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Fisheries Act see Fisheries--Habitat protection; Freshwater fisheries--Habitat

Fisheries Act (Bill C-62)--Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Mifflin)

Fisheries and Oceans Department

    >>1996-97 budget, 20% reduction, 435
    >>>Corporate policy and program section, increase from $247 million to $273 million, 435
    >>>Fisheries Operations, decrease from, $422 million to $295 million, 435
    >>>Maurice Lamontagne Institute, impact, job loss, o.q., 1710-1
    >>Head office building, Ottawa, Ont., communications section, etc., 6026-7
    >>Regional directors, communication with Members of Parliament and Senators, reporting to Minister's office, directive, 6797-8, 7041-3
    >>See also Canadian Coast Guard--Merger; Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Consolidation--Employees/inspectors; Fisheries, Atlantic--Inshore fishermen; Fisheries, Pacific; Irving Whale--Magdalen Islands; Prince Rupert, B.C.--Waterfront development

Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee

    >>Membership see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Thirteenth, Twenty-first
    >>See also Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction, Management strategy

Fisheries, Atlantic

    >>Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS)
    >>>Failure, S.O. 31, 1542-3
    >>>Funds, $1.7 million, use, o.q., 5560
    >>>Government changing rules, impact, 9146
    >>>Mismanagement, cost over-runs, o.q., 6564
    >>>See also Aersopace industry--Regional aircraft;
    >>Cod stocks, fishery
    >>>Collapse, Progressive Conservative Government (Mulroney), responsibilty, 5158, 7200
    >>>Increase, fishery, future, 6117
    >>>>o.q., 4559
    >>>Newfoundland, food fishery
    >>>>Discrimination
    >>>>>Limited fishery, announcement
    >>>>>>o.q., 4457, 6372
    >>>>>>S.O. 31, 4337-8
    >>>>>Petition, 4088
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 3630
    >>>Reopening, Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, recommendation
    >>>>Government announcement, o.q., 9884
    >>>>o.q., 9024-5, 9884
    >>Fish stock management, 3658-60, 6153
    >>>Federal-provincial responsibilities, 3653-4
    >>>Quotas, allocation, adjacency issue, petition, 7748
    >>>Snow crab fishery, Nova Scotia, co-management scheme, 6090, 6148
    >>Foreign overfishing, 3653-4
    >>>Northwest Atlantic Fishing Organization, annual meeting, St.Petersberg, Russia, o.q., 4459
    >>Gaspé Peninsula, Que.
    >>>Federal assistance to fishermen, $5 million, 8971
    >>>Fishing permit costs reform, impact, 300
    >>Groundfish, monitoring, sentinel fishing program, o.q., 1711, 4559
    >>Inshore fishermen, Fisheries and Oceans Department offices, occupying, dialogue, need
    >>>Meeting, fishery sectors, government officials, politicians, progress, o.q., 481
    >>>o.q., 184, 318
    >>>S.O. 31, 129, 520
    >>Licencing fees, increase, $50 million tax grab, 7165
    >>Processing plants
    >>>Black Tickle, Nfld., re-opening, petition, 7748
    >>>Connors Brothers Ltd. plants, increased production, 6285
    >>Revitalizing, Throne Speech proposal, 4
    >>Shellfish fishery, growth, o.q., 1293

Fisheries, Pacific

    >>Aboriginal fishing strategy, Sto:lo budget, 4841, 7200, 9315-7
    >>British Columbia, inland waters, United States/Canada, sovereignty dispute, 497, 502-3, 622-3, 1552
    >>>o.q., 315, 359-61, 480
    >>Federal government mismanagement, 4839-41, 6453, 6467-8
    >>Federal-provincial agreement, Apr. 16/97, o.q., 9798, 9880
    >>Fish stock management, prawn trap fishery, self-regulating, 6090
    >>Fisheries and Oceans Department, enforcement officers, staffing problems, 436, 446, 5222-3
    >>Gill net fishermen, north coast licences, mail-in ballot, deadline, extending, S.O. 31, 7079
    >>Groundfish, abundance, qu., 5612
    >>Halibut, licence allocation
    >>>Fisheries and Oceans Department jurisdiction, Federal Court of Canada ruling, 7205, 9316
    >>>>o.q., 7087
    >>>>S.O. 31, 7079
    >>Hatcheries, closure, 344-5, 5857, 5861, 6026
    >>>See also Salmon--Pacific fishery
    >>Multiple licensing, proposal, vote, allowing, Fryer report recommendations, o.q., 7468
    >>Salmonid enhancement program, reinstatement, announcement, o.q., 2480
    >>Zones, 3PS, 3PN, 4S, etc., re-opening, 9146
    >>See also Nisga'a land claim--Agreement in principle; Salmon

Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC)

    >>Woodman, Fred, Chair, appointment, S.O. 31, 2704
    >>See also Fisheries, Atlantic--Cod stocks, Reopening

Fisheries tribunal see Fisheries--Fish stock management

Fishermen see Bankruptcy and insolvency--Farmers and fishermen; Fisheries, Atlantic--Gaspé Peninsula, Que.

Fitzpatrick, Ross see Canadian Airlines International--Board of Directors

Flag see Canadian flag

Flags of convenience see Marine transport

Flat tax see Corporations--Taxation, Small and medium business tax rate; Income tax

Flatt, Kerrick

    >>Medal of bravery, recognition, S.O. 31, 9544

Flexhousing see Housing

Flis, Jesse (L--Parkdale--High Park)

    >>AIDS
    >>>Petition, 3722, 4236
    >>>S.O. 31, 5472
    >>Air quality, 518
    >>Air transportation, 519-20
    >>Ambedkar Centre for Justice and Peace, 7369
    >>Border, Canada-United States, 519
    >>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 873-5, 1028
    >>Bosnia and Herzegovina, o.q., 6614
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 407, 1446-7, 1450
    >>Budget 1997, 9628-9
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 9628-30
    >>Burundi, o.q., 3321
    >>Cambodia, 7369
    >>Canada, S.O. 31, 9644-5
    >>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6754-5
    >>Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14), 1089
    >>Canada-United States relations, 5305
    >>Canadian Armed Forces
    >>>M. (B. Mills), 7344-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 6851-2
    >>Canadian flag
    >>>M. (Culbert), 5327
    >>>S.O. 31, 8129
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2402-3
    >>Central America. S.O. 31, 2936
    >>Child abduction, petition, 9999
    >>Child labour, 7369
    >>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 5068-9
    >>>o.q., 2254
    >>>S.O. 31, 1761
    >>Child support payments, 407
    >>Child tax benefit, 9629, 9633
    >>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), 5067-9
    >>Criminals, 5067-8
    >>Cuba, 5305
    >>>S.O. 31, 230
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 2402-3, 5067-9
    >>>o.q., 2254
    >>Defence equipment, S.O. 31, 815-6
    >>Deficit, 9629
    >>Developing countries, S.O. 31, 7570
    >>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Gauthier), 5690, 5699-700
    >>Economy, 1446-7
    >>Education, post-secondary, 9629-30
    >>Elections, 6754-5
    >>Electricity, 519
    >>Energy, 519
    >>Environment, 518-9
    >>Federal-provincial conferences, 1447
    >>Flis, references, 9090, 9628, 9630
    >>Foreign aid, 4024-5
    >>>o.q., 8199, 9996
    >>Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 5304-6
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, S.O. 31, 1099
    >>Government borrowing, 1450
    >>Government expenditures, 9629
    >>House of Commons, 9630
    >>Housing, petition, 9999
    >>Human rights, M. (Copps), 7368-70
    >>Immigration/immigrants, petition, 4236
    >>Infrastructure program, 9629
    >>International criminal court, 7369
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 1447
    >>Liberal International, 9630
    >>Migratory birds, 518
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command, M. (L. Axworthy), 517-20
    >>North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    >>>o.q., 4634, 9087
    >>>Petitions, 9090, 9999
    >>>S.O. 31, 4298
    >>Nuclear radiation, 7369
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, S.O. 31, 5415
    >>Oil and gas products, 519
    >>Ontario, S.O. 31, 6955
    >>Parent, references, 9630
    >>Parkdale Collegiate Institute, S.O. 31, 5237
    >>Permanent Joint Board on Defence (Canada-United States), 517-8
    >>Philippines, S.O. 31, 962
    >>Privilege, contempt of Parliament, 1897
    >>Procedure
    >>>Oral question period, 7581
    >>>Quorum, 8121
    >>Public Service, 2403
    >>Rail passenger service, 1089
    >>References
    >>>Retirement, 9090, 9628, 9630
    >>>>o.q., 9087
    >>>See also Permanent Joint Board on Defence (Canada-United States)--Canadian section
    >>Registered education savings plans, 9630
    >>Same-sex couples, 2402-3
    >>Sex offenders, o.q., 2254
    >>Sexual orientation, 2402-3
    >>Small and medium business, 9629
    >>Soviet Union (former), 7369
    >>Student loans, 9630
    >>Taiwan, petitions, 1594, 4236
    >>Trade, 519, 5304-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 230-1
    >>Ukraine, o.q., 5958-9
    >>United Kingdom, S.O. 31, 637
    >>United Nations International Commission on War Crimes for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, 7368-9
    >>Water, 518
    >>Wildlife, 518

Flooding see Emergencies/disasters

Florenceville, N.B. see McCain Foods Ltd.

Florida everglades see ValuJet, Flight 592

Florida Panthers see Hockey--National Hockey League

Florida, U.S.A. see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Cold Lake, Alta.; Murder--Fyke, Mark

Flour milling

    >>Maple Leaf Mills, purchase by Archer-Daniels-Midland, foreign control of industry, competition, etc., o.q., 3259

Flour mills

    >>Labour relations, federal-provincial jurisdiction, 8483-6

Flow-through shares see Mining industry; Natural resource industries

FLQ see Front de Libération du Québec

Fluorescent lamps/lightbulbs see Energy efficiency

Flynn, Joe

    >>Member of Parliament, former, death, tribute, 3718-9

Focus on Canada see National unity

Foetal alcohol syndrome see Alcohol--Use during pregnancy

Fondation Jamais Plus see Family violence

Fonds de solidarité des travilleurs du Québéc see Carrière Glendyne; Job creation--Labour sponsored venture capital funding

Fonds régional du Bas-Saint-Laurent see Carrière Glendyne

Fontaine, Nicolas see Skiing--Freestyle

Fontana, Joe (L--London East)

    >>Housing, S.O. 31, 10224
    >>Rail passenger service, 8110-1
    >>References, work as Parliamentary Secretary of Minister of Transport, tribute, 809
    >>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8110-1
    >>VIA Rail Canada Inc., 8110-1

Food

    >>Beef, infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), "mad cow" disease, consumer safety, measures, 2800-1
    >>>o.q., 1172-3
    >>>See also Health--"Mad cow" disease
    >>Cost, low, international comparison, 9895-6
    >>Frozen food, purchases in United States, refusal to pay duty on excess purchases, disposal of food in landfill sites, donation to food banks/soup kitchens, o.q., 6797
    >>Genetically engineered, DNA changes, etc., 7443-5, 7657
    >>>See also Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--labelling for prepackaged foods)(Bill C-389)
    >>Ingredients, listing, 3780
    >>>See also Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--ingredients in food sold in restaurants)(Bill C-309)
    >>International situation, hunger, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization World Food Summit, Canadian participation, etc., 6396
    >>>o.q., 3564-5, 5604-5
    >>Labelling and recipes, standards, o.q., 8656
    >>Nutritional value, legislation see Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (amdt.--nutritional value of food)(Bill C-209)
    >>Pasta products, Italy, subsidies, imports, dumping allegations, impact on Canadian pasta producers, petition, 4348
    >>Prepackaged, ingredients, prescribed recombinant hormones, banning/labelling, 4086
    >>>See also Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (amdt.--recombinant hormones)(Bill C-319)
    >>Processed foods, labelling regulations, inspection, Agriculture and Agri-Food Department inspectors, withdrawal, 8985-6
    >>Transgenic, labelling, petition, 393, 2951
    >>Wasted food, processing, providing to developing countries, 7444-5
    >>See also Africa--Great Lakes region; Goods and Services Tax; Veterans--Hospitals

Food and Agriculture Organization see Food--International situation

Food and consumer products industry

    >>Importance, S.O. 31, 9645

Food and Drugs Act

    >>Parts III and IV, repeal see Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-8)
    >>See also Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17); Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Health food, Nutriceuticals; Tobacco products

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--ingredients of food sold in restaurants)(Bill C-309)--Torsney

    >>First reading, 3280
    >>Second reading, 7209-17, dropped from Order Paper, 7217
    >>See also Food--Ingredients

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--labelling for prepackaged foods)(Bill C-389)--Jennings

    >>First reading, 9225

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--warning on alcoholic beverage containers)(Bill C-222)--Szabo

    >>First reading, 275
    >>Deemed read a second time and referred to Health Standing Committee, by House Order, 275
    >>Health Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 275
    >>See also Alcoholic beverages

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--warning on alcoholic beverage containers)(Bill C-337 (1st Sess., 35th Parl.)

    >>Reinstated as Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--warning on alcoholic beverage containers)(Bill C-222)

Food and Drugs Act and Narcotic Control Act (amdt.--trafficking in a controlled or a restricted drug or narcotic within five hundred metres of an elementary school or high school)(Bill C-281)--Gilmour

    >>First reading, 2524
    >>See also Drug trafficking--Schools

Food banks

    >>Donations, charitable gift, tax deduction, 4869
    >>>See also Income Tax Act (amdt.--donors to food banks)(Bill C-330)
    >>See also Canada Health and Social Transfer--Funding; Food--Frozen food

Food fishery see Fisheries, Atlantic--Cod stocks

Food inspection see Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Food Production and Protection Branch see Agriculture and Agri-food Department

Food Security for Canadians and a Fair Return for Canadian Farmers see Agriculture

Footprints see Police--Fingerprints

Forage see Grain transportation--Freight rates

Forcible confinement

    >>Dual procedure offence, reduced sentences factor, 3538-9, 3543-4, 9596-7, 9617
    >>>Sexual assault, relationship, 9597
    >>See also Child abuse

FORD-Q see Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department see Cultural institutions--International tours; Quebec--International role

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee

    >>Membership see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Fifty-eighth
    >>Reports, presented
    >>>First (Canadian SMEs in the World Economy), 4085
    >>>Second (Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 4899
    >>>Third (Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-61)), 6012
    >>>Fourth (Special Import Measures Act review), 7390
    >>>Fifth (Ending Child Labour Exploitation: A Canadian Agenda for Action on Global Challenges), 8357
    >>>Sixth (Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-81)), 8561
    >>>Seventh (circumpolar co-operation), 10035
    >>Travel, authorization, Ms. (Zed), agreed to, 2773, 2787-8, 5609
    >>See also Africa--Great Lakes region, United Nations peacekeeping mission; Arctic--Circumpolar co-operation; Foreign policy--Joint meetings; Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role

Foreign aid

    >>Afghanistan, human rights violations, relationship, 6026
    >>Africa, United Nations/World Bank project, 10 years, $25 billion, Canadian participation, S.O. 31, 917
    >>Albania, o.q., 9552
    >>Armenia, 1851
    >>>See also Armenia--Earthquake
    >>Basic human needs, percentage of expenditures, o.q., 4024-5
    >>Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5640
    >>Bulgaria, o.q., 9996
    >>Canadian role, benefits, etc., 5994-6, 6358, 6401, 7364
    >>China see Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role
    >>Countries refusing re-entry of deportees from Canada, freezing aid, 1505
    >>>See also Foreign Aid Restriction Act (Bill C-263)
    >>Cuba, humanitarian aid, United States Helms-Burton Bill impact
    >>>Canadian response, o.q., 2008-9
    >>>Computers, medical supplies, Pastors for Peace, S.O. 31, 1364, 1366
    >>>Computers, United States Customs seizure, release, negotiations, o.q., 2759
    >>Democratic and legal institutions, strengthening, providing expertise, election monitoring, etc., 3385
    >>Haiti
    >>>$3.8 million, Pettigrew by-election, Mar. 25/96, relationship, o.q., 765-6, 968-9
    >>>Quebec providing, 88
    >>>See also Canadian International Development Agency
    >>Human rights, relationship, 6025-6, 7355-6, 7584
    >>International assistance, reduction
    >>>Budget 1996 measures, 372, 1512
    >>>Budget 1997 measures, 9158
    >>Lebanon see Lebanon--Israeli attacks
    >>Middle East, West Bank and Palestine, aid and trade, o.q., 2814
    >>Non-governmental organizations privately-raised funds, government matching, 7584
    >>Official Development Assistance
    >>>Decline, cutbacks, 3987, 7584
    >>>Defence expenditures, comparison, 6397
    >>Quebec encroachment on federal jurisdiction, S.O. 31, 9170
    >>Role, importance, Commonwealth, Francophonie, etc., S9077
    >>Rwanda
    >>>Non-governmental organizations humanitarian aid, o.q., 6268-9
    >>>Rwanda government redirecting, o.q., 8199-200
    >>Vietnam, human rights violations, relationship, 6025-6
    >>See also Afghanistan--Human rights violations; Africa--Great Lakes region; Canadian International Development Agency; Child poverty; Developing countries--World Development Information Day; Iraq--United Nations embargo; Peacekeeping--Canadian role; Rwanda--Civil war; Save the Children Canada; Weapons/arms--International proliferation