Simanavicius, Hilda see Canadian Executive Services Organization

Simard, Charles see Murderers

Simcoe Centre constituency

>>References, 186
>>Town Hall meetings, constituents, views, expressing, S.O. 31, 8630
>>See also Infrastructure program

Simcoe County Board of Education see Education--French immersion

Simcoe North constituency see Railways--Branch line abandonment

Simmons, Hon. Roger (L--Burin--St. George's)

>>Atlantic Groundfish Strategy, o.q., 9731-2
>>Bloc Québécois, 189-90
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. on supply (R. Speaker), 2233-5
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10498-500
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 4452-3, 4642-6
>>Burin--St. George's constituency, 188-9
>>Canada Assistance Plan, 4644
>>Canada Employment Centres, S.O. 31, 12715
>>Canada Health Day, S.O. 31, 12530
>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 4452-3
>>Carter, Hon. Chesley, 157
>>Child care, 10603
>>Children's Special Allowances program, 6992
>>Cod, o.q., 1617
>>Conflict of interest, M. (H. Gray), 11974-7
>>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-7), 15813, 15960-1
>>Croatia, S.O. 31, 3517
>>Decade of the Brain Act (Bill C-239), 7701-2
>>Deficit, 2233-5, 4642-6, 6994
>>>M. on supply (Grubel), 9595-7
>>Department of Agriculture Act (amdt.)(Bill C-49), 6929
>>Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-96), 16502-4
>>Disabled and handicapped persons, 9311-2
>>Drug abuse, 15960
>>Drug trafficking, 15960-1
>>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, 15960
>>Economic recovery, 4642
>>Election campaign contributions, 11977
>>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 8984-5
>>Environment Department, qu., 5266
>>Equalization payments, 1045-6
>>Ethics counsellor, 11976
>>Family income, 1046
>>Family violence, qu., 14551
>>Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-Secondary Education and Health Contributions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-3), 1045-8
>>Fisheries, Atlantic
>>>M. to adjourn under S.O. 52, leave to move, 12604
>>>S.O. 31, 7724-5
>>Fishing Vessel Insurance Plan, qu., 2582
>>Food, qu., 9252
>>Government appointments, 9301-4
>>Government expenditures, 2233
>>Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65), 9301-4
>>Government programs and services, 6991-2
>>GST, 1637
>>Health, 7701
>>Health Department, qu., 14550
>>Health Standing Committee, report, 14544, 15813, 16670
>>Hibernia development project
>>>qu., 3312
>>>S.O. 31, 7420
>>House of Commons, 190-1, 6993-4, 11974-5
>>Human resource development, 16502-4
>>Human Resources Development Department, 16502, 16504
>>Hydro-electric power, 1048
>>Income Tax Act (amdt.--medical expenses--disabled senior citizens)(Bill C-282), 6602, 9311-2
>>Infrastructure program, 4643
>>>S.O. 31, 148
>>Interest rates, 10500
>>International security, 200
>>Job creation, 4642-5, 16504
>>>M. on supply (Lalonde), 2630-2
>>Judo, S.O. 31, 11674
>>Labour mobility, 1046-7
>>Liberal Party, 8984-5
>>Maheu, references, 2630
>>Manufacturing industries, 1046
>>Marine Atlantic Inc., S.O. 31, 7982
>>Martin, P., references, 4645
>>Members of Parliament, 1637-9, 11976-7
>>Mental Illness Awareness Week, S.O. 31, 6632
>>Mining industry, petitions, 6943, 9204
>>Newfoundland, 855-6, 1046-7
>>Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 6991-5
>>Opposition, 6993
>>Pay equity, 10604
>>Petitions, M. on supply (I. McClelland), 1635-9
>>Ports, qu., 9696
>>Procedure
>>>Debate, 6930
>>>Divisions, recorded, 1729
>>>Members' remarks, 13517
>>Pulp and paper industry, qu., 5266
>>Quebec, 192
>>Reform Party, 6929
>>Search and rescue, qu., 5588, 11685-6
>>Senior citizens
>>>qu., 5826
>>>r.o., 9338
>>>S.O. 31, 2786
>>Small business, 4643, 10602
>>Social security system, 4642-6
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 855-7
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 7913-7
>>Technology Partnership Program, 4643
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 188-92, 200, 214-5
>>Tobacco/cigarettes, qu., 15053
>>Training programs, 10602-3
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 1046-7
>>Turbot, S.O. 31, 10658
>>Unemployment, 1047-8, 2632, 4643-4
>>Unemployment insurance, 214-5, 4642-5, 6991, 6995, 7914-6, 10603-4, 16504
>>Water pollution, qu., 3312
>>Women
>>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 10602-4
>>>S.O. 31, 98
>>Youth Internship Program, 16503

Simms, Glenda see Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women--President

Simon Fraser University see Education, post-secondary--Aboriginal peoples, Shushwap Band; World Pipe Band Championships

Simon, Mary see Trent University

Simonds Industries

>>Granby, Que., plant, closure, employee pension fund surplus, use, court decision, S.O. 31, 11982

Simpson, O.J. see Crime--Investigations and trials

Sims task force see Canada Labour Code--Part I

Singapore

>>Contemplacion, Flor, murder conviction, S.O. 31, 11133
>>See also Corporal punishment--Caning; Crime--Rate; Drug trafficking--Penalties

Singer Sewing Machine Company of Canada Ltd.

>>Government Annuities Account surplus, paying out to employees/pensioners instead of company, o.q., 13127, 13918-9, 14229

Singh case see Immigrants--Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Singh, Tejinderpal see Refugees

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961) see Drug trafficking--Combatting

Single income families see Taxation--Fairness/unfairness

Single-parent families

>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, measures, impact, 3088
>>Needs, government response, S.O. 31, 5300
>>Standard of living, decline, Statistics Canada report, o.q., 14891
>>Tribute, S.O. 31, 5653
>>See also Canada Student Loans Program; Poverty

Single tax system see Income tax--Flat tax

SIRC see Security Intelligence Review Committee

Sisson, Vyrt see Volunteers

Sisters of Charity of Ottawa

>>S.O. 31, 11934

Sittings of the House see Procedure

Six Nations Indian Reserve see Tobacco/cigarettes--Taxes

Skeena constituency

>>Electoral boundaries, redistribution, 2728, 9991

Ski-jumping see Olympics, 1994 Winter Games

Skiing

>>Belhumeur, David, World Cup freestyle champion, S.O. 31, 2967
>>Canadian Junior Cross-Country Championship, British Columbia team, S.O. 31, 10319
>>International Schoolsport Federation event, Barrie North Collegiate, Canadian representative, S.O. 31, 7847
>>Nordic World Ski Championships, Thunder Bay, Ont., Mar. 9-19/95, S.O. 31, 10261
>>North Pole expedition, Richard Weber, Misha Malakhov, attempting, tribute, S.O. 31, 9999
>>Sunshine Village Corporation, Goat's Eye Ski Run, environmental assessment, 1254-5, 1339-41
>>>o.q., 1238
>>>Petitions, 3284, 4712
>>>S.O. 31, 7723
>>Turgeon, Mélanie, World Junior Alpine Championships, medal winner, S.O. 31, 2212, 2284
>>World Cup
>>>Lake Louise, Alta., S.O. 31, 9140
>>>Whistler, B.C., success, S.O. 31, 2213
>>See also Olympics, 1994 Winter Games; Paralympics

Skilled workers see Immigrants; Immigration

Skoke, Roseanne (L--Central Nova)

>>Aboriginal peoples, 9698-700
>>Abortion
>>>Petitions, 7238 , 13600
>>>S.O. 31, 3324, 5148-9
>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 10460-1
>>Auditor General for the Family Act (Bill C-322), 16393-4
>>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 334-6
>>>M. (Ouellet), 3360-1
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10459-61
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 10459-60
>>Central Nova constituency, 499-500
>>Child care, M. (Szabo), 11326-7
>>Child support payments, M. (Gaffney), 4554-5
>>Constitution, 13774
>>Constitution Amendment, 1993 (Prince Edward Island), M. (Dingwall), 1364
>>Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Code, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Transfer of Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-45), 14979-81
>>Crime, 5909-10
>>Crime prevention 5909
>>Criminal Code, 5911
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--aiding suicide)(Bill C-215), 5975
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 5909-13, 13769, 13773-5
>>Criminals, 15025-6
>>Cultural Property Export and Import Act, Income Tax Act and Tax Court of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-93), 15753-5
>>Dairy industry, 10461
>>Defence equipment, 1197
>>Department of Health Act (Bill C-95), 16336-7
>>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18), 2567
>>Employment equity, 15225
>>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15225
>>Euthanasia, 5975
>>>Petitions, 5588, 7238, 10113
>>>S.O. 31, 1420
>>Excise Act, Customs Act and Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act (amdt.)(Bill C-11), 1706-7
>>Explosives Act (amdt.)(Bill C-71), 15281-2
>>Family, 500, 5912-3, 16393-4
>>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 10369-71
>>Fisheries, Atlantic, S.O. 31, 4462
>>GATT, 501
>>Government expenditures, M. on supply (Crête), 1196-8
>>GST, petition, 10113
>>Gun control/guns, 10369-71, 10396
>>>Petitions, 11819, 12445, 13600
>>Homosexuality, 5910, 5912-3, 6183-4
>>Immigration Enforcement Improvement Act (Bill C-316), 15025-6
>>Income tax, petition, 10113
>>Information highway, 1198
>>Infrastructure program, 1197
>>International Year of the Family, S.O. 31, 3826
>>Job creation, 10461
>>Justice system, 5909-12, 13773-5
>>>Petitions, 12445, 13600
>>Michelin Tires Canada Limited, S.O. 31, 3040
>>Mining industry, petition, 8789, 9661
>>National Defence Department, petition, 15708
>>National Family Week, S.O. 31, 15283
>>Oceans Act (Bill C-98), 15015-7
>>Parole, 5910
>>Peacekeeping, M. (Ouellet), 334-6
>>Pictou Landing Indian Band Agreement Act (Bill C-60), 9698-700
>>Prince Edward Island, 1364
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 15223-4
>>>Divisions, recorded, 13655
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 6183-4
>>>Member's remarks, 6184, 13775
>>>Question and comment period, 336
>>>Speeches, 1196
>>Productivity, 1197
>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), 500
>>Public Accounts Standing Committee, 1197
>>References
>>>Maiden speech, 334
>>>See also Homosexuality; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act
>>Research and development, 1198
>>Same-sex couples
>>>M. (Ménard), 13152-4
>>>Petition, 7238, 9661
>>Sexual offenders, petition, 14958-9
>>Sexual orientation, 5910, 5912, 6183-4, 13774
>>>Petitions, 7238, 9661, 10113, 12445
>>Small business, 1198
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 499-501
>>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, 1706-7
>>Tobin, references, 15015
>>Training programs, 1198
>>Unemployment, 501
>>Westray coal mine, o.q., 4060
>>Yugoslavia (former), 334

Skopje, Republic of

>>Recognition
>>>Petition, 2707
>>>S.O. 31, 3325

Slaughterhouses

>>Matapédia--Matane constituency, 3642

Slave Lake, Alta. see Arctic Winter Games

Slavery see Taxation

Sleep/Wake Disorders Canada see National Sleep Awareness Week

Slocan Valley, B.C. see Railways--Branch line abandonment

Slovakia see Dairy products/industry; Eastern Europe--Democratic and economic reforms; Quebec--Separation--Currency

Slowpoke energy system see Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

Small business

>>Aboriginal communities, Dogrib Nation companies, Northern Transportation Company Limited, etc., 15884-6
>>Aboriginal entrepreneurs, successes, 1261-2
>>Administration costs, reducing, 1282
>>Apprenticeship program, establishing, tax incentives, 15897
>>Assistance, government initiatives, 598, 610, 669, 1198, 1702-3, 1776, 1938, 2589, 2635, 2637, 4741, 4758-9, 4766, 4792, 4797, 5035, 5921, 6117-8, 6788, 6794, 7708, 7754-5, 7763-5, 10098, 10462, 10476, 10535, 10745, 13405
>>>Administrative costs, net value, 1284-5
>>>Federal-provincial overlap, eliminating, 773-4, 1281-2, 1284-5, 1289
>>>Manitoba, book by Iain Williamson, S.O. 31, 8746
>>>o.q., 644
>>>Self-Employment Assistance program, 2585, 3844-5
>>>Single entry point, need, 1282, 2095
>>>S.O. 31, 8746
>>>Women, 8060
>>Atlantic provinces, importance, 701
>>Bankruptcies, 1338-9, 11823
>>Banks assisting
>>>S.O. 31, 17081-2
>>>See also Small business--Capital access
>>Banks/financial institutions , relationship, Superintendent of Financial Institutions powers, 16822-4
>>Breaking Through Barriers, small business working committee report, 13331
>>>g.r., tabled, 10668
>>>See also GST--Small business
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, measures, 1708-10, 1736, 1752, 1758, 1768, 1785, 1816, 1842, 1871, 2067, 2145, 2500, 5035
>>Bureaucratic interference, reducing, 2147, 8642
>>>S.O. 31, 4269
>>Business networks initiative/strategy, 1709, 2638, 15931
>>Business service centres, establishment, 15931
>>Capital, access, loans, 78-9, 128-30, 551, 693-5, 1278, 1280, 1287, 1339, 1818, 1833, 1891, 1899, 1901, 1910-1, 1948-9, 2087, 2093, 2095, 2111, 2152, 2473-4, 2499, 2633, 3797, 4558, 4596-7, 4621-3, 4643, 4763, 5035, 6785-9, 7715, 7740, 7750-1, 8316, 8320, 8406, 8506, 8537-9, 8641-2, 8769, 15783, 15788-9, 15827-8, 15916, 15933-5, 16518, 17679
>>>Banking code of conduct, task force developing, 1709, 1816, 1834, 1848, 1907, 2071, 2095, 2103, 2145, 2499-500, 2644, 5035, 12643, 15785, 15931
>>>Banks, relationship, 12645, 13114, 13143, 15819-23, 15826, 15890, 15896, 15931, 15937-8, 16822-4, 17610, 17613
>>>>Alternate dispute resolution mechanism, implementing, 12643, 15785, 15931
>>>>Quarterly reporting, providing statistics, accountability, 15772-3, 15785, 17613
>>>>See also Small business--Western Economic Diversification Program
>>>Business Development Bank of Canada role, 15816-7, 15885-6, 15890, 15896-7, 15899
>>>>Micro-business loans, S.O. 31, 14525
>>>Canada Investment Fund, 1785, 1834, 1836, 2095, 2156, 2638, 5035
>>>Canadian Bankers' Association assistance, 1777
>>>Federal Business Development Bank, 13114-5
>>>>$50 million loan program, May 12/94 announcement, S.O. 31, 4268
>>>Fee, 1%, cover future losses, o.q., 8698
>>>Financial institutions assisting, 209-10, 240, 253, 596, 604, 669, 695, 1277-8, 1288, 1290, 1785, 1836, 1848-9, 2145-6, 3063, 7715, 7743-4, 7752, 7755-6, 7761
>>>>Specialized lending units, 15885
>>>Government commitment, 3089-90, 6149 6794
>>>Government initiatives, 15931-2
>>>>o.q., 6442, 7633-4
>>>Guarantees, 1287-8, 12644
>>>Industry Standing Committee referral/report, Performance Benchmarks for Small Business Financing by Banks: A Progress Report see Industry Standing Committee--Reports, Ninth
>>>Industry Standing Committee referral/report, Taking Care of Small Business, 2881, 12643-5, 13331, 15772-3, 15776-8, 15781, 15785, 15787-8, 15816, 15820, 15826-7, 15892, 15896, 15914, 15931, 16823-4, 16879, 17610-3
>>>>o.q., 8698, 10150
>>>>See also Industry Standing Committee--Reports, Second
>>>Interest rates, capping, o.q., 8698
>>>Lending standards, Industry Standing Committee-banks agreement, S.O. 31, 16773
>>>Montreal, Que., PRIEM program, extension, denied, 2500-1
>>>Ombudsman, banks establishing, 16823
>>>>Appointment, S.O. 31, 16611
>>>>Bank of Montreal, S.O. 31, 16611
>>>>Britain, comparison, 12643-4
>>>>Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2146
>>>>Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2499-500
>>>o.q., 3335, 4583-4, 9282
>>>Performance benchmarks, government/banks developing, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10098, 10128, 10178-9, 10314, 10745, 11356, 11828
>>>>o.q, 10150
>>>Profitability factor, 1280
>>>Proposals, business organizations, small businesses, consultation, 239, 1785
>>>Royal Bank of Canada commitment, 209, 3090
>>>RRIFs, 1138, 1147
>>>RRSP investments/private funds, 239-40, 693, 1138, 1147, 1277, 1288, 16880
>>>>See also Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-9)
>>>Rural areas, 11699
>>>Small Business Loans Act, personal guarantee, eliminating, 238-9
>>>>o.q., 8348
>>>S.O. 31, 19, 148, 1549-50, 2477
>>>Statistics, compilation, 12644
>>>Tax credit, lending incentive, proposal, 762
>>>Throne Speech proposal, 10, 540, 543
>>>United States, comparison, 13114-5
>>>Women entrepreneurs, differential treatment, 1983, 1986-7, 10587-9, 10594, 10622, 10625, 10632, 10935-6
>>>>Canadian Independent Federation of Business, report, 10587
>>>>o.q., 10715
>>>>S.O. 31, 10708
>>>Working/asset capital, loans, eligibility, o.q., 8698
>>>Youth, 15915
>>Community Futures Program role
>>>Accountability, risk, etc., 15892, 15896
>>>Loans, 15889-90
>>>Unemployment insurance, role, 15889
>>Competitiveness, S.O. 31, 10656
>>Development, promoting, 207-8, 211
>>Dialogue with government, document, issuing, 1710
>>Employment investment package, unemployment insurance premium holiday, 10% tax credit, 1788, 1807, 1810, 1825, 1834
>>>Legislation, Bill C-9 implementing, 1137-8, 1277, 1284-5, 1288, 1290, 3194
>>Entrepreneurship, relationship, 15778, 15788, 15791, 15823-4, 15826, 15888-9
>>Environmental regulations, compliance, impact, 1280
>>Exports, increasing, 12644-5, 15773, 15820, 15931
>>>Export Development Corporation-banks meeting, 1709
>>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee studying, 15607
>>>Team Canada strategy, role, 15931
>>>United States, 15934
>>>See also Exports
>>Goderich, Ont., 15915
>>Government assistance, o.q., 12072
>>>Federal/Quebec, overlap, etc., 15775-8
>>Government intervention, 4148, 7938-9, 8506-7, 13142-3
>>>Petition, 13444
>>Government priority, 15771, 15773, 15790-1, 15826
>>Government role, 15792, 15818-9, 15826, 15883-9, 15893-4, 15897, 15931-2
>>Government services, communicating information, single window approach, etc., 15788
>>Growth, national debt, tax increases, impact, 2096
>>>S.O. 31, 9464-5
>>Guelph-Wellington constituency, "Community Spirit '95" small business expo, 15782
>>High technology industry, role, 4674-5
>>Home Buyers Plan, extension, impact, 1785
>>Immigrants, role, 15910
>>Importance, 128-31, 162-3, 479, 6785, 6793, 7241, 11355, 12644, 15787-8, 15816, 15888, 15893, 16879-80, 16882-3
>>Industry Standing Committee referral/report, Taking Care of Small Business, 15885
>>>House take note, M. (Gagliano), 7707-22, 7736-65
>>>Recommendations, implementing, 12643-9, 13331
>>>>o.q., 7103
>>>S.O. 31, 7030-1
>>Information and technological networks, 1787, 1931, 2644, 5035
>>>Developing, Canadian Technology Network role, 1777, 2095
>>Investment, encouraging, 16880
>>Job creation, role, 4668, 5921, 5927, 6955, 7707, 7740, 7754, 8406, 13142-3
>>>See also Job creation--Small business
>>Kenora--Rainy River constituency, 5035
>>Leasing, promoting, 12644
>>London, Ont., small business centre and advanced manufacturing technology centre, 15910
>>Managers, training/information, improving, Throne Speech recommendation, 10
>>Modernization and upgrading, investment tax credits, 1138-9, 1148, 1277, 1281
>>Owners, women, ethnic minorities, 581, 1891, 1893, 1982-3, 2065, 2112, 10334
>>>S.O. 31, 1912, 2212-3, 3094
>>Paper burden, 3822, 6789, 11356, 12830, 13331
>>>See also Small business--Regulations
>>Payroll deductions/taxes, 1786
>>>Electronic transfer to government, forcing, 2643
>>>Reduction, job creation, relationship, 2087
>>Policy, review, 1674
>>Productivity
>>>And exports, increase, encouraging, 2092-3
>>>Increase, consultation and study, 2067
>>Provincial assistance programs, 2093
>>Quebec
>>>Development, 13143
>>>Federal Office for Regional Development assistance, S.O. 31, 7176-7, 13043
>>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, overlap, 16825, 16840
>>Regulations, paper burden, reducing, 207, 551, 622, 1280, 1285, 1289-90, 1833, 4782, 5920-1, 15773-4, 15784-5, 15788, 15791, 15885, 15889, 15930-1, 16880, 17679
>>>GST, S.O. 31, 485
>>>Legislation, Bill C-2, impact, S.O. 31, 1061
>>>o.q., 5340
>>>Petition, 8489
>>>Separation threat, impact, 15822, 15824
>>>Task force, establishing, 1709
>>>Throne Speech proposal, 10
>>>See also Customs Tariff--Regulations; Small business--Paperburden
>>Rural areas and small towns
>>>Encouragement, 549
>>>See also Small business--Capital access
>>Science and technology, technological change, relationship, 1776, 15778, 15885-6, 15890, 15898
>>>Technology Partnership Program, 15888, 15931
>>Small Business Financing Program, refinancing up to $500,000 of debt, low interest rates, extension, 1138, 1147, 1277, 1288
>>Small Business: A Progress Report, tabled, 10668
>>Start-up
>>>Counsellors Assistance, 55 years and up group providing, 8052
>>>Unemployment insurance payments continuing, 8052, 8060
>>Survival
>>>Despite government, 664
>>>Underground economy, government fiscal policies, impact, 1414
>>>>o.q., 1240-1
>>Taxation, 702-3, 851, 1674, 2473, 2590, 2643, 3109, 3797-8, 4600, 6153, 8406, 15897, 16703-4, 16880, 16883
>>>Deductions, 3822
>>>Incentives, 16880
>>>o.q., 5340
>>>Reform, 15774
>>>Review, S.O. 31, 1302
>>>See also Small business--Apprenticeship program
>>Trade
>>>Exports, encouraging, Throne Speech recommendation, 10
>>>International, 4559, 8406
>>>See also Small business--Exports
>>Training programs
>>>Government support, S.O. 31, 1377-8
>>>Improving, 669
>>>See also Small business--Managers
>>Western Economic Diversification Program, role, 4795
>>>Banks, partnerships, 15893-4
>>Western provinces, agricultural sector, 15893
>>Women, 5926, 8052-3, 10482
>>>Entrepreneurial training project, Rimouski, Que., 10602
>>>See also Small business--Owners
>>See also Aboriginal Economic Development Program--$230 million investment; Acadia Centre for Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; Banks and banking--Loan portfolios; Canada Business Service Centres; Canada Pension Plan; Canada Post Corporation; Capital gains tax--Lifetime $500,000 exemption--$100,000; China; Defence industry; Economic recovery; Economy; Farm improvement loans; Financial institutions--Derivatives sections; GST; Information highway; Insurance--Banks entering market; Job creation; Quebec--separation/sovereignty, Economic impact; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--No campaign--Small business position; Research and development--Engineers and Scientists Program--Research support programs--Technological innovations; RRSPs--Contributions; Tobacco/cigarette smuggling; Tourist industry--Northern Canada; Trade--Interprovincial trade barriers; Unemployment insurance--Premiums; Wheat--European Union pasta subsidies