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Motor Coach see Job creation--Governments/private sector

Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act

    >>Proclamation, qu., 7589

Motor Vehicle Safety Act (amdt.)(Bill C-356)--McTeague

    >>First reading, 6912
    >>See also Motor vehicles--Safety

Motor vehicles

    >>Dealers and manufacturer franchisees, dual lines of products, allowing, 246, 999-1007
    >>>See also Competition Act (amdt.--illegal trade practices)(Bill C-221)
    >>Non-combustion engine, power efficiency, fuel cell, development, Daimler-Benz and Ballard Power Systems, $508 million joint venture, S.O. 31, 9739-40
    >>Safety, recalls, 6912
    >>>See also Motor Vehicle Safety Act (amdt.)(Bill C-356)

Motorcycle gangs see Gangs

Mountain View Packers see CANUSA Foods Ltd.

Mouvement du libération du Québec see Quebec separation/sovereignty-Villeneuve, Raymond

Moving companies see Canadian Armed Forces

MOX fuel see Nuclear power plants--Plutonium

Mulroney, Right Hon. Brian see Air Canada--Airbus A320 passenger jet; Constitution--Patriation in 1982, Quebec opposition; Human rights--International; Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney, Campbell)

Multi-year appropriations see Government department, board, agencies and commissions--Agencies

Multiculturalism

    >>Canadian Multiculturalism Act, role, 7357
    >>Canadian Unity Village/Carousel of Nations, Windsor, Ont., S.O. 31, 4016
    >>Club Roma, St. Catherines, Ont., 35th anniversary, 3417
    >>Essex--Windsor constituency, 1536
    >>Ethnic diversity, etc., 295, 1819-20, 1864-5, 2866, 7745-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 9930
    >>Federal funding, eliminating, Reform Party position, 6019
    >>Immigrants, relationship, 7376
    >>Policy, 1538
    >>>Failure, 7746
    >>>Review, o.q., 5962
    >>>Statement by Minister (Fry), 7745-7
    >>Program spending, elimination, 418
    >>See also Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism

Multiculturalism Act see Canadian Multiculturalism Act

Multilateral Fund for the Montreal Protocol see Environment--Developing countries

Municipal affairs see Federal-provincial jurisdiction--Exclusive provincial jurisdiction

Municipalities

    >>Amalgamation see Metropolitan Toronto, Ont.
    >>International exchanges, Waterloo, Ont./Rafah, Gaza Strip, S.O. 31, 9478
    >>Level of government, recognizing as, including in federal-provincial negotiations, 9754
    >>Taxes see Trent-Severn Waterway--Commercial water lot fees
    >>See also Aboriginal land claims--Compensation; Aboriginal peoples--Negotiations; Economic development/renewal--Federal-provincial-municipal co-operation; Elections--Voters list, Permanent; Infrastructure program--Federal-provincial revenue sharing program; Interprovincial trade--Internal Trade Agreement

Municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals ((MUSH) see Goods and Services Tax

Munro, Charles

    >>Dairy farmer, Oxford County, Ontario, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 7777

Munro, Craig see Parole--Murderers

Munro, Hon. John

    >>Former Cabinet Minister, cleared of corruption charges, government refusal to pay legal fees, S.O. 31, 6554

Murder

    >>Attempted murder, difficulty prosecuting/proving, 5098-9, 9591
    >>Baldwin, James, victim, killed by young offenders, plea bargain, S.O. 31, 6052
    >>Begley, Carole, victim, Clifford Begley charged, Gatineau, Que., Mar. 24/96, S.O. 31, 1163-4
    >>Bolduc, Isabelle, victim, 4247
    >>>Blanchette, Marcel, parolee, involvement, National Parole Board recommendation, o.q., 5243
    >>Cameron, Pamela, victim, Mitchell Oweb accused, previous offences, etc., 1136-7
    >>Carpenter, Melanie, victim, Fernand Auger prime suspect, previous offences, etc., 1135-7, 1142-3, 3543, 3576, 4216, 5119, 5121, 5123, 5125, 5177, 9595
    >>>o.q., 39
    >>Children, victims see Victims of crime--Parents of murdered children
    >>Ducharme, Patricia Grace, victim, Campbell River, B.C., not warned due to Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts, 1310
    >>>o.q., 1290-1
    >>Extreme drunkenness defence, self-induced/voluntary intoxication, 1690
    >>>Legislation, Criminal Code (amdt.--self-induced intoxication)(Bill C-72)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), o.q., 1101, 1109
    >>>Supreme Court of Canada decision in Lemky, McMaster and Robinson cases, government response, o.q., 1101-2, 1108-9
    >>Family violence factor, 5000-1
    >>Faraone, Ezio, victim, police officer killed by parolee, 4612-3
    >>Fichtenberg, Dennis, victim, killed by parolee Paul Butler, 5081-2, 8826-7
    >>Fyke, Mark, victim, Canadian murdered in Florida, S.O. 31, 817
    >>Gakhal family, Vernon, B.C.
    >>>Gun control, relationship, 9662
    >>>S.O. 31, 1459-60, 1702-3
    >>>See also Family violence--Police intervention powers
    >>Graves, Stephanie, victim, 4284
    >>Howe, Kelly, victim, ex-boyfriend Morley Sangwais convicted, restraining order factor, 5084
    >>>S.O. 31, 5237
    >>Jessop, Christine, victim, Guy Paul Morine convicted, exonerated, public inquiry, 8808
    >>Kelly, Sarah, victim, by known sex offender, S.O. 31, 4495
    >>King, Constable Brian, victim, family members` victim impact statements, S.O. 31, 9169
    >>Larose, Lynn, victim, Kingston. Ont., S.O. 31, 8128
    >>Leduc, Sylvain, victim
    >>>Impact on mother and grandmother Theresa McCuaig, 3877-8, 4547, 9366, 9368-70
    >>>Young offenders convicted, sentences, 9366
    >>>See also Gangs--Youth gangs
    >>MacDonald, Martha, victim, S.O. 31, 7458
    >>McCauley, Ronald Richard, suspect in Vancouver, B.C. murder while on statutory release, 5119
    >>Montreal, Que., case, elderly couple, victims, young offender convicted, sentence, 6841
    >>Niven, Graham, victim, young offender sentenced to two years, 4292
    >>Parolees committing, 1140, 5118
    >>Ramsay, Megan, victim, mother`s common law husband charged with second degree murder, 4587
    >>Self-defence
    >>>Elimination as grounds of defence for instigators of fights, 366
    >>>Killers of abusive spouses/guardians, review, 6865
    >>Sentences
    >>>Appropriate, 5002-3
    >>>Consecutive sentences for multiple murders, 4284, 4287, 4476, 4577-8, 4607, 4619-20, 5006
    >>>Deterrence factor, 3887-8
    >>>>See also Capital punishment
    >>>First degree/premeditated, 4284-5, 4610
    >>>First/second degree murder, 4274-5
    >>>Length, public safety, rehabilitation, punishment, factors, etc., 4215-7, 4466, 4473-4
    >>>Life without parole, 4287, 4542, 5044
    >>>Life without parole eligibility for 25 years, 4572, 4578, 4583, 4586, 4613, 5003
    >>>Minimum sentences, eliminating, 4576
    >>>Plea bargaining, 4597, 4599
    >>>>See also Murder--Baldwin, James
    >>>See also Capital punishment; Murder--Montreal, Que. case--Niven, Graham; Parole--Murderers
    >>Shakespeare, Lenard, victim, Toronto, Ont. police officer, killer now Vancouver, B.C. businessman, 4605-6
    >>Smith, Tanya, victim, 4244-5
    >>Stephenson, Christopher, victim, Joseph Fredericks accused, 1141, 1143, 4287
    >>Stewart, Aaron, Scott Kent charged, acquitted, 6840, 6842
    >>Tran, Mindy, victim, 4277-8, 9433, 9718
    >>Victim/murderer relationship factor, 5000
    >>Williams Lake, B.C. case, sexual assault factor, 5174
    >>Women, victims, killed by male spouses/partners, 9670
    >>See also Australia; Capital punishment; Euthanasia--Latimer, Robert; Gun control/guns--Crimes; Israel; Justice system--Trials; Marine transport--Dubai; Penitentiaries--Edmonton Institution for Women; Sexual assault/offences--Thwaites, Norma; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation; Stalking--Criminal harassment; United Kingdom--Dunblane Primary School; United States--Fyke, Mark; Women--Violence against, École polytechnique

Murderers

    >>Bernardo, Paul, 6847
    >>>French, Kristen and Leslie Mahaffy, victims, 3543, 4216-7
    >>>Homolka, Karla, role, manslaughter charge, agreement, 4616
    >>>Re-offending possibility, dangerous offender designation, 1136, 1142
    >>>See also Parole--Murderers; Victims of crime--Victim impact statements
    >>Cantin, Florent, 37 killed in fire, 4253
    >>Gingras, Daniel, murder committed while on temporary absence, 1141, 4261, 4287, 4315
    >>>See also Parole--Murderers
    >>Kelly, Patrick, wrongfull conviction claim, Criminal Code Section 690 application for new trial, etc., 5201-2
    >>>o.q., 2482
    >>>S.O. 31, 7960, 9169-70
    >>Olson, Clifford
    >>>Criminal record, 1136
    >>>Sentence, 1.1 years for each victim, 8826, 8860, 8863
    >>>Serial killer cards, 4023
    >>>See also Parole--Murderers; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Sexual assault/offences--Werebecky, Kim; Young offenders
    >>Parole, early release see Parole--Murderers
    >>Parole eligibility, including convictions for other offences in calculation, 7391
    >>>See also Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--cumulative sentences)(Bill C-362)
    >>Robinson, Joseph, sentence, racism factor, 4636
    >>Stanton, Melvin, murder committed while on temporary absence, 1140-1
    >>Women, convicted of killing abusive partners, Judge Lynn Ratishny review of cases, o.q., 8779
    >>See also Criminals--Names; Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Designation; Murder; Parole; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Young offenders

Murphy, John (L--Annapolis Valley--Hants)

    >>Aboriginal peoples, S.O. 31, 4172
    >>Acadia University, S.O. 31, 4450
    >>Blood, o.q., 2066
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8410-2
    >>Call to Remembrance Program, S.O. 31, 5285-6
    >>Canada, petition, 5611
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 3627, 9648
    >>Child poverty, 7400-1
    >>Child tax benefit, 7400
    >>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), 5069-71
    >>Criminals, 5069-70
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 5069-70
    >>Deficit, 7400
    >>Department of Health Act (Bill C-18), 1742-4
    >>Developing countries, S.O. 31, 7706
    >>Economic development/renewal, 7400
    >>Economy, 7400
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 2703-4
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2266-7
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7052-4
    >>Festivals, S.O. 31, 3417
    >>Finance Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 7400-2
    >>Freight rates, o.q., 238
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7052-4
    >>>Petition, 7893
    >>Health, 1742-4
    >>>S.O. 31, 814-5, 5553, 7183
    >>Health care system, 1742-3, 1751-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 1285, 1703
    >>Hockey, S.O. 31, 520-1
    >>Housing, 7052-4
    >>Human Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Act (Bill C-47), 5626-7
    >>Impaired driving, petition, 1900
    >>Infrastructure program, 7401-2
    >>Job creation, 7401
    >>Mining industry, S.O. 31, 3122
    >>National Organ Donor Day Act (Bill C-202), 1733-4
    >>Nuclear weapons, petition, 7893
    >>Parker, Bill, S.O. 31, 4018
    >>Parole, 5071
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 5513
    >>Public safety, 5070
    >>Reproductive technologies, 5626-7
    >>Research and development, 7401
    >>Schools, S.O. 31, 4664
    >>Search and rescue, S.O. 31, 6852
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 154-5
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8745-7
    >>Tobacco industry, 8746-7
    >>Tobacco products, 8745-6
    >>Training programs, S.O. 31, 8083
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2266-7

Murray, Ian (L--Lanark--Carleton)

    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-401), 9609-10
    >>Canada Savings Bonds, o.q., 5424
    >>Canadian Food Inspection Agency, o.q., 4673
    >>Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, S.O. 31, 476
    >>Caregivers, M. (Szabo), 4826-7
    >>Crosskeys Systems Corporation, S.O. 31, 5053-4
    >>Economic development/renewal, o.q., 590
    >>Hospitals, S.O. 31, 3201
    >>Job creation, o.q., 590
    >>Pensions, M. (Taylor), 8642-3
    >>Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236), 7416-8
    >>Revoke the Conviction of Louis David Riel Act (Bill C-297), 6628-30
    >>Veterans, S.O. 31, 6125
    >>Youth, S.O. 31, 6785

Murray, VAdm Larry see Canadian Armed Forces

Murray, Philip see Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Muscular dystrophy see Health

Museums

    >>Grant applications, funding, delay, o.q., 4985
    >>Huron County Museum, Corporal Harry B. Miner, Victoria Cross and Croix de Guerre recipient, medals, Clinton Legion Branch 140 displaying, 3002

MUSH see Goods and Services Tax--Municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals

Music

    >>ADISQ Gala, Quebec entertainment industry, Felix awards, winners
    >>>Congratulating, S.O. 31, 6054
    >>>Noir Silence, S.O. 31, 6053-4
    >>All American Music Festival, Chavigny Jazz Band V, Trois Rivieres, Que., award winners, S.O. 31, 1758-9
    >>East Coast Music Awards, Moncton, N.B., S.O. 31, 8386
    >>Grammy Awards, winners, 100
    >>>Bowman, Rob, S.O. 31, 178
    >>>McConnell, Rob, S.O. 31, 178
    >>>Mitchell, Joni, S.O. 31, 131, 178
    >>>Montreal Symphony Orchestra, S.O. 31, 178
    >>>Morrissette, Alanis, S.O. 31, 131, 178
    >>>Twain, Shania country music nominee, S.O. 31, 34, 131, 178
    >>Granby International Song Festival, S.O. 31, 4740-1
    >>International Music Day, hymn to peace, global participation, S.O. 31, 4932-3
    >>Jazscats, Wetaskiwin composite High School vocal jazz band ensemble, North American Vocal Jazz Extravaganza, appearance, S.O. 31, 8725
    >>Juno Awards
    >>>1997 awards, Hamilton, Ont., recipients, congratulating, S.O. 31, 8829-30
    >>>MacAuley Boys, rythym and blues group, nomination, S.O. 31, 7779
    >>>Medicine Beat, winners, aboriginal Canadians category, S.O. 31, 580
    >>Ottawa Youth Orchestra, Bristol, England, Cabot voyage, 500th anniversary, celebrating, S.O. 31, 9931
    >>Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, international pipe band competition, world champions, S.O. 31, 4335, 4625-6

Muskoka Air Fair see Festivals

Muslims see Eid-Ul-Fitr

Mussolini, Benito see Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Judicial restraint provisions

Mutual insurance companies see Insurance industry

Myalgic encephalomyelitis see Health

Myanmar (Burma)

    >>Human rights violations, sanctions, etc., o.q., 9024
    >>Military dictatorship, SLORC, S.O. 31, 3862
    >>National League for Democracy congress, S.O. 31, 3000
    >>See also Trade

Myre, Jacqueline see Volunteers--Voluntary Awards Canada