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Air quality

    >>Canada-United States agreement of 1991, 518

Air safety see Air transportation

Air traffic control

    >>Automated system (CAATS), contract renegotiations, $217 million increase, o.q., 7190-1
    >>Lay-offs, 328
    >>See also Air navigation services

Air traffic control products see CMC Technology Inc.

Air transportation

    >>Accidents, crashes see ValuJet, Flight 592
    >>Air Canada routes, expansion, o.q., 5424
    >>Air navigation services see Air navigation services
    >>Aviation fuel tax
    >>>Fuel volume measurement method, 9556
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93)
    >>>Rebate program, 9556
    >>>>o.q., 6854-5, 6904, 6956-7, 7035-6
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93)
    >>>Reducing, Reform Party pressure on government, 7258
    >>>See also Air transportation--Competition; Canadian Airlines International--Financial difficulties; North American Free Trade Agreement
    >>Canada-Asia routes
    >>>Air Canada routes, o.q., 4555, 4634
    >>>Government favouring Canadian Airlines International over Air Canada, o.q., 4940
    >>Canada-Czech Republic, designated carrier, transfer from Air Canada to Canadian Airlines International, o.q., 4555, 5113, 5166-7, 5423-4, 5564
    >>Canada-Israel route, Air Canada service, 5313
    >>Canada-Italy route, designated carrier, Air Canada, S.O. 31, 474-5
    >>Canada-Ukraine route, designated carrier, Air Canada, o.q., 5959
    >>Canada-United States Open Skies Agreement, impact, 519, 810, 8052, 8095, 8103
    >>>See also Air transportation--Competition--North American Aerospace Defence Command role; Pearson International Airport--Flights to United States
    >>Canada-United States travel, CANPASS program, preclearance services, etc., 519-20
    >>Commercial air corridors see Taiwan--Elections
    >>Competition, 6593
    >>>Aviation fuel taxes, impact, removal/reduction, o.q., 6368, 6665-6
    >>>Canadian Airlines International, federal government favouring over Air Canada, o.q., 5423
    >>>Encouraging, government policies, revising, o.q., 6261
    >>>Open Skies policy, impact, o.q., 6368-9
    >>>o.q., 4634, 6310
    >>Costs, taxation, impact, 7905
    >>Deregulation
    >>>Reregulation, o.q., 7243
    >>>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization, Air transportation; Air transportation--Safety
    >>Foreign ownership, percentage, increase, o.q., 6365
    >>International routes, Canadian Airlines International bankruptcy, allocation, distribution to foreign carriers, o.q., 6365
    >>International air transportation policy, 8052
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command role re civil air traffic, open skies agreement, etc., 497, 506
    >>Safety
    >>>Certification, Transport Department examining paperwork instead of aircraft, o.q., 4345
    >>>Deregulation, impact, o.q., 134
    >>>Instructions, bilingual format, regulations, S.O. 31, 1705
    >>>Mandatory passenger screening, petition, 8453
    >>>Nain airport, northern Labrador, 3118-9
    >>>>o.q., 2943
    >>>WestJet, deficiencies, correcting, o.q., 4345
    >>>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization--Terminal control units
    >>Stabilization, government policies, o.q., 6964
    >>United States control, o.q., 922

Air transportation tax

    >>Phasing-out, 3408

Airbus A320 see Air Canada

Airbus Industrie

    >>Government grants, contributions, loan guarantees, 1981-1996, r.o., 4240

Aircraft see Aerospace industry; Cuba--United States aircraft shot down; Defence equipment; Government aircraft; Trade--Cuba

Airlines

    >>Canadian airline companies, links with foreign airlines, impact on competition, o.q., 4555-6
    >>See also Air Canada; Air navigation services--Commercialization, Small airlines; Canadian Airlines International; Egypt Air; Greyhound Air; Inter Canadian; ValuJet; Vistajet

Airports

    >>Capital assistance program, 8102
    >>Concession contracts, 8061
    >>Development, government assistance, o.q., 9886
    >>Dorval Airport, Montreal, Que. see Mirabel International Airport
    >>Efficiency, improving, 8102-3
    >>Insolvent, Calgary, Alta., Edmonton, Alta., etc., federal government fees factor, 8104
    >>Lachute, Que., 2928
    >>Largest, major centres, not-for-profit corporations operating, 8103-4, 8109
    >>Management/administration, turning over to local and municipal authorities, 810, 8095, 8102-3
    >>>Accountability, ensuring, 8103
    >>>Castlegar, B.C., federal funding cutbacks, impact, 8104
    >>>Edmonton International Airport, 5847
    >>>Funding $35 million, 8099
    >>>Government subsidies, phasing-out, 8102, 8968
    >>>Quebec, 4793
    >>>>o.q., 2307-8
    >>>See also Airports--Regional airports
    >>Mirabel International Airport, Montreal, Que. see Mirabel International Airport
    >>Nain, Labrador see Air transportation--Safety
    >>National airports policy, 8052, 8102-4
    >>>Savings, $1000 million annually, 8104
    >>Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ont. see Pearson International Airport
    >>Privatization, Reform Party position, 5845-7
    >>Quebec City, Que., fire-fighting services reduced, length of aircraft, relationship, 2827
    >>Regional airports
    >>>Lower Laurentian region, service, public consultations, S.O. 31, 9169
    >>>Management, federal government withdrawal, impact, o.q., 6962-3
    >>>Quebec, 8060
    >>>Service reductions, fire-fighting and weather services, 3411-2
    >>>Sherbrooke, Charlevoix, Forestville and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., transfer to local authorities, delay, o.q., 7387-8
    >>>Sherbrooke, Que.
    >>>>Landing strip, reconstruction, 8107-8
    >>>>>$1 million grant, o.q., 8449
    >>>>>Charest position, S.O. 31, 9740
    >>>>Transfer to local authority, 8098-9, 8107-8
    >>Remote communities, government ensuring service, 8103
    >>Rental reduction, o.q., 9800
    >>Safety, priority, 8102
    >>Saint-Jean, Que. see Air navigation services--Commercialization, Safety
    >>Security services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police replaced, 2827
    >>Service contracts, retendering process, employment protection, 6413
    >>User fees, Transport Department operated airports, 8103
    >>Val'd'Or, Que see Air navigation services--Commercialization, REgions
    >>Vancouver International see Vancouver International Airport

Akwesasne Indian Reserve see Gun control/guns--Smuggling; Smuggling--St. Lawrence River

Al-Assad, Hafez see Syria--President

Alabaster deposits see Economic development/renewal--Northern Canada

Alain, Viateur see Canadian Executive Service Organization

Alaska Highway see Highways and roads

Alaska pipeline see Oil and gas pipelines

Alaska, United States see Caribou--Porcupine caribou herd; Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group

Albania

    >>Crisis, international role, Canadian position, o.q., 9176-7, 9552
    >>See also Foreign aid

Alberta

    >>Deficit, reduction, benefits, 8968
    >>Klein, Hon. Ralph, Premier see Federal-provincial jurisdiction--Federal government; Federalism--Renewal
    >>Manning, Hon. Ernest Charles, former premier see Manning, Hon. Ernest Charles
    >>Provincial debt, reduction, 9632
    >>Provincial election, Mar. 11/97, Progressive Conservative Party victory, S.O. 31, 8943
    >>Tax rates, not increasing without permission from taxpayers, 10059
    >>See also particular subjects

Alberta Court of Appeal see Elections--Campaign expenditures, Limitation

Alberta Government Telephones see Telephone service--Deregulation

Alberta Senate Selection Act see Senate--Appointments

Alcan Aluminium Ltd.

    >>Quebec plants, Joncquière, Laterrière and Alma, work sharing arrangement, job creation, 302, 2232-3, 2743

Alcock, Reg (L--Winnipeg South)

    >>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 1039-41
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8420-2
    >>Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--maritime liability)(Bill C-58), 7390
    >>Canadian Executive Services Overseas, S.O. 31, 6360
    >>Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20), 2483
    >>Committees, 199-200
    >>Crime, 8823-4
    >>Deficit, o.q., 317
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 9210
    >>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 31, 1836-7, 9988
    >>Government expenditures, o.q., 317
    >>Health care system, o.q., 3261
    >>Highways and roads, 8421-2
    >>Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments, S.O. 31, 8830
    >>Job creation, S.o. 31, 7078
    >>Legislation, M. (H. Gray), 198-200
    >>Literacy, S.O. 31, 9210
    >>Official Opposition, 200
    >>Parole, M. on supply (Ramsay), 8818, 8823-4
    >>Postage stamps, S.O. 31, 6180
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 8616
    >>Research and development, S.O. 31, 7300
    >>Science and technology, S.O. 31, 6656
    >>Sexual orientation, S.O. 31, 2178, 2557-8
    >>Transport Standing Committee, 2483, 6498, 7390, 8017
    >>Unemployment insurance, 198-200
    >>Universities/colleges, S.O. 31, 6786-7, 9478
    >>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 6360

Alcohol

Alcoholic beverages see Alcohol--Use during pregnancy; Beer; Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--warning on alcoholic beverage containers)(Bill C-222); Justice system--Extreme drunkenness defence

Aldergrove, B.C. see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Aldergrove, B.C.

Alexandria, Ont. see Nation unity Focus on Canada assembly

Alexis le Trotteur see Search and rescue--Canadian Armed Forces role

Alfalfa see Grain transportation--Freight rates

Algeria

    >>Civil war, S.O. 31, 10177
    >>See also Refugees--Claimants

Algoma Central Railway see Rail passenger service--Subsidies

All American Music Festival see Music

Allard, Gen Jean Victor see Canadian Armed Forces

Allen, Grand Chief Harry

    >>Death, tribute, S.O. 31, 3553

Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters Canada

    >>Establishing, merger of Canadian Manufacturers' Association and Canadian Exporters' Association, S.O. 31, 3199

Alliance Outaouais see Quebec

Alliance Quebec see Education--Quebec denominational school boards Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Ballot counting irregularities

Allmand, Hon. Warren (L--Notre-Dame-de-Grâce; resigned Feb. 24, 1997)

    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2540
    >>Capital punishment, 4246-7
    >>Citizenship, 366
    >>Citizenship Act (amdt.)(Bill C-223), 366, 6587-8, 6592-3
    >>Constitution, M. (Rock), 3351-3, 3364
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4245-7
    >>Cuba, S.O. 31, 707
    >>Discrimination and racism, S.O. 31, 960
    >>East Timor, S.O. 31, 5474-5
    >>Economic conditions, 335-6
    >>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Gauthier), 5672-5
    >>Education, 337, 3351-2, 3364
    >>Employment equity, o.q., 8137
    >>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 2924
    >>>o.q., 1769
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2375-7
    >>Entrepreneurs, S.O. 31, 7380
    >>Family violence, S.O. 31, 1163
    >>Gun control/guns, S.O. 31, 7139
    >>International criminal court, 7171-2
    >>>o.q., 6314
    >>Mirabel International Airport, S.O. 31, 8191
    >>Murder, S.O. 31, 1163
    >>National unity, 333, 336-7
    >>Nuclear Liability Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249), 1296, 8158-9
    >>Nuclear weapons, 5405
    >>>o.q., 4749
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 336
    >>>S.O. 31, 5054-5
    >>Parole, 4245-7
    >>>Petitions, 3497, 4348, 4447
    >>Penitentiaries, S.O. 31, 2556-7
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 2540
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 6592
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 2690, 2692, 2697, 4047, 4410
    >>Publishing industry, S.O. 31, 2707
    >>Quebec, 5673
    >>>S.O. 31, 3706
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), 336-7
    >>References, 8807-8
    >>>See also House of Commons vacancies; Members of Parliament--Celebrating; Social programs; Unemployment insurance--Legislation
    >>Social programs, 335
    >>Terrorism, o.q., 587-8
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 335-7
    >>Trade
    >>>r.o., 4240
    >>>S.O. 31, 707
    >>Training programs, 7499-500
    >>>o.q., 6860
    >>Unemployment insurance, 335, 2375-7
    >>Violence, S.O. 31, 7139

Allophones see Quebec separation/sovereignty -- Anglophones/francophones/allophones

Allotted days

    >>Four days, period ending Mar. 26/96, 16
    >>See also Procedure

Alma, Que. see Alcan Aluminium Ltd.--Quebec plants

Alternative fuels see Gasoline/automotive fuels

Alternative Fuels Act (Bill S-9)(1st Sess. 35th Parl.) see Gasoline/automotive fuels--Alternative fuels

Alternative service delivery see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Goose Bay, Labrador; Public Service--Downsizing

Alternatives to incarceration/diversion programs see Criminals--Low-risk offenders; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Conditional sentences; Young offenders--Non-violent offences

Althouse, Vic (NDP--Mackenzie)

Aluminium smelter see South Africa

Alvis, Capt see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, United States special forces

Alzheimer's Disease see Health

Alzheimer's Society for Canada see Health--Alzheimer's Disease

Amateur athletes see Sports

Ambassadors see Cyprus--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role; France--Canadian Ambassador; Israel--Canadian Ambassador; United Kingdom--Canadian High Commissioner; United Nations--Canadian Ambassador; United States--Canadian Ambassador

Ambedkar Centre for Justice and Peace

    >>Vahardi, Yogesh, role, 7369

American Airlines see Canadian Airlines International

Americas free trade area see Trade

Amerindians

    >>Economic and social conditions, government placing on international agenda, 8266

Amiel, Barbara see Palestine Liberation Organization--Arafat, Yassir

Ammunition see Gun control/guns

Amnesty see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation

Amnesty International see China--Human rights violations; Greece--Human rights violations; Human rights--International; Quebec--Human rights violations; Turkey--Human rights violations

AMPA see Agricultural Marketing Programs Act

Amritsar see India--Sikh Golden Temple

Amsterdam, Netherlands sere Child labour--Eliminating

Anawak, Jack Iyerak (L--Nunatsiaq; resigned April 15, 1997)

    >>Aboriginal peoples, 2145, 2907, 5868
    >>Arctic Council, o.q., 4344
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 803
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 1998-2000
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2146-8
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5867-9
    >>Currency, S.O. 31, 2000-1
    >>Discrimination and racism, 2145
    >>Employment, o.q., 8952
    >>Fisheries, 5868-9
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 5868
    >>Inflation, 803
    >>Interest rates, 803
    >>Nisga'a land claim, 803
    >>Nunavut Territory, 5860
    >>Poverty, 5867-8
    >>Procedure, Members' remarks, 5869, 5875
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, M. on supply (Gauthier), 2907-9
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), 2909
    >>References
    >>>Inuit background, etc., 2146
    >>>Resignation see House of Commons vacancies
    >>>Speaking in Inuktitut, 475, 803, 1998, 2000, 2144, 2907, 4344, 6180, 8952
    >>>See also Aboriginal peoples--Discrimination
    >>Reform Party, 5867
    >>Residential schools, S.O. 31, 475
    >>Seals, S.O. 31, 8650
    >>Sexual orientation, 2145-6
    >>Suicide, S.O. 31, 6180

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