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Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
>>
Annual report
>>>1994-1996, tabled, 486
>>>1995-1996, tabled, 6411
Canadian Association of Broadcasters see Family violence--Eliminating
Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians Act (Bill C-275)--Boudria
>>
First reading, second reading, Committee of the Whole referral, committee
stage, report from Committee, report stage, concurrence, third reading, 1993,
passed.
>>Senate passage, with amdts., 2929
>>Senate amdts., agreed to, 2973
>>Royal Assent, 3137. Chap. 13, S.C. 1996
Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers see Education--Teachers
Canadian Association of Independent Grocers see Competition Act
Canadian Auto Workers see General Motors
Canadian Automated Air Traffic System (CAATS) see Air traffic control
Canadian Bankers Association see Small and medium business--Banks and financial institutions
Canadian Bar Association see Legislation
Canadian Bill of Rights
>>
Diefenbaker, John G., former Prime Minister, role, 2131
>>See also Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms;
Property rights;
Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act
Canadian Bill of Rights (amdt.--right to housing)(Bill C-444)--Harb
>>
First reading, 10237
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
>>
Budget 1996 cut-backs, mandate, impact, o.q., 969
>>CBC North, lay-offs, funding reduction, exemption, M. (McLaughlin),
7695-703, dropped from Order Paper, 7703
>>Contract negotiations, last-minute settlement, strike, avoiding, S.O. 31,
3001
>>Francophone employees, collective agreement, English only, Official
Languages Act, compliance, o.q., 3713
>>French programming, Quebec distinct society status, relationship, 6252
>>French television network (Radio Canada), affiliates, Juneau Report, January
1996 recommendations, impact, o.q., 359, 1167
>>Funding, 1446
>>>Budget 1996 cutbacks, 1485-6
>>>>o.q., 5682, 5954-5
>>>English/French disparity, 285-6, 8207
>>>>o.q., 1167
>>>Northern Canada
>>>>S.O. 31, 5160
>>>>See also Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--CBC North
>>>Privatization, 1446
>>>>Government agenda, o.q., 2311
>>>>Reform Party position, 5505, 8182
>>>>>o.q., 1374-5, 2311, 3008, 4457, 4558, 7243
>>>Public membership, S.O. 31, 5554
>>>Reduction, 285
>>>>Bloc Quebecois, position, o.q., 8133
>>>>Francophones outside Quebec, 8226-7
>>>>Liberal Party, Reform Party, election proposals, o.q., 3008
>>>>o.q., 4346-7, 4506, 4558, 4633-4, 5682, 7833-4
>>>>Restoring, S.O. 31, 8901
>>>>Staff, lay-offs, o.q., 4346-7, 4456-7
>>>>Television production fund, relationship, 8207-8
>>>>>o.q., 4457, 4558, 5995
>>>Special tax, Juneau report Jan./96, recommendation, 285
>>>>Alternative funding, petition, 648
>>>>Bloc Quebecois position, o.q., 1165-6
>>>>Government position, o.q., 139, 1165-6, 1374
>>>>o.q., 969, 1167
>>>>S.O. 31, 310
>>>Stabilizing, Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise, 4722, 5765,
5854, 5860, 5866, 7979
>>>>Five year, $900 million maximum, government promise , 8227
>>>>>o.q., 7965, 8132
>>>>>S.O. 31, 8082
>>>>o.q., 4457, 4505-6, 4558-9, 5883, 6011, 8132, 9996
>>>>Petition, 9998
>>>>S.O. 31, 9985
>>International service, Radio Canada International, closure, 7330
>>>Funding, Canadian flag promotion, expenditure, relationship, o.q., 7312-3
>>>Maintaining/saving, government commitment, 1529
>>>>Copps, Canadian Heritage Minister, pledge, o.q., 7311-3
>>>>o.q., 7468
>>>March/96, 1445-6
>>>>Alternate funding, commercialization, consideration, S.O. 31, 521
>>>>Anniversary, future, o.q., 5883
>>>>>o.q., 1108, 1374
>>>>Deferral, one year funding, allocation
>>>Reform Party position, o.q., 7342-3
>>Mandate
>>>Fulfilling, difficulty, former CBC presidents, statement, o.q., 7833, 7965
>>>National unity tool, Bloc Quebecois position, 8175
>>>>S.O. 31, 1704
>>>Rural Canada, 5504-5
>>Prince Edward Island, importance, S.O. 31, 7779
>>Programs
>>>Canadianization, S.O. 31, 3863-4
>>>>Cost, French television network, impact, o.q., 3869
>>>This Hour Has 22 Minutes, 298
>>>Town Hall meeting with Prime Minister Chrétien, Dec. 10/96
>>>>Rigging with hostile questioners, Liberal Party allegations, o.q., 7463-4
>>>>S.O. 31, 7307-8, 7379-80
>>>>See also Chrétien, Jean--References;
Goods and Services Tax--Abolish/eliminate/scrap
>>>Valour and the Horror, The, rebroadcasting, portrayal of
World War II Royal Canadian Air Force bombing of Germany, alleged
inaccuracies, S.O. 31, 1241-2
>>Radio
>>>60th anniversary, CBQ-CBC Radio, Thunder Bay-Atikokan, celebrating
>>>>o.q., 6011
>>>>S.O. 31, 6003
>>>Funding, $10 million, restoring, 8183-4, 8189, 8227
>>>o.q., 8132
>>>S.O. 31, 8005, 8008-9
>>Staff, reductions, cutbacks, lay-offs, 7402
>>Television service, privatizing, 8100
>>See also Canadian Armed Forces,--Marsaw, LCmdr, Dean;
Canadians--Definition;
Francophones outside Quebec--Assimilation;
Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995);
Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents
Canadian Budget Performance Index see Public Accounts--Government financial records
Canadian Cancer Society see Health--Cancer
Canadian Centre for Inland Waters see Water--Fresh water science
Canadian Centre for International Studies and Co-operation see Niger--L`Archer, Serge
Canadian Centre for Magnetic Fusion, Varennes, Que. see Nuclear energy--Magnetic fusion development
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
>>
Annual report
>>>Human Resources Development Standing Committee, referral, 4562
>>>Tabled, 4562
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse see Volunteers
Canadian Chamber of Commerce see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization--Tax inclusive pricing
Canadian Charter of Duties and Responsibilities
>>
Establishing, financial assistance from federal government factor, etc.,
9133
>>>See also Canadian Charter of Duties and Responsibilities Act (Bill C-388)
Canadian Charter of Duties and Responsibilities Act (Bill C-388)--G.
Breitkreuz
>>
First reading, 9133
>>See also Canadian Charter of Duties and Responsibilities
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
>>
Affirmative action programs, allowing, discriminatory, 6835, 7354
>>Anniversary, 15th, S.O. 31, 9878-9
>>Canadian Bill of Rights, reverting to, 6835
>>Equality rights, non-discrimination, section 15, 7359
>>>Effectiveness, three year delay, 2443
>>>Women, 7357
>>Police, impact, 6835
>>Provisions, 2906
>>See also Aboriginal self-government--Constitution;
Canadian Armed Forces--Military justice;
Canadian Wheat Board--Authority;
Child pornography--Possession;
Child prostitution--Criminal Code provisions;
Children--Rights;
Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Designation, Applying for--Judicial restraint
provisions--Legislation--Sex offenders;
Discrimination and racism--Prohibited grounds;
Elections--Right to vote;
Family--Parental rights and responsibilities;
Gangs--Motorcycle gangs, Legislation;
Human rights;
Indians/First Nations--Self-government;
Justice system;
Nisga'a land claim--Agreement in principle;
Official languages policy/bilingualism--Constitution;
Police--Search and seizure powers;
Property rights;
Reproductive technologies--New reproductive, Regulatory regime;
Sahtu Dene and Métis land claim--Agreement;
Sexual assault/offences--Accused acces to medical and therapeutic records;
Sexual orientation--Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms--Canadian
Human Rights Act--Canadian Human Rights Act and Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms;
Same-sex couples--Spousal status, Criminal Code;
Supreme Court of Canada--Law making power
Canadian Cinema and Television Academy
>>
Gemini Awards, S.O. 31, 311
Canadian Club see Constitution--Patriation in 1982, Quebec opposition
Canadian Coast Guard
>>
Federal government mismanagement, west coast, 4839, 6153-4
>>Fleet rationalization, cutbacks, 6153-4
>>>Favouritism allegations, o.q., 4021-2
>>Funding, reduction, $30 million, Canada, $7 million, British Columbia, 5857,
5861, 6026-7
>>>o.q., 4864
>>Hovercraft, qu., 3641-2
>>Icebreakers
>>>Allocation, 3735, 5385
>>>Wilfrid Laurier, transfer from St. Lawrence to west coast region, 3689
>>>>Delay, o.q., 2564-5
>>Icebreaking fees, establishing, 8094
>>Lake Winnipeg, services, reduction
>>>Petition, 4349
>>>S.O. 31, 3078
>>Merger into Fisheries and Oceans Department, 8094
>>>Impact on coastal communities, S.O. 31, 3253
>>Navigational services, St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes, fees, increasing,
302, 1515, 2948, 3151, 3662-3, 3676-89, 3731, 3737-8, 4810-1, 5151, 5182,
5193-4, 5196-200, 5214, 5223-4, 5228-9, 7562, 8959, 8968
>>>Consultations, 3663, 3674-5, 3690, 3730, 3732, 3737, 5196, 5199, 5216,
5223, 5228-9
>>>>o.q., 2011
>>>Impact studies, 3690, 3733, 3738, 5196, 5199
>>>>o.q., 966, 1843, 2004, 2809-10, 6368, 6792-3
>>>Implementation, delaying, o.q., 2563
>>>o.q., 921, 965-6, 1170-1, 1591, 1712
>>>Quebec industry criticisms, 3676, 3678-9, 3682-8, 3691, 3693, 3726-7, 5181,
5187-8, 5197, 5200, 5223, 5385-6
>>>>o.q., 1957, 2004-5
>>>Ships docking at United States ports, non-application, 3690
>>>>o.q., 1662, 2004
>>>S.O. 31, 918, 2471
>>>Three regions structure, Quebec impact, 2703, 2717, 2827-8, 3725, 3731,
3733
>>>Traffic using United States ports, 3725, 3733, 5200
>>>>o.q., 1957, 2004
>>>User fees, 3676-8, 3737-40, 5186, 5196
>>See also Athabasca River--Dredging;
Boats/boating;
Emergencies/disasters;
Marine transport
Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
>>
Tribute, S.O. 31, 10061
Canadian code of corporate citizenship see Corporations
Canadian College of Family Physicians see Health care system--Doctors/physicians
Canadian Community Investment Program see Small and medium business--Capital access
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops see Poverty--Governments combatting
Canadian content see Broadcasting--DMX Canada--Radio stations; Information highway--Canadian content--Internet, Regulation;
Canadian Corps of Commissionaires see Canadian War Museum
Canadian Council for Geography Education see Education
Canadian Council for Refugees see Refugees
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment see Environment--Management
Canadian Council on Co-parenting see Child support payments--Legislation; Divorce--Child custody and support payments
Canadian culture see Culture/arts
Canadian Diabetes Association see Health--Diabetes
Canadian dollar see Quebec separation/sovereignty
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association see Oil and gas pipelines--Landowners
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
>>
Federal projects outside of country, non-application, o.q., 6750-1
>>Strengthening, Liberal Party "red book" election promise, o.q., 6314-5
Canadian Environmental Protection Act
>>
Amending, Legislation (Bill C-74)
>>>Importance, deminishing, S.O. 31, 7306
>>>Improving, S.O. 31, 7511
>>Modernization, Throne Speech proposal, 4, 323, 325
>>See also Environment--Protection;
Pollution--Prevention
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1977 (Bill C-74)--Minister of the
Environment (Marchi)
>>
First reading, 7277
Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO)
>>
International services, volunteers
>>>Bolivia, Marjorie Lavallee, S.O. 31, 6361
>>>China, John Reynolds, S.O. 31, 6001
>>>Czech Republic technical college teacher hosted by Doug Thomlinson,
S.O. 31, 6441
>>>Estonia, John Pahapill, S.O. 31, 9209
>>>Ghana, Evan and Joan Whitehead, S.O. 31, 6441
>>>Ghana and Romania, Ludwig Strah, S.O. 31, 3416
>>>Guyana, Michael Blender, S.O. 31, 759
>>>Panama, Agnes Boros, S.O. 31, 3813-4
>>>Romania, Bert Cosman, S.O. 31, 1884
>>>Russian Federation, Donald MacLeod, Walter Gumprich, S.O. 31, 757, 1241
>>>Russian Federation, Peru and Poland, Roy Walker, Jivan Shah and Tadeusz
Cienski, S.O. 31, 7780
>>>Russian Federation, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Poland and Hungary, Steve
Meissner, Donald MacLeod, Dirk Booy, Al Galusz, S.O. 31, 4932
>>>Senegal, Claude St-Hilaire, Viateur Alain, Mario Ferland, S.O. 31, 2302
>>>Sri Lanka, Karl Burkhart, S.O. 31, 2427-8
>>>Thailand, Tony Wagemaker, S.O. 31, 6360
>>>Trinidad and Tobago, Frederick Harttrip, S.O. 31, 960
Canadian Exporters' Association see Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters Canada
Canadian Federation of Independent Business see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization
Canadian Figure Skating Championships see Figure skating
Canadian flag
>>
Burning, Montreal, Que. homes, S.O. 31, 6743
>>Free distribution, One Million flag operation, $23 million program, 1-800
telephone number, 98, 667, 702, 1447, 1486, 5127, 5823, 5861, 6251, 8178-9,
8181, 8204, 8210-1, 8214-5, 8219
>>>Canadians returning, 6251
>>>Expenditure, cultural institutions, budgetary cut-backs, relationship,
8182-3, 8185-6
>>>>o.q., 3561, 4228, 5060-2, 5111-6, 5483, 5564-5
>>>>S.O. 31, 1162, 3556, 6606-7, 8191
>>>Germany, Joseph Goebbels propaganda campaign, comparison, 8210
>>>Lists of recipients, government Members of Parliament access, 6684
>>>National unity/separatism, impact, 8181, 8183
>>>>o.q., 5114-5
>>>Reform Party Members, requesting, Copps, Deputy Prime Minister, remarks, Ed
Harper, condemning, S.O. 31, 5678
>>>Thornley, Joe, political associate, Heritage Department contract,
patronage, o.q., 8908, 8953
>>>See also Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--International service
>>Half mast on Peace Tower, occasions, protocol rules, o.q., 7040
>>High Schools flying, Fredericton High School, S.O. 31, 1043
>>National Flag of Canada Day, Feb. 17, celebrating, 8174, 8178, 8216-7
>>>S.O. 31, 8129, 8131
>>Oath/pledge of allegiance, 3719
>>>House of Commons, reciting daily, M. (Culbert), 5319-27, dropped from Order
Paper, 5327
>>>S.O. 31, 4449, 8268
>>>See also Oath of Allegiance to the Flag of Canada Act (Bill C-302)
>>Quebec summer festivals displaying, S.O. 31, 521
>>Respecting, Bloc Quebecois, 8216
>>Symbolism, importance, 8178-9, 8207, 8215, 8220-1
>>See also Canadian Heritage Deaprtment--Cultural organizations;
Workers--Deaths
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
>>
Accountability to Parliament, Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee
role, reviewing business plan, annual report, etc., 7438, 7440-1, 7443,
7456-7, 7553-60, 7566-8
>>Advisory board
>>>Fees, remuneration, 7451, 7457-8
>>>Membership, appointments, patronage, Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing
Committee role, etc., 6995, 7440, 7443, 7451, 7455-8, 7474-9, 7488-92, 7504-7,
7509, 7526, 7530, 7532, 7553, 7559, 7561, 7564, 7567, 7590-1
>>>Role, powers, 7442-3, 7456
>>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Cost-effectiveness
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister responsibility, powers, 7438, 7443, 7451,
7456-7, 7528-9, 7531-2
>>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Business plan
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee role see Canadian Food
Inspection Agency--Accountability to Parliament--Advisory
board--Cost-effectiveness--Executives--Head office location
>>Auditor General role, 7443, 7535,
7558, 7567-8
>>Biotechnology, relationship, 7529
>>Board of Directors, accountable, establishing, 7451
>>Business plan
>>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister approving, 7440, 7554, 7556-9
>>>Consultations with producers, provinces, etc., requiring, 7554, 7558, 7560,
7563
>>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Accountability to Parliament
>>Consolidation of Agriculture and Agri-Food Department, Fisheries and Oceans
Department and Health Department services, 7474, 7477, 7490, 7529, 7531-2,
7553, 7556, 7558-9, 7561, 7563, 7590, 9893
>>>Quebec example, 7436, 7439, 7445, 7448, 7475, 7489, 7506, 7509, 7531, 7559,
7563
>>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Employees/inspectors
>>Contracts, consultants, lawyers, patronage, etc, 7527-31, 7533
>>Cost-effectiveness, cost-recovery, fees, etc., 7438-9, 7441, 7443-4, 7450-1,
7475, 7490-1, 7534-5, 7553, 7555, 7568
>>>Consultations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee and advisory
board roles, 7561-6
>>>Deferring until 2000, 7560-5
>>>Producers paying, o.q., 10121
>>Employees/inspectors
>>>Appointments, patronage, code of conduct/ethics, etc., 7458, 7486-90,
7504-10, 7526-7, 7530-2, 7553, 7590
>>>Number, excessive, 7504-5
>>>Number, reduction, 7474-5, 7564
>>>Provincial distribution, 7477
>>>Rights, protecting, union successor rights, transition period, etc., 5359,
7443, 7487, 7489-92, 7503-8, 7528, 7531-3, 7554
>>>>o.q., 4673
>>>Seafood inspectors, transfer from Fisheries and Oceans Department, o.q., 6267
>>Establishing, 296, 303, 374, 1442, 1478, 1493, 1538-9, 1902, 6287
>>>Legislation, Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 5356-63,
5376-84, 7436-58, 7474-78, 7486-93, 7503-10, 7526-35, 7553-68, 7590-1
>>>>Agriculture and Agri-Food study prior to second reading, proposed
amendments, etc., 7438, 7440, 7553-4
>>>>Bloc Québécois position, 7474
>>>>Coming into force, 7488
>>>>Consultations, 6994, 7440-1, 7451, 7478, 7490, 7558
>>>>>Seafood processors, 6994-5, 7451
>>>>Expediting, election timing factor, 7440-1
>>>>Liberal Party Members not debating, 7446, 7478, 7493, 7507
>>>>Reform Party position, 7450, 7568
>>>>Technical amendment re funding, 7590
>>>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60)
>>>o.q., 927, 2756-7
>>Executives
>>>Appointments, patronage, Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee role,
etc., 5358, 5360, 5362, 7440-2, 7450-1, 7454-6, 7474-5, 7478, 7486-8, 7505-7,
7509, 7526, 7530, 7532, 7553, 7559, 7564, 7567, 7590-1
>>>Salaries, benefits, etc., 7451, 7458
>>>Term limits, 7455-6
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, partnership, relationship, Quebec, etc.,
374, 437, 6278, 7436-7, 7439-48, 7450, 7474-5, 7506, 7508-9, 7528, 7530-2,
7556-7, 7562-4, 7568, 9637, 9893
>>>Throne Speech statement, 5
>>Fees, 6995
>>Head office location, National Capital Region, Quebec, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Standing Committee role, etc., 7441, 7449-50, 7452-3, 7457
>>Health factors, importance, 7558-9, 7563-5
>>Health Minister, role, 7439, 7447
>>Intellectual property, reporting, 7457
>>Job creation/job losses, relationship, 7568
>>National standards, role, 7436-7, 7439-41, 7447-8
>>>o.q., 927
>>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Slaughterhouses
>>Patronage see Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Advisory
board--Contracts--Employees/inspectors--Executives
>>Privatization, contracting-out, alternative, 7450, 7475, 7504-5, 7527, 7562
>>Risk management role, 7443-5
>>Size, budget, number of employees, 7438, 7443, 7450, 7474
>>Slaughterhouses, regulating, national standards, etc., 7447, 7506, 7556