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Penn Papers

    >>Woodstock, N.B., plant, expansion, 6285

Pension Fund Societies Act (amdt.--definition of minor child)(Bill C-433)--Harb

Pension income credit see Seniors Benefit--Old age security

Pensions

    >>Benefits, Canada Pension Plan, Canadian Forces Superannuaton Act, entitlement, benefit reductions, rationale, qu., 8202-3
    >>British-Canadians
    >>>Great Britain domestic law/administration, treatment, disadvantage, S.O. 31, 7961
    >>>Indexing to cost of living, M. (Taylor), 8638-45, dropped from Order Paper, 8645
    >>Deficit, national debt, impact, 1473, 1480
    >>Income, tax rates, 9527
    >>Non-residents, taxation, reform, 7803
    >>Portability, 1903
    >>Public system, maintaining, 3, 1478-9, 1676
    >>>Government commitment, 287-8
    >>>Petition, 569
    >>>Premiums, 1481-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 130
    >>>Sound and sustainable for future generations, Budget 1997 statement, 8294
    >>Reform, 438, 3050
    >>>Middle class recipients, standard of living, impact, S.O. 31, 3121
    >>Reform Party position, 5861
    >>>o.q., 9742-3
    >>Reform proponents, Sen. Earl Hastings and Clare Culhane, deaths, S.O. 31, 2556-7
    >>System
    >>>Public confidence, restoring, Budget 1996 statement, 373, 375
    >>>Replacing with personal registered retirement savings plans, Reform Party position, 4726-7
    >>>Review, 1472
    >>>Sustainability, 55, 402
    >>>>Public consultations, 457
    >>UNited States pensions, Canada-United States agreement, 9568
    >>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization; Bell Canada; Canada Pension Plan; Canadian Armed Forces; Canadian Security Intelligence Service--Soviet Union/Russian Federation mole; Federal Public Service Pension Act (Bill C-376); Income tax--Conventions/protocols with other countries--Pension income deduction--United States social security payments; Judges; Members of Parliament; Olson, Hon. Bud; Pensions Benefits Standards Act, 1985; Public Service; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Senators; Senior citizens; Seniors Benefit; Singer Company; Veterans benefits--Allied veterans living in Canada--War disability pensions

Pensions Benefits Standards Act, 1985--Minister of Industry (Manley)

    >>First reading, 8694

Penson, Charlie (REF--Peace River)

    >>Administrative Tribunals (Remedial and Disciplinary Measures) Act (Bill C-49), 7607-8
    >>Africa, 9902
    >>Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34), 9869-72
    >>Agricultural products, 9869-72
    >>Bosnia and Herzegovina, 9902
    >>Break and enter, 4277
    >>Budget, 1526-8
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 794, 1515, 1522, 1526-8
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 9738-9
    >>Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, 5334
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, 5334-5
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-61), 5334-6, 5338, 5349
    >>Canada-United States relations, 9901
    >>Canada Labour Code (amdt.--severance pay)(Bill C-219), 1919-20
    >>Canada Water Export Prohibition Act (Bill C-232), 9835-6
    >>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72), 8251-3
    >>Capital punishment, 4276-7
    >>Child care, petition, 7089
    >>Child support payments, 5031
    >>Crime, petitions, 4349
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9677
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4276-7
    >>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), 5071, 5076, 9712-3
    >>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9465-6
    >>Cuba, 5304
    >>Curling, S.O. 31, 637, 818
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 9466, 9713
    >>Deficit, 794, 1526-7, 9638
    >>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 5031
    >>Economic development/renewal, S.O. 31, 31
    >>Economy, 5338
    >>Employment, 2777
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2776-9
    >>Environment, 9901
    >>Exports, 5334, 5349, 9901-2
    >>Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 4492-4, 4508-9, 5207-8, 5303-4
    >>Foreign policy, 9901
    >>Goodale, references, 8251
    >>Government appointments, 7607-8
    >>Government expenditures, 1526-7
    >>Government programs and services, 1526-7
    >>Grain marketing, 4493, 5208, 5303, 8251-2, 9869-72
    >>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 4135-7
    >>Grain transportation, 8251-2
    >>Gross Domestic Product, 5334
    >>Gun control/guns, 4277, 9713
    >>>S.O. 31, 6900
    >>Haiti, 9902
    >>Health care system, petition, 3641
    >>Income tax, S.O. 31, 2471
    >>Infrastructure program, 9639
    >>International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act Order Act (Bill C-77), 9901-2
    >>Interprovincial trade, 5335, 9901
    >>Job creation, 5334
    >>Justice system, 4276-7, 9712
    >>Legislation, 9901M. (H. Gray), 224-5
    >>Magazines, 4509
    >>>o.q., 585
    >>National debt, 794, 1525-8, 9638
    >>North American Free Trade Agreement, 5303, 5334, 9901-2
    >>>o.q., 2892
    >>>S.O. 31, 9543
    >>Parliament of Canada Act and Canada Elections Act (amdt.--confidence motions)(Bill C-250), 8474
    >>Parole, 4276, 9465-6
    >>Peacekeeping, 9901-2
    >>Penitentiaries, 4276-7, 7644
    >>Post offices, petition, 8201
    >>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 7644
    >>Procedure, speeches, 1515, 2776
    >>Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236), 5984-5
    >>Sentences (convicted criminals), 9465-6, 9712-3
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 3641
    >>Softwood lumber industry, 5208, 5303
    >>>o.q., 3873, 3927, 6264, 6859, 6908-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 4069, 6179-80
    >>Steel industry, o.q., 2892
    >>Taxation, 9639
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 148
    >>Trade, 4492-4, 4508-9, 5207-8, 5303-4, 5334-5, 5338, 9901
    >>>o.q., 135, 585-6
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2776-9
    >>United Nations, 9902
    >>Victims of crime, 9465
    >>Weapons/arms, M. (Blaikie), 6514-5
    >>World Trade Organization, 5304, 5335
    >>World War II, 9902
    >>Young Offenders Act, 4276-7, 9466

People's Tax Form Act (Bill C-361)--G. Breitkreuz

    >>First reading, 7277-8
    >>See also Income tax--Taxpayer directing

Peregrine falcons

    >>Federal-provincial recovery program, Wainwright, Alta., success, 323

Performer's royalties see Audio and video tapes--Blanks

Peric, Janko (L--Cambridge)

    >>Abortion, petitions, 276, 648, 8316
    >>Aerospace industry, S.O. 31, 7511
    >>AIDS, petition, 8695
    >>Awards, S.O. 31, 9477
    >>Canada Foundation for Innovation, S.O. 31, 8444
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, petition, 648
    >>Canadian Executive Service Organization, S.O. 31, 757, 4932
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2575
    >>Chaplin Family YMCA, S.O. 31, 9014
    >>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, petition, 9386
    >>Crime, petitions, 5117, 8844
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 1272
    >>Discrimination and racism, 2575
    >>>S.O. 31, 916
    >>Family, 2575
    >>Fire-fighters, S.O. 31, 8005
    >>Foreign aid, o.q., 6268
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, S.O. 31, 2753
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 7747, 8316-7
    >>Housing
    >>>Petition, 9386-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 2426-7
    >>Immigration Enforcement Improvement Act (Bill C-237), 769
    >>Impaired driving, petitions, 5117, 7523
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 6786
    >>Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia), S.O. 31, 5108, 5801
    >>Parole, petition, 275-6
    >>Police, S.O. 31, 5593
    >>Postal service, S.O. 31, 7233
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 769
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 1272, 1874, 4047, 9124
    >>Small and medium business, S.O. 31, 353
    >>Suicide, petitions, 8316, 9386
    >>Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, S.O. 31, 7778

Perkins, Jessica Lynn

    >>New Year's baby, born, St. Thomas, Ont., S.O. 31, 175-6

Perley and Rideau Health Centre see Veterans--Hospitals

Perley Bridge see Bridges

Permanent Arab tribunal on violence against women see Afghanistan--Human rights violations

Permanent Joint Board on Defence (Canada-United States)

    >>Canadian section, chairman, Flis, 517
    >>Establishment in 1940, role, etc., 517-8, 540
    >>See also North American Aerospace Defence Command

Perron, Denis see Quebec--Duplessis constituency

Perry, Lloyd see Black Canadians

Persian Gulf War (1991)

    >>Canadian Armed Forces participation, 5638
    >>>Gulf war syndrome, 5964
    >>>>o.q., 1419
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4449-50, 10113
    >>>Photographs of soldiers with body parts, o.q., 5371
    >>Kurds, treatment by Iraq/Turkey, Canadian position, 1816
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command role, 511
    >>See also Iraq

Personal injury offences see Violent offences

Personhood see Discrimination and racism--Prohibited grounds

Persons case see Women

Perth--Wellington--Waterloo constituency see National unity--Essay contests

Peru see Canadian Executive Service Organization; Canadian International Development Agency

Pest Management Regulatory Agency

Pesticides

    >>Bacillus thuringiensis Kurstaki (Btk) use, spraying for gypsy moth, impact on British Columbia agriculture industry, qu., 2852-3
    >>Certification, reassessment, 7275
    >>Effectiveness, 7275
    >>Regulation
    >>>Costs passed on to consumers, 3957
    >>>Pest Management Regulatory Agency role, 6481, 7275
    >>Use, approval procedures, expediting, harmonizing with United States, o.q., 2891-2
    >>See also Fruit and vegetables--Peaches and apples

Pesticides Products Control Act

Peterborough, Ont.

    >>Evinrude Centre, arena, opening, S.O. 31, 7652
    >>See also Canada Games--2001 Games; Human Resources Development Department--Disabilities unit

Peterborough constituency

    >>BEL Rotary fundraising efforts, tribute, S.O. 31, 1416

Peterborough County Plowing Match see Adams--References

Peters, Arnold

    >>Member of Parliament, former, death, tribute, 4460-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 4336

Peters, Hon. Douglas (L--Scarborough East; Secretaryof State (International Financial Institutions))

    >>Automobile leasing, o.q., 1712
    >>Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-5), 5531
    >>Banks, o.q., 1713, 3320, 6668, 8733
    >>Bell Canada, o.q., 136
    >>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 1057-72
    >>Budget 1995, o.q., 236
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 1813
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 9454-5, 9489
    >>Budget, o.q., 235, 479
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-41), 6092
    >>Canada Foundation for Innovation, o.q.,10180-1
    >>Canada Pension Plan, o.q., 2009, 8507, 8588-90
    >>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 5356
    >>Canadian Securities Commission, o.q., 238, 312, 2012, 3088, 5739
    >>Capital gains tax, 4720-1
    >>Child care, 6529-30, 6532
    >>>M. on supply (Hayes), 6529-32
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), closure, M., 5812
    >>Corporations, M. on supply (Loubier), 927-9
    >>Credit cards, o.q., 6668, 6796, 7039
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 3545
    >>Customs Tariff, 10029
    >>Deficit, 6531-2
    >>>o.q., 235, 479, 8592, 10118
    >>Depository Bills and Notes Act (Bill C-90), 8988
    >>Economy, o.q., 8592
    >>Excise Tax Act, 7390, 9331
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7278, 7909
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, o.q., 312
    >>Financial institutions
    >>>o.q., 136, 8733
    >>>White Paper
    >>>>Statement by Minister, 4080
    >>>>Tabled, 4080
    >>Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-15), 491, 1334, 1337
    >>Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-82), 8144, 9091-4
    >>Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 5204-5
    >>Foreign investment, o.q., 9083
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7909
    >>>o.q., 236, 478, 584-5, 640, 1103, 2005-6, 2010, 3257-8, 3872, 4021-2, 4560, 4672, 4674, 10117-8, 10181
    >>>Statement by Minister (P. Martin), 1811
    >>Government credit rating, o.q., 9453
    >>Income Tax Act, 6376
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9453, 9489
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36), 1378, 2817
    >>Income tax, o.q., 644
    >>Insurance industry, o.q., 971
    >>Job creation, o.q., 235, 640-1, 643, 4020, 4554, 8592
    >>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6431
    >>New Brunswick, o.q., 10181
    >>Newfoundland, o.q., 2941
    >>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 7631
    >>Private family trusts, M. on supply (Loubier), 4719-21
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 491
    >>>Motions, 5762
    >>>Orders of the Day, 1378, 6376, 7390, 8512, 9331, 10029
    >>Public Accounts, o.q., 10180-1
    >>Securities industry, o.q., 312
    >>Seniors Benefit, o.q., 10122
    >>Taxation
    >>>o.q., 5559, 5735-6
    >>>System reform, tabled, 7841
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8566
    >>Unemployment, 6532
    >>>o.q., 5558, 7836-7, 10118
    >>Ways and Means motions, 1378, 6376, 7390, 8512, 10029
    >>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-13), 3642

Peters, Jim see Parole--Murderers

Peters, Paul and Elizabeth see Disabled and handicapped persons--Camp Assiniboia

Peterson, Colleen

    >>Country music artist, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 5678-9

Peterson, David see Election--Government calling

Peterson, Jim (L--Willowdale)

    >>Armenia
    >>>M. on supply (Daviault), 1834-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 10178
    >>Bishop of the Arctic of the Church of England in Canada Incorporation Act (amdt.)(Bill S-15), 9627-8
    >>Budget, 7411
    >>Budget 1997, 7217-20, 7410-1
    >>Capital gains tax, 4730-2
    >>Charitable donations, 7220
    >>Charitable organizations, o.q., 9885
    >>Child tax benefit, 7219
    >>Confectionery Manufacturers Association, S.O. 31, 5800
    >>Corporations, 7222
    >>>M. on supply (Loubier), 898-902
    >>Cultural industries, 7222
    >>Deficit, 7217-8, 7411
    >>Disabled and handicapped persons, 7219
    >>Economy, 7218
    >>Education, 7221
    >>Education, post-secondary, 7219
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 9067-71
    >>Finance Standing Committee, reports, 4356, 5937, 7109, 7585, 8661, 9417, 9824
    >>>M. (H. Gray), 7217-20, 7410-1
    >>Financial institutions, 7221
    >>Foreign investment, 7221
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 983-5, 9067-71
    >>>M. on supply (Solberg), 983-5
    >>Government borrowing, 7217-8
    >>Government programs and services, 7219
    >>Gross Domestic Product, 7222
    >>Health care system, 7221-2, 7411
    >>Human rights, 1835
    >>Income tax, 4731, 4733, 7220-1
    >>>Petition, 10145
    >>Income Tax Act, 4730
    >>Interest rates, 7218
    >>Jewellery, 7221
    >>Job creation, 7218, 7221
    >>Literacy Secretariat, 7219
    >>Lotteries, 7221
    >>Mechanics, 7221
    >>National debt, 7217
    >>Oil and gas industry, 9068, 9070
    >>Private family trusts, 10136
    >>>M. on supply (Loubier), 4730-4
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Private, 9628
    >>>Committee reports, 4356
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 1874
    >>>Question and comment period, 1834
    >>Provincial sales taxes, 9068
    >>Public Accounts Standing Committee, M. (Guimond), 10136
    >>References see Capital gains tax--Property/assets; Goods and Services Tax--Abolish
    >>Research and development, 7219-20
    >>Sales taxes, 9070
    >>Securities industry, 7222
    >>Senior citizens, petition, 10146
    >>Small and medium business, 7221
    >>Taxation, 7218, 7220, 7222
    >>Tobacco products, 7221
    >>Turkey, 1835
    >>Unemployment, 7218
    >>Value added tax, 984
    >>War crimes, o.q., 714-5