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Spencer, David see Brazil--Lamont

Spending Control Act

    >>1995-96, phasing out, Budget, Feb.22/94 measure
    >>>Extending, request, o.q., 1724
    >>>o.q., 1724

Spicer Commission (Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future)

    >>Hearings, cost, report, etc., 187, 17586
    >>See also Members of Parliament--Leadership role

Spicer, Erik John

    >>References, career, designation as Honorary House Officer and Parliamentary Librarian Emeritus, 2674-7
    >>>M. (McWhinney), agreed to, 2674

Spicer, Keith see Multiculturalism

Spina Bifada Week

    >>Awareness, folic acid role, etc., S.O. 31, 13800

Spinal Health Week

    >>Ontario Chiropractic Association, sponsoring, S.O. 31, 3946

Split Lake Cree Agreement

Split Lake Cree First Nation Flooded Land Act (Bill C-36)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Irwin)

    >>First reading, 4733
    >>Second reading, 5274-82
    >>>Agreed to, 5282
    >>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 5282
    >>>Reported, without amdts., 6722
    >>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Irwin), agreed to, 7355
    >>Third reading, 7355-62, 7376-8, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 9160. Chap. 42, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Aboriginal land claims--Flooded lands

Sports

    >>Amateur sports/athletes
    >>>Coaching training programs, English/French availability, o.q., 16248
    >>>Funding, grants, 216, 7298-9
    >>>>Core Sport Commissioner Report, cuts recommending, o.q., 4346-7, 4582
    >>>>Criteria, o.q., 4526
    >>>>Government/private sector, 7257-8
    >>>>Sports Canada, bureaucracy, o.q., 9653
    >>>>See also Lacrosse
    >>>Quebec, discrimination against, allegations, 3081-2
    >>>See also Canadian Heritage Department
    >>Associations, annual reports, publishing in English only, official languages policy violation, o.q., 16835
    >>>See also Canadian Sport and Fitness Administration Centre
    >>Athlete Assistance Program, funding, increasing, 2090
    >>Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, 1995 inductees, S.O. 31, 16773
    >>Events, tobacco industry sponsorship see Tobacco industry--Sponsored events
    >>Goal nets, legislation, 6749-53
    >>>See also Hazardous Products Act (amdt.)(Bill C-220)
    >>Legislation see National Sports Act of Canada Act (Bill C-212)
    >>York Region Senior Games, S.O. 31, 12998
    >>Youth, participation, S.O. 31, 13317-8
    >>See also Canada Winter Games; Fundy--Royal constituency--University athletes; International Children's Games; Olympics, 1994 Winter Games; Pan-Am Games; Paralympics; Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame World Nordic Games and particular sport

Sports Canada see Sports--Amateur athletes

Sports Illustrated see Publishing industry--Magazines, United States

Spousal abuse see Family violence; Justice system--Sentencing, Aggravating factors; Women--Violence against

Spousal allowances see Old age pensions

Spousal compensation see Children--Pre-school

Spousal income see Unemployment insurance--Benefits--Eligibility

Spouses see Members of Parliament--Pensions, Survivor benefits; Same-sex couples

Spreeman, Lana see Paralympics--Skiing

Spring

    >>Renewal/hope, S.O. 31, 2664

Spruce budworm see Forestry--New Brunswick

Spruce Glen Public School

    >>Hawkins, Susan, teacher, graduating class, tribute, S.O. 31, 6212

Sprudz, Aleksandrs see Canadian Executive Service Overseas

SQDM programs see Training programs

Squamish band see Aboriginal land claims

Srebrenica see Bosnia-Herzegovina--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping troops

Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji see Sikh religion

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji see Sikh religion

Sri Lanka

    >>Ethnic conflict, human rights, protecting, petition, 5219-20, 10522-3, 17286
    >>Tamil population, Jaffna Peninsula, Sinhalese military offensive, ceasing
    >>>o.q., 16147, 17039
    >>>Petition, 17637, 17714
    >>>S.O. 31, 17271
    >>>Suresh, Manicavasagam, national security certificate, arrest, release, requesting, petitions, 17504, 17637, 17714
    >>See also Refugees

Srigley, Jason David see Medal of Bravery

St. Albert, Ont. see Post offices--Rural

St. Andrews, N.B.

    >>Daffodil project, S.O. 31, 6710
    >>Wharf, fire, tourist industry, impact, S.O. 31, 5810

St. Boniface constituency see Family violence--Shelter; Government contracts

St. Boniface, Man.

    >>Festival du Voyageur/Voyageur Festival, S.O. 31, 1059, 9322-3, 17492
    >>See also Manitoba Association of Bilingual Municipalities; Paquin, Anna

St. Brieux, Sask.

    >>Quality of life, S.O. 31, 13522

St. Catharines constituency

    >>References, 825
    >>See also Wine and Grape Festival

St. Catharines, Ont.

    >>Oktoberfest, S.O. 31, 6707
    >>See also Club Roma; Colangelo, Carol; Folk art festivals; Rowing--World Rowing Championships (1999)

St. Denis, Brent (L--Algoma)

    >>Airline industry, 16003
    >>Algoma constituency, 171-2
    >>Association canadienne-francaise de l'Ontario, S.O. 31, 15520
    >>Black Creek Orphans' Project, S.O. 31, 9524
    >>Border crossings, 16003-5
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 323
    >>>Petition, 13088
    >>Budget, 13313
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 11282, 12060-1, 12074-5, 13312
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 11281-3, 13312-4
    >>Canada Customs, 16003
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 11283
    >>>M. on supply (Bouchard), 12060-1, 12074-5
    >>Crime prevention, 172-3
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--force) and Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (amdt.--force)(Bill C-8), 1325-6
    >>Crown corporations, 11654-6
    >>Customs Act and Customs Tariff (amdt.)(Bill C-102), 16001-5, 16007-8
    >>Deficit, 11281, 13312-4
    >>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 6469
    >>Economic development, 1681-2
    >>Education, post-secondary, 12074-5
    >>Electoral boundaries, 9402-3
    >>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18), 2755-7
    >>Elliot Lake, Ont.
    >>>o.q., 8120
    >>>S.O. 31, 6771
    >>Employment equity, 15173-4, 15187
    >>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15173-4, 15187
    >>Euthanasia, petition, 7106
    >>Financial Administration Act (amdt.--exempted crown corporations)(Bill C-263), 11654-6
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 10366-8, 13568-70, 13645-9
    >>Fisheries, 1325-6
    >>GATT, 171
    >>Government, 11282, 13312
    >>Government programs and services, 13314
    >>Gun control/guns, 10366-8, 13569-70
    >>>S.O. 31, 10656
    >>Harbours, wharves and breakwaters, 11282
    >>Health care, 817, 12074-5
    >>Income tax, 13313
    >>Job creation, 1681, 11281
    >>Kilger, references, 170
    >>Liberal Party, 2756, 16007
    >>Literacy, S.O. 31, 147
    >>Mining industry, 11282
    >>>M. (Serré), 13212-4
    >>>Petition, 15989
    >>>S.O. 31, 15175-6
    >>National Mining Week, o.q., 12294
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 10264
    >>North Channel Marine Tourism Council, S.O. 31, 6771
    >>Old age pensions, 13313
    >>Older worker programs, 8063
    >>Ontario, 12060, 12074-5, 13314
    >>>S.O. 31, 12672
    >>Parliamentary reform, 170-1
    >>Peacekeeping, M. (Ouellet), 322-3
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 9402-3
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 13653, 13675
    >>Program for Older Worker Adjustment, 8064-5
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 16001-2
    >>Railways, o.q., 10956
    >>References, maiden speech, 170
    >>Referendums and plebiscites, 7126
    >>Reform Party, 172
    >>RRAP, 172, 11282
    >>RRSPs, 13313
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 7106, 13088
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 10520
    >>Small business, S.O. 31, 4269
    >>Social security system, 173-4, 11282
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 817, 834, 839, 842-5
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 7126, 8063-7
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 170-4
    >>Tourist industry, S.O. 31, 1681-2, 14221-2
    >>Trade, 16002, 16004
    >>Unemployment, 8063-5
    >>Unemployment insurance, 843
    >>Welfare, 7126
    >>Youth Service Corps, 839

St. Georges Anglican Church see Halifax, N.S.

St. John's Church see Peterborough, Ont.

St. John's East constituency

    >>References, S.O. 31, 225
    >>See also Social security system--Reform

St. John's, Nfld. see Government accommodations/buildings; Gun control/guns--Legislation (Bill C-68); Marine Atlantic Inc.--Newfoundland dockyard

St. John's West constituency

St-Laurent, Bernard (BQ--Manicouagan)

    >>Air transportation, 5592-4
    >>>o.q., 10667
    >>Air transportation tax, 5592-4
    >>Airline industry, o.q., 7987
    >>Airports, S.O. 31, 6211-2
    >>Archer Daniel Midland Ltd., o.q., 8941, 9000-1, 9048, 10002, 13326, 13476-7
    >>Atlantic Groundfish Strategy, o.q., 9826
    >>Bilingualism bonus, 7904-5
    >>Blanc-Sablon, Que., S.O. 31, 10379-80
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10439-41
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 3057-8
    >>Canada Labour Code, 9047-8
    >>>o.q., 8634, 9000-1, 10517, 11990-1
    >>Canada Labour Code and Public Service Staff Relations Act (amdt.--scabs and essential services)(Bill C-317), 13939-42, 15511
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 4064-5
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, petition, 5587-8
    >>Children, 6739
    >>China, S.O. 31, 7725
    >>Constitution Act, 1982, M. (M. Scott), 10028-9
    >>Constitutional reform, S.O. 31, 15639
    >>Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-240), 6739-40
    >>Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Code, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Transfer of Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-45), 5862-3
    >>Crime, 13764
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-226), 6938-9
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 13764-5
    >>Crown corporations, 13939
    >>CSIS, 6315-6, 7906
    >>>M. on supply (Langlois), 6314-6
    >>Deaths, 10376
    >>Deficit, 3057
    >>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995 (Bill C-69), 11078-9
    >>Excise Act, Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 5592-4
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 10376-7
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, 3057, 5592
    >>>o.q., 12069
    >>Government programs and services, petition, 11255-6
    >>Gun control/guns, 10376-7
    >>Health insurance (Medicare), 10440-1
    >>Housing, 10440
    >>Job creation, 10440
    >>Justice system, 13764-5
    >>Labour disputes, 13939-42, 16510
    >>>o.q., 5946
    >>>Petition, 5621
    >>>S.O. 31, 3041, 11521, 13717, 16611
    >>Labour relations, 3041
    >>>S.O. 31, 11056
    >>Lobbyists, 4064-5
    >>Municipal infrastructure, M. (Gilmour), 15626
    >>Murder, 6739-40, 10376
    >>National Crime Prevention Council, 517
    >>National security, 6314
    >>Parole, 5863, 6938-9
    >>Pearson International Airport Agreements Act (Bill C-22), 4064-5
    >>Penitentiaries, 3058, 5862-3, 6740, 13764
    >>>o.q., 9904, 12112
    >>>S.O. 31, 9943
    >>Political parties, 4064
    >>Procedure, debate, 15511
    >>Public Service, o.q., 4394
    >>Public Service Staff Relations Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58), 7904-6
    >>Quebec, 15823
    >>>S.O. 31, 4516, 15803
    >>Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway Company, 3978, 6249, 9047
    >>>o.q., 3334
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 15596, 15639
    >>RCMP, 7904-6
    >>Sexual assault, o.q., 6718
    >>Sexual offenders, 6739-40
    >>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 15825
    >>Suicide, 10376-7
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 517
    >>Tobin, references, S.O. 31, 11751
    >>Turbot, o.q., 11406-7
    >>Unemployment, 3057-8, 5592
    >>Unemployment insurance, 3057-8
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 10440
    >>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 3384

St. Lawrence River

    >>Beluga whales
    >>>PCBs, effects, 5243
    >>>Re-establishing, federal-provincial-international committee, o.q., 1312
    >>Chemical wastes, clean-up, federal-provincial cooperation, 1203, 4796
    >>>o.q., 1311-2
    >>Chlorine levels, o.q., 1238-9
    >>Clean-up, action plan, 7143, 14595
    >>>Monitoring, o.q., 6219, 6437
    >>>Phase 1, o.q., 2293
    >>>Phase 2, 203, 1251
    >>>>Budget, $18.4 million increase, 2144
    >>>>Potential spills, adding ship to cleanup fleet, S.O. 31, 487
    >>Dredging, Massena. NY, o.q., 7561
    >>Ice-breaking, cost-recovery from users, o.q., 17390
    >>Pollution, Great Lakes pollution, percentage, 2144, 7143
    >>Water quality, International Joint Commission report
    >>>o.q., 1557
    >>>S.O. 31, 1499
    >>See also Empress of Ireland; Harbours, wharves and breakwaters

St. Lawrence Seaway

    >>Cruise ships, allowing, Great Lakes access, tourist industry, promoting, S.O. 31, 8627
    >>Grain transportation, cost, 11476-7
    >>Ice breakers, Canadian Coast Guard responsibility
    >>>Allocation, 2388-92, 2394
    >>>Expenditures, subsidizing inland ports at expense of Halifax, N.S. and Saint John, N.B., 2870, 2872
    >>>>o.q., 1691
    >>>Flood control services, 2390-1
    >>Ice jams, Montreal, Que. port, impact, 2388, 2872
    >>Navigability, year-round
    >>>Feasibility, costs, 2389, 2391
    >>>M. (Pomerleau), 2387-94, dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 2394
    >>Operations, commercialization, 2138, 10749
    >>Ports, profitability, Canadian Coast Guard privatization, impact, o.q., 3521
    >>Railways, subsidies, unfair competition, o.q., 3278
    >>Ships using, declining, 2389, 2394
    >>Subcommittee addressing, 2393
    >>Viability, future, 2391, 2393
    >>Western Grain Transportation Act, impact, 2389, 2392
    >>See also Grain transportation--Exports, Europe; Montreal, Que.--Port

St. Lawrence Seaway Authority

    >>Headquarters, Cornwall, Ont., maintaining, petition, 16671

St. Lawrence Seaway Subcommittee

    >>Travel, authorization, M. (Milliken), agreed to, by unanimous consent, 4233

St. Lawrence Vision 2000 Agreement

St. Margarets, N.B. see Canadian Armed Forces

St. Patrick's Day

St. Paul's constituency

St-Pierre family see Les Boules, Que.--Fire tragedy

St. Stanislaus-St.Casimir's Polish Parishes Credit Union

    >>50th anniversary, S.O. 31, 11400

St. Thomas, Ont. see Curling--Ontario Tankard

Stabilization program see Fiscal Stabilization Program

Stagg, Jack see National unity--Post-sovereignty referendum strategy, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department memo

Stalking

    >>Legislation, introducing, 5859, 5864
    >>See also Crime--Victims, Glaister; Justice system--Sentencing

Stamler, Rod see RCMP--Investigations

"Stand Up for Canada" see National unity--Promoting, song

Standard of living

    >>Artificial, national debt, relationship, 4927-8, 4938-9, 8845-6
    >>Canada, United Nations quality of living survey, 4740, 4743, 7115-6, 14633
    >>>S.O. 31, 9773
    >>Decline, government overspending, relationship, 3026
    >>Exports, relationship, 2267
    >>Liberal governments' policies, 11335
    >>Maintaining, revitalization of wealth creation capacity, 1775
    >>See also Divorce; Immigration; Single-parent families; Social security system

Standards Council of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-113)--Minister of Industry (Manley)

Standing Committees

    >>Authority requesting, 3795
    >>Chairs and Vice-chairs, elections
    >>>Liberal-Bloc Québécois alliance, o.q., 14766
    >>>Secret ballot, o.q., 14766
    >>Chairs, election, M. (Milliken), agreed to, by unanimous consent, 14544-5
    >>Travel see Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee; Human Resources Development Standing Committee
    >>Vice-chairs, Reform Party members, election
    >>>Government preventing, allegation, o.q., 1555
    >>>S.O. 31, 14607
    >>See also Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee; Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee; Canada Student Loans Program; Canadian Heritage Standing Committee; Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee; Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee; Finance Standing Committee; Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee; Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee; Government expenditures; Government Operations Standing Committee; Health Standing Committee; House Management Standing Committee; Human Resources Development Standing Committee; Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons Standing Committee; Industry Standing Committee; Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee; National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee; Natural Resources Standing Committee; Order in council appointments/appointees--Tabled; Peacekeeping--Canadian role; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee; Public Accounts Standing Committee; Transport Standing Committee