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Conflict resolution see International relations
Congregation of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil
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Chicoutimi, Que., centenary celebrations, S.O. 31, 2035
Congress of Union retirees see Health insurance (Medicare)--Saving
Connaught Laboratories see Blood; Health--Influenza vaccines
Connolly, Mike see Waterloo constituency
Connors, Randy see Blood--HIV contaminated, Victims
Conscientious objection act
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Taxation for defence expenditures, petitions, 15564, 17347-8
Conscription
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1940, imposed on Quebec, 8842, 8844
Consecutive sentence see Justice system--Sentencing
Conseil de la langue française see Francophones--Language of work
Conseil de la langue française du Québec
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President, Hon. Marcel Masse, former Progressive Conservative Minister,
appointment, S.O. 31, 13123-4
Conseil du patronat du Quebec see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)
Conservation see Fisheries; Fisheries, Atlantic; Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction; Wildlife
Conservation officers see Police--Killed in line of duty
Constituencies see Members of Parliament
Constituent assemblies see Constitutional reform
Constitution
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1867, Quebec not consulted, 8842, 8844
>>Amending formula
>>>Constitutional conference, required before April 1997, 17002-3, 17020,
17050, 17057-8, 17519-20, 17529-30, 17570, 17584
>>>Lacking in 1867, 17570-1
>>>Outlined, categories, etc., 17001, 17013-4, 17019-20
>>>Proposals, historical background, 17014, 17029, 17093
>>>Victoria formula, o.q., 16066
>>>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, position, o.q., 17576
>>>>See also Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal
>>>See also Constitutional reform--Quebec right of veto--Referendums--Regional
veto proposal
>>Amendments, national referendum, need, o.q., 15874-5
>>Bloc Québécois preoccupation, Liberal Party position, 4963-4
>>>o.q., 100-1
>>Debating/discussing, federalists role, 12051-2
>>Federal government not respecting, 8820-1
>>Federal-provincial powers, division, 1826
>>>Provincial powers, increasing, 17525, 17559
>>>Sections 91 and 92, constitutional reform priority, 17098
>>>Special cabinet committee, Agriculture Minister Goodale chairing, mandate,
o.q., 16481
>>>Transfer from federal to provincial governments, mechanism, 6941
>>>See also Federal-provincial relations--Federal government infringing on
provincial jurisdiction
>>Language rights, provincial jurisdiction, legislation see Language
Jurisdiction Act (Bill C-225)
>>Liberal Party, election promises, 4310, 5404
>>"Notwithstanding" clause see Constitution Act, 1982--Amending
>>Patriation in 1982
>>>Anniversary, 3153
>>>Consultation, lack, Jean Chrétien role, Quebec position, 8790, 8815-6,
8818-9, 8844
>>>>o.q., 14641-2, 15599
>>>Lalonde, Hon. Marc statement, S.O. 31, 15636-7
>>>Lincoln position, 1207
>>>Quebec opposition, etc., 8796, 8815,
8833, 8836, 17006, 17014, 17553-4,
17559, 17563, 17585, 17594, 17648
>>>>o.q., 15398-9, 15924, 16241
>>>Quebec powers, decrease, 17014
>>>Supreme Court of Canada ruling, 8816, 8818
>>>Trudeau, Pierre, Chrétien, Jean, roles, 17571
>>Peace, order and good government powers of federal government, abolishing,
17525
>>Preamble, supremacy of God, recognition, 13774
>>Property rights, entrenching, 1193, 16300
>>>See also Constitution Act, 1982
>>Public consultations in 1992, 647
>>Quebec, exclusion, 4920-1, 4960-1, 11263
>>Reform Party, Manning, priority, S.O. 31, 5092-3
>>Residual powers, transferring to provinces, 17525
>>Universal rights, entrenching, 2697
>>See also British Columbia--Railway;
Equalization payments--Entrenching;
Guns/gun control--Legislation (Bill C-68), Aboriginal communities;
House of Commons--Seats, Capping;
Housing--Social, Federal government role;
Justice system--Extreme drunkeness defence;
New Brunswick--Official languages policy/bilingualism;
Official languages policy/bilingualism;
Prince Edward Island--Fixed link to New Brunswick;
Provinces;
Quebec--Distinct society--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation;
Senate--Elected;
Trade--Interprovincial, Federal-provincial jurisdiction;
Training programs--Jurisdiction, overlap;
Unemployment insurance--Federal government jurisdiction
Constitution Act see Natural resources--Federal declaratory power; Trade--Interprovincial trade, Internal trade agreement
Constitution Act, 1982
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Amending
>>>"Notwithstanding" clause, section 33, deleting, M. (Allmand), 2697-704,
dropped from Order Paper, 2704
>>>Property rights, entrenching, M. (M. Scott), 10024-33
>>>>Dropped from Order Paper, 10033
>>>>Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons Standing Committee, leave
to move, unanimous consent, denied, 10032
>>Quebec, position, 16976-8
>>See also Aboriginal land claims
Constitution Amendment, 1993 (Prince Edward Island)
>>
English/French versions, discrepancy, 1348-9, 1365, 1401
>>M. (Dingwall), 1343-75, 1390-414,
agreed to, on recorded division, 1459-60
>>Process, correctness, authority, section 43/section 38, 1365, 1369, 1392,
1396, 1402, 1406
>>Wording, long-term implications, 1366, 1396-7
>>See also Prince Edward Island--Fixed link with New Brunswick
Constitutional Act (1791) see Responsible government in Canada
Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110)--Minister of Justice (Rock)
>>
First reading, 16969
>>Second reading, 17000-31, 17043-63, 17076-8, 17093-101
>>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3)
>>>>Notice, 17057
>>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 17075-6
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 17175-6
>>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 17176
>>>Reported, without amdt., 17347
>>Report stage, 17515-35, 17547-72, 17583-604
>>>Motions
>>>>(S. Harper), 17515, negatived, on recorded division, 17601-2
>>>>(Rock), 17515, agreed to, on recorded division, 17602-3
>>>Concurrence, M. (Rock), agreed to, on recorded division, 17603-4
>>Report stage and third reading, time allocation under S.O. 78(3)
>>>Notice, 17522
>>>M. (Gagliano), agreed to, on recorded division, 17545-6
>>Third reading, 17638-52, agreed to, on recorded division, 17651-2, passed
>>Senate passage, 17759
>>Royal Assent, 17759, Chap. 1, S.C. 1996
>>See also Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal
Constitutional Court
>>
Establishing, 1982 proposal, 17012
Constitutional reform
>>
Aboriginal issues
>>>Government ignoring, o.q., 17503
>>>See also, National unity--Post-sovereignty referendum strategy, Indian
Affairs and Northern Development Department memo
>>Administrative changes, o.q., 16319, 16663-4
>>Bloc Québécois/Bouchard position, 1212, 4918-9, 4923, 12511
>>>See also Constitutional reform--Meech Lake Accord--Negotiations
>>Castonguay-Dobbie commission, 17586
>>Charlottetown Accord
>>>Centralization, federal powers, provincial administration, 12811
>>>See also Constitutional reform--Negotiations--Regional veto proposal;
National unity--Post-sovereignty referendum strategy, Chrétien, J.;
Quebec--Distinct society
>>Charlottetown Accord, Referendum, Oct. 26/92, 32, 35, 1368, 1603-4, 1641,
1646-7, 3723-4, 3726, 4448, 4915, 4970, 12014-5, 12202-3
>>>Chrétien, J., role, 17010
>>>Failure, civil war threat, Sen. Gigantès statement, 5015-6
>>>Grey, D., position, o.q., 16067
>>>McLaughlin, position, 200
>>>Mills, D., position, 3730
>>>Quebec government costs, reimbursing, 4381-2, 6377, 6389, 7442, 12769,
12774
>>>>o.q., 572, 3882, 5730, 5899-900, 6034-5, 6085, 6137, 6254-6, 6337-8,
6382-8, 6440-1
>>>>S.O. 31, 5937, 6079-81, 6329, 6381, 6511
>>>Rejection, 8804, 8851, 17022
>>>>Parti Québécois role, position, 8793, 8845, 8850, 17057
>>>>Quebec/English Canada positions, 8790-2, 8850, 17015, 17586
>>>>Reform Party, role, o.q., 15873
>>>See also Chief Electoral Officer--Reports;
Senate--Elected
>>Chrétien, Jean, 1990 statement, 8808
>>>See also Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal
>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, sovereignty referendum proposals
>>>Credibility, o.q., 16066
>>>Free vote in Parliament, o.q., 17037
>>>o.q., 16663-4
>>>Negative effect, S.O. 31, 17271
>>>Quebec Liberal Party general council resolutions, o.q., 16829-30, 16832
>>>Quebec public opinion, S.O. 31, 17435
>>>S.O. 31, 16829
>>>See also Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal;
National unity--Post-sovereignty referendum strategy;
Quebec--Distinct society
>>Consultations, constituent assemblies, use, o.q., 16144
>>Decentralization, 16454-6, 16527
>>>Federal government plan, o.q., 16664-5
>>Discussion, 54
>>Economic conditions, relationship, 17641
>>Federal government, other provinces, providing proposals to Quebec, 17526
>>Government addressing, 1349, 1366-7, 1408
>>Government ignoring, 14741
>>History, 201, 4964
>>Liberal Party position, 35, 4964-5,
5003, 5007, 12511
>>Meech Lake Accord, rejection, 4920, 4961-2, 4970, 6465, 8804, 8845, 8849,
8851, 17015, 17585-6
>>>Bloc Québécois creation, relationship, 8836-7, 8846
>>>Bouchard position, 16976-8, 17057
>>>Bouchard resignation from Cabinet, relationship, , 17010-1
>>>Carstairs, Sharon, role, 13296, 17586
>>>Charest, Jean, Charest report, role, 8790, 8836
>>>Chrétien, J., role, 13223-4, 13296,
17010, 17015, 17586
>>>>o.q., 14529, 15642-4
>>>>S.O. 31, 15697
>>>Harper, Elijah, role, 3462, 8790
>>>Parti Québécois role, position, 8791, 8793, 8850
>>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, relationship, S.O. 31, 14446-7
>>>Quebec separatists position, 17093-4, 17098-9
>>>>o.q., 14529, 15642
>>>Wells, Clyde, role, 8790, 17015, 17586
>>>See also Constitutional reform--Negotiations--Regional veto proposal;
National unity--Post-sovereignty referendum strategy, Chrétien
proposals
>>Need for, priority, economic issues, relationship, o.q., 16436-7
>>Negotiations
>>>Behind closed doors, political deals, Charlottetown and Meech Lake Accords,
etc., 17047-9, 17052
>>>Bouchard, as Quebec Premier, refusal to participate, 17026, 17563, 17570,
17587
>>>>o.q., 16663, 16775, 16830, 16832
>>>>S.O. 31, 16660-1
>>>Parti Québécois government participation, 17045, 17055
>>>>o.q., 15808, 16030
>>Ouellet position, 50
>>Priority, public opinion, Quebec, etc., 17571
>>Process, difficulty, impossibility, 17011-3, 17586
>>Proposals, failure, historical background, etc., 170114-6, 17018, 17527
>>Provincial veto see Constitutional reform--Quebec right of veto--Regional
veto proposal
>>Quebec consent, Prime Minister Chrétien speech, Verdun, Que.
>>>o.q., 15808, 16663-4
>>>S.O. 31, 15802, 15804
>>Quebec demands, government response, 17006
>>Quebec five conditions, 1823, 4920, 4961-2 , 17015
>>>Robillard, Labour Minister, abandoning, S.O. 31, 12364-5
>>Quebec Liberal Party position, 17053, 17549
>>Quebec right of veto, federal government/referendum "no" side position,
17000, 17004, 17021, 17024, 17029, 17043, 17045-6, 17050, 17052, 17054-5,
17059-60, 17093-4, 17517, 17522, 17534-5, 17547, 17549-51, 17553-4, 17559,
17562-4, 17567-72, 17585-6, 17588-9, 17591-3, 17596, 17598-9, 17601, 17642-3,
17645, 17647-8, 17650, 17744
>>>Historical background, lack, René Lévesque role, etc., 16972-3, 17003-4,
17015, 17055-6, 17549, 17563-4, 17568, 17589
>>>o.q., 15599, 15604, 15641, 15643-4, 15805, 15922, 16026, 16065-6, 16191,
16240-1, 16434, 16734-5, 16830, 16962, 17705-6
>>>S.O. 31, 15598, 15639, 16773-4, 17700
>>>Special Cabinet committee position, o.q., 16776
>>>See also Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal;
Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--No campaign, Right of veto
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum, No vote, impact, S.O. 31, 15804, 15963, 15966
>>Referendums
>>>National, need, 1369, 1396-7, 4931-2, 4940
>>>>o.q., 15807
>>>Regional, federal government holding, o.q., 16241
>>>Requiring, Reform Party position, 17006, 17008, 17516, 17566, 17643, 17647
>>>See also Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal
>>Reform Party position, 1193, 4672, 4909-10, 4931-2, 4940-1
>>>20 point plan, 16420-1, 17024, 17560, 17600
>>>>S.O. 31, 15804, 15964, 16141
>>>Agenda, vague, 4964
>>>Decentralization of power to provinces, 17024
>>>o.q., 5726
>>Regional veto proposal, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Atlantic and
Prairies, 16985, 17000-8, 17011, 17012-5, 17019-24, 17029, 17043-60, 17076-7, 17093-6,
17098-9, 17515-35, 17547-72, 17583-601, 17641-50
>>>Aboriginal peoples rights, etc., relationship, 17516, 17527-8, 17559
>>>Alberta status, 17007, 17019, 17023, 17043, 17054, 17518-9, 17528, 17549,
17555, 17563, 17588-9, 17599
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 17005, 17012, 17045, 17050-2, 17055, 17099, 17519,
17531, 17558, 17563, 17600, 17643
>>>British Columbia Liberal Party leader position, 17645
>>>British Columbia status, 17002, 17007, 17019, 17023-4, 17043-4, 17046-7,
17054, 17058-9, 17515-9, 17523-4, 17527-8, 17532-3, 17547-8, 17550-1, 17553-5,
17558-9, 17561, 17565, 17567-8, 17570-1, 17584, 17588-9, 17594-5, 17597-600,
17643, 17645, 17648, 17726
>>>>o.q., 16908, 16963-4, 16968-9, 17437-8
>>>>S.O. 31, 16957-8
>>>Charlottetown/Meech Lake Accords, relationship, 17548, 17550, 17558,
17561-2, 17569, 17642, 17644
>>>Chrétien, J., 1990 position, 17029
>>>Consent of provinces representing 90% of population required, 17516, 17519,
17525, 17532, 17534, 17556, 17589, 17599, 17645
>>>Constitutional amending formula, relationship, 17000-3, 17006, 17008,
17013-4, 17019-21, 17023-4, 17029, 17043-4, 17046, 17049, 17058, 17076-7,
17516, 17519, 17522, 17532-4, 17554, 17558-9, 17568, 17585, 17588, 17594,
17599, 17644-5, 17647
>>>Constitutional amendment not required or involved, 17000, 17002, 17004-6,
17011, 17013, 17019-21, 17023-4, 17029, 17046, 17048-9, 17052-4, 17056, 17060,
17098-9, 17519-20, 17531, 17555, 17559, 17563, 17569, 17584, 17589, 17650
>>>Defining veto/consent, 17001, 17020, 17043-5, 17054
>>>Federal government lending veto, 17000-1, 17003, 17006, 17013-4, 17020-1,
17023-4, 17029, 17045-6, 17048-9, 17054, 17058, 17076, 17093, 17517, 17527-8,
17531, 17533-4, 17562, 17564, 17596-7, 17650
>>>Federal government not bound, future unilateral withdrawal of veto
possible, 17004, 17014, 17029, 17054, 17076, 17522, 17549, 17553, 17558-9,
17562-4, 17568, 17586, 17599, 17642
>>>Future constitutional changes, Quebec`s historical demands, etc., impact,
17005, 17054-6, 17058-60, 17519, 17521-2, 17525, 17531-2, 17553, 17559, 17569,
17586-7, 17589, 17597, 17641-2, 17644-5
>>>Historical background, 17642
>>>Legality, constitutionality, 17002, 17006, 17519, 17528, 17533-4, 17645-6
>>>Legislation (Bill C-110)
>>>>Complexity, 17005
>>>>Consultations, o.q., 17437
>>>>Expediting, closure, Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee study,
lack of consultations, etc., 17516-9, 17528, 17556, 17584-5, 17588, 17600-1,
17646-7, 17649
>>>>National unity, impact, 17583-4, 17600
>>>>Terminology, replacing "majority" of provinces with "two-thirds", 17515-6,
17534
>>>>Withdrawal, 17585, 17588, 17592
>>>>>o.q., 17437
>>>>See also Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110)
>>>New provinces, potential, impact, 17583-4
>>>>o.q., 16957
>>>Ontario, status, 17588, 17648
>>>Provincial equality principle, 17006-7, 17054, 17560, 17562-3
>>>>o.q., 16903-5
>>>Provincial legislatures/Quebec National Assembly exercising veto,
referendums alternative, etc. 17007-8, 17023-4, 17046-9, 17054, 17517, 17522,
17527-9, 17533-5, 17551, 17556, 17562, 17566, 17568-9, 17571-2, 17588,
17596-7, 17599
>>>>o.q., 17239
>>>Provinces positions, 17516-7, 17533, 17548-9, 17559, 17565-6, 17597-8,
17646
>>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, relationship, 17020
>>>Quebec separatists, appeasing, 17095-6, 17533-4, 17550-1, 17557, 17562,
17600, 17645
>>>Reform Party position, 17005, 17008, 17019, 17043-4, 17050, 17054, 17529,
17531, 17549, 17558, 17560, 17566, 17599, 17647
>>>>o.q., 16963-5, 17497, 17628-9
>>>S.O. 31, 17435, 17493
>>>Regions, defining, 17007, 17517, 17520, 17527, 17533, 17554, 17558,
17562-3, 17567
>>>Saskatchewan status, 17043-4
>>>Unanimity requirement, lacking, 17004
>>>United States presidential veto, comparison, 17552
>>>Victoria formula, comparison, 17001, 17004, 17007, 17014-5, 17023, 17029,
17046, 17049, 17058, 17099, 17548, 17552, 17642
>>>>o.q., 16964
>>>Western provinces responses, 17047, 17052, 17054
>>>Western region, effect, 17076-7
>>>Western separatism, relationship, 17046, 17561
>>>See also National unity--Post-sovereignty referendum strategy, Chrétien, J.
>>"Shared sovereignty" concept, Charest position, S.O. 31, 6633
>>Special interest groups/individual rights, Reform Party position, 4930-1
>>Status quo not acceptable, Foreign Affairs Minister Ouellet statement, o.q.,
9724-5
>>Transfer of powers to provinces, o.q., 16144-5
>>See also Constitution--Federal-provincial powers;
National unity;
Quebec--Separation/sovereignty;
Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Results
Construction industry see Housing; Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program
Consular services see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department
Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Government Operations Standing Committee (3rd Sess., 34th Parl.) see Government--Decision making process, Lobbyists; Lobbyists--Registration
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (amdt.--nutritional value of food)(Bill
C-204)--Wappel
>>
First reading, 677
>>See also Food--Nutritional value
Consumers
>>
Confidence, restoring, Feb. 22/94 budget, impact, 1785
>>Interests, protection, 6117, 6154-5, 6169
>>Protection laws, reforming, 1776
>>Safety see Milk--Production stimulant
>>See also Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT;
World Consumer Rights Day
Consumers Paper Corporation
>>
Tissue paper plant, Redcliffe, Alta., subsidy, S.O. 31, 1550
Consumption tax see Tax reform
Contact lenses
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Costs, short/medium/long term use, Bausch and Lomb advertising,
o.q., 8884
Contaminated properties/buildings see Environment
Contemplacion, Flor see Singapore
Contented culture see Ontario
Contiguous zone see Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction
Continental shelf see Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction;
Contingency reserves see Government information
Contingent liability see Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program
Continuous learning see Employment
Contraband see Excise Act; Smuggling
Contraband detection kits see Border crossings
Contract workers see Unemployment insurance--Eligibility
Contracting out see Canadian Armed Forces; Defence equipment--Maintenance; Government programs and services; Public Service; Transportation--Services
Contractors Protection Act (Bill C-356)--Marchand
>>
First reading, 16399
>>See also Whistleblowing--Government contractors
Contracts see Canada Post Corporation; Government contracts
Contraventions Act
>>
Federal statutes enforcement, ticketing program, local administration,
federal-provincial negotiations, o.q., 13132
>>Proclamation, delay, S.O. 31, 3873
>>See also Waterways--Safety
Contraventions Act (Amdt.)(Bill C-114)--Minister of Justice (Rock)
>>
First reading, 17504