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Mirabel, Que. see Aerospace industry--National Metal Finishing

Mirrlees, James see Nobel Prize--Economics

Mission schools see Aboriginal peoples--Discrimination

Missionaries see Elections--Right to vote

Mississauga, Ont. see Scamurra, Sandy

Mitchell, Andy (L--Parry Sound--Muskoka)

    >>Atlantic provinces, 781
    >>Banks, 9109-10
    >>Bell Canada Act (amdt.--construction charges)(Bill C-227), 392
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 847-50
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9195-7
    >>Business Development Bank of Canada, 333, 848, 7246
    >>Canada, 2882
    >>Canada Pension Plan, S.O. 31, 1458
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2440-1
    >>Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, 8041
    >>Canadian Tourism Commission, S.O. 31, 8503
    >>Child care, 6580
    >>>M. on supply (Hayes), 6579-82
    >>Child prostitution, 5075
    >>Child tax benefit, 848
    >>Constitution, 2882, 2897
    >>Contraventions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-16), 1409-10
    >>Corporations, M. on supply (Loubier), 934-6
    >>Crime, petitions, 4160, 6378
    >>Crime prevention, 5075
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-303), 3719-20
    >>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), 5075-7
    >>Criminals, 5075
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 5075-6
    >>Darling, Stan, S.O. 31, 636
    >>Deficit, 847, 4374, 7246, 8076
    >>Economic development/renewal, 332-4, 781-2, 2897, 7246, 8429-30, 8955
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 5662-4
    >>>M. on supply (Strahl), 780-3, 788-9
    >>>o.q., 7786
    >>Economy, 4373-7, 7246
    >>Employment, 848
    >>Employment insurance, 6582, 8763
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2273-4
    >>Estimates, M. (Massé), 4373-7
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7165, 7303
    >>Export Development Corporation, 848
    >>Exports, 848, 7246
    >>Farm Credit Corporation, 9196-7
    >>Festivals, S.O. 31, 3482
    >>Finance Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 7230-2, 7245-7
    >>Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-82), 9108-11
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 8957
    >>Goods and Services Tax, petition, 8957
    >>Government, 4376
    >>Government borrowing, 847-8, 7246
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 7246
    >>Government programs and services, 849, 6581, 7246
    >>Gravenhurst Achievement Awards, S.O. 31, 5104
    >>Gross Domestic Product, 847
    >>Gun control/guns, 5076
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 9600
    >>Heritage buildings, S.O. 31, 421
    >>Highways and roads, 8074-8
    >>>Petition, 8957
    >>Hockey, S.O. 31, 9212
    >>Hydro-electric power, 780, 782
    >>Impaired driving, petitions, 3326, 6378
    >>Inflation, 848, 8076
    >>Information highway, 333-4, 7246-7, 8763
    >>Infrastructure program, 335
    >>Interest rates, 848, 7246, 8076
    >>Job creation, 613, 615, 847-8, 7246
    >>Justice system, 4973, 5075-7
    >>Members of Parliament, petition, 3326
    >>Mining industry, 780
    >>>S.O. 31, 2884, 6604, 8901-2
    >>National debt, 849
    >>National unity, 2882
    >>>S.O. 31, 179, 2555
    >>Natural Resources Department, 5663
    >>Natural Resources Standing Committee, 6317, 6376, 8955
    >>Nuclear energy, 3315, 8029-30
    >>Nuclear reactors
    >>>o.q., 7313
    >>>Petition, 9090
    >>Nuclear safety, 8041
    >>Nuclear Safety and Control Act (Bill C-23), 8027-8
    >>Nuclear weapons, 8027-8
    >>Oil and gas industry, o.q., 3318
    >>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4951
    >>Procedure, committee reports, 6376
    >>Quebec distinct society status, 2882
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, M. on supply (Gauthier), 2882, 2897-8
    >>References see Quebec separation/sovereignty
    >>Research and development, M. on supply (Suzanne Tremblay), 3514-6
    >>Rural Canada, 9196-7
    >>Same-sex couples, 2440
    >>Sexual orientation, 2440-1
    >>>Petition, 3326
    >>Small and medium business, 334, 1880-1, 7246-7, 8762-3, 9109
    >>>o.q., 1423, 8277-8
    >>>S.O. 31, 4299, 5594
    >>Small business loans, 8763
    >>Social programs, 781, 783, 847-8
    >>Softwood lumber industry, o.q., 3259
    >>Stalking, 5075
    >>Statutes of Canada, 1409-10
    >>Taxation, 6580
    >>Technology Partnerships Canada, 848, 7246
    >>Telephone service, 392
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 332-5
    >>Tourism, 5707-8
    >>>o.q., 5247
    >>>S.O. 31, 9444
    >>Trade, 7246, 8077
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 2882
    >>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8074-8
    >>Unemployment, 7230-1
    >>Unemployment insurance, 333, 614-5, 2273-4
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 613-5
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 849-50
    >>Veterans, S.O. 31, 6304
    >>Victims of crime, 3719-20
    >>>M. on supply (R. White), 2072-3
    >>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 1762
    >>Young offenders, 4973, 5075
    >>>o.q., 4504
    >>Young Offenders Act, petition, 3326
    >>Youth, S.O. 31, 3080

Mitchell, Joni see Music--Grammy Awards

Mixed enterprise corporation see Canadian Wheat Board

MMT (Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl) see Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives

Mocreebec Nation see James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement--Discrimination

Mohawk College see Universities/colleges

Mohawk Indian bands see Kanesatake Indian Band

Moisander, Monica see Kayaking--Canadian national downriver kayak championships

Moments of silence see Armenia--Genocide of 1915, Commemorating; House of Commons; Israel--Terrorist attacks on; Lebanon--Israeli attacks; Police--Deaths in line of duty; Procedure; Veterans

Monarch butterfly see Wildlife

Moncton, N.B. see Music--East Coast Music Awards

Monetary policy

    >>Bank of Canada policy, relationship, 6577

Money laundering see Crime--Organized crime--Proceeds of

Monopolies see Air navigation services--Commercialization; Canada Post Corporation--Privatization

Montfort Hospital see Francophones outside Quebec--Ontario

Montreal Botanical Gardens see Montreal, Que.

Montreal Forum see Hockey

Montreal International see Economic development/renewal--Montreal, Que.

Montreal Neurological Institute see Health--Brain tumours

Montréal-Nord Chamber of Commerce see Economic development/renewal--Montreal, Que.

Montréal-Nord constituency

    >>Name change from Bourassa constituency, 4562
    >>>Legislation see Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (amdt.--Montréal-Nord)(Bill C-326)

Montréal-Nord Corporation de développement économique et communautaire see Economic development/renewal--Montreal, Que.

Montreal Protocol see Environment--Developing countries

Montreal, Que.

    >>Montreal Botanical Gardens, economic benefits, S.O. 31, 1285
    >>"Montreal, you are my city", promotional campaign, S.O. 31, 2556
    >>Poverty, 101, 5652, 5659, 5661, 5668-9, 5697, 6501
    >>Status, other cities, comparison, 5648-9
    >>See also Aerospace industry; Armenia--Genocide, Monument; Atomic Energy of Canada Limited; Banks--International banking centres; Bell Mediasphere--Establishment; Biotechnology Research Institute; Black Canadians; Canada Employment Centres--Quebec; Canadian flags--Burning; Canadian National Railways--Privatization; Canadian Securities Commission--Toronto, Ont.; Centre for Information Technologies Innovation; Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Industry; Economic development/renewal--Montreal, Que.--Quebec; Environment--Biodiversity convention; Haiti--Préval, René; Haitian Canadians; Hazardous waste--Rehabilitation; Household canada--Call centre; Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group; Job creation; Mirabel International Airport; Murder; Parliament; Ports; Publishing industry--Institut des communications graphiques du Québec; Pulp and paper industry--Abitibi Price; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995); Rail transportation--Rail lines, Abandonment; Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Administrative reorganization; Sexual assault/offences--Victim`s right to know; Small and medium business; St. Lawrence Seaway--Construction; Tourism; Unemployment; Violence--Women; Zellers Inc.

Montreal Symphony Orchestra see Music--Grammy Awards

Montreal Urban Community Police see Police--Deaths; Rwanda--Civil war

Moody's Investors Service see Deficit

Moonlighting see Employment--Two jobs

Moore, Hon. Senator Wilfred P. (L--Chester, Nova Scotia)

    >>References, Senate appointment, S.O. 31, 4795

Moose Jaw--Lake Centre constituency see Kerpan--References

Moose Jaw, Sask. see Canadian Armed Forces--Official languages policy/bilingualism

Moosonee, Ont. see Highways and roads--Ontario

Morality see Holy Bible; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act

Morin, Guy Paul see Murder--Jessop, Christine

Morissette, Alanis see Music--Grammy Awards

Morrison, Lee (REF--Swift Current--Maple Creek--Assiniboia)

    >>Aerospace industry, 307
    >>Africa, M. (L. Axworthy), 6359-60, 6389-90
    >>Agricultural producers/farmers, o.q., 10231-2
    >>Biotechnology, 307
    >>Bombardier Inc., 307-8, 8100
    >>Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-81), 8156-8
    >>Canada Labour Code (amdt.--minimum wage)(Bill C-35), 5779-1. 5781
    >>Canada Labour Code (amdt.--severance pay)(Bill C-219), 246, 1914-6, 1918
    >>Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--maritime liability)(Bill C-58), 5214-5
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 162
    >>>M. (B. Mills), 7338-9
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 8100
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2419-22
    >>Canadian International Development Agency
    >>>o.q., 2758-9, 2889-90, 3319-20, 3426, 4219
    >>>qu., 6378
    >>>r.o., 7589
    >>Capital punishment, 8815
    >>Cattle industry, S.O. 31, 4015
    >>Child care, 6531, 6566-7
    >>>M. on supply (Hayes), 6531, 6548, 6566-71, 6580
    >>China, statement by Minister (Chan), 3385
    >>Committees, 5760
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5748, 5760-3, 5816, 5818-9, 5864
    >>Commonwealth, statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 534-5
    >>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 9051-2
    >>Crime, 5050, 5079
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4600, 4636-7
    >>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), 5046, 5050, 5079-80
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 4636, 5050, 5079-80
    >>Defence equipment, o.q., 712
    >>Deficit, 307
    >>Disabled and handicapped Canadians, petition, 10239
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, petition, 10239
    >>Elections, 10236
    >>Environmental technology, 307
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7290-1, 7907-8
    >>Exports, statement by Minister (Eggleton), 9224
    >>Family, 6569-70
    >>Farm Credit Corporation, S.O. 31, 2885
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 307
    >>Foreign aid, 3385
    >>Francophonie, Statement by Minister (Boudria), 9264
    >>Fruit and vegetables, 8157
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 4814-6, 5718-9
    >>>Petition, 189
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 1899, 7892-3
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7291, 7908
    >>Government appointments, 5762
    >>Grain marketing, 8157
    >>>Petition, 277, 1899
    >>Grain transportation, 8099-101
    >>>S.O. 31, 7962
    >>Gun control/guns, 4636, 5079-80
    >>Haiti
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 85-6
    >>>o.q., 363
    >>>S.O. 31, 1458-9
    >>Hanger, references, 662
    >>Health care system, 6581
    >>Highways and roads, 8108
    >>>o.q., 529, 10232
    >>>Petition, 7434, 7893, 8844
    >>>S.O. 31, 6606
    >>Housing, 7908
    >>Human rights, 3385
    >>Interprovincial trade, 9224
    >>Japanese Canadians, 5079
    >>Job creation, 307
    >>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6841, 6843
    >>Justice system, 307, 4636-7
    >>Law Commission of Canada Act (Bill C-9), 1305-7
    >>Legislation, 7290-1
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 5761, 7908
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 4814-6, 5718-9
    >>Marine transport, 5214-5
    >>Murderers, 4636
    >>National debt, 307
    >>Nigeria, 534
    >>North American Free Trade Agreement, 8157
    >>Parole, 4600, 4636
    >>>M. on supply (Ramsay), 8815
    >>Penitentiaries, 307
    >>>S.O. 31, 8188-9
    >>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4650
    >>Privilege, Clancy (language, inappropriate/improper), 2441
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 662
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 1915, 1918
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 5872, 8994
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 2890, 7471
    >>>Minister's/Prime Minister's remarks, 9088, 10236
    >>>Question and comment period, 6571
    >>>Quorum, 5816, 5819, 7159, 7291, 7901, 9101
    >>Quebec distinct society status, S.O. 31, 32-3
    >>Rail transportation/railways, 8098-9
    >>Revoke the Conviction of Louis David Riel Act (Bill C-297), 7169-70
    >>Same-sex couples, 2419-20
    >>Saskatchewan, S.O. 31, 1761
    >>Sexual orientation, 2420-1
    >>Somalia, o.q., 9324-5
    >>South Africa, 534
    >>Speakership, 5760-3
    >>Suicide, petition, 2950-1
    >>Taxation, 5779-80, 6568-70
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 307-8
    >>Trade, 8157, 9224
    >>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8053, 8078, 8098-101
    >>VIA Rail Canada Inc., 8053
    >>Wages and salaries, 5779
    >>War Measures Act, 5079
    >>Wildlife, 10164-5

Mortgage loans

    >>Interest rate decline, impact, 459-60, 6236, 9180
    >>See also Housing; Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction of interest on mortgage loans)(Bill C-244)

Mortgages

    >>Interest Act amendments, requesting, S.O. 31, 2704
    >>See also Housing--Construction starts; Ports--Commercialization

Moscow, Russia, see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association

Mossop case see Same-sex couples--Spousal status, Canadian Human Rights Act

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

    >>Red ribbon campaign, significance, S.O. 31, 7030
    >>See also Impaired driving

Mother's Day

Motions see Adjournment motions under S.O. 52; Motions for production of papers; Motions, government (special debates); Private Members' Motions; Procedure; Supply motions

Motions for production of papers

    >>Grain transportation, grain hopper cars, 1993 operating agreements between Grain Transportation Agency Administrator, Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Ltd. (Easter), called, withdrawn, 5612-3
    >>Income tax, conventions/protocols with other countries, double taxation, avoiding, Canada-United States Tax Treaty, 1995 amendments, correspondence, notes, minutes of meetings, reports, etc., release (Ringma), called, transferred for debate, 4352
    >>Members of Parliament, travel, Washington, D.C., June 13/95, costs (Strahl), called, transferred for debate, 4679
    >>See also Procedure

Motions, government (special debates)

    >>Africa, Great Lakes region, Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda, conflict, refugees, humanitarian aid, etc., Canadian role, peacekeeping, etc., House take note (L. Axworthy), 6344-60, 6380-404
    >>Constitution, Terms of Union of Newfoundland with Canada, Term 17, amendment
    >>>(Rock), 3243-50, 3264-75, 3293-309, 3326-80, agreed to, on recorded division, 3379-80
    >>>>Amdt. (D. Mills), 3348, negatived, on recorded division, 3378-9
    >>>(Rock), 6938-46, 6951-2, 6969-94, 7091-6, agreed to, on recorded division, 7096
    >>>>Amdt. (D. Mills), 6970, negatived, on recorded division, 7094-5
    >>Finance Standing Committee, reports, fifth, House take note (H. Gray), 7217-32, 7245-74, 7395-412
    >>Haiti, Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role, House take note (L. Axworthy), 71-92
    >>Human rights, House take note (Copps), 7347-77
    >>Legislation, previous session (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), reinstatement (H. Gray), 167-75, 190-209, 214-29, 267-71, agreed to, on recorded division, 272-3
    >>>Amdt. (Bellehumeur), 174, negatived, on recorded division, 271-2
    >>>Closure under S.O. 57, notice, 188
    >>>>M. (Gagliano), agreed to, on recorded division, 213-4
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command, agreement, renewal, House take note (L. Axworthy), 495-520, 537-54
    >>See also Procedure