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Canada Student Loans Act (amdt.--definition of full age)(Bill C-419)--Harb

Canada Student Loans Program see Student loans

Canada Talc see Mining industry

Canada-Tanzania Income Tax Agreement Act, 1996 see Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-37)

Canada Transportation Act see Rail transportation/railways--Regulatory process

Canada Transportation Act (amdt.--definition of adult)(Bill C-432)--Harb

Canada Transportation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-437)--Collins

    >>First reading, 10123
    >>See also Grain transportation--Grain Transportation Commissioner

Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14)--Minister of Transport (Anderson)

    >>First reading, 490
    >>Deemed considered by Transport Standing Committee prior to second reading, and reported with amdts., by House Order, 490
    >>Report stage, 1085-97, 1111-24, 1144-53, 1197-207
    >>>Motions
    >>>>(Althouse), 1086, negatived, on recorded division, 1197-8, negatived, on division, 1198; 1089, negatived, on recorded division, 1200-1; 1089-94, negatived, 1114-5, negatived, on recorded division, 1201-3; 1123, negatived, 1124; 1146, negatived, on recorded division, 1206; 1149, negatived, on division, 1150; 1151; 1152, negatived, 1153
    >>>>(Anderson), 1094, carried, 1115; 1115-6, carried, 1116; 1119, carried, 1122; 1145-6, carried, 1146-7, agreed to, on recorded division, 1206-7
    >>>>(Gouk), 1119, negatived, on recorded division, 1205-6; 1124, negatived, on division, 1145
    >>>>(Guimond), 1094, negatived, on recorded division, 1201; 1116, negatived, on recorded division, 1203-4; 1150-1, negatived, on recorded division, 1207, negatived, 1207
    >>>>(Mercier), 1116, negatived, 1204-5, negatived, on recorded division, 1204-5; 1124, negatived, on recorded division, 1206
    >>>>(Wayne), 1086, negatived, on recorded division, 1198-200
    >>>>Concurrence, with further amdts., M., agreed to, on recorded division, 1207-8
    >>Second reading, agreed to, 1208
    >>Third reading, 1209-40, 1252-6, agreed to, on recorded division, 1271-2, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 3137. Chap. 10, S.C. 1996
    >>See also Canadian Transportation Agency--Establishing; Rail transportation/railways--Regulatory process--Short line operations; Transportation--Canadian Transportation Agency

Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-101)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.) see Transportation--Legislation

Canada Transportation Agency

    >>Board membership, criteria, 1213-4

Canada Trust Scholarship for Outstanding Community Leadership see Education--Scholarships

Canada-Ukraine Income Tax Convention Act, 1996 see Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-37)

Canada-United Kingdom Civil and Commercial Judgements Act (amdt.--definition of infant in matters originating in Canada(Bill C-420)--Harb

Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

    >>Bloc Québécois position, 6107
    >>Liberal Party opposing, 8156
    >>Quebec role/support, 6109, 8155-6

Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports

Canada-United States relations

    >>Chrétien, Prime Minister, Washington, D.C., visit, April 1997, S.O. 31, 9375-7, 9545-6, 9901
    >>Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act (Helms-Burton bill), impact, 4490
    >>>See also Trade--Cuba
    >>Friendly, maintaining, 5305
    >>See also Air; Air transportation; Border, Canada-United States; Caribou--Porcupine caribou herd; Cuba; Defence; Defence equipment; Energy; Environment; Interest rates; Migratory birds; North American Aerospace Defence Command; Permanent Joint Board on Defence (Canada-United States); Softwood lumber industry; Water

Canada-United States Tax Convention Act, 1984 (Bill S-9)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.) see Senate--Abolition

Canada-United States Tax Treaty see Income tax--Double taxation

Canada-United States water quality agreement see Great Lakes

Canada Volunteer Award Certificate of Merit

Canada Water Export Prohibition Act (Bill C-232)--Riis

    >>First reading, 536
    >>Second reading, 9829-39
    >>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 9839
    >>See also Water

Canada World Youth see Youth

Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord Implementation Act (Bill C-50)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Irwin)

    >>First reading, 3875
    >>See also Oil and gas industry--Federal-provincial jurisdiction

Canadair

    >>Government grants, contributions, loan guarantees, 1981-96, r.o., 4240
    >>See also Aerospace industry--Regional aircraft; Defence equipment--Aircraft, CF-18s

Canada's Defence Policy Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.) see Canadian Armed Forces--Personnel, number; Defence equipment--Ships, Submarines; North American Aerospace Defence Command

Canada's Drug Strategy see Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy

Canada's Electoral System: Strengthening the Foundation see Chief Electoral Officer--Reports

Canada's Foreign Policy Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.) see North American Aerospace Defence Command

Canadian Achievers, The

    >>Book by Dick Drew, national unity role, S.O. 31, 3254

Canadian Agricultural Adaptation and Rural Development Fund see Agricultural Adaptation and Rural Development Fund

Canadian AIDS Society see Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals

Canadian Airborne Regiment see Canadian Armed Forces

Canadian Airlines Foundation's Small Business International Expansion Program see Indexable Cutting Tools of Canada Limited

Canadian Airlines International

    >>Air Canada, competition with, United States interests owning both, potential, 3399
    >>Amalgamation with Air Canada, o.q., 6365, 6610, 6855, 6904
    >>Bankruptcy, economic impact, o.q., 6372
    >>Board of Directors
    >>>Fitzpatrick, Ross, appointment, Liberal Party connections, o.q., 4634
    >>>Resignation, o.q., 6364-5
    >>Financial difficulties, company restructuring plan, 6593-4
    >>>$120 million government loans, repayment, o.q., 6261
    >>>American Airlines
    >>>>Fees, reducing, o.q., 7037
    >>>>Increasing shareholding, o.q., 6189, 6261, 6313-4, 6855
    >>>Aviation fuel tax, removal, o.q., 6665, 6746-7, 6790-2, 6854, 6903-5, 6956-8, 7035-6, 7082-3
    >>>Banks, participation, o.q., 7147
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, o.q., 6310
    >>>Deregulation, relationship
    >>>>o.q., 6964
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6787
    >>>Employee vote, unions' positions, 7403, 8555-8, 9784-9
    >>>>o.q., 6311, 6746, 6792, 6856-7, 6905-6, 6958-9, 7036-7, 7082-3
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6852, 7031, 7137-8
    >>>Government bail-out, 8056
    >>>>o.q., 6189, 6261-2, 6268, 6364, 6609, 6745-6, 6854-5
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6258 , 6485
    >>>Government options, o.q., 6310-1, 6665, 6746
    >>>Government partnership, S.O. 31, 6787
    >>>M. to adjourn under S.O. 52 (Duceppe), emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 6379-80
    >>>o.q., 6956
    >>>Salary reductions, o.q., 7149
    >>Foreign ownership, increase, o.q., 6365
    >>Government Affairs Officer, Jeff Angel, appointment, Liberal Party connections, o.q., 4634
    >>Integration with American Airlines, United States antitrust legislation, exemption, federal government support, o.q., 922
    >>See also Air transportation--Canada-Czech Republic route

Canadian Armed Forces

    >>Addy, MGen Clive, retired see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents
    >>Allard, Gen Jean Victor, death, tributes
    >>>o.q., 1888
    >>>S.O. 31, 1887
    >>Anderson, Adm John, former Chief of Defence Staff see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents----Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Government appointments
    >>Appreciation, praise, etc., 5638
    >>>S.O. 31, 9648
    >>Armouries,
    >>>Government expenditures, election factor, 10050
    >>>Shawinigan constituency, cost, o.q., 10067-8
    >>Armstrong, Maj Barry see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Armstrong--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Aruush
    >>Baril, LGen Maurice see Africa--Great Lakes region, United Nations peacekeeping mission; Canadian Armed Forces--Inspector General's Office; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents
    >>Bases see Defence expenditures--Reduction
    >>Birchall, Air Commodore Leonard, World War II hero, recognition
    >>>Canadian Forces Decoration fifth clasp, S.O. 31, 7831-2
    >>>Len Birchall Way, Kingston, Ont., S.O. 31, 5237
    >>Boland, Sgt Mark see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Arone, Shidane
    >>Boyle, Gen Jean, Chief of Defence Staff
    >>>Appointment
    >>>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, knowledge, interviewing, 4340
    >>>>Privy Council concerns, alleged, o.q., 1659
    >>>Resignation, financial compensation, making public, Privacy Act provisions, etc., o.q., 5558-9, 5603, 5738, 5887, 6007
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Combat capability; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation passim
    >>Brown, Pte Kyle see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation--Arone, Shidane
    >>Buonamici, Maj Vincent see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Aruush
    >>Cadets
    >>>Air Cadets, Squadron 630, Beauport, Que., competition victories, S.O. 31, 10113
    >>>Army Cadets Month, S.O. 31, 2000
    >>>Navy League Cadet Corps Glorious, London, Ont., competition victory, S.O. 31, 9478
    >>Canadian Airborne Regiment
    >>>Investigation of 1985, members with police records, etc., 7823
    >>>Racist incidents of 1994, 7823
    >>>See also Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation
    >>CFB Aldergrove, B.C., closure, 4839
    >>CFB Calgary, Alta., closure, petition, 3325-6
    >>CFB Chatham, N.B., closure, mitigation/job creation measures, federal-provincial announcement, Mar. 19/96, o.q., 925
    >>CFB Chilliwack, B.C., closure, 4839
    >>>Community adjustment, compensation, etc., 9150
    >>>Deficit reduction, relationship, 9150-1
    >>>Petitions, 1330, 8514, 10147
    >>>Royal Canadian Mounted Police E Division, transferring to, 9150
    >>CFB Cold Lake, Alta.
    >>>4 Wing
    >>>>North Atlantic Treaty Organization flight training centre bid, Target: Top Gun, S.O. 31, 2355, 6000-1
    >>>>Top Gun fighter competition victory, Florida, U.S.A., S.O. 31, 5800-1, 5878, 5952-3, 6000-1, 6260
    >>>CF-18 pilot using aircraft to visit fiance in Phoenix, AZ, 3395-6
    >>CFB Downsview, Ont., park, creating, 6237
    >>CFB Goose Bay, Labrador, 5 Wing, privatization/alternative service delivery, job losses, etc.
    >>>o.q., 527-8, 1053
    >>>S.O. 31, 959, 2474
    >>CFB Greenwod, N.S. see Canadian Armed Forces--Maritime patrol crews competition; Search and rescue--Canadian Armed Forces role
    >>CFB Nanaimo, B.C., surplus lands, local development proposals, o.q., 4865
    >>CFB North Bay
    >>>Downsizing, petition, 9847
    >>>See also North American Aerospace Defence Command--Regional headquarters
    >>CFB Shearwater, N.S., closure, Shearwater Development Corporation redevelopment proposal, S.O. 31, 4624-5
    >>CFB Valcartier, Que., fraud and embezzlement allegations, senior officers involvement, independent inquiry, etc., 7823
    >>>o.q., 4502, 5060-1, 5112
    >>Combat capability, 80-1, 89, 6382-3
    >>>Boyle/Collenette position, 6382
    >>>Defence expenditure reduction impact, 502, 505
    >>>Defending Canadian sovereignty, territory, 508-9, 727
    >>>o.q., 9178
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role
    >>Cox, BGen Maurice see Canadian Armed forces--Inspector General
    >>Credibility, restoring, 1622
    >>Crisis, Chrétien, Prime Minister/Young, new National Defence Minister, positions, o.q., 5242-3
    >>Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), international deployment, 5634, 6387, 6390
    >>>See also Africa--Great Lakes region, United Nations peacekeeping mission
    >>Drapeau, Col Michel, access to information requests, Bob Fowler attempting to destroy reputation
    >>>Document tabled, 8655
    >>>o.q., 8655
    >>Duke of Connaught's Own Regiment, S.O. 31, 10176
    >>Ethics commissioner reporting to Parliament, establishing, o.q., 10228
    >>Families, support, invisible ribbon campaign, S.O. 31, 7137
    >>Francophones
    >>>Discrimination, 100-1, 717
    >>>>o.q., 5885
    >>>Officer training in English, o.q., 5884
    >>>Representation, o.q., 5884-5
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Official languages policy/bilingualism
    >>Gliding school, move from Saint-Honoré, Que. to Saint-Jean-de-Richelieu, Que., o.q., 3131
    >>Hazing allegations, CFB Gagetown, N.B., charges, etc., 1622-3
    >>>o.q., o.q., 1051-2, 1102-3, 1106-7, 1465
    >>HMCS Athabaskan, S.O. 31, 7705
    >>Inspector General's Office, establishment
    >>>Baril, LGen Maurice Baril, army commander, announcing, o.q., 4629, 4631
    >>>Cox, BGen James, appointment, remarks, o.q., 4668-9
    >>Land Forces Command Headquarters, Saint-Hubert, Que., closure, compensation
    >>>$1 million local investment fund, o.q., 3489
    >>>o.q., 9993
    >>Leadership problems, 5706, 7822-5
    >>MacInnis, MGen John Arch, retirement ceremonies, cost, Col Fred Noseworthy involvement, etc.
    >>>o.q., 2438, 2481
    >>>S.O. 31, 2429, 2474
    >>Mackenzie, MGen Lewis, retired see Canada--Iraq; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents
    >>MacKinnon, Cpl Neil, death, Maj Hirter charged, etc., o.q., 4455, 4801
    >>Maritime Experimental and Test Range, Nannose, B.C., United States nuclear-armed warships in Georgia Strait
    >>>Petition, 3723
    >>>S.O. 31, 2133
    >>Maritime patrol crews competition, New Zealand, CFB Greenwood, N.S. team Fincastle Trophy winners, S.O. 31, 3627
    >>Marsaw, LCmdr Dean, submarine commander, court martial, conviction, fairness, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television report, etc., o.q., 4938
    >>Military justice, 5707
    >>>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, applying to, 5707
    >>>Dickson, Brian, former Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice, review, 7827
    >>>>o.q., 9017, 9023, 9085, 9607, 10228
    >>>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee studying, 5112
    >>>>o.q., 6614-5
    >>>Somalia public inquiry, relationship, 5707
    >>>>o.q., 8091
    >>>Tribunal overseeing, o.q., 9607
    >>Military police see National Defence Department--Special Investigation Unit
    >>Miiltary skills competition, Kladusa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, winners, S.O. 31, 3416
    >>Morale, 5706
    >>>Committee studying, 7821
    >>>o.q., 4668, 4800-1, 5059
    >>Moving contracts, Canadian National Railways/Corporate Moving Systems, S.O. 31, 2754
    >>Murray, VAdm Larry, Acting Chief of Defence Staff see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Murray--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Public inquiry
    >>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee studying people needs, etc., 7827
    >>>Hearings in Val Cartier, Que. and Halifax, N.S., Bloc Québécois and Reform Party not participating, S.O. 31, 10113-4
    >>>o.q., 0276-7
    >>National Defence Proof and Experimental Test Establishment, Nicolet-Sud, Que., explosives testing, petition, 3721
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism
    >>>Francophones, services, Moose Jaw, Sask., Maryse Villeneuve complaints to Official Languages Commissioner, Bagotville, Que. comparison, etc., 723-4
    >>>>o.q., 1767-8, 7786-7
    >>>Members of Parliament, briefings, 4150
    >>>o.q., 698-9
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Francophones
    >>Ombudsman, establishing, o.q., 9607
    >>Order of Military Merit recipients, S.O. 31, 7832, 8128
    >>Ouellet, Pte Guillaume, tribute, S.O. 31, 9645
    >>Overseas missions, re-examining, o.q., 482
    >>Pay system, inefficiency. $31 million wate, o.q., 4502
    >>Peacekeeping role , 6386-7
    >>>Combat capability, relationship, 514-5, 544
    >>>Costs, expenditures, 5630-1, 5637
    >>>>Controlling, 6358
    >>>Current activities, 2000 peacekeepers, 90
    >>>Deaths in line of duty, 90
    >>>Defence expenditure reductions, relationship, 6394, 6396
    >>>Diplomacy role, 89
    >>>Equipment
    >>>>Losses, $80 million, Auditor General's 1995-1996 report, o.q., 2436-7
    >>>>Requirements, expenditure reductions, impact, 544
    >>>Families, sacrifices, 89
    >>>House of Commons approving operations involving over 100 Canadian personnel in free vote, 5836, 5845
    >>>>M. (B. Mills), 5630-9, 7338-47, 8979-85, negatived on recorded division, 9413
    >>>>>Amdt. (Brien), 5636, 8985, negatived on recorded division, 9412
    >>>>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 5639
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5593
    >>>House of Commons/Parliament, role, debating, etc., 6353, 6358, 6390, 6404
    >>>House of Commons voting on proposed measures, Bloc Québécois position, 83
    >>>Increasing. larger portion of defence budget, 5635
    >>>International reputation, capability, experience, 89-90, 5638
    >>>Logistics role, 6386
    >>>Number of personnel, 6357-8, 6383, 6386
    >>>>Limiting, establishing maximum, 5635, 6357-8, 6382
    >>>Permanent contingent, establishing, 5635
    >>>Personnel, recovery period between missions, proposal, 6350, 6357-8
    >>>Planning, lack, 6358
    >>>Priorities, establishing, 6390-1
    >>>Rapid reaction capability, importance, 5633-6
    >>>Record, participation in all United Nations missions, 84, 89-90
    >>>Reducing, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, o.q., 6446
    >>>Reform Party position, o.q., 4340
    >>>Training, increasing, improving, 5636
    >>>See also Bosnia and Herzegovina--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role--Peace accord; Congo; Cyprus; Haiti; Rwanda--Civil war; Somalia; Suez Canal
    >>Pensions, private sector management, need, 8452
    >>Personnel, number
    >>>Reducing, Defence policy white paper, 80-1
    >>>Requirements, 66700, Canada's Defence Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), recommendation, 80, 514, 6382-4
    >>>>See also Defence expenditures--Reduction
    >>>Requirements, commitment, 7827
    >>Problems, fixing, 10051
    >>Public inquiry, establishing, o.q., 1465
    >>Quebec City, Que., Citadel
    >>>Brunet, Jonathon, death/suicide, February 1994, inquiry request, etc., o.q., 237, 315-6
    >>>Terrorist attack simulation, Feb. 6/92, excessive force, 1622
    >>>>o.q., 40, 237, 1465
    >>Quebec separatists, weeding out, 726
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), yes vote impact, Jacob Bloc Québécois communiqué inviting members to join Quebec military, sedition allegations, contempt of Parliament, crime, freedom of speech, etc., Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee referral, 557-66, 648-74, 682-3, 685-703, 716-9, 721-34, 738-47, 2860, 3988-9, 4027, 4031, 4144-55, 7822-3
    >>>o.q., 763, 819-20
    >>>S.O. 31, 582, 960
    >>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Twenty-second
    >>Ransier, Capt Stephen, retired, concerns, letter to Manning including service decoration, o.q., 4982
    >>Reform Party position
    >>>Article by Andrew Davies, etc., o.q., 9023, 9178
    >>>o.q., 8834-5, 9276, 9325
    >>Renewal, restoring integrity, etc., comprehensive plan, Mar. 31/97 deadline, 7825, 7827
    >>>Discipline, restoring, training programs, etc., o.q., 10227-8
    >>>Leadership and Management of the Canadian Forces, Defence Minister Young report to Prime Minister Chrétien, o.q., 9607
    >>>Legault, Professor Albert, recommendations, o.q., 9607, 10228
    >>>o.q., 8834-5, 9017, 9023, 9276
    >>Reserves/militia
    >>>Employment insurance, benefits, eligibility, o.q., 9086, 9605-6
    >>>Reducing, Defence policy white paper, Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves, 80
    >>>South Alberta Light Horse Reserve Regiment, S.O. 31, 520
    >>>Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves, report, government response, o.q., 969, 3006
    >>>Strength, 50000, o.q., 3006
    >>>See also Bosnia and Herzegovina
    >>Royal Canadian Air Force see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--Programs; Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role
    >>Salaries
    >>>Increasing, o.q., 9276-7
    >>>Non-commissioned members, 2.2% increase, Apr. 1/96, 1903-4, 2982
    >>>>o.q., 483
    >>Sellors, Chief Warrant Officer Joe, Lorne Scots, Peel, Dufferin & Halton regiment, 50 years service, S.O. 31, 8900
    >>Sexual orientation discrimination, 2444, 2492, 2540, 2543
    >>>Haig case, 2406, 2491, 2527, 2532, 2543, 2580
    >>>Prohibiting, etc., 2120
    >>Sky Hawks, parachute team, S.O. 31, 6851-2
    >>Suicides
    >>>o.q., 237, 360
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Quebec City, Que., Citadel
    >>Vernon, MGen Brian, retired see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents
    >>Women, promotion opportunities, etc., 8792
    >>See also Emergencies/disasters--Flooding; Frazer--References; Hazardous waste--Northern Canada military sites; Hungary; North American Aerospace Defence Command; Persian Gulf War (1991); Quebec--International role; Search and rescue