Agri-Land Division see Farm Credit Corporation

Agricultural Adaptation and Rural Development Fund see Economic renewal--Rural Canada; Farm debt--Mediation

Agricultural day haul transportation assistance program see Employment--Seasonal workers

Agricultural land see Mirabel International Airport--Development

Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34)--Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Goodale)

>>First reading, 2313
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee
>>>Referral forthwith, prior to second reading, M. (Goodale), 3945-53, agreed to, on division, 3953
>>>Reported, with amdts., 5484
>>Report stage, 5906-9, 5920-5
>>>Motions (Hermanson), 5906, negatived, on recorded division, 6155-6
>>>Concurrence and second reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 6156-8
>>Third reading, 9854-72, agreed to, on division, 9872, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 10252. Chap. 20, S.C. 1997
>>See also Agricultural products--Marketing, programs

Agricultural producers/farmers

>>Dalgeish family, centennial farm celebration, 3958-9
>>Debt see Farm debt
>>Economic importance, S.O. 31, 4978
>>Efficiency, increase, 9864
>>Income, 48% from off-farm employment, 9895
>>Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, impact, o.q., 10231-2
>>Number, decline, 3961
>>Self-reliance, government measures, 9888
>>Streef, Martin
>>>Canadian Young Farmer for 1996, S.O. 31, 6901
>>>Ontario Region Young Farmer for 1996, S.O. 31, 2244
>>Women, wives, role, 9891
>>Working hours, 9874, 9891
>>See also Agricultural products--Marketing; Bankruptcy and insolvency--Farmers and fishermen; Goods and Services Tax; Grain marketing--Canadian Wheat Board monopoly (wheat and barley); Wildlife--Endangered species

Agricultural products

>>Beef industry
>>>Import allocations, increase. impact, 9862
>>>North American Free Trade Agreement, benefits, 9871
>>>Prices, imports, impact, o.q., 2813
>>Cash advances/advance payments, interest free, emergency advances, etc., 3946, 5907-9, 9854-6, 9858-64, 9866-7, 9869-70, 9899
>>>Canadian Wheat Board special treatment, 9858, 9860, 9866
>>>Contingent liability factor, 9858-9, 9862, 9866
>>Co-operatives, pooling, encouraging, 3946
>>Harvest, Peace River region, weather problems, damages, 5920-1
>>Exports, Trade Team Canada benefits, 287, 9637-8
>>Government purchase programs
>>>Elimination, 5907-9, 5921-2, 5924-5
>>>Information, access, 5922
>>Input costs, 9859-61
>>>Interest rates decline, relationship, 9637
>>Interprovincial trade, 9637
>>Marketing, programs, 2313
>>>Agricultural producers directing, M. (Hermanson), 1613-22
>>>Amalgamation, 5906
>>>Budget allocation, 9854
>>>Defaults, 3946-7
>>>Funding see Farm income--Income protection programs
>>>Government purchase program, eliminating, 9858-60, 9862, 9866
>>>Legislation (Bill C-34), 5920, 5922
>>>>Acts combined, Advance Payments for Crops Act, Prairie Grain Advance Payments Act, Agricultural Products Cooperative Marketing Act and Agricultural Products Board Act, 9858, 9860-1
>>>>Amendments, 5906-7, 5920
>>>>Bloc Québécois position, 5922, 9854, 9857
>>>>Election timing factor, 9865-9
>>>>New, Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (AMPA), 3945-53
>>>>Overview, 9858
>>>>Ramming through House, 5920
>>>>Reform Party position, 5920, 9858-9, 9868
>>>>See also Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34)
>>>Ministerial powers, accountability, lack, 5907-8
>>>New markets, developing, 9859
>>Price pooling, 9858
>>Subsidy programs, reduction/elimination
>>>Adapting, transitional measures, o.q., 3132
>>>Impact on competitiveness, 846
>>>Reform Party position, 1493
>>>United States comparison, 9130-1
>>>>o.q., 8838
>>Supply-management system, marketing boards, 814, 5352, 9637
>>>Elimination by 1999, 1493
>>>>General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Marrakech agreement, o.q., 1172
>>>Liberal government (Chrétien) protecting, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Article XI, election promise, 5821, 5843
>>>Retaining, S.O. 31, 4796, 10178
>>Tariffs, supply-managed products
>>>Acceptability, World Trade Organization agreement, 9871, 9874
>>>>o.q., 1252, 6184
>>>Dairy products, Liberal Members positions during 1993 election campaign, 1800
>>>Milk, poultry, eggs, United States North American Free Trade Agreement challenge, 554-5, 677-8
>>>>Arbitration panel dismissing
>>>>>o.q., 7031-2, 9747
>>>>>S.O. 31, 7138
>>>>>United States launching World Trade Organization challenge, 10107-8
>>>>o.q., 239-40, 2309-10, 3486-7, 6184
>>>>S.O. 31, 356
>>>See also Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement--Agricultural/horticultural products; Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement--Agricultural and fisheries products
>>Trade rules, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade establishing, World Trade Organization reviewing, 9870-2
>>Value-added processing, Western Grain Transportation Act funds, elimination, impact, 1558, 1560
>>Value-added products, 288, 8375, 9568, 9895-6
>>See also Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement; Exports; Trade--United States agricultural subsidies

Agricultural Products Board Act

>>Repeal, legislation, 3945-53
>>>See also Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34)
>>See also Agricultural products--Marketing programs, Legislation

Agricultural Products Cooperative Marketing Act

>>Repeal, legislation, 3945-53
>>>See also Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34)
>>See also Agricultural products--Marketing programs, Legislation

Agricultural research

>>Canada Foundation for Innovation role, 9637-8
>>Funding, government cutbacks, 8397
>>>Reform Party position, 5843
>>Importance, S.O. 31, 7307
>>Matching investment initiatives program, o.q., 5063

Agriculture

>>Budget 1997 measures, 9637-8
>>Cost recovery programs
>>>Negative impact, 6222-3
>>>>Redress, o.q., 5886
>>>>S.O. 31, 8647
>>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency; PEI Potato Board; Pest Management Review Agency
>>Durham County, Ontario, importance, S.O. 31, 4854
>>Food Security for Canadians and a Fair Return for Canadian Farmers, Liberal Party document, 3962
>>Forums, national/regional, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Goodale holding, 304-5
>>Government expenditures, cut-backs, 8962, 9855
>>Government interest, legislation, election, relationship, 9860
>>Government policy, benefits, 287, 3958-9
>>Government role, reducing, adopting free enterprise system, 9889
>>Importance, Quebec, etc., 9638, 9863, 9891, 9893, 9895, 9898-9
>>Interest rates, low, benefits, 287
>>Legislation, impact, 3961
>>Liberal government (Chrétien) election "red book" promises
>>>Kept, 25%, 5843-4
>>>Not kept, 8063, 9858-9
>>>Reversals, S.O. 31, 3917, 5802
>>Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, impact, S.O. 31, 10175-6
>>National 4-H Week, S.O. 31, 6123, 6256, 6305
>>National policies, programs
>>>Benefits, 9637-8
>>>Consultations, round table meetings, national conference, etc., 9638
>>Non-democratic socialist system, former agriculture minister Eugene Whelan remarks, etc., 226-7
>>Pesticide use see Fruits and vegetables; Pest Management Regulatory Agency; Pesticides
>>Programs
>>>National debt/deficit, impact, 1933-4
>>>New, creating, ministerial powers, deletion, Auditor General 1989 and 1992 report recommendations, 1715
>>>See also Agriculture and Agri-Food Department Act (amdt.)(Bill C-268)
>>Quebec, 1618-9
>>>Garon, Jean, provincial minister from 1976 to 1996, role, 9891-2
>>Reform Party position, caucus members background factor, etc., 9864-5, 9868, 9890, 9895, 9899, 101~55
>>Reform Party regional approach, 9637
>>Subsidies
>>>Importance, 9891, 9895
>>>Quebec, 1560
>>Taxation policies, benefit, 9637
>>User fees, 846
>>Video, Where Does it All Come From, children's instructional, Niagara Federation of Agriculture sponsorship, first place award, TVO Telefest Awards gala, tribute, S.O. 31, 6179
>>See also Gross Domestic Product; Indians/first Nations--Powers; Interprovincial trade--Internal Trade Agreement; Research and development

Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act see Farm debt--Mediation

Agriculture and Agri-food Department

>>Expenditures, maintaining, 9638
>>Food Production and Protection Branch, business alignment plan, cost recovery and user fees issue, approach, o.q., 8656
>>Quebec expenditures, 11%, 7449-50, 7452, 9856-7, 9891-3
>>Rural secretariat, Canadian rural information service, 303
>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Consolidation; Health--"Mad cow" disease

Agriculture and Agri-Food Department Act (amdt.)(Bill C-268)--Milliken

>>First reading, 1715
>>See also Agriculture--Programs

Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister see Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Canadian Wheat Board--Modernizing; Goodale--References

Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee

>>Reports, presented
>>>First (certification of organic agriculture issues and options), 3323
>>>>Dissenting report, Bloc Québécois, 3323
>>>Second (Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34)), 5484
>>>Third (Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60)), 6964
>>>Fourth (Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38)), 7390
>>>Fifth (Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72)), 9804
>>Travel, authorization, M. (Zed), agreed to, 2897, 8399
>>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Accountability to Canadian Wheat Board--Modernizing; Farm debt--Mediation Parliament--Establishing, Legislation;

AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)

>>Awareness/prevention
>>>Snowy Owl Foundation, Look Beyond, book, S.O. 31, 6902
>>>World AIDS Day, S.O. 31, 6853, 6955
>>Education pamphlet, Man to Man Society, school distribution, 2442
>>Farah Foundation, "Ca Marche", annual fundraising event, S.O. 31, 5104
>>HIV/AIDS tests see HIV/AIDS
>>International AIDS conference, Vancouver, B.C.
>>>Prime Minister Chrétien, invitation, refusal, o.q., 2945, 3716
>>National AIDS Awareness Week, S.O. 31, 5107
>>National AIDS Strategy, funding
>>>o.q., 3562-3, 3714, 4866
>>>Other disease research, comparison, 1751, 2113-4
>>>Petitions, 3722-3, 4088, 4236, 7432, 7893-4
>>>Renewing, expanding
>>>>o.q., 6908, 8511
>>>>Petition, 7585, 8018, 8046, 8145, 8201, 8359, 8695, 10144
>>>>qu., 8844
>>>S.O. 31, 5472
>>See also HIV/AIDS; HIV/AIDS Sub-Committee; Penitentiaries--Inmates

Air bag release mechanisms see Automobile safety

Air cadets see Canadian Armed Forces--Cadets

Air Canada

>>Airbus A320 passenger jet, 1998 purchase contract, political influence allegations, Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation, 7526, 8243
>>>Bourgon, Jocelyne, Privy Council Clerk, knowledge, o.q., 7575-6
>>>Inquiry commission, establishing, o.q., 7576
>>>Investigation reopened in 1995, o.q., 3422, 3925
>>>Justice Department role, letter to Swiss authorities, 8665
>>>>o.q., 3422, 3868, 3922-3, 3925, 7575-6, 7660-1, 7710, 7715, 8593
>>>Justice Department strategic communications advice contract, $160,500, relationship, 8278
>>>>o.q., 8199-200, 8953
>>>Ministerial responsibility, o.q., 7575-7
>>>Mulroney, Brian, former Prime Minister, lawsuit, out of court settlement, apology, etc., 7591, 7760, 7764, 7776, 9257, 9462
>>>>o.q., 3711, 3818-9, 3866-9, 3921-3, 4021, 7574-6, 7660-1, 7715, 7834
>>>>qu., 10239
>>>Murray, Philip, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner, role, competence, o.q., 7660
>>>Political interference, lack, o.q., 7575-6
>>>Political witch hunt, Manning remarks, o.q., 7710, 7715
>>>Prime Minister's Office, Privy Council Office, involvement, qu., 10240
>>>Procedures, changing, former Justice Allan Goodman role, etc., o.q., 7575, 7577, 7661, 7715
>>>Rock, Justice Minister, role, providing information, o.q., 3422, 3867-9, 3924-6, 4020, 7661, 7715
>>>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, informing, o.q., 3817-9
>>>>Letter from Royal Canadian Mounted Police, tabling, 4006, 4157-8, 4675-6
>>>>>o.q., 3924
>>>>qu., 10239-40
>>Dec. 29/95 flight, South Korea air force interception, coding error, o.q., 134
>>Government grants, contributions, loan guarantees, 1981-96, r.o., 4240
>>Regional carrier pilots, strike
>>>Negotiated settlement, need, o.q., 7713-4
>>>Strikebreakers, use, o.q., 7713-4
>>Reservation centre, Saint John, N.B., opening, S.O. 31, 3122
>>"Sitting Comfortabull" advertising campaign, European newspapers, racist sterotyping, insult, S.O. 31, 2428
>>See also Air transportation--Canada-Asia--Canada-Czech Republic--Canada-Italy route; Canadian Airlines International; Labour disputes--Replacement workers

Air guns see Gin control/guns

Air India, Flight 182

>>Crash/bombing, June 23/85
>>>Public inquiry/Royal commission, establishing
>>>>o.q., 5888
>>>>S.O. 31, 3917
>>>Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation, o.q., 5888
>>>Talwinder Singh Parmar suspected role, Surrey-Delta Sikh Temple honouring, S.O. 31, 3814

Air navigation services

>>Automated weather observation system, Nav Canada establishment, relationship, 1157
>>Commercialization, Nav Canada agreement, 1902, 8062
>>>$1.5 billion payment, deficit reduction benefits, 810, 1153-4, 1156-8, 2957, 3142, 3144, 3148, 3392-3, 3396-7, 3402-3, 8053, 8095
>>>Access to Information Act, not applying, 3147
>>>Accountability, lack, 2957
>>>Advisory committee, role, membership, 1153, 2833, 3143-4
>>>Agreement signed Apr. 1/96, 3142
>>>Air transportation deregulation, relationship, 3398-9
>>>Airspace management, regulations, 4167
>>>Assets transferred, 1153, 3144
>>>Auditor General not auditing, 2956-7
>>>Benefits, user-orientation, etc., 1154, 1158
>>>Board of Directors, representation, small airlines, Quebec, etc., 1154-5, 1159, 2819-20, 2823-6, 2828-9, 2833-4, 2928, 2930, 3142-5, 3147-8, 3153-5, 3391, 3394-5. 3397, 3402-3, 3407, 3409, 4168
>>>Budget 1994 and Budget 1995 announcements, 1153, 1159, 3142
>>>Business, running as, 2822
>>>Capital requirements, bond issue, pension fund, etc., 1156-7
>>>Cost-efficiency goal, cost recovery, 2929, 3144, 3146-7, 3151, 3408-9
>>>Employment conditions, benefits, government-Nav Canada-unions agreement, successor rights, etc., 1153-5, 1159, 2957, 3144, 3408, 6244, 7554, 8489-90
>>>Fees
>>>>Collection authority, transfer from Transport Department to Nav Canada, 4167
>>>>General aviation and recreational aircraft, 3149
>>>>Regulatory framework, appeal process, etc., 3144
>>>>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization, Small airlines
>>>Financing provisions, 3146, 3408
>>>Foreign government aircraft, exempt from fees, 2954-6
>>>French language services, Official Languages Act application, 1154, 2819, 2824, 2828, 2959-61, 3142, 3151, 3154, 3393-403, 3405
>>>Implementation, July 1/96, 1153
>>>Incorporation of Nav Canada May 1995, 1153
>>>International agreements, relationship, 1156
>>>>International Civil Aviation Organization, relationship, 4167
>>>International comparison, 1154, 1157-8, 3143
>>>Labour disputes, right to strike, air traffic controllers, etc., relationship, 3149-50
>>>Legislation Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20)
>>>>Coming into force of sections, Senate technical amendments, 4167-9
>>>>Committee referral prior to second reading, study, witnesses testimony, etc., 1156-7, 3142-3, 3145, 3150-2, 3403
>>>>English and French versions, consistency, 2953
>>>>Preamble, including, 2819-21, 3145, 3152, 3397-8, 3413
>>>>Terminology, clarity, vagueness, 1155-6
>>>>Williams/Reform Party positions, contradiction, 2958
>>>>See also Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20)
>>>Monopoly status, 1159, 2930, 2957, 3144, 3409
>>>National Defence Department, funding role, services barter arrangement, Income Tax Act violation, etc., 2823, 2929, 2954-7, 3152, 3393, 3395, 3403, 3408
>>>Notices re services, fees, distributing, e-mail, publishing in newspapers, informing public, Indian bands, etc., 2832-5, 2927, 2931-4, 3146-8, 3152-3, 3404, 3407
>>>Patronage, avoiding, 1159
>>>Politicizing, avoiding, 2822
>>>Privacy factor, Privacy Act application, etc., 2823, 2835, 2928-9, 2958-9, 2961, 3151-2, 3396
>>>Private not for profit corporation, 1153-4, 1156, 1159, 2519-22, 2825-7, 2835, 2932, 2956-7, 3142-4, 3148, 3389, 3403-5, 3408
>>>Privatization, distinction from, 3411
>>>Public services, interest, maintaining, government responsibility, 2822-4, 2832-3, 2927-8, 2930, 2959, 2961, 3143-4, 3147, 3152, 3400, 3407, 3411-2
>>>Regions, northern and remote communities, services, economic impact, etc., 1154-5, 1157-9, 2820-2, 2825-30, 2927, 2930-2, 3144-5, 3147, 3149, 3153, 3399-400, 3402-5, 3409, 3411-3, 4168, 4810, 8060
>>>>Val'd'Or, Que. airport, 2828-9
>>>Safety, regulations, Aeronautics Act provisions applying, etc., 1153-5, 1158-60, 2819-22, 2824-7, 2829, 2834, 2927-8, 2930-3, 3143-8, 3151-2, 3389-413, 4168-9, 8057, 8095
>>>>Saint-Jean, Que. airport, 2826
>>>Scope of services, 1153, 1158, 1160
>>>Small airlines, impact, fees factor, etc., 1155-6, 1159, 2819-26, 2930-1, 3146-7, 3153, 3389, 3391, 3396, 3400, 3402-3, 4168
>>>S.O. 31, 6003
>>>Studies supporting, 1159-60
>>>Subsidy, $200 million annually, eliminating, 810, 3151-2
>>>Taxation powers, 2957
>>>Ticket prices, impact, 2823-4, 2957
>>>Transport Department responsibility, 1153, 1160
>>>>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization, Fees
>>>Users' support, 1154
>>>See also Air navigation services--Automated weather observation system
>>Government role, historical background, 1157-8
>>Microwave landing system, 3148-9
>>Radar modernization project, 1156-7, 3396
>>Terminal control units, closures
>>>Calgary, Alta. and Ottawa, Ont., exempt, French language services, relationship, 2960
>>>Quebec, safety factor, 2827
>>See also Air traffic control

Air pollution

>>Automobile emmissions, national standards, revising
>>>o.q., 3426-7
>>>Provincial co-operation, need, o.q., 8658
>>Carbon dioxide emissions (greenhouse gases), reducing, 1558, 4329-30, 9792
>>>1990 levels, stabilizing, 1451, 4330
>>>20% by year 2005, international commitment, meeting, o.q., 2812, 7087
>>>Bonn, Germany, international accord, drafting, Canada, commitment, o.q., 8509
>>>Brazil summit, 1992, climate change goals, not meeting, o.q., 10071-2
>>>Liberal government (Chretien) "red Book", election promises, 1479, 10163
>>>>o.q., 2812, 4077
>>>o.q., 2812
>>>Voluntary measures, failure, 9791-2
>>>>o.q., 8509
>>Research program, government/private sector/University of Toronto, $1.9 million study, o.q., 3131
>>Respiratory diseases, link, clean air conference, addressing, o.q., 2313
>>See also Environment--Sustainable transportation