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Environment Ambassador see Fraser
Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner see Environment
Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
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Reports, presented
>>>First, 4585-6
>>>>Dissenting report, 4662
>>>>g.r., tabled, 6906
>>>Second (Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (Bill C-23)), 4907
>>>Third (Canada Wildlife Act (amdt.)(Bill C-24)), 4997
>>>Fourth (Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-56)), 8210
>>>Fifth (Canadian Environmental Protection Act review), 14187
>>>Sixth (Manganese-Based Substances Act (Bill C-94)), 15837
>>>Seventh (Auditor General Act (amdt.)(Bill C-83)), 16252
>>>Eighth (Keeping a Promise: Towards a Sustainable Budget),17669
>>Staff, travel, M. (Milliken), agreed to, 9694
>>Travel, authorization, M. (Milliken), agreed to, 6263, 8178, 11619
>>See also Auditor General Act (amdt.)(Bill C-83);
Canadian Environmental Protection Act--Review;
Environment--Environmental commissioner;
Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT--Taxes;
Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction;
Oil and natural gas--Athabasca;
Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Seventy-ninth
Environment Department
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Anniversary, S.O. 31, 5207
>>Atmospheric Environment Service, automation, 10108
>>Budget
>>>Long-term program funding, o.q., 12290
>>>Reduction, 10537
>>Deputy minister, office renovations, expenditures, etc., sinc Ovt. 20/94,
qu., 14547-8
>>Dismantling, 11428
>>Pacific environment centre, land lease, payments, o.q., 2540-1, 9064
>>Programs/services, 10314
>>>Environmental efficiency, priority, 14585
>>Regulatory impact analysis statements, qu., 5266-7
>>See also Canadian Coast Guard--Fisheries and Oceans Department;
Environment--Environmental education projects;
Irving Whale--Magdalen Islands;
Migratory birds--Species protection;
National Parks;
Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction;
Turbot--Atlantic fishery;
Weathercopy
Environment Week
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S.O. 31, 4817, 4941-3, 13227
>>See also Motor vehicles--Emission controls
Environmental Achievement Award see House of Commons--"Greening the Hill" program
Environmental assessment agency see Environment
Environmental assessment and review process see Environment
Environmental assessments see Alcan Chemicals and Smelters Ltd.--Kemano II; Farm improvement loans; Farm income--Net income stabilization account and crop insurance program; Fisheries, Atlantic--Northumberland Strait; Forestry--Clayoquot Sound; Hydro-electric power--Hydro-Quebec dam; Irving Whale; Kettle and Stoney Point Reserve--CFB Ipperwash land; Mining industry--Kemess mine
Environmental auditor general see Environment
Environmental Centre for New Canadians see Environment
Environmental citizenship initiative see Rebuilt Resources Skills Development Incorporated
Environmental commissioner see Environment
Environmental conservation see Energy--Development
Environmental Co-operation Agreement see NAFTA
Environmental crimes see Criminal Code
Environmental degredation see National security--Threat
Environmental Effects Monitoring Program see Pulp and paper industry--Effluents
Environmental industry
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$57 million subsidy, 7143
>>Capital, access, Canada Investment Fund, 203
>>Cleaner technologies, tax incentives, Budget, Feb. 22/94, measures, 1710
>>Government encouraging
>>>o.q., 6141
>>>Strategy, task force, Budget, Feb. 22/94, statement, 1710, 1753, 2362-3
>>Job creation, relationship, 203
>>Sectoral consultation, government initiative, 203, 1777
>>>Discussion paper, Environmental Industry Strategy for Canada,
government proposals, 158
>>>Statement by Minister (Copps), 158-60
>>Technologies, 652, 654, 6799
>>>Exports, 6798-9
>>>>o.q., 6141
>>>ZEROPLUS Inc. project, o.q., 10715-6
>>Trade opportunities, 17722
>>See also Americana 1995, Montreal, Que.;
Environment--Toxic substances;
Globe International Trade Fair and Conference;
Sustainable development
Environmental management framework agreements see Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment--Co-operative role
Environmental management systems see Environment
Environmental Performance Review of Canada see Environment--OECD
Environmental Protection Agency (United States) see Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT; PCBs
Environmental regulation see Petrochemical industry
Environmental sciences see Education, post-secondary
Environmental sensitivity illnesses see Health care
Environmental standards see World Trade Organization--Social clause
Environmental technology advancement centres see Environment--Technology
Environmental tobacco smoke see Tobacco/cigarettes
Environmental Youth Alliance
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Government funding, direct or indirect, 1990 to present, r.o., 10671
Environmentalists see Nigeria--Saro-Wiwa
Environnement Jeunesse see Environment--Youth initiatives
EPA see Environmental Protection Agency (United States)
Epilepsy
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S.O. 31, 12247
>>See also National Epilepsy Month
Epp, Brent see Rwanda--Civil war
Epp, Ken (REF--Elk Island)
- >>Aboriginal land claims, 8283
>>Agriculture, M. (Kerpan), 10978-9
>>Alternative Fuels Act (Bill S-7), 13555-6
>>Auditor General for the Family Act (Bill C-322), 16396
>>Borrowing Authority Act, 1995-96 (Bill C-73), 10940-2
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94
>>>M. for approval (P. Martin), 1835
>>>M. on supply (R. Speaker), 2211
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 13344, 13346
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 4673-4
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 11356, 13248-9, 13342-6
>>Cabinet ministers, integrity and ethics, statement by Minister (J. Chrétien), 7414-5
>>Canada Assistance Plan, 4673
>>Canada Communication Group, 6394
>>>S.O. 31, 6212
>>Canada Elections Act (amdt.--reimbursement of election expenses)(Bill C-319), 12707
>>Canada Pension Plan, o.q., 15343
>>Canada Post Corporation
>>>o.q., 10469, 10615, 10660-1, 10712, 10790-1, 11350, 13049, 13372-3
>>>S.O. 31, 14450
>>Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Bill C-28), 4354-7
>>Canada Student Loans Program, 7947
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 6393
>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 5315, 7290-1, 14386-7
>>Canadian Film Development Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-31), 5315
>>Charitable and Non-profit Organization Director Remuneration Disclosure Act (Bill C-224), 10687-8
>>Child care, 6053
>>Children, 4890
>>Committees, 12857
>>Conflict of interest
>>>M. (H. Gray), 11971-4, 11977
>>>o.q., 5581, 12677, 13325-6
>>>Statement by Minister (J. Chrétien), 5399-400
>>Credentials, M. (Pagtakhan), 7665-7
>>Credit Card Interest Calculation Act (Bill C-233), 4979-80
>>Crime, 4890, 6044
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 6029, 6044, 6052-3, 6827-8, 13950, 13960
>>Currency, 12853-7, 14371-5
>>Decade of the Brain Act (Bill C-239), 7703-4
>>Deficit, 2592, 9288, 11356, 13422
>>>M. on supply (Abbott), 9912-3, 9922
>>>o.q., 2486
>>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 6448, 7289-91
>>Department of External Affairs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-47), 9347
>>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-52), 6393-5, 9013-5, 9019-20, 9023-4, 16843-4
>>Discrimination and racism, 6448
>>Divorce Act (amdt.--granting of access to, or custody of, a child to a grandparent)(Bill C-232), 8312-3, 10355-6
>>Education, post-secondary, 7944-7
>>Electoral boundaries, 9413
>>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995 (Bill C-69), 13874, 14281, 14291-3
>>Elk Island constituency, 554
>>Elk Island National Park, S.O. 31, 1301
>>Emergency Preparedness Canada, 14388
>>Employment equity, 15450-2
>>>M. on supply (Strahl), 13021
>>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15450-2
>>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-111), 17510-1
>>Estimates, M. (Eggleton), 13391, 13405, 13422
>>Ethics Counsellor, 7415, 11976
>>>o.q., 7560, 12486, 12538, 12677-8
>>>S.O. 31, 7421
>>Euthanasia, petition, 12336
>>Excise Act, Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 5668
>>Family, 16396
>>Federal-provincial relations, 13248-9
>>Film and video industry, 5315
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 10941, 13554-5, 14621-2
>>Government, 6393-4, 7415, 14292-3
>>>S.O. 31, 7421, 14717-8, 15210
>>Government appointments, 9303, 14381-2
>>Government borrowing, 555, 13343
>>Government contracts, o.q., 12486
>>Government departments, 9285-6
>>Government expenditures, 555, 1835, 11356, 12615, 13391, 13405
>>Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65), 9285-8, 9290, 9303, 14381-2, 14386-90
>>Government programs and services, 13342-3
>>Gun control/guns, petition, 12545
>>Health, 7703-4
>>Health care, 4355, 13248
>>Health insurance, 13249
>>Highways and roads
>>>o.q., 14018-9
>>>S.O. 31, 13173
>>House of Commons, 1025-6, 1605, 12857, 13874, 14291-2, 14371
>>Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons Standing Committee, 12846, 12848
>>Immigration and Refugee Board, o.q., 7730-1
>>Infrastructure program, 2211, 2592, 4674
>>>o.q., 571-2
>>International development assistance, 9347
>>Job creation, 4673
>>>M. on supply (Lalonde), 2591-3
>>Justice system, 6029, 6053, 6827-8, 13950, 13960
>>Kilger, references, 554
>>Labour disputes, 16507-8
>>Lobbyists, 11972-3, 17510
>>>o.q., 1922, 5581
>>Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43), 11720-1, 11724-8, 11736-8, 11741, 11744-5, 11926, 11947-52, 11962, 12018-9, 12130-1, 12239-40
>>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-94), 14621-2
>>Members of Parliament, 11973, 11976, 14291-2
>>>M. on supply (D. Grey), 8132
>>>o.q., 10790, 12256
>>>S.O. 31, 3229, 10265
>>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-85), 12348-50
>>Multiculturalism, 7289-90
>>Multiple Sclerosis, S.O. 31, 12531
>>National Archives of Canada Advisory Board, 14389-90
>>National Capital Commission, 9286-8, 14381
>>>o.q., 10901
>>National debt, 6394, 9290, 10940-1, 11356, 13342-4
>>>S.O. 31, 1607
>>National unity, 554-5, 4936
>>>M. on supply (Manning), 4936
>>Old age pensions, 10654
>>Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 12620-1
>>Ontario, S.O. 31, 12592
>>Parliament Buildings, statement by Minister (Dingwall), 7276-7
>>Parole, 6044
>>Pearson International Airport, 6393
>>>o.q., 5581
>>Petitions, M. on supply (I. McClelland), 1604-6, 1625, 1631
>>Postage stamps, 6393
>>Postal rates, 6393, 6395
>>Poverty, 7113-4
>>Privilege, rights of Members breached, 12846
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 5694, 11720, 11736
>>>Debate, 9293, 11962, 12356
>>>Divisions, recorded, 13853
>>>Exhibits, 15108, 15537
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 8738
>>>Members' remarks, 14276, 14281, 15487
>>>Official Opposition status, 17676-7
>>>Oral question period, 14818
>>>Oral questions, 13373
>>>Quorum, 7275, 12430, 17545
>>>Speeches, 2591, 11727, 11741, 12350
>>>Statements by Ministers, 7276
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 9413
>>Protection of Personal Information Obtained by Certain Corporations Act (Bill C-315), 15907-8
>>Public opinion polls, r.o., 14416
>>Public Service, 4673
>>>o.q., 12538
>>Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act, 13344-5
>>Quebec, 14293
>>>M. (J. Chrétien), 17340, 17343
>>>S.O. 31, 15871
>>Radio stations, 7415
>>>o.q., 7315-6, 7425, 7508
>>References, maiden speech, 554
>>Reform Party, 5668, 6393-4, 7414, 12348-9, 17676-7
>>>S.O. 31, 6435, 6555
>>Registered personal security plan, M. on supply (Ablonczy), 10654, 10681-2
>>Royal Canadian Mint Act (amdt.)(Bill C-82), 12853-7, 14371-5
>>Rwanda, S.O. 31, 5422
>>Same-sex couples
>>>M. (Ménard), 11840, 13151-2
>>>Petitions, 9069, 12336, 12545
>>Sexual orientation, 6828
>>>Petitions, 9069, 12336, 12545
>>Social security system, 11356, 13345
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 6655-6, 6672, 7111-2, 7915-6, 7922, 7943-7
>>Standing Orders, M. (H. Gray), 1025-6
>>Taxation, 6052, 10941, 14292
>>Television, o.q., 11887
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 554-5
>>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, 5668
>>Training programs, 2592-3
>>>o.q., 385
>>Transportation, 4673
>>Unemployment, 2593
>>Unemployment insurance, 4673, 13345-6, 17510-1
>>Young offenders, 6052
>>Young Offenders Act (amdt.) and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 4890
>>Young Offenders Act, petitions, 9069, 10199
>>Yukon Surface Rights Board Act (Bill C-55), 8282-3
Equal pay for work of equal value see Public Service
Equal Treatment for Persons Cohabiting in a Relationship Similar to a
Conjugal Relationship Act (Bill C-290)--Ménard
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First reading, 8178
>>See also Same-sex couples
Equality see World Conference on Women
Equality Party see Quebec--Separation/sovereignty
Equalization payments
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$8.5 billion, 1994-95, 1036, 1041, 1054-5, 1058
>>>Increase to $10.4 billion in 1998-99, 1041, 1045, 1054, 1056, 2077, 2080
>>Alberta, 1044, 2080, 11314, 11891
>>Atlantic provinces, 1045, 4790-1
>>British Columbia, 2080
>>Ceiling, maximum payments, 1049, 12030
>>>1982 implementation, 1037
>>>Eliminating, Bloc Québécois position, 1039-41, 1051, 1128, 1134, 1141,
2078-80
>>>Legislation, Bill C-3, maintaining, 1036, 1039, 1041-2, 1055-6, 1127, 2077,
11583
>>>Maintaining, 2079, 11576
>>>Manitoba position, 2079, 2081
>>>Quebec position, 1039-40, 1049, 1127-8, 2078
>>>Reform Party position, 2080
>>>See also Equalization payments--Provincial fiscal capacity
>>Concept, principles, Reform Party support, 2080
>>Constitution, entrenching, 1037, 1042, 1050, 2077, 2080, 7118
>>Constitutional provisions, 12059
>>Cut-backs, Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), impact
>>>New Brunswick, 1053
>>>Nova Scotia, 1123
>>>Prince Edward Island, 1123
>>>Saskatchewan, 1136
>>Deficit, impact, 1057
>>Economic justification, changes, 2081
>>Fairness and equity, maintaining, 1037, 1053, 2077
>>Floor, minimum payments, Bill C-3 maintaining, provincial budget stability,
1037, 1055-6, 2077
>>Formula
>>>Base year, 1992-1993, retaining, 1036-7
>>>Extending to 1999, 1041, 1044, 1054-5, 2077, 11583
>>>>o.q., 2787
>>>Inequities, 2081
>>>Inflation protection, inclusion, 1042
>>>Manitoba position, 2081
>>>o.q., 1107
>>>Re-evaluating, 1117-8
>>>Representative standard, 1038, 1044,
1049, 1054, 1057, 1059, 1127
>>>Stabilizing, 4740, 4743
>>Government commitment, 12081
>>Historical background, 1036, 1119, 11332
>>>Rowell-Sirois report, 1127, 1141
>>Increase, 5.5% per annum for next five years, Bill C-3 provision, 1016-7,
1036, 1041, 1048, 1054, 1123, 2080
>>Legislation (Bill C-3)
>>>Committee hearings, 2081-2
>>>Passage, rushing, 2082
>>>See also Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-Secondary
Education and Health Contributions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-3)
>>Maintaining, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 13339
>>Manitoba, 1117, 1121
>>>See also Equalization payments--Ceiling--Formula
>>Objectives, government services, national standards, 1036-8, 1045-6, 1053-9,
1110, 1116, 1122-3, 1128, 1141, 7118-9, 7121, 12768
>>>Reform Party support, 2080
>>Other programs overlapping, 1131
>>Prince Edward Island, 1044-5
>>>See also Equalization payments--cut-backs
>>Program renewal, Bill C-3, 1036-7, 1044, 1127, 2077
>>Provinces, have and have-not, differences, 1037, 4953, 7955
>>Provincial breakdown, 1129
>>Provincial fiscal capacity, 1044, 1112, 1141
>>>5 province basis (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British
Columbia), Bill C-3 maintaining, 1037, 1127, 2077
>>>Alberta-Ontario, comparison, 1042
>>>Ceiling, impact, 1038
>>>Measurements, updating, 1037, 1041,
1049, 2077
>>>Provinces
>>>>Have and have-not, differences, 1049-50
>>>>Recipient, 2077
>>>Quebec, 2078
>>>Saskatchewan, 2077
>>>Standard measurement, lack, 2081
>>>Tax base, Bill C-3 changes, 1037, 1049-50, 1127
>>Provincial governments' fiscal performance, considering, 1132-3
>>Quebec share, 625, 1038, 1040, 1042-4, 1049, 1110-3, 1118, 1128-9, 1141-2,
2077-8, 2080, 2094, 2879-81, 3029, 3090, 4740-1, 8795, 8848, 11424, 11583,
12030, 12048, 12770, 12801, 16606
>>>o.q., 1107, 3275, 12411, 15341
>>>Separation/sovereignty, relationship, 12786
>>>S.O. 31, 1302, 9463
>>>Western Canada, Ontario, providing, 4766, 4780, 4790
>>>See also Equalization payments--Ceiling--Provincial fiscal capacity
>>Recipient provinces, 2077
>>Reducing, 10%, Reform Party position, 1042-4, 1057, 2080
>>Rural areas, regions, impact, 1134-5
>>Saskatchewan, 1117, 1121
>>>See also Equalization payments--cut-backs--Provincial fiscal capacity
>>Tax back on resources capacity issue, Bill C-3 eliminating, 1037, 1041-2,
1045, 1053, 1136, 2077, 2080
>>Unconditional, 1055-6, 1110
>>See also National unity;
Regional disparities