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Public Harbours and Port Facilities Act (amdt.)(Bill C-258)--Crête

    >>First reading, 1427
    >>See also Ports--Harbour masters

Public inquiries see Canadian Armed Forces; Cornwallis Park Development Agency; Judges--Financial institutions; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation

Public opinion see see Africa--Great Lakes region, United Nations peacekeeping mission; Capital punishment--Abolition--Reinstating; Children--Corporal punishment; Corporal punishment--Reinstating; Elections--Voters list, Permanent; Goods and Services Tax; Gun control/guns--Priority; Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role; Human rights--International; Justice system--Government record; Liberal government (Chrétien); Metric system--Imposition; Parliamentary reform; Parole--Murderers, early release; Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2 Politicians; Postal service--Direct mail advertising; Prostitution--Legalizing; Quebec distinct society status; Quebec separation/sovereignty; Reform Party; Senate--Abolition--Public opinion--Reform; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Appropriateness; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Legislation; Young Offenders Act

Public opinion polls see Canada--International reputation--Quebec; Elections--Campaign expenditures; Family--Crisis; Liberal government (Chrétien)--Canadians worse off--Popularity; Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995)--No side victory--Postponement

Public safety

Public Safety Officers Compensation Act (Bill C-314)--Szabo

    >>First reading, 3933
    >>See also Public safety officers compensation fund

Public safety officers compensation fund

Public Service

    >>Abuse of power cases, 7861
    >>Annual report, fourth, tabled, 7583
    >>Awards of Excellence, Flora Beardy, recipient, S.O. 31, 3629
    >>Collective bargaining, process, 387
    >>>Binding arbitration, suspending, 1903-5, 2982
    >>>>House of Commons, Senate, Library of Parliament and Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees, exemption, 2982
    >>>>o.q., 2310-1
    >>>Government supporting, S.O. 31, 473
    >>>Restoring, 1472, 1903, 2982
    >>>Treasury Board, negotiations, good faith, petition, 9847
    >>Conflict of interest, 7861
    >>Delegation of powers, non-public servants, de facto elimination of right to appeal an appointment, 1904-5
    >>Downsizing, early retirement, early departure incentives, 2925
    >>>o.q., 1958-9
    >>Efficiency, improving, 6
    >>Employment equity
    >>>Special measures initiatives program, promoting, o.q., 8138
    >>>See also Employment Equity Act--Application
    >>Group insurance plans, review, 1903, 2983
    >>Job classification standard, universal/non-sexist, failure, Auditor General's report, o.q., 2611-2
    >>Merit principle, 2285
    >>National Public Service Week, S.O. 31, 3554-5
    >>National Quality Month, October, tribute, S.O. 31, 5161
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism
    >>>Bilingual positions, anglophone/francophone population/percentage, o.q., 5059-60, 5111
    >>>Management/support positions, francophone/anglophone ratio, S.O. 31, 1655
    >>>Quebec
    >>>>Anglophones, o.q., 3565
    >>>>>Allophones, Massé, Treasury Board President, linking with, 5116-7
    >>>>>>o.q., 5111
    >>Pensions
    >>>Canada Pension Plan premium increases, relationship, Public Service Superannuation Act Factor, o.q., 8838-9
    >>>Portability
    >>>>Public Service Superannuation Act, amending, 1904
    >>>>Two-year vesting and lock-in provisions, 1903, 2983
    >>>>See also Public Service--Private sector
    >>>Private sector management, need, 8452
    >>>See also Child support payments--Orders, enforcement; Government borrowing--Elimination
    >>Powers, increase at expense of legislators, legislation, 9859
    >>Reduction
    >>>35,000, 328
    >>>45,000, 215, 217, 329, 1455, 1551, 6244-5, 7403, 9635
    >>>Early departure incentive, early retirement, 6245
    >>>Priority, front line workers rather than upper levels, 10087
    >>>Private sector/alternative service delivery
    >>>>Collective agreements, labour representation, remaining in place, 1904
    >>>>Protection, pension portability, etc., 387-8, 1902, 2983
    >>>Quebec City, Que. region, impact, 301
    >>>Reform Party position, 5863
    >>>Rehiring employees on contract, 10087
    >>>Rural Canada, impact, S.O. 31, 3919-20
    >>>See also National Capital Region
    >>Reginal cheque printing facilities, 150 employees, 40% wage cut, o.q., 8835
    >>Renewal, new employees, need for, 6245
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police status, uniformed and civilian members, 4001-2
    >>Salaries, 6 year freeze, negotiating new contract, 7403
    >>Salaries, annual increments, performance pay, 2-year suspension, lifting, 387, 390, 1472, 1903, 2982-3
    >>Same-sex benefits, 7357
    >>>Petition, 2190
    >>>Treasury Board directive, 2113, 2161, 2403
    >>Students, learning opportunities, transition from school to work, employment benefits, 2983
    >>Successor rights, establishing, Canada Labour Code and Public Service Staff Relations Act, amendments, 2982 1902-3
    >>Travel, sole sourced, extra costs, 418
    >>Whistle-blowers, protection, 4086
    >>>Legislation, introducing, M. (Beaumier), 7861-8, dropped from Order Paper, 7868
    >>>See also Whistle-Blowers Protection Act (Bill C-318)
    >>See also Government expenditures--Accountability; Government programs and services; Ontario; Pay equity; Quebec separation/sovereignty--Federal public servants

Public Service Alliance of Canada see Canada Labour Code--Provisions; Pay equity

Public Service Employment Act (amdt.--appeal procedures)(Bill C-271)--Milliken

    >>First reading, 1716

Public Service Staff Relations Act see Public Service--Successor rights

Public Service Staff Relations Board

    >>Annual report (28th), 1994-1995, tabled, 679
    >>Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act annual report (9th), 1994-1995, tabled, 679

Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30)--Solicitor General (H. Gray)

    >>First reading, 1774
    >>Deemed read the second time, considered by the Government Operations Standing Committee and reported without amendment, by House Order, 1774
    >>Report stage, 3995-4015, 4032-3, 4048-51
    >>>Motions
    >>>>(Hanger), 4007, negatived, on recorded division, 4050-1
    >>>>(Lalonde), 3996, negatived, on recorded division, 4049-50
    >>>>(Langlois), 4007, negatived, on recorded division, 4050
    >>>Concurrence, M., 4051, agreed to, on recorded division, 4051
    >>See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Collective bargaining--Occupational health and safety

Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.)

    >>Reinstated as Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30)

Public Service Superannuation Act see Public Service--Pensions

Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act

Public utilities see Goods and Services Tax

Public Works and Government Services Department

    >>Government telephone directory, updated version, printing, o.q., 5116
    >>See also Government contracts--Awarding; Parliament Buildings--Hill Cam

Publishing industry

    >>$5 million, government providing, 8180
    >>>Source, o.q., 5482-3
    >>Institut des communications graphiques du Québec, Montreal, Que., S.O. 31, 2707
    >>See also Cuba--University of Havana; Magazines; Postal rates--Increases

Pulp and paper industry

    >>Les industries Cascades, Kingsey Falls, Que., secondary water treatment plant, installation, S.O. 31, 4448
    >>See also Price-Consolidated Inc.

Punishment see Crime--Reducing; Murder--Sentences; Parole--Murderers; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Punishment/deterrence--Purpose

Punjab, India see India

Puppy mills see Animals--Ownership/control

Purnelle, Cpl Michel see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Public inquiry

Purolator Courier see Courier services--Canada Post Corporation services

Purple cross see Family violence--Fondation Jamais Plus

Pyramid schemes see Canada Pension Plan