Veterans' hospitals

>>Jurisdiction, transferring to provinces, 1168, 2064
>>Operating costs, 2064
>>Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.
>>>Closing, 1168
>>>In residence rates, 28% increase, 11826, 13299
>>Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, Ont., veterans' wing, in-residence rates, 35% increase, S.O. 31, 12410

Veterans Review and Appeal Board

>>Appointments, 12301-5, 12549, 12553
>>>Bloc Québecois position, 12554-5
>>>Cousineau, René, Patricia Landers and Una MacLean Evans, "friends of Liberal Party", o.q., 9062
>>Canadian Pension Commission and Veterans Appeal Board merger, 9438-9, 12306, 12609
>>Chairperson and deputy chairperson, 12302, 12305
>>Establishing, legislation (Bill C-67)
>>>Bloc Québecois position, 12549
>>>Consultations, 12547
>>>Regulations, 12552
>>>Royal Canadian Legion position, 12606-7
>>>Veterans' organizations position, 12547
>>>Veterans' rights, affecting, 12551-3
>>>See also Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act (Bill C-67)
>>Members, terms, 12302-4

Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act (Bill C-67)--Minister of Veterans Affairs (Collenette)

>>First reading, 9114
>>Second reading, 9436-45
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 9632-3
>>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 9634
>>>Reported, with amdts., 11353
>>Report stage, 12296-311, 12328-31
>>>Concurrence, M. (Collenette), agreed to, on recorded division, 12330-1
>>>Motions
>>>>(Godin), 12300-1, negatived, on recorded division, 12328-9
>>>>(Ringma), 12296-7, 12301, 12307-8, 12310, negatived, on recorded division, 12328-30
>>Third reading, 12529, 12547-56, 12604-10
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 12634, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 14481, Chap. 18, S.C., 1995
>>See also Veterans Review and Appeal Board

Veterans Week see National Veterans Week

Veto right see Constitutional reform--Quebec

Vézina, MCpl Steven see Defence equipment--Aircraft, CF-18s

VIA Rail Canada Inc.

>>Corporate and management expenses, restructuring, 5051
>>Duhamel-Harper Manitoba task force inquiry, 3867-8
>>>o.q., 3525
>>Eastern Quebec, dismantling, 4791
>>Funding, cut-back, 2050, 3560-1, 5050
>>>o.q., 2177, 2742, 8553
>>>S.O. 31, 2169-70
>>Lay-offs, Montreal, Que., 7115
>>>Reducing service, impact, 7967-8
>>>>o.q., 6854-5
>>Mandate, 4377
>>>Regional development role, 4736-7
>>>Role, review, 5050
>>Operating costs, labour costs, 5051, 7773-5, 7782-3, 7785-6
>>Operating subsidies
>>>$9.6 million over five years, Feb. 22/94 budget statement, 5050
>>>$100 million reduction, Apr. 26/93 budget measure, implementing, 5050, 7967
>>>>S.O. 31, 4767
>>>"Stop the Great Train Robbery" bus, petition, S.O. 31, 17380
>>Operations, reviewing, S.O. 31, 4384
>>Petitions, 4833, 5352, 7238
>>Privatization, 7780-1, 7796-7
>>>o.q., 15107
>>Strike, March 1995, 10844
>>Union-management negotiations, 3867, 4378
>>Western operations, privatization, sale of infrastructure to Railex, 3866-7
>>>o.q., 3524-5
>>See also Canadian National Railways--Privatization/commercialization; Rail passenger service--Esquimalt and Nanaimo line--Fare reduction--High speed train--Planning--Saint John, N.B.--Track rental rates; Transportation--System

Vianney, Que. see Postal service

Vicente, Prof. Kim see Nuclear reactors--Safety

Victim-offender reconciliation see Justice system

Victims see Crime; Justice system--Rights; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Sexual assault

Victoires de la Musique

>>Paris, award winning rock musical Starmania, S.O. 31, 1059

Victoria, B.C. see Commonwealth Games, 1994, Victoria, B.C.; Defence Research Establishment Pacific; Health care--Federal-provincial meeting; Military colleges--Royal Roads Military College

Victoria formula see Constitution--Amending formula

Victoria-Haliburton constituency

>>Electoral boundaries, redistribution, impact, 2720-1
>>See also Infrastructure program; Post offices--Rural

Victorian Order of Nurses Week

>>Nurses, contribution, S.O. 31, 382

Victoriaville, Que. see Canada Employment Centres--Closures/rationalization

Victory bonds see Deficit--Reduction

Video games

>>Cable television broadcasting, SEGA company exemption order, o.q., 12681

Video industry see Film industry

Videos see Government videos; Pornography--Advertising

Videotron Limited Group see Information highway--Multimedia

Vienneau, Diane see Education, post-secondary--Environmental sciences

Vietnam

>>Human rights
>>>Canadian position, 17422
>>>Freedom of worship, democratic elections, petitions, 805, 5586, 7374
>>>Nine religious, academic, cultural leaders, condemned prisoners, retrial, 17422
>>>>o.q., 15217, 16668
>>>>Petition, 15222
>>Quan, Tran Trieu, Canadian businessman, imprisonment, release, Canadian government representations, 9160-1
>>>o.q., 8882-3, 9534-5, 17441-2
>>>Petition, 9565
>>Trade embargo, removal, S.O. 31, 934
>>See also Immigrants--Criminals; Refugees

Vietnam War

>>Canadian veterans
>>>Chemicals, agent orange, health effects, 12555
>>>Memorial, erecting
>>>>o.q., 4822-3, 4863
>>>>S.O. 31, 2038
>>Peace movement, Kent State University tragedy, 25th anniversary, S.O. 31, 12187

Vietnamese Canadians

>>Community contributions, etc., S.O. 31, 12064
>>See also Crime--Immigrants committing; Drug trafficking--Heroin

Viger, André

>>Wheelchair athlete, S.O. 31, 2036

Villa Marconi see Senior citizens

Ville de Waterloo, Que. see Waterloo, Ont.

Villeneuve, Jacques see Auto racing

Vineberg, Robert see Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2, Transport Standing Committee

Violence

>>Causes, 4878
>>Combatting, 3514
>>>Gun control, relationship, 10061
>>>Multidepartmental approach, 4284
>>>Petitions, 4619-20, 5822, 5949, 9116, 9694
>>>S.O. 31, 1793, 7094, 8743, 11674-5, 16358-9
>>>"Speak out Against Violence", Canadian Heritage Department campaign, S.O. 31, 3270-1
>>Countermeasures, comprehensive, 2402
>>CRTC regulating, petitions, 13814, 14095
>>Physical and psychological, 13932
>>Schools, 4291
>>Societal attitudes, changing, 10364
>>Zero tolerance policy, 14495
>>See also Broadcasting--Foul language; Children; Family violence; Hockey; Media; Society; Television; Women; Youth

Violent offenders see Dangerous offenders; Justice system--Sentencing; Murderers; Sexual offenders; Young offenders

Visas see Immigration

Visible minorities

>>Canadian population, 6432
>>Employment equity, 12971, 12974-5, 12979-80, 12987, 12995-6, 13014-6, 13026, 15193-4, 15305-7, 15314-5, 15349-50, 15352, 15418
>>Statistics, 7282, 15304-5
>>See also Housing; Income tax--Audits; Members of Parliament; Multiculturalism; Public Service

Vision Awareness Week

>>S.O. 31, 1911, 10072, 10183-5, 10320

Vision campaign see University of Ottawa--Funding raising

Vision for Oceans Management, A see Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction, Oceans management strategy

Visions Fund see Child care--Services

Visitors visas see Immigration--Visas, visitors

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

Vlaad, Billy see Black Creek Orphans' Project

Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act

>>Payments to provinces, not exceeding 1994-95 levels, 11259

Voice mail see Government programs and services--Information system; Income Security Programs--Information services, Montreal, Que.; Reform Party--Let the People Speak

"Voices of the World - A Choral Spectacular" see Music--World Choir annual performance

Voisey Bay, Labrador see Aboriginal land claims

Volleyball

>>Paris, France, tournament, "Les Braves", S.O. 31, 2170

Volpe, Joseph (L--Eglinton--Lawrence)

>>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 361-2
>>CIDA, 2323-4
>>Department of Industry Act (Bill C-46), 7243-4
>>Economic conditions, 7244
>>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995 (Bill C-69), 13904-5
>>Foreign affairs policy, M. (Ouellet), 2323-4, 2338-9
>>Foreign aid, 2339
>>Kilgour, references, 360
>>Members of Parliament, 2339
>>Middle East, S.O. 31, 1098-9
>>Peacekeeping, M. (Ouellet), 360-2
>>Pearson International Airport, o.q., 1386
>>Procedure
>>>Divisions, recorded, 12091, 16050-1
>>>Members' remarks, 13904
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 9411-2
>>Telephone service, o.q., 8830-1
>>Tourist industry, 7244
>>Trade, 2339
>>Unemployment, 7244
>>Wheat, o.q., 13008

Voluntary organizations and services

>>Government funding, reduction, o.q., 11992
>>Women's role, S.O. 31, 2121
>>See also Charitable and Non-profit Organization Director Remuneration Disclosure Act (Bill C-224); Government expenditures--Reducing; Search and rescue; Women--Centres and shelters

Voluntary substitution program see Public Service--Downsizing

Volunteers

>>Chicoine, Therese, Canada Volunteer Award Certificate of Merit, S.O. 31, 15395
>>Christie, Florence, Canadian Volunteer Award Certificate of Merit, work with lupus sufferers, S.O. 31, 16430
>>Corsini, Juliette Catelani, tribute, S.O. 31, 4984
>>Culhane, Claire, Canada Volunteer Medal and Certificate of Honour, S.O. 31, 13801-2
>>Ducharme, Brian, Canada volunteer award, S.O. 31, 13801
>>Etobicoke-Lakeshore constituency, tribute, S.O. 31, 14012
>>Hogg, Elspeth, tribute, S.O. 31, 12183
>>Larke, Betty, tribute, S.O. 31, 4984
>>McKaig, Thomas, tribute, S.O. 31, 8933
>>McLean, Max, Camrose, Alta. "Moose citizen of the year", S.O. 31, 1718
>>O'Regan, John, Newfoundland and Labrador Chamber of Commerce volunteer of the year, S.O. 31, 11675
>>Sisson, Vyrt, Brantford, Ont. volunteer, S.O. 31, 1062
>>Tittley, Chantal, tribute, S.O. 31, 4200
>>Tourangeau, Marcel, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 6032
>>Tribute, S.O. 31, 3384, 11981-2
>>See also Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival; Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO); Canadian National Institute for the Blind; Elections; GST; Hate propaganda--Internet circulation; National Volunteer Week; Snowmobiling

Vote, right to

>>Aboriginal peoples, 5549
>>Women, obtaining, Nellie McClung and Thérèse Casgrain, roles, 5549
>>See also Quebec

Votes and Proceedings see Procedure--Bills, Government, Senate amendments

Voucher systems see Education, post-secondary--Education vouchers; Training programs--Voucher system

Voyageur Festival see St. Boniface, Man.