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Manpower training see training programs

Man's inhumanity to man see Armenia--Genocide of 1915

Manslaughter see Immigration/immigrants--Illegal; Murderers--Bernardo, Paul; Violence--Women, victims, Klassen, Susan

Manufacturers' franchisees see Farm equipment--Dealers; Motor vehicles--Dealers

Manufacturers' sales tax see Goods and Services Tax

Manufacturers' see Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters Canada

Maple Creek, Sask. see Penitentiaries--Okimaw Ohic Healing Lodge

Maple Leaf Mills see Flour milling

Maple syrup industry

    >>1997 season, decline in quality and quantity, impact, 9874
    >>Exports, promotion, 5924
    >>Hastings--Frontenac--Lennox and Addington riding, invitation, S.O. 31, 9597-8
    >>Producers, advance payments, 9855-6
    >>>qu., 4161-2
    >>Quebec, modernization, S.O. 31, 9928
    >>Surplus production, government purchase, price stabilization, 5922, 5924

Marchand, Jean-Paul (BQ--Québec-Est)

    >>Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34), 3951-2
    >>Automobile leasing, 1651
    >>Banks, 1456, 1651-2
    >>Boudria, references, o.q., 5167
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 4206-7
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1455-7
    >>Canada Employment Centres, S.O. 31, 4550
    >>Canadian flag, S.O. 31, 3556
    >>Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20), 3408
    >>Constitution, M. (Rock), 3308-9, 3326-8
    >>Corporations, 1455
    >>Dairy products, 1455
    >>Defence expenditures, 1455
    >>Deficit, 1455-6
    >>Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-11), 1647-52
    >>Education, 3308, 3328, 3785, 3795
    >>Employment, S.O. 31, 2353
    >>Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38), 3959-60
    >>Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.--provincial legislation contravening the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms)(Bill C-373), 8357
    >>Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.--social services for the French linguistic minority of a province)(Bill C-374), 8357
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, 3178-81, 3308-9, 3327-8, 3782-5, 3789, 3812, 8357
    >>>M. on supply, 3782-6, 3789, 3794, 3812
    >>>o.q., 1766, 2139, 2183-4, 3209, 5246-7, 6562, 9450
    >>>S.O. 31, 3706-7, 6053, 8500
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5723-4
    >>Government contracts, 1455
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 8019
    >>Immigration/immigrants, S.O. 31, 3418
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), M. on supply (Solberg), 3177-81
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5723-4
    >>Mirabel International Airport, 3408
    >>National debt, 1455, 1648-9
    >>Nuclear energy, S.O. 31, 3556
    >>Official Languages Act (amdt.--enforcement of the duties of the government)(Bill C-367), 7722
    >>Official Languages Commissioner, o.q., 2139
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 3794
    >>>o.q., 364, 5479-80, 6661, 7885, 9324
    >>Patronage, 3960
    >>Private family trusts, 1456-7, 1649-50
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 6503
    >>Public Service, 1455
    >>>o.q., 5059
    >>>S.O. 31, 1655
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, S.O. 31, 3706-7
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), o.q., 5167
    >>References
    >>>House of Commons e-mail used to sell wife`s book, o.q., 5372
    >>>See also Francophones outside Quebec
    >>Senate, 1455
    >>Taxation, 1650
    >>Television, o.q., 9934-5
    >>Training programs, o.q., 9450
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 1648
    >>Unemployment insurance, 1456, 1648-9
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 1456-7, 1648-9
    >>Young, references see Immigration/immigrants--Political opinions re Quebec separation

Marchand, Hon. Senator Len (L--Kamloops-Cariboo)

    >>References, resignation as Senator, postponing, Prime Minister Chrétien request, o.q., 8782

Marchesseault, Claude

    >>Académie des Grands Montérégiens, Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., honouring, S.O. 31, 1581

Marchi, Hon. Sergio (L--York West; Minister of theEnvironment)

    >>Air pollution, o.q., 2812, 7087, 8658, 10071-2
    >>Arctic, 326
    >>Canada Endangered Species Protection Act (Bill C-65), 5919
    >>Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 323, 325
    >>Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1977, 7277
    >>Environment, 322-4, 326
    >>>o.q., 3320-1, 3825, 5604
    >>>Statement by Minister, 1770-2; 3493-4
    >>Environment Department
    >>>o.q., 7522
    >>>Sustainable development strategy, tabled, 10029
    >>Environmental industries, 324
    >>>o.q., 1714
    >>Environmental technologies, 324
    >>Family, o.q., 5167
    >>Forestry, 326
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 4679-83
    >>>o.q., 590, 4672
    >>Great Lakes, 325
    >>>o.q., 9746
    >>Hazardous waste
    >>>o.q., 2943, 4865
    >>>qu., 7111-2
    >>Humber River, 324
    >>Irving Whale, 325
    >>>o.q., 587, 3564, 4503, 4559, 5168-9
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 1774, 4679-83
    >>Migratory birds, o.q., 9653-4, 10188
    >>Nova Scotia, o.q., 4557
    >>Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region Conference, 326
    >>Peregrine falcons, 323
    >>Pollution, 323, 325
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 1774
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 9232
    >>Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30), 1774
    >>References see Citizenship and Immigration Department
    >>St. Lawrence River, 323
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 322-6
    >>Water, 322, 325
    >>Wildlife, 323
    >>>o.q., 1172, 5483, 5961-2

Marijuana see Cannabis; Drug/substance abuse; Hemp

Marine Atlantic Inc. see Ferry service--Commercialization

Marine conservation areas see National parks

Marine safety

    >>West Coast, government policies endangering, S.O. 31, 6123

Marine transport

    >>Canadian Coast Guard services, fee structure changes, impact, o.q., 6368
    >>Dubai, Taiwanese ship in Halifax, N.S. harbour, alleged murder of Romanian stowaways in international waters, Canadian actions, o.q., 3086-7
    >>>Fines re stowaways factor, S.O. 31, 3917
    >>Facilities, deterioration, 6241
    >>Flags of convenience, foreign registered vessels avoiding Canadian environmental and safety regulations, 5214-5
    >>Government expenditures on construction, lack, 8094
    >>Maritime claims for damages, ship owners liability, 5212-5
    >>>International conventions of 1957 and 1976, relationship, 5212-4
    >>>Oil spills, pollution damage, 5212-4
    >>>PCBs, 5215
    >>>Pleasure and recreational vessels, 5212-3
    >>>See also Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--maritime liability)(Bill C-58)
    >>National marine policy, Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44), 8053, 8096, 9683
    >>>Transport Standing Committee study, 8096-7
    >>>See also Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44)
    >>Navigation aids see Canadian Coast Guard; Ports
    >>Pilotage
    >>>Fees, setting faster, 4788
    >>>Government funding, prohibiting, 4788, 4790, 4808
    >>>Great Lakes, necessity/costs, safety factor, etc., 4789-90, 9822
    >>>Laurentian Pilotage Authority, future, 9822
    >>>Ministerial review in 1988, 4788, 4808
    >>>Modernizing, 8096
    >>>Safety and environmental protection, priority, 4788, 9688, 9815, 9829
    >>>St. Lawrence Seaway
    >>>>Administration, moving to Ottawa, Ont., 4793
    >>>>French language, use, 9812-3
    >>>See also Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44); Grain transportation--Marine transport
    >>Summit, holding, 8093
    >>See also Ferry service

Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges see Canadian Armed Forces

Maritime transportation

Maritimes pipeline see Pipelines

Marketing boards see Agricultural products--Supply-management system

Markham Electric see Canadian International Development Agency--Mali

Marleau, Hon. Diane (L--Sudbury; Minister of PublicWorks and Government Services)

    >>Canada Post Corporation, o.q., 5171, 5244, 6011, 9279, 9554, 9652
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, o.q., 5061
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9639
    >>Defence equipment, o.q., 714
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 365, 1174-6
    >>Government advertising, o.q., 240, 5557-8
    >>Government buildings, o.q., 711-2
    >>Government contracts
    >>>o.q., 9657
    >>>qu., 4237, 5485
    >>Government programs and services, 1175-6
    >>>o.q., 1469
    >>Housing, o.q., 184, 714, 3007-8, 4019, 8091, 8656, 9175
    >>International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act Order Act (Bill C-77), 9900, 9902
    >>Labour disputes, o.q., 6134, 6796
    >>Parliament Buildings, o.q., 2613
    >>Peters, Arnold, 4461
    >>Postal rates, o.q., 5244
    >>Postal service, o.q., 1549, 5246, 5563-4, 6564, 7041, 7241
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, government, 365
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 9232
    >>Roy, Jean-Robert, 7717-8
    >>Tobacco products, o.q., 6007

Marleau, Robert (Clerk, House of Commons)

    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, report, 568

Marrakech agreement see Agricultural products--Supply-management system

Marriage

    >>Definition
    >>>Limiting to one spouse of opposite sex, 5609
    >>>>Petitions, 6067, 6194, 6226, 6521, 6616, 6670, 6966, 7089, 7392-3, 7747, 10145, 10238
    >>>>See also Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act and Interpretation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-340)
    >>>Reform Party position, 2111, 6537-8
    >>Provincial jurisdiction, 4925-6, 4931
    >>>See also Divorce--Federal jurisdiction
    >>S.O. 31, 3481
    >>See also Bankruptcy and insolvency; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Family

Marriage counselling see Divorce

Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act and Interpretation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-340)--Wappel

    >>First reading, 5609
    >>See also Marriage--Definition

Marsaw, LCmdr Dean see Canadian Armed Forces

Marshall, Hon. Jack

    >>Order of Canada, recipient, S.O. 31, 2706

Martial law see Zaire--Civil war

Martin, Dorothy see Family violence--Deaths of women

Martin, Keith (REF--Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca)