Niven, Graham see Murder

Nixon, Robert see Atomic Energy of Canada Limited; Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2

No fault divorce see Divorce

Noah, Karim see Child abduction

Nobel Peace Prize see Defence equipment--Land mines, International ban; East Timor; Peacekeeping--Canadian role, Pearson--United Nations peacekeepers

Nobel Prize 1996

>>Economics, recipients William Vickrey and James Mirrlees, tribute, S.O. 31, 5415-6

NOC link regulations see Drugs and pharmaceutical--Patent protection

Noir Silence see Music--ADSIQ Gala

Non-combustion engine see Motor vehicles

Non-confidence votes see House of Commons--Votes

Non-governmental organizations

>>Co-operative housing office, federal funding, petition, 4461
>>Government cooperation, importance, o.q., 6061
>>See Africa--Great Lakes region; Canadian International Development Agency; Commonwealth--Communications; Foreign aid--Non-governmental organizations--Rwanda; Human rights--International

Non-profit organizations

>>Funds, accountability, financial records, disclosure, 7263
>>See also Charitable and Non-profit Organization Remuneration Disclosure Act (Bill C-262); Goods and Services Tax

Non-Smokers' Rights Association see Lobbyists

Non-tuition costs see Education, post-secondary--Costs

NORAD see North American Aerospace Defence Command

Norbert, Rose-Anna

>>105th birthday, tribute, 7236

Normex Telecom see Telecommunications--Industry

North America see Official languages policy/bilingualism--French language

North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)

>>Agreement, renewal
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 500-1, 541, 549-51
>>>Consultations, negotiations, 505-6, 548
>>>Five years, effective May 12/96, 495
>>>House take note, M. (L. Axworthy), 495-520, 537-54
>>>Parliamentary debate, role, impact, 498, 501, 503, 507, 513, 538, 548, 550
>>>Reform Party position, 501-3, 513, 541
>>>Revisions, Canadian requests, success, 496-7, 505-6, 548-50
>>>Text, providing to Members of Parliament, 498
>>Ballistic missile warning capability, defence against bombers and cruise missiles, etc., 496, 499, 506, 510-1, 514, 517, 546-8, 553
>>Bomarc missiles with nuclear warheads on Canadian soil, 552
>>Canada-United States relationship factor, 495, 497-8, 501-6. 510-2, 517-20, 540, 542-3, 547, 553-4
>>Canada's Defence Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), role, recommendations, 495-6, 504-5, 507, 512-3, 548
>>>Bloc Québécois dissenting report, 498, 500, 508-9, 538-40
>>Canada's Foreign Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), role, recommendations, 495-6, 505, 512, 548
>>Canadian contribution, personnel, 10% of budget, etc., 504-5, 511-3, 538, 542, 549, 554
>>Canadian role, United Nations needs, relationship, 5634
>>Canadian sovereignty, air sovereignty, role, 496, 500-2, 504, 506, 508-13, 516, 542, 547-9, 551-4
>>Civilian organization, establishing, 540
>>Command structure, integrated, 506, 512, 542, 546-7, 553
>>Consultations, provisions, 497, 505-6
>>>See also North American Aerospace Defence Command--Missions
>>Cost savings benefits, 500, 502-3, 508, 511-3, 517, 538, 540, 542, 546, 554
>>Defence expenditures reduction, relationship, 505, 515-6
>>Defence policy white paper, relationship, 504, 512, 538, 551
>>Environmental protection, relationship, 497, 501, 517-9, 549
>>Fighter squadrons, CF-18s, etc., role, 502, 504, 517, 547
>>Foreign policy white paper, relationship, 505
>>Global warning system, integration into, 543, 545
>>Historical background, establishment in 1958, etc., 495, 499, 501, 504, 510-2, 516, 546-7, 549, 551-2
>>International situation, changes, end of cold war, relationship, 495-7, 499-500, 502-6, 508-11, 513, 516, 538-9, 543-4, 548-54
>>Mandate
>>>Clearly defining, 505
>>>Objectives, 512, 548
>>>Redefining, Bloc Québécois position, 500-1, 538-40, 550-1
>>Membership, expanding to Mexico and South American countries, establishing defence/security organization for the Americas, 500-1, 507, 509, 514-5, 539, 549-51, 553
>>Missions
>>>Canadian veto, 497
>>>Consultations, 505, 548-9
>>>Definition, 506, 548
>>North Atlantic Treaty Organization, relationship, 553
>>Permanent Joint Board on Defence, relationship, 506, 518
>>Quebec, independent, membership, 539, 553
>>Radar lines, Pinetree line, Mid-Canada line, Distant Early Warning (DEW) line, relationship, 501, 508, 510, 517, 542, 546, 552
>>>Modernization project of 1985, 517
>>Regional Headquarters, North Bay, Ont., etc., 512, 542, 546
>>>CFB North Bay, Ont., closure, move to Winnipeg, Man., 7787
>>>>S.O. 31, 7963, 8303
>>Space surveillance, space-based weapons, role, 496, 500, 504, 506, 514, 554
>>Star wars/anti-ballistic missile systems, not related, 496, 501
>>Strategic information-sharing, military intelligence, etc., 496, 500, 508, 512, 539, 551-4
>>Technology benefits, 496, 512-3, 517, 550, 554
>>Training benefits, 512
>>United Nations peacekeeping missions, relationship, , 500, 503
>>Weapons proliferation, nuclear, etc., combatting, role, 496, 499-500, 502, 504, 506, 510, 514, 543, 547, 552, 554
>>See also Air transportation; Arctic--Canadian sovereignty; Drug trafficking; Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role; Immigration/immigrants--Illegal; Persian Gulf War (1991); Terrorism--Combatting

North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation see Labour conditions--Workers rights

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

>>Abrogation
>>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, statements as opposition leader, 215, 217
>>>Liberal Party election statements, 283, 4726, 5840, 5844, 7302
>>Amending, United States farmers requesting, 7138
>>Anti-dumping code, subsidies code and more effective dispute settlement mechanism, negotiating, Liberal government (Chrétien), election promise, 7801-2, 8155, 9260
>>>o.q., 2759, 2892
>>>S.O. 31, 9543
>>Bloc Québécois position, 6107, 8156
>>Chile, membership, negotiations, 280, 5311, 5334, 8154-5
>>>Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, easing, 6229, 6782, 8155
>>>Fast-tracking, United States refusal, 4512, 8157
>>>Labour and environmental rights, agreements, including, 349, 1676
>>>o.q., 926-7, 2435, 3927-8, 4345, 6369
>>>S.O. 31, 2427
>>Culture, exemption
>>>o.q., 586
>>>World Trade Organization ruling, S.O. 31, 7569
>>Dispute settlement mechanism, 8155
>>Expansion, government efforts, continuing, Throne Speech statement, 2, 6228-9, 6254, 9902
>>Labour and environment side agreements
>>>Enforcement codes, S.O. 31, 3627-8
>>>Improvements, o.q., 926-7
>>>See also North American Free Trade Agreement--Chile
>>Liberal government (Chrétien) support, Liberal Party opposing while in opposition, 5752, 5866, 6107, 6112, 6237-8, 6275, 6282, 7794, 8155-6, 9901-2, 10079
>>>See also North American Free Trade Agreement--Abrogation
>>Negative impacts, adjustment program, lack, Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney, Campbell), 283
>>Quebec, independent, membership, Quebec Deputy Premier Landry position, S.O. 31, 5416
>>Quebec support, 1312, 1793-4, 1796-8
>>Reform Party position, 1799
>>Renegotiating, Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise, "red book", 5765, 5854, 5860, 6325, 7902, 9260
>>Rules-based system, establishing, eliminating anti-dumping and countervail measures, 283
>>Subsidies, definition, 677
>>>Aviation fuel tax rebate, contravention, o.q., 6904
>>>Code, negotiations, 8155
>>United States Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act (Helms-Burton), violation, 4513, 5205-8, 5303
>>See also Agricultural products--Beef industry--Tariffs; Border, Canada-United States; Copyright--Rights, Trade agreements; Dairy products--Ice cream/yogurt; Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Patent protection; Energy--Canada-United States relationship; Exports--Increase; Fruit and vegetables--Apples; Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; Health care system; Insurance industry--Federally-regulated companies; Interprovincial trade--Barriers, Removing; Job creation; Softwood lumber industry--Exports; Steel industry; Trade--Cuba; Transportation--East-west/north-south focus

North American Man/Boy Love Association see Child prostitution--Child sex tourism

North American Vocal Jazz Extravaganza see Music--Jazscats

North Atlantic Assembly see Defence equipment--Land mines, Parrish presentation; Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

>>Canadian role, 347
>>>United Nations needs, relationship, 5634
>>Membership, expanding to Eastern Europe
>>>o.q., 4634, 9087
>>>Petitions, 9090, 9388, 9515, 9999
>>>S.O. 31, 4298
>>See also Bosnia and Herzegovina--Peace accord; Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Cold Lake, Alta.; Europe--Security; Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association; North American Aerospace Defence Command

North Bay, Ont. see North American Aerospace Defence Command--Regional headquarters

Northern Canada see Air navigation services--Commercialization, Regions; Canadian Broadcasting corporation--Funding, Reduction; Economic development/renewal; Hazardous waste; Information highway--Access; Mining industry; Postal rates--Increases

Northern Cross Ltd. see Natural resources--Development, Northern Yukon

Northern Flood Agreement

>>Dispute settlement mechanism, 3963-4
>>History, 3966-9
>>Outstanding issues, resolution, 3965-6
>>See also Aboriginal land claims--Flooded lands; Nelson House First Nation Flooded Land Act (Bill C-40); York Factory First Nation Flooded land Act (Bill C-39)

Northern Lights Festival see Festivals

Northern living allowance see Income tax

Northern Ontario see Rail passenger service; Small and medium business--Capital access

Northern Quebec see Quebec

Northwest Atlantic Fishing Organization (NAFO)

>>Membership, participation, United States refusal, 5307-8
>>See also Fisheries--Fish stock management; Fisheries, Atlantic--Foreign overfishing

Northwest Territories see Mining industry--BHP Diamond project; Natural resources--Yukon Territory; Transfer payments to provinces

Northwest Territories Court of Appeal see Judges

Noseworthy, Col Fred see Canadian Armed Forces--MacInnis, MGen John Arch

Not for profit corporations see Air navigation services--Commercialization, Private; Airports--Largest

Notaries

>>Quebec, role, impartiality, etc., 5533
>>See Judges--Appointments

Notional input tax credit see Goods and Services Tax--Used automobiles; Small and medium business

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce constituency see House of Commons vacancies

Nouh, Moustafa see Child abduction--Noah

NOVA Corporation see Chile--GasAndes consortium pipeline

Nova Scotia

>>Cumberland County River Enhancement Association, aquatic systems, clean-up, S.O. 31, 3123
>>Halifax, N.S. port see Ports
>>Provincial by-election, June 1996, Halifax Fairview, New Democratic Party victory, Goods and Services Tax harmonization agreement role, 7757, 7796
>>Sydney Tar Ponds, toxic waste, PCB clean-up, government participation
>>>Lack, S.O. 31, 758
>>>o.q., 4557
>>See also Culture; Training programs--Jurisdiction

Nova Scotia Agriculture College see Aquaculture

Noyes, Robert see Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders

Nuclear energy

>>Benefits, 3757-8, 8022, 8030-1
>>Industry, 3762, 3764
>>>Accountability, 8286
>>>Government expenditures, Ontario/Quebec impact, 9107
>>>Inspection process, 7627-8
>>>Petition, 3387
>>>Quebec, government decisions, impact, o.q., 6003-4
>>Jurisdiction, duplication and overlap, 3757-8, 3766
>>Magnetic fusion development, Canadian Centre for Magnetic Fusion, tokamak project, Varennes, Que., funding, withdrawal, 1452, 1511, 1609-10, 2912, 3499, 3501-9, 3511, 3515, 4194-5, 5699, 6283-4, 9562-3, 9634
>>>o.q., 968, 1374, 1550, 1658, 1660, 1708-9, 1959, 3126, 3420-1, 3561, 4864-5, 5597, 6003-4, 6446-7
>>>Quebec ministers letter, Apr. 2/96, 1715
>>>>o.q., 1660, 1709
>>>S.O. 31, 1702, 3556, 4221, 5106
>>New Democratic Party postion, 7624-6, 7628-9
>>>Requesting, 471
>>Ontario projects, 8026
>>>Federal government investment, 1609-10
>>>>Cutbacks, o.q., 1708
>>Regulation, 7624-6, 7628-9, 8028-9
>>>Atomic Energy Control Board, role, 8023-5, 8031
>>>Nuclear powered vessels, foreign, exemption, 7634-5
>>Research and development funding, Quebec share, o.q., 1550, 1658-60, 4025, 4865
>>Use, production
>>>Costs, 3763-4, 8030
>>>Hazards, 3760-1, 3764, 7621, 8025
>>>Public information/education, need, 7624, 7626-7, 8288-9
>>See also Environment--Environmental assessment and review process

Nuclear Liability Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249)--Allmand

>>First reading, 1296
>>Second reading, 8158-64
>>>Agreed to, 8164
>>Natural Resources Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 8164
>>See also Nuclear power plants--Accidents, breakdowns

Nuclear Liability Act (amdt.--insurance coverage)(Bill C-289)--Strahl

>>First reading, 3169
>>See also Nuclear power plants--Accidents, breakdowns

Nuclear plant workers see Labour relations

Nuclear power plants

>>Accidents, breakdowns
>>>Chernobyl, Ukraine, 10th anniversary
>>>>S.O. 31, 1953, 2002
>>>>Statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 2013-4
>>>>Victims, assistance, Canada role, 2013
>>>>See also Ukraine--Energy needs
>>>Insurance coverage, 3169
>>>>Increasing to $500 million, 1296, 8158-64
>>>Pickering, Ont., 2014
>>>See also Nuclear Liability Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249)
>>Chernobyl, Ukraine, shutting-down, G-7 countries agreement, Canadian role, 3984
>>Plutonium imports, use, 5329-30 >>>Canada-Russian Federation agreement, o.q., 1959-60
>>>MOX fuel, 8041-2
>>>>o.q., 4987
>>>United States/Russian Federation stockpiles, 3984

Nuclear radiation

>>Northern Russia/Arctic, environmental report, Alexander Nikitin imprisoned, 7369

Nuclear reactors

>>CANDU-6 reactor
>>>Cernavoda, Romania, inauguration, S.O. 31, 1952
>>>China sales, contract
>>>>Awarding to United States firm, o.q., 4177
>>>>CANATOM contracts, cancellation, o.q., 4864
>>>>Cancellation, petition, 7245, 7723, 9090
>>>>Environmental concerns
>>>>>o.q., 6314, 6750
>>>>>S.O. 31, 6742
>>>>Financing and technical assistance, 7628, 8288
>>>>>Withdrawal/denial, petition, 7392, 7892, 7894, 8234, 9388, 9418, 9659, 9806
>>>>Financing terms and conditions, qu., 6913
>>>>Human rights violations, relationship, S.O. 31, 6305
>>>>Quebec benefits, S.O. 31, 6902-3
>>>>S.O. 31, 6743
>>>Foreign sales, benefits, 1451, 8030
>>>Sales
>>>>Economic benefits, Quebec., 4195
>>>>>o.q., 1374, 1550, 1660, 1708, 3126-7, 4176, 4864, 6004, 6447, 6795-6
>>>>Financing and technical assistance, taxpayers funding, 8026
>>>>Government priority, o.q., 6004
>>>Weapon grade plutonium, use, testing, Chalk River research centre, importing small amounts from United States, safety and security concerns
>>>>o.q., 7313
>>>>S.O. 31, 7510-1
>>Decommissioning, nuclear waste disposal, 3759, 3763-5
>>Waste, leaking, Chalk River facility, health hazards, Atomic Energy Control Board monitoring, o.q., 7145-6
>>See also Romania--Ceausesca

Nuclear safety

>>Legislation, 8041
>>See also Nuclear Safety and Control Act (Bill C-23)

Nuclear Safety and Control Act (Bill C-23)--Minister of Natural Resources (McLellan)

>>First reading, 1011
>>Second reading, 3757-67, agreed to, on division, 3767
>>Natural Resources Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 3767
>>>Reported, with amdts., 6317
>>Report stage, 7616-31, 7689-94
>>>M. (Cowling), agreed to, 7616
>>>Motions
>>>>(Canuel), 7616-8, 7620, negatived, on recorded division, 7689-93
>>>>(McLellan), 7620, agreed to, on recorded division, 7693-4
>>>>(Ringma), 7617, negatived, on recorded division, 7690-1
>>>>(Solomon), 7617-9, negatived , on recorded division, 7690-2
>>>Concurrence, M., agreed to, on recorded division, 7694
>>Third reading, 8022-31, 8286-9, agreed to, on division, 8289 passed.
>>Royal Assent, 9306. Chap. 10, S.C. 1997
>>See also Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission--Establishing

Nuclear undertakings see Canada Labour Code (amdt.--nuclear undertakings)(Bill C-3)

Nuclear waste

>>Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, environmental liabilities, declaring, Auditor General's report, 7623
>>>o.q., 6745
>>Disposal, 3765, 8286, 8288
>>>Chalk River, Ont., site establishing, community opposition, petition, 10238
>>>Deep River, Ont., government promise, 8286-8
>>Importation, banning, 769, 5084-92
>>>Legislation see Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236)
>>Russian Federation, disposal, 2014
>>See also Nuclear reactors--Decommissioning

Nuclear weapons

>>Abolishing
>>>Petitions, 7194, 7431-2, 7524, 7585, 7747, 7893-4, 8045, 8145, 8201-2, 8360, 8514-5, 8663, 8695, 8989, 9514-5, 9659, 9806-7, 9847
>>>S.O. 31, 4980, 8773
>>Disarmament/international control, Canadian role, 3982, 3985, 8026
>>Non-proliferation treaty, extending, Canadian role, 3983-4, 3988, 8027-8
>>Testing
>>>China, 554
>>>Test ban treaty
>>>>Canada/111 countries signing, etc., 5405-6
>>>>>o.q., 4749-50
>>>>India, Pakistan, others, not signing, 5405-6
>>>>>o.q., 4749
>>>>Negotiations, Canadian role, 3984, 3988
>>>>Ratification by 44 countries required, 5405-6
>>Ukraine, elimination, 3984
>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges; North American Aerospace Defence Command--Bomarc missiles--Weapons proliferation; Nuclear reactors--CANDU reactor