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Ianno, Tony (L--Trinity--Spadina)

    >>AIDS, petition, 8018
    >>Armenia, M. on supply (Daviault), 1865-7
    >>Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1866
    >>Cambodia, 1866
    >>Canada Elections Act (amdt.)(Bill C-301), 3640, 8957
    >>China, 1867
    >>Constitution, M. (Rock), 3356-9
    >>Crimes against humanity, 1866-7
    >>Education, 3356-9
    >>Elections, 3640
    >>Goods and Services Tax, petition, 9807
    >>Holocaust, 1866
    >>Housing, o.q., 8656
    >>Newfoundland, 3359
    >>Nuclear weapons, petition, 9807
    >>Portugal, S.O. 31, 3553
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 8957
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 993, 1874
    >>Rwanda, 1866
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 568
    >>South Africa, 1866
    >>Trade, 1867

IBM see International Business Machines

ICAO see International Civil Aviation Organization

Ice cream see Dairy products

Icebreaking see Canadian Coast Guard; Ports--Navigational aids

Ichim, Christine see Health--Leukemia

ICLRP see Income contingent loan replacement plan

IDEE-PME see Small and medium business

Identification of Criminals Act (amdt.--forensic analysis)(Bill C-322)--Hanger

    >>First reading, 4157
    >>See also Justice system--DNA evidence, Police taking samples

IFOR see Bosnia and Herzegovina--Peace accord

Iftody, David (L--Provencher)

    >>Atomic Energy of Canada, petition, 367-8
    >>Bank Act (amdt.--amalgamation)(Bill C-398), 9513-4
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 1932-3
    >>Canadian Wheat Board, o.q., 4228
    >>Crime, petition, 4087
    >>Dairy products, 1933
    >>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Gauthier), 5650
    >>Emergencies/disasters, o.q., 2186
    >>Employment, 2783
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2781-3
    >>Financial institutions, 9513-4
    >>Grain transportation, 1932-3
    >>>o.q., 8197
    >>Job creation, o.q., 9609
    >>Mining industry, petition, 4087
    >>Penitentiaries, petition, 7391
    >>Pornography, petition, 8663
    >>Ports, petition, 4087
    >>Same-sex couples, petitions, 2525, 8663
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 2525, 4087
    >>Suicide, petition, 8663
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2781-3

Illegal immigrants see Immigration/immigrants

Illiteracy see Literacy

ILO see International Labour Organization

IMAX see Film and video industry

IMF see International Monetary Fund

Immigrants see Immigration/immigrants

Immigration Act see Criminal Code, Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Immigration Act (amdt.--spread of HIV and AIDS)(Bill C-406)

Immigration Act (amdt.--permanent resident status)(Bill C-378)--Bhaduria

    >>First reading, 8662

Immigration Act (amdt.--reimbursement)(Bill C-397)--Dromisky

Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)

    >>Board member, Philip Chrysafidis, criminal charges, suspension, requesting, 4704-5
    >>>o.q., 2760
    >>Dismantling, 7606
    >>>M. (Hanger), 2639-47
    >>>Subsumption of functions to Citizenship and Immigration Department, 5800
    >>Independence, mistakes, etc., 3068
    >>>Patronage appointments, impact, 5799, 5926-7, 7605
    >>Mandate, 5799
    >>Two-member, reducing to one, effectiveness, 5500, 5799
    >>See also Collenette--References

Immigration Enforcement Improvement Act (Bill C-237)--Peric

    >>First reading, 769
    >>Deemed read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on citizenship and Immigration, 769
    >>Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 769

Immigration/immigrants

    >>Acceptance/tolerance, Quebec, survey, 5773
    >>>S.O. 31, 5803
    >>Appeals process, 3905
    >>Applications
    >>>Delays, Lei family case, S.O. 31 6304
    >>>Oral examinations, number waived, qu., 6522-3
    >>>Truzewicz family case, o.q., 9932
    >>Asia see Income tax--Evasion
    >>Centres of excellence, immigrant integration, study, S.O. 31, 1098
    >>Chau-Ping, Lee, drug trafficker, admission, security checks, effectiveness, 5774
    >>>o.q., 183
    >>China-Taiwan confrontation, Taiwanese immigration, special arrangements, oral examinations, exempting, qu., 6522
    >>Consultants, licensing regulations, legislation, M. (Cannis), 2587-95, as amended, agreed to, 2595
    >>>Amdt. (Nunez), 2591, agreed to, 2595
    >>Criminals, 6847
    >>>Deportation
    >>>>Beltran, Walter, case, o.q., 6451
    >>>>Legislation, adequacy, o.q., 3209-10, 4863, 4984-5, 5961
    >>>>To El Salvador, Laos. R. White role, 2412
    >>>>See also see Criminal Code (amdt.--refugee or immigration applicants convicted of an offence on indictment)(Bill C-333); Immigration Enforcement Improvement Act (Bill C-237); Sexual assault/offences--Subbiah, Selva
    >>Deportation
    >>>Zaire, moratorium, o.q., 9480-1
    >>>See also Immigration/immigrants--Criminals
    >>Drug addicts, Patriarche, non-profit group, assisting, discrimination, petition, 7524
    >>Economic immigrants, 5769-71, 5774
    >>Family reunification, 5771-2, 5774-5
    >>>Haiti, difficulties, 88
    >>Financial guarantees, "head tax", $975, 9635
    >>>Eliminating, Liberal Party resolution, 7420-1
    >>>>o.q., 7146-7
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9210
    >>Foreign trained professionals, petition, 4236
    >>Hispanic community, Canadian society, contribution, S.O. 31, 6181
    >>HIV/AIDS tests, requiring, 9846
    >>>See also Criminal Code, Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Immigration Act (amdt.--spread of HIV and AIDS)(Bill C-406)
    >>Illegal, smuggling
    >>>Death of woman from Pakistan, manslaughter charge, etc., o.q., 5110, 5165
    >>>Government measures, effectiveness
    >>>>o.q., 6264-5, 7191
    >>>>Smuggling via aboriginal lands, relationship, o.q., 5165
    >>>Iranians, Netherlands connection, government action, o.q., 7188, 7191
    >>>North American Aerospace Defence Command role, combatting, 496
    >>Immigration settlement services
    >>>British Columbia, federal-provincial agreement, funding allocation, 9259
    >>>Quebec share, $90 million minimum, 5776, 9259
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3862
    >>Investor immigrant program, 5770, 5774
    >>>Abuse, 5774
    >>>Quebec program, jurisdiction, o.q., 1372-3, 9174-5, 9330
    >>>Regulations, changes, media briefing, Reform Party Members, access, denial, 9311-2, 9589-90
    >>Levels (1997)
    >>>Plan, tabled, 5769
    >>>Statement by Minister (Robillard), 5769-76
    >>Ministerial permits
    >>>Criminals, terrorists, undesirables, etc., o.q., 3563
    >>>o.q., 9803
    >>Permanent resident status, 8662
    >>>Mobility rights, Quebec-Canada agreement, impact, o.q., 9174-5
    >>Policy, 5769-70, 5774
    >>Political opinions re Quebec separation, Nunez example, Human Resources Development Minister Young statement, "Get yourself another country"
    >>>o.q., 3081-4, 3124-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 3201, 3250-1, 3418-9
    >>Provinces, jurisdiction, o.q., 9174-5
    >>Residency requirement, British Columbia-Canada agreement, S.O. 31, 9374
    >>Selection process, points system, qu., 6522
    >>Settlement programs, funding, fairness, o.q., 8656-7
    >>System, abuse, o.q., 183-4, 4181
    >>Tax, $975 per adult, discriminatory, 5772
    >>>Petition, 1428, 8019, 9997-8
    >>Visas
    >>>Foreign volunteers, regulations, easing, petition, 1774, 2188
    >>>Interview waiver rates, qu., 4239-40
    >>>Processing centres, qu., 4239
    >>>Visitors
    >>>>Fees, Taiwanese visitors, etc., 9139
    >>>>Latin America, difficulty obtaining, 6229-30
    >>>>Portugal, visa requirement, discriminatory, 6826-7
    >>>>>o.q., 5245-6, 9995
    >>>>>Petition, 7391
    >>>>>Rescinding, government announcement, commending, S.O. 31, 10113, 10177
    >>>>Smailovic, Vedran, cellist, denial, o.q., 10186
    >>>>Rosa Saraguro case, S.O. 31, 3814
    >>Women, contribution, S.O. 31, 474
    >>See also Armenia--Genocide of 1915, Orphans; Capital gains tax--Capital gains; Citizenship and Immigration Department; High technology industries--Employment opportunities; Immigration Act (amdt.--dependent sons and daughters)(Bill C-394; Immigration Act (amdt.--permanent resident status)(Bill C-378); Immigration Act (amdt.--reimbursement)(Bill C-397); Immigration Act (amdt.--right of landing fee)(Bill C-394); Multiculturalism; Old age pension--Guaranteed income supplement; Poverty; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995); Unemployment insurance--Benefits

Immigration settlement services see Immigration/immigrants

Impaired driving

Impeachment see Members of Parliament

Imperial Oil Limited

    >>$843 million tax rebate, o.q., 1421
    >>See also Gasoline/automotive fuel--Price increases

Imports

    >>Labour standards, child labour, etc., Levi Strauss & Co., Nike Inc. examples, o.q., 2435-6
    >>See also Agricultural products--Beef industry; Automobiles--Parts; Child labour; Dairy products--Cheese, Raw milk products--Milk, Raw milk products; Defence equipment--Land mines; Farm equipment--Chemicals; Food--Pasta products; Grain--Grandin wheat; Health--"Mad-cow" disease; Nuclear waste; Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236); Trade

Improved reporting to Parliament project (IRPP) see Estimates--Format

"In Flanders Fields" see Veterans

In-Flight Phone Canada Inc. see Telecommunications--Industry

In-home care see Caregivers; Disabled and handicapped persons

In the Lion's Den see Quebec separation/sovereignty--Quebecers right to decide

Incandescent lamps/lightbulbs see Energy efficiency

INCO Limited

    >>Smelter and refinery, construction, Argentia, Nfld., job creations, etc., S.O. 31, 7078
    >>See also Science and technology--Neutrino observatory; Universities/colleges--Cambrian College

Income

    >>Decline
    >>>Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, $3,000, etc., 5865, 5867, 6019, 6288, 8786-7, 9149, 10049, 10080, 10085
    >>>o.q., 5370, 8310, 8390-1, 8969
    >>>Tax increases, impact, 8310
    >>Definition, government changing, 9517
    >>Disposable, 8.6% decline since 1989, 2990
    >>>Remedies, o.q., 37, 133
    >>Generated in Canada, staying in Canada, Budget 1997 statement, 8290
    >>Low wage earners, percentage, OECD countries, comparison, 5905
    >>Stabilization, Liberal government (Chrétien) government policies, o.q., 5370
    >>Taxes, direct and indirect, percentage, 835
    >>See also Family income; Farm income; Interprovincial trade--Barriers, Economic impact; Tips/gratuities

Income contingent loan replacement plan (ICLRP) see Student loans

Income protection plans see Farm income

Income security

    >>National debt/deficit, impact, 794-5

Income tax

    >>1.2 million low-income earners, removal from tax rolls, Reform Party alternative "fresh start" budget proposal, 7203, 7409, 8666, 8786, 8789, 9
    >>Basic personal deduction/exemption
    >>>Increase to $7,900, Reform Party proposal, 5818, 5860-1, 6579, 7324, 7955, 9226, 9943, 9945, 10092
    >>>>o.q., 6749
    >>>Indexing to inflation, 1477, 6579
    >>Bracket creep, 9533-4, 9558-9, 9566-7
    >>British-Canadians see Pensions
    >>Burden, middle-income earners, 4756
    >>Caregiver tax credit see Caregivers
    >>Carry forward provisions see Registered retirement savings plans
    >>Child care expense deduction see Child care
    >>Child support payments, tax status see Child support payments
    >>Children under 18 required to pay, not eligible to contribute to Canada Pension Plan or Registered Retirement SaVINGS pLANS, 10037-8
    >>Collection, administration, simplification, Canada Revenue Commission role, o.q., 424
    >>Conventions/protocols with other countries, 4726
    >>>Double taxation, avoiding, 3975-6, 3979
    >>>>Canada-United States Tax Treaty, 1995 amendments, correspondence, notes, minutes of meetings, reports, etc., release, M. for Papers (Ringma), called, withdrawal requested, transfer for debate, 4352
    >>>Inter-company dividends, 3976-8
    >>>International transactions, double taxation, avoiding, 3975
    >>>Investment and trade factor, 3975-6
    >>>OECD model double tax convention, 3975
    >>>Pensions, 3976
    >>>Reform Party position, 4726
    >>>Revenue loss, 3975
    >>>Royalty payments, 3976
    >>>Russian Federation, South Africa, Tanzania, India and Ukraine, double taxation, avoiding, 3975-9
    >>>>See also Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-37)
    >>>Tax evasion, preventing, 3975, 3979
    >>>Tax haven countries, 3977-9
    >>>United States, comparison, 3978
    >>>See also Pensions--British-Canadians
    >>Deindexation, o.q., 6749
    >>Disability tax credit see Disabled and handicapped persons
    >>Education credits see Education, post-secondary--Costs
    >>Evasion
    >>>Astronaut families, Asian immigrants, 4883, 5128
    >>>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth
    >>Families, Reform Party position, 3944
    >>Flat tax, 294-5, 890-3, 1164, 3017
    >>>Reform Party position, 838, 3944, 5832, 5861
    >>>>o.q., 3824
    >>>>S.O. 31, 959
    >>>See also Corporations--Taxation, Small and medium business tax rate
    >>Foreign assets
    >>>Declaration, 9518
    >>>Reporting after April 30/98, o.q., 7887
    >>>See also Income tax returns
    >>Health and dental plan benefits see Health care system
    >>High income earners,
    >>>Not paying, numbers, o.q., 7709
    >>>Paying larger share, 7404
    >>>Reducing taxes, Reform Party position, 9561
    >>>Surtax, elimination, Reform Party position, 7324
    >>>>o.q., 6749
    >>Income tax averaging provisions, extending to persons with significantly fluctuating incomes, Finance Standing Committee recommendation, 7221
    >>Increase, 1537
    >>>G-7 comparison, 7942, 10052
    >>Indians, refunds, Indian Act (amdt.)(Bill C-31)(1st Sess., 33rd Parl.), impact, qu., 5776
    >>Infirm dependent credit see Disabled and handicapped persons--In-home care
    >>Information, confidentiality, Auditor General breaching, 4565-6, 4731-3
    >>>See also National Revenue Department--Data bases
    >>Legislation (Bill C-92)
    >>>Committee study prior to second reading, limiting opportunity to debate and amend, 9528-33, 9536
    >>>Delay, 9516
    >>>Finance Standing Committee amendments, 9920-1
    >>>Speedy passage, 9515-7
    >>>See also Income Tax Budget Amendments, 1996 (Bill C-92)
    >>Loop-holes, closing, o.q., 9216
    >>Lottery and gambling winnings see Lotteries
    >>Low-income earners see Income tax--1.2 million low-income earners
    >>Mortgage interest deductability see Housing--Mortgage loans; Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction of interest on mortgage loans)(Bill C-244)
    >>Non-military purposes, directing to, petition, 10145
    >>Non-residents, income from outside country, 3943
    >>Northern living allowance, deduction, elimination
    >>>Grand Rapids, Man., o.q., 9022
    >>>Mackenzie, B.C., impact, S.O. 31, 1457
    >>Ontario personal income tax reduction, o.q., 2476-7
    >>Overseas employment tax credits, oil patch claimants, disallowance, S.O. 31, 1099, 2471
    >>Peace tax, conscientious objectors paying
    >>>Petition, 394, 493, 2615
    >>>See also Defence expenditures--Conscientious objectors
    >>Pension income deduction, $1,000, elimination, 6276
    >>Personal
    >>>15% increase relative to size of economy, 10052
    >>>>o.q., 9215-6
    >>>1995 revenue, $60.5 billion, 813
    >>>Bloc Québécois review, 7800, 7948-9, 8320-1
    >>>>o.q., 7708-9
    >>>Increased revenue, 9945
    >>>No increase, Budget 1996 statement, 373, 840, 1514, 2994
    >>>>o.q., 6749
    >>>No increase in last three budgets, Liberal government (Chrétien) statement, 889, 6245, 7298, 9516-7, 9522
    >>>>o.q., 5599, 9655
    >>>See also Income tax--Ontario
    >>Rate reduction
    >>>Lowering on high income earners, eliminating loopholes, impact, 891-2
    >>>Progressive Conservative Party election platform, 9292
    >>>Reform Party proposals, 7254-6, 7257, 8078
    >>Rates
    >>>Eliminating for poor people, Reform Party position, 6020
    >>>G-7 countries, comparison, 3942
    >>Reform see Income tax--System
    >>Seniors
    >>>Basic exemption, not indexed to inflation, fixed income, tax owed for first time, o.q., 9655-6, 9742, 9744
    >>>Fixed income, tax owed for first tme, 10089
    >>>See also Seniors Benefit--Double taxation--Other income
    >>Source deduction payments, bankruptcies, secured creditor's obligation, Budget 1995 measure, 2994, 3021, 3937
    >>Spousal exemption
    >>>Increasing, families benefits, Reform Party proposal, 5818, 5860-1, 6273-4, 6290, 6579, 7324, 7955, 8787, 9943, 9945
    >>Surtaxes, 3% and 5%, eliminating, Reform Party proposal, 5818, 5861, 7409, 7955, 9943
    >>>See also Income tax--High income earners
    >>System
    >>>Fairness, 284, 4757
    >>>>o.q., 2561
    >>>Reform, review, 7220-1
    >>>>Bloc Québécois position, report, 7225-6, 7758-9, 10044
    >>>>Closed-door meetings, 1610
    >>>Voluntary compliance, 4756
    >>Tax exempt status see Nisga'a land claims--Agreement
    >>Tax rolls, removal of low income families, 7982-3
    >>Tax shelters/loopholes, eliminating, 987, 7225
    >>>o.q., 7709-10
    >>Taxpayer directing use, 7277-8, 7295, 10057-8
    >>>See also People's Tax Form Act (Bill C-361)
    >>Top 1% of income earners, 1967-1993, amount paid remaining constant, 891-2
    >>Underground economy, evasion, combatting, o.q., 3928
    >>>Construction industry voluntary reporting system, o.q., 3928
    >>United States, funds going to, reducing tax, Reform Party and Bloc Québécois positions, 5846
    >>United States social security payments, Canadian recipients, 25% United States witholding tax
    >>>Disability pension recipients, hardships, alleviating, S.O. 31, 2472
    >>>Eliminating, tax treaty provisions, Canada-United States agreement, negotiations, 8638-9
    >>>>o.q., 1423-4, 2363, 4345-6, 6132, 6184, 6315, 9485, 9604
    >>>>Petition, 1428, 4350, 5522-3, 5891-2, 6013, 6965, 7525, 7842
    >>>>qu., 3388-9
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6787
    >>>Refunds
    >>>>Canada paying until treaty approved by United States Senate, o.q., 9802
    >>>>Denial, o.q., 644, 710-1
    >>Unpaid, interest rates, increase, 3016
    >>Wealthy, not paying fair share, 7759
    >>See also Canada Pension Plan--Benefits--Contributions; Charitable donations; Child care--Expenses deduction; Child poverty; Child tax benefit; Conscientious objection act; Corporations; Gangs--Motorcycle gangs; Political parties--Donations; Registered retirement savings plans; Seniors Benefit--Tax free; Terrorism--Funding; Universities/colleges--United States universities