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Federal-provincial partnerships

    >>British Columbia-federal government agreement, example, S.0. 31, 8900
    >>Establishing, 2877
    >>See also Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Environment--Management; Freshwater fisheries--Management; Housing--Social; Job creation; Peregrine falcons; St. Lawrence River--Clean-up; Tourism; Trade--Trade Team Canada

Federal-provincial relations

    >>Co-operation and fairness, 8332
    >>Improvements, Liberal government (Chrétien) failure, 9253
    >>See also Canada Pension Plan--Federal-provincial review--Premiums--Reform; Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Chatham, N.B.; Child care--National system; Child poverty--Eliminating, National child benefit; Child prostitution; Economic development/renewal; Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Federal-provincial task force--Legislation--Sex offenders, Long term offender designation; Farm debt--Mediation; Fisheries, Pacific; Gangs--Motorcycle gangs; Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization; Government contracts--Procurement process; Gun control/guns--Legislation--Provincial firearms handling certificates--Registration system; Highways and roads--National system; Justice system; Municipalities--Level of government; Parole--Information on offenders; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Quebec distinct society status--Constitutional entrenchment; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--No side victory; Science and technology; Social policy--Social union; Stalking--Criminal harassment; Student loans--Repayment terms; Taxation; Trade--Trade Team Canada; Victims of crime--Rights; Welfare--Recipients; Young offenders

Federal Public Service Pensions Act (Bill C-367)--Frazer

    >>First reading, 8452

Federal sales tax see Goods and Services Tax

Federal spending power see Federal-provincial jurisdiction

Federal statutes see Statutes of Canada

Federalism

    >>Bloc Québécois/Liberal Party/Reform Party positions, 6692-3
    >>Decentralization
    >>>International comparison, Quebec benefits, 2869, 2898-9
    >>>>o.q., 1585-6, 4937
    >>>Since 1982 constitution patriation, o.q., 9880
    >>Economic conditions, relationship, 2912
    >>Federal-provincial co-operation, S.O. 31, 33
    >>Flexibility, Quebec benefits, etc., 2876, 2906, 2913
    >>Quebec benefits, 9312-4
    >>>Receiving $11 billion more than it contributes, 8960
    >>>See also Federalism--Flexibility
    >>Renewal, modernizing, improving, etc., 56, 295-6, 1520-1, 1523, 5910-1, 6237, 6239, 6253, 6278, 6280-1, 6292-3
    >>>Alberta Premier Ralph Klein/Albertans positions, S.O. 31, 1285
    >>>Evolution, 305
    >>>Federal-provincial negotiations, first ministers conferences, etc., 6293
    >>>First Ministers conference, June 1996, discussing, proposals, etc.
    >>>>o.q., 2807, 3002-3, 3920
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4070
    >>>Provinces, individual Canadians, roles, Throne Speech statement, 4-5, 2899-900, 5997
    >>>>o.q., 137-8
    >>>Quebec Liberal Party position, Recognition and Interdependence, S.O. 31, 7235, 7305-6
    >>>Turp, Daniel, position, S.O. 31, 7305-6
    >>See also Economic development/renewal--Quebec; National unity--Government policy; Quebec separation/sovereignty--Constitutional/federalism reform--Federalism--Referendums, 1980 referendum; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--No side victory

Fédération canadienne des commuautés francophones et acadiennes see Francophones outside Quebec

Fédération des caisses populaires de l'Ontario see Credit unions/caisses populaires

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes see Francophones outside Quebec--Assimilation; Official languages policy/bilingualism--Minority language groups

Fédération des femmes du Québec see Women--Bread and Roses Marches

Federation of Automobile Dealer Associations

    >>Graydon, Ken, President, retirement, replaced by Richard Gauthier, S.O. 31, 9269

Federation of Temporary Help Services see Employment--Temporary employment agencies

FedNor see Small and medium business--Capital access

Fee, Tammy see Sexual assault/offences

Feed Freight Assistance Program see Freight rates

Feed grain see Grain marketing

Female genital mutilation (excision)

Feminists see Gender equality--Government departments

Fenco MacLaren Inc. see Defence equipment--Ships, Minesweepers

Ferco see Parliamentary Buildings--Peace Tower, Repair project

Ferland, Mario see Canadian Executive Service Organization

Ferry service

    >>British Columbia, user fees, 8101
    >>Christian Island Reserve (Georgian Bay) and Georgina Island Reserve (Lake Simcoe), ferry replacement, tourism enhancement, federal-provincial 1995 agreement, Ontario government refusal to honour
    >>>o.q., 7971-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 7830
    >>Commercialization, private sector taking over role of Marine Atlantic Inc., 4788, 8096
    >>>Subsidies, reduction, 8096
    >>>See also Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44)
    >>Government role, safety, etc., 4788
    >>Islands, docking facilities, Transport Department operating, costs, etc., qu., 2213-4
    >>Magdalen Islands
    >>>Lack, 301-2
    >>>Lucy Maud Montgomery, refit costs, safety, replacement, 8093
    >>>>o.q, 6611, 6959, 7788, 9276
    >>>>S.O. 31, 7080
    >>Nova Scotia, Bluenose, service
    >>>Privatization study, o.q., 2761
    >>>Winter schedule, cutbacks, o.q., 2760-1
    >>Saint John, N.B.-Digby, N.S., privatization, sale to Bay Ferries, contract. access, S.O. 31, 10112
    >>See also Ports--Commercialization

Fertilizer see Farm equipment

Festivals

    >>Apple Blossom Festival, Annapolis Valley--Hants, N.S., S.O. 31, 3417
    >>Brome Lake Duck Festival, S.O. 31, 5364
    >>Dragon Boat Festival, Vancouver, B.C., S.O. 31, 3815
    >>Drayton Festival, S.O. 31, 4795
    >>Great Northern Exhibition, Collingwood, Ont., 1996 Local Fair of the Year award, S.O. 31, 1890
    >>International Kite Festival, Verdun, Que., June 6-9/96, S.O. 31, 3122
    >>International Meet of Log Drivers and Raftsmen, Trois-Riviéres, Que., S.O. 31, 5952
    >>International Poetry Festival, Trois-Riviéres, Que., S.O. 31, 5553
    >>Muskoka Air Fair, S.O. 31, 3482
    >>Northern Lights Festival, Owen Sound, Ont., S.O. 31, 7510
    >>Saint-Come, Que., ice sculpture festival, S.O. 31, 7879-80
    >>Voyageur festival, St. Boniface, Man., S.O. 31, 7880
    >>World Folklore Festival, Drummondville, Que., July 5-14/96, S.O. 31, 4067
    >>See also Canadian flag--Quebec summer festivals

Fewchuk, Ron (L--Selkirk--Red River)

    >>Criminal Code, Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Department of the Solicitor General Act (amdt.--high risk offenders)(Bill C-55), 9710
    >>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9439
    >>Disabled and handicapped persons, S.O. 31, 2301
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 2999, 3310, 8189
    >>Emergencies/disasters
    >>>o.q., 10232
    >>>S.O. 31, 1837-8
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2322-3
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7905
    >>Science and technology, S.O. 31, 2301
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2323
    >>Veterans, S.O. 31, 5365
    >>World Meteorological Day, S.O. 31, 1198
    >>Youth, S.O. 31, 9373

Fibromyalgia see Health--Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Fichtenberg, Dennis see Murder

Fiduciary responsibilities see Bell Canada--Supplemental pension plan; Corporations--Directors; Financial institutions--Executives; Indians/First Nations--Powers

Fifth Estate, The see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Calcium channel blockers

Fights see Murder

Figure skating

    >>Canadian Figure Skating Championships (1996), Jennifer Robinson, women's champion, S.O. 31, 32
    >>Quebec, Josiane Fréchette, S.O. 31, 2555
    >>World Figure Skating Championships (1996), Edmonton, Alta.
    >>>S.O. 31, 1284, 2132
    >>>Victor Kraatz and Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancing team, bronze medal winners, S.O. 31, 1161, 1284
    >>World Figure Skating Championships (1997), Lauzanne, Switzerland, Elvis Stojko, gold medal winner, 9293
    >>>S.O. 31, 9320-1

Filane, Domenic see Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia)--Canadian team, Oakville

Filet mignon see Penitentiaries--Inmates

Filion, Stéfane and Renée see Science and technology--Science fairs, International

Filipowich, Magdalena

    >>100th birthday, S.O. 31, 9598

Fillion, Gilbert (BQ--Chicoutimi)

    >>Alcan Aluminium Ltd., 302, 2232-3, 2743
    >>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 1032, 1035-6
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 832-3, 839, 846, 1496-7
    >>Budget 1997, 7267
    >>>M. (P. Martin), 9186-7
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 1931, 1940-1
    >>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6756-60, 6764
    >>Canada Employment Centres, petition, 276
    >>Canada Endangered Species Protection Act (Bill C-65), 10168-9
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 7268
    >>Canada Post Corporation, o.q., 5170-1
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, o.q., 3131
    >>Canadian flag, 8214
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, M. on supply (G. Leroux), 8214, 8222
    >>Child care, M. (G. Breitkreuz), 5139-40
    >>Child support payments, 6048-9, 6072-3
    >>Constitution, M. (Rock), 3335-6, 3345, 3347, 3353-6
    >>Corporations, 1496
    >>Credit cards, petition, 9658
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4585
    >>Cultural institutions, 8222
    >>Dairy products, 1496
    >>Defence equipment, 7268
    >>Defence industry, 304
    >>Deficit, 846, 7266
    >>Department of Health Act (Bill C-18), 1786-8
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 1260-4
    >>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 6048-9, 6072-3
    >>Education, 3335-6, 3345, 3354-6
    >>Elections, 6757-8
    >>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 31, 4219
    >>Employment, S.O. 31, 6443
    >>Employment insurance, 833, 7267
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2232-3, 2347-8, 2738, 2742-3
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7056-8, 7766-7
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 304
    >>Finance Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 7251, 7253-4, 7265-9
    >>Fisheries, 6459-62
    >>Fisheries Act (Bill C-62), 6459-62
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5546-7, 5725-6
    >>>Petition, 9134
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7056-8, 7766-7
    >>Government appointments, 5569-70
    >>Government buildings, 956
    >>>o.q., 711
    >>Government contracts, 1261, 1263-4, 10107
    >>>o.q., 9656-7
    >>Government expenditures, 1263, 9187
    >>Government Operations Standing Committee, reports, 10142
    >>Government programs and services, 846, 1262-3
    >>Health care system, 1786-8
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 9134
    >>Housing, 7265-6, 9790-1
    >>>o.q., 3007, 9175
    >>>S.O. 31, 9793
    >>Immigration/immigrants, petition, 1774
    >>Infrastructure program, 302
    >>Job creation, 304, 833, 839, 846, 1496-7, 2232, 7058, 7251, 7266-8
    >>Job losses, 7267
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5546-7, 5725-6
    >>Milliken, references, 6072
    >>Parole, 4585
    >>Political parties, 6756-60, 6764
    >>Private family trusts, 1496
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 5570
    >>>Question and comment period, 7262
    >>>Speeches, 1260, 7262
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Zed), 4433-4
    >>Quebec distinct society status, 1496
    >>Research and development, 7268
    >>Science and technology, S.O. 31, 10061
    >>Statistics Canada, o.q., 1247
    >>Taxation, 839, 846, 1496, 7266
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 122, 125, 302, 304
    >>Training programs, 302, 2347, 7268
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 2738
    >>Tremblay, Hon. Arthur, S.O. 31, 5729
    >>Underground economy, 7268-9
    >>Unemployment, 302, 7253, 7267, 9186-7
    >>Unemployment insurance, 1497, 2232, 2347-8, 2743
    >>>S.O. 31, 2176-7
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 832-3, 846, 1496, 7251, 7266
    >>Wildlife, 10168

Film and video industry

    >>Development tax incentives, high income investor tax shelters, elimination, replacing with refundable credit for producers, Budget 1995 measure, 2994, 3021, 3936-7, 3941
    >>>Foreign film productions, o.q., 6751
    >>Dubbing industry, France, government policy, Quebec, impact, o.q., 9023-4
    >>Halifax, N.S., production facilities, sound stages, etc., construction, S.O. 31, 8269
    >>IMAX theatre format, Bill Shaw, developer, tribute, S.O. 31, 8725
    >>Polygram, Philips Electronic subsidiary, Canadian market, application, Canadian distribution policy, o.q., 5737, 5957, 6263
    >>Television production fund, contracts, signing, job creation, o.q., 6911
    >>Tri Media Productions, feature film production, Saskatoon, Sask., location, benefits, S.O. 31, 6740-1

Films see Pornography--Entertainment; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Référendum Prise deux/Take 2; Women--Violence

Final Offer Arbitration in Respect of West Coast Port Operations Act (Bill C-383)--Johnston

    >>First reading, 8955
    >>See also Ports--West coast

Finance Standing Committee

    >>Membership see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Eighth. Fifty-fourth
    >>Reports, presented
    >>>First (Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31)), 2815
    >>>Second (Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36)), 3719
    >>>Third (taxable Canadian property (family trusts)), 4356
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Grubel), 4562-70
    >>>>>Amdt. (Williams), 4565
    >>>>Minority reports, 4356
    >>>Fourth (Review of financial institutions legislation), 5937
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Loubier), 6498-502
    >>>>Minority reports, 5937-8
    >>>>See also Canadian Securities Commission--Establishing; Consumer Protection Office--Establishing; Securities industry--Foreign banks
    >>>Fifth (The 1997 Budget and Beyond: Finish the Job), 7109
    >>>>Dissenting report, 7109
    >>>>House take note, M. (H. Gray), 7217-32, 7245-74, 7395-412
    >>>>See also Budget 1997--Pre-budget consultations; Charitable donations--Tax incentives; Child tax benefits--Working income supplement; Cultural institutions--Funding; Deficit--Reduction, Targets; Disabled and handicapped persons--Benefits; Economic development/renewal; Education, post-secondary--Tuition fees--Scholarships--Student assistance; Financial institutions--Foreign lending institutions; Government expenditures--Increase; Health care system--Health and dental plans; Income tax--Income averaging provisions; Jewellery--10% excise tax; Literacy Secretariat--Funding; Lotteries--Winnings; Mechanics--Tools; Research and development--Facilities--Funding--Network of Centres of Excellence--University post-graduate doctoral studies; Taxation--Payroll taxes; Tobacco products--Taxes
    >>>Sixth (Special Import Measures Act review), 7390
    >>>>Government response requested, 7390
    >>>Seventh (Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70)), 7585
    >>>Eighth (The HST: Moving to a Single National VAT), 8661
    >>>>Dissenting report, 8661
    >>>Ninth (Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-82)), 9417
    >>>Tenth (Income Tax Convention Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-37)), 9609
    >>>Eleventh (Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92)), 9701
    >>>Twelfth (Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93)), 9824
    >>>Thirteenth (World Bank lending programs, International Financial Institutions Subcommittee Report), 10124
    >>Travel, authorization, M. (Zed), agreed to, 5862, 7395
    >>See also Banks--Tied selling; Budget 1997 (Feb. 18/97)--Legislation; Capital gains tax--Property/assets; Financial institutions--Legislation; Goods and Services Tax--Replacement, Options; Income Tax Act; Interprovincial trade--Barriers, Removing; Private family trusts--$2 billion in assets; Taxation--System, review/reform; Transfer payments to provinces

Finance Standing Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.) see Gasoline taxes

Financial Administration Act see Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Auditor General's reports; Senate--Expenditures

Financial Administration Act (amdt.--session of Parliament) (Bill C-270)--Milliken

    >>First reading, 1716
    >>Second reading, 4103-7, agreed to, 4107
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee referral, 4107
    >>Report stage, 6889-90, concurrence, agreed to, 6890
    >>Third reading, 6890, agreed to, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 8333, Chap. 5, S.C. 1997