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Watson, Patrick see Cultural industry--Support/leadership; Referendums and plebiscites--Public education
Watson, Paul see Gun control/guns--Prohibited weapons
Wayne, Allen see Crime--Youth, Victims
Wayne, Elsie (PC--Saint John)
- >>Abortion, petition, 11534
>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 10837
>>>r.o., 11574
>>Atlantic provinces, 10216-7
>>>S.O. 31, 1853, 5208
>>Belledune, N.B., 12755-6
>>>o.q., 12195
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10216-7
>>Budget, M. (P. Martin), 747
>>Canada Communication Group, S.O. 31, 15519-20
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 10857-8
>>>o.q., 10474
>>>S.O. 31, 11289
>>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-56), 9026
>>Children, petition, 5265
>>Cod, o.q., 13052
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 13821-2
>>Cruise missile testing, M. (Collenette), 433-6
>>Defence equipment, 434-5
>>Defence policy, 433-4
>>Education, 6706
>>Environment
>>>qu., 5528
>>>S.O. 31, 2970
>>Euthanasia, petition, 11198
>>Family, 6705
>>>S.O. 31, 5654
>>Fire-fighting, S.O. 31, 12063
>>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 11110-11
>>Fisheries, Atlantic, S.O. 31, 3829, 4385
>>Forestry, S.O. 31, 295-6
>>Freight rates, 10217
>>>S.O. 31, 5338
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 12799
>>>S.O. 31, 15801-2
>>Government accommodation/buildings, 12755
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 17422-3
>>Government programs and services, 6725
>>GST
>>>o.q., 17443
>>>S.O. 31, 7031
>>Gun control/guns, 11110-11
>>Hibernia development project, S.O. 31, 8543
>>Highways and roads, 9690, 12755-6
>>>o.q., 9424
>>>S.O. 31, 12715, 16659
>>Holocaust, Yom Hashoah, memorial day, statement by Minister (Eggleton), 11845
>>Home Buyers Plan, 531
>>House of Commons, petition, 10837
>>Immigration, petition, 3885-6
>>International Women's Day, S.O. 31, 1989
>>Israel, S.O. 31, 16316
>>Justice system, 13821-2
>>Magdalen Islands, 747
>>Manitoba, S.O. 31, 11803-4
>>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-208), 804, 3411-2
>>National Defence Department, 17422-3
>>>o.q., 15605
>>>S.O. 31, 14880
>>National parks, S.O. 31, 7178
>>New Brunswick, S.O. 31, 6512
>>Nuclear reactors, 433
>>Nunavut Territory, o.q., 14648
>>Oceans Act (Bill C-98), 14905-6
>>Old age pensions, o.q., 10193
>>Ontario, S.O. 31, 13801
>>Partridge Island, S.O. 31, 11521-2
>>Pornography, S.O. 31, 16430, 17272
>>Ports, 1087-8
>>>S.O. 31, 14525
>>Poverty, S.O. 31, 13320
>>Privilege
>>>Prayers, 1189
>>>Rights of Members breached, 13009
>>Procedure
>>>Divisions, recorded, 751, 2031, 9631-2, 9634, 10813-4, 11169-70, 12091-2, 13031-2, 15136-8, 15203, 15505, 16049-52, 16056, 16386, 16641-2
>>>Hansard, 7318
>>>Oral questions, 2002
>>>Petitions, 10837
>>>Prayers, 1189
>>>Private Members' Motions, 3412
>>>Questions on the Order Paper, 10837, 11199, 11537-8
>>>Statements by Ministers, 17285-6
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 16062
>>Radio stations, S.O. 31, 9190
>>Rail passenger service, 5331
>>>o.q., 4279
>>>S.O. 31, 7803, 9053
>>Railways, 5331, 9045-6
>>>o.q., 7561-2
>>>S.O. 31, 5811, 10784
>>References
>>>Maiden speech, 433
>>>See also Tobacco/cigarettes--Packaging and labelling
>>Remembrance Day, 16445
>>Saint John constituency, S.O. 31, 2352
>>Saint John, N.B., S.O. 31, 6978, 8935
>>Saint John Port Corporation, S.O. 31, 14312
>>Saint John Shipyard, 433
>>Same-sex couples, petition, 11198
>>Sexual offenders, petition, 11198, 14933
>>Sexual orientation, 13822
>>>Petition, 11198
>>Social security system, M. (L. Axworthy), 6705-6, 6725
>>Sugar industry, 8421
>>>o.q., 9607, 10078
>>>S.O. 31, 8426, 16734
>>Taxation, petition, 5265-6
>>Throne Speech, 537
>>>Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 531, 537
>>Tobacco/cigarettes, 13009-10
>>Unemployment insurance
>>>o.q., 2046
>>>S.O. 31, 17031
>>Veterans' benefits, 7890-1
>>>o.q., 6718
>>Weather service, S.O. 31, 8743
>>Welfare, 6706
>>West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994 (Bill C-10), 1087-8
>>Willoughby, Dr. Charles, 14543
>>Women, statement by Minister (Finestone), 17285-6
>>World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-57), 8421
Ways and Means motions
>>
Concurrence, M. (Milliken), agreed to, by unanimous consent, 14304
>>Finance Standing Committee report on, o.q., 16578
>>Notices, redundant, withdrawal, by unanimous consent, 4833
>>See also Budget, Feb. 22/94;
Budget, Feb. 27/95;
Customs Act;
Customs Tariff;
Excise Act;
Excise, Excise Tax and Income Tax Act;
Excise Tax Act;
Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act;
Income Tax Act;
Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-9);
World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-57)
WDP see Western Economic Diversification Program
"We Canada, Oui" see National unity--Lincoln Heights School
"We the Peoples award" see Aboriginal peoples--United Nations "We the Peoples" award
Wealth
>>
Redistribution, 11437
>>>Federal government role, 17718
Wealth tax see Taxation
Wealth transfer tax see Unemployment insurance
Weather offices see Airports--Hamilton, Ont.
Weather service
>>
Improvements, 10108
>>Saint-Hubert, Que., station, closure, S.O. 31, 1795
>>Saint John, N.B., station, closure, S.O. 31, 8743
>>See also Environment Department--Atmospheric Environment Service
Weathercopy
>>
Environment Department, use, S.O. 31, 4574
Weatherdon, Rev. Brian
>>
Presbyterian minister, tribute, S.O. 31, 2664
Weber, Richard see Skiing--North Pole expedition
Weisgerber, Jack see British Columbia--Reform Party
Welfare
>>
Able-bodied, ineligibility, 6685
>>Applicants, immigrants, S.O. 31, 6895
>>British Columbia
>>>Abuse, 16703
>>>Three month residency requirement, Canada Assistance Act violation, federal
government withholding transfer payments, 16421-2, 17210
>>>>o.q., 16322, 16441-2, 17234, 17391-2
>>>>See also Labour mobility--British Columbia
>>Costs, 6648
>>>Cases, increases, 538, 2108
>>>Federal transfer payments, reduction, provincial taxes increasing,
relationship, o.q., 6711
>>Dependency, social security system fostering, 6644, 6706, 7109, 7111, 8049,
8052-3, 8058
>>Federal-provincial negotiations, common provincial approach, o.q., 16441
>>Minimum residency requirements, provincial regulations, eliminating, Feb.
27/95 budget statement, 10099, 11419, 12035-6, 12043, 12056, 12081, 12089,
13259, 13304, 13333
>>>See also Welfare--Recipients, British Columbia
>>Need, etc., 11894-5
>>Northwest Territories, federal-territorial joint initiative, 6621
>>Ontario
>>>Cut-backs, 22%, 15498, 17690
>>>"Workfare" program, 13794
>>Programs, national standards, 13244, 13296
>>>Bloc Québéçois position, 13227
>>>Establishing, federal-provincial mutual consent, 13242, 13253, 13255-6
>>Provincial systems, unemployment insurance benefit reductions, impact,
2808-9, 3036, 3065-6, 3069-71, 12026
>>>o.q., 2787
>>Quebec, 617, 1791, 3990, 7002, 7115, 12030-1, 12077, 13241, 13294, 13333
>>>APPORT program, 6605, 6623-4, 12044, 12080-1, 12089, 16355-6, 16413,
16457-8
>>>>o.q., 14613
>>>Cut-backs, o.q., 17035
>>>Federal funding, 12801
>>>Federal-provincial employment/training program, $50 million, o.q., 14815
>>>o.q., 11985, 12025-6, 14815, 16146-7
>>>Rate
>>>>Decline, o.q., 14648
>>>>Increase, 16356, 16451
>>>S.O. 31, 7926, 11880
>>>Youth, o.q., 14815
>>>See also Unemployment insurance--Quebec
>>Recipients, 6648
>>>Community service, "workfare", 7126
>>>Disabled persons, percentage, 6619
>>>Employable, percentage, 6619
>>>Increase, 6628, 7108, 13095
>>>Provincial sales tax rebates, 16457
>>>Return to workforce incentives, Improving Social Security in Canada
discussion paper proposal, 6606-7, 6658, 7085, 7087, 7113, 7122-4, 7132
>>>>o.q., 6639, 6711-2, 7184
>>>Single parents, percentage, 6619, 8057
>>>Sponsored immigrants, calculation methods, qu., 17146
>>>Stigma, 13332
>>>Women, 7113, 13241
>>>"Workfare", Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Mike Harris
position, S.O. 31, 13122
>>>Youth, increase, unemployment insurance reform impact, 11519
>>>>o.q., 11298
>>>See also Training programs--Vocational
>>Regulations, enforcement, 13259
>>Saskatchewan, increase, unemployment insurance reduction factor, etc., S.O.
31, 16610
>>System, abuse, 13340
>>See also Canada Assistance Plan;
Immigrants;
Immigration--Sponsorship program
Newfoundland--Provincial budget;
Refugees;
Unemployment insurance--Expenditures
Welfare state see Government--Leadership and policies, Liberalism
Wells, Hon. Clyde see Constitutional reform--Meech Lake Accord; Quebec--Distinct society; Social security system--Reform, Improving Social Security in Canada
Wells, Derek (L--South Shore)
- >>Abortion, petition, 14412
>>Arctic Ocean, 14904
>>Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS), 14903
>>>o.q., 10390
>>Atlantic provinces, 14903
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 11415-7
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 11416
>>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 2735
>>Canadian Coast Guard, 14906
>>Cod, o.q., 2858
>>Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110), 17049-50
>>Crime, 9814-5, 9832
>>Deficit, 11415
>>Economic G-7 Summit (1995), S.O. 31, 14312
>>Euthanasia, petition, 14412
>>Federal-provincial relations, 17049-50
>>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 11119-20
>>Fish products, 14904
>>Fisheries, 14903-4, 14907
>>>o.q., 16542, 16908
>>Fisheries, Atlantic, 497-8, 14904
>>>o.q., 234, 388, 1919, 3573
>>Fisheries, Pacific, 14904
>>Forestry, 498
>>>S.O. 31, 3828
>>Freight rates, 11416
>>Government expenditures, 11416
>>Government programs and services, 11416-7
>>Gun control/guns, 11119-20
>>>Petition, 10395
>>Health insurance, 11416
>>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports, 16399
>>Law of the Sea, S.O. 31, 7850
>>Lunenburg County, N.S., S.O. 31, 17701
>>Manpower, M. on supply (Lalonde), 17255-7
>>Morrison, BGen George P., S.O. 31, 13588
>>National Forest Week, S.O. 31, 3828
>>Nuclear Reactor Finance Limitation Act (Bill C-285), 9644
>>Oceans Act (Bill C-98), 14903-7
>>Oil and natural gas, 14904
>>Parent, references, 497
>>Procedure
>>>Divisions, recorded, 13655
>>>Question and comment period, 499
>>Public Service, 11416
>>Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act, 11417
>>Quebec, 17049
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 17049-50
>>References, maiden speech, 497
>>Reform Party, S.O. 31, 14716
>>Salmon, 14904
>>Same-sex couples, petition, 14412
>>Serial killer board game/cards, S.O. 31, 3698
>>Sexual orientation, petition, 14412
>>South Shore constituency, 497, 499
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 497-9
>>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, S.O. 31, 787
>>Tourist industry, 499, 10225-6
>>>o.q., 10007
>>Training programs, 17255
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 11416
>>Tuna, o.q., 4863-4
>>Turbot, o.q., 10517
>>Unemployment insurance, 17255-7
>>Women, S.O. 31, 17272
>>Young offenders, 9813-6, 9832
>>Young Offenders Act (amdt.) and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 9813-6, 9832
>>Youth Service Corps, 498
Wells, Jo
>>
Cross Canada runner, tribute, S.O. 31, 6033
Welsh Canadians
>>
Heritage, S.O. 31, 5425
Wenman, Robert Lloyd
>>
Former Member of Parliament, death, tribute, 14092-4
Wentworth Consolidated Elementary School
>>
Environmental awareness and community spirit, S.O. 31, 13317
Wentworth Valley, N.S. see Highways and roads--Nova Scotia
Werbecky, Kim see Sexual assault--Olson
West Bank see Middle-East--Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization
West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994 (Bill C-10)--Minister of Human
Resources Development and Minister of Western Economic Diversification (L.
Axworthy)
>>
First reading, 1035
>>Second reading, 1071-82
>>>Agreed to, 1082
>>Committee of the Whole, 1082-92
>>>Referral, 1082
>>>Amdt. (Lalonde), negatived, 1090
>>>Reported, without amdt., 1092
>>Report stage, concurrence, M. (L. Axworthy), agreed to, 1092
>>Third reading, agreed to, on division, 1092, passed.
>>Senate passage, 1094
>>Royal Assent, 1094. Chap. 1, S.C. 1994
>>See also Ports--British Columbia, longshoremen strike (1994), Back-to-work
legislation
West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1995 (Bill C-74)--Minister of Labour
(Robillard)
>>
First reading, 10524
>>Time allocation under S. O 78(1), second reading, committee of the whole,
report stage, third reading, agreed to, 19542
>>Second reading, 10548-58
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 10558-9
>>Committee of the Whole, 10559-67
>>>Referral, 10559
>>>Amdts. (Duceppe), 19559-60
>>>Reported, 10568
>>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Robillard), agreed to, 10568
>>Third reading, 10568-72
>>>Agreed to, on division, 10572, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 10645. Chap. 2, S.C. 1995
>>See also Ports--British Columbia, longshoremen strike (1995), Back-to-work
legislation
West Hill Secondary School see Education--Canadian Mathematics Olympiad team
Western Arctic constituency
>>
Electoral boundaries, redistribution, 11199-201
Western Arctic Inuvialuit Claim Implementation
>>
Annual reviews
>>>1992-1993, tabled, 6566
>>>1993-1994, tabled, 17090-1
Western Canada see Equalization payments--Quebec
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
>>
Government funding, o.q., 11297-8
>>>Direct/indirect
>>>>qu., 14548
>>>>r.o., 10671
Western Carpet Distribution Inc.
>>
Customs Tariff treatment, impact, 15999
Western continental trains see Rail passenger service
Western Economic Diversification Program
>>
Abolishing, 10456
>>Alberta, 7755
>>Effectiveness, 6166-7
>>Initiatives, 4794, 7763
>>Loans/financial assistance
>>>Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia, S.O. 31, 9647
>>>Constituency breakdown, October 1993 to present, r.o., 16493
>>>Investment capital pools network, financial institutions, partnership,
o.q., 11616
>>>Repayment/default rate, o.q., 8637
>>>Winnipeg, Man., disproportionate share, o.q., 9328
>>Role, 4766, 4782, 4794-6
>>See also Job creation--Western provinces;
Myrias Research Corporation;
Regional development--Loans;
Small business;
Wheat--Durum wheat producers;
Winnipeg, Man.--National Hockey League arena
Western Grain Marketing Panel see Grain--Exports
Western Grain Stabilization Act
>>
Failure, 4125
Western Grain Transportation Act
>>
Amending, 4123, 4150, 4995, 7329, 7476, 7481-2, 7491, 7518
>>Repealing, 4192, 13399
>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17);
Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76);
Churchill, Man.--Ports;
Farm Credit Corporation--Land leases;
Grain elevators;
Grain transportation--Freight rates, Crow benefit;
St. Lawrence Seaway;
Wheat--Prices