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Rochon, Stéphane see Skiing--Freestyle

Rock, Hon. Allan (L--Etobicoke Centre; Minister ofJustice and Attorney General of Canada)

Rocket launchers see Gun control/guns--Smuggling

Rocky Mountaineer Railtours see Rail passenger service

Rolling, Gord see Fire-fighters--Volunteer fire-fighters

Rollins, Clarke

    >>Former Ontario MLA, death, tribute, 6741

Roman Catholic catechism see Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Religion factor

Romania

    >>Ceausescu, Nicolae, regime, human rights violations, Canadian position, nuclear reactor sale factor, 1816
    >>See also Canadian Executive Service Organization; Marine transport--Dubai

Romanow, Roy see Children--Importance

Rome Convention see Copyright--Rights

Rompkey, Hon. Senator William (L--Labrador)

    >>References, Senate appointment, 6674

Rooney, Dr. Gerald see Sports

Rose, Fred see Members of Parliament--Sedition

Rosedale constituency

    >>Diversity of constituents, 9633
    >>See also Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals

Rosenfeldt family see Parole--Murderers, Victims

Ross, Sonia see Family violence--Deaths of women

Rotary Club see Service clubs

Rouge River Valley

    >>Park, establishing, Toronto, Ont., 6237

Round table meetings see Agriculture--National policies

Rousseau, Jean Jacques see Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Equality factor

Roux, Elisabeth see Fraud

Roux-Jean-Louis see Quebec

Rowing

    >>Swayze, Craig, contribution, tribute, S.O. 31, 3078
    >>See also Olympics, 1996 Summer Games--Canadian team

Roy, Jean-Robert

    >>Former Member of Parliament, death, tribute, 7717-9

Roy, Pierre see Canadian Security Intelligence Service--Soviet Union/Russian Federation mole

Royal Academy of Dancing see Artists--Hale

Royal Air Force Ferry Command see Veterans

Royal Assent

Royal Bank of Canada see Small and medium business--Loans

Royal Canadian Air Force see Canadian Armed Forces

Royal Canadian Legion see Call to Remembrance Program

Royal Canadian Mint see Government advertising

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

    >>Administrative reorganization, Quebec regional headquarters moved from Montreal, Que. to London, Ont., o.q., 9173
    >>Autonomy, removal from jurisdiction of Public Service Staff Relations Act, 3997, 4001, 4011
    >>Bilingualism bonus, uniformed and civilian, Gingras case, Federal Court of Canada ruling, 3996-8, 4003-7, 4032, 5011-2, 5015
    >>Collective bargaining rights/unionization 3996-9, 4003-4, 4007-8, 4032, 5010-8, 8488-9, 8874
    >>>Canada Labour Code Part I review, Sims task force, relationship, etc., 3999-4000, 5010, 5012, 5014, 6415, 6421-2
    >>>>o.q., 1250, 2311-2, 4984
    >>>Delisle, Sergeant Gaétan, case, 3996-7, 4008
    >>>>Discipline, suspension, etc., o.q., 8450-1
    >>>Denial, legislation, Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30), 3998-4000, 4004-5, 4011, 4014-5
    >>>M. (Ménard), 5010-8
    >>>>Dropped from Order Paper, 5018
    >>>Reform Party position, S.O. 31, 8267
    >>>S.O. 31, 1240, 4624
    >>E Division see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Chilliwack, B.C.
    >>Firearms disposal, destruction, qu., 4238-9
    >>Grievance system, review, External Review Committee Chair Jennifer Lynch conducting, conflict of interest possibility, o.q., 1769, 1844
    >>Murray, Philip, Commissioner see Air Canada--Airbus A320 passenger jet
    >>Occupational health and safety, protection, 4008-9
    >>>Canada Labour Code, Part II, Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30), removing, 3996, 4003, 4010-1
    >>Pensions, private sector management, need, 8452
    >>Political activities, elected office, Sergeant Gaétan Délisle, Mayor, Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Que., suspension, 3996-7, 4014
    >>Provincial policing services, Ontario and Quebec paying 30% for other provinces, compensation, 7769, 7972-3
    >>Public Complaints Commission
    >>>Annual report, 1989-1990, recommendations, implementing, 5333
    >>>>See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-336)
    >>>See also Gun control/guns--Smuggling
    >>Salaries, inadequate, 4013-4
    >>Staff relations, 3996, 4000-3, 4007, 4012
    >>>Legislation see Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30)
    >>Translator charged with crimes, member of Tamil Tigers terrorist group, 2726
    >>Uniforms, turbans by Sikh officers, Reform Party position, 1489
    >>See also Aboriginal peoples--Discrimination; Air Canada--Airbus A320 passenger jet; Air India--Flight 182; Airports--Security services; Blood--Blood management system; Canadian Security Intelligence Service--Bilingualism bonus--Chamberland, Normand; Criminals; Fraud--Roux, Elisabeth; Gun control/guns--Registration system--Seized firearms; Haiti--Police; Irving Whale--Magdalen Islands; Public Service; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents; Terrorism--Combatting; War crimes; Witness Protection Program

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

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-336)--Milliken

    >>First reading, 5333
    >>See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act--Public complaints commission

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-429)--Harb

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-52)--Solicitor General (H. Gray)

    >>First reading, 3989

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

    >>Expenditures, exceeding $60 million, 850-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 6556
    >>Recommendations, implementation
    >>>Canadian Human Rights Commission 1976 annual report criticism, o.q., 9277
    >>>Costs
    >>>>And length of time taken, 7848
    >>>>o.q., 6557-8
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6556
    >>>Dependence, continuing, enlarging Indian industry, S.O. 31, 6605-6
    >>>Equality principle, Reform Party position
    >>>>o.q., 6560
    >>>>S.O. 31, 7077-8
    >>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction factor, o.q., 6557
    >>>Government meeting with aboriginal leaders, refusal, o.q., 9801
    >>>o.q., 7661, 9178
    >>>Parliamentary-aboriginal committee, establishing
    >>>>o.q., 6564
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6554
    >>>Royal proclamation, o.q., 6557
    >>Report
    >>>Releasing to media, not Members of Parliament, 6505
    >>>Tabled, 6520
    >>See also Aboriginal self-government--Constitution--Distinct nations; Indians/First Nations--Powers

Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism

    >>Establishment in 1963, multiculturalism impact, etc., 2901

Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing (Lortie) see Elections--Voters List, Permanent

Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies

    >>Costs and length of time taken, 7848
    >>See also Reproductive technologies

Royal Commission on Taxation (Carter) see Taxation--System, review/reform

Royal commissions see Air India, Flight 182

Royal Family

    >>Visit, Prince Charles, cost, McClelland remark, S.O. 31, 1584

Royal Military College see Military colleges

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

    >>Anniversary, 125th, S.O. 31, 4624

Royal Newfoundland Regiment see World War I --ANZAC Day

Royal proclamation see Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples--Recommendations

Royal proclamation of 1763 see Indians/First Nations

Royal Society of Canada see Asbestos industry--Products

Royalties see Audio and video tapes--Blanks Copyright--Rights; Income tax--Conventions/protocols with other countries; Oil and gas industry

RRSPs see Registered retirement savings plans

Ru-486 see Abortion--Abortion drug

Rudy`s Bridge see Bridges

Rugs see Child labour

Rule of law see Canada--Constitution and justice system; China; International relations; Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2; Quebec separation/sovereignty--Legal right/constitutionality, Quebec legislation--Quebecers right to decide, Democracy/rule of law--Unilateral declaration

Rural Canada

    >>Budget 1996 measures, impact, 845-6, 1558
    >>Budget 1997 measures, impact, 9196-7, 9564
    >>See also Agriculture--Adaptation and rural development fund; Economic development/renewal; Gun control/guns--Legislation; Health care system; Highways and roads; Information highway--Access--Rural Canada--School Net program Infrastructure program; Posat offices; Postal service; Public Service--Downsizing; Same-sex couples--Spousal status; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act; Telephone service; Unemployment insurance--Reform

Rural secretariat see Agriculture and Agri-Food Department

Russian Federation

    >>Canada, relations with, 553
    >>Chechnya, conflict, Canadian position, 1853
    >>Katyn forest execution of Polish officers in 1940, acknowledgement of responsibility, 1817
    >>Presidential election, 3063
    >>See also Arctic--Demilitarized zone; Canada-Russia Income Tax Agreement Act, 1996; Canadian Executive Service Organization; Canadian Security Intelligence Service; Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association; National security; Nuclear power plants--Plutonium; Nuclear radiation--Northern Russia/Arctic; Nuclear waste

Rwanda

    >>Civil war, genocide, 1815-6, 1820, 1822-4, 1832, 1851, 1855, 1866
    >>>Canadian role, aid, peacekeeping, etc., 5994, 6352, 6387, 6390
    >>>>Belgian troops under Canadian command murdered, 6356
    >>>Economic costs, 7364
    >>>International centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development 1992 report, 7362
    >>>Political will, lack, factor, 6346
    >>>United Nations role re civil rights, Canadian contribution, 1851
    >>>War crimes tribunal, 1851, 1863
    >>>>Canadian support, role, 6388
    >>>>Montreal Urban Community Police role, S.O. 31, 6258
    >>>>o.q., 6612-3
    >>>>See also Judges--Leaves of absence
    >>>Women, impact, victims, rape, etc., S.O. 31, 6658, 8774
    >>Geographic description, etc., 6351
    >>Justice system, establishing, punishment for genocide, Canadian role, etc., 6391-2, 6395-6
    >>National reconciliation, need, South African example, 6392
    >>Pinard, Father Guy, Canadian priest killed, 7583-4
    >>>S.O. 31, 7568-9
    >>See also Africa--Great Lakes region; Canadian International Development Agency; Foreign aid; Institut de développement Nord-Sud; Refugees

Ryerson Polytechnic University see Universities/colleges