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Small business loans
>>
Limits, increase, 8763
Small Business Loans Act
>>
Lending ceiling, raising to $12 billion, 7399
Small business tax rate see Small and medium business
Small Business Week see Small and medium business> Smallwood, Clara Isabelle
- >>Death, tribute, S.O. 31, 1838-9
Smallwood, Hon. Joey see Fisheries
SMBs see Small and medium business
Smelter upgrades see Mining industry--Job creation
Smirl, Lisa see Universities/colleges--University of Manitoba, Students
Smith, Arnold see Fire-fighters--Volunteer fire-fighters
Smith Pte Smokey see Veterans--Victoria Cross recipients
Smith, Tanya see Murder
Smoking see Health--Cardiovascular disease; Tobacco products--Use
Smuggling
>>
Anti-smuggling strategy, 6865
>>>Extending, co-ordinating with United States, S.O. 31, 7882
>>Customs officers seizing contraband, S.O. 31, 8648
>>South Asian human smuggling trade, petition, 8870
>>St. Lawrence River, Akwesasne Indian Reserve and Cornwall Island, o.q.,
5110-1
>>See also Excise taxes;
Gun control/guns;
Immigration/immigrants--Illegal;
Refugees--Criminals, Iranian cases
SNC Lavalin see Defence equipment--Ships, Minesweepers
Snow crab fishery see Fisheries, Atlantic--Fish stock management
Snow, David see Kidnapping
Snow Geese see Migratory birds--Canada-United States convention
Snow, Kevin Barry see Prime Minister's residences
Snowy Owl Foundation, S.O. 31, 6902
Social assistance see Refugees--Claimants/claims; Welfare
Social conservatism
>>
Debate, Laissez Faire Club of Ottawa, S.O. 31, 6954
Social contract see Justice system
Social development see Crime prevention
Social engineering
>>
Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, 2412, 6281
Social housing see Housing--Social
Social Insurance numbers see Family violence--Assault by estranged husbands
Social policy
>>
Principles, federal government, provinces, developing, 5, 6278
>>Social union
>>>Defining, promoting, preserving, 56-7, 197, 350
>>>Ministerial council on the social union, federal-provincial, 9153-4
Social programs
>>
Affordability, 829
>>Allmand position, 335-6
>>Costs, 439
>>>Taxation, future generations, impact, 341
>>Cut-backs, 349, 2270-1, 5537
>>>Western Premiers' Conference agenda, S.O. 31, 3310
>>>See also Crime--Rate;
Deficit--Reduction;
Violence--Women
>>Delivery, decentralization, Reform Party position, 2991
>>Dependence on, reducing, Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise,
"red book", 5844
>>Economic policy, relationship, 7271
>>Education and health care, priority, Reform Party position, 5861
>>Expenditures
>>>$4.5 billion cutback, 8323-4, 10045,
10047
>>>>o.q., 9649
>>>$11 billion minimum, o.q., 8445
>>>Cutbacks, S.O. 31, 8305
>>>Federal government transfers, $7 billion reduction, Budget 1996 proposals,
381, 801, 843, 1532, 1669, 6254, 6288, 8327
>>>>Fortin report, 1669
>>>>o.q., 424
>>>>Restoring, o.q., 7237
>>>National debt interest charges, impact, 7411
>>>Reform Party proposals, 6734
>>>>S.O. 31, 1704
>>>Spending levels, public input, 7412
>>>See also Budget--Balanced;
Poverty--Government combatting
>>Government commitment, 287, 346
>>Government dismantling, 330
>>Human Resources Development Department, funding, continuing, petition, 569
>>Improvements, Budget 1996 measures, lack, 401
>>International comparison, decline, 8790
>>Mobility, promoting, Throne Speech proposal, 5
>>National debt interest charges/deficit, impact, 418, 802, 1480, 1483, 1509,
1538, 2989-90, 3033, 6021, 8061, 8768, 8787, 8968, 9145, 10089
>>>See also Social programs--Protection/sustaining
>>National standards, 308
>>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, Quebec, compliance, o.q., 4071-3
>>>Maintaining while withdrawing federal funding, 10045
>>Priority over tax reductions, 5839
>>Protection/sustaining, 1474, 1480, 1901
>>>Federal government commitment, Budget 1996 statement, 373-5, 403, 411, 457,
810, 830, 841, 847-8, 1443, 1506, 1508-9, 1528, 1536-7, 1931, 9921
>>>Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, impacts, 8334
>>>National debt, deficit, relationship, 1473, 6284
>>>o.q., 314
>>>Public opinion, 456
>>>Safety net, review, 437, 439-40
>>>S.O. 31, 5729-30
>>>Throne Speech statement, 1532
>>Provincial taxation policies, relationship, 7757
>>Reform, 829, 1509
>>>Provinces, consultations, 6325
>>>Unemployment insurance, reform, relationship, 2734-5
>>>See also Social policy--Safety net
>>Reform Party proposals, 1995 alternative taxpayers budget, impact, 293,
447, 515-6, 781-3, 1555, 2991
>>>o.q., 425-6
>>Safety net
>>>Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, destroying, 1491, 8768, 8772
>>>Preserving, 1537
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney, Cambell), dismantling, 8766
>>>Reforming, modernizing, 6016, 6252-3,
8341-2
>>Universality
>>>Ending, Budget 1996 measures, o.q., 425
>>>Maintaining, Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise, 2989-90
>>>Targetting to those in need, Reform Party position, 340-1
>>Unsustainable, 2114
>>See also Defence expenditures--Reduction;
Government programs and services--Expenditures;
National debt--Health and social programs;
Penitentiaries--Inmates;
Unemployment--Rate;
Women
Social reconstruction see Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act
Social security agreements see Chile; Colombia
Social security payments see Income tax--United States
Social services
>>
Government cutback, charitable/volunteer organizations, impact, o.q., 9486-7
>>See also Victims of crime--Services
Social union see Social policy
Social workers see Child prostitution--Training
Société de développement économique de Roussillon see Economic development--Business contacts
Société nationale des communications du Québec see Telecommunications--Call centres
Société québécoise de developpement de la main-d'oeuvre see Training programs--Jurisdiction, Quebec
Society
>>
Basic values, returning to, 4900-1
Socioeconomic Summit see Economic development/renewal--Quebec; Quebec
Socks see Economic development/renewal--Montreal, Que.; Iris Inc.
Softwear see Computers
Softwood lumber industry
>>
Exports, Canada-United States five year agreement, 282, 1438, 4517, 5303,
7302
>>>British Columbia quota system, North American Free Trade Agreement
violation, o.q., 1106
>>>Cancellation, o.q., 6859-60
>>>Impact, S.O. 31, 4069
>>>Industry support, o.q., 7242
>>>Job losses, o.q., 6860
>>>>See also Softwood lumber industry--Exports, Small mills
>>>o.q., 3259, 6183-4, 6908-9
>>>Quota system, 5208, 5303
>>>>o.q., 3873, 6063, 6188, 6264-6, 6313, 6612, 6859, 6909, 7241-2
>>>>S.O. 31, 6182, 7137, 7305-6
>>>Review, advisory committee, establishing, o.q., 6909
>>>Sawmill industry position, o.q., 7241
>>>Signing instead of filing North American Free Trade Agreement challenge,
reasons, 677-8, 8155
>>>>o.q., 138
>>>Signing instead of filing World Trade Organization challenge, 6276
>>>Small mills, closing, job losses, 7302
>>>>o.q., 6266, 6313
>>>>S.O. 31, 6179-80
>>Exports, Canada-United States dispute, World Trade Organization referral
>>>o.q., 3927, 6264, 6908-9
>>>S.O. 31, 7137
Solberg, Monte (REF--Medicine Hat)
- >>Automobile leasing, 1605
>>Bankruptcy and insolvency, 9990, 10049
>>Banks, 2751
>>Bombardier Inc., o.q., 10229
>>Books, 9027-8
>>Budget, 102, 104, 7396, 7398, 7943, 10049, 10052-3
>>>S.O. 31, 2605
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 401-3, 1510-11, 1568-70, 1576
>>Budget 1997, 7272-3
>>>M. (P. Martin), 8329, 8360-5
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 10048-53
>>Canada Foundation for Innovation, 10050
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 8363-4
>>Canada Pension Plan, 8329, 8361, 8364, 9027, 9067, 9518
>>>o.q., 8196-7, 8392, 8837, 927410182
>>>Petition, 10145
>>Canada Steamship Lines Inc., 1375
>>>o.q., 1373
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 10050-1
>>>S.O. 31, 520
>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 4722, 5866
>>>o.q., 4457
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2153-7
>>Capital gains tax, 5867
>>Capital punishment, 4612, 6847-9
>>Child care, 2155, 4722, 5866, 6544-5, 9518, 10048
>>>M. on supply (Hayes), 6543-6
>>>o.q., 5290, 10181-2
>>Child poverty, 7273-4, 7396, 7756
>>>o.q., 10181
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 10145
>>Child support payments, 403
>>Child tax benefit, 7396
>>Chrétien, Jean, references, 7396-7, 8058
>>>o.q., 5808, 7387
>>>S.O. 31, 8083
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5864-7
>>Consumers, o.q., 5884
>>Copyright, 3444-6
>>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 3443-6, 8997-8, 9027-8, 9285-7
>>Crime, 6847-8
>>Crime prevention, 6847, 6849
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4611-2
>>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9420-2, 9436-7
>>Deficit, 403, 5864-5, 8362, 10052
>>>o.q., 5600
>>Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-11), 1361-2
>>Discrimination and racism, 2157
>>>S.O. 31, 2754
>>Economic conditions, 7397
>>>o.q., 7885, 9989
>>Economic development/renewal, 7273-4, 7396-8, 10050
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 5687-91
>>>o.q., 5884
>>Education, post-secondary, 1510, 9027
>>Election promises, 9064
>>Elections, 6848
>>Employment equity, 2156
>>Employment insurance, 10052
>>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2748-51
>>Ethics Counsellor, 3171, 4723, 4725
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7008-13, 7017, 7282-4, 7303, 7728-9, 7755-6, 7774-6, 7937-43, 9063-7
>>Exports, 7397
>>Family, 2153-6, 6543-6
>>>S.O. 31, 5286
>>Family income, o.q., 5884, 9018-9
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 1361-2, 10051-2
>>Finance Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 7272-4, 7395-8
>>Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-15), 1605-6
>>Fiscal responsibility, o.q., 9082-3
>>Gangs, 10051
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, o.q., 3129, 3208
>>Gasoline taxes, 9517
>>Goods and Services Tax, 102-4, 402, 977-9, 4722, 5866-7, 7008-12, 7017, 7282-4, 7396-7, 7728-9, 7755-6, 7774-5, 7937-42, 9027, 9064-7, 10050
>>>M. on supply, 977-8, 985
>>>o.q., 37-8, 136-7, 236, 316, 426, 478, 1167-8, 1293, 1373, 1469, 1660-2, 1765, 1842-3, 1890, 1957-8, 2143, 2182, 2435, 2478, 2608, 2758, 3208, 3635, 3715-6, 3825, 4022, 4075-6, 4344, 4457, 4674, 5600, 5682-3, 5808, 5960, 6370-1, 6491, 6661-2, 7386
>>>S.O. 31, 7780-1
>>>Statement by Minister (P. Martin), 1809-13
>>Government, 5866-7, 10048-50, 10053
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commission, 9517
>>>o.q., 9082-3, 9173, 9326-7, 9451
>>Government expenditures, 7943, 9517, 10050
>>>o.q., 6448, 10066
>>Government programs and services, 1361-2, 4725
>>Government revenues, 6377, 9517
>>Government subsidies, 7943
>>Grain marketing, 4722
>>Gun control/guns, 6847, 6849, 8846
>>Hargrave, Bert, S.O. 31, 4797-8
>>Hate propaganda, 2153
>>Health care system, 1510, 5865-6, 9517, 10053
>>Highways and roads, petition, 8359
>>House of Commons, o.q., 1765
>>Housing, 7284
>>Immigration/immigrants, 6847
>>Income, 5865, 5867, 9517, 10049
>>>o.q., 37
>>Income tax, 4726, 7283, 7942, 9517-8, 10052
>>>o.q., 6749, 9215-6
>>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9517-8
>>Income tax returns, 9518
>>Infrastructure program, 5865
>>Interprovincial trade, 10051
>>Job creation, 102-3, 401-2, 2750, 4723, 7396, 7398, 7943, 9067, 10052
>>>o.q., 642-3, 1168, 3635, 5884, 7146, 8311, 8837, 8950-1, 9273-4, 10229
>>Judges, petition, 8359
>>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6847-50
>>Justice system, 4612, 6847-9, 9421-2, 9436-7, 10050-1
>>Legislation, 7942
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 4722-3, 9063-5, 10048-50, 10052
>>>M. on supply, 3170-3, 3176, 3188-9
>>>o.q., 2758, 10229
>>Liberal Party, o.q., 5808, 10181-2, 10229
>>Members of Parliament, 6850
>>Mills, D., references, o.q., 1842
>>Murderers, 6847
>>National debt, 5688, 5864-6, 10049-50
>>National unity, o.q., 2811
>>North American Free Trade Agreement, 4726, 5866
>>Nunziata, references, 1810, 2155
>>>o.q., 1765
>>Official Opposition, petition, 1506
>>Old age pensions, 5866
>>Parliament of Canada Act and Canada Elections Act (amdt.--confidence votes)(Bill C-250), 9966-7
>>Parliamentary reform, o.q., 1765
>>Parole, 4611-2, 6848-9, 9421, 9436-7
>>>M. on supply (Ramsay), 8846-7
>>Pay equity, 10050
>>Pearson International Airport, 10050
>>Penitentiaries, 6848-9
>>Pensions, 402, 4726-7
>>Personal debt, o.q., 9990
>>Private family trusts, M. on supply (Loubier), 4721-7
>>Privilege, misleading/false statements (P. Martin), 1375
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 7750, 9221
>>>Divisions, recorded, 8994
>>>Estimates, 8979
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 478, 1377, 8392
>>>Question and comment period, 6850
>>>Statements by Members, 8058
>>>Statements by Ministers, 8058
>>>Supply motions, 985
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Boudria), 261-5
>>Public safety, 4612, 6847-8, 10048, 10050
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, o.q., 2811, 4802
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), o.q., 2811, 4802
>>Reform Party, 5864-7, 7841
>>Refugees, 6847
>>Registered retirement savings plans, 402, 4725, 9518
>>Same-sex couples, 2154
>>>o.q., 2565
>>Seniors Benefit, 402
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 9420-2, 10051
>>Sex offenders, 6847
>>Sexual orientation, 2153-6
>>Small and medium business, 4724
>>Social programs, 401
>>Speakership, 5864, 5866
>>Taxation, 402, 1812-3, 4721-2, 4724-6, 5688, 7012-3, 7283, 7396, 7398, 7940, 7942-3, 8361, 8365, 9064, 9517-8, 10048-9, 10053
>>>o.q., 5371-2, 5477-8, 5559, 5735, 6448, 6961, 7039-40, 7146, 7885, 9018-9
>>Tobacco products, o.q., 6559
>>Trade, 4726
>>>o.q., 5808
>>Training programs, 10052
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 10050
>>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8054
>>Unemployment, 401, 4723, 5688, 5865, 7283, 7395-6, 8361, 9027, 10049, 10052
>>>o.q., 7836-7, 7967-8, 9018-9, 9274, 10118, 10229
>>Unemployment insurance, 2748-50, 5867
>>Unemployment insurance account, 10052
>>User Fee Act (Bill C-349), 6377
>>Victims of crime, 4611-2, 6848, 10051
>>World War I, 10051
>>Young offenders, 6847-9
>>Young Offenders Act, 6849
Solicitor General see Gangs--Motorcycle gangs, Annual statement
Solidarité-emploi Laurentien see Employment
Solomon, John (NDP--Regina--Lumsden)
- >>Banks, 320
>>Board of Internal Economy, 3780
>>Budget 1996, S.O. 31, 522-3
>>Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO)
>>>o.q., 1551
>>>S.O. 31, 1541
>>Charitable organizations, S.O. 31, 5880
>>Child poverty, o.q., 7889-90
>>Chrétien, Jean, S.O. 31, 7381-2
>>Coal, 1541
>>>o.q., 1551
>>Corporations, 320-1, 859
>>>o.q., 320
>>Credit cards, o.q., 6494, 6796
>>Crime, 6805
>>Deficit, 308
>>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, 322, 3780-1, 5269-72, 5274, 5278
>>>o.q., 8278, 8657-8
>>Education, petition, 4678
>>Education, post-secondary, S.O. 31, 5553-4
>>Energy Price Commission Act (Bill C-220), 246, 2033-5
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 246, 2033-5, 4975
>>>o.q., 2365
>>>Petition, 4592, 4679, 6194, 6967-8
>>>S.O. 31, 2059
>>Gasoline taxes, petition, 368, 4592, 7893
>>Gender equality, o.q., 8839
>>Goods and Services Tax
>>>Petition, 7245, 7893
>>>Statement by Minister (P. Martin), 5608
>>Government credit cards, 5889
>>Grain transportation, S.O. 31, 8828-9
>>Gun control/guns, statement by Minister (Rock), 6803-5
>>Health care system, 322
>>Highways and roads
>>>Petition, 7893
>>>S.O. 31, 5802
>>Human Resources Development Department, S.O. 31, 916
>>Job creation, 300, 320-1, 859
>>>o.q., 320
>>Job losses, 321-2
>>Members of Parliament, 3781
>>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.--money purchase pensions)(Bill C-312), 3781
>>National unity, 308
>>New Democratic Party, S.O. 31, 4015
>>Newspapers, 321, 859, 3776-7, 5327-8
>>>o.q., 320, 531, 3088, 3132
>>>S.O. 31, 4548
>>Nuclear energy, 7624-8
>>Nuclear Safety and Control Act (Bill C-23), 7624-30
>>Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--meetings of Board of Internal Economy)(Bill C-310), 3780
>>Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--other pension income)(Bill C-313), 3781
>>Patent Act (amdt.)(Bill C-311), 3780-1, 5269-72, 5274, 5278
>>Political parties, 320-1
>>Privilege, Member insulted, 5889
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 7630
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 2035, 3780, 5272, 5278, 6803
>>>Divisions, recorded, 675, 856, 993, 996, 1498, 1502, 2098, 3038, 3040, 3042-3, 3665, 4047, 4049-51, 4964, 5629, 5870, 5872-4, 6157-8, 6161-2, 6164, 6166, 6168, 6171, 6505, 6507, 6816, 6948-50, 7336, 7683-5, 7687-94, 7919-20, 7922, 7992-3, 8617, 8621-4, 8626, 8628-37, 9767-70, 9773-83, 9828
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 6804, 7382, 7389
>>>Minister's remarks, 4676
>>>Motions, 6804
>>>Statements by Ministers, 5608, 6803-4
>>Propane
>>>Petition, 6967-8
>>>S.O. 31, 6954
>>Regulations Act (Bill C-25), 3774
>>Senate, petition, 537
>>Social programs, 308
>>>S.O. 31, 8305
>>Taxation, 5608
>>>Petition, 6967
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 308, 320-2
>>Tobacco products, 6805
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 321-2
>>Universities/colleges, 6805
>>Uranium, 7624-5
>>Veterans benefits, petition, 4678
>>Women, o.q., 8784
>>Young Offenders Act, S.O. 31, 9793-4