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Aim for a Million see Chamber of Commerce--Job creation program

Air Atlantic

    >>Corporate restructuring, o.q., 8250

Air Canada

    >>Airbus A320 passenger jet, 1988 purchase contract, political influence allegations
    >>>Mulroney, former Prime Minister, $50 million lawsuit, o.q., 16537
    >>>RCMP investigation, o.q., 16537
    >>Asian flights, staff, hiring advertisements, Official Languages Act, contravening
    >>>o.q., 10790
    >>>S.O. 31, 10656
    >>Maintenance centre, Montreal, Que., 3503, 16635
    >>Montreal/Toronto operations, pilot base, flights, etc., comparison, 3502-3, 3577, 4223
    >>Official Languages Act, compliance
    >>>o.q., 10904
    >>>See also Air Canada--Asian flights
    >>See also Airline industry; Canadian National Railways--Privatization/commercialization; Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2, Paxport

Air Combat Group see Canadian Armed Forces

Air conditioners see Health

Air India, flight 182

    >>June 23/85 crash
    >>>$1 million reward, RCMP announcement, o.q., 13129
    >>>Compensation fund, 12747
    >>>Explosives used, plastic, 14572, 14577, 15278, 15280, 15282
    >>>Royal commission of inquiry, requesting
    >>>>M. (Nunziata), 12746-55, dropped from Order Paper, 12755
    >>>>o.q., 13129
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9054
    >>>United States terrorist training camp operator, 12748
    >>>>RCMP interview, lack, o.q., 795-6
    >>See also CSIS--Paskowski, Ryszard

Air Manitoba see Air transportation--Safety

Air navigation see Air traffic control

Air pollution

    >>Airborne toxins see Water quality
    >>Automobiles, motor vehicles, role, 14757, 16859
    >>Carbon dioxide emissions (greenhouse gases), reducing, 7449, 13186
    >>>Alberta, S.O. 31, 10068
    >>>Berlin summit, government position, 11568-9
    >>>>o.q., 10952-3, 11194, 11297
    >>>Climate change goals, international commitment, not meeting, 16372
    >>>Developing countries, financial assistance, S.O. 31, 7420
    >>>Federal-provincial strategy, o.q., 1383, 7686-7, 7691, 9783, 9950
    >>>Liberal Party election promises
    >>>>Environment Minister Copps statement, 7441
    >>>>o.q., 7686-7, 9783, 11297
    >>>>S.O. 31, 146
    >>>Other countries, comparison, 6801
    >>>United Nations Convention of Climate Change, S.O. 31, 2534
    >>Carcinogenic emissions, dioxin and furan, acceptable levels
    >>>1995 guidelines, o.q., 13130
    >>>United States standards, comparison, o.q., 13130
    >>Emission standards, lowering, Michigan state request, o.q., 6903-4
    >>International impact, 7462
    >>Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Fraser Valley, 7448-9
    >>Regulations, provincial harmonization, 205
    >>Smog advisories, Ontario-federal program, S.O. 31, 4052

Air Portugal see TAP-Air Portugal

Air traffic control

    >>Commercialization/privatization, 3504, 3714-5, 11362-3, 12575
    >>>Bilingual services, 3715
    >>>>o.q., 5429-30, 5729, 10716, 10904, 13128
    >>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, statement, 10098, 10108, 11278, 11284
    >>>NAVCANADA, francophone representation, lack, o.q., 17632-3
    >>>See also Air transportation--Safety
    >>Computerized system (CATS), $380 million contract, Hughes Aircraft, cost overruns, implementation delay, deleting features, etc., o.q., 12191-2, 12249-50, 12374-5, 12537, 12596-7, 13809-10, 14454
    >>>National Defence Department system, relationship, o.q., 12537-8, 12597
    >>Controllers, relocating, cost, etc., 1196
    >>Terminals/operations
    >>>Charlottetown, P.E.I., withdrawing, Transport Department considering, S.O. 31, 634
    >>>French language use, outside Quebec, o.q., 5579
    >>>Transfer to regional centres, 3577, 3715
    >>>>Ottawa and Calgary exemption, 3577-8
    >>>>Quebec, 3715
    >>Winnipeg International Airport, job action, sick leave taken, air safety concerns, o.q., 4525
    >>See also Airports--Macdonald-Cartier International Airport

Air Transport Group see Canadian Armed Forces--10 Tactical Air Group

Air transportation

    >>American Airlines/Canadian International, transborder operations, merger, Open Skies agreement, violation, o.q., 16837-8
    >>British Columbia, Campbell River crash of Otter aircraft, sympathy to families, S.O. 31, 14990
    >>Canadian Airlines International, Montreal, Que. international service, elimination
    >>>o.q., 17443, 17504
    >>>S.O. 31, 17229
    >>Economic benefits, employment, foreign investment, regional development, etc., 3502, 5362
    >>>Pearson/Mirabel Airports, rivalry, 3588, 4027, 4048-9, 4223-4
    >>Fares, remote areas, deregulation, 5591-2, 5594, 5626-7, 5634
    >>>Manicouagan constituency, 5592-3
    >>Modernization, policies, 12575
    >>National hub, Pearson International Airport, 3503, 3505-6, 3527, 3542, 3582-3, 3587-8, 4047-8, 4068-9, 5288, 5355, 5362
    >>>Secondary hubs, Vancouver and Montreal, 3503, 4223
    >>Operations, privatization, opposition, 3988
    >>Pilot training, French-language, Chicoutimi, Que., CEGEP program, 4223, 9163-4
    >>Restructuring, 1943
    >>Safety
    >>>Air traffic control, privatization, impact, 3714
    >>>>o.q., 12374
    >>>Flight attendants, ratio, S.O. 31, 13469-70
    >>>Flight duty regulations, implementation, o.q., 17042
    >>>Inspection procedures, deficient, Transportation Safety Board, report, o.q., 7369, 10667
    >>>o.q., 7369
    >>>S.O. 31, 4341
    >>>Standards, International Civil Aviation Organization role, 7429
    >>>Transportation Safety Board report on Air Manitoba Sandy Lake flight crash, Nov. 10/93, S.O. 31, 13589
    >>>Transportation Safety Board report on Keewatin Air, Thompson, Man. airport crash, June 1994, o.q., 16248-9
    >>>See also Air India, flight 182; Explosives--Plastic; Pan-Am, flight 103
    >>System, infrastructure, improving, 3504
    >>Tripartite air study, Transport Standing Committee referral, S.O. 31, 7979

Air transportation tax

Air travel see Cabinet ministers; Government travel

Airborne toxins see Water quality

Airbus A320 see Air Canada

Aircraft

    >>Maintenance see Airline industry
    >>Private see Canada Customs--Aircraft
    >>See also Defence equipment; RCMP--Airplane

Aircraft industry see Aerospace industry

Aird, John Black

    >>Former Ontario Lieutenant Governor, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 12364

Airline industry

    >>Air Canada/Canadian Airlines International
    >>>Gemini reservation systems, legal action, settlement, 2137
    >>>Price fixing, allegation, o.q., 7987-8
    >>>Route allocation, 15090, 15093
    >>>>o.q., 5102, 9423, 9654-5, 11189, 11349-50
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9997
    >>Aircraft maintenance engineering licensing system, maintaining, petition, 10669, 14771
    >>Canada-Osaka, Japan route, Air Canada designated carrier, statement by Minister (D. Young), 475-6
    >>Commercial viability, improvements, 2137
    >>Deregulation, open skies/bilateral negotiations, 4832, 12575, 16003
    >>Hong Kong, Air Canada, access, negotiations, o.q., 10473-4, 11057-8, 11189
    >>Icelandair, Halifax International Airport service, S.O. 31, 16611
    >>Northern Canada, fare schedule, monopolistic, 15088
    >>Route allocation, guidelines, 15088, 15090, 15093
    >>>r.o., 10013
    >>>See also Airline industry--Air Canada/Canadian Airlines International
    >>Royal Aviation Inc., maintenance control, irregularities, o.q., 7369
    >>Security, 12751
    >>TAP-Air Portugal, Montreal and Toronto landing rights, abandoning, 3988
    >>Taxation, United States comparison, o.q., 490
    >>See also Refugees--Documents

Airplanes see Defence equipment--Aircraft; RCMP

Airport Development Corporation see Pearson International Airport--Terminal 3

Airports

    >>1994 construction plans, 4006
    >>Assiniboia, Sask., runway resurfacing, contract, signing delay, 4026-7
    >>Automated weather observation systems, air safety, reliability, o.q., 9063, 12374-5
    >>De-icing fluids, collecting, qu., 11687-8
    >>Dorval International Airport, Montreal, Que.
    >>>Passenger and cargo traffic, projections, decline, 3502, 3748
    >>>Short-distance flights, assignment, 4075
    >>>See also Airports--Management, Local authorities--Mirabel International Airport
    >>Halifax International Airport, 223
    >>>See also Airline industry--Icelandair
    >>Hamilton, Ont., Mount Hope, weather office, closure, opposition, petition, 14025
    >>Infrastructure, redevelopment, 3497
    >>Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec City, Que.
    >>>Customs operations, expanding, 3716
    >>>Facilities
    >>>>Expansion and upgrading, 2140, 3715-7, 4006, 4068, 4794
    >>>>Size (land and terminal), other airports, comparison, 3577-8, 4005
    >>>Fire fighting services, reduction, 4006
    >>>Radar control facilities, closing, 1536-7, 3577-8, 4006, 4068
    >>>>o.q., 571, 720-1, 1239
    >>>Rescue services, inadequacies, 4006
    >>>Runways, expansion, 3716-7
    >>>Security services, RCMP providing, withdrawal, 4006
    >>>Traffic volume increase, 3577-8, 3715-6, 4005
    >>Lac Saint-Augustin, Que., seaplane base, Transport Department decision
    >>>Petition, 5588
    >>>S.O. 31, 787
    >>Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ont., air traffic controllers, bilingual status, 3170-2, 3578
    >>Management
    >>>Canadian airport authority, establishing, 6283
    >>>Local authorities, transfer to, 3492, 3494, 3499, 3505, 3531, 3580, 3691, 3694, 3697, 3717, 4027-8, 4031, 4071, 10277, 10279, 10314, 11278, 11363
    >>>>Abbotsford, B.C. airport, cost savings, 2140
    >>>>Accountability, 3499
    >>>>Liberal Party policy, 3487
    >>>>Montreal, Que. airports, société de promotion des aéroports de Montréal, 3501, 3590, 4006, 4027, 4048-9, 4067, 4072
    >>>>Niagara District Airport, S.O. 31, 12673
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15595
    >>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney/Campbell) policy, 3488, 3494, 3497, 3591, 3717, 5358
    >>>Vancouver, B.C., 3694
    >>>See also Pearson International Airport
    >>Mirabel International Airport, Montreal, Que.
    >>>Air transportation high tech industries, 4072
    >>>Autoroute 13 extension, Boisbriand to Mirabel, 3588, 4072, 4075
    >>>Closure, impact, 4027, 4075
    >>>Corporation de promotion à Mirabel, 4072
    >>>Development strategy, ADM plan, 4075
    >>>Direct long-distance flights, assignment, 4075
    >>>High-speed rail link with Dorval International Airport, need, 3588, 3749, 4072-3
    >>>Land expropriation, retroceding, 1985 settlement agreement, 4075
    >>>Passenger and cargo traffic, projections, decline, 3502, 3748
    >>>Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ont., development, impact, 3583, 3719, 3748-9
    >>>See also Air transportation--National hub; Airports--Management, Local authorities; GDP--Airports
    >>National airport policy, Transport Minister Young July 13/94 announcement, 6267, 6283
    >>>Implementation, local authorities, involvement, o.q., 6335-6
    >>Northern Canada, development, costs, 3714
    >>Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ont. see Pearson International Airport
    >>Pickering, Ont., federal lands, use, study, o.q., 7099
    >>Privatization, 4611, 5592, 5595, 8642, 14237
    >>>See also Airports--Winnipeg International Airport
    >>Regional airports
    >>>Closure/eliminating, 6280
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6211-2
    >>>Local ownership/management, regulations and guidelines, S.O. 31, 9721
    >>Regional airports, costs and administration, 3691
    >>>Auditor General reports, criticisms, 3692
    >>>Permanent and professional fire fighters, eliminating, 3715
    >>>Profitable airports subsidizing, 3984, 6279
    >>>Review, 3692, 4762, 4781
    >>Security services, 12751
    >>>RCMP providing, withdrawal, 4006
    >>>See also Airports--Jean Lesage International Airport
    >>South central Ontario, facilities, co-ordination, 3497
    >>Super-airports, international hubs, construction, 4073
    >>Trois-Rivières, Que., runway upgrading and expansion, funding delays, o.q., 6143
    >>Vancouver International Airport
    >>>Cruise ship passenger facility, 15991
    >>>>o.q., 12798
    >>>Runway expansion, 3694
    >>Winnipeg International Airport
    >>>Northern Hemisphere Distribution Alliance Incorporated, $620,000 research grant, S.O. 31, 6134
    >>>Privatization, 181, 3499
    >>>See also Air traffic control
    >>See also Air transportation--Safety; Economic development

Airstrips see Banff National Park; Jasper National Park

AK-47 weapons see Gun control/guns--Military/paramilitary weapons

A.K. Wigg Elementary School see Environment--Niagara Environmental Technology Exposition

Akwesasne Indian Reserve

    >>Chief Mike Mitchell, resignation, o.q., 1610
    >>Deaths of 75 people since 1979, RCMP investigating, o.q., 1424
    >>Reform Party members visiting, objection, 15355-6
    >>See also Smuggling; Tobacco/cigarette smuggling--Government strategy

Alaska, USA see Oil and gas exploration

Albania

    >>Greek minority, human rights abuses
    >>>o.q., 6779
    >>>S.O. 31, 4053, 5890, 13121
    >>Nanos, Fatos, Opposition Leader, imprisonment, release petition, S.O. 31, 13121

Alberta

    >>Deficit reduction measures, 1894, 2689, 3027, 3037-8
    >>>o.q., 2041, 9472
    >>>S.O. 31, 9647, 10784
    >>>See also Deficit--Reduction
    >>Electoral boundaries, federal, redistribution, 2550, 2571-2
    >>French-language education, 6464
    >>Government expenditures, controlling, 869
    >>>See also Government expenditures--Reducing
    >>Klein, Premier Ralph see Senate--Powers, Expanding
    >>Municipalities, debt-free, S.O. 31, 3643
    >>National Energy Program, impact, 77
    >>See also other subject headings

Alcan Aluminium Ltd.

    >>Vaudreuil plant, Arvida, Que., modernization, 4009
    >>See also Hydro-electric power

Alcan Cable

    >>Lapointe plant, Jonquière, Que., award for business excellence, S.O. 31, 16478

Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd.

    >>Kemano II smelter expansion
    >>>British Columbia Utilities Commission hearings, government involvement
    >>>>o.q., 300-1, 495, 721, 1185-6, 2176-7, 2488, 2671-2
    >>>>S.O. 31, 788
    >>>Campbell, Gordon, B.C. Official Opposition Leader, communications, qu., 12852
    >>>Environmental assessment review, 7450
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4983
    >>>Salmon fishery, protection, public consultation process, o.q., 16325

Alcock, Reg (L--Winnipeg South)

    >>Axworthy, L., references, 6965
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina
    >>>Petition, 5587
    >>>S.O. 31, 3947
    >>Canada Post Corporation, 6967-8
    >>Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Bill C-28), 4357-60
    >>Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-101), 15114-6
    >>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-7), 15988
    >>Cruise missile testing, S.O. 31, 486
    >>Curling, S.O. 31, 10381
    >>Defence equipment, S.O. 31, 11288-9
    >>Department of Agriculture Act (amdt.)(Bill C-49), 6929
    >>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 7380-1
    >>Environment, o.q., 17087
    >>Exports, o.q., 17442-3
    >>Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65), 9353-4
    >>Government programs and services, 6965-8
    >>Hate propaganda, o.q., 11409
    >>Health care, 908
    >>>M. on supply (Manning), 11896-900
    >>House of Commons, 251
    >>Immigrants, M. (Hanger), 7398-9
    >>Income tax, 819
    >>Information highway, o.q., 7317
    >>Infrastructure program, 252
    >>Job creation, 6969
    >>Maheu, references, 250
    >>Manitoba HVDC Research Centre, 251
    >>>S.O. 31, 148
    >>Manitoba, S.O. 31, 15097
    >>Martin, Right Hon. Paul J., 251
    >>Members of Parliament, 251
    >>Multiculturalism, 7380-1
    >>Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 6965-9
    >>Prairie provinces, 251
    >>Procedure
    >>>Decorum, 6969
    >>>Speeches, 17323
    >>Public Service, 250
    >>Quebec, M. (J. Chrétien), 17323-4
    >>Railways, 15115-6
    >>References, maiden speech, 250
    >>Refugees, o.q., 1384-5
    >>Regional development, 15938
    >>Research and development, o.q., 13479
    >>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 15937-8
    >>Social security system, 6968, 9353-4
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 818-20, 908
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 250-2
    >>Training programs, 6969
    >>Unemployment insurance, 6968
    >>Unemployment, o.q., 13053
    >>Veterans' benefits, 6966

Alcohol

    >>Distillery industry, Windsor, Ont., 17732
    >>Smuggling see Liquor smuggling
    >>Taxes, lowering, 1417-8
    >>>o.q., 1188
    >>Warning labels, 14188, 17412-8
    >>>Legislation see Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--warning on alcoholic beverage containers)(Bill C-337)
    >>>Petition, 13814, 17638
    >>See also Alcohol abuse/addiction; Beer; Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Psychotropic substances; Excise Act--Contraband alcohol and tobacco; Foetal alcohol syndrome; Labour relations--Sick leave; RCMP--Messes

Alcohol abuse/addiction

    >>Detoxification and rehabilitation programs, 546
    >>Social problems, relationship, 1575
    >>See also Health care--Awareness campaigns; Innu; Kahnawake Indian Reserve--Drug; Labour relations--Sick leave; Murder--Defence

Alfalfa see Exports

ALG see Drugs and pharmaceuticals