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Assadourian, Sarkis (L--Don Valley North)

    >>Air transportation, o.q., 17042
    >>Armenia, 11375
    >>>Petition, 11197, 12150
    >>>S.O. 31, 3384-5, 11751, 17493
    >>Assadourian, references, 1943
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, o.q., 16740
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. on supply (R. Speaker), 2229, 2251
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 4482
    >>Budget, M. (P. Martin), 732
    >>Canada Elections Act (amdt.--registration of political parties)(Bill C-229), 2581, 6241-2, 6248-9
    >>Canada-United States relations, o.q., 15926
    >>Capital punishment, 2454
    >>Corporations, o.q., 17392
    >>Crimes against humanity
    >>>M., 11375-6, 11383
    >>>S.O. 31, 11881
    >>Deficit, 732-3, 1943
    >>Discrimination and racism, S.O. 31, 11055
    >>Don Valley North constituency, 1943
    >>Economic recovery, S.O. 31, 2926
    >>Economy, o.q., 4523
    >>Employment, o.q., 12902
    >>Family, S.O. 31, 5889
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 10409-10
    >>Food and Drugs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-325), 12602
    >>Food banks, S.O. 31, 1718
    >>Government expenditures, 2251
    >>>M. on supply (Crête), 1204
    >>Grandparents' Day Act (Bill C-274), 6180, 13077-8, 13083
    >>GST, o.q., 4777, 13724
    >>Gun control/guns, 2454, 10409-10
    >>>o.q., 7233
    >>Haiti, 5989-91
    >>Hate propaganda, o.q., 10616
    >>Holocaust, 11376
    >>>S.O. 31, 10463, 11880-1
    >>Immigrants, 6022-4
    >>>M. (Hanger), 7395-7
    >>Immigration, 6022-4
    >>Immigration Act (amdt.), Citizenship Act (amdt.) and Customs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-44), 6023-4, 9225-9
    >>Immigration Act (amdt.--visitors' visas) (Bill C-219), 2465-6
    >>Immigration and Refugee Board, 6025
    >>Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-105), 15592
    >>Infrastructure program, 7115
    >>Israel, S.O. 31, 16239
    >>Job creation, 2229
    >>Justice system, M. on supply (Meredith), 2454
    >>Life insurance, o.q., 11682
    >>Literacy, S.O. 31, 1498
    >>Los Angeles, CA, S.O. 31, 97
    >>McGarvey, Pete, S.O. 31, 13001
    >>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-85), 12174-5
    >>Middle East, S.O. 31, 380, 3948
    >>National Grandparents Day, M., 15829
    >>National Literacy Program, 1943
    >>>S.O. 31, 1498
    >>North York Small Business Centre, S.O. 31, 9817-8
    >>Occupational health and safety, o.q., 9064
    >>Ontario, S.O. 31, 12410
    >>Pakistan, o.q, 10078
    >>Parole, petition, 8969
    >>Peacekeeping, M. (Ouellet), 5989-91
    >>Political parties, 6241-2
    >>Postage stamps, o.q., 1429
    >>Poverty, 7115
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 13077-8
    >>>Decorum, 5989
    >>>Hansard, 11490
    >>>Private Members' Motions, 11376
    >>Quebec, 1204
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum, S.O. 31, 15964
    >>References, maiden speech, 1943
    >>Regional development, M. on supply (Crête), 4765
    >>Rwanda, 5990, 11376
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 9336, 12258
    >>Social security system, 1943
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 7115-6
    >>South Africa, o.q., 3767
    >>Standard of living, 7115
    >>Taxation, o.q., 9331
    >>Turkey, o.q., 11140
    >>Unemployment insurance, 4482
    >>Unemployment, S.O. 31, 2212
    >>Young offenders, petition, 9336
    >>Youth, S.O. 31, 9598

Assaf, Mohammed see Immigration--Sponsorship program

Assault

    >>Damages, payment due to bankruptcy, non-dischargeable, 16923-4, 16929, 17457-66
    >>>See also Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (amdt.--order of discharge)(Bill C-323); Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-109)
    >>See also Criminal Code; Sexual assault

Asselin, Gérard (BQ--Charlevoix)

    >>Aboriginal self-government, 5087-8
    >>Asselin, references, 6505
    >>Association Canadienne-Française de l'Ontario, S.O. 31, 4984
    >>Bloc Québécois, 662
    >>Borrowing Authority Act, 1995-96 (Bill C-73), 10247
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 351-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 4199
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. for approval (P. Martin), 1778-9
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 3088-9
    >>Cabinet ministers, 3089, 3840
    >>Canada Communication Group, 6530
    >>Canada Employment Centres, petition, 14414
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, M. on supply (Bouchard), 12082
    >>Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Bill C-28), 4321-2
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, petition, 5585
    >>Charlevoix constituency, 3088-9, 12913, 12916
    >>Child care, 3088
    >>Conflict of interest, M. (H. Gray), 12005
    >>Cruise missile testing, M. (Collenette), 414
    >>Currency, 12913-5
    >>Deficit, 1778-9, 3088, 3824, 6507, 7123
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-52), 6506-8, 6529-31, 6810, 9020
    >>Disabled and handicapped persons, 3088
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, 3840
    >>Education, post-secondary, 3088, 3925
    >>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18), 2921-2
    >>Ethics counsellor, 12005
    >>Excise Act, Customs Act and Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act (amdt.)(Bill C-11), 5268-9
    >>Forestry, o.q, 5159-60
    >>Government, 6507-8
    >>>S.O. 31, 16533
    >>Government contracts, 6507, 6529-31, 6810
    >>>M. (Guay), 4808-9
    >>Government expenditures, 3089, 3841, 3923-4, 4808-9
    >>>M. on supply (Crête), 1164-5
    >>Government programs and services, 6507, 6529
    >>>Petition, 10393-4
    >>GST, 3089, 4809
    >>Health care, 3840
    >>Housing, social, 3088
    >>Infrastructure program, 251-2, 663, 1165, 2922, 3825
    >>>o.q., 494, 5898
    >>Job creation, 3825
    >>Low-income families, 3088
    >>Maheu, references, 251
    >>Martin, P., references, 3089
    >>Masse, references, 663
    >>Members of Parliament, 3089
    >>>M. on supply (D. Grey), 8141
    >>National debt, 663, 3088, 3823-4
    >>Peacekeeping, 414
    >>>M. (Ouellet), 351-2
    >>Pearson International Airport, 3824
    >>Poverty, 663
    >>Private family trusts, 3841
    >>Procedure
    >>>Debate. 3087
    >>>Decorum, 4625, 6530
    >>>Oral questions, 13005
    >>>Question and comment period, 9296
    >>>Quorum, 6318
    >>Public Accounts Standing Committee, 1164
    >>Public Service, 6508, 6529
    >>Public Works and Government Services Department, 6505-6, 6529
    >>Quebec, 2921-2, 12082
    >>>S.O. 31, 11291
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 10247
    >>Royal Canadian Mint Act (amdt.)(Bill C-82), 12913-6
    >>Russia, S.O. 31, 12363
    >>Senate, 3089, 7123
    >>Senior citizens, 3839-41
    >>Single-parent families, 3088
    >>Social security system, 3088
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 662-3
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 7123
    >>>S.O. 31, 2478
    >>Tax reform, M. on supply (Silye), 3823-5, 3839-41
    >>Taxation, 3088, 3823-5
    >>>M. on supply (Loubier), 9670
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 251-2
    >>Tobacco/cigarettes, 5268-9
    >>Training programs, 3088, 3825
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 12082
    >>Transportation, 6507
    >>Unemployment, 3088
    >>>S.O. 31, 3095-6
    >>Unemployment insurance, 3088
    >>>o.q., 13004-5
    >>>Petitions, 14324, 14413-4
    >>Winnipeg, Man., o.q., 13005
    >>Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act (Bill C-34), 5087-8

Asselin, Marthe see Women--Persons case

Assemblée des évêques du Québec see Poverty

Assemblée internationale des parlementaires de langue française see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports

Assembly of First Nations see Conflict of interest--Kirkby

Assiniboia, Sask. see Airports

Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole House

    >>Kilger, appointment, M. (J. Chrétien), agreed to, 12

Assisted suicide see Euthanasia

Association Canadienne-Française de l'Ontario

    >>1994 convention, 4810
    >>>o.q., 4526
    >>>S.O. 31, 4517, 4942
    >>1995 convention, S.O. 31 15520
    >>Bloc Québécois, relationship, S.O. 31, 4984
    >>See also Ontario--Provincial election

Association du Québec pour enfants avec problèmes auditifs

Association of Central American Farmers Organizations for Co-Operation and Development see Central America--Agriculture, Sustainable development

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

    >>Government grants, increase, o.q., 15185

Association Québécoise des pré-retraités et des retraités

    >>15th anniversary, S.O. 31, 5335

Asthma

    >>Medical research, Dr. Joseph Fisher, S.O. 31, 12483

Astral see Television, cable--Pay-per-view

Astral Broadcasting Group see Conflict of interest--Dupuy

Astraltech, Montreal, Que.

    >>Communications equipment manufacturer, S.O. 31, 4769

Astronauts see Space program--United States Space Shuttles

Astronomy magazine see National Museum of Science and Technology

Athabasca constituency

    >>References, 415

Athabasca tar sands see Oil and natural gas

Athlete Assistance Program see Sports

Atlanta, GA see Olympics, 1996 Summer Games

Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame

    >>Lester, Juanita, inducting, S.O. 31, 7225
    >>MacDonald, Elmer, inducting, S.O. 31, 7364
    >>Robinson, Eric, inducting, S.O. 31, 16185

Atlantic Canada Home Program see Housing--Exports

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

    >>Abolishing, 10456, 12832
    >>Administration costs, downsizing, 4788-9
    >>Appointments, provincial consultations/review by House of Commons standing committee, 14382
    >>Atlantic Women Business Owners conference, Atlantic Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs, 15914
    >>Canadian Hybrid Farms, grant, S.O. 31, 8286
    >>Competitiveness, 4787-8
    >>Effectiveness, 6166, 10276-7, 10460-1, 15061, 17514-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 9999, 14990
    >>Election campaign, third party contributions, linkage allegation, 9319-20
    >>>o.q. 8829
    >>Financial assistance, Atlantic provinces constituencies, 10837
    >>>r.o., 11574
    >>Government, funds, 7746, 7756-8, 8534, 9979, 9981
    >>Grants, 8534
    >>>Blueberry jelly study, S.O. 31, 7804
    >>>Replacing, loan assistance, 9349, 10276-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 8935
    >>>See also Fruit and vegetables--Small fruit industry; Reform Party--Anti-Atlantic Canada sentiment
    >>High risk businesses, subsidizing, high failure rate, 14742
    >>Job creation, 4787-8, 17688
    >>>o.q., 16617
    >>Job losses, replacement, assistance, 4789
    >>Loan assistance, Federal Business Development Bank, duplication, 9349-50
    >>>o.q., 8829
    >>Mandate, 10274-5
    >>Northumberland Straight bridge, 4788
    >>Operating budget
    >>>$160 million reduction, 1946
    >>>>o.q., 3276
    >>>$173.5 million reduction over 3 years, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, o.q., 10151, 10261
    >>Person-year reduction, 10275
    >>Reform Party position, 7763, 9349-50, 9978-9, 15061-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 8875-6, 14990
    >>Role, 4765-6, 4780, 4782, 4785-6, 4788-90, 5556-7
    >>Russian delegation, hosted, 15914
    >>Small business, assisting, 4786-8, 15914-5, 17688
    >>>Day Industrial and Minetech Incorporated, 4787
    >>Trade, 4787
    >>Young entrepreneurs conference, 15915
    >>See also Economic development--Atlantic provinces; Housing--Exports; Intertape Polymer Group Inc.; Regional development--Atlantic provinces--Loans

Atlantic coastal action program see Environment--Protection

Atlantic fisheries see Atlantic Groundfish Strategy; Cod; Crab; Fisheries, Atlantic

Atlantic Fisheries Adjustment Programs see Atlantic Groundfish Strategy; Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee--Reports, First; Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program

Atlantic Fisheries Resource Conservation Council see Fisheries, Atlantic--Conservation

Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act see Atlantic Groundfish Strategy--Income support, Early retirement

Atlantic Freighter see Marine Atlantic Inc.--Ships

Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS)

    >>Income support and labour adjustment program, $1.9 billion, Feb. 22/94 budget measure, 1711, 2052, 2063, 2839, 4218, 4627, 4629, 4649-50, 4746, 5556-9, 11356
    >>>$400 million additional funding requirements, o.q., 11807, 12189
    >>>Benefits, denial, appeals, o.q., 9731-2, 10390
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 5560, 5563
    >>>Buy back program, funding reduction, o.q., 15403
    >>>Capacity reduction
    >>>>50% goal, o.q., 15403, 15647-8
    >>>>$300 million portion, diverting to cover program deficit, o.q., 15485-6
    >>>Career planning and employment counselling services, 5555-6
    >>>Communities opportunity pools, 5556
    >>>Cost-shared, federal-provincial co-operation, 4530, 5558-9
    >>>Deficit, o.q., 15403
    >>>Dependency on government assistance, creating, 5565
    >>>Development, consultations, 5555, 5557
    >>>Early retirement provisions
    >>>>Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act, use, inappropriate, Auditor General report, 4534, 5566
    >>>>Cost-shared, federal-provincial co-operation, 5558-9
    >>>>Eligibility, lowering to 50 years old, 4514, 4530-3, 4537-8, 5555-8, 5560, 5562, 5564-5, 5568
    >>>>o.q., 15403
    >>>Eligibility criteria, 5564
    >>>>o.q., 12288-9, 15403
    >>>Failure, o.q., 11807-9
    >>>Fisheries workers, quitting full-time jobs to take advantage, National Sea Products report, government action
    >>>>o.q., 12188-9
    >>>>S.O. 31, 12183
    >>>Fishing moratorium, 14868-9, 14871
    >>>Five year plan, Fisheries and Oceans Department three year strategic planning cycle, relationship, 14868
    >>>Funds, depleting before deadline, o.q., 9826-7
    >>>Green projects, 5556, 5558, 5562, 5565
    >>>Industrial renewal boards, establishing, 4534, 5566
    >>>Legislation (Bill C-30), Reform Party position, 4533, 4535, 4537
    >>>Legislative authority, 4534, 5565-7
    >>>Mismanagement, o.q., 15403
    >>>Mobility assistance, portable wage subsidies, 5556, 5558
    >>>Newfoundland, 5564
    >>>Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program, relationship, 15060-1
    >>>Number eligible/utilizing assistance, o.q., 15403
    >>>Objectives, 4529, 5563, 7207
    >>>Older worker adjustment provisions, fishermen and fish plant workers, eligibility, 4514, 4530-1, 5555-9, 5563-5
    >>>>Discriminatory, 5559
    >>>Options, 4530
    >>>o.q., 3234, 3276, 11758-9, 11762
    >>>Quebec fishermen, eligibility, 4743-4, 16721
    >>>Reform Party position, 5558-9, 5568-9, 13418-9, 14903, 14907, 15061
    >>>>o.q., 15403
    >>>Retraining, education or community work, 4537-8, 5564, 13401-3
    >>>>Applications, number, lower than estimated, 4535
    >>>>Fishery workers signing contracts, 4687-8
    >>>>>Newfoundland fishery workers union refusal, o.q., 3766-7
    >>>>>o.q., 3517, 3832-3, 4057-8
    >>>>Funding reduction, o.q., 15403
    >>>>o.q., 15403
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3231
    >>>>Unemployment insurance, relationship, o.q., 13587-8
    >>>Self-employment assistance provisions, 5555
    >>>Voluntary participation, 4530
    >>See also Regional development--Atlantic provinces

Atlantic Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs see Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Atlantic Ocean see Search and rescue--Mount Olympus

Atlantic provinces

    >>Atlantic Canadians
    >>>Grubel remarks, insulting, 4751, 4912
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5208, 5423
    >>>Tremblay, S., remarks, insulting, S.O. 31, 5423
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, impact, 1784
    >>>S.O. 31, 1853
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, impact, 10216-7
    >>Co-operatives, 9976-7, 9983
    >>Debt, 12209
    >>Economic development, 9975-6, 9979-81
    >>>Deregulation, private sector, roles, 15062
    >>>S.O. 31, 16661
    >>>See also Atlantic provinces--Regional development; Economic development--Atlantic provinces; Regional development--Atlantic provinces
    >>Economic/political union, S.O. 31, 16899
    >>Fisheries, importance, 223, 2054, 9977, 9981
    >>Forestry, 9977
    >>Government policy, M. (C. Axworthy), 9975-83, dropped from Order Paper, 9983
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), role, 4790
    >>Reform Party
    >>>Members visit, 14743, 14895, 14903, 15058
    >>>Position, attitude
    >>>>o.q., 15403-4
    >>>>S.O. 31, 16612
    >>>>See also Prince Edward Island--Political oppression
    >>>Role, 14896-7, 14903
    >>>>S.O. 31, 14637, 14639-40
    >>>See also Reform Party--Anti-Atlantic Canada sentiment
    >>Regional development, 4790, 9975-6, 9979-80
    >>>Reform Party position, S.O. 31, 14761, 16733
    >>>See also Atlantic provinces--Economic development; Economic development--Atlantic provinces; Regional development--Atlantic provinces
    >>Social security system reform, impact, 7117
    >>Unification, 17527
    >>See also other subject headings