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Aboriginal Solidarity Day
>>
S.O. 31, 5653, 14311
Aboriginal treaty rights see Gun control/guns; Migratory birds--Hunting; Waterfowl--Harvesting; Wildlife--Hunting
Abortion
>>
Abortion pill, RU-486, testing/marketing, approval
>>>Petition, 4528
>>>S.O. 31, 5513
>>Opposition, amending Criminal Code, petition, 14096
>>Petition, 13600, 16839
>>Refusal to assist, health care workers, protection, 4527
>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--abortion)(Bill C-253)
>>Unborn, human being, protection, etc.
>>>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, petition, 2226
>>>Definition, legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--human being)(Bill C-205)
>>>Petitions, 3107, 3575, 4401-2, 4712, 4734, 4871-2, 4999, 5163, 5219-20,
5351, 5586-8, 5621, 5623, 5823-4, 5951, 6001, 6091, 6145-6, 6263-4, 6299,
6390, 6445, 6476, 6566-7, 6724, 6914, 7041, 7107, 7237-9, 7278, 7374-5, 7431,
7564-6, 7694-5, 7735, 7863-4, 7895-6, 7991-3, 8046, 8179-80, 8350, 8489-90,
8603, 8645-7, 8663-4, 8757-8, 8760, 8790, 8885-6, 8945, 9069-70, 9116, 9203,
9205-7, 9251, 9336, 9378-9, 9477, 9538, 9785-6, 9864, 10011, 10081, 10113,
10197-200, 10340, 10394, 10522, 10723, 10862, 11068, 11104-5, 11447, 11534,
11717, 11817, 11819, 11944-5, 12119, 12149-50, 12258, 12335-6, 12420, 12445-6,
12728, 12904, 12966, 13288, 13600, 13683, 13882, 14096-7, 14328, 14412, 14414,
14652, 14957-8, 15110, 15537, 15650, 15733, 15816, 16197, 16252, 16839,
17145-6
>>>S.O. 31, 3324, 5148-9
>>See also Breast cancer;
Health care
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
>>
First reading, 16869
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
>>
First reading, 14323
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
>>
Prohibiting, petitions, 10197, 10201
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