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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
>>
First reading, 10040
Privacy Commissioner see Elections--Voters list, permanent
Private ambulance services see Goods and Services Tax--Business input tax credit
Private family trusts
>>
$2 billion in assets, leaving country, no capital gains tax payment, advance
rulings, validity, Auditor General questioning, 2633, 2931-2, 2988, 2997-8,
3016, 3022-3, 3025-6, 3938-41, 4564, 4566, 4570, 4715-6, 4718-21, 4728,
4730-1, 4734-6, 4738, 4758, 4761, 4768, 4770, 4772, 4777, 4993-4, 6015, 7227,
9140, 9289, 9558, 9924, 10083, 10125-8, 10130, 10133-6
>>>200 page National Revenue Department report, withholding from Public
Accounts Standing Committee, o.q., 7033-4
>>>$600 million lost tax revenue, 8337-8, 9924
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 4764-5, 10127-8
>>>Departmental officials, wrongdoing, evidence, lack, 4766
>>>Finance Standing Committee report, recommendations, 4720, 4729, 4731-2,
4738
>>>>Liberal majority condemning Auditor General, 4563-5, 4567-70, 4716-8,
4721-5, 4727-8, 4733, 4736-8, 4761, 4763, 4768, 9228
>>>>>o.q., 4452-6, 4459, 4497-9, 4556, 4628
>>>Finance Standing Committee referral, review, 4566-7, 4716, 4718-21, 4727,
4730-1, 4738-9, 4757, 4760, 4763, 4766, 4767-8, 4769, 4771, 9227
>>>>Expert witnesses, ties to rich families, 4729, 4733-5, 4737-8, 4765, 4768,
4769, 4771
>>>>o.q., 2475-6, 2838-9, 2887-9, 3085, 3490-1, 3559-60, 4627-8
>>>>See also Finance Standing Committee--Reports, Third
>>>Government inaction, o.q., 3560, 4627-8
>>>Information, full disclosure, government refusal, scandal, cover-up
allegations, 4717-20, 4731, 4733-4, 4737-8, 4766, 4769, 4775, 10130-1, 10135
>>>Legal, but morally wrong, 4762
>>>Liberal government (Chrétien) position, 4566, 10125, 10130-1
>>>Loophole, closing, 4772-3, 7248, 9226, 10135
>>>>o.q., 5056
>>>>S.O. 31, 5953
>>>Lost tax revenue, 4763, 4768, 10127-8, 10130
>>>M. on supply (Loubier), 4714-40, 4753-77
>>>o.q., 2436-7, 2474-6, 2558-61, 2887-9, 2938-9, 3085, 4627
>>>Public Accounts Standing Committee review, 9227, 10133
>>>>Government muzzling, 4566-9, 4716, 4718, 4727-8, 4731, 4762-3, 4767-8,
4769, 10126-8, 10134
>>>>>o.q., 5885-6
>>>>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Third
>>>Public inquiry, requesting, 4771, 10125-6, 10133
>>>>o.q., 2942, 3088, 5057
>>>Public opinion, 4764
>>>Reassessment, 4761
>>>Referral to courts, o.q., 4671
>>>Rulings, documentation lacking, 4715-6, 4722
>>>Rulings, suspending, moritorium, 4717, 4720, 4773
>>>>o.q., 3559, 4628-30
>>>Scandal, Bloc Québécois position, 4722, 4727, 4734, 4759-60, 4768, 10132
>>>S.O. 31, 2999
>>Assets, transfers, regulations, tightening, 9228
>>Bloc Québécois position, 4777, 7403
>>Corporations, role, 6761
>>Martin, Finance Minister, establishing for children, 4735-6
>>Number, assets, etc., qu., 7724
>>Preferred beneficiary election, elimination, 4757
>>Senior citizens establishing, protecting retirement income, 4735-6
>>Tax exempt status, 21 year deferral, election, 299, 1649-50, 3936-8, 4736-7
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 1456-7, 3025-7, 3937, 4734-6, 4768, 4770
>>>>o.q., 2475
>>>Costs to tax system since 1972, qu., 7724
>>>Elimination by 1999, Budget 1995 measures, 1496, 2988, 2994, 2997-8, 3017,
3021-3, 3025-7, 3936-7, 3944-5, 4757, 4772, 4774, 4993, 6502, 6671, 10134
>>>>Inadequacies, 398
>>>>o.q., 2476, 5056, 5680-1, 7709
>>>Liberal government (Chrétien) actions/inaction, 10131-2
>>>>o.q., 4452-6, 4459, 4556-7
>>>Liberal government (Trudeau), implementation, 10127, 10130, 10134, 10136
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) responsibility, 4772-5
>>>Revenue loss, 4737, 6969
>>>Splitting income, preferred beneficiary election provision, 3936
>>Transfer of assets abroad without paying tax, qu., 7724
>>See also Capital gains tax--Property, transfer
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