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Habeus corpus see Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Judicial restraint provisions

Habitat for Humanity see Housing--Vac, Hungary

Haemophilia see Health

Haemophiliacs see Blood--Supply

Haig case see Canadian Armed Forces--Sexual orientation discrimination

Haiti

    >>Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, President, 1990 election, 1991 coup ousting, etc., 77, 81-3, 86-8, 7362
    >>Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role, 1512, 1856, 3983, 6357
    >>>Background, United Nations interventions, 77
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 73-4, 78, 83-4
    >>>Canadian control, o.q., 1169
    >>>Canadian leadership role, 72-7, 80-1, 83-5, 87, 91-2
    >>>>o.q., 180-1, 1169
    >>>CARE Canada position, 85
    >>>Consultations
    >>>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee monitoring role, 72, 74, 87
    >>>>Internet role, 72, 81, 85
    >>>>Montreal, Que. Haitian-Canadian community, 72
    >>>>Opposition parties, special debate, etc., 71-3, 75, 77, 80-1, 83, 85, 87, 91-2
    >>>>United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 71-2
    >>>Contingency plans, 74-5, 77
    >>>Costs, 74-6, 78, 87, 91
    >>>>o.q., 180-1
    >>>>United Nations reimbursement not sought, 514
    >>>>>o.q., 482
    >>>>Withdrawing $24 million from United Nations assessment or foreign aid to China
    >>>>>o.q., 363
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 1458-9
    >>>Daigle, BGen, commanding, 74, 76
    >>>>o.q., 40-1
    >>>Dangerous, risks, stone throwing, soldiers raising concerns transferred to administrative positions, etc., o.q., 9018
    >>>Duration, 73-5, 87-8, 91, 6384, 9902
    >>>>o.q., 1169
    >>>Equipment, 74, 86
    >>>Extending, criteria, costs, international participation, size of force, etc., 3988, 5632, 6352-3, 6399-400
    >>>>o.q., 3009
    >>>Francophone country/French language capabilities factor, 72-3, 75, 84-5
    >>>Haitian military and paramilitary forces, disbanding, 88, 91
    >>>House take note, M. (L. Axworthy), 71-92
    >>>Mandate, criteria, defining, 73-6, 78, 84, 87-8, 90-1, 3988
    >>>>o.q., 180-1
    >>>Multilateralism, success, 84-5
    >>>North American Aerospace Defence Command role, 550
    >>>Organization of American States position, role, 75, 85, 88
    >>>Other countries roles, 72
    >>>Parliamentary debate, notice, briefings, etc., 3985
    >>>Pettigrew by-election, Mar. 25/96, relationship, o.q., 968-9
    >>>Public opinion, 74, 76-7
    >>>Reform Party position, 80-1
    >>>Refugees, potential, avoiding, 86
    >>>Royal Canadian Air Force role, 75
    >>>Rules of engagement, 72, 76, 86-7
    >>>Size of force, 73, 75, 78, 83, 86, 90
    >>>>Additional Canadian forces, Canadian paid, 72
    >>>>>o.q., 1169
    >>>>o.q., 181
    >>>United Nations medal, Canadian Armed forces members receiving, S.O. 31, 7879
    >>>United Nations Security Council deliberations, 72
    >>>United States election, relationship, 74-5, 6352
    >>>United States troops withdrawal
    >>>>Delaying for six months, 78, 91
    >>>>Impact, 9902
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role, Reducing
    >>Democracy, restoring
    >>>Canadian role, economic rebuilding, etc., 71-2, 75-88, 90-2, 1009, 5995
    >>>Organization of American States role, 5632-3
    >>Dictatorial regimes, François Duvalier, Raoul Cédras, 1824
    >>Elections, 1990 and 1995, Canadian observers, role, 77-8, 81
    >>Historical background, economic, social and political conditions, 86-7, 91
    >>Police, Canadian training, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, etc., 71, 75-9, 82-3, 85-7, 90-1, 3983, 6347, 9902
    >>>Canadian International Development Agency role, 7363
    >>>Haitian Canadians trained in Canada, integrating with Haitian police, o.q., 3638-9
    >>>o.q., 183
    >>Préval, René, President
    >>>Canadian visit, Montreal, Que., Pettigrew by-election, Mar. 25/96, relationship, 972-3
    >>>>o.q., 968-9, 1049
    >>>Feb. 7/96 innauguration, Pettigrew attendance, etc., 71, 79, 81, 84, 87
    >>See also Canadian International Development Agency--Haiti projects--Microcredit projects; Child labour; Foreign aid; Immigrants/immigration; Péloquin, Gaston

Haitian Canadians

    >>Montreal, Que. community see Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role
    >>Ties with Haiti, 88
    >>See also Haiti--Police

Haldimand-Norfolk constituency see Tobacco industry

Hale, Jennifer see Artists

Haliburton, Ont. see Entrepreneurs--Craig

Halibut see Fisheries, Pacific

Halifax Fairview see Nova Scotia--Provincial by-election

Halifax, N.S. see Canadian Armed Forces--National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee; Defence research--Esquimalt Defence Research Detachment; Film and video industry; Ports; Rail transportation--Rail line abandonment; Terrorism--G-7 summit

Halifax West see Entrepreneurs--Atlantic Entrepreneurs of the Year Award

Hallahan, Simon Peter

    >>Huron County, Ont., community and farm organization member, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 579

Hallucinogenics see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Controlled drugs and substances

Hamilton East constituency see Elections--By-election; Goods and Services Tax--Abolish, Copps

Hamilton Harbour see Ports--Commercialization

Hamilton, Ont.

    >>150th anniversary
    >>>Shawinigan, Que., twinning event, S.O. 31, 2704
    >>>S.O. 31, 310-1
    >>See also Curling--World Curling Championships; Economic development/renewal; Hazardous waste--Storage, Taro Science and technology--Research and development; Hockey--National Hockey League; Ports--commercialization; Unemployment; Violence--Prevention; Violent offences--Increase; Young offenders--Murderers

Hamilton, Thomas see United Kingdom--Dunblane Primary School

Handguns see Gun control/guns

Hanger, Art (REF--Calgary Northeast)

    >>Abortion, petitions, 1506, 3264, 4507
    >>Administrative Tribunals (Remedial and Disciplinary Measures) Act (Bill C-49), 7604-6
    >>Break and enter, 9460, 9597, 9611-2
    >>British Columbia, M. on supply (Duncan), 4896
    >>Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44), 9699
    >>Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for United Nations Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-300), 7549-52
    >>Capital punishment, 3904, 3906, 4541-2, 5044, 9461, 9613, 9617
    >>Caregivers, M. (Szabo), 6034-6
    >>Census (1996), M. (D. Grey), 9236-7
    >>Child prostitution, 9670-1, 9673
    >>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 3263, 9673-4, 9703-4, 9763
    >>>o.q., 5738-9
    >>>Petitions, 6068, 6709-10, 9089, 9514, 9610
    >>Committees, M. (Lee), 5828-9
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5765-6, 5868
    >>Corporal punishment, 9613
    >>Credit cards, 9612
    >>Crime, 5044-5, 7635-7, 7639-40
    >>>Petition, 3264
    >>>S.O. 31, 3253
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--arrest without warrant)(Bill C-224), 3284
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9670-4
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3903-6, 3911-2, 4216, 4540-2, 4544
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--no parole when imprisoned for life)(Bill C-272), 1898
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--operation while impaired)(Bill C-201), 4480-1
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46), 9393-5
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--prohibited sexual acts)(Bill C-291), 3263
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--violent crimes)(Bill C-273), 1898
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--violent crimes or sexual offences)(Bill C-334), 5172
    >>Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--cumulative sentences)(Bill C-274), 3453-4
    >>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), 5043-8, 5052, 5069, 5078, 5083-4, 5124, 9702-4, 9762-5
    >>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9460-1, 9468, 9597, 9611-4, 9616-7
    >>Crown Liability and Proceedings Act (amdt.)(Bill C-325), 4506
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 5045-8, 5052, 5078, 5083-4, 9393, 9703-4, 9762-5
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 9266-8
    >>Female genital mutilation (excision), 9672
    >>Forcible confinement, 9597, 9617
    >>Foreign Aid Restriction Act (Bill C-263), 1505
    >>Forgery, 9612
    >>Fraud, S.O. 31, 5238
    >>Gangs, 9671
    >>>o.q., 9278
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 9266-8
    >>>Petition, 9610
    >>Government appointments, 7605
    >>Grain marketing
    >>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 4116
    >>>o.q., 5110
    >>Gun control/guns, 4542, 5044, 9393
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 9610
    >>Housing, 9267
    >>Identification of Criminals Act (amdt.--forensic analysis)(Bill C-322), 4157
    >>Immigration and Refugee Board, 7605-6
    >>>M., 2639-42
    >>Immigration/immigrants, 3905
    >>>o.q., 3563, 5110, 6451
    >>Job creation, 9267
    >>Job losses, 9267
    >>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6874
    >>Justice system, 3904, 3912, 4157, 4540-2, 5044, 5078, 7637, 7639, 9597, 9611-2, 9617
    >>>S.O. 31, 6954, 9076
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), M. on supply (Solberg), 3194-6
    >>Murder, 4542, 5044, 5084
    >>Murderers, 4315
    >>>o.q., 4023
    >>National security, o.q., 3084
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 3997
    >>Parole, 1898, 3903-6, 3912, 4540-2, 4544, 5044-5, 7636, 9393, 9460-1, 9612-4, 9672, 9762, 9764
    >>>o.q., 4023
    >>>Petition, 1506
    >>>S.O. 31, 959, 1583-4
    >>Penitentiaries, 3904, 4312-8, 4506, 4999, 7635-40, 9703, 9763-4
    >>>o.q., 821, 923-4, 2363-4, 2760, 2945-6, 6910-1, 7838-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 1044, 1950
    >>Police, S.O. 31, 4857-8
    >>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4312-8, 7635-40
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 3454
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 9228
    >>>Speeches, 4480
    >>Public safety, 5044
    >>Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30), 3997, 4008
    >>References
    >>>Travel to Singapore, 661-3
    >>>>Caning factor, J. Brown position, expulsion from Reform Party, 4575, 4998-9
    >>>See also Penitentiaries--Bowden Institution--Edmonton Institution--Inmates, Bible
    >>Reform Party, 5765-6
    >>Refugees, M., 8475-7
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 3997, 4008
    >>>M. (Ménard), 5016-8
    >>>S.O. 31, 8267
    >>Same-sex couples, o.q., 2479, 2562-3
    >>Sentences (convicted criminals), 5172, 9611-3, 9673
    >>Sexual assault/offences, 5045, 9393-5
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 1506, 3264
    >>Smuggling, o.q., 5110
    >>Social conservatism, S.O. 31, 6954
    >>Speakership, 5765
    >>Stalking, 9672
    >>Suicide, petition, 1506
    >>Victims of crime, 5044, 7639, 9393, 9460, 9613-4
    >>Violence, 9672
    >>Violent offences, 1898, 5045 , 9614, 9616-7, 9762-4
    >>>S.O. 31, 3253
    >>War crimes, o.q., 3315-6, 4942
    >>Young Offenders Act, 5044

Hanging see Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/pedophiles

Hanoi, Vietnam see Francophonie--Summit meetings; Inter-Parliamentary delegations, reports--International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians

Hanrahan, Hugh (REF--Edmonton--Strathcona)

    >>Automobile leasing, 1540
    >>Francophone games, S.O. 31, 4448-9
    >>References, illness, 8991
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 2715

Hansen, Rick

    >>Man in Motion fundraising tour, 10th anniversary, S.O. 31, 10063, 10114

Harare Declaration see Commonwealth

Harassment see Parliament Buildings--Peace Tower; Stalking--Criminal harassment

Harb, Mac (L--Ottawa Centre)

    >>Airports, 8109
    >>Bank Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-414), 10037
    >>Banks, S.O. 31, 8129
    >>Bills of Exchange Act (amdt.--definition of infant and minor)(Bill C-415), 10037
    >>British Columbia, 444
    >>>M. on supply (Duncan), 4870-1
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 444
    >>Business Development Bank of Canada, S.O. 31, 178
    >>Business, S.O. 31, 2301-2
    >>Canada, petitions, 6913, 9332
    >>Canada Business Corporations Act (amdt.--definition of infant and minor)(Bill C-416), 10037
    >>Canada Cooperative Associations Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-426), 10039
    >>Canada Health Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-417, 10037
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 444
    >>Canada Pension Plan (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-411), 10036
    >>Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--definition of child and minor)(Bill C-418), 10037
    >>Canada Student Loans Act (amdt.--definition of full age)(Bill C-419), 10037-8
    >>Canada Transportation Act (amdt.--definition of adult)(Bill C-432), 10040
    >>Canada-United Kingdom Civil and Commercial Judgements Act (amdt.--definition of infant in matters originating in Canada)(Bill C-420), 10038
    >>Canadian Bill of Rights (amdt.--right to housing)(Bill C-444), 10237-8
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, M. on supply (G. Leroux), 8176-7
    >>Child poverty, 8789, 8796
    >>Child tax benefit, S.O. 31, 8386-7
    >>Children, 10035-41
    >>>S.O. 31, 6485
    >>China, S.O. 31, 6903
    >>Chrétien, Jean, references, S.O. 31, 760
    >>Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-67), 10246-8
    >>Competition Act (amdt.--protection of whistle-blowers)(Bill C-266), 5588-9
    >>Corporations, M. on supply (Loubier), 906-7
    >>Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-421), 10038
    >>Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--rehabilitation programs)(Bill C-296), 8171-2
    >>Crime, petition, 4870
    >>Criminal Code, 10041
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-234), 7425-7
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-443), 10237
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, petition, 3877
    >>Deficit, 8797
    >>Disabled and handicapped persons, 4869
    >>Discrimination and racism, S.O. 31, 1100
    >>Divorce Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-409), 10035-6
    >>Economy, 8797
    >>Education, 10036
    >>Elections, S.O. 31, 3864
    >>Employment Equity Act, 8788-9
    >>Excise Act (amd.--definition of adult)(Bill C-422), 10038
    >>Excise Tax Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-427), 10039
    >>Extradition Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-423), 10038
    >>Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.)(Bill C-410), 10036
    >>Federalism, 2913
    >>Food banks, 4869
    >>Forestry, o.q., 2612
    >>Gasoline taxes, petitions, 96, 266, 680, 3387, 8317
    >>Goods and Services Tax, petition, 6669, 7893
    >>Government Employees Compensation Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-424), 10038-9
    >>Hazardous Products Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-425), 10039
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 4015
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 7431, 7841, 8785, 9089, 9702, 9939
    >>Hockey, S.O. 31, 9272
    >>Impaired driving, petitions, 3387
    >>Income tax, 10037-8
    >>Income Tax Act (amdt.--donors to food banks)(Bill C-330), 4869
    >>Income Tax Act (amdt.--tax credit for mental or physical impairment)(Bill C-331), 4869
    >>Indian Act (amdt.--definition of infant child)(Bill C-428), 10039
    >>Infrastructure program, 8110
    >>>Petition, 8201
    >>Insurance Companies Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-430), 10039-40
    >>International development, S.O. 31, 7830
    >>Interpretation Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-408), 10035
    >>Iris Inc., S.O. 31, 9078-9
    >>Job creation, 444, 8109-10
    >>Land Titles Act (amdt.--age of majority and definition of infant)(Bill C-431). 10040
    >>Liberal Party, S.O. 31, 9016
    >>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-412), 10036
    >>Mirabel International Airport, 8109
    >>National Capital Region
    >>>S.O. 31, 6605
    >>National Literacy Standards Across Canada Act (Bill C-329), 4869
    >>National Standards Across Canada for Education Provided by the Provinces Act (Bill C-328), 4869
    >>Nuclear energy, petition, 3387
    >>Nuclear reactors, o.q., 7145
    >>Nuclear waste, petition, 10238
    >>Nuclear weapons
    >>>Petitions, 7747, 8145
    >>>S.O. 31, 8773
    >>Pearson Right Hon. Lester B., S.O. 31, 9929
    >>Pension Fund Societies Act (amdt.--definition of minor child)(Bill C-433), 10040
    >>Poverty, S.O. 31, 7512
    >>Privacy Act (amdt.--definition of minor)(Bill C-434), 10040
    >>Privilege, language, inappropriate/improper, 2946-7
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 4050
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 2912, 7326
    >>>Members' remarks, 7425
    >>>Petitions, 4418
    >>Program Cost Declaration Act (Bill C-214), 7543-4
    >>Quebec distinct society status, 8176-7
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 444
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 2911-3
    >>>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 2911
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-429), 10039
    >>Science and technology, 444
    >>>S.O. 31, 1415-6
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 3387, 3877
    >>Sri Lanka, petition, 367
    >>Territorial Lands Act (amdt.--definition of adult)(Bill C-435), 10040-1
    >>Terrorism, o.q., 767
    >>Training programs, S.O. 31, 3252-3
    >>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8109-10
    >>Turkey, petition, 4507
    >>Vietnam, petition, 3877
    >>Wages Liability Act (amdt.--definition of adult)(Bill C-436), 10041
    >>Women, M. on supply (Guay), 8788-9, 8796-7
    >>Young offenders, 10038
    >>Young Offenders Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-413), 10036