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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

>>First reading, 9417-8

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

>>Breathalyser evidence, reversing onus, etc., 3539-40, 9615
>>Comprehensive solution required, S.O. 31, 4796-7
>>Criminal Code provisions, strengthening, 9399-400
>>>M. (Harris), 6929-37, 7852-60, agreed to, on division, 7860
>>>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on the Order Paper, 6936-7
>>>S.O. 31, 8388
>>Deaths caused, 9399-400
>>>Chambly constituency, Félix Patenaude and Marie-Pier Parent, S.O. 31, 3122-3
>>>Nepean constituency, Michael Agapitos, Linda LeBreton Holmes and Brian Holmes, court delays, S.O. 31, 2060
>>>Sentences, seven year minimum proposal, legislation, 93-4, 946-54, 2915-24, 3774, 4415-6, 4479-84
>>>>Deemed votable, 4479, 4653
>>>>Government position, Liberal Party Members not allowed to support bill, 3910-1
>>>>McRae, Steve, death, S.O. 31, 420
>>>>Mothers Against Drunk Driving position, S.O. 31, 961
>>>>Petitions, 2951, 3012-3, 3326, 3567, 3723-4, 4159, 4236-7, 4265, 4267, 4447, 5117, 5485, 6378, 7433, 7523, 8514-5
>>>>S.O. 31, 34, 129, 2938, 7182, 7305
>>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--operation while impaired)(Bill C-201)
>>>Verhulst, Cindy, S.O. 31, 7459
>>Holiday season, S.O. 31, 7233-4
>>Mothers Against Drunk Driving role, etc.,
>>>S.O. 31, 232, 7459, 7514
>>>See also Impaired driving--Deaths caused
>>Petitions, 3387
>>Sentences
>>>Severity of crime, zero tolerance, 2949
>>>>Petitions, 96, 1775, 1900, 2017, 2189, 2315, 2484-5, 2716, 2816, 3013-4, 3497, 3721-2, 4159, 4236, 4267, 4350, 4507, 4571, 4677-8, 4995-6, 5297, 5609, 5611, 6091, 6378, 6967-8, 7193-4, 7392, 7433, 7723, 8956-7, 9805
>>>See also Impaired driving--Deaths caused
>>Students Against Drunk Driving, Humboldt, Sask. march Mar. 15/96, S.O. 31, 356

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