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de Savoye, Pierre (BQ--Portneuf)

    >>Air transportation, o.q., 5166
    >>Bankruptcy Act (amdt.--priority of claims)(Bill C-231), 535
    >>Bell Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-57), 5784-8, 5790-1, 5795, 7592-6
    >>Bloc Québécois, 8226
    >>>S.O. 31, 9079
    >>Broadcasting, 7592-3
    >>>Petition, 369
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 4210-1, 10103-4
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 849
    >>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6672-3, 6688-9
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-61), 5351
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 672
    >>>o.q., 4502
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, S.O. 31, 8082
    >>Canadian Coast Guard, 5200
    >>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 7503-4
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, 8224-5
    >>>M. on supply (G. Leroux), 8216, 8221, 8223-6, 8228-9
    >>Child care, 4762
    >>Constitution, M. (Rock), 6984-5
    >>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-8), 4164-6
    >>Corporations, 9524-5
    >>Credit Card Interest Limitation Act (Bill C-402), 9657
    >>Credit cards
    >>>o.q., 7038-9, 7144
    >>>S.O. 31, 7512
    >>Crime, 6234
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4542-5
    >>Culture/arts, 8224-5
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, M. (Meredith), 3111-2
    >>Deficit, 849, 9524
    >>Drug/substance abuse, 4164-6
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, 4164-5
    >>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Gauthier), 5653, 5664, 5666, 5672
    >>Education, 6984-5
    >>Education, post-secondary, 849
    >>Elections, 6672-3, 6688-9
    >>Employment insurance, 9524
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2243-4
    >>Environment, o.q., 6745
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7136-7
    >>Film and video industry, o.q., 5957
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, 7094, 8224
    >>>S.O. 31, 9987
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 266, 7892
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7136-7
    >>Government contracts, 5666
    >>Government grants/loans, o.q., 9022
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9523-5
    >>Information highway, 5784, 5786-7, 5790-1, 7593, 7595-6
    >>Israel, o.q., 4862
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, S.O. 31, 637
    >>Liberal Party, o.q., 4749
    >>Martin, P. references, 10179
    >>Members of Parliament, 3077
    >>Music, S.O. 31, 6054
    >>National Revenue Department, o.q., 4749
    >>Nuclear waste, o.q., 6745
    >>Oceans Act (Bill C-26), 5200
    >>Official Languages Joint Standing Committee, reports, 10143
    >>Parliament of Canada Act and Canada Elections Act (amdt.--confidence motions)(Bill C-250), 8935-6
    >>Parliamentary reform, 3077
    >>Parole, 4542-5
    >>Penitentiaries, 4544-5
    >>Private family trusts, M. on supply (Loubier), 4761-2
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 672
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 535
    >>>Debate, 7124, 8229
    >>>Speeches, 9523
    >>>Supply motions, 8223
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Boudria), 252-4, 258
    >>Public Service, 4086
    >>Quebec, 8223-5
    >>Quebec sovereignty/separation, 8228-9
    >>Ringuette-Maltais, references, 258
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, o.q., 1769
    >>Senate, M. on supply (Gilmour), 3077
    >>Somalia, o.q., 2063-4
    >>Taxation, 4761, 9524
    >>>S.O. 31, 10179
    >>Telecommunications, o.q., 1845, 4987-8
    >>Telephone service, 5201, 5785, 5790, 5795, 7593-5
    >>>o.q., 4673-4
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 7124, 8711-2
    >>Tobacco industry, 8711-2
    >>>o.q., 6559, 6662-3
    >>Tobacco products, o.q., 6559
    >>Trade, 5351
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 9524
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2243-4
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 849
    >>Victims of crime, M. on supply (R. White), 2081-3
    >>Whistle-blowers Protection Act (Bill C-318), 4086
    >>Young offenders, 6234-5

de Villiers, Priscilla see Victims of crime--Government measures

Dean, Jeanette see Volunteers--Canada Volunteer Award Certificate of Merit

Death penalty see Capital punishment

Debien, Maud (BQ--Laval-Est)

    >>Afghanistan, S.O. 31, 7307
    >>Africa
    >>>o.q., 5736, 6906-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 5953
    >>Air navigation services, 2955-6, 2961, 3396-8
    >>Armenia
    >>>M. on supply (Daviault), 1860-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 10177
    >>Bosnia and Herzegovina, 78
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 2026-7
    >>Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, 8155-6
    >>Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-81), 8155-6
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, 8156
    >>Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, 8155-6
    >>Canadian Executive Service Organization, S.O. 31, 2302
    >>Canadian Human Rights Commission, S.O. 31, 7381
    >>Canadian Securities Commission, 1007-8
    >>>o.q., 643
    >>Caregivers, M. (Szabo), 4824-5
    >>Child abduction, M. (B. Tremblay), 4970-1
    >>Child care, 8768
    >>Child labour, 1862, 8357
    >>Child poverty, 7372, 8768
    >>Children, 7372
    >>China
    >>>o.q., 482, 9744-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 8386
    >>Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20), 2955-6, 2961 , 3395-8
    >>Constitution, S.O. 31, 9878
    >>Consumers, S.O. 31, 6853
    >>Cultural institutions, S.O. 31, 8270
    >>Culture/arts, S.O. 31, 6743
    >>Developing countries, S.O. 31, 7235
    >>East Timor, S.O. 31, 5555-6
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 8944-5
    >>Employment equity, 8768
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2299-301
    >>Exports, S.O. 31, 7033
    >>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, reports, 8357
    >>Foreign aid
    >>>o.q., 2008-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 1366
    >>Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 4515-6
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5727-8
    >>Gender equality, 8767
    >>Genocide, 1862
    >>Haiti
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 77-8
    >>>o.q., 3638
    >>Housing, o.q., 713-4
    >>Human rights, 1861-2
    >>>M. (Copps), 7371-2
    >>Imports, o.q., 2435
    >>Innu, o.q., 768
    >>International criminal court, o.q., 6612-3
    >>Israel, o.q., 4801-2, 9020-1
    >>Job creation, 350
    >>Labour conditions, 8156
    >>Lebanon, o.q., 1661
    >>Liberia, o.q., 2362
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5727-8
    >>Mexico, S.O. 31, 3627
    >>Middle East, o.q., 9020-1
    >>Niger, o.q., 10223
    >>North American Free Trade Agreement, 8155-6
    >>Parliament Buildings, S.O. 31, 4496
    >>Pay equity
    >>>o.q., 8781-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 6605
    >>Poverty, S.O. 31, 6788
    >>Procedure, question and comment period, 3397
    >>Quebec, S.O. 31, 7511, 8008
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, S.O. 31, 4626
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 350
    >>>S.O. 31, 9878
    >>Refugees, o.q., 1104-5
    >>Revoke the Conviction of Louis David Riel Act (Bill C-297), 6633-4
    >>Rwanda, o.q., 6612-3
    >>Securities industry, 1007-8
    >>>o.q., 643
    >>Social programs, 8768
    >>Telephone service, o.q., 8138-9
    >>Television, cable, 2026-7
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 350
    >>Tibet, S.O. 31, 8901
    >>Trade, 1861-2, 4515-6, 8155-6
    >>>o.q., 925
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 8768
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2300-1S.O. 31, 1415
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 8768
    >>Violence, o.q., 9601-2
    >>Welfare, 8768
    >>Women
    >>>M. on supply (Guay), 8767-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 8727, 8776
    >>World Conference on Women (Beijing, China, September 1995), 7371

Debt see Alberta--Provincial debt; Credit cards; National debt

Debt adjustment board see Farm debt

Debt Servicing and Reduction Account

    >>Grey, D., contributions, 7319
    >>Surplus from Goods and Services Tax revenue, applying, 7022, 7165, 7319
    >>See also Goods and Services Tax--Net revenue

Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act see Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70)

Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.--gifts to the Crown)(Bill C-280)--T. White

    >>First reading, 2314
    >>See also National debt--Reduction

Decentralization see Federal-provincial jurisdiction

Deep River, Ont. see Nuclear waste--Disposal

Defence

    >>Canada-United States co-operation, agreements, 540
    >>>Reviewing, 540-1
    >>>Secret accord of February 1947, 552
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces; National Defence Department; North American Aerospace Defence Command; Permanent Joint Board on Defence (Canada-United States)

Defence equipment

    >>Aircraft
    >>>Avro Arrow, CF-105s, cancellation in 1960s, 552
    >>>CF-5s exports see Defence equipment--Exports, Botswana; Turkey--Kurdish separatists
    >>>CF-18s
    >>>>Maintenance contract, Bombardier Inc./Canadair, $216 million, Bristo Aerospace bid rejected, 6277, 7452
    >>>>>o.q., 6488-9, 6561-2
    >>>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Cold Lake, Alta.; North American Aerospace Defence Command--Fighter squadrons
    >>>Hercules, maintenance contract, CAE Aviation Ltd., $108 million, o.q., 6562
    >>>See also Defence equipment--Helicopters
    >>Anti-tank missiles, purchases, 3987, 6481
    >>Armoured personnel carriers, acquisition
    >>>General Motors of Canada Ltd., London, Ont., contract, Ontario/Quebec benefits, etc., 6480
    >>>>o.q., 4342
    >>>o.q., 481-2
    >>Army command and control system, $180 million project, 6481
    >>Auditor General's 1995-1996 report findings re deficiencies, o.q., 2481
    >>Canada-United States agreements, Defence Production Sharing Agreement, Defence Research Sharing Agreement, test and evaluation program, etc., 540-1
    >>Canadian contracts, benefits, S.O. 31, 4450
    >>Clothing and helmets, $287 million and $13.4 million projects, 6384, 6481
    >>Clothing, integrated protective clothing and equipment, Computing Devices Canada contract, S.O. 31, 7880
    >>Expenditures, 3987
    >>>Reduction, 502
    >>>>Budget 1996, impact, o.q., 481-2
    >>>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role
    >>Exports
    >>>Botswana, CF-5 fighter aircraft, S.O. 31, 3416-7
    >>>China, o.q., 712
    >>>Controls
    >>>>Criteria, human rights, etc., 3985-7
    >>>>External Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee (3rd Sess., 34th Parl.), report, implementing, 3982
    >>>Decline, 3985-6
    >>>Developing countries, 3986-7
    >>>Export of Military Goods From Canada 1995, document
    >>>>Parliamentary debate before opportunity to read, 3986
    >>>>Tabled, 3982
    >>>Thailand, 3986
    >>>See also Defence equipment--Land mines; East Timor--Indonesian occupation; Turkey--Kurdish separatists
    >>Foreign military sales program, mismanagement, internal audit, etc., o.q., 7189-90
    >>Grenade launchers, $15.3 million project, 6481
    >>Helicopters
    >>>E-H 101s, contract, cancellation, Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise, "red book", 5823
    >>>>$500 million compensation costs, 7979-80
    >>>Marine/search and rescue, acquisition, 514, 6480-1
    >>>>o.q., 481-2
    >>>Sea King helicopters, replacing, 6383-4
    >>Land forces communication system, Computing Devices Canada contract, $90 million, o.q., 6562
    >>Land mines, anti-personnel
    >>>Ban on import, export and use, 1329, 3984, 3987-8
    >>>>o.q., 2482
    >>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--mines)(Bill C-252)
    >>>Canadian moratorium on use and sale, S.O. 31, 815-6, 2604-5
    >>>Canadian stockpile, two-thirds destroyed, 6406
    >>>>o.q., 5115
    >>>Canadian summit, 70 countries participating, 6405-6
    >>>>o.q., 4985, 5115, 5169
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5238
    >>>Detection systems, $27 million project, 6481
    >>>Impact, children,. etc., 6405
    >>>International ban, etc,
    >>>>Axworthy, Foreign Affairs Minister, Nobel Peace Prize nomination, S.O. 31, 9015-6, 9169
    >>>>Canadian government position, role, 3984, 3988
    >>>>>o.q., 2481-2
    >>>>Canadian summit role, target date of 1997, 6406
    >>>>Crystal Spring United Church Women role, S.O. 31, 9169
    >>>>Petitions, 883, 4870, 5021, 5485, 6710, 8316
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4644, 5021, 6788
    >>>International Committee of the Red Cross report, 1329
    >>>International congress on anti-personnel mines, Geneva, Switzerland, April-May 1996, S.O. 31, 2472
    >>>International use, extent, removal, 1871
    >>>Parrish presentation to North Atlantic Assembly re detection and removal, etc., S.O. 31, 9738
    >>>>S.O. 31, 1366-7
    >>>Removal, Canadian role, 3987
    >>>>o.q., 5115, 5169
    >>Purchases, government plans, House of Commons debating, 6480-1
    >>>o.q., 6010-1
    >>Quebec expenditures, 4777, 7268
    >>>o.q., 4342
    >>Ships
    >>>HMCS Preserver, supply ship, contract tenders, 8094
    >>>Minesweepers, Kingston class, $35 million maintenance contract, Fenco MacLaren Inc., SNC Lavalin subsidiary, 6028-9
    >>>>Donation to Liberal Party, relationship, 6028
    >>>>o.q., 714
    >>>Shipbuilding industry benefits, 8097
    >>>Submarines, acquisition, 3987, 6383-46480
    >>>>Canada's Defence Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.) recommendation, 514
    >>>>o.q., 481-2, 6010
    >>>>Role, benefits, 513-4
    >>>>United Kingdom Upholder submarines, 513
    >>>>>o.q., 4077
    >>Tanks, Leopard, turret replacement, $145 million project, 6481
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role

Defence expenditures

    >>Concientious objectors not contributing taxes, diverting to special account, 9701
    >>>Petition, 9999
    >>>See also Conscientious Objection Act (Bill C-404); Income tax--Peace tax
    >>Reduction, 50-1, 1518, 6353, 6384
    >>>$800 million, 502-3, 514, 544
    >>>Bases, personnel, etc. o.q., 4224-5, 4229, 4303-4, 4339, 4552, 4555, 4629
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 395, 1455, 6481
    >>>Budget 1996 statement, 372
    >>>Social programs, diverting to, S.O. 31, 9167
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Combat capability--Peacekeeping role Defence equipment--Expenditures; North American Aerospace Defence Command
    >>See also Foreign aid--Official Development Assistance

Defence industry

    >>Conversion program, 304, 839, 1437, 3982
    >>>Funding, 5662
    >>>>o.q., 709
    >>>MIL Davie, non-participation, 301, 8093
    >>>Petitions, 568
    >>>See also Automobile safety--Air bag release mechanism propellants
    >>Exports see Defence equipment--Exports

Defence Industry Productivity Program (DIPP)

    >>Elimination, 5661-2
    >>>o.q., 530
    >>See also Technology Partnerships Canada--Establishing

Defence policy

    >>White paper see Canadian Armed Forces--Personnel, number; National Defence Department--Restructuring; North American Aerospace Defence Command;
    >>See also Canada's Defence Policy Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.); Foreign policy--Parliamentary debates

Defence Production Research Agreement see Defence equipment--Canada-United States agreements

Defence Production Sharing Agreement see Defence equipment--Canada-United States agreements

Defence research

    >>Esquimalt Defence Research Detachment, closure, relocation to Halifax, N.S., S.O. 31, 8727-8

Défi-Emploi program see Employment

Deficit

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