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Post-sentence detention see Sentences (convicted criminals)

Post-sentence supervision see Sentences (convicted criminals)

Postage stamps

    >>Winnie the Pooh, promoting Walt Disney World, S.O. 31, 6124-5, 6180
    >>See also France--Commemorative stamp

Postal rates

    >>Increase
    >>>Northern Canada publishing industry impact, S.O. 31, 1459
    >>>Radwanski report recommendation, government not implementing, o.q., 5244, 5425

Postal service

    >>Canada Post Corporation mandate, reducing to basics, Reform Party position, 6028
    >>Delivery delays
    >>>Radwanski report findings, 6028
    >>>S.O. 31, 1162
    >>Direct mail advertising/unsolicited mail/junk mail
    >>>Canada Post Corporation withdrawing from, Radwanski report recommendation, government implementing, 6028
    >>>>Job losses, 8772, 8795-6, 8961, 8968, 8974
    >>>>>o.q., 5563, 6563-4, 7041, 7240
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 6305-6, 7233, 7513
    >>>>o.q., 5244
    >>>>Orderly process, private sector taking over, o.q., 5372
    >>>>Petitions, 6670, 7393, 8234
    >>>>Postal rates, service, impact, o.q., 7241
    >>>>Postal workers demonstrations
    >>>>>o.q., 7240
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 7232
    >>>>Premium advertising mail excluded, o.q., 5372
    >>>>Public opinion, o.q., 7241
    >>>>Small business, impact, o.q., 5563-4
    >>>>Smaller communities, impact. o.q., 7241
    >>>Environmental impact, S.O. 31, 1415
    >>>Petitions, 2816, 3170, 4089
    >>>Refusal right, Canada Post recognizing, 827
    >>>>See also Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-239)
    >>Private courier services mail to clients, Canada Post Corporation photocopying envelopes, o.q., 1549
    >>Reduction, Canada Post Corporation privatization, impact, 3412
    >>Rural areas, reasonable delivery standards, Radwanski report recommendation, government implementing, o.q., 5246
    >>Subsidy program, reduction, Budget 1996 statement, 372

Potash industry

    >>Importance, S.O. 31, 9542

Potatoes see CANUSA Foods Ltd.; PEI Potato Board

Pouliot, François see Journalism/journalists

Poultry see Agricultural products--Tariffs; Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement--Agricultural and fisheries products

Poverty

    >>Aboriginal peoples, 7264
    >>Anti-poverty programs, tax rebates and credits, o.q., 5476-7
    >>Combatting, 7263-4
    >>>Microcredit Summit, February 1997, Washington, D.C., S.O. 31, 7512
    >>>o.q., 9649
    >>>Provincial jurisdiction factor, 10047
    >>Government combatting, 5900
    >>>$2 billion annually required, Caledon Institute estimate, 10047
    >>>Budget 1997 measures, lack, Bloc Québécois position, 8299
    >>>Deficit, relationship, o.q., 1420
    >>>Failure
    >>>>Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, condemning, S.O. 31, 5475, 5732
    >>>>o.q., 5476, 7462-3
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5800, 6788
    >>>National Council on Welfare, opinion, 1668-9
    >>Immigrants, 9635
    >>International
    >>>Reduction, Canadian policy, role, 5994-5
    >>>Social program expenditure reduction, relationship, 10047
    >>>See also Canadian International Development Agency--China
    >>Level
    >>>Increase, 9140, 9635
    >>>>o.q., 9649
    >>>National average, Quebec, comparison, o.q., 1420
    >>>National Council of Welfare, report, 3756, 5900
    >>Montreal-Nord, 9532
    >>Poor, Reform Party attitude, 5867-8
    >>>See also Income tax--Reducing
    >>Quebec
    >>>Bloc Québécois/Parti Québécois responsibility, 8973
    >>>Federal government responsibility, 8960, 8962, 8967, 8973
    >>>Provincial government cut-backs, relationship, 8772
    >>Rate, increase, 1479, 1668
    >>>o.q., 5476
    >>Senior citizens, 9635
    >>Single parent families, women-led, 4901, 4904, 4930-1, 6209
    >>Taxation, relationship, 9661-2
    >>Unemployment insurance reform, impact, 1927
    >>Vancouver East constituency, 7264
    >>Women's March Against Poverty, S.O. 31, 3815-6
    >>Working poor, earning under $30,000, 9150
    >>Year for the eradication of poverty (1996), 347
    >>>Government commitment, o.q., 2563-4
    >>Youth, young families, 5898-9
    >>See also Child poverty; Human rights; Latin America--Economic conditions; Montreal, Que.; Violence--Women; Women

Powell, Ben Sr. see Labrador--Heritage

Power DirecTv see Television--Direct to home

Power Music Choice see Broadcasting--DMX Canada

Powers, Ralph Ernest Malcom see Parole--Murderers

Powis, Alfred see Canadian Mining Hall of Fame--Inductees

Prairie Grain Advance Payments Act

    >>Repeal, legislation, 3945-53
    >>>See also Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34)
    >>See also Agricultural products--Marketing programs, Legislation

Prawn trap fishery see Fisheries, Pacific--Fish stock management

Prayer see Religion--World Day of Prayer

Pregnancy see Alcohol--Use during pregnancy; Children

Pregnant workers see Labour

Preliminary hearings see Justice system

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) see Members of Parliament--Women

Prescription drugs see Drugs and pharmaceuticals; Goods and Services Tax--Food

Press see Freedom of the press

Press Gallery see Parliamentary Press Gallery

Préval, René see Haiti

Price fixing see Gasoline/automotive fuels

Prichard, J. Robert S. see Universities/colleges--Budget 1997 measures

Pride in Partnership see Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department

Prime Minister see Cabinet Ministers--Conduct; Chrétien, Jean--References; Ethics Counsellor; Government aircraft;

Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence in Science, Technology and Mathematics see Education--Teachers

Prime Minister's Office

    >>Correspondence, form letter replies, 10058-9
    >>Liberal Party propaganda, disseminating, 5818
    >>Power, centralized, 3105
    >>See also Access to information--Parallel system; Air Canada--Airbus A320 passenger jet; House of Commons--Printing Bureau; Privilege (by Member)--Epp--Grey

Prime Minister's residences

    >>Snow, Kevin Barry, climbing over fence, 284

Prime Ministers

    >>French Canadian, Ed Harper remarks, o.q., 7311-2

Prince Edward Island

    >>Confederation Bridge, 1997 opening, tourism, impact, 9143
    >>>S.O. 31, 8500-1
    >>Confederation entry
    >>>Delay until 1871, appointed Senate factor, 3058
    >>>Minimum number od Members of Parliament/Senators factor, 6279
    >>Job creation, 5576-7
    >>Premier-elect Keith Milligan, S.O. 31, 5238-9
    >>Provincial election, Nov. 18/96
    >>>New Democratic Party leader Herb Dickieson election, 7757
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6484
    >>>Progressive Conservative Party victory under leader Pat Binns, S.O. 31, 6554
    >>>Results, Goods and Services Tax, provincial sales tax harmonization plans, impact, 7023, 7047-8, 7292, 7756-7, 7796
    >>See also Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Telecommunications--Call centres

Prince George, B.C. see Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/Pedophiles; Oil refineries

Prince George Cougars see Hockey--Western Hockey League

Prince Rupert, B.C.

    >>Waterfront development, job creation, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, impeding, S.O. 31, 6603-4
    >>See also Grain transportation

Principal Group

    >>Alberta financial institution, 1987 failure, 1611-3

Principal Pipe Organ Company see Parliament Buildings--Peace Tower

Printing industry

    >>Importance, economic, social, S.O. 31, 10112

Prison for Women see Penitentiaries

Prisoners see Penitentiaries--Inmates

Prisons and Reformatories Act see 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)

Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53)--Solicitor General (H. Gray)

    >>First reading, 3989
    >>Second reading, 4296-8, 4310-28, 4638-53, 4946-52, 4963
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 4964-5
    >>Justice and Solicitor General Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 4965
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 6191
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 7631
    >>Third reading, 7631-49, agreed to, on recorded division, 7694-5
    >>Royal Assent, 8333, Chap. 2, S.C. 1997
    >>See also Penitentiaries--Inmates, Temporary absences

Privacy

    >>Technology, human rights, relationship, 7359, 7370
    >>Weakness of Privacy Act, not applicable to private sector, 9364-5
    >>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization; Census (1996); Child support payments--Orders, enforcement; Children--Rights; Elections--Voters list, Permanent; Employment equity; Financial institutions; Justice system--Witnesses; Refugees--Hearings; Victims of crime; Young offenders

Privacy Act

    >>Annual report, 1995-1996, tabled, 3875
    >>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization; Canadian Armed Forces--Boyle Gen Jean; Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/pedophiles, Persons in trust/authority positions; Crown corporations; Murder--Ducharme, Patricia Grace; Privacy--Weakness of Privacy Act

Privacy Act (amdt.)(Bill C-405)--Chamberlain

    >>First reading, 9804
    >>See also Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/pedophiles, Persons in trust/authority positions

Privacy Act (amdt.--definition of minor)(Bill C-434)--Harb

Privacy Commissioner see Elections--Voters list, permanent

Private ambulance services see Goods and Services Tax--Business input tax credit

Private family trusts

Private Members' Bills see Bills, House of Commons--Private Members' Public; Legislation; Procedure--Bills, Private Members' Public

Private Members' business see Procedure; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports

Private Members' Business Subcommittee

    >>Meetings, cancelling, votable items, 769

Private Members' Motions

    >>Abortion, federal funding, national referendum (G. Breitkreuz), 2973-81, dropped from Order Paper, 2981
    >>Agricultural products, marketing, agricultural producers directing (Hermanson), 1613-22
    >>Bridges, Quebec City Bridge, restoration, federal government funding assistance (Paré), 1410-4, 1429-32, dropped from Order Paper, 1432
    >>Broadcasting, licences, granting, waiver of foreign ownership restriction, Québec-Téléphone (Suzanne Tremblay), 1735-42, dropped from Order Paper, 1742
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, peacekeeping role, House of Commons approving operations involving over 100 Canadian personnel in free vote (B. Mills), 5630-9, 7338-47, 8979-85, negatived on recorded division, 9413
    >>>Amdt. (Brien), 5636, 8985, negatived on recorded division, 9412
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 5639
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC North, lay-offs, funding reduction, exemption (McLaughlin), 7695-703, dropped from Order Paper, 7703
    >>Canadian flag, Oath/pledge of allegiance, House of Commons, reciting daily (Culbert), 5319-27, dropped from Order Paper, 5327
    >>Caregivers, income tax credit, home care for preschoolers, disabled, ill, aged (Szabo), 3155-63, 4819-27, agreed to, on recorded division, 6163-4
    >>>Amdt. (Laurin), 3159, negatived, on recorded division, 3380-1
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 4827
    >>Census (1996), ethnic origin question, Canadian as answer (D. Grey), 6671-9, 7810-9, 9235-40, negatived on recorded division, 9414-5
    >>>Amdt. (Langlois), 6775, negative on recorded division, 9413-4
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 7819
    >>Child abduction, Tremblay, Micheline, son Karim Noah abducted to Egypt by father Moustafa Nouh, lack of bilateral agreement (B. Tremblay), 4965-73, dropped from Order Paper, 4973
    >>Child care (G. Breitkreuz), 5135-44, dropped from Order Paper, 5143
    >>Child labour, imports, prohibiting (Blaikie), 2459-69, dropped from Order Paper, 2469
    >>Committees, mandate, right to send for persons, papers and documents (Lee), 5824-32
    >>Crown corporations, Privacy Act, subjecting to (Crête), 9620-5, agreed to on recorded division, 9765-6
    >>Cyprus, Turkey-Greece conflict, demilitarization (Bakopanos), 3893-901, dropped from Order Paper, 3901
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, sex offenders, declaring dangerous offenders if likely to reoffend, psychiatric examination requirement, amending Criminal Code Part XXIV (Meredith), 1135-44, 3110-8, 3888-91
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 1144, 3118
    >>>Negatived, on recorded division, 4052-3
    >>Elections, right to vote, inmates of penitentiaries, prisons or psychiatric institutions, prohibiting, amending Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (Stinson), 1685-94, dropped from Order Paper, 1694
    >>Employment equity
    >>>Affirmative action hiring programs, discriminatory, ending (T. White), 2274-83, dropped from Order Paper, 2283
    >>>Merit principle replacing (Johnston), 2283-9, dropped from Order Paper, 2289
    >>Family, taxation burden, relief (Hayes), 1273-81, dropped from Order Paper, 1281
    >>Fire-fighters/emergency response personnel, hazardous substances/toxic chemicals, identification process, need, Operation Respond, computerized database (Robinson), 5396-405, 7102-6, agreed to, 7106
    >>>Amdt. (Crête), 5401, agreed to, 7106
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 5405
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, Auditor General's reports, responses, tabling in House of Commons, Financial Administration Act, amending (Williams), 1073-83, 2963-72, 3845-52, agreed to, on division, 4051
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 1083, 2972
    >>Grain marketing (Thompson), 6337-44
    >>Immigration and Refugee Board, dismantling, subsumption of functions to Citizenship and Immigration Department (Hanger), 2639-47
    >>Immigration/immigrants, consultants, licensing regulations, legislation (Cannis), 2587-95, as amended, agreed to, 2595
    >>>Amdt. (Nunez), 2591, agreed to, 2595
    >>Impaired driving, Criminal Code provisions, strengthening, (Harris), 6929-37, 7852-60, agreed to, on division, 7860
    >>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on the Order Paper, 6936-7
    >>Labour relations, restructuring offers, employees, right to vote, amending Canada Labour Code (Johnston) 9784-90, dropped from Order Paper, 9790
    >>National Parole Board, powers, benefit of doubt, according to victim Bridgman), 9905-14
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 9914
    >>Pearson International Airport (Toronto, Ont.), Terminals 1 and 2, 1993 redevelopment contract, cancellation, public judicial inquiry (Gouk), 1125-33, dropped from Order Paper, 1133
    >>Pensions, British-Canadians, indexing to cost of living (Taylor), 8638-45, dropped from Order Paper, 8645
    >>Property rights, Canadian Bill of Rights and Constitution Act, 1867, amending to include (Gilmour), 3527-36, 4829-38
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 3536, 4838
    >>Public safety officers compensation fund, police and fire-fighters/emergency response personnel, deaths in line of duty, trust fund for families, establishing (Szabo), 8033-41, dropped from Order Paper, 8041
    >>Public Service, whistle-blowers, legislation, introducing, M. (Beaumier), 7861-8, dropped from Order Paper, 7868
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, international law requirements for secession (K. Martin), 3518-26, dropped from Order Paper, 3526
    >>Refugees, claimants/claims, social assistance while waiting for appeals, limiting (Hanger), 8475-82, dropped from Order Paper, 8482
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, collective bargaining rights (Ménard), 5010-8, dropped from Order Paper, 5018
    >>Senate, abolition (Crête), 3285-92, 4184-94, 5910-6, negatived, 5916; negatived, on recorded division, 6160-1
    >>>>Amdt. (Benoit), 3290, negatived, 5916; negatived, on recorded division, 6159-60
    >>>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 4194
    >>Senior citizens, Bill of Rights, drafting (Chamberlain), 5437-45, dropped from Order Paper, 5445
    >>Standing Orders, amending, Private Members' Public Bills, committee reports (Jennings), 7994-8002, 9299-307, 9469-75, as amended, agreed to, on recorded division, 9504
    >>>Amdt. (Suzanne Tremblay), 7998, agreed to on recorded division, 9503-4
    >>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Langlois), 9299, negatived on recorded division, 9502-3
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 8002, 9307
    >>Underground economy, combatting (Chamberlain), 8679-86, dropped from Order Paper, 8686
    >>Unified Family Court, promotion, implementation (Hayes), 8797-804, dropped from Order Paper, 8804
    >>Weapons/arms, export controls, international security, preserving, Security Impact Assessment requirement (Blaikie), 6508-17, dropped from Order Paper, 6516
    >>Workplace, deaths, National Day of Mourning, April 28, flag, half mast (Taylor), 1982-90, dropped from Order Paper, 1990
    >>Young Offenders Act, amending, strengthening, etc. (Hart), 6327-36
    >>See also Motions for production of papers; Procedure