Elections Canada see Elections--Legislation

Electoral boundaries

>>Fredericton, N.B., redistribution, surrounding area in different constituency, 6736
>>Kootenay East constituency, redistribution, petition, 9090
>>Legislation, Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995 (Bill C-69)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), House consideration, Senate role, died on Order Paper, etc., 3055, 6597-8, 6603, 6618, 6715-7, 6722
>>>Reform Party involvement, 3100-1
>>Matapédia--Matane constituency, redistribution, elimination, 6620, 6622

Electoral boundaries commissions

>>Reports, 1994, tabled, referred to Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, 241

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995 (Bill C-69)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.) see Electoral boundaries--Legislation

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (amdt.--Montréal-Nord)(Bill C-326)-- Nunez

>>First reading, 4562
>>See also Montréal-Nord constituency

Electoral Districts Name Change Act (Bill C-347)--Langlois

>>First reading, 6226
>>Second reading, agreed to, 6327
>>Committee of the Whole
>>>Referral, instead of a standing committee, by unanimous consent, 6327
>>>Amdt. (Gagnon, P.), 6327, agreed to
>>>Reported with amdt., 6327
>>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 6327
>>Third reading, 6327
>>>Agreed to, 6327, passed.
>>Senate amdts., agreed to, 7495
>>Senate passage, 7481
>>Royal Assent, 7545. Chap. 36, S.C. 1996
>>See also Constituencies--Name changes

Electoral officers see Elections

Electoral Reform and Party Financing Special Committee (3rd Sess., 34th Parl.) see Elections--Legislation

Electric power

>>Exports to United States, deregulation impact, etc., 519
>>Fuel cells, development, Ballard Power Systems, power plan construction, $30 million Technology Partnership Canada contribution
>>>o.q., 6561, 6588
>>>S.O. 31, 6485
>>See also Canadian International Development Agency--Mali; Hydro-electric power

Electric Shock Treatment (ETC) see Health

Electronic document analysis and retrieval system (SEDAR) see Securities industry--Co-ordination

Electronic monitoring see Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Judicial restraint provisions--Sex offenders, Long term offender designation

Electronic surveillance see National Defence Department--Special Investigations Unit; Wiretapping

Electronic voting see Elections

Elevators see Grain transportation--Delivery system

Elizabeth Fry Societies

>>Elizabeth Fry Week, May 6-12/96, "Alternatives to Incarceration" theme, S.O. 31, 2752

Elk Island National Park see National parks/marine conservation areas

Elliot Lake, Ont. see Canadian Mining Hall of Fame; Economic development/renewal

Embassies see Quebec--International role

Embezzlement see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Valcartier, Que.

Embryo research see Reproductive technologies--New reproductive, Prohibitions

Emergencies/disasters

>>Emergency Preparedness Week, May 6-12/96, S.O. 31, 2357
>>Fires
>>>Châteauguay constituency, Dec. 4/96, losses, S.O. 31, 7232
>>>See also Parliament Buildings
>>Flooding
>>>Alberta
>>>>Northern, Federal Disaster Relief Program, eligibility, S.O. 31, 4625
>>>>S.O. 31, 10063
>>>British Columbia, Trail, Ken Plotnikoff Jr. death, S.O. 31, 9986
>>>Châteauguay River Jan 20/96, Canadian Coast Guard capabilities
>>>>1997 situation, S.O. 31, 8648
>>>>o.q., 362-3
>>>>S.O. 31, 131
>>>Manitoba, assistance, volunteers
>>>>Canadian Armed Forces/National Defence Department role, o.q., 2186
>>>>Federal government role, funds, o.q., 2611, 4804, 10069, 10138-9, 10232-3
>>>>S.O. 31, 1836-8, 1886, 9647, 9927, 9988
>>>Ontario
>>>>Saugeen River, Jan. 10/97, S.O. 31, 7569-70
>>>>Timmins--Chapleau constituency, evacuation, S.O. 31, 3086
>>>Quebec, July 19-20/96, Mauricie, North Shore, Charlevoix, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regions
>>>>Canadian Armed Forces role, 5638
>>>>Federal government, Canadians, assistance, 8971
>>>>S.O. 31, 4219, 7652
>>>>See also Employment insurance--Benefits; Job losses
>>>See also Nelson House First Nation Flooded Lands Act (Bill C-40); York Factory First Nation Flooded Lands Act (Bill C-39)
>>International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, second Wednesday in October, S.O. 31, 5284, 5286
>>Tornado, Bruce--Grey constituency, Ont., April 1996, S.O. 31, 1759
>>See also Armenia--Earthquake; Emergency Preparedness Canada; Iran--Earthquakes; Westray coal mine disaster

Emergency debates see Adjournment motions under S.O. 52

Emergency Preparedness Canada

>>National Defence Department division, role, etc., qu., 3568-9

Emergency Preparedness Week see Emergencies/disasters

Emergency response personnel see Fire-fighters/emergency response personnel

Emmission control devices see Gasoline/automotive fuels--MMT

Emmissions trading see Pollution--Industries

Émond, Jacques see Extradition

Employment

>>Aboriginal peoples, programs, national framework/regional agreements, o.q., 8952-3
>>Brome-Missisquoi constituency, 4385-6
>>Canada Employment Centres, relevancy, o.q., 8910
>>CanWorkNet, internet site, information access, S.O. 31, 6124
>>Decline since 1990, 6255
>>Défi-Emploi program
>>>o.q., 6667
>>>S.O. 31, 4221, 9546
>>Deficit, impact, 419
>>Education, lifelong learning, relationship, 8293
>>Government-private sector partnership
>>>"Completing the Circle" , Tetra Pak, Human Resources Development Department initiative, 451-2
>>>>S.O. 31, 476
>>>VaughanTec, high technology entrepreneurs, skill training, 451-2
>>Increase, 1483
>>>G-7 countries, comparison, 5312
>>>Health care, costs, relationship, S.O. 31, 6443
>>Insecurity, 5859, 6780
>>Labour mobility, barriers
>>>Eliminating, 5, 2777, 2783, 7272
>>>>o.q., 3207
>>>Ontario-Quebec, problems, 2702
>>>Reducing, 296
>>National employment service, job kiosks, use, 2625-6
>>Overtime, right of refusal, 7271-2
>>Part-time, 3753
>>>See also Women--Employment
>>Seasonal workers, agricultural day haul transportation assistance program, termination, Quebec labourers, impact, o.q., 9328
>>Self-employment, 3753
>>Skill requirements, relationship, 9254
>>Skills acquisition, 378, 7253-4, 7766
>>Solidarité-emploi Laurentien, non-profit employment organization, support, need, S.O. 31, 2353
>>Technological changes, impact, 831
>>Temporary employment agencies
>>>Reputability, Federation of Temporary Help Services, S.O. 31, 2706
>>>Use, increase, S.O. 31, 916
>>Time taken by unemployed to secure, increase, 378
>>Two jobs, moonlighting, 9150
>>Women, hiring, pregnancy, factor, 6550
>>Work experience provisions, opportunities, 378
>>Youth
>>>Education requirements, 450, 9569
>>>>S.O. 31, 3629, 8080-1
>>>Entry level jobs, 9569
>>>Entry level skills, improving, Youth Internship Program, Youth Services Canada, benefits, 6780-1
>>>>S.O. 31, 6740, 9015, 9377
>>>Human Resources Development Department, mandate, 1629-30
>>>London, Ont., Team London for Youth, information fair, S.O. 31, 9879
>>>Multiple careers, retraining opportunities, need, 1670, 2380-1
>>>Not in school, assistance, 379
>>>Opportunities, creating, 9314-5
>>>>$315 million allocation over next three years, Budget 1996 measures, 378, 451, 459, 464, 811, 830, 840, 848, 1441-2, 1531, 1901, 2625, 7399
>>>>Funds, release, o.q., 7839
>>>>Petition, 7278, 7891-2
>>>Participation rate, decline, 8042-3
>>>>o.q., 7840
>>>Programs
>>>>Funding increases, 6016
>>>>Internet World Wide Web site and 1-800 telephone line, 9154
>>>>Internships, 19,000 positions, 8292
>>>>Petition, 9846
>>>>Welfare, equivalence, Reform Party position, o.q., 8276-7
>>>>Youth Employment Strategy, private sector, non-government organizations, partnership strategy, 8042-3, 9153-4
>>>>>Government announcement, o.q., 8014
>>>>>International internship program, Canadian International Development Agency, sponsoring, o.q., 8736
>>>>>o.q., 7839-40, 8276-7, 8832
>>>>>S.O. 31, 8128-9, 8190
>>>Summer jobs, 120000, creating, 8292
>>>Vaughan Interact Club, S.O. 31, 4795-6
>>>Young Canada Works Program, 1446
>>>>Employment questionnaire, political bias, o.q., 2758, 10069, 10119-20
>>>>See also Job creation--Students--Youth, Entry level jobs
>>>See also Discrimination and racism--Age discrimination
>>See also Banks; Disabled and handicapped persons--Benefits; Foreign investment; High technology industry; Job creation; Trade; Women

Employment centres see Canada Employment Centres

Employment equity

>>Affirmative action hiring programs, discriminatory, ending, M. (T. White), 2274-83, dropped from Order Paper, 2283
>>Discrimination against white males, 2401
>>Discrimination and racism, relationship, 1009-10, 3050
>>Government promoting, failure, o.q., 8137-8
>>Homosexuals, including, 2160
>>>See also Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service
>>Legislation, Bill C-64 (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 2156, 2283, 2287-9
>>Merit principle replacing, M. (Johnston), 2283-9, dropped from Order Paper, 2289
>>Private sector privacy rights violated, 9365
>>Quota system, "numerical goals", reverse discrimination, 2283-4, 5117
>>>S.O. 31, 1100-1
>>Reform Party position, 2535
>>Reverse discrimination, 9365
>>Strengthening, 8769-70
>>See also Employment Equtiy Act (amdt.--elimination of designated group and numerical goals)(Bill C-332); Gender equality; Public Service; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Affirmative action

Employment Equity Act

>>Annual report
>>>Human Resources Development Standing Committee, referral, 7193
>>>Tabled, 7193
>>Application, Public Service, private sector, 8788-9
>>Implementation, government avoiding, 8768, 8792
>>Provisions, 8788-9

Employment Equity Act (amdt.--elimination of designated group and numerical goals)(Bill C-332)--T. White

>>First reading, 5117
>>See also Employment equity

Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.)

>>Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons Standing Committee study, 2114
>>Proclamation date
>>>o.q., 5685
>>>Requesting, 2924
>>>>o.q., 1769-70
>>See also Employment equity

Employment insurance

>>$300 transitory fund, high unemployment regions, 832-3
>>>10% unemployment rate, criterion, rationale, o.q., 8834-5, 8951
>>>o.q., 7518, 10067
>>$800 reinvestment fund, 832-3
>>>o.q., 5477, 7518, 10067
>>Active employment measures, direct, result oriented, investing in, 831, 5279-80, 6016, 6479-80, 8962
>>>o.q., 5244-5, 5684-5, 5956, 6367, 6449, 7283-4
>>>Quebec, $160 million funding cut, o.q., 7518-9
>>Benefits, 7267
>>>Eligibility requirements, 1513, 1528, 7402
>>>>Hours based system, part-time workers, impact, 8974
>>>>>S.O. 31, 6785
>>>>National basis rather than regional basis, 8969
>>>>o.q., 5292-3, 5684-5, 5956, 6366-7, 6447-9, 6858, 7084
>>>>S.O. 31, 6361, 8007, 8081
>>>Fisheries, reduction, S.O. 31, 4978
>>>Low-income families, single parents, 347, 6480
>>>>Family income supplement, intensity rule exemption, 6566-8
>>>Quebec, July 19-20/96, Mauricie, North Shore, Charlevoix, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regions, seasonal workers, flexibility, need, S.O. 31, 5159
>>>Reduction, 9537, 10047
>>>>Benefit period, 10074
>>>>Maritime provinces, Goods and Services Tax, provincial sales tax harmonization compensation fund, relationship, 7019-20, 7130, 7161, 7737, 7805, 7983, 9244-5
>>>>>New Brunswick coalition, opposing, S.O. 31, 7654
>>>>o.q., 8947-8
>>>>Welfare rates, impact, Quebec, etc., 10074
>>>Recipients, number, decrease, 60% to 41%, o.q., 5956, 8832-3, 9174
>>>Seasonal/irregular work pattern industry workers, 830-1, 1514, 6480
>>>>o.q., 10066-7
>>>>Petition, 6193
>>>>S.O. 31, 9599
>>>Short work weeks, calculation adjustment, S.O. 31, 8727-8, 8951
>>Divisor rule, 1528
>>Employment guarantees, providing, 6240
>>Forcing people on welfare, o.q., 5477
>>Fraud, income tax fraud, comparison, 5900
>>Funds, use, Prince Edward Island, Conservative Party leader, statement, o.q., 6265
>>Income floor, 831
>>Legislation (Bill C-12), 1912
>>>Amending, 830, 1528, 1530
>>>>Liberal Members of Parliament, requesting, S.O. 31, 7653
>>>Measures, implementation
>>>>Delaying, request, o.q., 7463
>>>>January, transition, regulations/interpretation documents, status, o.q., 6751, 6857-8, 7036, 7080-2, 7084, 8087
>>>>July 1/96 target date, 830
>>>>Transitional measures, 1996 hours worked, deeming 35 hour weeks, o.q., 7081-3, 7141-2, 7382-3, 8087-8
>>>Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology Committee study, regional representation, etc., 3055
>>>Withdrawal, requesting, 833
>>Original purpose, returning to, 8968-9
>>Parental leave, Quebec position
>>>S.O. 31, 10224-5
>>>Training programs, agreement, conditionality, o.q., 9449
>>Parents returning to workforce after caring for children, wage subsidies, training allowances, 6024, 6553
>>Part-time employment, payroll tax, government imposing, o.q., 5479, 6491
>>Premiums, 1436
>>>Contributors, number, 500,000 increase, o.q., 6366-7, 6447-8
>>>Increase from 3% to 3.07%, 9632
>>>Payroll tax, 10074
>>>>See also Employment insurance--Part-time employment
>>>Reduction, 8323, 8336-7, 8962, 9537, 9942-3, 10044, 10046, 10052
>>>>10 cents for 10 months, o.q., 8446-7
>>>>$2.80 for 1998, Budget 1997 statement, 8292, 8300, 8370-1, 8397-8, 10046
>>>>Government commitment, Budget 1997 statement, 8292
>>>>o.q., 5368, 5370, 6491-2, 6663, 7663, 9327-8
>>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), comparison, o.q., 6668-9
>>>>Reform Party proposals, 7955
>>>>S.O. 31, 6788
>>>Small business, 1997 exemption, New Hires Program, 8292, 8763, 9564, 10044
>>>>Budget 1997 confirming, 9555, 9569
>>>>o.q., 6490-1
>>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93)
>>Reserve fund, creating, 813
>>>$7.5 billion surplus, 9537
>>>Surplus, deficit reduction/elimination, 6582, 9184, 9524, 9531, 9535, 9923-4, 9941-3
>>>>S.O. 31, 5364
>>>>o.q., 3874, 6668-9, 7041, 9327-8
>>>>Reform Party position, o.q., 6663
>>Seasonal workers, penalized, 8057, 9189
>>>Tourist industry, Quebec, etc., 8960-2
>>Self-Employment Assistance Program, subsidizing, 9188-9
>>Students, youth, discrimination, o.q., 5291
>>System, implementing July/96
>>>Public information, 1-800 number, usefulness, o.q., 7382-3
>>>Throne Speech proposal, 3-4, 330, 810
>>Two-tier system, establishing, 1513-4
>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Premiums; Canadian Armed Forces--Reserves/militia; Economic development/renewal--Montreal, Que.--Rural Canada; Training programs--Jurisdiction, Active employment measures; Unemployment insurance; Women

Employment Insurance Act see Income Tax Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-69)

Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12)--Minister of Human Resources Development (Young)

>>First reading, 392
>>Deemed referred to Human Resources Development Standing Committee, by House Order, 392
>>Human Resources Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 392
>>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3), notice, 1899
>>>>M. (Young), agreed to, on recorded division, 1924-5
>>>Reported, with amdts., 2016
>>Report stage, 2214-44, 2255-74, 2293-301, 2316-26, 2342-53, 2368-94, 2597-603, 2616-38
>>>Motions
>>>>Axworthy, C., 2215; 2318; 2386; 2599; 2623; 2647; 2651-4; 2656-60; negatived, on recorded division, 2690-4, 2696
>>>>Brown, J., 2623; 2647; 2651-3; negatived, on recorded division, 2692-3, 2695-7
>>>>Easter, 2623-38, agreed to, on recorded division, 2691
>>>>Lalonde, 2215; 2318; 2386; 2599; negatived, on recorded division, 2689-90, 2692
>>>>Young, 2318; 2623-4; 2652; 2654-6; agreed to, on recorded division, 2690-1, 2694-6
>>>Concurrence, M., 2697, agreed to, on recorded division, 2697-8
>>Report stage and third reading, time allocation under S.O. 78(3), notice, 2314
>>>M. (Gagliano), agreed to, on recorded division, 2342-3
>>Third reading, 2727-51, 2763-89, agreed to, on recorded division, 2788-9 passed.
>>Royal Assent, 4196, Chap. 23, S.C. 1996
>>See also Employment insurance; Unemployment insurance; Training programs--Jurisdiction

Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-111)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.)

>>Reinstated as Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12)
>>See also Unemployment insurance

Employment RRSP

>>Establishing, Bloc Québécois proposal, 7759, 7949, 8321, 8324
>>>o.q., 7710, 7782

Endangered and Threatened Species Act (Bill C-238)--Caccia

>>First reading, 826
>>Deemed read a second time and referred to the Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee, 826
>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 826

Endangered species see Endangered and Threatened Species Act (Bill C-238); Wildlife

Ending Child Labour Exploitation: A Canadian Agenda for Action on Global Challenges see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth