Rocky Mountaineer Tour see Rail passenger service

Rodeo

>>Canadian high school championships, Yorkton--Melville riding, Jason Resch, Kelly Rood, champions, S.O. 31, 6327-8
>>National Rodeo Finals, Rod and Denny Hay, S.O. 31, 16898
>>Saddle bronc champion, Rod Hay, S.O. 31, 381, 5936

Rodriguez, Sue

>>Right to die with dignity advocate, 5968
>>>Death, tributes, 1434, 5970
>>>>S.O. 31, 1301-2

Rogers and Wells see Quebec--Separation, Trade

Rogers Cable

>>Mission--Coquitlam constituency, lockout, S.O. 31, 2477
>>See also Television, cable--French language channels--MacLean-Hunter--Rogers Surrey community channel

Romalis, Dr. Gary

>>Vancouver, B.C., physician, shooting
>>>Condemning, M. (Robinson), leave to move, unanimous consent, denied, 7894
>>>S.O. 31, 7801

Roman Catholic Church

>>Archbishop Turcotte (Montreal) see Turcotte, Jean-Claude Cardinal
>>Diocese of Edmunston, 50th anniversary, S.O. 31, 17383-4

Romania see Canadian Executive Services Organization; Eastern Europe--Democratic and economic reform; Immigrants--Maraloï Family; Tokes, Very Reverand Laszlo

Romanow, Hon. Roy see Education--Francophones outside Quebec; Quebec sovereignty referendum--Results, "Yes side"

Rome, Italy see Education--Lifelong learning

Romélus, Bishop Willy

>>Haiti liberation involvement, Nobel Peace Prize nomination, S.O. 31, 1377

Rompkey, Hon. William (L--Labrador; resigned Sept. 21,1995)

>>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 310-2
>>Canada's Defence Policy Review Special Committee, 7430
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 312, 1475-9
>>Cruise missile testing, 436
>>>M. (Collenette), 436-7
>>Defence equipment, 436-7, 1477
>>Defence expenditures, 1477-8
>>Defence policy, 436-7
>>>M. (Collenette), 1475-9
>>Eaton, G. Campbell, S.O. 31, 379
>>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports, 390, 5947, 14481
>>Kilgour, references, 310
>>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee, 11353
>>Parent, references, 310
>>Peacekeeping, 1477
>>>M. (Ouellet), 310-2
>>Procedure
>>>Committee reports, 7430
>>>Question and comment period, 1479
>>References
>>>Resignation, summoned to Senate, 14780
>>>See also Defence policy
>>Taxation, o.q., 8295
>>United Nations, 311
>>Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act (Bill C-67), 12529
>>World War II, 12529

Rondeau, Gilbert

>>Member of Parliament, former, death, tributes, 2296-7

Rood, Kelly see Rodeo--Canadian high school championships

Roosevelt, Franklin see World Trade Organization--Historical background

Rose d'argent see Montreux festival

Rosedale constituency

>>Multicultural constituency, 7255-7
>>References, 2112-3

Ross Township, Ont. see Bosnia-Herzegovina--Aid

Rossland, B.C.

>>Direct democracy, citizens initiatives, S.O. 31, 3327

Rotary International

>>Tribute, S.O. 31, 2214
>>United Nations model, Winnipeg Rotary Club hosting, S.O. 31, 4050-1

Rouge River Valley see Provincial parks

Route Canada Inc.

>>Bankruptcy, lay-offs, 13983
>>>o.q., 15878

Roux, Hon. Senator Jean-Louis (L--Quebec; as of August 31, 1994)

>>References see Quebec sovereignty referendum--Quebec artists

Rouyn-Noranda, Que.

>>Horne smelter, operations, environment, impact, S.O. 31, 4126

Roving Eye, The see Radio stations--CKNW

Rowell-Sirois report see Equalization payments--Historical background

Rowing

>>Lightweight double sculls, Colleen Miller and Wendy Wiebe, world champions, S.O. 31, 6770
>>World Rowing Championships (1999) St. Catharines, Ont., S.O. 31, 9190-1, 11057, 14524
>>See also Pan-Am Games (1995), Argentina; St. Catherines, Ont.--World Rowing Championships (1999)

Roy, Allain see Olympics, 1994 Winter Games--Hockey

Roy RAdm Armand see Canadian Armed Forces--Personnel, Separation expense allowance

Royal 22nd Regiment see Croatia--Canadian Armed Forces

Royal Assent

>>Bills assented to, 1094, 2759-60, 4300, 5365, 5781-3, 8256, 9160, 10645, 11028, 11310, 13938, 14481, 14499-500, 16379, 17257-8, 17759
>>Communication from Governor General, 1094, 2759, 4300, 5365, 5781, 5783, 8256, 9159, 10644-5, 11028, 11309, 13921, 14481, 14499, 16375, 17241, 17759

Royal Aviation Inc.

>>Maintenance control system, irregularities, o.q., 7369, 7988-9

Royal Bank of Canada

>>Lynden, Ont., branch closure, S.O. 31, 1549
>>Profit, 10118, 11313, 11426, 11433
>>>$1 billion, income tax, 10427
>>>>o.q., 7635
>>United States flag, flying in branches, S.O. 31, 15287
>>Venture capital fund, S.O. 31, 6253
>>See also Economy--Growth; Small business--Capital

Royal Canadian Air Force Association see World War II--V-E Day

Royal Canadian Legion

>>Community service, commending, 10884
>>>S.O. 31, 7624
>>Government, funding, qu., 5827
>>Religious head covering (Sikh turban/Jewish kipa), wearing, entry denial, discrimination
>>>M. (Cohen), 9681-90, dropped from Order Paper, 9690
>>>Reconsideration, recommending, M. (Robinson), leave to move, unanimous consent, denied, 4832-3
>>>S.O. 31, 4693, 4769-70, 4819, 5338
>>See also Veterans Review and Appeal Board--Establishing

Royal Canadian Mint

>>Bimetallic coins, international marketing opportunities, 12828, 12831, 12856, 12912, 12914-5
>>See also World War II--D-Day, Commemorative coins

Royal Canadian Mint Act (amdt.)(Bill C-82)--Minister of Public Works and Government Services (Dingwall)

>>First reading, 11571
>>Second reading, 12827-34, 12853-8, 12908-18
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 13032-3
>>Government Operations Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 13033
>>>Reported, without amdt., 14094
>>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Dingwall), agreed to, on division, 14365
>>Third reading, 14365-78
>>>Amdt. (Epp), 14375-7, negatived, on division, 14377
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 14407
>>Senate passage, 14499
>>Royal Assent, 14499, Chap. 26, S.C. 1995
>>See also Currency--Two dollar coin

Royal Canadian Mounted Police see RCMP

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act see Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58)

Royal Commission on a National Passenger Transportation System see Rail passenger service--High speed train

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

>>Costs, delays, research budget abuse, etc., 7125
>>>o.q., 7035-6, 7232
>>Reports
>>>Choosing Life suicide rate
>>>>Government response, S.O. 31, 9526
>>>>o.q., 9471
>>>>Tabled, 9390
>>>Treaty Making in the Spirit of Co-existence, tabled, 10859
>>S.O. 31, 7091
>>See also Aboriginal peoples--Suicide

Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing (Lortie)

>>1992 survey, 973
>>See also Electoral boundaries; Political parties--Funding

Royal Commission on Energy (Borden) see Petro-chemical industry--Development

Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies (Baird)

>>Report, Proceed with Care, 510
>>>Government response, lack
>>>>o.q., 14090
>>>>S.O. 31, 12999
>>>o.q., 232, 3573

Royal Commission on the Status of Women

>>Recommendations, implementation, 25th anniversary, 17283-4
>>See also Women--Education, post-secondary

Royal commissions see Air India, flight 182; CSIS--Infiltration activities; Federalism; Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2, privatization; Supreme Court of Canada--Judges

Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont. see Military colleges

Royal Newfoundland Regiment see Canadian Armed Forces

Royal Roads Military College, Victoria, B.C. see Military colleges

Royalties see Income tax--Withholding tax

Royer, Alton see Murder--Mohamed, Sharon

RPSP see Registered personal security plan

RRAP (Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program)

>>CMHC record keeping, lack, 17608
>>Description, funding, 242
>>>o.q., 390, 570
>>Funding
>>>Alberta per capita share, 1057-9
>>>Applications, backlog, 11282
>>Handicapped persons, participation, 1822, 3078
>>Job creation component, 2638, 3078, 3080
>>Reintroducing
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, statement, 1710, 1767, 1818, 1941, 2087, 2097, 2152, 2245, 2804, 3054, 3073, 3078, 16296
>>>>o.q., 1801-2, 5157
>>>Commencement, o.q., 390, 3236
>>>Reform Party, opposing, 2245
>>>Renewing, 17694
>>>Throne Speech measure, 10, 172, 480, 522-3, 540, 1438, 1440, 1448, 1450-2, 1456
>>Rental housing
>>>Exclusion, federal government withdrawal, 1820, 1822, 16184
>>>New funding, 1994-1995, $16 million, 16296

RRIFs (Registered Retirement Income Funds) see Small business--Capital

RRSPs (Registered Retirement Savings Plans)

>>Cashing in, meeting financial needs in place of social security system, Reform Party alternative taxpayers budget proposal, 9900
>>Contributions
>>>Ceiling
>>>>$13,500 for 1996 and 1997, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10101, 10203-4, 11385, 11398, 12171, 12342
>>>>Increasing to $15,500 by 1999, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10101
>>>>Reducing, 114, 664-5, 688-90, 739-40, 769-70, 1772, 1907, 2057, 3794, 8361-2, 8505, 8567, 9583, 9771, 12267, 17714
>>>>>o.q., 25, 152, 229-30, 642-3, 790, 1306, 1818
>>>>>S.O. 31, 99, 293, 1061, 1419, 1421-2, 1498, 1606
>>Encouraging, 12201
>>Foreign investment option, 20% limit, reducing, o.q., 15295
>>High-income earners benefitting, 17714
>>Investments, Canada only, Government position, o.q., 9472
>>Life income funds, purchase, authorizing, 11260
>>Overcontributions
>>>Calculating, National Revenue Department, difficulty, 745-6
>>>Reducing from $8,000 to $2,000, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10101, 10937
>>Reform Party position, 3812
>>Review, o.q., 6260
>>Role, 4637, 10651, 10673
>>Tax deduction, converting to tax credit, 17694-5
>>Taxing, 1455-6, 6279, 6281, 6739, 6920, 6950, 6956, 6970, 6998-9, 7126, 7188, 7386, 8048, 8061, 8319, 8361-2, 8371-2, 8377, 8381, 8496, 8505, 8564, 8584, 9514, 9664, 9771, 11313, 13423-4
>>>o.q., 152, 5817, 5894-5, 5941, 6084-5, 6136-8, 6144, 6216, 6258-9, 6331-2, 6515, 6899, 6904, 7181-2, 7316, 8548, 8563-4, 8749-50, 8936, 9143
>>>Petitions, 9204, 9564, 10081
>>>S.O. 31, 6213, 6328, 6434, 7223, 8166
>>See also Canada Savings Bonds; Canada Student Loans Program--Repayment provisions; Education, post-secondary--Tuition; Farmers--Retirement security; Government programs and services--Funding; Home Buyers Plan; Housing; Members of Parliament--Pensions; Pensions--Aging society; Small business--Capital; Tax reform; Unemployment insurance

RU-486 see Abortion--Abortion pill

Rubber footwear see Footwear--Imports; General Preferential Tariff

Rubber inner tubes see General Preferential Tariff

Rules of origin regulations see General Preferential Tariff

Rural Canada

>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, expenditure cut-backs, impact, 13307-8
>>>o.q., 9656, 10151
>>>S.O. 31, 9649
>>Policy, 4195
>>Preservation, 507, 593, 2475-7, 3619-20, 4099, 4117-20, 4155, 4180, 6095
>>See also Budget, Feb. 22/94; Education; Electoral boundaries--Redistribution proposal; Equalization payments; Federalism; Gun control/guns; Health care--Rural areas; Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program; National Film Board--Films and documentaries; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Results, "Yes" vote; Railways; Telephone service; Television, cable--Mclean-Hunter, Monopoly; Youth--Social conditions

Rural Dignity see Forestry--Job creation

Rural post offices see Post offices

Russell, Man.

>>Economy, diversifying, S.O. 31, 15039
>>See also Gasoline/automotive fuels--Blended, ethanol

Russia

>>Chechnya
>>>Ceasefire, o.q., 9608
>>>Human rights violations
>>>>Trade discussions, relationship, o.q., 12593
>>>>See also Economic G-7 Summit (1995)--G-8 (Group of eight)
>>>Military offensive, Canada position, S.O. 31, 12363
>>>Russian bombing, 12955
>>>>S.O. 31, 12788-9
>>>V-E Day parade boycot, o.q., 12593
>>Democratic and economic reform, Canadian assistance, 2325-6
>>Free market economy, establishing, 2304
>>World War II, V-E celebrations, military parade boycott/Chechnya protest, Chrétien participation, o.q., 12488
>>Yeltsin, President Boris see Bosnia-Herzegovina--Ceasefire; Economic G-7 Summit (1995)--G-8 (group of eight)
>>Zhirinovsky, Vladimir, Liberal Democratic Party leader, nuclear annihilation, threat, 408, 410, 420, 432-3
>>See also Aluminium industry--Quebec/other provinces crisis; Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; Bosnia-Herzegovina--Ceasefire--NATO air strikes; Chemical and biological weapons--Geneva convention; Latvia; Mining industry; World Trade Organization--Membership

Rwanda

>>Civil war
>>>Arusha peace agreement, implementation, Canadian role, 5955-6, 5967, 5978, 5982, 5990, 5993
>>>Canadian and foreign missionaries, tribute, S.O. 31, 3039-40
>>>Canadian Armed Forces aircraft fired on, o.q., 4862
>>>Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping force, MGen Romeo D'Allaire, deaths of 10 Belgian peacekeepers, possible involvement, o.q., 16437
>>>Ceasefire agreement, o.q., 5341
>>>Ceasefire negotiations, United Nations assistance, 3979-80
>>>>o.q., 3044, 4058
>>>>S.O. 31, 3761
>>>Civilian massacres, death toll, etc., 4303, 11376, 11378, 11381
>>>>o.q., 3044, 11681
>>>>S.O. 31, 5151, 11674-5, 11752
>>>>United Nations Human Rights Commission investigating, 4302
>>>France, military intervention, Canadian position, o.q., 5659-60
>>>Genocide, outrage expressing, S.O. 31, 5337, 8543
>>>Government/rebel conflict, S.O. 31, 2850
>>>Humanitarian and medical aid, Canadian contributions, 4304, 5953, 5955, 5960-1, 5965, 5980, 5987-8, 6176
>>>>Epp, Brent, volunteer, S.O. 31, 5422
>>>>Fund raising, Jeunes du Monde, Thetford, Que., S.O. 31, 5301
>>>>o.q., 3044, 3765, 3950, 4058, 5341, 5659
>>>>S.O. 31, 6329
>>>>Statement by Minister (C. Stewart), 4395-7
>>>Humanitarian corridor, establishing, 3979-80
>>>>o.q., 3652
>>>Prevention, 5963, 5966-7
>>>Reconstruction, 5964, 5966
>>>Red Cross physicians, efforts, tribute, S.O. 31, 4383
>>>Refugee camps
>>>>Arms exports, France/Zaire, collusion allegations, 14099
>>>>Threat of disease, 4303
>>>Refugee claims, screening, 4303
>>>>o.q., 3279
>>>Refugees, Canada accepting, admission acceleration, 4303, 6175-6, 8385
>>>S.O. 31, 4051, 4340
>>>United Nations military intervention, Canadian position, 4302-3, 5135-6
>>>>o.q., 3765, 3881, 3950-1, 4130, 5341, 5659
>>Foreign aid, 5963
>>>S.O. 31, 10782-3
>>See also Immigration--Family reunification; Peacekeeping--Canada's role; Samaritan's Purse Christmas Child Program

Ryan, Claude see Senate--Abolition, Quebec beige paper

Ryan, Kennedy see Olympics, 1994 Winter Games--Skiing