F

"Faint hope clause" see Parole--Murderers

Fairs see Exhibitions and fairs; Festivals

Falardeau-Ramsay, Michelle see Canadian Human Rights Commission

Falconbridge Limited

>>Pickard, Franklin, President and CEO, honourary business doctorate, Laurentian University, tribute, S.O. 31, 2428
>>Smelter upgrade see Mining industry--Job creation

Falcons see Peregrine falcons

False memory syndrome see Sexual assault/offences--Accused access to medical and therapeutic records

Family

>>Association des familles soutien des aînés de Saint-Hubert, family fair, S.O. 31, 309
>>Budget 1997 measures, relationship, 9135
>>Crisis, 1994 public opinion poll. 6272
>>Definition, 2122, 2152-3, 2156, 2198, 2494, 2542-3, 2546-7, 2551, 2553, 2573-4, 4901
>>>Anne of Green Gables example, 2547
>>>Bloc Quebecois definition, 6533, 6535
>>>Defining other dependent relationships as "households", 2199
>>>Homosexuals, including, 2403-4
>>>>Registered domestic partnerships, alternative, 2399, 2552
>>>Liberal Party definition, 5861
>>>Reform Party definition, 5034-5, 6533, 6537, 6545-6
>>>Single-parent families, excluding, 2546-7, 2552
>>Economic conditions, job security lack, underemployment, etc., 6290
>>Evolution, economic change factor, etc., 2574, 8791
>>Fiscal structure, relationship, Reform Party position, 6020
>>Government policies, impact, 340-2, 4921-2
>>>Evaluating, 2115, 8796
>>>o.q., 5167
>>Government support, 8794
>>>Lack, 2153, 2536, 4962, 5032-4, 6524-6
>>>>S.O. 31, 5417
>>Importance, special rights, etc., 2154-6, 2404, 2439, 2535-6, 2539, 2575, 6204, 6497-8, 6536-7, 6542-4
>>>M. (Jennings), agreed to, 5426
>>Income Tax Act, discriminating against, 4955, 4960-1, 5032, 5034, 5037
>>Legislation, impact, evaluating, 9680-1
>>National Family Week, Oct. 7-13
>>>o.q., 5167
>>>S.O. 31, 5160, 5162, 5237, 5286, 5417
>>Parental rights and responsibilities
>>>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, amending, petitions, 8957, 9805, 9939
>>>S.O. 31, 6304
>>Parenting, value, 6273-4, 6290-1, 6543-4
>>Policy
>>>Quebec position, jurisdiction, 6533-6, 6551-2
>>Provincial jurisdiction factor, 8769, 10047
>>Reform Party policy, 6526, 6529, 6537, 9680-1
>>>Fresh Start election platform, 6272-5, 6281, 6290-1, 6524, 6575-6
>>>Not understanding, Liberal Party memo, 6272
>>>S.O. 31, 5416
>>>See also Family--Definition
>>Safety, Criminal Code changes required, 6273
>>Single parent, increasing, 4901, 6209
>>>Men-led, percentage, 4931
>>Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, etc., 2457
>>Strengthening
>>>Economic benefits, eliminating deficit, etc., 6024
>>>Social benefits, 6273-4
>>Stress, financial, etc., 6272-3, 6544-5, 6569
>>Taxation burden, 340-3, 1436, 2114-5, 2126, 2149. 2155, 6552, 6569-70
>>>Inequity, one/two-income families, 6272, 6529, 6538, 6544-5, 6569
>>>National Forum on Health, proposals, 6547
>>>Reducing to zero for family incomes under $30,000, Reform Party position, 6275, 6569
>>>Relief, 6274
>>>>M. (Hayes), 1273-81, dropped from Order Paper, 1281
>>>S.O. 31, 5286
>>>Two-income families, relationship, 341-3, 2114, 6273, 6290
>>Throne Speech provisions, lack, 6272
>>Traditional nuclear family, opportunities, providing, 6291
>>>Reform Party economic policies, inhibiting, 6576
>>Traditional values, erosion, 4954-6
>>Two-income families, financial necessity, 6272-4
>>Young families, Quebec, supporting, S.O. 31, 2935
>>See also Canadian Armed Forces; Children--Corporal punishment; Crime prevention; Farm debt; Income tax--Spousal exemption; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act; Victims of crime--Definition of victim; Young offenders--Crime prevention

Family breakdown see Women--Poverty

Family courts see Child support payments--Determination; Divorce; Unified Family Court

Family income

>>Decline, $3,000 since 1993, Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, 7229, 7408, 8335, 9229, 9253, 9945
>>>o.q., 9018-20, 9742, 9935
>>Reform Party tax cut proposals, impact, o.q., 6367
>>Taxation burden, 4921
>>>o.q., 5884
>>See also Employment insurance--Benefits, Low-income; Unemployment insurance--Supplement

Family law

>>Provincial jurisdiction, 4925-6
>>Quebec civil law provisions, 6679
>>See also Unified Family Court

Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act see Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41)

Family resource centres see Children--Community Action Program for Children

Family trusts see Private family trusts

Family values see Family--Traditional values

Family violence

>>Aboriginal peoples, counselling role, etc., 6291
>>Alcohol abuse, relationship, 4956
>>>S.O. 31, 4448
>>Assault by estranged husband, stalking, restraining order, etc., case, 4280
>>>Social Insurance numbers, use to locate wife, preventing, S.O. 31, 5286
>>Children witnessing, future abusive behaviour, 2051
>>Common law relationships/married couples, comparison, 4932, 4956
>>Costs, 4924, 4956
>>Crime, recognition as, 2056
>>Deaths of women, Sonia Ross and Dorothy Martin, S.O. 31, 4069
>>Eliminating, national campaign, "Violence--You Can Make a Difference", Canadian Association of Broadcasters, launching, S.O. 31, 1364, 1366
>>Fondation Jamais Plus, purple cross fund raising campaign, S.O. 31, 9210-1
>>Fraser Valley East constituency case, "Carol", victim, plea bargain without victim`s consent, etc., 5097-9
>>Police following-up complaints, 9372
>>Police intervention powers, 2043-4, 2089, 2092
>>>Gakhal family murder case example, 2044
>>>>Gun control, relationship, 2091, 3586
>>>>>o.q., 2065
>>>>S.O. 31, 4798
>>Population health approach, etc., qu., 8020
>>Prevention, importance, 3584, 4924, 4932
>>>Gender bias legislation and programs, negative impact, 4921
>>Protection, lack, 9439
>>Punishment, increasing, 4622
>>Reform Party policy, 9679
>>Restraining orders, peace bonds, 2079-80, 6274
>>>Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1994 (Bill C-42)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 2045
>>>See also Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Judicial restraint provisions; Family violence--Assault by estranged husband; Murder--Howe, Kelly; Stalking--Criminal harassment
>>Sentences
>>>Counselling, requiring, 6274
>>>Increasing, 6023
>>S.O. 31, 1163-4
>>Victims, protecting from released offenders, 2049-51
>>Wife Assault Prevention Month, S.O. 31, 6362
>>Zero tolerance, separate offence, 6273-4
>>See also Gun control/guns--Police powers to remove firearms--Threats against spouse; Murder--Family violence factor--Self-defence; Murderers--Women; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Conditional sentences; Violence--Women, victims--Women and children, victims

Fanshawe College see Education

FAO see Food and Agriculture Organization

Farah Foundation see AIDS

Faraone, Ezio see Murder

Farm consultation service see Farm debt--Mediation

Farm Credit Corporation

>>Budget 1997 measures, lending activities, etc., 9135-7, 9196-7, 9539-40
>>>$50 million added capital, 9564
>>Head office, relocation to Regina, Sask., 7452-3
>>Land asset base, increase, Agri-Land Division manipulating prices, investigation requesting, S.O. 31, 2885
>>Shutdown, Senate Liberal report, condemning, S.O. 31, 1883-4
>>See also Cattle industry--Feed loans; Economic development/renewal--Rural Canada, Growth and diversification; Farm debt--Mediation

Farm debt

>>Debt adjustment board of 1930s, 3960
>>Factors, 3954, 3957, 3960, 3962, 9873-4
>>Families, impact, 3962
>>Farm Credit Corporation role, 3957, 9874, 9889, 9895
>>Federal governments (Liberal and Progressive Conservative) responsibility, agricultural policies role, 9873-4, 9888-9, 9891, 9893-4, 9896
>>Interest rates, relationship, 9894, 9896
>>Mediation, farm debt mediation service replacing farm debt review boards and Farm Debt Review Act of 1986, 3954-63, 9872-6, 9888-99
>>>Accountability of administrators and mediators, 9898
>>>Administrators, Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee reviewing appointments, 9898
>>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act, application, relationship, 3959
>>>Appeal Board members, 9888
>>>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee reviewing appointments, 9897-8
>>>>Mediators, same, conflict of interest, 6177
>>>Appeal process, 3955-6, 3958, 3960, 3962, 6177, 9873
>>>Consultations, 3954-5, 3958-9, 6166-7, 9872, 9894
>>>Cost savings, 3955-6, 3958, 9892
>>>Experts, utilizing, selecting, 3960
>>>Farm consultation service, role, 3955, 3958, 6176-7, 9872-3
>>>Federal-provincial duplication factor, 9889-90
>>>Funding, $240 million, Agricultural Adaptation and Rural Development Fund, 3954, 3958, 9873, 9890, 9897
>>>Grace period, 120 days, 3960-1
>>>Insolvent farmers, limiting to, 3955, 3959, 3962-3, 6176-7
>>>Legislation, Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38)
>>>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee reviewing after three years, 9898
>>>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee study prior to second reading, 3954-6, 3958, 9872, 9897
>>>Mediators, appointment process, etc., 3955-60, 6177, 9873, 9876, 9888
>>>o.q., 5737-8
>>>Patronage, relationship, 9890, 9892, 9897
>>>See also Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38)
>>Specialization factor, 9894-6

Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38)--Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Goodale)

>>First reading, 2950
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee
>>>Referral forthwith, prior to second reading
>>>>Notice, 2950
>>>>M. (Goodale), 3954-63, agreed to, on division, 3963
>>>Reported, with amdts., 7390
>>Report stage, concurrence and second reading, agreed to, 9872
>>Third reading, 9872-6, 9888-99, agreed to, on division, 9900, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 10252. Chap. 21, S.C. !997
>>See also Farm debt--Mediation

Farm Debt Review Act see Farm debt--Mediation

Farm equipment

>>Chemicals, illegal importation from United States, 9864
>>Dealers and manufacturers' franchisees, dual line of products, allowing, 246, 999-1007
>>>See also Competition Act (amdt.--illegal trade practices)(Bill C-221)
>>Fertilizer, cost, 9860
>>See also Goods and Services Tax

Farm income

>>Income protection programs
>>>Funds, transfer to marketing programs, 5922-3, 9855, 9856
>>>Quebec share, 5922-3
>>Net Income Stabilization Account Program, (NISA
>>>National program, Liberal government (Chrétien) election promises, "red book", 5843, 9859
>>>Not countervailable, United States Commerce Department decision, o.q., 5293-4
>>Subsidies, security program, Alberta, o.q., 5170-1
>>Tax increases, impact, 6574-5
>>Whole farm income stability program, 1442
>>See also Agricultural producers/farmers--Income

Farm income stabilization insurance see Cattle industry--Cow and calf stabilization insurance

Farm products see Agricultural products

Farm Support and Adjustment Measures

>>1986 program, 3960

Farmers see Agricultural producers/farmers

Farms

>>Safety, National Farm Safety Week, Mar. 7-13/96, child safety theme, S.O. 31, 423, 636
>>Size/investment required for viable operation, 9891

Fastball

>>Napanee Midget Express, Napanee Junior Express, Canadian Fastball Championships, congratulating, S.O. 31, 4664

Fathers of confederation see Riel, Louis

Favreau, Marc see Quebec--language policy, French

Fawcett, Norman

>>Former Member of Parliament, death, tribute, 7719-21

Fax see Justice system--Documents; Police--Warrants

Fax attack see Liberal Party--Election strategy

Fayant, Denise see Penitentiaries--Edmonton Institution for Women

Federal aquaculture development strategy see Aquaculture--Newfoundland

Federal Business Development Bank see Business Development Bank of Canada

Federal Court Act, Judges Act and Tax Court of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-48)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

>>First reading, 3875
>>Second reading, 4039-40
>>>Agreed to, 4040
>>Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, report from Committee, 4040-2
>>>Amdt. (Venne), 4040, negatived, on division, 4042
>>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, on division, 4042
>>Third reading, agreed to, on division, 4042, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 4196, Chap. 22, S.O. 1996
>>See also Judges--Appointments

Federal Court of Canada

>>Auditor General`s report on Federal Court of Canada and Tax Court of Canada, tabled, 10029
>>Isaac, Chief Justice Julius see War crimes--Deportation
>>James, Associate Chief Justice see War crimes--Deportation
>>See also Canadian Wheat Board--Authority; Judges--Appointments; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents

Federal disallowance power see Quebec separation/sovereignty

Federal Disaster Relief Program see Emergencies/disasters--Flooding, Alberta

Federal elections fees tariff see Elections

Federal Funding and Tobacco Companies Act (Bill C-346)--Lincoln

>>First reading, 6192

Federal government see Confederation

Federal institutions

>>Reforming, making democratically accountable, 6251
>>See also Official language policy/bilingualism

Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec (FORD-Q)

>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, comparison, per-capita funds, 8959
>>Expenditures, funding, 8964, 8966-7
>>Industry Department responsibility, 8971
>>See also Economic development/renewal--Gaspé region; Rail transportation/railways--Branch lines, Chandler-Gaspé line; Small and medium business

Federal-provincial conferences

>>Finance Ministers, agenda, see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization
>>First ministers
>>>Holding, Throne Speech statement, 5, 293, 296
>>>>o.q., 133, 138, 1053
>>>June 1996, 1447
>>>>Aboriginal peoples non-participation, o.q., 3689
>>>>Agenda
>>>>>o.q., 2613, 2813, 3010, 3421-2, 3631-2, 3633, 4070-1
>>>>>S.O. 31, 4070
>>>>See also Constitutional Reform--First Ministers conference; Economic development/renewal; Federal-provincial jurisdiction--Decentralizing to provinces; Federalism--Renewal; Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization; Interprovincial trade--Internal Trade Agreement; National unity--First ministers conference; Quebec distinct society status--Constitutional entrenchment
>>See also Constitutional reform; Training programs--Jurisdiction

Federal-provincial co-operation see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization

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

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.)(Bill C-410)--Harb

>>First reading, 10036
>>See also Education--School leaving age

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.--provincial legislation contravening the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms)(Bill C-373)--Marchand

>>First reading, 8357
>>See also Francophones outside Quebec--Rights

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.--social services for the French linguistic minority of a province)(Bill C-374)--Marchand

>>First reading, 8357
>>See also Francophones outside Quebec--Social services

Federal-provincial jurisdiction

>>Centralizing, federal legislation, 1608, 1633-5, 1670-1, 1695-7, 2875, 3598, 5180, 5582, 6073, 6143-4, 6499, 10204-5
>>Decentralizing to provinces, Throne Speech statement, 4-5, 105, 296, 1531-2, 1607-8, 1697-8, 2083, 2877, 2899, 6293
>>>Charlottetown Accord, comparison, o.q., 35-6, 132-3, 3709, 3819-20, 3921
>>>Compensation for federal withdrawal, tax points, etc., o.q., 3920-1, 4018-9, 4071
>>>Deficit reduction factor, 10052
>>>First Ministers conference, June 1996, discussing, o.q., 3422, 3631-2
>>>National standards, relationship, o.q., 3921, 4071
>>>o.q., 3558-9, 4936-7, 5732-3, 5881, 7239, 7882-3, 9741-2
>>>Quebec Chamber of Commerce position, S.O. 31, 129
>>>Quebec, S.O. 31, 759
>>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, relationship, 6252
>>>Reform Party position, 5861, 6251-2, 6738-9, 10051-2
>>>>Bloc Québécois/Parti Québécois positions, comparison, 6753-4, 6767
>>>>Federal government restricted to 10 sectors. Quebec separation/sovereignty, relationship, 9754-6
>>>>S.O. 31, 9648
>>>S.O. 31, 2754-5
>>Duplication, overlap, eliminating, 296, 304-5, 1667-8, 2874, 2903, 6297-9
>>>Nielsen task force report, 6019
>>>Reform Party Fresh Start election platform, $10 billion savings, 6019
>>Exclusive provincial jurisdiction, federal government complete withdrawal, 327-8, 1553
>>>Charlottetown Accord provisions, social housing, municipal affairs, tourism, 350
>>>Negotiations, government commitment, o.q., 2477-8, 3820
>>>o.q., 8195
>>Exclusive provincial jurisdiction, federal government not intervening without consent of majority of provinces, 296, 307, 327-8, 331, 409, 413-4, 2899, 5997, 6278
>>>Non-participating provinces, compensation if similar program offered, 327-8, 331, 413-4, 2899, 6278
>>>o.q., 312
>>Federal government intrusion into provincial jurisdiction, 2904, 6297-9, 8124-5, 10217-21, 10245
>>>Alberta Premier Klein position, 2903
>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 331, 1360-1, 1484-5, 1630-1, 1641-2, 1652-4, 1671, 1673, 1677-8, 1683, 1788-9, 3608-9, 3613-4, 5149, 5217, 5224-5, 5384-5, 5943
>>>Budget 1997 measures, 8300, 8336, 8370
>>>>o.q., 8307, 8389
>>>National standards, imposition, 6073
>>>New initiatives infringing on Quebec jurisdiction, 10045
>>>o.q., 3708-9, 3820, 3922-3, 4073
>>Federal spending power, curtailment. o.q., 2757
>>Harmonization of federal and provincial initiatives, 2899
>>Historical development, from confederation to federation, federal power increase, 9106
>>History, 1636-7
>>Legislation, Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-11), impact, 1636
>>Provincial agencies, agreements, federal government signing, lieutenant governor in council approval, requiring, 1354-62
>>Reassessment, realignment, negotiations, 9253-4
>>See also Banks--Tied selling; Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Canadian Securities Commission; Child prostitution--Child sex tourism, Criminal Code amendments; Economic development/renewal--Quebec; Environment; Family--Provincial jurisdiction factor; Financial institutions passim; Foreign aid--Quebec encroachment; Health care system--Funding--Home care--Pharmacare--Provinces; Highways and roads; Insurance industry--Federally-regulated companies; Interprovincial trade; Justice system; Kanasatake Indian Band--Casino project; Poverty--Combatting; Quebec distinct society status; Rail transportation/railways; Reproductive technologies--New reproductive, Regulatory regime; Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples--Recommendations; Same-sex couples--Adoption rights--Spousal status; Securities industry; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Family; Social programs--National standards; Transportation--Provincial jurisdiction; Victims of crime; Wildlife--Habitat