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)

>>Cultural practices factor, 3549-50, 3579, 3582-3, 3585, 3588-9, 9660
>>Described, 3579, 3584-5, 3587, 9644
>>Education, public health factor, etc., 3547, 3549, 3582, 3588, 9643
>>Extent, 3579, 3587
>>Health factors, 3582, 3584, 3587, 9644
>>Prohibiting, aggravated assault offence, Criminal Code amendments, 567, 3547, 3549-50, 3577-80, 3582-9, 9641-4, 9660, 9672, 9674
>>>Adults authorizing, organizing, charging, 3549-50, 3580, 3583
>>>Adults consenting exemption, removing, 3550, 3577-8, 3580, 3583, 3588-9
>>>>Consenting to bodily harm, not allowing, 9641, 9643, 9674
>>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-119)(1st Sess. 35th Parl.), reinstating, 223
>>>>o.q., 479
>>>Gagnon, C., role, private members bill, 3547, 3549, 3577-8, 3580, 3584, 3586, 9641-3
>>>Medical necessity exemption, removing, 3550, 3577-8, 3579-80, 3583-4, 3588, 9643
>>>Performed abroad, charging Canadian citizens/residents involved, 3550, 3578, 3579-80, 3582, 3588-9
>>>Petition, 4348
>>Quebec Human Rights Commission position, 3578
>>Research, Thérèse F. Casgrain Fellowship, Bilkis Vissandjée, S.O. 31, 6952
>>United Nations role, 3585, 9660
>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27); Criminal Code (amdt.--genital mutilation of female person)(Bill C-235)

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