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Reed, Ryan see Dangerous driving
Reel Hatred see Violence--Women
Referendum Act see Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63)
Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-377)--Ablonczy
>>
First reading, 8513
>>See also Referendums--Citizen initiated referendums
Referendum on the Restoration of the Death Penalty Act (Bill C-261)--Ringma
- >>First reading, 1470
>>Second reading, 4519-27
>>>M. (Ringma), negatived, 4250
>>>M. (Harris), negatived, 4521
>>>Dropped from Order Paper, 4527
>>See also Capital punishment--Reinstating, Referendum
Référendum Prise deux/Take 2 see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)
Referendums
>>
Citizen initiated referendums, 5890, 8513
>>>New Zealand example, adopting, 684
>>>Reform Party proposal, 3073, 5528, 5861, 6878, 7900, 10081
>>>See also Citizen-Initiated Referendum Act (Bill C-343);
Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-377)
>>Elections, during, 721, 6767
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), attitude, 6752
>>Provincial referendum results overriding, 6692
>>Regions approving holding of, and wording of question, requiring, 6691-3
>>See also Abortion--Federal funding--National referendum;
Affirmative action--California program;
Belarus;
Capital punishment--Reinstating;
Constitution--Amending;
Constitutional Reform--Charlottetown Accord;
Education--Newfoundland religion-based school system;
European Union--Maastricht accord;
Newfoundland--Confederation;
Nisga'a land clam--Agreement in principle;
Ontario;
Quebec--Confederation;
Quebec distinct society status--Constitutional entrenchment;
Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995);
Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995);
Senate--Abolition
Reform Party
>>
1995 alternative taxpayers budget see Budget 1995
>>1997 alternative "fresh start" budget see Budget 1997--Alternative
>>Attitude and tactics, deploring, 4394
>>>S.O. 31, 1416
>>Canadian history, knowledge, 5863
>>Caucus disarray, dissent, 728, 733,
738-9
>>Caucus resignations, Members not seeking re-election, 6737
>>Club R, rewards, S.O. 31, 581
>>Convention, June 1996, Vancouver, B.C.
>>>Manning remarks re controlling extremists, S.O. 31, 3484
>>>S.O. 31, 3554-6
>>>See also Discrimination and racism--Reform Party position
>>Cowboys, Bellemare remarks, 5862-3
>>Election nominations, women, 10090
>>Election platform, "fresh start", 5765-6, 5817-8, 5844, 5860-2, 5866-7, 6022,
6276, 6734, 6737-8, 7321, 7324, 9890, 9895
>>>o.q., 10229-31
>>>Phrase "fresh start" used in Shepherd 1993 campaign, 9560
>>>S.O. 31, 6000, 6056, 8901
>>>See also Budget--Balanced;
Family--Reform Party position;
Federal-provincial jurisdiction--Duplication;
Justice system--Reform Party position
>>Election promises
>>>Broken, 5749-50
>>>Keeping, 5756
>>Election prospects, 227
>>Extremism, Liberal Party allegations, 4601, 4621, 5815-6, 5835, 5849, 5858,
5861, 5864, 5867
>>>B'nai Brith Canada statement, S.O. 31, 6003
>>Homosexual caucus members, hypothetical, Manning position, 2583
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), alternative, S.O. 31, 5472-3
>>Liberal Party and Progressive Conservative Party, differences from, 5864-6
>>Membership, lack of diversity, older white males dominating, 2416, 5867
>>National/regional party, 1488-9
>>Negative focus, 9295
>>Official Opposition status request see Official Opposition;
Procedure--Official Opposition status
>>Platform, 804
>>Policies, contradictory, 8065-6
>>Progessive Conservative Party, relationship, 8333-4
>>Public opinion, support, 4596, 5845-6, 5850, 6739
>>>o.q., 7464
>>>S.O. 31, 1163, 1657, 1760
>>Quebec knowledge, role see Quebec
>>Right wing positions, dissidents, treatment, 2453
>>Role in House of Commons, 6872
>>Staff paid with public money, political appointments, Stephen Green and Line
Maheux, o.q., 4747-8
>>Youth conference, Feb. 7-9/97, Ottawa, Ont., 7841
>>>S.O. 31, 7882
>>See also particular subjects
Refugees
>>
Canadian Council for Refugees, S.O. 31, 6556
>>Claimants/claims
>>>Abuse, 5775
>>>>Petition, 7841
>>>>S.O. 31, 4495
>>>Acceptance level, Quebec/Ontario, proportion, 5772
>>>>Quebec government, cost sharing proposal, 5281-2
>>>>>o.q., 3005, 3262
>>>Algerian nationals
>>>>Citizenship and Immigration officials, intimidation, harassment,
allegations, 7500-1
>>>>>o.q., 6748-9
>>>>Temporary deportation suspensions, Bloc Quebecois, requesting, 3043-4,
7500-1
>>>>>o.q., 361, 2066, 6749, 8731-2
>>>Backlog, 75% increase, 9510-1
>>>>o.q., 7887, 7969
>>>Humanitarianism, government commitment, 5772-3
>>>Social assistance while waiting for appeals, limiting, M. (Hanger),
8475-82, dropped from Order Paper, 8482
>>Countries of origin, returning to
>>>United States-Canada proposed agreement
>>>>Moral responsibility, ignoring, S.O. 31, 1198, 1414
>>>>o.q., 1104-5
>>Criminals, 6847
>>>Ashrafinia, Siamak, passport forgery charges, etc., 6871
>>>Deporting rather than imprisoning, 5117, 5127, 6871-2
>>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--refugee or immigrant applicants convicted
of an offence on indictment)(Bill C-333)
>>>Garcia, Dennis, American, dangerous offender, 5775
>>>>o.q., 4863, 4984-5
>>>Iranian cases, Abdul Nasser Taher Azar cocaine trafficking case, passport
forgery case, deportation order appeals, etc., 5126-7
>>>Lam, Bao Ngoc, deportation, delay, release, o.q., 2944
>>>Rejecting outright, S.O. 31, 4979
>>>Vancouver, B.C. case, drug trafficking and home invasion, 6872
>>>Vietnam, deportation agreement, o.q., 2944
>>>White, T., remarks, 5126-8
>>>Williams, Hugh, drug trafficking, 6871-2
>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--refugee or immigrant applicants convicted of
an offence on indictment)(Bill C-333)
>>Fees, convention refugees, exempting, petition, 1427
>>Gender discrimination criteria, 7357
>>Hearings, privacy factors, 9365
>>HIV/AIDS tests, requiring, 9846
>>>See also Criminal Code, Corrections and Conditional Release Act and
Immigration Act (amdt.--spread of HIV and AIDS)(Bill C-406)
>>Régalado, Victor, Salvadoran national, deportation order, fairness, 4330-2
>>>o.q., 2478-9
>>Resettlement policy, 5771
>>>o.q., 8908
>>Rwandans, youth, Environmental Video Exchange, participation, 6394
>>Somalis, determination process, delay, o.q., 2811
>>Status, determination, Plaut report, 5500
>>Terrorists, convicted/alleged
>>>Immediate deportation, no appeal process, o.q., 239
>>>McAllister, Malachy, 1988 deportation order, remaining in Canada, o.q., 239
>>Women, S.O. 31, 474
>>Worldwide, extent, number, 1863, 6396
>>Zaire, expulsion, government policy, o.q., 8276, 8731-2
>>See also Africa--Great Lakes region;
Bosnia-Herzegovina;
Canadian International Development Agency--Somalia;
Guatemala;
Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role;
Lebanon--Israeli air raids and artillery fire;
National Refugee Awareness Day Act (Bill C-306);
War criminals--Bosnian war criminals in Canada;
Zaire--Civil war
Régalado, Victor see Refugees
Regan, Geoff (L--Halifax West)
- >>Air transportation, 8103
>>Airports, 8102-4
>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, o.q., 4179-80
>>Bedford Junior High Band, S.O. 31, 2706
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 852-3
>>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8365-7
>>Canada Foundation for Innovation, 8365-6
>>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 6427-9
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2128, 2144
>>Chambers, Bob, S.O. 31, 1416-7
>>Child poverty, 8366
>>Child tax benefit, 852, 8366
>>Deficit, 852-3
>>Education, S.O. 31, 5555
>>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2216-8
>>Entrepreneurs, S.O. 31, 5951
>>Fisheries, Atlantic, o.q., 318
>>Francophonie, S.O. 31, 919
>>Genocide, 2128
>>Goods and Services Tax, 8366-7
>>>S.O. 31, 8084
>>Impaired driving, petitions, 3497, 5609
>>Information highway, S.O. 31, 3198
>>Job creation, 106
>>>S.O. 31, 3482
>>National unity, S.O. 31, 3556
>>Ports, 107
>>Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236), 5989-91
>>References, taking Chair as Acting Speaker, 10204
>>Sexual orientation, 2128, 2144
>>>Petition, 2526
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply M. (Sheridan), 68-9, 106-8
>>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8102-4
>>Unemployment insurance, 2217-8
>>Wildlife, petition, 5609
>>Women, S.O. 31, 3919
Regina Leader-Post see Newspapers--Saskatchewan
Regina, Sask. see Charitable organizations--Unemployment Workers' Health and Counselling Centre; Farm Credit Corporation--Head office; Human Resources Development Department--Income securities branch; New Democratic Party--Convention; Young Offenders Act--Amending
Regional Development Banks
>>
Canada participation, 1995 report, tabled, 8784
Regional economic development see Economic development/renewal--Regional
Regions see Air navigation services--Commercialization; Constitution--Amending; Employment insurance--Legislation; Government contracts--Procurement process; Senate
Registered charities see Charitable organizations
Registered domestic partnerships see Family--Definition
Registered education savings plans (RESPs)
- >>Contributions, annual limits
>>>Increasing from $1,500 to $2,000 and lifetime limits from $31,500 to $42,000, Budget 1996 measure, 378, 414, 446, 449, 801, 811, 830, 840, 1441, 1482, 1537, 3023-4, 6539, 9516, 9630, 9921-2
>>>>o.q., 7710
>>>Increasing to $4,000 per year, Budget 1997 measure, 8293, 8330, 9334, 9516, 9922
>>>Lifetime limit, increase from $31,500 to $42,000, 9516, 9922
>>Unused portions, transfer to Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Budget 1997 measure, 8293, 8330-1, 8374-5, 9334
Registered retirement savings plans (RRSP)
>>
Budget 1996 measures, 9527
>>>Tax grab, dismantling program, 2989
>>>>o.q., 823
>>>See also Registered retirement savings plans--Contributions--Self-directed;
>>Contributions
>>>Age limits, reducing to 69 from 71, Budget 1996 measure, 380, 402, 447,
852-3, 1476-7, 3942, 9229, 9518, 9521, 9525-6, 9921
>>>>o.q., 1468
>>>Carry forward provisions, seven year limit, elimination, Budget 1996
measure, 380, 447, 800, 841, 853, 1482, 9516, 9568, 9921
>>>>o.q., 430, 823
>>>LImit, $8,000 reduction, 9632
>>>Limits, $13,500 per year, freezing until 2003, increasing to $15,500 by
2005, Budget 1996 measure, 380, 447, 841, 852-3, 1476, 1482, 2994-5, 3018,
3936, 3942, 9921
>>>>Income tax increase, 4725
>>>o.q., 429
>>>Over-contributions, without monthly tax penalty, reducing to $2,000, Budget
1995 measure, 2995, 3936
>>Death, transfer to spouse tax free, Reform Party proposals, 7409
>>Estate planning, use, limits, 9521
>>Foreign investment option, 20% limit, 796, 1524-5
>>>See also Job creation
>>Funds, use, 9525-6
>>Income tax deduction, changing to tax credit, 7424
>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 8142-3
>>>See also Income Tax Act (amdt.--change RRSP deduction to a tax credit)(Bill
C-364)
>>Income tax savings, 8674
>>Low income earners, extending to, 7409
>>Retirement allowances, tax free transfer, gradual elimination, 3936
>>Retirement savings product, February 1997 introduction, o.q., 6964
>>Self-directed, administration fee, deductibility, eliminating, Budget 1996
measure, 852-3, 3942
>>>o.q., 823
>>Seniors Benefit, taxation rates, discouraging investment, o.q., 5168
>>Super RRSP style plan, Chile example, 3018
>>Turner, Garth, promoting, 9568
>>See also Canada Pension Plan;
Canada Savings Bonds;
Employment RRSP;
Income tax--Children under 18;
Members of Parliament--Pensions;
Pensions--Replacing;
Registered education savings plan--Unused portions
Regulations
>>
Electronic registry, establishing, 3769
>>Incorporation by reference of standards, 3768-9, 3771-2
>>Legislation, Regulations Act (Bill C-25), 6865
>>>Background, previous legislation, Regulatory Efficiency Act (Bill C-62)(1st
Sess., 35th Parl.), Regulations Act (Bill C-84)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.),
subcommittee study, etc., 3769-70, 3773
>>>Committee study, 6872
>>>Complexity, 3773-4
>>>Provisions, overview, 3768
>>>See also Regulations Act (Bill C-25)
>>Modernizing, streamlining, economy, competitiveness, employment, etc.,
relationship, 3767-9, 3773
>>Privatized entities, relationship, 3771
>>Public review, Parliamentary overview, 3768, 3770-1
>>Registration, publication, exemptions, 3772-3
>>Regulatory reform, interdepartmental and intergovernmental co-ordination, 3
>>Role, importance, process, 3769-70
>>Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee role, 3768-9, 3774
>>>Disallowance powers, providing, 2313, 3774-5
>>>See also Statutory Instruments Act (amd.--disallowance procedure for
delegated subordinate legislation)(Bill C-278)
>>Statutory Instruments Act, role, 3767-70
>>Treasury Board role, 3770
>>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization, Airspace management;
Corporations;
Deregulation;
Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy;
Financial institutions;
Gun control/guns;
Mining industry;
Pesticides;
Prostitution--Legalizing;
Small and medium business;
Statutes of Canada--Plain language use
Regulations Act (Bill C-25)--Minister of Justice (Rock)
>>
First reading, 1110
>>Second reading, 3767-75
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 4046-7
>>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 4047
>>>Reported, with amdts., 6912
>>See also Regulations
Regulations Act (Bill C-84)(1st Sess. 35th Parl) see Regulations--Legislation
Regulatory Efficiency Act (Bill C-62)(1st. Sess, 35th Parl.) see Regulations--Legislation
Rehabilitation see Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy; Murder--Sentences; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Purpose; Victims of crime; Young offenders--Diversion--Rehabilitation/punishment
Religion
>>
World Day of Prayer, South Korean women role, etc., S.O. 31, 8773
>>See also Education--Newfoundland;
Gender equality--International;
Pakistan;
Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act;
Universities/colleges--University of Alberta
Remediation see Bankruptcy and insolvency
Remembrance see Call to Remembrance Program
Remembrance Day see Veterans--Veterans Week
Renaissance Montréal see Youth Services Canada--Saint-Denis constituency projects
Renewable energy see Energy industries
Renewable energy strategy see Energy
Renewing Youth Justice see Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Thirteenth
Repentigny constituency see Sauvageau--References
Repentigny, Que. see Canada Employment Centres--Joliette, Que.
Replacement workers see Labour disputes
Replica handguns see Gun control/guns
Representational allowances see Judges
Repressed memory syndrome see Sexual assault/offences--Accused access to medical and therapeutic records
Reproductive technologies
>>
Artificial insemination, 5624
>>Children, protecting, 5614, 5626-7, 5946, 5967, 5969, 5980
>>>Genetic parents, anonymity, impact, 5946-7
>>Cloning, Scottish experiment, sheep, success, human cloning, implications,
o.q., 8509-10
>>Genetic engineering, dangers/benefits, 5975-9
>>Government position, 5620, 5946,
6085-6
>>In vitro fertilization, 5619, 5979-81
>>Infertility, treatment, 5978-9
>>Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, ICSI, 5947
>>New reproductive and genetic technologies
>>>Legislation, (Bill C-47), 5613, 5621-2
>>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 5622-4, 5945-6, 5970, 5972, 6086-7
>>>>o.q., 3491
>>>>Reform Party position, 5626
>>>>Titles, definitions, vague, 5622, 5945, 5966, 5968, 5972, 5980, 5983, 6087
>>>Moratorium, 5615, 5620-1, 5942, 5944-5, 5970-1, 5982, 6084
>>>National agency, federal-provincial jurisdiction, 5623, 5944, 5970, 5972-3,
6084-6
>>>>o.q., 5961
>>>Prohibitions, proposals, 5620, 5623-4, 5627, 5966, 5975-6, 5978, 5982,
6084-5
>>>>Animal-human hybrids, 5616, 5974-5, 5978, 5982
>>>>Cadavers, fetuses, reproductive material, use, 5616, 5624, 5982
>>>>Cloning, 5616, 5624, 5627
>>>>Embryo research, 5617
>>>>Genetic manipulation, 5615-6, 5624
>>>>Other countries, action, comparison, 5618, 5621, 5942-3
>>>>Reproductive materials, eggs, sperm, embryos, sale, 5617, 5627, 5943,
5945, 5966, 5969, 5971, 5981-2
>>>>Sex selection, 5615, 5948, 5967-8, 5982
>>>>Surrogacy, 5616-7, 5624-5, 5945-6, 5966
>>>Regulatory regime, 5619-21, 5624-5,
5947, 5979
>>>>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, impact, 5622
>>>>Consultations, 5613-4
>>>>Criminal Code, enforcement, Bloc Quebecois position, 5944, 5971, 5973,
5977, 5982, 6084-6
>>>>Ethics/principles, 5614-5, 5619-21, 5624-5, 5942-3, 5946-8, 5966, 5968-71,
5976, 5980-1
>>>>Provinces, jurisdiction, 5773, 5943-4, 5983
>>Prenatal diagnosis, 5966-7
>>Research, necessity, 5975-8, 6087
>>Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies (Baird), recommendations,
5619-20, 5942-6, 5970-1, 5981-3, 6083-4
>>>Government action, request, o.q., 480-1, 645-6
>>Women, vulnerability, 5617, 5946,
5967, 5969, 5980
>>See also Human Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Act (Bill C-47)