>>Membership input/consultations, 12499-500
>>>>S.O. 31, 6329-30
>>>S.O. 31, 6555, 6898, 13523, 15801, 16661
>>Popularity, polls, 5838, 13863-4, 14440, 14444, 17726
>>>o.q., 14451
>>Priority, financial affairs, 12786
>>Progressive Conservative Party, merger, members considering, S.O. 31, 11404
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, impact, benefits, 12385
>>"Racist", Secretary of State Blondin-Andrew remarks, o.q., 1857-8
>>"Rednecks", description, Party members accepting, Deputy Prime Minister
Copps remarks, o.q., 2482
>>Smiling, S.O. 31, 16959
>>Social Credit Party relationship, 188, 13900
>>Social Panic Party, 4243, 4247
>>Vision of Canada, 3091-2, 3821,
4598
>>See also other subject headings
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