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1-800 telephone numbers see Canadian flag--Free distribution; Employment--Youth, Programs
3/9 pilot project see B osnia-Herzegovina--Refugees
4 day work week see Job creation
4-H Club see Exhibitions and fairs
4 Wing see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Cold Lake, Alta.
5 Wing see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Goose Bay, Labrador
1997 Review of Financial Sector Legislation; Proposals for Change see Financial institutions--White Paper
2000 see Millennium
2000 Plus
- >>Fort McMurray, Alta., small business award recipient, S.O. 31, 5679
A
Abbott, Jim (REF--Kootenay East)
- >>Appropriation Act No. 4, 1996-97 (Bill C-87), 8978
>>Audio and video tapes, 9054-5
>>>S.O. 31, 6555
>>Belarus, 6683
>>Books, 9011-2
>>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 1321-2, 4529-30
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1445-7, 1561
>>Budget 1997, 9314
>>>M. (P. Martin), 8423-5
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 1949-50
>>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6619-20, 6626-8, 6655-6, 6671-2, 6683-4, 6733, 6764-6, 6769
>>Canada Information Office, 5818, 8183
>>Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14), 1254-6
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 666-9
>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1445-6, 6252, 8182-4
>>>o.q., 139, 1374, 2311, 3008, 4558, 7242-3, 7312-3
>>>S.O. 31, 521, 8005
>>Canadian Coast Guard, o.q., 4864
>>Canadian flag, 667, 1447, 6251, 6684, 8182-4
>>>o.q. 5060, 5111-2, 5483, 5564, 8953
>>>S.O. 31, 6606-7
>>Canadian Heritage Department, 8219
>>>M. on supply (G. Leroux), 8181-4, 8188, 8218-9
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2425-6, 2439-40
>>Child care, 6573
>>>M. on supply (Hayes), 6573, 6579, 6581-2
>>Child prostitution, 9410
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 9410
>>Chrétien, Jean, references, 5816
>>Committees, 667
>>Committees of the Whole House
>>>M. (J. Chrétien), 11
>>>M. (H. Gray), 5761, 5816-9, 5867
>>Constitution, 6250-1
>>Copps, references, 1447
>>Copyright, 6837
>>>o.q., 6963
>>>S.O. 31, 4624, 7185, 9213
>>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 8991, 8993-4, 9001-2, 9005-6, 9011-2, 9030-1, 9034-6, 9044-5, 9054-6
>>Crime, 9404
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9410
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4283-4, 4620-2
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--probation order)(Bill C-386),
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46), 9372-3, 9397-8, 9405
>>Cultural Grants Acknowledgement Act (Bill C-387), 9088-9
>>Cultural institutions, 9088-9
>>Cultural sovereignty, o.q., 7889
>>Culture/arts, o.q., 7840
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, petition, 568
>>Education, 6835
>>Election, 9404
>>Election (1993), 667
>>Elections, 6619-20, 6627-8, 6655-6, 6671-2, 6683-4, 6733, 6765, 6837
>>Electoral boundaries, petition, 9090
>>Employment, 1446
>>Employment insurance, 3056, 6582
>>Euthanasia, 6836
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7980-3
>>Family, 2439
>>Federal institutions, 6251
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 6251-2
>>Ferry service, o.q., 2760-1
>>Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-82), 9114-6
>>Forest, Hon. Sen. Jean, references, 3056-7, 3106
>>Gasoline taxes, petition, 568
>>Goods and Services Tax, 270, 7980-2
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 1445
>>>o.q., 1550
>>Government programs and services, o.q., 4864
>>Gun control/guns, 1308-9, 6836-7
>>Health care system, 6581-2
>>House of Commons, 666-7
>>>o.q., 1769
>>Income tax, 5818, 6579, 7982-3
>>Inquiries Canada, 5818
>>Insurance industry, 9116
>>Interest rates, 5816
>>Interprovincial trade, 5817
>>Job creation, 5817-8
>>Judges, 1306
>>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6835-9
>>Justice system, 9372-3, 9397
>>Law Commission of Canada Act (Bill C-9), 1305-11
>>Legislation, 2439-40, 6836
>>>M. (H. Gray), 224, 269-70
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 1311, 5816-7
>>Lighthouses, o.q., 4864
>>Magazines, 8188, 9055
>>Members of Parliament, 9397, 9404
>>Moore, Hon. Senator Wilfred P., references, 4795
>>Murder, 4284
>>Music, S.O. 31, 8829-30
>>National debt, 1306
>>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee, 667
>>National parks/marine conservation areas, petition, 4265, 4995, 5522
>>Nunavut Territory, 5471-2, 5486-7
>>Nunavut Waters Act (Bill C-51), 5471-2, 5486-7
>>Official Opposition, 667
>>Oil and gas pipelines, o.q., 5419
>>Parks Canada, S.O. 31, 3001-2
>>Parole, 1308, 4283-4, 4620-1, 6837
>>Prime Minister's Office, 5818
>>Prince Edward Island, 3058
>>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 666-9
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 6927
>>>Budget, 8314
>>>Debate, M., 8994
>>>Documents, 2568
>>>House do now prorogue, 10129
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 9012
>>>Members' remarks, 3095
>>>Minister's/Prime Minister's remarks, 532, 1377, 2395, 4675
>>>Motions, 8977
>>>Private Members' Motions, 3717
>>>Speeches, 6769
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Boudria), 253-6
>>Publishing industry, 5482-3
>>Quebec, 6252, 9030
>>Quebec distinct society status, 6250-1
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 6252
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 668, 6250-1
>>Rail transportation/railways, 1255-6
>>References see Law Commission of Canada--Establishment; Senators--British Columbia
>>Reform Party, 4621, 5817-8
>>>S.O. 31, 7882
>>Restaurant industry, 7980-1
>>Same-sex couples, 2439
>>Saskatchewan, S.O. 31, 4933, 5414
>>Sedition, 666
>>Senate, 2568, 3717, 6251, 6835-6
>>>M. (Crête), 4184-6
>>>M. on supply (Gilmour), 3049, 3051, 3055-9, 3066, 3068-9, 3071-2, 3075-6, 3094-5, 3097, 3099-100, 3103, 3106
>>>Petition, 7245
>>>S.O. 31, 2706-7, 5556
>>Senator Selection Act (Bill C-264), 1505
>>Senators, 3066, 3071-2, 3097
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 9088
>>Sexual assault/offences, 9404
>>Sexual orientation, 2425-6, 2439-40
>>Small and medium business, 9115
>>Speakership, 11, 5761, 5816, 5819, 6671
>>Supreme Court of Canada, 6839
>>Taxation, 7982
>>Taylor, Hon. Senator Nick, references, 1307, 3056
>>Telecommunications, o.q., 1251
>>Television
>>>o.q., 531, 5482-3
>>>S.O. 31, 353
>>Television, cable, 6175-6
>>>o.q., 4634, 4673, 4750, 4803, 6064, 6130-1
>>>S.O. 31, 4795, 6442
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply M. (Sheridan), 69-70, 6250-2
>>Tobacco industry, o.q., 6610-1
>>Underground economy, 6251
>>Unemployment insurance, 5818
>>Victims of crime, 1310, 4284, 4621, 9372-3, 9404
>>Water, 5471-2, 5486-7
>>Waters, Hon. Senator Stan, 3056
>>>S.O. 31, 5556
>>Women, 3051
ABC Canada Literacy Foundation see Literacy
Abduction
>>
Wiretapping, allowing police use, 3536
>>See also Child abduction
Abiola, Mrs. see Nigeria--Human rights violations
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.
>>
Abitibi-Price Inc. and Stone Consolidated Corp., merger, corporate head
office, Montreal, Que.
>>>o.q, 8508
>>>S.O. 31, 8829
Abitibi-Price Inc. see Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.
Abitibi region see Gasoline/automotive fuels--Price increase
Ablonczy, Diane (REF--Calgary North)
- >>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 1304
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 851-3
>>Canada Endangered Species Protection Act (Bill C-65), 10197-8
>>Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44), 9826
>>Canadian Airlines International, S.O. 31, 6852
>>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 2474
>>Canadian Grain Commission, 1304
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2192-6
>>Capital punishment, 3907, 6232
>>Census (1996), M. (D. Grey), 7812-3
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation
>>>o.q., 5375
>>>Petitions, 3325, 4089, 4996, 9418
>>Child support payments, 4962, 5022-3
>>>S.O. 31, 7708
>>Children, 5022
>>>Petition, 9998
>>Committees, 6844-5
>>Crime, 6231, 6234-5
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal organization)(Bill C-203), 2339-40
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3906-9, 3911-2, 4249-50, 4616-7
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings (Bill C-46), 7669-72, 7675, 9852-4
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of witnesses)(Bill C-217), 2205-7
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--sexual exploitation of children outside Canada (Bill C-246), 4700-2
>>Criminal Code, Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Department of the Solicitor General Act (amdt.--high risk offenders)(Bill C-55), 9711-2
>>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9422-3, 9431-2
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 4036, 6232-3, 9711-2, 9853
>>Deficit, 853
>>Discrimination and racism, 2192-3
>>Divorce, 5024
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 4962, 5022-4
>>Economic development/renewal, S.O. 31, 6125-6
>>Economy, 7285
>>Education, post-secondary, 6233
>>Election, S.O. 31, 9645
>>Elections, 6233, 6846
>>>S.O. 31, 9645
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7284-6, 7771-2
>>Federal Court Act, Judges Act and Tax Court of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-48), 4040-1
>>Fisheries, Atlantic
>>>o.q., 9884
>>>S.O. 31, 1542-3
>>Gangs, 2339-40
>>Goods and Services Tax, 7284-6, 7771-2
>>Government, 7672
>>Gun control/guns, 6232-5, 6846
>>Hate crimes, 6232
>>Hydro-electric power
>>>o.q., 4557-8, 4631-2, 4670, 4751
>>>S.O. 31, 917
>>Job creation, 852, 7285-6
>>>S.O. 31, 8582-3
>>Job losses, 7284-5
>>Judges, 4040-1
>>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 4035-8, 6843-6
>>Justice system, 6231-4, 7671-2, 9422, 9431-2, 9711
>>>S.O. 31, 2058
>>Law Commission of Canada Act (Bill C-9), 1303-5
>>Legislation, 6844
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 6843-6
>>>S.O. 31, 2354, 4337
>>Murderers, 4616
>>National debt, 851-2, 6235
>>National energy program, o.q., 4751
>>Nunziata, references, 6845-6
>>Oil and gas exploration, o.q., 4558
>>Orders in Council, 6845-6
>>Parliament of Canada Act and Canada Elections Act (amdt.--confidence motions)(Bill C-250), 8937-9
>>Parole, 3906-9, 3911-2, 4036-7, 4200, 4249-50, 4616-7, 6232-3, 7671, 9431-2
>>>o.q., 8836, 8907
>>>S.O. 31, 2058, 4070, 8830-1, 8945
>>Penitentiaries, 6232-3, 9432
>>Ports, 9826
>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4327, 4650-3
>>Privilege, Ramsay (contempt of Parliament), 4200
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 4038, 4040
>>>Speeches, 7813
>>Public safety, 4036-7, 6231-2
>>Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-377), 8513
>>Registered retirement savings plans, 852-3
>>Same-sex couples, 2193-4
>>Senate, petitions, 4089, 4996
>>SeFntences (convicted criminals), 4037, 9422-3
>>>o.q., 9551
>>Sexual assault/offences, 2205-7, 4250, 7669-72, 7675, 9852-4
>>>o.q., 9551
>>Sexual orientation, 2192-5
>>>Petitions, 2816
>>Standard of living, 7286
>>Taxation, 852, 7286
>>>S.O. 31, 7654
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 6231-6
>>Unemployment, 852
>>>o.q., 2365, 10188
>>Victims of crime, 6231-3, 9432, 9853
>>>o.q., 8907, 9551
>>>S.O. 31, 8830-1, 8945
>>Violent offences, 6233
>>Westray coal mine disaster, S.O. 31, 2557
>>Wildlife, 10197-8
>>Young offenders, 4036-7, 6233-5
>>Young Offenders Act, 4036-7, 6232-3
>>>S.O. 31, 3311
ABMs see Anti-ballistic missiles
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
>>
Reports, presented
>>>First (Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department estimates,
1996-97, main), 2016
>>>Second (Sharing the Knowledge: The Path to Success and Equal
Opportunities in Education), 3565
>>>Third (Yukon Quartz Mining Act and Yukon Placer Mining Act (amdt.)(Bill
C-6)), 4676
>>>Fourth (York Factory First Nation Flooded Lands Act (Bill C-39)), 5297
>>>Fifth (Nelson House First Nation Flooded Lands Act (Bill C-40)), 5297
>>>Sixth (Aboriginal Peoples' Rights), 6709
>>>Seventh (Indian Act Optional Modification Act (Bill C-79)), 9417
>>See also Indian Act--Annual review;
Indians/First Nations--Powers
Aboriginal Awareness Week see Aboriginal peoples
Aboriginal child poverty see Child poverty
Aboriginal communities see Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Sex offenders, Long term offender designation; Irwin--References; Mining industry
Aboriginal fishing strategy (AFS) see Fisheries, Pacific
Aboriginal land claims
>>
Agreements, federal legislation affecting
>>>Balkanization, 7905
>>>Consultations, Yukon Territory, etc., o.q., 5483
>>Compensation to municipalities for loss of tax revenues, Saskatchewan, etc.,
o.q., 3823-4
>>Flooded lands, Northern Flood Agreement, 3963-5, 3970-4
>>>See also Nelson House First Nation Flooded Land Act (Bill C-40);
York Factory First Nation Flooded land Act (Bill C-39)
>>See also Gwich'in land claims;
Indian Specific Claims Commission;
Indians/First Nations;
Nisga'a land claim;
Nunavut land claims agreement;
Oceans--Management strategy;
Sahtu Dene and Métis land claim
Aboriginal lands see Immigration/immigrants--Illegal, smuggling; Rail transportation/railways--Expropriation
Aboriginal peoples
>>
Aboriginal and treaty rights
>>>Constitutional entrenchment, Section 35, 8258
>>>Public awareness, government role, o.q., 3489-90
>>>See also Indians/First Nations--Powers--Treaty and land claim entitlements
>>Aboriginal Awareness Week, S.O. 31, 3000
>>Bloc Québécois position
>>>o.q., 1292
>>>S.O. 31, 1284-5
>>Discrimination, Anawak treatment by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, mission
school teachings, examples, 2145
>>Economic and social conditions, 8266-7, 8281-2, 8284
>>Equality principle see Indian Act--Repealing;
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples--Recommendations
>>Federal funds
>>>Accountability, lack, 9637
>>>Allocation, Auditor General`s concerns, 8283
>>>Dependence/self-reliance, relationship, 9636
>>>Management, Auditor General reviewing, Reform Party proposal, 851
>>>Mismanagement by aboriginal governments, o.q., 6644
>>>Providing to individuals rather than aboriginal governments, Reform Party
position, o.q., 6560, 6608, 6644
>>>Total $7 billion, 9636
>>Government measures, accomplishments, o.q., 9801-2
>>Government policy, new relationship, 288
>>Guno, Marcia, academic accomplishments, S.O. 31, 4171
>>Human rights, Canadian Human Rights Commissioner Max Yalden remarks, 1858
>>International agreements, federal government negotiating, o.q., 9801-2
>>Liberal government (Chrétien) election promises, "red book", 5845, 5860
>>>Aboriginal peoples responsible for drafting disassociating selves from,
8266, 8282
>>>Broken, aboriginal leaders European trip, Ovide Mercredi, etc., o.q., 9801
>>>See also Indians/First Nations--Powers
>>Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, S.O. 31, 8501
>>National Aboriginal Day, June 21, 98
>>>o.q., 1291, 3639
>>>S.O. 31, 3917, 4171-2
>>Negotiations with governments, municipalities, banks, etc., o.q., 3489-90
>>Partnership initiatives, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister
Irwin pursuing, Throne Speech statement, 5-6
>>Programs, expenditures
>>>2% increase, 460
>>>$7 billion, 850-1
>>>Restraint, Budget 1996 statement, 372
>>Quebec, recognition by Quebec government, sovereignty right, etc., 8262,
8284-5
>>>o.q., 2710
>>Reform Party position, 5845, 5868
>>>o.q., 1292
>>Reform Party racist attitudes, S.O. 31, 2247
>>Rights see Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing
Committee--Reports, Sixth
>>Two founding nations, relationship, 2904, 2907
>>See also Amerindians;
Bourque, James W.;
Dene;
Education;
Employment;
Family violence;
Federal-provincial conferences--First ministers;
Fisheries, Pacific;
Gun control/guns--Regulations under Firearms Act;
Health;
Indians/First Nations;
Innu;
Inuit;
Metis;
Mining industry--BH Diamond project;
National unity;
Parliament;
Penitentiaries--Okimaw Ohic Healing Lodge;
Poverty;
Quebec separation/sovereignty;
Residential schools;
Royal Commission on Aboriginal People;
Salmon,--Pacific fishery;
Taxation;
Veterans;
Wildlife;
Yukon Territory--Land use