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Republic of Korea see Korea, Republic of

Research and development

    >>Agriculture and natural resources sectors, focus, 7401
    >>Concepts, marketability, commercial value, 7353
    >>Facilities
    >>>Infrastructure, investment, cost-sharing with other levels of government and private sector, Finance Standing Committee recommendation, 7219-20, 7401, 7407
    >>>Universities, colleges and hospitals see Canada Foundation for Innovation
    >>>University laboratories, deterioration, remedies, o.q., 9487
    >>Federal role, initiatives, Quebec, 8963-4
    >>Funding, 4383
    >>>$1.8 billion program, government-universities cost-sharing, S.O. 31, 7380
    >>>$900 million, Liberal Party "red book" election promise, government breaking
    >>>>o.q., 530
    >>>>See also Canada Foundation for Innovation
    >>>Increase, 7766
    >>>>Finance Standing Committee recommendation, 7219, 7252
    >>>>Petition, 8145, 9333
    >>>Ontario
    >>>Parc technologique du Québec métropolitain, $250,000 federal share, o.q, 8735-6, 9608
    >>>Provincial distribution, Quebec/Ontario share, etc., 5647, 6282-3
    >>>Quebec share, 5647-8, 5695, 7268, 7761, 8017-8, 8963-4
    >>>>M. on supply (Suzanne Tremblay), 3499-518
    >>>>o.q., 1374, 1658-9, 4179, 4303, 5734-5, 6004-5, 8307
    >>>>See also Energy; Natural resources;
    >>>Reduction, 6282
    >>>>o.q., 8391
    >>Government encouraging
    >>>Promise, breaking, o.q., 5686
    >>>S.O. 31, 7307-8
    >>Government role, etc., 6018, 6282
    >>National Capital Region, laboratories, research centres, Ontario-Quebec divisions, o.q., 4303
    >>Network of Centres of Excellence program, 9634
    >>>Funding, restoring, Finance Standing Committee recommendation, 7219, 7407
    >>>Permanent program, $47 million funding, Feb. 20/97 announcement, o.q., 8392, 8451
    >>>Value, S.O. 31, 7778
    >>Projects, Laval University, funding, S.O. 31, 7382
    >>Regional development, relationship, 9567-8
    >>Scientific research and experimental development tax credit, inflation factor, elimination, 3021, 3937
    >>Superconductors, TRIUMF project, British Columbia, $15-$33 million government funding, o.q., 1658-9, 3421, 6004, 6447
    >>University-industry synergy research and development award, Natural Sciences and Engineering Council and Conference Board of Canada sponsorship, McMaster University, Connaught Laboratories and DORSET Industrial Chemicals Ltd. recipients, tribute, S.O. 31, 5951
    >>University post-graduate doctoral studies, grants, granting Councils' funding, increase, Finance Standing Committee recommendation, 7219, 7407
    >>See also Aerospace industry; Agricultural research; Atomic Energy of Canada Limited; Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement; Defence equipment--Canada-United States agreements; Drugs and pharmaceuticals; Education, post-secondary; Exports--New products; Forestry; Industrial Research Assistance Program; Job creation; Nuclear energy; Transportation--Battery power; Universities/colleges--University of British Columbia

Réseau de L'Information see Francophones outside Quebec

Reserves see Canadian Armed Forces

Résidence ordinaire see Elections--Residency requirement

Residency requirement see Elections; Welfare--Recipients

Residential schools

    >>Establishment in 1849, 8258
    >>Federal government acknowledging responsibility, apologizing to aboriginal peoples, o.q., 6607-8
    >>Inuit, Joseph Bernier school, Chesterfield Inlet, N.W.T., treatment of students, apology, S.O. 31, 475
    >>Kuper Island Residential School, Penelakut Band, British Columbia, memorial service, etc., S.O. 31, 5104-5

Resignations see Cabinet Ministers; Members of Parliament

Resource allowances see Mining industry; Natural resource industries

Resources see Natural resources

Respiratory diseases see Air pollution

Responsible government see Government

RESPs see Registered educational savings plans

Restaurant industry

    >>Job losses, Goods and Services Tax, impact, 7980-1
    >>See also Goods and Services Tax--Food--Harmonization, Food

Restraining orders see Family violence

Restricted trade practices see Cattle industry--Feed loans

Restricted weapons see Gun control/guns--Registration system

Retail Council of Canada see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization--Tax inclusive pricing; Interprovincial trade--Barriers, Goods and Services Tax

Retail sales

    >>Decline, Atlantic provinces, harmonization of Goods and Services Tax with provincial sales tax, 7064-5, 7097, 7099, 7128, 7290
    >>Quebec Week for Retail Trade, S.O. 31, 1705
    >>See also Economic development/renewal--Quebec

Retirement age see Discrimination and racism--Age discrimination; Judges; Senators

Retirement savings

    >>Tax assistance, Budget 1996 measures, 9921
    >>See also Canada Pension Plan; Old age pensions; Old age security; Pensions; Registered retirement savings plans

Returning officers see Elections

Revenue neutral see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization; Mining industry--Resource allowances

Reversing onus see Justice system

Revoke the Conviction of Louis David Riel Act (Bill C-297)--Suzanne Tremblay

    >>First Reading, 3386
    >>Second reading, 6628-36, 7166-71, division deferred, 7171
    >>See also Riel, Louis--Conviction for treason

Reynolds, John see Canadian Executive Services Organization

Richardson, John (L--Perth--Wellington--Waterloo; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs as of Feb. 23, 1996)

    >>Aerospace industry, 840
    >>Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-375), 10209-11
    >>Biotechnology, 840
    >>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 1030
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 10249-50
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 839-41
    >>Business Development Bank of Canada, 840
    >>Cambodia, o.q., 10227-8
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 509, 1622-3, 5707
    >>>M. (B. Mills), 7339-41
    >>>o.q., 1051-3, 3006, 4801, 10228
    >>>S.O. 31, 5952-3
    >>Canadian Special Winter Olympics, S.O. 31, 177-8
    >>Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for United Nations Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-300), 7549
    >>Child care, 840
    >>Communications Security Establishment, document tabled, 10141
    >>Corporations, M. on supply (Loubier), 891, 897
    >>Deficit, 841
    >>Dollar, exchange rate, 6254
    >>Economic conditions, 6254
    >>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Strahl), 752-3
    >>Economy, 6254
    >>Education, post-secondary, 840
    >>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 31, 2357, 3086
    >>Employment, 840
    >>Environmental technologies, 840
    >>Export Development Corporation, 840-1
    >>Exports, 840, 6253-4
    >>Federalism, 6253
    >>Festivals, S.O. 31, 4795
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 2002, 4496
    >>Horseshoe pitching, S.O. 31, 6742
    >>Hospitals, S.O. 31, 3252
    >>Hydro-electric power, 753
    >>Impaired driving, S.O. 31, 7514
    >>Income tax, 840, 891
    >>Inflation, 840
    >>Information highway, 840, 6253
    >>Interest rates, 840
    >>Job creation, 839-40, 6253-4
    >>Lawn bowling, S.O. 31, 6901
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 6252
    >>Marriage, petition, 10238
    >>National Defence Department, o.q., 4630, 4670
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 3553-4
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command, M. (L. Axworthy), 509-11, 539, 551, 554
    >>North American Free Trade Agreement, 6254
    >>Persian Gulf War (1991), 511
    >>>o.q., 1419
    >>Petitions, g.r. tabled, 2012-3, 4080
    >>Procedure
    >>>Adjournment proceedings, 554
    >>>Questions on the Order Paper, 4162
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 6253
    >>Quilting, S.O. 31, 2935
    >>Registered education savings plans, 840
    >>Registered retirement savings plans, 841
    >>Social programs, 841, 6252-3
    >>Somalia
    >>>M. on supply (J. Leroux), 7849
    >>>o.q., 1418-20, 2608-9, 3242, 4174-5, 4181, 4749, 7969, 8451
    >>>S.O. 31, 8082-3
    >>Stratford Festival, S.O. 31, 758, 2246
    >>Taxation, 891
    >>Technology, 6253
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 6252-4
    >>Trade, 6253-4
    >>Unemployment, 6253-4
    >>Veterans, S.O. 31, 2804-5, 6055, 6126
    >>World War I, S.O. 31, 9545, 10225

Rideau Canal

    >>Fedeal property, private construction company, land, damaging, petition, 10146

Rideout, George S. (L--Moncton)

    >>Crime, petition, 4677
    >>Forestry, 7074-5
    >>>o.q., 6190
    >>>S.O. 31, 2430-1
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 7723
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, reports, 5776
    >>Mining industry, S.O. 31, 3918
    >>Music, S.O. 31, 8386

Ridgewood veterans wing see Veterans--Hospitals

Riel, Louis

    >>Commemoration, designating Louis Riel Day and revoking treason conviction, 8662
    >>>See also Louis Riel Day Act (Bill C-380)
    >>Conviction for treason, revoking, 3386, 7457, 8816-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 7382
    >>>See also Revoke the Conviction of Louis David Riel Act (Bill C-297)
    >>Conviction for treason, vacating and recognizing as Father of Confederation, 10236-7
    >>>See also Vacate the Conviction of Louis Riel Act (Bill C-440)
    >>Manitoba Legislature statue, quashing guilty verdict, etc., S.O. 31, 2705
    >>Manitoba provincehood, role, S.O. 31, 3199
    >>Pardon, legislation, o.q., 3490
    >>See also Sedition--Members of Parliament

Right to strike see Labour disputes

Right to vote see Elections

Riis, Nelson (NDP--Kamloops)

    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 4535
    >>Canada Elections Act (amdt.)(Bill C-213), 536
    >>Canada Pension Plan, S.O. 31, 8128
    >>Canada Post Corporation, petition, 9387
    >>Canada-United States relations, S.O. 31, 9375
    >>Canada Water Export Prohibition Act (Bill C-232), 536, 9829-32
    >>Canadian Airlines International
    >>>o.q., 6268
    >>>S.O. 31, 6258
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, o.q., 4505-6
    >>Child poverty, 3873
    >>>o.q., 5294
    >>Child support payments, petition, 569
    >>Corporations, S.O. 31, 32, 5052-3
    >>Cultural sovereignty, S.O. 31, 8583
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, petitions, 537, 569
    >>Economic development/renewal, S.O. 31, 32
    >>Elections, 536
    >>Fisheries, Pacific, o.q., 7468
    >>Foreign investment, o.q., 9748
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, petition, 2189, 9658, 9806
    >>Goods and Services Tax
    >>>o.q., 3492, 5425, 6190
    >>>Petition, 6195, 9388, 9658, 9806
    >>>S.O. 31, 5597
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 9387, 9658-9, 9807
    >>Job creation, o.q., 42, 8016, 8313
    >>Judges, petition, 4571
    >>Labour disputes, o.q., 5686, 6134
    >>Mining industry, S.O. 31, 3865
    >>Nuclear reactors
    >>>Petition, 6195, 9388, 9659
    >>>S.O. 31, 6305
    >>Parliamentary interns, S.O. 31, 4173
    >>Parole, petitions, 3877, 4996
    >>Pearson International Airport, o.q., 4180
    >>Postal service, o.q., 5563, 7041
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 1874-5, 1878-9
    >>>Documents, 485
    >>>Statements by Ministers, 1813
    >>>Ways and Means motions, 6937
    >>Propane, petition, 6968
    >>Rail passenger service, S.O. 31, 6001
    >>Salmon, S.O. 31, 1656, 1704, 1713-4, 2143
    >>Senate, o.q., 4180
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 569, 3876, 8020
    >>Social programs, petition, 569
    >>Sports, o.q., 4989
    >>Suicide, petition, 8020
    >>Taxation, petition, 4996, 5426-7, 6968, 8020
    >>Tobacco products, o.q., 3427
    >>Trade, S.O. 31, 8583
    >>Training programs, petition, 3876-7
    >>Veterans benefits, petition, 4996
    >>Veterans, S.O. 31, 6054-5

Rimouski, Que.

    >>300th anniversary, S.O. 31, 4069-70

Rinaldi, Mario see Canadian Space Agency--Accounting practices

Ringma, Bob (REF--Nanaimo--Cowichan)

    >>Aboriginal peoples, S.O. 31, 1284-5
    >>Aerospace industry, 5823
    >>Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, 5823
    >>>o.q., 6009-10
    >>British Columbia, M. on supply (Duncan), 4889-91
    >>Broadcasting, ro., 4461
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 834-6
    >>Business, 834
    >>Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44),, 4790-2
    >>Canada, petition, 1899
    >>Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14), 1199-201, 1203-4
    >>Canadian Achievers, The, S.O. 31, 3254
    >>
    Canadian Armed Forces, 561, 565, 658
    >>>o.q., 763, 4865
    >>Canadian flag, 5823
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, 5823
    >>Canadian National Railways, 4791
    >>Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for United Nations Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-300), 6645
    >>Canadian Youth Services Corps, 5824
    >>Capital punishment, 1470, 4519-20, 4573
    >>Committees, 247-8
    >>>S.O. 31, 476, 918
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5822-4
    >>Conscientious objection act, petition, 2615
    >>Crime, petition, 4087-8
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4545-8, 4572-3
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--operation while impaired)(Bill C-201), 4482-3
    >>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), 9715-6
    >>Dairy products
    >>>o.q., 1714
    >>>S.O. 31, 1705
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 9716
    >>Defence equipment, 5823
    >>Deficit, 834
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 1272
    >>Discrimination and racism, S.O. 31, 2175-6
    >>Education, 5823
    >>>Petition, 3263
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 1899
    >>Ethics Counsellor, 7321
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7320-2
    >>Fisheries, 7196-7
    >>Fisheries Act (Bill C-62), 7196-8
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 340, 537
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 5823, 7320
    >>>Petition, 7089, 7431, 8695
    >>>S.O. 31, 7461
    >>Government expenditures, 5823
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 8695
    >>Impaired driving, S.O. 31, 7305
    >>Income, 835
    >>Income tax
    >>>M. for Papers, 4352
    >>>Petition, 2615
    >>>qu., 3388
    >>Interprovincial trade, 5823
    >>Justice system, 9715-6
    >>>Petition, 97
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 5822-4, 7321
    >>Literacy, 5823
    >>Members of Parliament Transition Allowance Act (Bill C-298), 3386
    >>Murder, 4547-8
    >>National debt, 834-6, 4546
    >>National parks/marine conservation areas, qu., 6617
    >>National Parole Board, M. (Bridgman), 9909-10
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 1416, 2003
    >>Newfoundland, o.q., 1107
    >>Nisga'a land claim, S.O. 31, 1284-5
    >>Nunziata, references, 7321
    >>Parole, 2052-3, 4545-8, 4572-3, 9715
    >>>M. on supply (Ramsay), 8865-7
    >>Ports, 4790-2
    >>Private Members' Business Subcommittee, 769
    >>Privilege
    >>>Grey, D. (contempt of Parliament), 212
    >>>Hart (contempt of Parliament), 561
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 565, 658
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 1899
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 4520
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 272, 675-6, 856, 993, 996, 1199-201, 1203-4, 1272, 1498, 1502, 1874-5, 1878-9, 2098
    >>>Supply motions, 5657
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>M. (Boudria), 247-8
    >>>M. (Zed), 4426
    >>Public Service, o.q., 3565
    >>Quebec, o.q., 1465-6
    >>Quebec distinct society status, o.q., 1465-6
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, petition, 3387
    >>Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236), 5991-2
    >>References
    >>>Thanks to staff, etc., S.O. 31, 8946
    >>>See also Board of Internal Economy--Members; Discrimination and racism
    >>Referendum on the Restoration of the Death Penalty Act (Bill C-261), 1470, 4519-20, 4522
    >>Reform Party, 7321
    >>Research and development, o.q., 5686
    >>Residential schools, S.O. 31, 5104-5
    >>Ringma, references, S.O. 31, 8946
    >>Salmon, 7197-8
    >>Sentences (convicted criminals), 4547, 4572
    >>Sexual orientation, 2053
    >>>Petition, 3263
    >>Somalia
    >>>o.q., 1372, 1419-20, 2008, 2066-7, 8835
    >>>S.O. 31, 1366, 1657-8
    >>Taxation, 5823
    >>Television
    >>>o.q., 7192
    >>>S.O. 31, 6656-7
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 116-8
    >>Trade, 5823
    >>Training programs, 5823-4
    >>Transportation, 4791
    >>Underground economy, 7322
    >>Veterans benefits, petition, 3263
    >>Victims of crime, 9715
    >>>M. on supply (R. White), 2052-3
    >>>o.q., 184-5
    >>Young Offenders Act, 4547
    >>>Petition, 4349
    >>>S.O. 31, 4796