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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)

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

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

Employment RRSP

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