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Western Grain Transportation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-66)--Minister of
Transport (Young)
>>
First reading, 9114
>>Second reading, 9545-62
>>>Agreed to, 95 62
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee referral, 9562
>>See also Grain transportation--Freight rates
Western Grains Research Foundation
>>
Advisory committees, 6186, 6193
>>Role, agricultural research, funding, 6186-7, 6197, 6202-3, 6205-6
Western hemisphere see Defence policy; Human rights; Trade
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network see Migratory birds--Habitat
Western provinces
>>
Annexation by United States following Quebec independence, Bouchard
statement, 4740, 4742
>>Distinctiveness, 17591-2
>>Economic union with western United States, 11439
>>Quebec issue, exhausted with, 6466
>>Separatism see Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal
>>See also Dairy industry;
Film and video industry--Loan Guarantee Program;
Financial institutions--collapse;
House of Commons--Seats;
Job creation;
Tobacco/cigarette smuggling
Western Stock Growers Association see Wildlife--Endangered species
Westray coal mine
>>
Explosion disaster 1992, 17419
>>>Bodies, recovery, o.q., 4060
>>>Victims, tribute, S.O. 31, 12365-6
>>>See also Medal of Bravery
Wetaskiwin constituency
>>
References, 123
Wetelainen, Henry see Ontario Métis and Aboriginal Association
Wetlands
>>
Destruction, draining for agricultural and development use, 5238
>>Protection, 4188, 5142
>>See also Iraq--Southern Marshes;
Waterfowl
Wetlands-woodlands-wildlife program see Agriculture--Sustainable development
Weyburn Redwings see Hockey
Whales
>>
Beluga whales see St. Lawrence River
>>Bowhead whales, sanctuary, establishing at Isabella Bay, Baffin Island,
N.W.T., S.O. 31, 11878
Wheat
>>
Durum wheat, exports to United States, capping, negotiations, 7490-1, 11268,
11270
>>>Agreement, 8419, 8452
>>>>o.q., 7692
>>>Canadian producers, protecting, 76, 256,
527, 530, 3612, 3629, 3631, 3656,
3659, 3665-7, 3687-8, 4145, 6100, 6485-6, 6920, 9555, 9558
>>>Clinton, United States President, position, government reaction, o.q., 3767
>>>Customs duties, 3617, 4165
>>>End user certificates, o.q., 8600-1
>>>GATT/NAFTA precedence, legal opinion, 6550-1
>>>>o.q, 298, 3956-7
>>>o.q., 3391, 4387
>>>Reprisal against poultry, dairy and eggs, United States threat, 3083
>>>>o.q., 2485-6, 2543-4, 3047-8, 3235-6, 3333, 3956
>>>S.O. 31, 3385, 3438
>>>United States unilateral action, threatening
>>>>GATT, invoking, 4503-4
>>>>>o.q., 3444, 3708
>>>>>S.O. 31, 3386
>>>>o.q., 298, 1921, 2128, 2485-6, 3333, 3335, 3390-1, 3395, 3708-9, 3956
>>Durum wheat producers, pasta
>>>Manitoba plant, Western Economic Diversification Program $1 million loan,
5894, 15896
>>>Value-added production, Canadian Wheat Board, restricting, 7163, 10736
>>European Union pasta subsidies, Canadian Wheat Board import controls,
exempting small retailers, o.q., 13008-9
>>Export subsidies
>>>International comparisons, 1830-1
>>>United States position, o.q., 4584-5
>>Exports, 7491
>>>Canada's trading partners, United States harassment, o.q., 4347-8
>>>Far East and Oceania, opportunities, 4747
>>>Producers shipping directly to United States, 6200-1, 6203, 7029-30,
10735-6
>>>>o.q., 5900, 6139-40, 15294, 16148
>>>United States
>>>>Farmers illegally bypassing Canadian Wheat Board, impact, o.q., 16657-8
>>>>Tariff rate quota, removal, o.q., 14722-3
>>>See also Canadian Wheat Board--Monopoly control;
Grain--Exports
>>Imports
>>>Grandin wheat, smuggling into Canada, 16093-4
>>>See also Canadian Wheat Board--Monopoly control;
Wheat--European Union pasta subsidies
>>Organically grown, marketing, Canadian Wheat Board jurisdiction, removal,
o.q., 13530-1
>>Plant breeding research, 6185, 6187-90, 6195-6, 6199, 6205, 7568-70, 7572-6,
7579-80, 7607-9, 7611-2, 7615-7
>>>Legislation see Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-50)
>>Prices
>>>Initial payment, o.q., 14724-5
>>>Western Grain Transportation Act, distorting, 3021
>>Varieties, development, 6195
>>See also Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-92);
Grain transportation--Costs
Whelan, Hon. Eugene
>>
Member of Parliament, former, references, 252-3
Whelan, Susan (L--Essex--Windsor; Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of National Revenue from December 6, 1993 to February 5, 1996)
- >>Abortion, petitions, 12728, 15733
>>Access to Information Act (amdt.--disclosure of results of public opinion polls)(Bill C-309), 15371-2
>>Agriculture, 8372, 10536
>>>M. (Goodale), 4179-81
>>Automobile industry, 253
>>Bosnia-Herzegovina, M. (Ouellet), 3359
>>Budget, 8573-4
>>>M. (Gagliano), 8369-73
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10535-6
>>Canada Customs, o.q., 3444
>>Canada Remembers Program, S.O. 31, 7723-4
>>Canada Savings Bonds, S.O. 31, 17132
>>Canadian Armed Forces, petition, 5400
>>Capital gains tax, 8573
>>Corporations, 8467, 8573, 10535
>>>o.q., 9532
>>Cultural Property Export and Import Act, Income Tax Act and Tax Court of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-93), 15755, 15758-60
>>Customs, 949
>>Customs brokers, 9100
>>Deficit, 8573-4, 10535
>>Dental plans, 8372
>>Department of Industry Act (amdt.)(Bill C-46), 6795
>>Department of National Revenue Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2), 933-4, 947-9
>>Drug trafficking, o.q., 12492
>>Economic recovery, 8572-3
>>Economy, 8371, 10536
>>>S.O. 31, 8339
>>Essex--Windsor constituency, 253
>>Euthanasia, petition, 12728
>>Excise Act, Customs Act and Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act (amdt.)(Bill C-11), 1669, 1693-4, 1702-5, 5267-8
>>Fisheries, 9098-9
>>Food, 4181
>>Foreign aid, 10535
>>GATT, 4180
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 10535
>>Government expenditures, 8370-1, 8573-4
>>Government programs and services, 8573
>>Government revenue, o.q., 2790
>>GST, 252, 254, 8573
>>Gun control/guns
>>>o.q., 10793
>>>Petition, 15733
>>House of Commons, 253
>>Immigrants, 9099
>>Income tax, 8370-1, 8467
>>>o.q., 2789-90
>>Income Tax Act and Income Tax Application Rules (amdt.)(Bill C-59), 8572-4
>>Infrastructure program, 253
>>International Customs Day, S.O. 31, 380
>>Job creation, 8573
>>Justice system, petition, 11196
>>Lake Erie, S.O. 31, 1497
>>Maheu, references, 252
>>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-208), 3413-4
>>National debt, 8369-70, 8373
>>>Petition, 15732-3
>>National Forum on Health, 254
>>National Revenue Department, 933-4, 947-8
>>>o.q., 3705
>>Old age pensions, 10653
>>Procedure
>>>Adjournment proceedings (Late Show), 7767
>>>Speeches, 933, 4179
>>Public opinion polls, 15371-2
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 16186
>>Radio stations, Télémédia licence application, 7767
>>References, maiden speech, 252
>>Refugees, 9862
>>Registered personal security plan, M. on supply (Ablonczy), 10651-5
>>RRSPs, 8371-2
>>Rural Canada, 4180
>>Same-sex couples, petition, 15733
>>Sexual orientation, petitions, 13056
>>Small business, 253, 6794, 10535
>>Smuggling, o.q., 12492
>>Social security system, 254, 8573, 10651-2
>>Sugar, o.q., 10663
>>Supply management/marketing boards, 253-4
>>Tax reform, M. on supply (Silye), 3859-60
>>Taxation, 3859-60, 8573
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 252-4
>>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, 1028, 1669-70, 1693-4, 1702-5, 5267
>>Tobacco/cigarettes, 1028, 1703, 5267
>>>M. (K. Martin), 7016-8
>>Tourist industry, 6794
>>Trade, 4180
>>Underground economy, M. (Szabo), 15318-9
>>Unemployment insurance, 10653
>>Whelan, Hon. Eugene, 252-3
>>Whelan, references, 252-3
>>Youth Service Corps, 253
Whistleblowing
>>
Government contractors, protecting, 16399
>>>See also Contractors Protection Act (Bill C-356)
>>See also Public Service
Whistler, B.C. see Skiing--World Cup
Whitby, Ont. see Francophones outside Quebec
White, Bob see Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Economic and political association/union with Canada; Social security system--Reform, Improving Social Security in Canada
White papers see Defence equipment; Defence policy; Financial institutions--Safety and security; Old age security--Reform; Senior citizens--Income security
White, Randy (REF--Fraser Valley West)
- >>Aboriginal Economic Development Program, 1158
>>>o.q., 105-6
>>Aboriginal self-government, 4955
>>>o.q., 12071-2
>>Abortion, petitions, 5588, 6914, 8490, 8945, 12335-6, 13288, 14096-7
>>Agricultural products, 7341-2
>>Agriculture, 7342
>>Air pollution, 7448-9
>>Airports, 2140
>>Akwesasne Indian Reserve, 15355-6
>>Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd., 7450
>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 8534, 9319-20, 9349-50, 11393-4
>>>o.q., 8829
>>>S.O. 31, 7804
>>Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS), 14868-9
>>Atlantic provinces, M. (C. Axworthy), 9980-2
>>Bloc Québécois, 1593, 17551
>>British Columbia, o.q., 9532
>>Budget, 4954-5, 11392, 11394
>>>M. (Gagliano), 8499, 8505, 8507-10
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. for approval (P. Martin), 1782-3, 1811, 1827, 2139-40, 2148, 2154
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10463
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 3054-6
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 11392-4
>>Cabinet Ministers, 17551
>>>o.q., 12417
>>Canada Pension Plan, 7385, 17476-7
>>Canada Post Corporation
>>>o.q., 14645, 16485-6
>>>qu., 16109
>>Canada Student Loans Program, S.O. 31, 2849
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 1479, 3819
>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, o.q., 1066
>>Canadian Coast Guard, 14870-1
>>Canadian Dairy Commission Act (amdt.)(Bill C-86), 12698
>>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-56), 7443, 7446-50
>>Canadian Environmental Protection Act, M. (Copps), 5168-70
>>Capital punishment, 2454
>>Child care, 3056, 3819
>>>o.q., 2540
>>Child support payments, S.O. 31, 2431
>>Children, 5859
>>CIDA, 1782
>>CMHC, qu., 16547-8
>>Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110), 17550-2
>>Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-240), 5180-2
>>Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Code, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Transfer of Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-45), 5858-60, 14667-8, 14686-7, 14696-9, 14701-2, 14943-7
>>Crime, 2454, 5859-60, 9847, 9851, 14667-8, 15259-60, 16675, 17550
>>>S.O. 31, 16318
>>Criminal Code, 7449-50
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 5886-9, 13788-9
>>Crown corporations, 1782
>>CRTC, o.q., 9531-2
>>Dairy products/industry, 12698
>>Dangerous offenders, 5180-2
>>>S.O. 31, 10381
>>Defence policy, M. (Collenette), 1479
>>Deficit, 1783, 5039-42, 8499, 8509, 11393, 16453
>>>M. on supply (Abbott), 9920
>>>o.q., 1799, 3045-6
>>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 7299-300
>>Department of Health Act (Bill C-95), 16304-6, 16311
>>Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-96), 16452-4, 16476-7
>>Department of Industry Act (Bill C-46), 8534-5
>>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-52), 6582
>>Divorce, petitions, 9538, 12965
>>Dupuy, references, 7299
>>Economic policy, 17550
>>Economy, o.q., 2855-6
>>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18), 2562-5
>>Employment equity, 15352-5
>>>M. on supply (Strahl), 12980-3
>>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15352-6
>>Energy, 7447
>>Environment, 5170, 7443, 7446-8
>>Environment Week, S.O. 31, 4941-2
>>Estimates
>>>M. (Eggleton), 5039-42
>>>o.q., 235
>>Ethics counsellor, o.q., 12679
>>Euthanasia
>>>Petitions, 5400, 6783, 7239, 8179, 8646, 8945, 12421, 14097
>>>S.O. 31, 2285
>>Federal-provincial relations, o.q., 16027
>>Financial Administration and Auditor General Acts (amdt.--review of budget speech)(Bill C-245), 3793, 6662-4
>>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 13636-8
>>Fisheries, 14870-1
>>Fisheries and Oceans Department, 14868-9
>>Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee, 14869-70
>>Fisheries, Atlantic, 14869, 14871
>>Fishermen, 14868
>>Foreign aid, 1782
>>Government, 1783, 3055, 4805-6, 5039, 5041, 9350
>>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 12468-70, 12473-5
>>Government accommodation/buildings, o.q., 12372
>>Government appointments, 9350-1, 12474-5
>>>o.q., 9281-2
>>Government contracts, 7447
>>>M. (Guay), 4805-6
>>>o.q., 3953
>>>S.O. 31, 15520-1
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 9311
>>Government expenditures, 125-7, 1783, 3046, 3054-5, 3818-9, 4805-6, 5039-40, 11393-4, 16453
>>>M. on supply (Crête), 1158
>>>o.q., 3045
>>>Petition, 9957-8, 11067, 12335
>>Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65), 9311, 9348-51
>>Government programs and services, 1158, 3819-20, 6581-2
>>Government revenues, 6662-4
>>Governor General, 9351
>>GST, 1144, 2563-4
>>Gun control/guns, 2454, 13636-8
>>>Petition, 8945, 11067
>>Halifax West High School, S.O. 31, 2968
>>Hazardous waste, 5168
>>Health card, M. (Bridgman), 12571-2
>>Health care, o.q., 15528-9
>>Highways and roads, 12101-2, 12475
>>>o.q., 11681, 11991, 12679, 12899, 13233-4, 13326-7, 13477, 13807, 14316
>>Home Buyers Plan, 1143-4
>>House of Commons, 5039-40, 12473-4, 13636, 14440
>>Housing, o.q., 16243
>>Human Resources Development Department, 16452-3
>>Immigrants, 5829-30, 5835-8, 5998-9
>>>M. (Hanger), 7072-4
>>>o.q., 5430-1, 6039-40, 6517, 10003-4, 10390
>>>S.O. 31, 487
>>Immigration, 5835-6, 5838
>>>o.q., 5819
>>Immigration Act (amdt.), Citizenship Act (amdt.) and Customs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-44), 5829-30, 5835-8, 9220, 9232, 9255-60
>>Immigration and Refugee Board, S.O. 31, 15966-7
>>Income tax, 1145-6
>>>M. (Marchand), 4683-4
>>>o.q., 4002
>>Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-9), 1142-6
>>Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department, 11393
>>Industrial park museum, 4805, 5040
>>>o.q., 1385-6
>>Industry Standing Committee reports, 12646
>>Infrastructure program, 236, 468, 1811, 1827, 2148, 2154, 5039, 5042, 8507
>>International development assistance, 1782
>>Japanese Canadians, petition, 8646
>>Job creation, 16453
>>>o.q., 3998
>>Justice system, 5859, 5886-8, 13788, 16673-4, 16676-7
>>>M. on supply (G. Breitkreuz), 16673-7
>>>M. on supply (Meredith), 2453-4
>>>S.O. 31, 1852, 7226
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), S.O. 31, 16480-1
>>Liberal Party, 12470
>>Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43), 11748-9
>>Marchi, references, S.O. 31, 8934
>>Members of Parliament, 125-6, 3414-5, 5321, 7385, 10463, 17550
>>>M. (Duncan), 8463-5
>>>M. on supply (D. Grey), 8086-8
>>>o.q., 643, 1859
>>>S.O. 31, 1376, 2734, 12716
>>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-85), 12341-2, 14439-40
>>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-208), 3414-5
>>Montreal Museum of Humour, 7300
>>Mortgages, 16297, 16300
>>>o.q., 16243
>>Mother's Day, S.O. 31, 3991
>>Multiculturalism, 1782-3, 7299-7300
>>Murder, 5886-8
>>>o.q., 4949-50
>>>S.O. 31, 4575
>>Murderers, S.O. 31, 3096
>>Music, 4806
>>NAFTA, 4805
>>National Capital Commission, 4806
>>National debt, 1783, 4954, 5039, 5041, 7804, 11392-3, 16453
>>>o.q., 16243
>>National Housing Act (amdt.)(Bill C-108), 16297-8, 16300
>>National identity, 4953-4, 8510
>>National Parole Board, 2453, 5859
>>>o.q., 4949-50
>>National unity, M. on supply (Manning), 4953-6
>>Nova Scotia, o.q., 16440
>>Oceans Act (Bill C-98), 14868-71
>>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 455, 1782, 5039, 7300
>>>o.q., 2743, 2933
>>>Petition, 1151
>>>S.O. 31, 2121
>>Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 7385-6
>>Order in Council appointments/appointees, o.q., 9531-2
>>Parliamentary reform, S.O. 31, 16185-6
>>Parole, 2453-4, 5859, 5887-9
>>Patronage, 7299, 15352
>>Payne, references
>>>o.q., 11410
>>>S.O. 31, 9322
>>Pedophiles, 13789
>>Penitentiaries, 4805, 5041, 5859-60, 12475
>>>o.q., 4133, 4657-8, 6441-2, 17582-3, 17710
>>>qu., 8301
>>>S.O. 31, 8168, 13230-1, 17575
>>Pensions, 7385-6
>>Petitions, M. on supply (I. McClelland), 1593, 1596-8
>>Petro-Canada, S.O. 31, 9598-9
>>Postal service
>>>o.q., 16485
>>>Petition, 1462
>>Procedure
>>>Divisions, recorded, 12424
>>>Documents, tabling, 16493
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 5821, 5838-9, 12679, 12682, 14703, 16300
>>>Members' remarks, 14667
>>>Oral questions, 235, 6441
>>>Petitions, 12336
>>>Question and comment period, 16298
>>>Quorum, 875, 14438
>>>Sittings of the House, 5614
>>>Speeches, 16300, 16452, 16674
>>Public Accounts, o.q., 234-5
>>Quebec, 17551
>>Quebec City, Que., 126, 4805, 5040
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 17551
>>Radio stations, 7299
>>>o.q., 7314-5, 7371
>>Recall Act (Bill C-210), 5320-2
>>References see Capital punishment; Government expenditures--Reduction; Gun control/guns
>>Reform Party, 5838, 12470, 14440, 15354
>>Refugees, 5829-30
>>>o.q., 11143
>>>S.O. 31, 12891-2, 16957
>>Regional development, 8508-10, 8534-5, 12646
>>>o.q., 8635-6
>>>S.O. 31, 8629
>>Regulations Act (Bill C-84), 15122-3
>>RRSPs, 7386, 12342
>>Same-sex couples, petitions, 5823, 5950, 6783, 7239, 8179, 9538, 12421, 12965, 13288, 13814
>>Seagram Company Ltd., o.q., 11886
>>Senate, 9349, 9351, 12341, 12474, 17550
>>Sexual offenders, 5181, 5859-60
>>>S.O. 31, 3644
>>Sexual orientation, 13788-9
>>>Petitions, 5823, 5959, 6783, 7239, 8179, 9538, 9957, 11067, 12335, 12421, 12965, 13288, 13814
>>Small business, M. (Gagliano), 7756-8
>>Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 3055-6
>>>o.q., 9329
>>Social security system, 4683, 16453-4
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 865
>>Special interest groups, 865, 1782
>>St. Lawrence Seaway, M. (Pomerleau), 2390-2
>>Stalking, 5859
>>Sustainable development, 7447
>>Tax reform, M. on supply (Silye), 3818-20
>>Taxation, 1145-6, 3818-9, 4954
>>Taxpayers protection act, 11392
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 125-7, 236, 455, 468, 501
>>Tobin, references, 14870
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 4954
>>Unemployment, 501
>>>o.q., 3998
>>Unemployment insurance, 14871
>>Wenman, Robert Lloyd, 14093-4
>>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-78), 15259-61, 16914-5
>>Young offenders, 9851
>>Young Offenders Act, 5041, 7385
>>>Petition, 8490
>>>S.O. 31, 4768, 16318
>>Young Offenders Act (amdt.) and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 9847, 9851
>>Youth, S.O 31, 4817