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Aboriginal Solidarity Day

Aboriginal treaty rights see Gun control/guns; Migratory birds--Hunting; Waterfowl--Harvesting; Wildlife--Hunting

Abortion

Abortion pill see Abortion

Absolute discharge see Justice system--Discharge

Abuse

    >>Media portrayal, condemning, petition, 5586

Académie de sciences, Paris, France see Deslongchamps, Prof. Pierre

Academy Awards

    >>Bob's Birthday, Alison Snowden, David Fine, Canadian film makers, winners, S.O. 31, 11134, 11183
    >>See also Paquin, Anna

Acadia Centre for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

    >>Conference, Acadia University, S.O. 31, 1606
    >>Small business information networking, 2087

Acadia University see Acadia Centre for Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Education, post-secondary--Science and technology promotion; Hockey--CIAU

Acadian flycatcher see Migratory birds--Endangered species

Acadian Order of Merit

    >>Gallant, Gelas, awarding, S.O. 31, 4819-20

Acadians

    >>Self-determination, 4585
    >>>o.q., 4577
    >>Treatment, 216-7
    >>World Congress of Acadians, Aug. 12-20/94, New Brunswick, S.O. 31, 5809
    >>See also Education--Francophones outside Quebec

ACCESS 95 see Trade--Expansion

ACCESS Canada see Information highway--Strategy

Access to information

    >>Bloc Québécois requests, Privy Council refusals, o.q., 15293-4
    >>Requests, response rate, S.O. 31, 14220-1
    >>See also Blood--Collection system; CMHC--Chairman; Fiscal policy--Decision-making; Program review--Public participation; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operations

Access to Information Act

    >>Information Commissioner recommendations, 11921-2
    >>Information highway, technological change, relationship, 11922
    >>Justice and Solicitor General Standing Committee (2nd. Sess. - 33rd Parl.) report, Open and Shut, 11921-2
    >>Parliament and Crown agencies, applying to, 12464, 12479, 12493
    >>>M. (B. Mills), 7957-66, 9089-97, 10849-57, negatived, on recorded division, 10857
    >>>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 7966, 9097
    >>Principles, 11921
    >>Review, need, 11921-2
    >>>o.q., 10387
    >>See also Crown corporations--Scrutiny; Customs Tariff; National Revenue Department--Confidential business information; Parliament--Scrutiny; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operations, Inquiry

Access to Information Act (amdt.--crown corporations)(Bill C-361)--Gilmour

Access to Information Act (amdt.--disclosure of results of public opinion polls)(Bill C-309)--B. Mills

    >>First reading, 9954
    >>Second reading, 15369-77
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 15377
    >>See also Public opinion polls--Results

Access to Information Act and Privacy Act (amdt.--Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and National Arts Centre Corporation)(Bill C-342)--J. Brown

Access Today, 1995 see Disabled and handicapped--House of Commons

Accidents see Occupational health and safety; Railways

Accountability see Government; Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions; Human Resources Development Department

Accounting practices see Public Accounts

ACFO see Association Canadienne-Française de l'Ontario

Acid rain

    >>Reducing, 6918
    >>Sulphur dioxide emissions, second international protocol, Canada signing, statement by Minister (Copps), 5347-50

ACOA see Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Acoose, Hubert see Parole--High risk offenders

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome see AIDS

ACT Program see Affordability and Change Today Program

Acting Speaker

    >>Bloc Québécois member taking Chair see Fillion--References
    >>Opposition members, appointment as junior Chair officers, 12450, 12457
    >>>S.O. 31, 14992
    >>Rulings and statements see Procedure
    >>See also Adams--References; Arseneault--References; Bakopanos--References; Bellemare--References; O'Reilly--References; Ringuette-Maltais--References; Szabo--References

Action démocratique du Québec see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995) passim

Adam Smith Institute see Canadian National Railways--Privatization/commercialization, Pirie, Madsen

Adams, Bryan see Vancouver, B.C.--General Motors Place

Adams Lake see Aboriginal land claims--British Columbia

Adams, Peter (L--Peterborough)

    >>Aboriginal land claims, 3430-3, 17398
    >>>M. on supply (Duncan), 17397-9
    >>Aboriginal peoples, 3430-1
    >>>Petition, 5950
    >>>S.O. 31, 2926, 4943, 8628-9, 13910
    >>Abortion, petition, 6567
    >>Adams, references, S.O. 31, 5722
    >>Agriculture, M. (Goodale), 4185
    >>Auditor General Act (amdt.)(Bill C-83), 14582-6, 16755-6
    >>Automobiles, 16342
    >>Belanger, references, S.O. 31, 9599-600
    >>Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95 (Bill C-14), 1889
    >>Breast cancer, petition, 14325
    >>Broadcasting, 10778-9
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94
    >>>M. for approval (P. Martin), 2100
    >>>M. on supply (R. Speaker), 2230, 2238, 2245-6
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, o.q., 10615
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 2847
    >>Canada, 4911-2
    >>Canada Remembers Program, S.O. 31, 12105
    >>Canada Scholarships Program, S.O. 31, 788
    >>Canada Student Loans Program, 2847
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 311
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 10756-7, 10778-80
    >>>M. on supply (S. Tremblay), 10756, 10778-80
    >>Canadian heritage, S.O. 31, 7502
    >>Chamber of Commerce, S.O. 31, 2848
    >>Child abuse, petitions, 5950, 9114
    >>Children, o.q., 9174
    >>Confederation, 633
    >>Dangerous offenders, petition, 14189
    >>Defence policy, 311
    >>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 7865-7
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-52), 6536-9
    >>Economic recovery, 62
    >>Electoral boundaries, 9428-31
    >>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995 (Bill C-69), 13885, 13887
    >>Employment, 1970, 2100
    >>Environment, 14582-6, 16342, 16755-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 5513-4
    >>Environment Department, 14585
    >>Euthanasia, petition, 6567
    >>Fisheries, S.O. 31, 11803
    >>Foreign affairs policy, petition, 12727
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 14855-7, 16340-4
    >>Government, 1161-2, 6536
    >>Government contracts, 6537-9
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 14584-5
    >>Government expenditures, M. on supply (Crête), 1161-2
    >>Government programs and services, 1162, 6536
    >>Great Lakes, o.q., 15186
    >>Gun control/guns
    >>>Petitions, 8647, 9114
    >>>S.O. 31, 11803
    >>Guyana, Essequibo River, petitions, 15815
    >>Havelock Country Jamboree, S.O. 31, 10382
    >>Health care, S.O. 31, 567
    >>House of Commons, 9429, 9431-2, 13885, 13887
    >>>Petition, 13445, 16109
    >>Housing, M. (Taylor), 8199-201
    >>Immigration, 2100
    >>Information highway, 7866-7
    >>Infrastructure program, 2245-6, 2609
    >>>o.q., 4205
    >>>S.O. 31, 2969, 4652, 17134
    >>International development assistance, petition, 12727
    >>Israel, S.O. 31, 16239
    >>Job creation
    >>>M. on supply (Lalonde), 2609
    >>>o.q., 10150
    >>Justice system, 13885, 13887
    >>Kidd, Kenneth, S.O. 31, 2618
    >>Labotix Automation, S.O. 31, 18
    >>Labour mobility, 633
    >>Lakefield, Ont., S.O. 31, 16826
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-94), 14855-7, 16273, 16340-4
    >>Members of Parliament, M. on supply (D. Grey), 8131-3
    >>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-85), 12183, 12197-200
    >>National Apprenticeship Program, 1683
    >>National Capital Region, o.q., 13529
    >>National unity
    >>>M. on supply (Manning), 4911-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 16020
    >>National Volunteer Week, S.O. 31, 3272
    >>Northern Canada, S.O. 31, 14639
    >>Ontario, S.O. 31, 12790-1
    >>Peacekeeping, M. (Ouellet), 311, 323
    >>Peltier, Leonard, petitions, 6265, 7565-6, 9115, 10393, 11413-4, 11817-8, 14325
    >>Pensions, petition, 3285
    >>Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame, S.O. 31, 14219-20
    >>Peterborough constituency, 62
    >>Peterborough Family Y, S.O. 31, 712
    >>Peterborough, Ont., S.O. 31, 985
    >>Peterborough Paper Converters, S.O. 31, 3096
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 4978
    >>>Debate, 7246, 16273
    >>>Decorum, 1161, 12172, 17399
    >>>Documents, 16344
    >>>Language/inappropriate/improper, 13968
    >>>Question and comment period, 896
    >>>Quorum, present, 12172
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 9428-32
    >>Public Works and Government Services Department, 6536-7
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 14761
    >>Rail passenger service, 7824-5
    >>Railways
    >>>M. (Guimond), 16219-20
    >>>M. on supply (Guimond), 7824-5
    >>References
    >>>Acting Speaker, 12172
    >>>Maiden speech, 62
    >>>Quebec ties, S.O. 31, 5722
    >>Reform Party, S.O. 31, 11404
    >>Research and development, o.q., 9536
    >>Rideau Canal, o.q., 6388
    >>Royal Canadian Legion, S.O. 31, 7624
    >>Sahtu Dene and Métis Land Claim Settlement Act (Bill C-16), 3430-3
    >>Same-sex couples, petitions, 6567, 13813, 14325, 16109
    >>Serial killer board game/cards, petition, 5353
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 6567, 10752, 13813, 14189, 14325, 16109
    >>Small business, S.O. 31, 7030-1
    >>Social security system, 1162
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 633, 668
    >>Space program, S.O. 31, 16610
    >>Sustainable development, 14584-5, 16756
    >>Telephone service, petition, 9830
    >>Terry Fox Run, S.O. 31, 6508
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 62
    >>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling
    >>>Petitions, 2547, 2678
    >>>S.O. 31, 883
    >>Tobacco/cigarettes, petitions, 2547, 3106
    >>Training programs, 633
    >>>S.O. 31, 1683
    >>Trent-Severn waterway, o.q., 6388
    >>Trent University, S.O. 31, 13910
    >>Unemployment, 2238
    >>United Nations, 311
    >>Wal-Mart Stores, o.q., 2436
    >>Waste disposal sites, petition, 5353
    >>Welsh Canadians, S.O. 31, 5425
    >>Wildlife, S.O. 31, 17572
    >>Women, 1970, 1974
    >>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 1970, 1974
    >>>S.O. 31, 8693
    >>Youth Internship Program, 1888
    >>Youth Service Corps, 668, 2230
    >>>S.O. 31, 1303

Address in Reply see Throne Speech

Address to Parliament see United States--Clinton

Adjournment motions under S.O. 52

    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canadian Armed Forces peacekeepers taken hostage, NATO air strikes, May 1995
    >>>(B. Mills), leave to move, unanimous consent denied, 12875-6
    >>>(B. Mills, M. Gauthier), leave to move, taking under consideration, 12903, accepted, 12912
    >>>(B. Mills), 12932-63, carried, 12963
    >>Canadian Pacific Railway, strike (Thompson), leave to move, unanimous consent, denied, 10499-500
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, Manning remarks (Simmons), leave to move, 12604, emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 12604
    >>Gun control/guns, aboriginal treaty rights (Ramsay), leave to move, 12730, emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 12730
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), results, federal government accepting (M. Gauthier), leave to move, 14552, emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 14552-3
    >>Salmon, Pacific fishery, Fraser River
    >>>(Riis), leave to move, 5828-9, emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 5829
    >>>(Riis), leave to move, 5855, emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 5855
    >>>(Riis), leave to move, 6477, emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 6477
    >>Women, violence against (McLaughlin), leave to move, 8664, emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 8664
    >>See also Procedure

Adjournment proceedings (Late Show) see Procedure

Adjournments see Procedure

Adjustment programs see Atlantic Groundfish Strategy; Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program

ADM Agri-Industries Ltd. Operations Act (Bill C-308)--Cauchon

    >>First reading, 9954
    >>Withdrawal, by unanimous consent, 13054-5
    >>See also Archer Daniel Midland Ltd.--Labour dispute

ADM Agri-Industries Ltd. Operations Act (Bill C-310)--Lincoln

    >>First reading, 10009
    >>>Withdrawal, by unanimous consent, 14681
    >>See also Archer Daniel Midland Ltd.--Labour dispute

ADM Agri-Industries Ltd. Operations Act (Bill C-312)--Discepola

    >>First reading, 10010
    >>Second reading, order discharged and bill withdrawn, 11816
    >>See also Archer Daniel Midland Ltd.--Labour dispute

ADM Agri-Industries Ltd. Operations Act (Bill C-313)--R. Lavigne

    >>First reading, 10010
    >>Second reading, 12858-65, dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 12865
    >>See also Archer Daniel Midland Ltd.--Labour dispute

Administrative decentralization see Federal-provincial relations

Administrative Flight Services

    >>Treasury Board report, tabled, 5584

Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) see Agriculture--Regulations

Administrative tribunals see Cabinet ministers; CRTC; Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions

Adoption

    >>Guardianship, as alternative, petition, 4586, 11256, 14095
    >>Legislation see National Adoption Awareness Month Act (Bill C-246)
    >>See also Aboriginal peoples; Same-sex couples; Unemployment insurance--Maternity/parental benefits

Adriatic Sea see Bosnia-Herzegovina--NATO air strikes, Naval blockade

Adult education see Literacy

Adult entertainment parlours

Adult only films see Pornography

Advance Payments for Crops Act

    >>Interest free provisions, re-instating
    >>>o.q., 1725
    >>>S.O. 31, 1301

Advertising

    >>Direct mail, legislation see Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-235)
    >>Facsimile (fax) transmissions, prohibiting, 17111-5
    >>>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--facsimile advertising)(Bill C-234)
    >>Flyers, home delivery, right of refusal, legislation, petition, 8351
    >>See also Elections; Federal Business Development Bank; Government advertising; Health Department; Homemakers magazine; Multiculturalism; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995); Tobacco/cigarettes

Advisory Council on the Status of Women

    >>Abolishing, impact, o.q., 10612-3

AECB see Atomic Energy Control Board

AECL see Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

Aerospace industry

    >>Auto Pact, comparison, Canadian content provisions, 16607, 16609, 16622
    >>Bombardier Inc./Canadair regional jets project, federal government assistance, Defence Industry Productivity Program, 16621
    >>>Quebec benefits, 16593, 16609
    >>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), relationship, o.q., 15180-2
    >>Importance, sales, exports, employment, 16634
    >>Montreal, Que., 16633-5, 16637
    >>>Federal government assistance, o.q., 16613
    >>>Job losses, 16634
    >>>Quebec separation/sovereignty threat, impact, 16635
    >>>See also Defence equipment--Canadian content requirements
    >>Quebec, 3938-9, 16582-3, 16624, 16634
    >>>Aerospace engineering partnership program, five universities-private industry, 16608
    >>>Defence equipment procurement policy impact, 16590, 16594
    >>>Development, federal government role, Trudeau government, etc., 16593, 16609, 16621-2
    >>>See also Aerospace industry--Montreal, Que.; Radarsat; Space program--History
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), relationship, Operation Unity document, S.O. 31, 15338
    >>Research and development, federal government assistance, 16624
    >>Subsidies, o.q., 14021
    >>Wages and salaries, comparison with other industries, 16631
    >>Winnipeg, Man., o.q., 1556
    >>See also Defence equipment--Aerospace industry role--Aircraft--Helicopters, Defence industry--Industrial reconversion program; IMP Aerospace Components Ltd.; Search and rescue

Aerospace training project see Canadian Armed Forces