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Hirter, Maj see Canadian Armed Forces--MacKinnon, Cpl
Hispanic community see Immigration/immigrants
Heritage buildings/sites
>>
Windermere House, Windermere, Ont., fire, destruction, S.O. 31, 421
Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments
>>
Capitol Theatre, Chatham, Ont., restoration, Chatham Capitol Theatre
Association, tribute, S.O. 31, 8192
>>Carleton County Court House, Upper Woodstock, N.B., Mrs. Dees Homer,
Carleton County Historical Society, tribute, S.O. 31, 3309
>>Grosse-Ile Isle, Que., Irish immigrants, quarantine station, 1847
typhoid/cholera epidemic, monument, S.O. 31, 816, 1044, 9209
>>Parc de l'aventure basque en Amérique, Trois-Pistoles, Que., S.O. 31,
4068-9, 9738
>>Province House, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 150th anniversary, S.O. 31, 7963
>>Radar Hill, British Columbia, renaming, Kap'Yong Hill, opposition
>>>Korean conflict, service, commemorating, o.q., 9330-1
>>>S.O. 31, 8772-3
>>Southern New Brunswick Railway Company station, McAdam, N.B., tourism role,
6285
>>St. Norbert, Man., Trappist monastery, restoration, community involvement,
S.O. 31, 8830
>>See also Heritage;
Parks Canada
History see Canadian history
Hitler, Adolf see Armenia--Genocide of 1915
HIV/AIDS
>>
Clinical trial network, funding, extension, o.q., 9220
>>Contracting, lifestyle, relationship, G. Hill comments, condemning, 2583
>>>S.O. 31, 2558
>>HIV/AIDS tests see Immigration/immigrants;
Penitentiaries--Inmates;
Refugees;
Sexual assault/offences--Victims right to know
HIV/AIDS Sub-Committee
>>
Report (Compassionate access to investigational therapy), tabled, 5297
>>Travel, authorization, M. (Zed), agreed to, 2483
HIV contaminated blood see Blood--Blood management system
HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) see Penitentiaries--Inmates
HMCS Athabaskan see Canadian Armed Forces
HMCS Preserver see Defence equipment--Ships
Hobart, Australia see Australia--Murder
Hockey
>>
CIAU national tournament
>>>Acadia Axemen, champions, congratulating, S.O. 31, 520-1
>>Gravenhurst Cubs, mid-Ontario Junior C championship, winners, S.O. 31, 9212
>>Kemptville '73s, Junior "B" champions, S.O. 31, 10114
>>Memorial Cup, Grandby Prédateurs, 1996 major junior champions, 2998
>>Montreal Forum, closure, S.O. 31, 581-2
>>National Hockey League
>>>Canadian players, excellence, S.O. 31, 2135
>>>Florida Panthers, Stanley Cup finalists, Doug MacLean, coach,
congratulating, S.O. 31, 4016
>>>Hamilton, Ont., expansion bid, rejection, condemning, S.O. 31, 8442-3
>>>Lalime, Patrick, goaltender, success, tribute, S.O. 31, 7831
>>New Liskeard Cubs, Ontario AAA Midget hockey champions, S.O. 31, 9599
>>Ottawa Silver Seven
>>>1903-1906 Stanley Cup champions, Dey's skating rink, Ottawa, Ont., home
arena, commemorating, S.O. 31, 9272
>>>1905 Stanley Cup series, Dawson City Nuggets, opponents, re-enactment, S.O.
31, 9272, 9323-4
>>Western Hockey League, Prince George Cougars, S.O. 31, 9479
>>Women's World Hockey Championships, Team Canada, winners, S.O. 31, 9374-5,
9443
>>World University Hockey Championship, Team Canada, winners, S.O. 31, 9442
Hodgkin's disease see Health--Cancer, Cuccione
Hoechst Marion Roussel Canada see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Research and development
Hoeppner, Jake E. (REF--Lisgar--Marquette)
- >>Access to Information Act (amdt.)(Bill C-211), 188
>>Administrative Tribunals (Remedial and Disciplinary Measures) Act (Bill C-49), 5929, 5936-7
>>Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34), 9861-5
>>Agricultural producers/farmers, 3961, 9864, 9895
>>Agricultural products, 1560, 9861-4, 9895-6, 9899
>>Agriculture, 226-7, 3961, 9863, 9893, 9895, 9899
>>Bankruptcy and insolvency, 811
>>Bombardier Inc., 9899
>>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 1070
>>Budget, 4587-8
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 800, 811, 847, 1560
>>Canada, 9862
>>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 8541-2
>>Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44), 9822
>>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 960
>>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 5359-60, 7450-1
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2457-8
>>Canadian Wheat Board, 3960, 6287, 7451, 9440, 9865
>>>o.q., 715, 825-6
>>>qu., 2951-2, 7587
>>>S.O. 31, 523, 5364
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.--audit)(Bill C-212), 188, 3666-8
>>Capital punishment, 4587-8
>>Child care, M. on supply (Hayes), 6574-7
>>Committees, 5815
>>Committees of the Whole House
>>>M. (H. Gray), 5813-6
>>>M. (J. Chrétien), 15
>>Criminal Code, 4580, 4586-9
>>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9439-40
>>Defence equipment, 7452
>>Deficit, 800
>>Democracy, 2457
>>Economic conditions, 811
>>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 31, 1886, 9927
>>Employment, 2783
>>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2780, 2783
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7322-3
>>Family, 2456, 6274, 6575-6
>>>Petition, 9939
>>Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38), 3960-1, 9893-6, 9899
>>Farm equipment, 9864
>>Farm income, 6574-7
>>Farm Support and Adjustment Measures, 3960
>>Food, 9895
>>Gasoline taxes, petition, 9940
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, petition, 7431
>>Goods and Services Tax, 5814, 7322
>>Government appointments, 5929, 5936-7
>>Grain, 9864
>>Grain marketing, 3961, 5814, 6287, 6575, 9861, 9863-4
>>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 4107-11, 4124
>>>o.q., 2361, 3873, 7315, 7520
>>>S.O. 31, 1953, 5055
>>Grain transportation, 847, 8541-2, 9861-3, 9865, 9894
>>>o.q., 9936-7
>>Grainews, 9863
>>Gross Domestic Product, 6248
>>Gun control/guns, 2457
>>Harvard, 6289-90
>>Hemp, 6287
>>Highways and roads, petition, 9940
>>Housing, 1173
>>Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction of interest on mortgage loans)(Bill C-244), 1173
>>Inflation, 6248
>>Justice system, 9439-40
>>Legislation, M. (H. Gray), 226-7
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 2457, 9440
>>>S.O. 31, 5730
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 226
>>Members of Parliament, 227, 5815
>>Murder, 4586
>>National debt, 268-9, 4586, 4588
>>Official Opposition, 226
>>Parole, 4580, 4586-7, 9439
>>Pornography, petition, 7431
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 3668
>>>Members' remarks, 2567
>>>Speeches, 4107, 5071
>>Promises, 5813-4
>>Public safety, 4587
>>References see Grain transportation--Barley; Promises; Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals
>>Reform Party, 227, 5815-6, 9895
>>>S.O. 31, 5472-3
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 4586, 4588
>>Sexual orientation, 2457-8
>>Speakership, 15, 226, 5814-6
>>Taxation, S.O. 31, 8500
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 6248, 6250, 6274, 6287
>>Unemployment insurance, 2780
>>Victims of crime, 6250, 9440
>>Violent offences, 4586-8
>>Waterhen Indian Reserve, o.q., 9443
Hogs
>>
Exports to United States, countervail duty, Commerce Department repealing,
refunding duty paid, o.q., 5293
Holidays see Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
Holidays Act (amdt.)(Bill C-365)--S. Harper
>>
First reading, 7523
Hollinger Inc. see Newspapers
Holmes, Brian see Impaired driving--Deaths caused
Holmes, Linda LeBreton see Impaired driving--Deaths caused
Holocaust
>>
Commemorating, April 15, 1814, 1819
>>Denial, misrepresentation of history, 1848
>>German government recognizing moral responsibility, 1817
>>Historical background, description, etc., 1821, 1847, 1859, 1863, 1866
>>Lecture by Dr. Israel Unger, "Childhood Survivors' Memoir of the
Holocaust", S.O. 31, 1414
>>Nuremberg international war crimes tribunal, 1826, 1828-9, 1856
>>>Canadian role, Bruce J.F. Macdonald, prosecutor, 6866
>>Shoa, terminology, 7358
Holy Bible
>>
King James version, 2421
>>Moral standard, return, petitions, 536, 2485
>>See also Penitentiaries--Inmates, Bible
Holyk, Walter see Canadian Mining Hall of Fame--Inductees
Home care see Health care system
Home copying charge see Audio and video tapes--Blanks; Taxation--No increase
Home heating fuel see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization
Home invasions see Break and enter; Refugees--Criminals
Home security systems see Break and enter--Increase; Crime prevention
Homeless people see Chrétien, Jean--References
Homer, Mrs. Dees see Heritage buildings--Carleton County Court House
Homesteads see Bankruptcy and insolvency--Property exempt from seizure
Homolka, Karla see Murderers--Bernardo, Paul
Homophobia see Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals
Homosexuality/homosexuals see Sexual orientation
Hong Kong
>>
Chinese takeover in 1997
>>>Canadians, permanent residents, retaining status, 3383-4
>>>>o.q., 4806
>>>Human rights, demonstration rights, etc., impact, o.q., 9995-6
>>>Residents, visitor visa requirement, exemption, o.q., 9279
>>>Temporary legislative counsel, establishing, 3383
>>>Vietnamese, expulsion, Canada, accepting, o.q., 3822
>>>See also Citizenship and Immigration Department
Hood, Justice Sherman see Sexual assault/offences--Judges remarks
Hopkins, Leonard (L--Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke)
- >>Abortion, petition, 4160
>>Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, 808-9
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 807-9
>>Canada, 10237
>>>S.O. 31, 1835-6
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 807
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 89-90
>>>M. (B. Mills), 5637-9
>>>o.q., 483
>>>S.O. 31, 8128
>>Capital gains tax, 4766-7
>>Caribbean, 88-9
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (J. Chrétien), 14-5
>>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, petition, 10238
>>Economic development/renewal, 809
>>Emergencies/disasters, 5638
>>Government, 5638-9
>>Haiti
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 88-90
>>>S.O. 31, 7879
>>Hees, George, 3932
>>Hopkins, references, S.O. 31, 10179
>>House of Commons, 14-5
>>Howe, William Marvin, 4231
>>Hungary, 5638
>>Income Tax Act, 4767
>>Interest rates, 809
>>Knowles, Hon. Stanley, S.O. 31, 1540
>>Korean conflict, 5638
>>National debt, 809
>>Neary, Steve, 3828
>>Nuclear Liability Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249), 8163-4
>>Peacekeeping, 90
>>Persian Gulf War (1991), 5638
>>Private family trusts, M. on supply (Loubier), , 4766-8
>>Railton, Dr. Victor, 4232
>>References
>>>Retirement, S.O. 31, 10179
>>>Taking Chair as Acting Speaker, 5642
>>>See also Board of Internal Economy--Members; Members of Parliament--Celebrating
>>Ringuette-Maltais, references, 14
>>Roy, Jean-Robert, 7718
>>Science and technology, 808
>>Seniors Benefit, 807
>>Speakership, 4183
>>Taxation, 4767
>>Territorial Protection Act (Bill C-441), 10237
>>United Nations, 5638
>>Veterans, S.O. 31, 76183
>>World War I, S.O. 31, 9647
Hormones see Bovine growth hormones
- >>Horror see Obscenity--Criminal Code
Horseshoe pitching
>>
1997 world championships, Kitchener-Waterloo Khaki Club, co-sponsoring,
S.O. 31, 6742
Hospice Association of Ontario see Health care system--Home care
Hospitals
>>
Ambulatory care, efficiency improving, 1782
>>Charles-Lemoyne Hospital Foundation, "Ral-lit" bed race, fundraising event,
S.O. 31, 5161
>>Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals Foundation, administrator, severance package,
fundraising efforts, impact, S.O. 31, 6000
>>Children's hospitals, Children's Hospital Foundation fundraising telethon
>>>Children's Miracle Network Champions
>>>>Harrold, Sierra, S.O. 31, 3201
>>>>Schweigert, Tonya, S.O. 31, 3252
>>>>Stephens, Chris, S.O. 31, 3201
>>>Opération Enfant-Soleil, S.O. 31, 3310-1
>>Montfort Hospital see Francophones outside Quebec--Ontario
>>Research see Canada Foundation for Innovation
>>Women's College Hospital, women's health concerns, leadership role, S.O. 31,
6954
>>See also Elections--Right to vote;
Goods and Services Tax--Municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals;
Health care system--Funding, Cut-backs;
Interprovincial trade--Internal Trade Agreement;
Penitentiaries--CORCAN;
Sexual assault/offences--Accused acces to medical and therapeutic records;
Veterans
Hostage-taking see Niger--L'Archer, Serge
House Business see Business of the House
House Management Standing Committee see Speakership--Junior Chair officers
House of Commons
>>
Broadcasting/televising, Speaker identifying Members by name and reading for
visually-impaired viewers, S.O. 31, 9076
>>Costs, operating, 682
>>Debate, quality, decline, 7736-7
>>Decorum, restoring
>>>Reform Party hypocrisy, Charest statement, 10-11, 14-5
>>>Reform Party role, 7398-9
>>>>o.q., 2359
>>>S.O. 31, 8304, 9737
>>Democracy, lack, Cabinet controlling, Reform Party reform proposals, 3073-4,
3104, 5755, 5759-61, 5833-4, 6767, 6846, 6870-1, 6873, 6877-8, 7640, 8898
>>E-mail system see Marchand--References
>>Employees
>>>Reform Party breakfast, S.O. 31, 9740
>>>Tributes, 9630, 10251
>>>>S.O. 31, 10227
>>>See also Public Service--Collective bargaining, Binding arbitration
>>Estimates
>>>1996-97 Expenditure Plan, tabled, 391
>>>1997-98 Expenditure Plan, tabled, 8349
>>>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports,
Sixty-third
>>Expenditures, financial control, 3070
>>Moments of silence, 244, 488, 1873, 1953, 2016, 2058
>>"O Canada", singing, Liberal Party Members opposing, 666-7, 740
>>Oral question period see House of Commons--Question period
>>Pages and Parliamentary interns, S.O. 31, 4740
>>Pages, tributes, 3825-6, 10122
>>>S.O. 31, 7380
>>Parliamentary Sibling Day, Members of Parliament, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Associations of Ottawa-Carleton, co-sponsoring, S.O. 31, 5952
>>Party discipline see Members of Parliament--Party discipline
>>Pledge of allegiance see Canadian flag
>>Postal system, use to distribute anonymous material, Board of Internal
Economy investigating, 2566-7
>>Printing Bureau
>>>Compliance with order from Prime Minister's Office not to complete printing
order, 211-2
>>>Printing requests from Members of Parliament, informing Prime Minister's
Office, 43-5
>>Proceedings, broadcasting, Parliamentary Channel, northern Ontario access,
1508
>>Public gallery, Melissa Labrador, Micmac youth, Forum for Young Canadians
participant, refused entry with eagle feather, apologies, 8946
>>>Eagle feather presented to Speaker Gilbert Parent by Elijah Harper, 8955
>>>Statement by Minister (Irwin), 8954-5
>>Quebec representation, 4386-7
>>>25% minimum, establishing, 6685, 6717, 6721
>>>See also Members of Parliament--Quebec representation
>>Question period, 6752
>>>Chair determining participation, role changing, 7472-3
>>>o.q., 7710-1, 7713, 7834-5
>>>Reform Party
>>>>Attitude, etc., 5837-8, 5842, 5849
>>>>Making deal with independent Member to share time, 7470-2
>>>S.O. 31, 6741
>>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports,
Sixty-first
>>Reform, opposition Members powers, etc., Liberal Party election promises,
225
>>Reform Party behaviour, 10152
>>>o.q., 7574
>>Seating, Progressive Conservative Party Members moved, Reform Party Members
rude treatment factor, 3100
>>Standing Orders see Standing Orders
>>Votes
>>>Cross party voting, New Zealand, 9262
>>>Free votes, 331, 721, 3073-4, 5764 , 6873, 6877, 10059
>>>>Liberal Party 1993 election promise, 13, 1800, 5765, 5847, 9056-7
>>>>>o.q., 1765, 1768-9, 1840-1, 2063, 2758
>>>>Reform Party position/election promise, 5861, 7900, 10081
>>>>>o.q., 2813, 10117
>>>>See also Capital punishment--Reinstating;
Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Legislation;
Victims of crime--Bill of Rights, Supply motion
>>>Non-confidence votes, o.q., 1764, 1768-9, 1841
>>>Proxy, New Zealand, 9262
>>See also Cabinet Ministers--Absence;
Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role;
Committees;
Defence equipment--Purchases;
Foreign policy;
Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Auditor
General's reports;
Members of Parliament--Impeachment;
Organ donation;
Parliament;
Peacekeeping--Canadian role;
Reform Party--Role in House of Commons;
Senate--Powers;
Standing Orders
House of Commons vacancies
>>
Calgary West (resignation of Stephen Harper), 7547
>>Etobicoke North (resignation of Hon. Roy MacLaren), 6
>>Hamilton East (resignation of Hon. Sheila Copps), 2175
>>Humber--Sainte Barbe--Baie Verte (resignation of Hon. Brian Tobin), 6
>>Joncquière (death of André Caron), 7615
>>Lac-Saint-Jean (resignation of Hon. Lucien Bouchard), 6
>>Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (resignation of Hon. Warren Allmand), 8475
>>Nunatsiaq (resignation of Jack Iyerak Anawak), 9741
>>Papineau--Saint-Michel (resignation of Hon. André Ouellet), 6
>>Saint-Laurent--Cartierville (resignation of Shirley Maheu), 6