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Rabin, Yitzhak see Israel
Racial unity see Brushett--References
Racism see Discrimination and racism
Racquetball see Penitentiaries--Inmates
Radar Hill see Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments
Radar lines see North American Aerospace Defence Command
Radar modernization project see Air navigation services
Radar technicians see World War II--Canadian volunteer radar technicians
Radiation see Nuclear radiation
Radio Canada International see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--International service
Radio-Canada
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Course Destination Monde
>>>Brunet, Patrick, third place, S.O. 31, 4298
>>>Productions, prize winners, congratulating, S.O. 31, 9442
>>Programs
>>>Bon Matin, new program, privatizing, o.q., 9935-6
>>>Ce soir news program, reinstating, 8688-9
>>>>o.q., 7969-70
>>See also Francophones outside Quebec--Assimilation, Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation
Radio spectrum licences see Broadcasting--Radio stations
Radio stations see Broadcasting
Radioactive waste see Nuclear waste
Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236)--Strahl
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First reading, 769
>>Second reading, 5084-92, 5983-92,
7412-8, negatived on recorded division,
7493-5
>>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 5092
>>See also Nuclear waste--Importation
Radwanski report see Canada Post Corporation
RAF Ferry Command see Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Rafah, Gaza Dtrip see Municipalities--International exchanges
Rail lines see Rail transportation/railways
Rail passenger service
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Disabled and handicapped persons, accessibility, elderly persons, including,
1086, 1088-9
>>Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway/Via rail Canada Inc.
operating, British Columbia confederation entry/loan guarantee factors, etc.,
8101-2
>>Fares, VIA Rail Canada Inc. undercutting bus companies, 8077
>>Government support of VIA Rail Canada Inc., 8110-1
>>High speed trains
>>>Development, benefits, S.O. 31, 7511
>>>Ontario/Quebec, 3401
>>Kitchener, Ont., maintaining, S.O. 31, 3628
>>Northern Manitoba, railcars, maintenance, reduction, S.O. 31, 9477-8
>>Northern Ontario, importance, 1150
>>Rocky Mountaineer Railtours, Great Canadian Railtour Company, VIA Rail
Canada Inc. competition, 8048-50, 8054-5, 8061, 8070-2, 8074, 8097-8, 8101-2,
8106
>>>S.O. 31, 6001
>>Routes, protecting, 1149-50
>>Subsidies, 1150
>>>National Transportation Act (1987) provisions re Quebec North Shore and
Labrador Railway, Algoma Central Railway, and Ontario Northland Transportation
Commission, 8111
>>Sudbury, Ont. to Winnipeg, Man., service, restoring, petition, 9806
>>See also VIA Rail Canada Inc.
Rail transportation/railways
>>
Atlantic provinces, importance, 1225
>>>See also Rail transportation/railways--Short line operations, Competitive
>>Competition, shippers, impact, 1211-2, 1255-6m 1224-5
>>Derailments
>>>1996, 50% increase from previous year, o.q., 4986
>>>Quebec, 5641-2
>>>>o.q., 4986
>>>Urban areas, safety, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., government action,
o.q., 2067
>>>Wrecking services, United States workers and equipment, use, S.O. 31, 9543
>>Expropriation powers, Railway Act, use, limiting, 1113
>>>Aboriginal lands, reservations, impact, 1113
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 1117-8, 1144, 1212, 1214, 4044-5, 4064-5
>>High speed trains, New York-Boston corridor, communications system, $7
million contract awarded to Pocatec, S.O. 31, 6900
>>Improvements, government commitment, 811
>>Policy, history, 1232
>>Rail lines
>>>Abandonment, 1096-7, 1111-2, 1114, 1215, 1221, 1237-8, 4043, 8056-7, 9131-2
>>>>Canadian National Railways
>>>>>Montreal-Halifax line, five year continuance, need, 1095-6, 1216-7, 1227-9
>>>>>Sherridon Subdivision, Manitoba, continuing operations, petition, 4677-8
>>>>Charny-Sainte-Foy line, moritorium, S.O. 31, 8441
>>>>Manitoba, environmental assessment, S.O. 31, 5236-7
>>>>Matapédia-Gaspé line, Chandler-Gaspé section, 8056-7
>>>>>o.q., 5114, 5422
>>>>>Petition, 6912-3
>>>>Provinces, public, consulting, 1123-4, 1213
>>>>Quebec, St. Lawrence River line, etc., 8093
>>>>Railways discouraging use, relationship, 8108-9
>>>>Rivière-du-Loup-Edmundston line, 10056
>>>>Rural Canada, impact, 1237
>>>>Western Canada, 8099
>>>>See also Environment--Environmental assessment and review process;
Rail transportation/railways--Short line operations
>>>Access to land, restrictions, 1144-5, 1216, 1222
>>>Branch lines
>>>>Privatization, 1252-3, 9131-2
>>>>Rural grain lines, maintaining, S.O. 31, 9442
>>>Chandler-Gaspé line, Gaspé Railway Corporation purchase, $3 million FORD-Q
assistance, S.O. 31, 8831
>>>Construction, environmental assessment, need, 1144-5, 1221m 1224m 1235-7
>>>Land owners, maintenance, responsibility, 1223-4, 1234-5
>>>Quebec
>>>>Central Quebec line, rehabilitation, 8093
>>>>Network, dismantling, moritorium, o.q., 5739
>>>Surplus, use, 1210
>>Railroad crossings, safety, improvement project, contracting out, S.O. 31,
8943-4
>>Rationalization, need, 1210-2, 1219-20
>>Regulatory process, streamlining, 4043
>>>Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14) role, 8053, 8096
>>>Reviewing in 1999, 8096
>>>See also Rail transportation/railways--Safety
>>Revitalization, 4044-5
>>Safety
>>>Accidents, increase, deregulation, relationship, 8055
>>>Advisory Committee, provincial representation, 4065
>>>Provincial consultations, 4064
>>>Rail line defects, Quebec, 4044, 4063-4, 5641-2
>>>Railway crossings
>>>>Accidents, increase, 4044-5, 4063-5
>>>>Barriers, 4062
>>>>Controlled, double arms, S.O. 31, 4067-8
>>>>Deaths, accidents, reducing by 50% within 10 years, Transport Canada
plans, 4043
>>>Rules and regulations, development, railway labour involvement, 4044
>>>Standards, government setting and monitoring, railway companies deciding
how to implement, 4043, 4064
>>>>Quebec regulations, duplication, 4065
>>>Track maintenance shop, Charny, Que., closure, transfer of operations to
Winnipeg, Man., impact, 3979-80, 4044, 4063-4, 5641-2, 8093
>>>>o.q., 3711-2, 4986
>>>Train whistling, cessation, conditions, 4043, 4062-4
>>>See also Railway Safety Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43)
>>Security provisions, terrorist attacks, bomb threats, 4044
>>Short line operations, 1097, 1112, 1117-8, 1211, 1215-6, 1239-40, 4065,
8109, 9131-2
>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 1213, 1222-3, 1239
>>>Competitive line rates, Atlantic provinces, importance, 1086-9, 1112-3
>>>Legislation see Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14)
>>>Low interest loans, tax reforms, government providing, 8070
>>>Rail line abandonments, relationship, Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14)
role, 8096, 8098
>>>Rolling stock, movable mortgages, 1234
>>>United States, comparison, 1211-2, 1239
>>>See also Grain transportation--Rail transportation improvements
>>Taxation system, revising, 8070-1
>>Vancouver, B.C. port, improving service, Asia-Pacific trade factor, election
timing factor, 8108
>>See also British Columbia--Confederation entry;
Canadian National Railways;
Grain transportation;
Hazardous products--Transportation;
Heritage buildings/sites--Southern New Brunswick Railway Company station;
Nipissing and James Bay Railway Company Dissolution Act (Bill S-7);
Rail passenger service;
Trucking industry--Highways;
VIA Rail Canada Inc.
Railton, Dr. Victor
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Member of Parliament, former, death, tribute, 4232-3, 4336
Railway Act see Rail transportation/railways--Expropriation
Railway crossings see Rail transportation/railways--Safety
Railway Safety Act
>>
Five year review, 4045
>>>Committee report recommendations, 4043
>>>>Bloc Québécois position, 4064
>>>>Consultations, 4043
>>See also Rail transportation/railways--Safety--Security provisions
Railway Safety Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43)
Railway Safety Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43)--Minister of Transport (Anderson)
>>
First reading, 3168
>>Transport Standing Committee referral, forthwith, prior to second reading
>>>Notice, 3168
>>>M. (Anderson), 4042-6, 4062-5, agreed
to, on division, 4065
Railway stations
>>
Winnipeg, Man., Union Station, proposed sale, open tendering process, o.q.,
241
Railways see Rail transportation/railways
Ramos-Horta, José see Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Group--Manila East Timor
RAMP see Radar modernization project
Ramsay, Jack (REF--Crowfoot)
- >>Air Canada, o.q., 7576-7, 7661,
7715, 8199, 8593, 8953
>>Austrum, Brian and family, S.O. 31, 9444
>>Break and enter, 3543-4, 9596-7
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 794-5, 1434, 1480, 1483
>>Canada Pension PLan, 8793
>>Capital punishment, 4216, 8806-7, 9595
>>Child pornography, o.q., 6131-2
>>Child poverty, 8789
>>Child prostitution, 3585-6, 9407-9, 9660-1, 9672-3, 9904, 9972, 10020
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 3542, 5119, 9407-9, 9595, 9660
>>>o.q., 2939-40
>>>S.O. 31, 2936
>>Child support payments, 1483
>>Code of Conduct Special Joint Committee, M. (Milliken), 6320-1
>>Crime, 3542, 3545
>>Criminal Code, 3543
>>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-234), 7424-7
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--arrest without warrant)(Bill C-224), 3281-2
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 3583-6, 3589, 9407-9, 9643-4, 9660-4, 9672-3, 9676
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal organizations)(Bill C-95), 9904-5, 9968-73, 9979-83, 10006-8, 10010-1, 10019-22
>>Criminal Code (amdt--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3861-2. 3877-80, 3886, 3975, 4216-7, 4468-71, 4473, 5002-4
>>Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--cumulative sentences)(Bill C-321), 7069-70
>>Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205), 2847-9
>>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), 5098, 5118-21
>>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 3541-5, 9419-20, 9430-1, 9594-7, 9618
>>Criminals
>>>Petition, 7524
>>>S.O. 31, 231
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 3542-3, 4470, 5118-21, 9595, 9660
>>>M. (Meredith), 1140-1
>>Education, petition, 7524
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7061
>>Family violence, 3584, 3586
>>Female genital mutilation (excision), 3584-5, 3589, 9644, 9660
>>Forcible confinement, 3543-4, 9596
>>Forgery, 3543-5, 9597
>>Gangs, 9904-5, 9968-73, 9979-83, 10006-8, 10011, 10019-22
>>Gun control/guns, 5004, 6806-7, 9408-9, 10006-7, 10021-2
>>>o.q., 185-6, 6189-90, 9381, 9992
>>>S.O. 31, 4856
>>>Statement by Minister (Rock), 6801-4
>>Hate crimes, 9596
>>Impaired driving, M. (Harris), 6936
>>Income security, 794-5
>>Judges
>>>o.q., 483, 926, 5603-4
>>>S.O. 31, 1364-5
>>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2), 371
>>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6439-40, 6807-8, 6850
>>Justice system, 3541-5, 3878-9, 5004, 5120-1, 9408, 9594-7, 9618, 9676, 10021
>>>o.q., 38, 4505
>>Lap dancing, petition, 7524
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), M. on supply (Solberg), 3197
>>Members of Parliament, 6320-1
>>Murder, 1140, 3543, 3877-8, 4216-7, 4469, 4473, 5002-3, 5118-9, 5121, 9595, 9662
>>>o.q., 39
>>>S.O. 31, 8128
>>Murderers, 1140-1, 3543, 4216-7
>>National debt, 794-5, 1434, 8789
>>National Parole Board, 1140
>>Parole, 3542-3, 3583-4, 3861-2, 3877-80, 3915, 4197, 4216-7, 4468-71, 5002-4, 6802, 9408, 9420, 9430-1, 9594-5, 9662-3, 9673
>>>M. on supply, 8805-7, 8811-2, 8816, 8848, 8852-3, 8855, 8857, 8860
>>>o.q., 38-9, 588, 645, 3560-1, 3712, 3821, 3871, 4077-8, 4985-6, 6065-7, 8836, 8905-6, 9381, 9802, 10186
>>>S.O. 31, 3629, 4221
>>Penitentiaries, 5120
>>>o.q., 2612, 9802
>>Pensions, 1480
>>Poverty, 9661-2
>>Privilege, contempt of Parliament, 4197
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 9979
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 6065-7
>>>Debate be now adjourned, M., 4217
>>>Divisions, recorded, 8994
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 8089
>>>Questions on the Order Paper, 6806-7
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Zed), 4444-5
>>Public safety, 3542, 3544, 9594-5
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 6439-40
>>Ramsay, references, 6320
>>References, Cohen remarks, 6320
>>Referendum on the Restoration of the Death Penalty Act (Bill C-261), 4524-6
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 1140, 3543-4, 5003-4, 5119, 6802-3, 9419-20, 9595-6, 9618, 9643, 9661-4, 9979, 10007, 10021
>>>o.q., 6062-3, 6132, 9381, 9549-50, 9602-3, 9651-2
>>>S.O. 31, 8585
>>Sex offenders, 1140, 5120
>>Sexual assault/offences, 8848, 9663-4
>>>o.q., 9602-4, 9652
>>Sexual orientation, petition, 7524
>>Social programs, 1480, 1483
>>Somalia, 9662
>>>o.q., 8089-90, 8135, 8138
>>Stalking, 3583-4, 3586
>>Taxation, 8789
>>Taxpayer Protection Act, petition, 7524
>>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8739
>>Victims of crime, 3542, 9408, 9431, 9595, 9662-3
>>>o.q., 9602, 9802
>>>S.O. 31, 231
>>Violence, 9644
>>Violent offences, 1140, 5118-9
>>War crimes
>>>o.q., 3128, 3206, 3255-6, 4940-1
>>>Statement by Minister (Rock), 3139-40
>>Women, M. on supply (Guay), 8789-90, 8793
>>Young offenders, 3880, 9983
>>>o.q., 1711-2, 2939-40, 10185-6
>>>S.O. 31, 6054
>>Young Offenders Act, 9662
>>>M. (Hart), 6333-5
>>>o.q., 1711-2
Ramsay, Megan see Murder
Ramsey, James Walter see Parole--Murderers
Raney, Ann see Parliament Buildings--Peace Tower
Rankin Inlet, N.W.T., see Suicide
Ransier, Capt Stephen see Canadian Armed Forces
Rape see Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation; Rwanda--Civil war; Sentences (convicted criminals)--consecutive sentences for murderers and rapists; Sexual assault/offences--Shaw, Dawn--Werbecky, Kim
Rape shield law see Sexual assault/offences--Trials
Ratushny, Judge Lynn see Murderers--Women
Raw milk products see Dairy products--Cheese
Raymond, Brien see Young offenders
RCAF see Royal Canadian Air Force
RCMP see Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCVC Western Fitness Roof see Volleyball--Western Canadian Midget Volleyball Championships
Read, Larry see Sexual assault/offences--Thwaites, Norma
Reagan, Ronald see United States
Real estate values see Economic conditions--Quebec separation/sovereignty
REAL (Realistic, Equal, Active, for Life) Women see Government funding--Organizations
Rebates see Goods and Services Tax
Recall see Members of Parliament
Recalls see Automobile safety--Chrysler minivans
Recession see Economic conditions
Recognition and Interdependence see Federalism--Renewal, Quebec Liberal Party position
Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Act
(amdt.) and Constitution Act, 1867 (amdt.)(Bill C-284)--G. Breitkreuz
>>
First reading, 3140
>>Second reading, 6471-9
>>See also Property rights--Canadian Bill of Rights
Recombinant hormones see Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (amdt.--recombinant hormones)(Bill C-319); Food--Prepackaged
Reconciliation proclamation see South Africa--Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Recording industry
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Government production fund, impact, o.q., 6133
Recreation
>>
Federal government involvement, withdrawal, Throne Speech statement, 5, 296,
327, 350
Recyclable products see Goods and Services Tax
"Red book" see Liberal government (Chrétien)--Election promises
Red Crescent see International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement
Red Cross see Blood--Blood management system; International Committee of the Red Cross; International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement
Red Deer, Alta. see Curling--World Junior Championships; Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/pedophiles, Valley
Redmond, Ruth see Heritage--Heritage Canada Foundation
Reed, Justice Barbara see War crimes--Deportation
Reed, Julian (L--Halton--Peel)
- >>Bombardier Inc., 6571
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1433-5
>>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8427
>>Canada Pension Plan, M. on supply (Manning), 8667
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2408-9
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72), 8250-1
>>Child care, 6571
>>>M. on supply (Hayes), 6570-1
>>Crime, petition, 7586
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3912-3
>>Deficit, 1433-5
>>Disabled and handicapped persons, 2409
>>Economy, 1434
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 9268
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 4695-6, 5547-8
>>>S.O. 31, 4220
>>Goods and Services Tax, 9268
>>Grain marketing, 8250-1
>>Grain transportation, 8250
>>Highways and roads, o.q., 5422
>>Indian Act Optional Modification Act (Bill C-79), 8260-2
>>Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department, 8261
>>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 4695-6, 5547-8
>>Members of Parliament, 8667
>>Mining industry, o.q., 6494
>>National debt, 1433-4
>>Oil and gas industry, 6571-2
>>Parole, 3912-3
>>Procedure
>>>Question and comment period, 6571
>>>Speeches, 6572
>>Sexual orientation, 2408-9
>>Taxation, 1434
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 162-4