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Strasbourg, France see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-France Inter-Parliamentary Association

Strategis web site see Information highway--Corporate information

Stratford Festival (Stratford, Ont.)

    >>44th anniversary, celebrating, S.O. 31, 2246
    >>Francophones, contribution, English-French co-operation, example, S.O. 31, 758

Streef, Martin see Agricultural producers/farmers

Street prostitution see Prostitution

Stress corrosion cracking see Oil and gas pipelines

Strikes see Labour disputes

Strip clubs see Lap dancing

Stubbs, David see Education--Scholarships, Boys and Girls Club

Student assistance reform initiative see Student loans--Repayment terms

Student Connection Program see Information highway--Internet, Small and medium business

Student loans

    >>Income contingent loan replacement plan, Reform Party proposal, 7872
    >>Program, funding
    >>>$556 million, 448
    >>>Increase, 6016
    >>Repayment terms
    >>>6 month grace period after graduation, extending 18 months, 5354
    >>>18 month deferral, increasing to 30 months, government paying interest charges, Budget 1997 measure, 8293, 8330, 9334, 9340, 9564, 9630
    >>>10-year ceiling, removal, 1912, 2982
    >>>Flexibility, 450, 1912
    >>>Rural youth, assistance, 1-800 line, o.q., 8452
    >>>Schedule
    >>>>Federal-provincial negotiations, 9630
    >>>>Tied to student's income, Budget 1997 measure, 8293
    >>>Student assistance reform initiative, proposal, S.O. 31, 8130
    >>>Tax credit, Bloc Quebecois proposal, S.O. 31, 9796
    >>>Tightening, 1905
    >>Technical training, limited to one year, skills shortage, relationship, 9292-3
    >>Women, importance to, 8770
    >>See also Bankruptcy and insolvency; Education, post-secondary; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Quebec--Students

Students

    >>Assistance measures, federal government role, 9337
    >>>Post-secondary education, groups, proposals, S.O. 31, 8269
    >>Brain drain, 9633
    >>High school students
    >>>Graduates, congratulating, S.O. 31, 3630
    >>>See also National unity--Essay contests; Senate--Reform; Young Offenders Act--Amending
    >>Jobs, necessity, 9633
    >>Tax credits, 9290
    >>University students see Books--Canadian distribution rights; Credit cards--Debt; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Voting illegally
    >>See also Education, post-secondary--Government cut-backs--Tuition; Employment insurance; Job creation; Israel--Murder of students; Members of Parliament--Parliamentary Matching Program; Military colleges--Collège militaire royal; National unity--essay contests--Toonie for Canada; Quebec; Student loans; Unemployment insurance--Eligibility, Minimum; United Kingdom--Dunblane Primary School

Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD) see Impaired driving

Subbia, Selva see Sex offenders

Subcommittees see National Security Subcommittee; Regulations--Legislation

Submarines see Defence equipment--Ships

Subpoenas see Justice system--Documents;

Subsidies see Agricultural products; Agriculture; Airports; Bombardier Inc.; Business; Crown corporations--Government subsidies; Corporations--Government subsidies; Dairy products; Exports--Subsidized loans; Ferry service--Commercialization; Government subsidies; Grain transportation--Freight rates; North American Free Trade Agreement; Postal service; Trade--United States agricultural subsidies; Transportation; VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Substance abuse see Drug/substance abuse

Successor rights see Labour relations; Public Service

Sudan

    >>Civil war, casualties, 1824
    >>Human rights violations, S.O. 31, 10224

Sudbury, Ont. see Mining industry--Job creation; Rail passenger service

Suez Canal

    >>Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role, 6351
    >>>Lester, Lester B., former Prime Minister, role, 6360

Sugar industry

    >>Exports to United States, restrictive trade practices, Canadian government challenging, S.O. 31, 5677, 8082
    >>See also see Trade--Cuba

Suicide

    >>Assisted suicide
    >>>Bastable, Austin, S.O. 31, 2604
    >>>Criminal Code provisions, Section 241, petitions, 97, 1506, 1775, 2103-4, 2189, 2950-1, 4570, 5892, 8316, 8663, 9386, 9847
    >>>Petitions, 1775, 3720, 4351, 4870, 8020, 9999
    >>>Physician-assisted, 3720, 8756-62
    >>>>Petitions, 648, 976, 1428, 4235
    >>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--aiding suicide)(Bill C-304)
    >>>Senate report, 2489-90
    >>>>o.q., 5808
    >>>Terminally-ill, Liberal Party/government position, o.q., 5808-9
    >>Rankin Inlet, N.W.T., youth, suicide prevention, S.O. 31, 6180
    >>Youth/teenage suicide rate, increase, 4921, 8787
    >>>S.O. 31, 1581
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces; Penitentiaries--Edmonton Institution for Women--Inmates; Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals

Summary conviction offences see Justice system--Dual procedure offences

Summit meetings see Deficit--Elimination

Summons see Justice system--Documents

Sunshine Day see Children--Sick

Sunshine Foundation see Children--Sick

Superconductors see Research and development

Superintendent of Financial Institutions see Financial institutions--Regulation; Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act

Supplementary Estimates see Estimates

Supply

    >>M. for consideration (Massé), agreed to, 16

Supply bills see Appropriation Act No. 4, 1995-96 (Bill C-21); Appropriation Act No. 1, 1996-97 (Bill C-22); Procedure--Bills, Government

Supply days see Allotted days

Supply-management/marketing boards see Agricultural products

Supply motions

    >>Armenia, genocide of 1915, commemorating man`s inhumanity to man annually (Daviault), 1814-35, 1847-75, as amended, agreed to, 1875
    >>>Amdt. (Fry), 1818, agreed to, on recorded division, 1874-5
    >>>>Amdt. to amdt. (B. Mills), 1822, negatived, on recorded division, 1873-4
    >>British Columbia, major economic power, recognizing, federal government impeding progress (Duncan), 4839-54, 4870-97
    >>Canada Pension Plan, premiums, increasing (Manning), 8664-78
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, propaganda office, $100 million expenditure, condemning (G. Leroux), 8173-88, 8203-30
    >>>Amdt. (Abbott), 8184
    >>Child care, expense deductions, extending to all parents (Hayes), 6524-53, 6565-84, negatived on recorded division, 6582-3
    >>>Amdt. (Jennings), 6528, negatived on recorded division, 6582-3
    >>Corporations, taxation system, review, Technical Committee, appointment, Budget 1996 measure, deploring (Loubier), 884-915, 927-45, negatived, on recorded division, 993-4
    >>Economic development/renewal
    >>>Labrador, government neglect, condemning (Strahl), 749-57, 770-89, negatived, on recorded division, 858-9
    >>>Montreal, Que. (Gauthier), 5646-75, 5687-705, negatived, on recorded division, 5872-3
    >>>>Amdt. (Duceppe), 5649, negatived, on recorded division, 5872
    >>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (S. Harper), 5656, not receivable, 5659
    >>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Ménard), 5662, negatived, on recorded division, 5871-2
    >>>Quebec (Rocheleau), 8958-76, negatived, on recorded division, 8975-6
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, assimilation (Marchand), 3782-813, 3829-45
    >>Goods and Services Tax, abolition/replacement (Solberg), 977-92, as amended, negatived, on recorded division, 992-3
    >>>Amdt. (Grubel), 980, agreed to, on division, 992
    >>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Peterson), 985, not receivable, 985
    >>Grain marketing, exports, Canadian Wheat Board monopoly (Hermanson), 4092-102, 4107-38
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), election campaign "red book" promises, breaking/ignoring, betrayal of trust (Solberg), 3170-98, 3211-32
    >>Parole, murderers, early release, judicial review of parole ineligibility, Criminal Code section 745, victims/families, government apologizing to (Ramsay), 8805-28, 8844-68, negatived, on recorded division, 8931-2
    >>>Amdt. (McClelland), 8809, negatived on recorded division, 8930-1
    >>Private family trusts, $2 billion in assets, leaving country, no capital gains tax payment, advance rulings, validity, Auditor General questioning (Loubier), 4714-40, 4753-77
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, Quebecers right to decide, Chrétien, Prime Minister, position, 1985 statement in book Straight From the Heart, (Gauthier), 2853-83, 2896-915, negatived, on recorded division, 2914-5
    >>>Amdt. (Bellehumeur), 2859, 2883, negatived, on recorded division, 2914-5
    >>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Lalonde), 2870, 2896-7, negatived, on recorded division, 2914-5
    >>Research and development, funding, Quebec share (Tremblay, Suzanne), 3499-518
    >>Senate, expenditures, 1996-1997 main estimates, Government Operations Standing Committee requesting Senate Board of Internal Economy appear before it, refusal (Gilmour), 3046-77, 3090-109
    >>Somalia, Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Canadian Airborne Regiment activities, Public inquiry, extending mandate until Dec. 31/97 (J. Leroux), 7821-8, 7842-52, negatived on recorded division, 7993-4
    >>>Amdt. (Frazer), 7845, negatived on recorded division, 7992-3
    >>Transportation, policy, condemning (Gouk), 8047-80, 8092-111
    >>>Amdt. (Gilmour), 8102
    >>Unemployment insurance, legislation, Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12) (Gauthier), 569-79, 591-621, 624-33, negatived, on recorded division, 675-6
    >>>Amdt. (J. Brown), 591, negatived, on division, 674-5
    >>Victims of crime, Bill of Rights, establishing, Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee drafting, consulting provinces (R. White), 2041-58, 2070-98, agreed to, on recorded division, 2097-8
    >>Women, socio-economic status, improving, government commitment (Guay), 8765-72, 8785-97
    >>See also Procedure

Supreme Court Act see Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17)

Supreme Court of Canada

    >>Constitutional court role, 3059
    >>Lamer, Right Hon. Antonio, Chief Justice see Judges--Pensions
    >>Law making role, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, relationship, 6833, 6835, 6839
    >>Quebec representation three of nine judges, 2905-6
    >>Role re legislation, appointed status, accountability, etc., 3075
    >>Rulings, Quebec distinctiveness, taking into account, 6294-6
    >>See also Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders; Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Judicial restraint provisions; Euthanasia--Latimer, Robert; Fisheries--Native only commercial fishery; Hydro-electric power, Churchill Falls project; Kanasatake Indian Band--Casino project; Manitoba--Laws; Murder--Extreme drunkenness defence; Quebec distinct society status--Resolution; Quebec separation/sovereignty--Aboriginal rights--Legal right/constitutionality--Unilateral declaration; Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995)--Federal government powers--National referendum; Same-sex couples--Spousal status Sexual assault/offences--Accused access to medical and therapeutic records; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Court rulings--Canadian Human Rights Act, Family; Unmarried couples--Historically disadvantaged; War crimes--Deportation

Surrey, B.C. see Parole--Murderers, Olson

Surrey-Delta Sikh Temple see Air India, Flight 182

Surrogacy see Reproductive technologies--New reproductive, Prohibitions

Surtaxes see Income tax

"Survivors in Search of a Voice: The Art of Courage" see Health--Cancer, Breast cancer

Sustainable development

    >>Natural Resources Department focus, 1450
    >>Promoting, 7841
    >>>See also Export Development Act (amdt.)(Bill C-368)
    >>See also Central America--Visit to Canada; Forestry; Human rights--International; Mining industry--Environmental policy; Transportation--Policy

Sustainable development strategy see Environment Department

Sustainable transportation see Environment

Sutherland, Kiefer see Culture/arts--Douglas

Sutherland, Robert see Black Canadians

Swan River, Man., see Forestry--Forestry Capital of Canada

Swastika see Quebec--Roux, Jean-Louis

Swayze, Craig see Rowing

Sweden see Child prostitution--Child sex tourism; Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Industry

Sweetnam, Marian see Swimming

Sweetnam, Nancy see Olympics, 1996 Summer Games--Canadian team

Swimming

    >>Sweetnam, Marian, Ontario female coach of the year, S.O. 31, 8190
    >>See also Olympics, 1996 Summer Games--Canadian team

Swimsuit manufacturing industry

    >>Materials, imports
    >>>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, impact, 5318
    >>>>o.q., 5480-1
    >>>European Union, tariffs, gradual reduction, 5318
    >>See also Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement--Industrial products

Switzerland see Air Canada--Airbus A320 passenger jet

Sydney Tar Ponds see Nova Scotia

Sylvester, Emmanuel see Education--Prime Minister's Award

Synthetic bovine growth hormone see Dairy industry--Milk

Syria

    >>President Hafez Al-Assad see Middle East--Peace process

Systemic risk see Financial institutions--Payment clearing and settlement system

Szabo, Paul (L--Mississauga South)

Szathmary, Dr. Emoke see Universities/colleges--University of Manitoba