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Household moves see Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Move management services; National Defence Department--Move management services
Housing
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Aboriginal peoples, 1438, 1440,
1442, 1446, 1451-2, 2097, 3081, 8581
>>>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee, Fourth
report, recommendation No. 3, implementing, qu., 3193-4
>>>CMHC record keeping, lack, 17608
>>>Dial-A-Life Housing Corporation, Winnipeg, Man., S.O. 31, 14013
>>>M. (Taylor), 8197-206, dropped from Order Paper, 8206
>>>On-reserve housing policy, 16296, 16301
>>>Right to own land on reserves, 16300-1
>>>See also Kanesatake Indian Reserve;
Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program;
Quebec--Aboriginal peoples
>>Affordability and Choice Today Program
>>>CMHC role, 16179, 16291
>>>S.O. 31, 13000
>>Affordable, 1435, 1437, 1451, 1456
>>>Government commitment, 3080
>>>National standards, 3075
>>>Private sector, role, 3079
>>>Quebec, 3075
>>Canadian Centre for Public-Private Partnerships in Housing
>>>CMHC role, 16179-80, 16205, 16296
>>>Mortgage insurance, relationship, 16180
>>>Role, achievements, 16179-80, 16296
>>>See also Housing--Mentally disabled persons
>>CMHC role, 2050, 3076, 16179, 16286, 16291, 16296-7
>>>International, 16286
>>>See also Housing passim;
Mortgages--Insurance--National Housing Act mortgage-backed securities--Reverse
annuity mortgages--Shared equity financing
>>Co-operative and non-profit, 1448, 1453-4, 1457, 1876, 2050, 3073, 17609
>>>5,000 units per year, Liberal Party election promise, 3073, 17609
>>>Cressom housing initiative, Montreal, Que., 3075
>>>Federal co-operative housing program, benefits, abolition, 16183-4
>>>Funding, o.q., 2792
>>>M. (C. Gagnon), 3073-81, dropped from Order Paper, 3081
>>>o.q., 1425-6
>>>Ownership, low and middle income families, 3073-4
>>>Shelter assistance, direct aid to tenants, replacing, o.q., 2792
>>>See also Housing--Social
>>Crisis, action plan, lack, 3079-80
>>Energy conservation measures, R-2000 standards, 1439
>>Exports
>>>Atlantic Canada Home Program, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Japan,
15914
>>>Eastern Europe, Japan, etc., 16205, 16207-8
>>Federal-provincial-municipal roles, 16206
>>Federal-provincial-territorial co-operation, 3075-81
>>>See also Housing--Social
>>Funding, 3078
>>Home Buyers Plan see Home Buyers Plan
>>Industry
>>>Decline, stimulating, 16204-5
>>>See also Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program
>>Mentally disabled persons, projects, Canadian Centre for Public-Private
Partnerships in Housing role, 16180
>>Need, 624, 1435, 1446-7, 3079, 11427
>>>1.2 million families, CMHC estimate, 3079
>>Northern Canada, need, 624
>>Policy, CMHC role, 16179
>>Poverty
>>>Correlation, 1452, 3079
>>>See also Housing--Social, Federal government withdrawal
>>Provincial jurisdiction, exclusive, establishing, 16199-200, 16207
>>>o.q., 16243-4
>>Quebec, 546, 3075
>>>Corvée habitation program, 3071
>>>Jurisdiction, transferring to province, 3073-5
>>>See also Housing--Affordable--Social
>>Regulations, CMHC role, 16179
>>Renovations
>>>Demolition incentives, removing, heritage buildings, etc., 17694
>>>Rental units, cosmetic, 3074
>>>Réparaction, Quebec government program, 3075
>>>Retrofits see Energy efficiency--Residential energy retrofits
>>>RRSP funds, use, 1283, 3073
>>>Subsidies benefitting tenants, 3074
>>>Underground economy, construction industry losses. tax credit to taxpayers,
introducing, 12816-25, 14947-56, 15321
>>>See also Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program;
RRAP
>>Rental markets
>>>CMHC review, 1439
>>>Leases, cancellations, percentage, 3073
>>>See also Housing--Renovations--Social;
RRAP
>>Resales, decline, 14032
>>Research and development, CMHC role, 16179, 16287
>>Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program see RRAP
>>RRSP funds use, 17694
>>>See also Housing--Renovations
>>Senior citizens
>>>Needs, 2089
>>>See also Housing--Social
>>Social
>>>Adequacy of supply, 3076-7, 10599
>>>Alberta, 1057, 3076-7
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 3076
>>>Budget, Feb.22/94, measures, 1732, 1737-8, 1821-3, 2066, 3054, 3072, 3088
>>>>o.q., 1801-2
>>>CMHC direct lending program, 1438, 1451, 1456, 3078, 16205
>>>CMHC funding, 16179, 16205
>>>>25% reduction, Reform Party proposal, S.O. 31, 8341
>>>>$300 million reduction, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10103, 10117, 10274,
10283, 10440, 10459, 10537, 10590, 10598-9, 11306, 11427, 11580
>>>>>o.q., 10329, 13238
>>>Construction and renovations, funding, 3073
>>>Construction starts, 1436-7, 1439, 1441, 1445, 1454
>>>Etobicoke--Lakeshore constituency projects, 16283
>>>Expenditures, 1435, 1444-5, 17609
>>>Federal government role, unconstitutional, transfer of funds to provinces
alternative, 16183
>>>Federal government withdrawal, 628, 1877, 2635-6, 3079, 10599, 16184,
17606-7, 17717
>>>>o.q., 1690-1, 16326
>>>>Poverty, relationship, 16181-2, 16201
>>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), 3075, 17608-9
>>>>Women, impact, 628, 10598
>>>Federal-provincial-territorial co-operation, 3081
>>>Funding, 244-5, 563-4, 878, 1436-7, 1453, 1455, 2089, 2097, 2637, 3076,
16287, 16295-6
>>>>o.q., 570, 1425-6, 1801-2, 2792, 4991-2, 5157, 5430, 10077-8, 13238
>>>>S.O. 31, 7724
>>>Government commitment, 1438, 1450, 1861, 1876-8, 2636, 3073, 3078, 3080,
3197, 16283-4
>>>>o.q., 1858
>>>International comparison, 3073
>>>Liberal Party election promises, 17609
>>>M. on supply (Guay), 1435-59
>>>Montreal, Que., 1441, 1455, 1820-3
>>>>"Resolution Montreal" project, government support, o.q., 3708
>>>National standards, 3081
>>>Needs, 3074
>>>Petitions, 160, 391-2, 577, 1243, 1649-50, 1729-30, 2226, 2365, 2979
>>>Programs, funding, restoring, Liberal Party policy, Finance Minister P.
Martin Sept. 22/93 letter, 3079
>>>Quebec, 863, 2050, 3073-4, 3076-7, 3080, 9860-1, 16182-3, 16201, 17606-9
>>>>Logirente program for senior citizens, federal government non-involvement,
16182
>>>>o.q., 9781-2, 16326
>>>>Ontario, comparison, 17607
>>>Quebec City, Que., 1447
>>>>S.O. 31, 713, 987
>>>Rent increases, 813, 1436-7, 1441, 1459, 1877, 3073, 17609
>>>>o.q., 792, 7935
>>>>Petition, 10010
>>>>S.O. 31, 9272
>>>Role, importance, 17609
>>>Senior citizens, nursing care needs, Parkdale--High Park constituency,
etc., 16206-7
>>>United States, comparison, 3077
>>>See also Housing--Co-operative and non-profit;
Infrastructure program
>>Starts
>>>Decline, 14032, 17607
>>>Increase, S.O. 31, 4197
>>Subsidized, petition, 7236
>>Toronto, Ont., 1439
>>Urea-formaldehyde foam insulation
>>>Health hazard allegations, unfounded, public, informing, 4904
>>>>o.q., 4701
>>>Removal, 2877
>>Visible minorities, 1458
>>See also Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency--Atlantic Canada Home
CSIS;
Program;
Family violence--Shelters;
Habitat for Humanity;
Haiti;
National Housing Act (amdt.)(Bill C-108);
RCMP;
World Habitat Day
Housing allowances see International Maritime Organization; RCMP
Howe, Joseph see Responsible government in Canada
Hubbard, Charles (L--Miramichi)
- >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. for approval (P. Martin), 2071-3
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 2073
>>Child labour, S.O. 31, 17623-4
>>Economic development, 2072
>>Education, post-secondary, 2073
>>Euthanasia, petitions, 9785, 13600
>>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 13645
>>Government, 2072
>>Government programs and services, 2073
>>Mining industry, petition, 6002, 9785
>>Miramichi constituency, 2072
>>National Defence Department, petition, 16196-7
>>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 13654
>>Pulp and paper industry, 2073
>>Same-sex couples, petition, 10959-60
>>Sexual orientation, petition, 10959-60
>>Social security system, 2072
>>Unemployment insurance, 2072
>>>Petition, 11572
>>World War II, S.O. 31, 12790
Hughes Aircraft see Air traffic control--Computerized system
Hugo, San Martin Pedro see Refugees
Hull--Aylmer constituency
>>
References, 1878
Hull, Que.
>>
Government buildings, services, etc., Quebec independence, impact, 547
>>Standard of living, o.q., 11191
>>"Ugliest town in the world", S. Tremblay comment
>>>Apology, S. Tremblay issuing, S.O. 31, 11183
>>>o.q., 11191-2
>>>S.O. 31, 11185-6, 11608
>>See also Murder--Harb;
Sacred assembly
Human being see Criminal Code (amdt.--human being)(Bill C-205)
Human deficit see Deficit
Human development
>>
United Nations Development Program report, 5490, 15166
>>>S.O. 31, 5092, 13000
>>See also United Nations--World
Human development index see Quebec--Separation/sovereignty; Sustainable development
Human resource development
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Canada-Quebec agreements, 16529, 16557-8, 16562
>>Federal government role, 16499-500, 16525-6, 16558, 16564, 16704-5, 16721
>>Federal-provincial-municipalities-private sector partnerships, 16528-9,
16551, 16561-3, 16707, 16710, 16714, 16720-1, 16723
>>Labour market and social security programs, reform, integration,
relationship, 16527, 16530
>>Leadership, lack, 16703
>>National standards, 16558, 16563, 16703
>>Ontario, 16558-9
>>Programs/services
>>>Delivery, network system, establishing, 16557
>>>Federal-provincial duplication, 16724-5
>>>Integration, 16502-4, 16552, 16699, 16702, 16707
>>>Local administration, 16699, 16710,
16719
>>>London Learning and Life Centre services, 16708
>>>Self-serve electronic kiosks, 16549, 16551
>>>Single window approach, 16521-2
>>Provincial jurisdiction, federal intrusion, 16719
>>Quebec, 16710-1
>>Science and technology, relationship, 16526
Human resources development centres
>>
Number, increase from 400 to 700, 16497, 16520, 16548-9, 16707, 17721
>>Quebec, 16557-8, 16562, 16710-1
Human Resources Development Department
>>
Accountability, annual report to Parliament, eliminating, 16422, 16520,
16530, 16554
>>Communications expenditures
>>>qu., 6266
>>>r.o., 13241
>>Expenditures
>>>1995-1998, $900 million reduction, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10096, 13425-7
>>>>Reform Party position, 13399-400
>>>50% plus of federal government spending, 16415, 16428-9, 16722
>>Labour Minister, appointment, mandate, etc., 16419, 16473-6
>>Legislation (Bill C-96)
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 16519, 16560, 16701, 16710, 16714-5, 16724-5
>>>Delaying until after Quebec sovereignty referendum, 16427-9, 16451, 16521,
16527-8, 16550-1
>>>Intrusion into areas of provincial jurisdiction, 16457, 16521, 16527-8,
16549-51, 16559-64, 16701-2, 16705-9, 16713, 16715-20, 16724
>>>Objectives, 16726
>>>o.q., 14811, 15287-8, 15291
>>>Public consultation, lack, 16524
>>>Reform Party position, 16452, 16519, 16701
>>>Royal recommendation, lack, 16495, 16502
>>>Withdrawal, 16470-2, 16706-7, 16718-9
>>>See also Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-96);
Government programs and services--Federal-provincial overlap, Elimination
>>Mandate, 16408, 16410, 16416, 16424, 16448, 16452-3, 16456-8, 16502,
16519-20, 16522, 16529-30, 16550-1, 16553-5, 16559, 16562, 16702, 16705,
16714-5, 16720, 16722, 16724
>>>Global gender equality, promotion, 16495
>>Ministerial powers, 16355, 16428-9, 16446, 16451, 16470, 16473, 16476,
16500, 16527-30, 16550, 16560, 16563, 16704-5, 16707-9, 16714-5, 16717-8,
16723-4, 16727
>>>Delegated authority, 16725
>>>Signing agreements with agencies and institutions other than provincial
governments, 16408, 16414-6, 16419, 16424-7, 16454-5, 16496-7, 16500-1, 16521,
16527, 16530, 16550, 16560-2, 16702, 16705-6, 16708, 16715, 16720, 16724-5,
16727
>>National advisory groups, cutbacks, 13393
>>Programs/services, delivery system, decentralization, 16412, 16425, 16498,
16529, 16548-9, 16708
>>Reorganization, amalgamation of four departments, 16408-9, 16415, 16419,
16424, 16427, 16453, 16472, 16474, 16495, 16497, 16502, 16504, 16520, 16522,
16530, 16548-9, 16553-5, 16564, 16698-9, 16702, 16704, 16715-6, 16724
>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Administration;
Canada Student Loans Program--Legislation--Reform;
Disabled and handicapped persons--Independence;
Estimates--1995-1996, main;
Old age pensions--Administration;
Public Service--Employment equity;
Social security system--Reform;
Training programs--Industry Department--Jurisdiction
Human Resources Development Standing Committee
>>
Estimates referred, 1994-1995 supplementary (A), 4527
>>Mandate, 1176
>>Members, Sudbury, Ont., meetings, bilingual Christmas carols, 13410-1
>>Referred: Document Canadian Positions with Respect to Conventions and
Recommendations,, 9113
>>Reports, presented
>>>First (social security system reform, interim report), 2797
>>>>Dissenting report, Bloc Québécois, 2797
>>>Second (1994-1995 main estimates), 4527
>>>Third (Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Bill C-28)), 5265
>>>Fourth (Department of Labour Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30)), 5350
>>>Fifth (Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.--jury service)(Bill C-216)), 5400
>>>Sixth (social security system reform), 5618-9
>>>>Concurrence, M. (F. LeBlanc), agreed to, 5620
>>>Seventh (social security system reform, Security, Opportunities and
Fairness: Canadians Renewing their Social Programs), 9203
>>>Eighth (Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special
Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54)), 10196
>>>Ninth (Maintenance of Railway Operations Act, 1995 (Bill C-77)), 10859
>>>Tenth (1995-1996 main estimates), 13054
>>Social security system review, referral, 1094
>>>Phase II, report deadline, extending, M. (Milliken), agreed to, 6602
>>>Proceedings, radio and television broadcasting, authorizing, M. (Milliken),
agreed to, 6602
>>>See also Social security system--Reform, Improving Social Security in
Canada
>>Travel, authorization, M. (Milliken), agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1804
>>See also Employment--Work;
Social security system--Reform;
Unemployment insurance--Employment insurance, Legislation
Human Resources Development Women's Program see Status of Women Canada
Human Resources Investment Fund
>>
Employment and job creation programs, amalgamation, Feb. 27/95 budget
measure, 10098-9, 10173, 10175-6, 10207, 10307-8, 10442, 12047, 13244, 14739,
16523
>>>Funding, 13387, 13393-4, 16727
>>>>o.q., 12675
>>>>Unemployment insurance account surplus, 16471
>>>o.q., 10149, 10190
>>>Pilot projects, Quebec, etc., o.q., 12254
>>>Provincial jurisdiction, relationship, 12042-3, 12049, 12083, 13094,
13135, 13245, 13382, 13393, 13430-1
>>>>o.q., 12675, 15646
>>Social and labour market programs, amalgamation, 16555
Human resources sector councils see Training programs
Human rights
>>
Canada's record, 2257, 15167-8,
15171-2
>>Canadian commitment, S.O. 31, 8690-1, 16660
>>International court, establishing, o.q., 14457-8
>>Programs, funding, Tobin tax, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
position, Canadian reaction, o.q., 11063-4
>>United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, appointment, S.O. 31, 2285
>>Western hemisphere, fostering, vigorous pursuit, 2259
>>See also Albania--Greek minority;
Bosnia-Herzegovina--Ethnic cleansing;
Canadian Heritage Department;
Chile;
China;
Cyprus;
Foreign affairs policy;
Foreign aid;
Immigrants--Abdiraham;
India;
Indonesia--East Timor;
International development assistance;
International Human Rights Day;
Iran--Baha'is;
Kashmir;
Lebanon;
NAFTA;
Nigeria;
Russia--Chechnya
Tibet;
Trade;
Tunisia;
Vietnam;
World Trade Organization
Human Rights Act see Canadian Human Rights Act
Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons Standing Committee
>>
Reports, presented
>>>First (Canadian Human Rights Commission, main estimates, 1995-1996), 13053
>>>Second (Employment Equity: A Commitment to Merit), 14322
>>>>Dissenting report, 14322
>>>Third (Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64)), 14818
>>>Fourth (The Grand Design:Achieving the Open House Vision), 17635
>>Travel, authorization, M. (Milliken), agreed to, by unanimous consent, 4998,
9660, 15296
>>Vote, no negative votes, motion still declared defeated, 12846-9
>>See also Employment equity--Legislation (Bill C-64)
Human Rights Commission see instead Canadian Human Rights Commission
Humanitarian aid see Rwanda--Civil war
Humboldt University see Plaut, Rabbi Gunther
Hungarian Presbyterian Church see Tokes, Very Reverend Laszlo
Hungary see CIDA--Projects; Eastern Europe--Democratic and economic reform; Flis--References; Income tax--Conventions/protocols with other countries
Hunger see RESULTS Canada; World Food Day
Hunters
>>
Hunting dogs, destruction at end of hunting season, condemning, S.O. 31,
9723
>>See also Gun control/guns--Regulations
Hunting see Gun control/guns--Ammunition, Lead shot; Migratory birds; Nunatsiaq constituency
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
>>
S.O. 31, 4517
Huron--Bruce constituency
>>
References, 2114
Huron Heights Secondary School see MusicFest Canada '95
Huron-Wendat First Nation see Aboriginal self-government--Quebec
Hutton, Ian John see Halfway houses--Inmates
Hyack Festival
>>
New Westminster, B.C., "symbol of west coast spirit", S.O. 31, 12834
Hydro-electric power
>>
Churchill Falls project, Newfoundland economic benefits, lack, 1048
>>Export, environmental assessment, 2185, 2187
>>Hydro-Québec dam, Sainte-Marguerite River, Sept-Îles, Que. region,
construction permits, environmental assessment, job creation, 3477-8
>>>o.q., 2789
>>>S.O. 31, 11481
>>Surplus electricity, Alcan Aluminium Ltd. selling to Hydro-Québec, funds,
reinvesting in region, 4009
Hydro-Québec
>>
50th anniversary, S.O. 31, 3093
>>Government expenditures, 4767, 4780-1
>>See also Embassies and consulates--Japan;
Hydro-electric power;
James Bay power project;
Quebec--Racial tensions;
Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)
Hydrocarbons
>>
Regeneration, 3891
Hydrogen fuel cells see Automobiles
Hysterectomies see Health
Hyundai Auto Canada
>>
Aluminium wheel plant, Newmarket, Ont., closure, S.O. 31, 2537
>>Bromont, Que., plant, indefinite closure, 2692, 3053, 3062, 3070
>>>Government regional development grants, o.q., 2538-40, 2624, 2794, 2857
>>>Jobs, preserving, alternatives, 3686-7
>>>>o.q., 2539-40, 2624, 2668-9
>>>S.O. 31, 2617