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Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-61)--Minister
for International Trade (Eggleton)
>>
First reading, 5021
>>Second reading, 5311-8, 5334-52
>>>Agreed to, on division, 5352
>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 5352
>>>Reported, 6012
>>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 6092
>>Third reading, 6092-115
>>>Amdt. (K. Martin), 6105, negatived, on recorded division, 6171-2
>>>Agreed to, on division, 6196, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 7545. Chap. 33, S.C. 1996
>>See also Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement
Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation see Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement--Research and development
Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group see Inter-Parliamentary delegations, reports
Canada Labour Code
>>
Part I
>>>Amending, Throne Speech proposal, 3
>>>Review, Sims task force, 6020-1, 6417, 6420, 6427-8, 8884-5, 8927-9, 9499
>>>>Replacement workers, use, government position, o.q., 2481
>>>>See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Collective bargaining rights
>>>See also Labour relations--Nuclear plant workers;
Public Service--Successor rights
>>Part II see Labour--Pregnant workers
>>Provisions, Professional Institute of the Public Service, Public Service
Alliance of Canada, subjecting to, request, 6415, 6427, 6429, 8487, 8489,
8874-5
>>See also Labour relations--Restructuring offers
Canada Labour Code (amdt.--minimum wage)(Bill C-35)--Minister of Labour
(Gagliano)
>>
First reading, 2524
>>Second reading, 3751-7, agreed to, on division, 3757
>>Human Resources Development Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 3757
>>>Reported, 5333
>>Report stage, 5777-82
>>>Motions
>>>>(McClelland), 5781, negatived, 5782
>>>>(Ménard), 5777, negatived, on recorded division, 5873-4
>>>Concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 5874-5
>>Third reading, 5893-906, agreed to, on recorded division, 5909-10, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 7545. Chap. 32, S.C. 1996
Canada Labour Code (amdt.--nuclear undertakings)(Bill C-3)--Minister of
Labour (Gagliano)
>>
First reading, 188
>>Second reading, 465-72, 494, agreed
to, on division, 494
>>Human Resources Development Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 494
>>>Reported, 1110
>>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Gagliano), agreed to, on division, 1256-7
>>Third reading, agreed to, 1257, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 3137. Chap. 12, S.C. 1996
Canada Labour Code (amdt.--scabs and essential services)(Bil C-338)--Nunez
>>
First reading, 5521
Canada Labour Code (amdt.--severance pay)(Bill C-219)--Morrison
>>
First reading, 246
>>Second reading, 1914-21
>>>Order discharged, bill withdrawn, subject-matter referred to Human
Resources Development Standing Committee, agreed to, 1921
>>See also Labour--Severance pay
Canada Labour Code (amdt.)(Bill C-337)--St-Laurent
>>
First reading, 5521
Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66)--Minister of Labour (Gagliano)
>>
First reading, 6065
>>Human Resources Standing Committee
>>>Referral forthwith, prior to second reading, M. (Gagliano), 6412-31, agreed
to, on recorded division, 6505-7
>>>Reported, 7277
>>Report stage, 8482-500, 8518-59
>>>Motions
>>>>(Gagliano), 8491, agreed to, on recorded division, 8631-2; 8499, agreed
to, on recorded division, 8632-3; 8527, agreed to, on
recorded division, 8632;
8534, agreed to, on recorded division, 8636-7
>>>>(Johnston), 8491, negatived, on recorded division, 8629-30; 8499,
negatived, on recorded division, 8629-30; 8533-4,
negatived, on recorded
division, 8630; 8546, negatived, on recorded
division, 8629-30
>>>>(Ménard), 8483, negatived, 8486;
8486-7, negatived, on recorded division,
8626-8; 8491, negatived, on recorded division, 8628-31; 8521, negatived, on
recorded division, 8633-4; 8526-7, negatived, on
recorded division, 8627-8;
8546, negatived, on recorded division, 8627-8; 8555, negatived, on recorded
division, 8630-1
>>>>(Taylor), 8546, negatived, on recorded division, 8627-8; 8555, negatived,
on recorded division, 8627-8
>>>>Concurrence, with further amdts., M., agreed to, on recorded division,
8637-8
>>Third reading, 8870-99, 8912-30,
9491-502, agreed to, on recorded division,
9502 passed.
>>>Amdt. (Gouk), 8926, negatived, on recorded division, 9500-1
>>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3), notice, 8954
>>>>M. (Gagliano), 8989, agreed to, on recorded division, 9116-7
>>See also Grain transportation--Labour disputes;
Labour disputes--Replacement workers
Canada Labour Code (Part II)(amdt.)(Bill C-97)--Gagliano
>>
First reading 9846
Canada Labour Relations Board
>>
Annual report, tabled, Human Resources Development Standing Committee,
referral, 1898
>>Weatherill, Ted, chairman
>>>Conflict of interest, resignation, requesting, o.q., 9452
>>>Expense account, 9495-7
>>>>Auditor General investigating, o.q., 9383-4, 9452, 9484
Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44)--Minister of Transport (Anderson)
>>
First reading, 3565-6
>>Transport Standing Committee
>>>Referral, forthwith, prior to second reading
>>>>Notice, 3566
>>>>M. (Gagliano), 4787-94, 4808-11,
agreed to, on recorded division, 4962-3
>>>Reported, 6498
>>Report stage, 9681-700
>>>Motions
>>>>(Anderson), 9681-3, agreed to, on recorded divisions, 9766-7; 9692 agreed
to, on recorded division, 9773-4; 9692, agreed to, on
recorded divisions,
9766-7, 9774-5; 9694, agreed to, on recorded divisions, 9778-81; 9694-8, agreed
to, on recorded divisions, 9766-7, 9774-5, 9779; 9698-9, agreed to, on recorded
divisions, 9766-7, 9774-5; 9700, agreed to, on recorded divisions, 9766-7,
9775, 9779
>>>>>Amdt. (Keyes), 9689, agreed to, 9689
>>>>(Bryden), 9694, negatived, on recorded division, 9772-3, negatived, 9773
>>>>(Byrne), 9699, negatived, on recorded division, 9780
>>>>(Comuzzi), 9690-2, negatived, on recorded divisions, 9767-72; 9692-3,
negatived, on recorded divisions, 9772, negatived, 9773, agreed to, on
recorded divisions, 9776-8; 9693, negatived, on
recorded division, 9779-80;
9694, negatived, on recorded divisions, 9777, 9780; 9699, negatived, on
recorded division, 9773, negatived, 9773
>>>>(Crete), 9693, agreed to, on recorded division, 9775-69; 9694, negatived,
9780; 9694, negatived, on recorded divisions, 9769, 9781-2; 9698, negatived,
on recorded divisions, 9780, 9782
>>>>(Gouk), 9699-700, negatived, on recorded divisions, 9678, 9773
>>>>(Hanger), 9699, negatived, on recorded division, 9773, negatived, 9773
>>>>(Kilger), 9700, agreed to, on recorded division, 9782-3
>>>>(Mills, D.), 9698, withdrawn
>>>>(Robinson), 9694, negatived, on recorded division, 9777, 9782
>>>>(Wayne), 9699, negatived, on recorded division, 9773
>>>>Concurrence, as further amended, agreed to, on recorded division, 9783-4
>>Third reading, 9808-27, agreed to, on recorded division, 9827, passed.
>>See also Ferry service--Commercialization;
Ports--Commercialization;
Marine transport--National marine policy--Pilotage;
St. Lawrence Seaway--Commercialization
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation see Housing--Social, Kingston and the Islands constituency--Flexhousing
Canada-Ontario Business Centre see Small and medium business--Government programs
Canada Pension Plan
>>
Abolition
>>>Petition, 10144-5
>>>Reform Party position, 7280, 7409
>>>>o.q., 8395, 8505
>>Accountability, increasing, 8668
>>Annual statements, providing to contributors, 8673-4
>>Benefits
>>>$8 for every $1 contributed, fairness factor, 8674
>>>Defined benefit plan, 8675
>>>Full indexation, maintaining, 8141-2, 8673
>>>Other investments, comparison, 8670
>>>Partial de-indexation, 8002-3
>>>>o.q., 5245, 5374-5
>>>Registered retirement savings plans, comparison, o.q., 8446-8
>>>Taxing back, Seniors Benefit, impact, 8675
>>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Reform
>>Contributions
>>>Source deduction payment, bankruptcies, secured creditors' obligation,
Budget 1995 measure, 2994, 3937, 7248
>>>Tax credit/deduction, 8668
>>Disability pension, 8666-7, 8677-8
>>>Applications, determination period, length, qu., 8046-7
>>>Auditor General's report, o.q., 4804
>>>Eligibility, 8142
>>>Employment period requirement, 8675
>>>Original purpose, undermining, S.O. 31, 4663
>>>>Quebec Pension Plan, comparison, 8671, 8677
>>>Survivors benefits, integrating, impact, 8673
>>>Workers compensation, relationship, 8678
>>>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Ninth
>>Federal-provincial review every three years, 8673
>>Kroeker, John, fired Public Servant, 1965 criticism, o.q., 8588-9
>>LaMarsh, Judy, role, 9135
>>Manning, Ernest, position, 8678
>>Pension fund, management
>>>20% investment rule, waiving, o.q., 4073-4
>>>Mismanagement by Liberal and Progressive Conservative governments, 8664,
8670
>>>Poor return in investment, 8675, 8678, 9182-3
>>>Private sector investments, 8667-8
>>>>o.q., 4073, 6663
>>>Provinces benefits, 8670, 8672
>>>Rate of return, Quebec Pension Plan, comparison, 8672
>>>Reserve, increasing from 2 to 5 years, 8673, 8676
>>>Separate fund, 8667
>>>Unfunded liability, $600 billion, 8676-7
>>Premiums, increasing, 1477, 1480,
4754, 8270
>>>9.9% , government proposal, 8140, 8142, 9027, 9632, 9950-1
>>>>Federal-provincial agreement, 8666-7, 8669-71, 8678
>>>>Necessity, sustainability factor, etc., 8667-74, 8678, 9148, 9181-2, 9251, 9255
>>>>o.q., 9742
>>>>Payroll tax increase of 70%, job losses, etc., 8361, 8664-8, 8670, 8672,
8675-7, 8786, 9067, 9147-9, 9183, 9251-2, 9255-6, 10085-6
>>>>>o.q., 9274
>>>>Reform Party position, 8143-4
>>>>>o.q., 8139, 8197, 8392-4, 8449, 8505-7, 8589, 8733-4, 8779, 8837-8, 9274,
9742-3
>>>>>S.O. 31, 8774
>>>>Self-employed, impact, 9149
>>>>Small and medium business, impact, o.q., 8393-4
>>>>Tax grab, 8328, 8363-4, 9251, 9518, 9526
>>>>>o.q., 8193-4, 8273, 8308-9, 8312-3, 8390-1, 8447
>>>Employment insurance premiums, decreasing, relationship, 7259, 8670-2,
8674-7
>>>>o.q., 7144-5
>>>M. on supply (Manning), 8664-78
>>>Members of Parliament pension plan, comparison, 8665-7, 8669-72, 8674-5,
9149
>>>>o.q., 8194, 8195-7, 8274-5, 8506, 8735
>>>>S.O. 31, 8191
>>>o.q., 1960, 2009, 2254, 2362-3, 4073-4
>>>Payroll tax, 8329-30, 8969
>>>>o.q., 8195-6, 8272-3, 8393-4, 8446, 8448, 8507, 8733-4, 8783
>>>>S.O. 31, 8442, 8503
>>>Previous increases, 8676
>>>Reform Party alternatives, Chilean model, costs, o.q., 8309, 8391
>>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Reform;
Job losses;
Public Service--Pensions
>>Privatization, Reform Party policy, 7062
>>Progressive Conservative Party policy, not affordable, 6875
>>Pyramid scheme, 8664
>>Reform, 1480-1, 1491, 1514, 6276, 9135, 9633
>>>Benefits, reducing, increasing premiums, 6022, 6325, 10088-90
>>>Demographics, intergenerational continuity, factors, 8671-2, 8674
>>>Federal-provincial consultations, 346, 829-30, 8140-1
>>>>o.q., 5374, 6663, 8273, 8447, 8450, 8506, 8590
>>>>Support, two-thirds provinces, two-thirds population, 8141
>>>>>o.q., 8588
>>>Government measures
>>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 8141-2
>>>>o.q., 8448-50
>>>>Reform Party position, 8143-4
>>>>S.O. 31, 8128, 8271, 8649
>>>>Statement by Minister (P. Martin), 8140-4
>>>Pension recipients, current, impending, benefits, maintaining, 8409-10,
8666-8, 8672-4
>>>>S.O. 31, 523
>>>Public consultation, hearings, 457, 2489, 5640-1, 8140, 8667, 8669, 8671
>>>>o.q., 1467, 1549, 1591-2, 1664, 2009, 2183, 2254, 2363, 4073-4, 4560
>>>>Reform Party alternative, o.q., 4074-5
>>>>S.O. 31, 176, 1458, 3864
>>>Quebec Pension Plan, comparison, relationship, 8671-3
>>>Reform Party "fresh start" budget proposals, 7408-9
>>>>Cost, viability, o.q., 8507, 8590
>>>>o.q., 8392, 8837-8, 10182
>>>Throne Speech proposal, 3, 296
>>>Women, impact, 4703-4
>>>>o.q., 3319
>>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Premiums
>>Registered retirement savings plan alternative, Reform Party proposal,
8329-30, 8665-7
>>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Benefits
>>Retirement age
>>>Raising to 67 years, o.q., 135
>>>Retaining at age 65, 8673
>>Survivors benefits, spouses and children, 8666-7
>>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Disability pensions
>>Sustainability, affordability and fairness, 1477-9, 8140-1, 9518
>>>Chief actuary report, 8668
>>>Liberal, Progressive conservative governments, mismanagement, o.q., 8194
>>>o.q., 1591-2, 2362-3, 5245, 8195-6, 8275-6, 8392, 8394, 8446-9, 8505,
8588-9, 8779, 8783-4
>>>Restoring, Budget 1996 statement, 375-6
>>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Premiums, increasing
>>Unfunded liability, public accounts, reporting, o.q., 1664-6
>>See also Income tax--Children under 18;
Income Tax Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-69);
Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Ninth;
Seniors Benefit
Canada Pension Plan (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-411)--Harb
>>
First reading, 10036
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
>>
Establishing, draft legislation, tabled, 8140
Canada Port Authorities see Ports--Commercialization
Canada Ports Corporation see Ports--Commercialization
Canada Post Corporation
>>
Access to Information Act, applying to, Auditor General auditing, Radwanski
report recommendations, 6028
>>>o.q., 6011
>>>S.O. 31, 5284-5
>>Accountability, lack Radwanski report findings, etc., S.O. 31, 8131
>>Board of Directors
>>>Patronage appointments, S.O. 31, 6903
>>>Provincial representation, ensuring, 1427
>>>>See also Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.--membership of Board of
Directors)(Bill C-259)
>>Competitive operations, withdrawing from, TD Securities study, o.q., 9279
>>Cost-efficiency priority, impact, 3146
>>Golden Postmark Award, Ray Karlson recipient, S.O. 31, 4068
>>Job creation role, etc., petition, 9387
>>Oullett, Andre, Chairman, appointment, 6674
>>Parliamentary accountability, lack, 3772, 7528
>>Privatization
>>>Elimination of monopoly, o.q., 2012
>>>o.q., 5244, 9279, 9554, 9652
>>>Radwanski report recommendations
>>>>o.q., 9652
>>>>S.O. 31, 5284
>>>Reform Party position, 6028
>>>Valeurs Immobilières TD study, o.q., 9652
>>>See also Postal services--Reduction
>>Public policy role, o.q., 5244, 9554, 9652
>>Radwanski report
>>>Canada Post Corporation Winnipeg, Man. officials refusing to discuss with
Gilmour, S.O. 31, 5666
>>>Government providing copy to Government Operations Standing Committee,
o.q., 5170
>>>See also Canada Post Corporation--Access to Information
Act--Accountability--Privatization;
Courier services--Canada Post Corporation services;
Postal rates--Increase;
Postal service passim
>>Review
>>>Prince Edward Island unofficial public hearing, S.O. 31, 523
>>>Quebec City, Que. public forum, etc., S.O. 31, 1952
>>See also Courier services;
Government advertising;
Literacy--ABC Canada Literacy Foundation Post offices;
Postage stamps;
Postal rates;
Postal service
Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.--membership of Board of Directors)(Bill
C-259)--Crête
>>
First reading, 1427
>>See also Canada Post Corporation--Board of Directors
Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-239)--Telegdi
>>
First reading, 827
>>See also Postal service--Direct mail advertising
Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program see Children
Canada Remembers see Veterans
Canada Revenue Commission
>>
Establishing, revenue collection administration, federal-provincial
partnership
>>>Budget 1996 proposal, 374, 1481, 1539, 1902, 2899
>>>Interference in area of provincial jurisdiction, 382, 398, 409, 841-2,
1485, 1515, 1905, 1929, 7007-8, 7018-9
>>>>o.q., 423-4
>>>Throne Speech proposal, 5, 296
>>See also Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization, Administration
Income tax--Collection
Canada-Russia agreement see Nuclear reactors--Plutonium imports
Canada-Russia Income Tax Agreement, 1996 see Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-37)
Canada Safety Council see Crime prevention
Canada Savings Bonds
>>
1996 sales, o.q., 6964
>>Interest rates, o.q., 5424-5
>>Registered Retirement Savings Plans option, 863
Canada Shipping Act see Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41); Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36)
Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--definition of child and minor)(Bill C-418)--Harb
>>
First reading, 10037
Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--maritime liability)(Bill C-58)--Minister of
Transport (Anderson)
>>
First reading, 4415
>>Transport Standing Committee
>>>Referral, forthwith, prior to second reading
>>>>Notice, 4415
>>>>M. (Anderson), 5212-5, agreed to, 5215
>>>Reported, 7390
>>See also Marine transport--Maritime claims for damages
Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-73)--Minister of Transport (Anderson)
>>
First reading, 7245
Canada-South Africa Income Tax Convention Act, 1996 see Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-37)
Canada Steamship Lines Inc.
>>
Not paying taxes, Finance Minister P. Martin connections, relationship,
1375-7
>>>o.q., 1373
>>>S.O. 31, 1416
>>Vessels, registered off-shore, 1524-5