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U
UBI see Information highway--Multimedia
Ugly Face of Freedom see Ukraine--Anti-semitism
Ukraine
>>
1933 famine, S.O. 31, 2215
>>Anti-semitism allegations, Ugly Face of Freedom, 60 Minutes program,
misinformation, condemning, S.O. 31, 8289, 8338-9
>>Democratic and economic reform, Canadian assistance, 2326
>>>Public service training, 2327
>>Democratic elections, Mar. 27/94, Canadian involvement, 2327
>>>Observers, participants, costs, qu., 4586
>>>o.q., 3161
>>>S.O. 31, 2849-50, 3095
>>Economic transformation, partnership, G-7 meeting, Winnipeg, Man., 7221-2
>>>o.q., 6905
>>>S.O. 31, 5889-90, 6214
>>Environment, clean-up, assistance, 7221-2
>>Nuclear non-proliferation treaty, parliamentary ratification, 2326
>>See also Canada-Ukraine relations
Ukrainian Canadians
>>
Wartime internment, disenfranchisement and related repressive measures,
redress, 9065-6
>>>Petition, 12295
>>>S.O. 31, 7306
>>See also Multiculturalism;
Veselka Ukrainian Culture and Heritage Church
Ukrainian Catholic Women's League of Canada
>>
50th anniversary, S.O. 31, 5335
>>Petition, 8525
Ultramar Canada
>>
Refinery, Dartmouth, N.S., possible closure, seven year commitment,
contravention, Director of Investigations and Research, Competition Bureau
investigating, o.q., 4779, 7101
Ultranationalism see Democracy; International relations
*BiUn Québec pour l'emploi see Quebec--Employment strategy
Unborn child see Abortion--Unborn, human being
Underground economy
>>
Government addressing, initiatives, M. (Szabo), 12816-25, 14947-56,
15318-25
>>>Agreed to, on division, 15325
>>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 12825, 14956
>>See also Economy;
Government revenues;
GST;
Housing--Renovations;
Small business--Survival;
Social security system;
Taxation
Unemployment
>>
1.6 million people, 3039
>>25-35 generation, 1789
>>Aboriginal peoples, 619, 3461, 5276, 5278, 6620
>>Alberta, 3038
>>Anjou--Rivière-des-Prairies constituency, 3117, 7247
>>Atlantic provinces, 2052, 3030,
5561, 5568, 17514
>>British Columbia, 502
>>>Vancouver, youth, 668
>>Burin--St. George's constituency, 4643-4
>>Choice of unemployed, government attitude, 6611
>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, remarks, "sitting at home drinking beer", 3311,
3338-9, 3990, 4004, 4479, 4676
>>>o.q., 3327-8, 3330-1
>>Churchill constituency, o.q., 12371
>>Costs, 1987 Senate Committee report, 3067
>>Countermeasures, o.q., 2667
>>Decrease, labour force survey, S.O. 31, 2212
>>Education factor, 10545
>>Ethnic minorities, 917-8
>>Frontenac constituency, 2143
>>FTA and NAFTA, impact, 534
>>Gaspé constituency, 4743, 5560-1,
8054
>>Global economic restructuring, impact, 3052
>>>International Labour Organization report, 873
>>Government programs reduction, Reform Party proposals, impact, 1830
>>Government responsibility, 3014, 3345-6
>>Government revenues, impact, 199, 747-8
>>Government targets
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94 predictions, 1866-7, 2116, 2496
>>>>o.q., 1798
>>>Deficit reduction, comparison, 2205
>>>>o.q., 1236
>>>Necessity, 198, 739
>>Historical perspective, 2632-3
>>Illiteracy factor, 670
>>>See also Unemployment--Youth
>>Increase
>>>o.q., 17083
>>>S.O. 31, 17080-1
>>Jonquière constituency, highest rate in country, 16521
>>Long-term, rate, increase, 6627, 7075
>>National debt/deficit, relationship, 2593-4, 3117, 5037, 6700, 17752
>>Newfoundland, 588, 1047-8, 1784, 4536, 17688
>>Nova Scotia, 500-1
>>Older workers, 8063-4
>>>Needs, Laurentian University research study, funding, 8065
>>>Reintegrating into work force, community programs, 653
>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), economic policies, impact,
534, 6729
>>Provincial barriers, labour portability, 2632
>>Quebec, 140, 655, 657, 696, 822, 1245-6, 2236, 2583-5, 2809, 3990, 4492,
4566, 4735, 4762, 4791, 4799-4800, 6729-30, 7081, 7137, 7937-9, 10117, 12781,
16565
>>>12.4%, April 1994, o.q., 3994
>>>Bloc Quebecois government, election, impact, 17428-9
>>>Chicoutimi region, 2048, 3030, 4009, 5924
>>>Costs, 16714
>>>Gaspé Peninsula, 4738
>>>Independence, impact, 2049
>>>Laurentides, 3060
>>>Manicouagan constituency, 3057-8, 5592
>>>Mégantic--Compton--Stanstead constituency, 2108
>>>Montérégie region, 3035-6
>>>Montreal, 481, 483, 1820, 4754, 7081, 7115
>>>Mount Royal constituency, Black youths, 658
>>>o.q., 3047, 5820, 13595-6, 16320
>>>Quebec labour force development corporation role, 627
>>>Reducing by 1%, Quebec Premier Johnson statements, o.q., 1799
>>>Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, 4481-2, 4960
>>>Separation/sovereignty, impact, 13387, 15613
>>>>Martin, P., Finance Minister remarks re 1 million jobs, 15586-9, 15610
>>>S.O. 31, 3095-6
>>>See also Unemployment--Youth
>>Rate, 33, 525, 534, 538, 617, 1784, 1910, 1948, 2092, 2141, 3051-2, 3088,
3115, 3117, 4088, 4405, 4492-3, 4557, 4630, 6648, 6654, 6700, 8057, 8422,
8639, 16565, 17752
>>>9.2%, Oct. 6/95, o.q., 15344-5
>>>9.5% for rest of 1995, 10117
>>>10.1%
>>>>o.q., 7180
>>>>S.O. 31, 7365
>>>10.6%, o.q., 2852, 3047
>>>11%, April 1994, .5% increase, 3990, 4004
>>>>o.q., 3994, 3998-9, 4053-4
>>>11.4%, 1814
>>>Brant constituency, S.O. 31, 2213
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, impact, 1813, 2057, 3035
>>>>o.q., 1919-20
>>>Chicoutimi--Jonquière constituency, 3110
>>>Decline, 11385, 17729
>>>>From 11.5% to 9.5%, o.q., 13591, 14453
>>>>o.q., 17137
>>>Edmonton North constituency, 2102
>>>Forecasts, 2589
>>>Immigration policies, impact, o.q., 7181
>>>Increase, government expenditures reduction, relationship, 1810
>>>>o.q., 2930, 3159
>>>Laurentide constituency, 4476
>>>Montreal, Que., 4557
>>>People no longer looking for work, not included, 2834-5, 3036
>>>Quebec, 16713
>>>Reducing, targets, 1784-7, 3017
>>>>o.q., 1797-8
>>>r.o., 9253
>>>Under 10%, o.q., 16482
>>>United States, comparison, 10117
>>>Youth, decrease, o.q., 8631-2, 9654
>>>See also Crime--Rate
>>Reducing
>>>Canadian Chamber of Commerce survey, 3052
>>>Deficit reduction, relationship, 3067
>>>Early retirement, impact, 4531
>>>Targets, o.q., 13053
>>>Windsor, Ont., 6051
>>Seasonal, 6649, 7083
>>Social problems, 3115, 8051
>>Structural, 610-1, 632, 670, 1161, 2597, 6683, 6689, 6703, 8054-5
>>Suicide, family violence, relationship, 3067-8
>>Taxation, relationship, 2613-4, 17487
>>Toronto, Ont., 7244, 10442
>>Training programs, relationship, 6647
>>Women, 3014, 5044-5, 7117, 10600
>>Work week/number of hours, significance, 2633
>>Worker adjustment programs, o.q., 2625-6
>>Youth, 590, 606, 610-1, 623, 651-2, 753, 812, 837-8, 896-8, 1887-8, 1907,
2141, 2200, 2239, 2587-8, 2590-1, 2842, 4405, 4490, 4567-8, 5020, 5931, 13410,
16723, 17747
>>>Disillusionment, 2142, 2238
>>>>o.q., 2854, 8631-2, 13722-3
>>>Illiteracy factor, 652
>>>Migration from rural to urban communities and back, 15915
>>>o.q., 2930-1, 14815, 15343-4
>>>Quebec, 2141, 2590, 2809
>>>S.O. 31, 226, 2928
>>>See also Unemployment--British Columbia--Quebec
>>See also Aluminium industry;
Charlevoix constituency;
Cultural industry;
Economy--Globalization;
Fisheries, Atlantic--Fish stocks--Groundfish;
Grain transportation;
Income tax--Entertainment expense deduction;
Job creation;
Labour force;
Labour mobility--Cape Breton, N.S.;
Laurentides constituency;
National debt;
"On to Ottawa" Trek;
Poverty--Montreal, Que.;
Program for Older Worker Adjustment;
Taxation--Deficit;
Unemployment insurance
Unemployment insurance
>>
Abuse, 2886-7, 3032, 3069, 4669-71, 5924, 6703, 6725, 6735, 7917, 7942, 8004
>>>Abusers, identifying, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibition,
o.q., 3653
>>>Millionaires collecting, 11277
>>>Regulating, o.q., 2292
>>>Seasonal workers, 11280
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Fraud
>>Access,
>>>Difficulties, o.q., 17136
>>>Restrictions, Improving Social Security in Canada discussion
paper proposal, o.q., 6635
>>Administration
>>>Costs, $150 million reduction, o.q., 17141
>>>Federal-provincial agency, establishing, Human Resources Development Deputy
Minister Jean-Jacques Noreau statement, o.q., 12369
>>Applications, technological access, TELEDEC, TELE-APP and APPLIS-SYS
programs, 16497-8
>>Artists, impact of reforms, etc., 8029
>>Atlantic provinces, 17514-5
>>>S.O. 31, 17031
>>Benefit period
>>>Decrease, 6645
>>>Lay-off period, relationship, employers and employees abusing, 6604-5,
6679, 8061
>>>Reduction, Budget, Feb. 22/94, measure, 1711, 1768, 1807, 1896, 2048, 2089,
2098, 2106, 2141, 2236, 2808-9, 3025, 3030-1, 3036, 3093, 4439-40, 4474, 4477,
4483, 4490, 4566, 4626, 4633, 6291, 12042, 13293-4
>>>>High unemployment areas, 3032-3, 3065, 3068-9, 4474
>>>>Low-paying job acceptance, forcing into, 2141
>>>>Seasonal workers, 3067, 3069, 4335
>>>>>o.q., 4987
>>>Reduction from 54 to 45 weeks, 17489
>>>>o.q., 14816
>>Benefit rate, 4633
>>>Decrease to 55%, Budget, Feb.22/94, measure, 1711, 1748-9, 1765-6, 1788,
1825, 1834, 1949, 2048, 2070, 2141, 2143, 3025, 3030-1, 3036, 3051, 3058, 3065,
3068, 3091-2, 4557-60, 4564-7
>>>>Discrimination based on family status, 2141
>>>>o.q., 1720-1, 1723, 1914-5, 2537
>>>>Women, impact, 1963, 2089, 2103, 3031, 3072, 7923-4, 7937
>>>>>o.q., 1993
>>>Income test, 8062, 17241
>>>Increase to 60% for certain individuals, Budget, Feb. 22/94, measure, 1709,
1711, 1748-9, 1765, 1786, 1823, 1834, 1842-3, 1890, 2107, 2839, 2844-5,
3031-2, 3036, 3056, 3058, 3061, 4381, 4461, 4475, 4557-60, 4649, 4667, 5926,
6705, 10603, 16356
>>>>o.q., 1723, 1993, 10713, 11610, 13126
>>>Reduction, 627, 4663-4, 6643, 6645
>>Benefits, 6991
>>>Atlantic provinces and Quebec, above national average, 2063, 3057, 4381,
4740
>>>>o.q., 2787
>>>>Youth, impact, o.q., 9467-8
>>>Cut-backs, Valcourt plan, Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney,
Campbell), 2158, 6676
>>>Disincentive to work, 627, 1780, 1807, 1814, 2884, 3032-3, 6689-90, 7085,
8058-60, 8062, 11355, 13345-6, 17247, 17431, 17451, 17484, 17507, 17510
>>>>o.q., 8246
>>>High-income earners, clawback, 17221, 17488
>>>International comparison, high, labour mobility disincentive, 17491
>>>Need, decreasing, 17254-5
>>>>o.q., 5944-5
>>>One out of three rather than one out of six in past, 610
>>>Pregnancy, preventative withdrawal from work, Federal/Quebec public
servants, discrepancies, 10595, 10603-6, 10636
>>>Prince Edward Island, dependence, 2063
>>>Redistributional effect, elimination, 2781
>>>Reducing, 3111, 3114, 4456, 4461, 4621-6, 4639, 4662-4, 4666, 4673, 6628,
6738, 8319
>>>>$1.7 billion cut-back, Improving Social Security in Canada, discussion
paper, 6680
>>>>$2 billion cut-back, 17477, 17481, 17489-90
>>>>$800 million, redirecting to employment benefits, 17199, 17219-20, 17249,
17477
>>>>>o.q., 17276
>>>>Fisheries and forestry workers, o.q., 13594
>>>>Low income earners, impact, 17485
>>>>>o.q., 13592
>>>>o.q., 13591-4
>>>>Quebec and Atlantic provinces, 17477, 17481, 17489
>>>>Strengthening job creation, 11264
>>>Reductions, fund accumulating surplus, 12042
>>>Regional unemployment, 3092, 4480, 4666-71, 4675, 17226m 17454
>>>>Component exceeding 13%, eliminating, 3057
>>>Regionally determined, 115, 214-5, 6957, 7191, 7943
>>>>Boucher Commission, findings, 115
>>>>Elimination, 6643
>>>>Labour mobility disincentive
>>>>Overgenerous, disincentive, 122-3
>>>Restructuring, 10% cut-back, transferring to literacy, educational and
training programs, 6608-9, 6680
>>>Retraining programs, 1053-4, 3111
>>>Seasonal workers, 2089, 2095, 4490, 6995, 8059, 10543-4, 17222m 17450-1,
17453
>>>>Income support program, 2801
>>>>o.q., 8479, 17503, 17711
>>>>Reduction, 17750
>>>>>o.q., 14811-2, 17236-7
>>>>S.O. 31, 14991
>>>Single persons, disadvantages, 1789
>>>Small business start-up, receiving 50% of entitlement, 3028-9
>>>Spousal income and dependent children, use in calculation, impact on women,
5922, 5926, 6621-2, 10336
>>>>o.q., 1800, 17036
>>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Eligibility
>>>United States, comparison, 1836, 2782, 4828
>>>University attendance, legislation see Unemployment Insurance Act
(amdt.--university studies after ten years' employment)(Bill C-286)
>>>Waiting period, 7128
>>>Work history/duration of benefits, 3091, 4633, 4667, 4669, 6655, 6658
>>>See also Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi de l'Outaouais
Unemployment insurance--Frequent users--Maternity/parental benefits
>>Bloc Québécois, 4666
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94 measures, 1779, 1814, 1909, 2108, 2141, 2597, 2610, 2833,
3018, 3024, 3031, 3033, 3035, 3051-2, 3054, 3068, 3870-1, 4478-9, 4562,
4564-5, 8571
>>>$2.4 billion expenditure reduction in 1996, 2805, 3038, 6704
>>>$5.5 billion reduction, 12030, 13293
>>>$725 expenditure reduction in 1994-95, 2805, 3032, 3038
>>>Atlantic provinces and Quebec, impact, 2095, 2781-3, 2809, 2842, 2876,
2890-1, 3014, 3025, 3031, 3038-9, 3062, 3065, 4089-90, 4380, 4443, 4475,
4479-80, 4483-4, 4565, 4626-7, 4629, 4639, 4641, 4649, 4675-8, 4745, 6706
>>>>o.q., 4987, 6634
>>>>S.O. 31, 6979
>>>"Disentitled/inadmissible", definitions, 3069-70
>>>Individual and regional inequities, creating, 3065
>>>Liberal members not denouncing, S.O. 31, 2784-5
>>>MIL Davie Inc., workers, impact, 3093, 4489
>>>Moratorium, o.q., 2788
>>>New Democratic Party position, 4478
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), 3117-8
>>>Provincial welfare systems, added pressures, 1821-2, 2141, 2840, 2891,
3014, 3034, 3114, 3117-8, 4380
>>>>o.q., 3098-9
>>>Quebec impact, 12031
>>>>o.q., 13004-5
>>>Quebec unions position, 1811
>>>Redirecting funds to training programs, 3070
>>>Reform Party position, 3032
>>>>o.q., 2736
>>>Rescinding, o.q., 13126
>>>Youth, 11519
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Benefit rate, Decrease to
55%--Eligibility--Premiums, Reduction
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, measures, 10099, 10235, 10283, 11306, 11355, 11399,
17484
>>>$1.5 billion reduction in 1997, 12042
>>>$2.4 billion reduction in 1995-96, 10103, 10128, 10170, 10482, 10485, 11264
>>>$700 million reduction in 1996, 12030, 12036, 12040, 12042, 13293
>>>o.q., 9194, 13126
>>>Rescinding, o.q., 13231-2
>>>Transfer of burden to provinces, 11390-1
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Dependency--Expenditures--Reform;
Unemployment insurance account--Surplus
>>Career counselling services, establishing, 6624
>>Claimant re-employment services program, 4649
>>Claimants
>>>Counselling, information, 6702
>>>Decrease, o.q., 7371, 11298
>>>First time claimants, six month minimum, S.O. 31, 13718
>>>Increase, 6643
>>>Investigators, 600 additional, hiring, S.O. 31, 11053
>>>Returning to work, incentives, o.q., 6635
>>>Seasonal workers, Gaspé region, 8053-5
>>Community-service work, 848, 6702,
8004
>>Construction industry, relationship, 4489, 7949
>>Costs, 538, 6967-8, 6975, 8057
>>Coverage, limitations, printed insurance policy form, requesting, 4477
>>>S.O. 31, 3760
>>Deficit, relationship, 4569
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Expenditures, reducing
>>Dependency, 6644, 17257
>>>Reducing, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10099
>>Developmental uses, 1994 Expenditure Plan, tabled, 796
>>Economy, impact, 4475
>>Effectiveness of system, o.q., 14810, 14813
>>Eligibility, 6991
>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 10601
>>>Boundaries, reform, petition, 11572
>>>Employment enhancement program, $28 million, o.q., 6558
>>>Hours-based system, replacing weeks
>>>>Employer administrative benefits, 17508
>>>>Hours required, increase, 17208, 17222, 17255, 17429-31, 17447, 17453,
17455-6
>>>>>o.q., 17034, 17036, 17235, 17238
>>>>Number eligible, increase, 17454, 17476, 17488
>>>>Part-time workers, impact, 17208, 17241, 17247, 17429-31, 17447, 17453,
17455-6, 17485,
17489, 17511-2
>>>>>o.q., 17136, 17138, 17140, 17238, 17439
>>>>>Women, 17485, 17489, 17509
>>>>Seasonal workers, impact, 16706, 17220-1, 17476, 17488, 17512-3
>>>>>o.q., 17034, 17136-7, 17235, 17237
>>>>Youth, new workers, impact, 17482
>>>>>o.q., 17035, 17136, 17238
>>>Hours required, increasing, part-time workers, women, impact, o.q., 13592,
14810, 17035-7, 17136
>>>Mandatory training programs, participation, relationship, 7134
>>>>o.q., 6136
>>>Number eligible, reduction, 17478, 17482, 17489-90
>>>>o.q., 13591-2, 17143-4, 17439
>>>Seasonal workers, Improving Social Security in Canada discussion
paper proposal, 9235, 13108
>>>>o.q., 6640-1, 6713
>>>Spousal income criteria, relationship, o.q., 6136, 17036
>>>>Improving Social Security in Canada discussion paper proposal,
impact on women, 6613, 6621-2, 6636, 6675, 6677-9, 6694-5, 7081, 7111, 7115-7,
7134, 9047
>>>>>o.q., 7808-9, 7855-6, 8699
>>>Weeks required, increase, 627, 7977,
17425
>>>>26 weeks, 17425
>>>>>o.q., 13591, 14815, 16026
>>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, measure, 1711, 1748-9, 1768, 1771, 1788, 1790-1, 1807,
1821-2, 1825, 1834, 1947, 1949, 2048, 2089, 2098, 2106, 2111, 2141, 2143, 2612,
2808, 2839, 3025, 3030-1, 3036, 3051, 3058, 3091-2, 3110, 3115, 3117, 3196-7,
4473-4, 4476, 4479-80, 4482-3, 4488-9, 4557-8, 4563-6, 4639-42, 4644, 4649,
4676, 13293-4
>>>>>S.O. 31, 1796, 13718
>>>>Claims, monitoring, costs, 2141
>>>>Fishery workers, 3057, 4538
>>>>Forestry workers, 1790
>>>>Magdalen Islands, impact, 4538
>>>>Regionally determined, 7974
>>>>Seasonal and contract workers, 1821, 3061, 3067, 7121, 17453
>>>>>o.q., 6557, 13236-7
>>>Zone 16, central northern Quebec, petition, 14324
>>>See also Lobster--Fishery, Season;
Unemployment insurance--Frequent users
>>Employers overusing, 17480
>>Employment benefit measures, five, 17476-7, 17488-9, 17715, 17720
>>>Federal-provincial co-operation, Quebec, etc., 17213, 17480-1
>>Employment insurance, establishing, new system, 632, 1815, 6643, 6701,
7088, 7127-8, 16409-10, 16973, 17000, 17208, 17219, 17227-8, 17245-6,
17475-81, 17484, 17487, 17491, 17507, 17509, 17511-2, 17514, 17567, 17688, 17720
>>>Active measures, 17478
>>>Atlantic provinces, benefits, 17228, 17256-8, 17487-9
>>>Deficit reduction, relationship, 17248, 17478, 17484, 17512-3
>>>Jobs, income, focus, 17242-3, 17245, 17476-7, 17480, 17484, 17488
>>>Legislation (Bill C-111)
>>>>Bloc Québécois position, 17489-90
>>>>Human Resources Development Standing Committee referral prior to second
reading, public hearings, etc., 17475-84, 17487-9,
17510-2
>>>>Public consultations, S.O. 31, 17432
>>>>Unions positions, 17489-90
>>>>See also Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-111); Unemployment Insurance Act
(amdt.)(Bill C-112)
>>>Modernization, major restructuring of system, 17476
>>>o.q., 17238
>>>Women, impact, 17508-9
>>Employment opportunities, measures, o.q., 14810, 14814
>>Employment policy, relationship, 4642
>>Employment refusal, "three strike" rule, 17492
>>Entrepreneurship, relationship, 627
>>Expenditures, reducing
>>>$1,5 billion, o.q., 14809, 14813-4
>>>$5 billion, deficit reduction, relationship, o.q., 17137
>>>10% by July 1996, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10099, 10116, 10727, 17715
>>>>o.q., 10149, 13232
>>>Deficit, relationship, 17749
>>>>o.q., 14816-7
>>>Quebec, $600 million, o.q., 14809-10, 14813, 17136
>>>Transferring to provincial welfare costs, 627-8, 2092, 3038, 3111, 13094,
17717
>>>>o.q., 10712-3, 13719, 13803, 14994
>>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Quebec, Welfare
>>>Unemployment level, relationship, 629
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)
>>Family businesses see Unemployment insurance--Termination of
benefits, Spouses
>>Family income factor, 6703
>>>o.q., 16967
>>Family income supplement, guaranteed annual income, 17476, 17488
>>Family policy, relationship, 17478
>>Federal government jurisdiction, 16446-7
>>>Constitutional amendment of 1940, 16704, 16717, 17203, 17205-6, 17210-1,
17214, 17508-9
>>>o.q., 17139
>>Financial sustainability, contributions-benefits, link, 2801-2, 3032, 7916-7
>>Fishermen
>>>Regulations, problems, 14871
>>>Taking jobs in order to qualify, 17514
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Eligibility
>>Forget Commission, 4634, 6957
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Reform
>>Fraud, 3034
>>>qu., 11447-8, 14415-6
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Abuse
>>Frequent users "repeaters", 627, 2782, 4474, 4476, 6648, 6655, 6703, 6706
>>>Benefits, reduction, 17482, 17489,
17512
>>>Eligibility, o.q., 17136
>>>High income earners, o.q., 7809, 7856
>>>Percentage increase, 6604, 7075, 17507
>>>S.O. 31, 12673
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Two-tier system
>>Funding, cut-backs, $1.6 billion, 13382
>>>o.q., 13803
>>Government
>>>Contribution, elimination, 849, 6680-1, 11704, 17216
>>>Role, 4568, 6702
>>History, 4490-1
>>Income redistribution system, 3025, 7127
>>Income supplements, 17477, 17484
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Family income supplement
>>Income support program, 6689, 17480, 17507
>>Independent workers assistance program, 4532
>>Individualized skills loans and grants, 17477, 17484
>>Inefficient income supplement plan, 3052
>>Information, RCMP, access, 6994-5
>>Insurable earnings, maximum, lowering, 17507
>>>Benefit to wealthy, o.q., 17278
>>Interstate claims, non-Canadians outside Canada, qu., 13189
>>Job creation, diverting funds to, 17511
>>Job partnership projects, 17476-7, 17484
>>>New Brunswick forestry project, 17204, 17477
>>Legislation
>>>Introducing, fall of 1995, o.q., 13591-2, 13594
>>>Previous, comparison
>>>>Government Expenditures Restraint Act, 1993 (3rd sess., 34th Parl.), 4663
>>>>Government Expenditures Restraint Act, 1993 No. 2, (3rd sess., 34th
Parl.), 4663
>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17);
Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-111);
Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances
Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54) ;
Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-112)
>>Liberal Party, election promises, "red book", 4562
>>Low-income recipients, special measures
>>>Child tax credit, relationship, 17488, 17508
>>>o.q., 14816
>>Maternity/parental benefits, adopted parents, S.O. 31, 2121, 4663
>>Means test, 4477, 4569, 4633, 6643, 6645
>>Minister, powers, 4475
>>Misuse, o.q., 8043
>>Montreal, Que., 4557
>>National debt, 6705, 6726, 6731
>>New Brunswick, older workers program, Human Resources Minister L.
Axworthy/Premier McKenna announcement, 2882-3
>>>o.q., 2737, 2739
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Reform
>>Newfoundland, impact, 215
>>Numbers covered, decline, o.q., 13126
>>Okanagan--Shuswap constituency householder survey results, 17486
>>Other OECD countries, comparison, 3033
>>Part-time and temporary workers, 6644, 6738, 7996, 17429-30, 17447, 17480,
17484, 17489
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Eligibility--Premiums
>>Participation, voluntary/compulsory, 4670, 6642-3
>>Pilot projects, 2840, 3091, 4475, 4489-90, 4568-9, 4628-9, 4634-5, 4650
>>>Petition, 15223
>>Poverty, relationship, 4628, 4649
>>>o.q., 11610
>>Premiums, 7941
>>>2 cents reduction, job creation, relationship, , 17681
>>>5 cents reduction, job creation, relationship, o.q., 17139-41, 17440
>>>Employer/employee portion, equalizing, 17490-1, 17507
>>>Employer portion, payroll tax, reducing, 2801-2, 2805, 4670, 17426, 17507-8,
17514
>>>>o.q., 2537, 17040-1
>>>Employment history, basing on, 6644, 6677
>>>Funding system, 12048
>>>Increase, 207, 254, 657-9, 737, 923, 1809, 2055, 2067, 2106-7, 2141,
2876, 3018-9, 3024-6, 3032, 3065, 3088, 3091, 3544, 4439-40, 4480-1, 4490,
4492, 4628, 4639, 12031
>>>>Job loss relationship, 1773, 2584, 3019, 3025-6, 3032, 3034, 17248
>>>>o.q., 22, 153-4, 1384, 1798, 2045, 2216-7
>>>>S.O. 31, 785
>>>Part-time workers
>>>>Job losses, relationship, o.q., 17139-40
>>>>Refunds, criteria, 17245
>>>>>o.q., 17138-40, 17279, 17439
>>>>Tax grab, o.q., 17138, 17278-9,
17439
>>>Paying without entitlement to collect benefits, unfairness, 3346-7, 17426
>>>Pension entitlements allowing exemption, S.O. 31, 566
>>>Reducing
>>>>$1.25 billion, o.q., 17385
>>>>$3.00 to $2.95, 17507
>>>>Bloc Québecois position, 13383, 17428, 17454
>>>>Budget, Feb.22/94, measure, 1709-11, 1735, 1740, 1748, 1750-2,
1771, 1773, 1807, 1809, 1814-5, 1827, 1833, 1842, 1845, 1880, 1891, 1899-900,
1902, 1941, 2063, 2095, 2097, 2113, 2146, 2152, 2597, 2805, 2839, 2843-4,
2876, 2882, 2891-2, 3024-6, 3031-2, 3035, 3062, 3065, 3159, 3544, 3799, 4381,
4461, 4476-7, 4667, 15885
>>>>>o.q., 1725, 1798, 1914-5, 2045, 2289-90, 2537, 5216, 5820
>>>>>S.O. 31, 1720
>>>>Job creation, relationship, 7973, 8070, 17206, 17484
>>>>>o.q., 7684-5, 8431-2, 8632, 10467
>>>>>S.O. 31, 8423
>>>>o.q., 17137, 17276
>>>>Quebec, o.q., 12413
>>>Refunds, criteria, 17430
>>>Revenue source second to personal income tax, 6643
>>>Separate account from general revenue account, 6644
>>>Small business rebate, 17508
>>>>o.q., 17139
>>>Stabilization reserve, establishing, 17248-9
>>>>o.q., 17137-8, 17275
>>>See also Job creation;
Job losses--40,000;
Small business--Employment investment package;
Unemployment insurance--Two-tier system;
Unemployment insurance account--Reserve fund
>>Privatization, employers/employees operating, 853, 3030, 3033, 4568, 4670,
6642-3, 6661, 6680-2, 7125, 17486
>>>Dumont, Mario, position, o.q., 14809
>>>Germany, comparison, 6680-2
>>>o.q., 493
>>Programs, focus, changing, 16523
>>Public opinion, 3348
>>Purpose, 627, 4474, 4490-1, 4557, 4569, 4633-4, 4668-9, 4671, 6705, 6726,
7973-4, 13378, 13404-5, 17202-3, 17207, 17510-1
>>>History, 17478
>>>Original, true insurance plan, restoring, 1807, 1814, 2884, 3029-30, 5924,
6627, 6647, 6661, 6956-7, 6967-8, 7118, 7127, 8048, 10939, 13383, 17206,
17211-2, 17222-3
>>Quebec, 4767, 4793, 8848, 10477, 10479, 17218
>>>Jurisdiction,
>>>>Bloc Québécois position, 118-9, 10601, 17216-7
>>>>>Renewal of federalism, Prime Minister Chrétien proposed resolution, o.q.
16901
>>>>Province recovering jurisdiction, 17202, 17214, 17246, 17490
>>>Recipients, increase, 4628
>>>Share, lack, 13408
>>>>S.O. 31, 10382
>>>Welfare, relationship, 11899, 12031, 12042-3, 12075, 12085, 12102-3, 16451,
16458, 16706, 17489, 17509, 17681
>>>>o.q., 11886-7, 14816, 16069, 16542-3
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), relationship, delaying expenditure
reduction/reform until after, 17481, 17489
>>>o.q., 14647, 14809-13, 14816, 14883-5, 14992-3, 14998, 15043, 15340, 15769,
15875, 15925-6, 15968, 16023-4
>>>S.O. 31, 16733
>>Recipients, lazy beer drinkers, J. Chrétien statement, 11264
>>Reform, 3065, 4491, 4642, 4648, 4668-9, 4675, 4967, 5924, 6682, 6994-5,
7949, 8361-2, 10544, 10943-4, 11385, 12084, 16555, 17200, 17204-5, 17211-2,
17220, 17249-51, 17448-9, 17455-6, 17679
>>>Atlantic provinces, impact, 4475, 7973, 17241-2, 17255-7
>>>Atlantic provinces/Quebec, $2.355 billion cut-back, job creation, impact,
o.q., 2738-9
>>>Axworthy, L., Human Resources Development Minister proposals
>>>>McKenna, Frank, New Brunswick Premier position, o.q., 17034, 17037-8
>>>>Media briefings, o.q., 17035
>>>>o.q., 17036-7
>>>>Purpose, o.q., 17136
>>>>Quebec public opinion, o.q., 17277
>>>>S.O. 31, 17135
>>>>Victims, o.q., 17034, 17036
>>>>Welfare, pushing people to, o.q., 17137
>>>>Women, o.q., 17035-7
>>>>See also Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-111);
Unemployment insurance--Eligibility, Hours-based system;
Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-112);
Women--Economic status
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 10141, 17426-7, 17454-5
>>>Canadian Labour Congress, analysis, o.q., 14883-5, 14887-8
>>>Community input, 6726
>>>Continuing, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10099, 10128, 10209
>>>Forget Commission recommendations, 7127
>>>Have provinces benefitting, 17718
>>>Income distribution, equitable, o.q., 13592
>>>Job creation, relationship
>>>Leaking to press rather than tabling, o.q., 14994
>>>M. on supply (Lalonde), 17425-32, 17446-57
>>>Need, 123, 213-4, 814-5, 835, 856-7, 1758, 1926, 17483, 17514
>>>>o.q., 14817
>>>New Brunswick, $200 million loss to economy, 2072
>>>>o.q., 2046
>>>o.q., 9422-3, 12369, 12717-8, 16833, 17083-4
>>>Quebec, impact, 3688-9, 7977, 17224-5, 17254
>>>>o.q., 3236, 17136
>>>S.O. 31, 17080-1
>>>Strategy, new, September 1995 release, 13307
>>>Training emphasis, 611-2, 632, 858, 4623
>>>>o.q., 2484, 2736-7, 3099
>>>Women, impact, 1791, 7995-7
>>>See also Manpower;
Unemployment insurance--Artists--Quebec sovereignty referendum
(1995)
>>Reform Party position, 4460, 4474, 4633-5, 4668-70, 4674, 5924, 6536, 6786,
10653, 10676, 10680, 17244-5
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Budget,
Feb. 22/94--Self-funding--Termination of employment, Spouses
>>Registered employment savings trusts, alternative contribution, Reform
Party proposal, 17211
>>Regulations, inflexible, 851
>>Review, government conducting, 2612, 4635, 4641-2
>>>o.q., 8043
>>RRSPs, use, 6957
>>Seasonal workers, special needs, etc., 6674, 6738, 7086, 17479, 17483,
17486, 17688
>>>Ministerial working group, appointment, 7075-6, 7972-3
>>>>o.q., 14812, 14887
>>>o.q., 12193, 12600
>>>Prince Edward Island, 7075
>>>Quebec, petition, 14413-4
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Benefit
period--Benefits--Eligibility--Two-tier system
>>Self-employment assistance program, 8060-1, 16504, 16699, 16716, 17249-50,
17477, 17484, 17720
>>Self-funding, 3035, 4635, 5924, 8048
>>>Employer-employee agreement, 3052
>>>>o.q., 2854-5
>>>>Reform Party position, 1815, 1829-30, 3052-3
>>Severance pay, 843
>>Social security system, reform, relationship, 4569, 4633, 4645-6
>>>S.O. 31, 5809
>>Structural, 6958
>>Subsidy for unemployed, 6644
>>Termination of employment, denial of benefits
>>>Just cause, 4474, 4650
>>>>Repealing amendments, S.O. 31, 487
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) amendments, 849, 3068-9
>>>Spouses, relatives, Revenue Canada determinations, 3340-8, 5920-9, 7582-9
>>>>Illegitimate claims, likelihood, 3343, 3346, 5921
>>>>Legislation see Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.--excepted
employment)(Bill C-218)
>>>>Reform Party position, 5923
>>>>Women, impact, 3341-2
>>Training programs, 6704
>>>Access, 5921
>>>>Women, inadequate, 10600-1
>>>Discrimination and racism, 6997
>>>Funds, diverting to, o.q., 14999
>>>Legislation see Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.--training and
self-employment)(Bill C-230)
>>>Mandatory, 848
>>>Private sector involvement, 6997
>>>Relationship, 627, 906, 909, 3111, 3114, 4440, 4627, 6997, 17507
>>>>o.q., 14999
>>>Unemployment insurance, separating from, $5 billion potential saving,
17490-2, 17506-7
>>>Voucher system, 17204, 17491
>>>See also Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS);
Training programs--Jurisdiction, transfer;
Unemployment insurance--Reform;
Unemployment insurance account--Surplus
>>Training tax, 1%, 213
>>>Labour, business consultation, o.q., 493-4
>>Transitional jobs fund, 17476, 17479-80
>>Twelve days of Christmas analogy, 17479
>>Two-tier system, Improving Social Security in Canada discussion
paper proposal, 6624, 6628, 6643, 6676-7, 6703, 6706, 7085-6, 7131, 7921,
7923, 7937, 7977-8, 7996-7, 8001-2
>>>Atlantic provinces, 7121
>>>Cost benefit analysis, lack, 7088
>>>Frequent claimants, adjustment insurance, lower benefits, 6612-3, 6628,
6692, 6729, 7081, 7118, 7914-5, 7940-1, 17426
>>>>Women, 7116, 9235
>>>Occasional/frequent claimants, o.q., 6713
>>>One industry towns, 6680
>>>o.q., 8669, 12717-8, 16025
>>>Premium increase for non-claimants or occasional claimants, 6612
>>>Prince Edward Island, 7076
>>>Seasonal activities, penalizing, 6612, 6676, 6678-80, 6729, 6735, 7133,
7193-4
>>>>o.q., 6713, 9060
>>>Youth, impact, o.q., 9277-8
>>Unemployment, relationship, 4491, 6735-6, 17482-3, 17490, 17507
>>>o.q., 9422
>>Universality principle, Feb. 22/94 budget measures breaching, 2141, 4633
>>Voluntary quits, fired for misconduct, new provisions, Budget, Feb. 22/94,
measure, 1711, 1808, 1890, 2103, 2802, 2839, 3031-2, 3091, 4474, 4633, 4644,
4650, 5928-9, 8424
>>Wage subsidies, 17222, 17243,
17476-7, 17484, 17508
>>Wealth transfer tax, 3029
>>Women
>>>Additional benefits, 17216-7, 17431
>>>>o.q., 13592, 16026-7, 16069
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Benefit rate,
Decrease--Eligibility--Employment insurance--Termination of
employment--Training programs
>>Work incentive, relationship, o.q., 13591
>>Worker adjustment, 6703
>>Youth, o.q., 14815
>>See also Automobile industry;
Curragh Resources--Bankruptcy;
GDP;
Jury service;
Small business--Community Futures Program--Start-up;
Social security system--Income supplement plan--Payments ;
Unemployment insurance--Eligibility;
Welfare--Saskatchewan