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Anderson, Hon. David (L--Victoria; Minister ofTransport)

Anderson, Adm John see Canadian Armed Forces

Angel, Jeff see Canadian Airlines International--Government Affairs Officer

Anglican Church see Church of England

Anglophones see Education--Quebec denominational school boards; Quebec; Quebec separation/sovereignty; Training programs--Jurisdiction, Quebec

Angus Reid see Canada--International reputation

Animal-human hybrids see Reproductive technologies--New reproductive, Prohibitions

Animals

    >>Ownership/control, prohibition, 10 year minimum, puppy mill operators, Criminal Code provision, creating, petition, 648
    >>See also Health

Annapolis Valley--Hants, N.S. see Festivals--Apple Blossom Festival; Infrastructure program

Anne of Green Gables see Family--Definition

Antananarivo, Madagagscar see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians

Antarctica see Arctic--Demilitarized zone

Anti-ballistic missiles see North American Aerospace Defence Command--Star wars

Anti-dumping code see Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement; North American Free Trade Agreement; Steel industry

Anti-gang legislation see Gangs--Motorcycle gangs

Anti-personnel land mines see Defence equipment--Land mines

Anti-semitism see Discrimination and racism

Anti-tank missiles see Defence equipment

Anti-trust legislation see Canadian Airlines International--Integration with American Airlines

Antimony see Mining industry--Apocan Inc.

ANZAC Day see World War I

Apartheid see Nisga'a land claim--Agreement in principle; South Africa

APEC see Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Group

Apocan Inc. see Mining industry

Appeals see Justice system

Appearance see Discrimination and racism

Appendices to Hansard

    >>Mexico, President Ernesto Zedillo, address to joint sitting of Houses of Parliament (June 11/96), 3697-703
    >>>M. (Zed), agreed to, 2773

Apple Blossom Festival see Festivals

Apples see Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement--Agricultural/horticultural products; Fruit and vegetables

Apprenticeship programs see Training programs

Appropriation Act No. 4, 1995-96 (Bill C-21)--President of the Treasury Board (Massé)

    >>Estimates, 1995-96, supplementary (B), concurrence, M. (Massé), agreed to, on division, 994
    >>First reading, 994
    >>Second reading, agreed to, 995
    >>Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, reported without amdt., 995
    >>Report stage, concurrence, on division, 995
    >>Third reading, agreed to, on division, 995, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 1387. Chap. 4, S.C. 1996

Appropriation Act No. 1, 1996-97 (Bill C-22)--President of the Treasury Board (Massé)

    >>Estimates, 1996-97, main, interim supply, M. (Massé), agreed to, on recorded division, 996-7
    >>First reading, 997
    >>Second reading, agreed to, on division, 997
    >>Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, reported without amdt., 997-8
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, on division, 998
    >>Third reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 998-9, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 1387. Chap. 5, S.C. 1996

Appropriation Act No. 2, 1996-97 (Bill C-56)--President of the Treasury Board (Massé)

    >>Estimates, 1996-97, main, less already approved, concurrence, M. (Massé), agreed to, on recorded division, 4409
    >>First reading, 4409
    >>Second reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 4409
    >>Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, reported without amdt., 4409
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 4409-10
    >>Third reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 4410, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 5575. Chap. 25, S.C. 1996

Appropriation Act No. 3, 1996-97 (Bill C-68)--President of the Treasury Board (Massé)

    >>Estimates, 1996-97, supplementary (A), concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 6584-5
    >>First reading, 6585
    >>Second reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 6585
    >>Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, reported, without amdt., 6585-6
    >>Report stage concurrence, M. (Massé), agreed to, on recorded division, 6586
    >>Third reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 6587, passed.
    >>Senate passage, 6883
    >>Royal Assent, 6884. Chap. 29, S.C. 1996

Appropriation Act No. 4, 1996-97 (Bill C-87)--President of the Treasury Board (Massé)

    >>Estimates, 1996-97, supplementary (B), concurrence, M. (Massé), agreed to, on recorded division, 8976-7
    >>First reading, 8977
    >>Second reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 8977
    >>Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, reported without amdt., 8977
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 8978
    >>Third reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 8978, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 9306. Chap. 7, S.C. 1997

Appropriation Act No. 1, 1997-98 (Bill C-88)--President of the Treasury Board (Massé)

    >>Estimates, 1997-98, intermim supply, concurrence, M. (Massé), agreed to, on recorded division, 8978
    >>First reading, 8978
    >>Second reading, agreed to, on recorded division, 8978
    >>Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, reported, without amdt., 8978-9
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 8979
    >>Third reading, agreed to, on recorded divisions, 8979, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 9306. Chap. 8, S.C. 1997

Aquaculture

    >>Industry
    >>>Growth, 5191, 5221, 6464
    >>>Provincial jurisdiction, need, S.O. 31, 9599
    >>Newfoundland, federal aquaculture development strategy, S.O. 31, 229
    >>Nova Scotia Agriculture College, Truro, N.S., Aquaculture science degree program, S.O. 31, 757
    >>Research and development, 3677
    >>Task force, report, making public, o.q., 9609
    >>See also Salmon--Chilean salmon products

Arafat, Yasser see Palestine Liberation Organization

Arbour, Justice Louise see Judges--Leaves of absence; Penitentiaries--Prison for Women

Archer-Daniels-Midland Ltd. (formerly Olgilvie Flour Mills)

    >>15 month strike, 8485 see Flour milling

Archives see Copyright--Rights

Arctic

    >>Canadian sovereignty, North American Aerospace Defence Command role, 500
    >>Circumpolar co-operation, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee study, travel, 2773, 2787-8, 5609
    >>>See also Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh
    >>Demilitarized zone, Canada/Russian Federation establishing, Antarctica example, 501, 506-7
    >>Pollution, 5221
    >>>Circumpolar nations addressing, Arctic council, establishing, 326
    >>>>o.q., 1375
    >>>Legislation, lack, 4693
    >>>Conference, Canadian Polar Commision, arranging, Health Department officials, participation, o.q., 9277-8
    >>See also Nuclear Radiation--Northern Russia/Arctic; Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region Conference

Arctic Council

    >>Establishment, membership of eight circumpolar countries, o.q., 4344

Argenteuil--Papineau constituency see Papineau Family; Sports--Amateur athletes

Argentia, Nfld. see INCO Limited--Smelter

Argentina Grand Prix see Auto racing--Villeneuve

Aristide, Jean-Bertrand see Haiti

Armand-Marquiset honourary award see Volunteers--Les Ainé(e)s de Jonquiére

Armenia

    >>Earthquake, Dec. 7/88, Canadian aid, etc., anniversary, S.O. 31, 7138
    >>Election
    >>>Canadian observers, o.q., 5061
    >>>Election law violations, Canadian position, o.q., 5061
    >>Genocide of 1915, Turkey role
    >>>Anniversary, S.O. 31, 1838, 10177-8
    >>>Commemorating man`s inhumanity to man annually, M. on supply (Daviault), 1814-35, 1847-75, as amended, agreed to, 1875
    >>>>Amdt. (Fry), 1818, agreed to, on recorded division, 1874-5
    >>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (B. Mills), 1822, negatived, on recorded division, 1873-4
    >>>>Moment of silence, 1873
    >>>Compensation, 1850
    >>>Historical background, description, 1814-5, 1825-8, 1847-8, 1854, 1858-9, 1861-3, 1866, 1871
    >>>Hitler, Adolf, 1939 remarks, 1831, 1834, 1848, 1860
    >>>House of Commons motion, passage, 6359
    >>>>S.O. 31, 1886
    >>>International recognition, 1817, 1825-6, 1829-30, 1853, 1855, 1872
    >>>Monument proposal, Montreal, Que., alleged federal government interference, Pettigrew role, etc., 1815-8, 1824-5, 1832-3, 1853-4, 1861, 1872
    >>>>Conflict of interest possibility, o.q., 585
    >>>Ontario and Quebec legislatures recognizing, 1817, 1825-6, 1835, 1847, 1861, 1864, 1872
    >>>Orphans immigrating to Canada, 1859
    >>>Petition, 3641
    >>>Quebec Legislature commemoration motion, consent denied, S.O. 31, 4068
    >>>Recognizing as "genocide", 1814-35, 1847-50, 1852-66, 1870-2
    >>>>Trade with Turkey, relationship, 1816, 1832, 1864
    >>>School textbook references, External Affairs Department 1988 letter to Ottawa school board, 1816
    >>>Turkey position, not recognizing, 1817, 1826-7, 1834, 1848-9, 1852, 1857, 1861-2
    >>>See also Cyprus--Turkey-Greece conflict; European Union--Turkey; Human rights--Monument erected in 1991
    >>Independence from former Soviet Union, fifth anniversary, Sept. 21/96, S.O. 31, 4549
    >>See also Foreign aid

Armenian see Members of Parliament--Language

Armenian Canadians

Armoured personnel carriers see Defence equipment

Armouries see Canadian Armed Forces

Arms see Weapons/arms

Armstrong, Maj Barry see Canadian Armed Forces

Army Cadet Month see Canadian Armed Forces--Cadets

Arone, Shidane see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation

Arseneault, Guy H. (L--Restigouche--Chaleur; Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Canadian Heritage as of Feb. 23, 1996)

    >>Books, 9008
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 1325, 2027-8, 4205-6
    >>Broadcasting, M. (Suzanne Tremblay), 1738-9
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1524, 1528-30
    >>Canada Labour Code (amdt.--severance pay)(Bill C-219), 1918
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1529
    >>>M. (McLaughlin), 7701-2
    >>>o.q., 2311, 3869, 4506, 7242-3
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2192
    >>Children, 7174
    >>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 8990-1, 8993, 8996-9, 9008, 9031, 9033, 9039, 9043-4
    >>Cultural industries, 1529
    >>Deficit, 1529-30
    >>Education, 4974-5
    >>Employment, 1529, 8042-3
    >>>o.q., 10120
    >>Employment insurance, 1528, 1530
    >>Francophones outside Quebec
    >>>M. on supply (Marchand), 3841-2
    >>>o.q., 1052, 3260, 9450
    >>Government programs and services, 1529
    >>Hanrahan, references, 8991
    >>Job creation, 1529-30
    >>Magazines, o.q., 586
    >>National parks/marine conservation areas, qu., 6617
    >>North American Free Trade Agreement, o.q., 586
    >>Official languages/bilingualism, 3841-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 3706
    >>Parks Canada, 1529, 1922
    >>Parliament Hill, qu., 4267-8
    >>Petitions, g.r., 3263
    >>Police, o.q., 4864
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 8991, 9039
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 1918
    >>>Debate, 1524, 8993
    >>>Divisions, recorded, deferred, 8996-7
    >>>Members' remarks, 2192, 8427
    >>>Motions, 9037
    >>>Question and comment period, 9033
    >>>Sittings of the House, 9044
    >>>Speeches, 1325
    >>Public safety officers compensation fund, M. (Szabo), 8040
    >>Schools, S.O. 31, 5556
    >>Sexual orientation, 2192
    >>Social programs, 1528
    >>Taxation, 1529
    >>Television, cable, 2027-8, 6176
    >>Trent-Severn Waterway, 7502
    >>>o.q., 5740

Art Eggleton Centre of Molecular Medicine Research see Biotechnology--Israel

Arthritis see Health

Arthritis Month see Health--Arthritis

Artificial insemination

    >>Doctors right to refuse, British Columbia lesbian couple case, 2538

Artisans see Quilting

Artists

    >>Governor General's Performing Arts Awards, recipients, S.O. 31, 4335, 4337
    >>Hale, Jennifer, Royal Academy of Dancing, London, England, acceptance, S.O. 31, 5475
    >>Income, 3447, 3461, 8992, 9005, 9283-4
    >>Kieff, Antonio Grediaga, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que., sculpture, donation, S.O. 31, 7077
    >>See also Unemployment insurance--Benefits

Artqui Média see Culture/arts

Arts see Culture

Asbestos industry

    >>Products, consumer safety question
    >>>European Union, negotiations
    >>>>o.q., 6962
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6306-7
    >>>France banning, economic impact, federal government position, 8230-1
    >>>>o.q., 4229, 4635, 4941, 5292, 5482, 5810, 6961, 7888-9
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4625
    >>>>World Trade Organization referral, 7172-3, 8230-1
    >>>>>o.q., 6961-2, 7889
    >>>Research, $500,000 grant to Asbestos Institute, o.q., 5292
    >>>Royal Society of Canada study, 8231
    >>>S.O. 31, 9543

Asbestos Institute see Asbestos industry--Products

Asbestos region, Que. see Economic development/renewal

Ashrafinia, Siamak see Refugees--Criminals

Asia see Air transportation--Canada-Asia routes; Immigration/immigrants; Trade

Asia Minor

    >>Atrocities of 1922, Greeks massacred/expelled by Turkish forces, 1829

Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Group (APEC)

    >>Canadian participation, trade benefits, 280, 5312
    >>Manila, Philippines, Nov. 23-5/96 meeting
    >>>Canadian role, o.q., 6960
    >>>East Timor activist José Ramos-Horta attendance, o.q., 6371-2

Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum see Inter-Parliamentary delegations, reports--Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum--Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group

Asia-Pacific region see Energy industries; Trade

Assad, Mark (L--Gatineau--La Lièvre)

    >>Agri-food industry, o.q., 8735
    >>Bourassa, Robert, S.O. 31, 4978
    >>Chrétien, Jean, references, S.O. 31, 9929
    >>Curling, S.O. 31, 7652
    >>Cycling, S.O. 31, 9016
    >>Dairy products, o.q., 2436
    >>Economic conditions, S.O. 31, 5286
    >>Lebanon
    >>>o.q., 1590, 1665, 1713
    >>>S.O. 31, 1540, 1953-4
    >>Members of Parliament, S.O. 31, 9376
    >>Middle East, S.O. 31, 5730
    >>National Revenue Department, S.O. 31, 5595
    >>Palestine LIberation Organization, S.O. 31, 2606
    >>Private family trusts, S.O. 31, 2999
    >>Procedure, Members' remarks, 6316
    >>Program Cost Declaration Act (Bill C-214), 7543
    >>Quebec, 6316
    >>>S.O. 31, 6307, 7572
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 2936
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), S.O. 31, 2061, 4221
    >>Rail transportation/railways, S.O. 31, 8831
    >>Small and medium business, S.O. 31, 8443
    >>Training programs, o.q., 9993
    >>Underground economy, S.O. 31, 7932
    >>Women, S.O. 31, 8775

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