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Information and Privacy Commissioners

    >>Estimates
    >>>1996-1997, main
    >>>>Tabled, 65 (8520-352-58)
    >>>1997-1998, main
    >>>>Tabled, 1166 (8520-352-141)
    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>1995-1996 annual report, 547 (8561-352-625)

Information Commissioner

    >>Commissioner John Grace, re-appointment, extended until Dec. 31/97, M. (Zed), agreed to, 1496

Infrastructure program

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Bevilacqua), (352-1404), 983, gr, 1071 (8545-352-140)

Inmates see Penitentiaries

Insurance Companies Act (amdt.)(Bill C-438)--Loubier

Insurance Companies Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-430)--Harb

Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports

    >>Assemblée internationale des parlementaires de langue française
    >>>Antananarivo, Madagascar, July 8-10/96, 981 (8565-352-52C)
    >>>Antananarivo, Madagascar, July 8-10/96, 981 (8565-352-52D)
    >>>Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 20-21/96, 1371 (8565-352-52E)
    >>>Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 4-5/96, 17 (8565-352-52)
    >>>Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 547 (8565-352-52B)
    >>>Paris, France, Mar. 18-10/96, 475 (8565-352-52A)
    >>Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
    >>>Russian Federation, Dec. 13-19/95, 234 (8565-352-51)
    >>>Stockholm, Sweden, July 5-9/96, 697 (8565-352-51B)
    >>>Vienna, Austria, Jan. 16-17/97, 1134 (8565-352-51C)
    >>>Vienna, Jan. 10-11/96, 235 (8565-352-51A)
    >>Canada-France Inter-Parliamentary Association
    >>>Paris, France, May 20, to 23/96, 591 (8565-352-55A)
    >>>Ottawa/Vancouver/Victoria, Oct. 9-16/96, 1191 (8565-352-55B)
    >>>Paris and Strasbourg, Jan. 20-28/96, 221 (8565-352-55)
    >>Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group
    >>>Cha-am, Thailand, Jan. 15 to 19/95, 76 (8565-352-57)
    >>>Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 6-8/96, 697 (8565-352-57B)
    >>>Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 1-5/96, 697 (8565-352-57A)
    >>>Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 7-10/97, 1149 (8565-352-57C)
    >>Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group
    >>>Alaska, U.S.A., May 10-13/96, 595 (8565-352-59)
    >>Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
    >>>Beijing, China, Sept. 14-21/96, 817 (8565-352-60A)
    >>>Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 13-21/96, 481 (8565-352-60)
    >>Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association
    >>>Athens, Greece, May 16-20/96, 636 (8565-352-50A)
    >>>Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 18-19/96, 706 (8565-352-50B)
    >>>Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 16-18/97, 1362 (8565-352-50D)
    >>>Moscow, Russia, Apr. 9-12/96, 636 (8565-352-50)
    >>>Paris, France, Nov. 17-21/97, 1362 (8565-352-50C)
    >>Canadian Parliamentary delegation
    >>>Chile, Apr. 8-11/96, 418 (8565-352-62)
    >>Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
    >>>Australia, Nov. 16/96-28/97, 1038 (8565-352-53E)
    >>>Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 17-24/96, 803 (8565-352-53D)
    >>>London, U.K., Mar. 5-16/96, 706 (8565-352-53A)
    >>>London, U.K., May 8-24/96, 706 (8565-352-53B)
    >>>London, U.K., Mar. 4-15/97, 1552 (8565-352-53F)
    >>>New Zealand, Feb. 23/96-Mar. 2/96, 221 (8565-352-53)
    >>>Winnipeg, Man., July 27-Aug. 2/96, 706 (8565-352-53C)
    >>Conference of Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers
    >>>Nicosia, Cyprus, Jan. 3-6/96, 105 (8565-352-56)
    >>>Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 2-8/97, 1248 (8565-352-56A)

International business

    >>Documents "Canada's International Business Strategy 1997-1998" and "Achievements of the International Business Development Program (1997)", tabled, 1314 (8525-352-18)

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

    >>Reports, permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
    >>>1995-1996 annual report, 626 (8560-352-329)

International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act (Bill C-77)--Minister of Foreign Affairs (L. Axworthy)

    >>1st r, 994
    >>2nd r, agreed to, 1484
    >>Committee of the Whole
    >>>Referral, 1485
    >>>Report, without amdt., 1485
    >>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Marleau), agreed to, 1485
    >>3rd r, agreed to, 1485-6, passed
    >>Senate passage, 1548
    >>Royal Assent, (Chap. 19, S.C. 1997), 1556

International Development Research Centre

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>1995-1996 annual report, with Auditor Generals report, 621 (8560-352-365)

International Financial Institutions Subcommittee

    >>Travel, authorization, agreed to by unanimous consent, 995

International Labour Conference

    >>Document "Canadian Position with Respect to Conventions and Recommendations adopted at the 81st and 82nd Sessions of the International Labour Conference--Geneva, June 1994 and June 1995", tabled, 461 (8530-352-8)

International Monetary Fund (Interim Committee) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund (Development Committee)

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
    >>>Communiqués, Apr. 22/96, 453 (8560-352-464)

International trade

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Bevilacqua), (352-1403), 983, gr, 1149 (8545-352-144)

Internet Child Pornography Restriction Act (Bill C-396)--C. Axworthy

Interpretation Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-408)--Harb

Intervenor Funding Act (Bill C-229)--Finlay

    >>1st r, 70
    >>Deemed read a second time and referred to Natural Resources Standing Committee, pursuant to Order made Mar. 4/96 (previously Bill C-339, 1st Sess./35th Parl.), 70-1

Israel

    >>Terrorist attacks against, condemning, M. agreed to, by unanimous consent, 37

J

Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Transport Standing Committee
    >>>1995-1996 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 610 (8560-352-437)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Privacy Act

James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and Northeastern Quebec Agreement, "Cree-Inuit-Naskapi"

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
    >>>1995 annual report, 743-4 (8560-352-438)

Judges

    >>Appointment, petitions
    >>>(Bodnar), (352-0731), 560, gr, 757 (8545-352-109)
    >>>(Brown, J.), (352-1470), 1002, gr, 1140 (8545-352-109D)
    >>>(Axworthy, C.), (352-2018), 1352, gr, 1502 (8545-352-109G)
    >>>(Harper, S.), (352-1037), 682, gr, 771 (8545-109A)
    >>>(Jennings), (352-0777), 584, gr, 757 (8545-352-109); (352-1012), 676, gr, 771 (8545-109A)
    >>>(Martin, K.), (352-1774), 1150, gr, 1265 (8545-352-109E)
    >>>(McClelland, I.), (352-0933), 637, gr, 771 (8545-109A)
    >>>(Riis), (352-0984), 666, gr, 771 (8545-109A)
    >>>(Sheridan), (352-1167), 769, gr, 854 (8545-352-109C)
    >>>(Solberg), (352-1798), 1161, gr, 1284 (8545-352-109F)
    >>>(Williams), (352-1108), 730, gr, 849 (8545-352-109B)

Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>1st r, 17
    >>2nd r, 53, agreed to, 53
    >>Committee of the Whole
    >>>Referral, 53
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 54
    >>Report stage
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Rock), agreed to, 54
    >>3rd r, agreed to, 54, passed
    >>Senate passage, 177
    >>Royal Assent, (Chap. 2, S.C. 1996), 196

Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>1st r, 462
    >>2nd r, 568, agreed to, 569
    >>Committee of the Whole
    >>>Referral, 569
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 569
    >>Report stage
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Rock), agreed to, 569
    >>3rd r, 569, agreed to, 569, passed
    >>Senate passage, with amdts., 851
    >>Senate amdts., 852
    >>>Consideration, M. (Rock), 868-9, 922-3, 925-6, 931, agreed to on recorded division, 933-4
    >>>>Amdt. (Ramsay), 922-3, 925-6, 931-3, negatived on division, 933
    >>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Williams), 923, division deferred, 923, negatived on recorded division, 926-7
    >>>>Amdt. (Williams), 868-9, division deferred, 869, negatived on recorded division, 875-7
    >>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3), M. (Gagliano), agreed to on recorded division, 930-1
    >>>>Notice of motion, 927
    >>Royal assent, (Chap. 30, S.C. 1996), 934

Judges' Salaries and Benefits Commission

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>1995 report and recommendations, 744 (8560-352-578)

Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee

    >>Bills referred
    >>>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-17), 516
    >>>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-234), 81
    >>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 496
    >>>Criminal Code (amdt.--genital mutilation of female persons)(Bill C-235), 82
    >>>Criminal Code (amdt.--Internet lotteries)(Bill C-353), 1129
    >>>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46), 1343
    >>>Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of witnesses)(Bill C-217), 309
    >>>Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205), 673
    >>>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), 721
    >>>Divorce Act (amdt.--granting of access to, or custody of, a child to a grandparent)(Bill C-245), 160
    >>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 712
    >>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 572
    >>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 702
    >>>Regulations Act (Bill C-25), 571
    >>Designated for the purposes of Sect. 232 of Corrections and Conditional Release Act, by unanimous consent, 922
    >>Designated for the purposes of Sect. 36 of the Criminal Code (mental disorder) and the National Defence Act and the Young Offenders Act (Chap. 43, Statutes of Canada, 1993), by unanimous consent, 1044
    >>Estimates referred
    >>>1995-1996
    >>>>Supplementary (B)
    >>>>>Justice, 72
    >>>>>Solicitor General, 72
    >>>1996-1997
    >>>>Main
    >>>>>Privy Council, 61
    >>>>>Solicitor General, 61
    >>>>Supplementary (A)
    >>>>>Justice, 773
    >>>>>Solicitor General, 773
    >>>>Supplementary (B)
    >>>>>Justice, 1181
    >>>>>Solicitor General, 1181
    >>>1997-1998
    >>>>Main
    >>>>>Justice, 1160
    >>>>>Privy Council, 1160
    >>>>>Solicitor General, 1160
    >>Membership, 28, 45, 50, 118, 180, 238-9, 293, 650, 659, 675, 706, 746, 764, 889, 1119, 1128
    >>Order in Council appointments deemed referred see Order in Council appointments
    >>Reports
    >>>First (The Heritage Front Affair: Our View), 582 (8510-352-26)
    >>>Second (Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45)), 582 (8510-352-27)
    >>>Third (Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41)), 782 (8510-352-45)
    >>>Fourth, (Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53)), 842-3 (8510-352-49)
    >>>Fifth, (Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-17)), 854 (8510-352-50)
    >>>Sixth, (Regulations Act (Bill C-25)), 938 (8510-352-58)
    >>>Seventh (Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27)), 967 (8510-352-64)
    >>>Eighth (Consideration of the Draft Regulations on Firearms tabled in the House of Commons by the Minister of Justice on Nov. 27/96), 1170 (851-352-79)
    >>>>gr, 1491 (8512-352-79)
    >>>Ninth (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)), 1234 (8510-352-83)
    >>>Tenth
    >>>Eleventh (Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205), 1362 (8510-352-92)
    >>>Eleventh (Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46), 1380 (8510-352-94)
    >>>Twelfth (Victims' Bill of Rights), 1516 (8510-352-107)
    >>>Thirteenth (Renewing Youth Justice), 1523 (8510-352-113)
    >>>gr to Tenth (1st Sess., 35th Parl.)("Document and Personnel Security"), 42 (8512-352-147)
    >>Reports, permanently referred see Access to Information Act; Correctional Investigator; Criminal Code; Firearms; Firearms Report to Solicitor General; Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission; Judges' Salaries and Benefits Commission; Pension Plan for Federally Appointed Judges; Privacy Act; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Dependants) Pension Fund; Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee; Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission; Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Account; Security Intelligence Review Committee
    >>Travel, authorization
    >>>M. (Zed), agreed to, 198
    >>>M. (Zed), agreed to, 263
    >>>M. (Zed), agreed to, 419
    >>>M. (Zed), 671
    >>>M. (Zed), agreed to, 764-5
    >>See also Victims of crime

Justice Department

    >>Estimates
    >>>1995-1996
    >>>Supplementary (B), referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 72
    >>>1996-1997
    >>>>Main
    >>>>>Referred to Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee, 61
    >>>>>Referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 61
    >>>>>Tabled, 64 (8520-352-28)
    >>>>Supplementary (A)
    >>>>>Referred to Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee, 772
    >>>>>Referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 773
    >>>>Supplementary (B)
    >>>>>Referred to Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee, 1181
    >>>>>Referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 1181
    >>>1997-1998
    >>>>Main
    >>>>>Referred to Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee, 1160
    >>>>>Referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 1160
    >>>>>Tabled, 1165 (8520-352-111)
    >>Witness and informant protection program, petitions
    >>>gr to (351-4086), (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 25 (8545-352-8)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Privacy Act

K

Kingston and the Islands constituency see Housing

L

Labour Adjustment Benefits Act

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Human Resources Development Standing Committee
    >>>Apr. 1/95-June 30/95 quarterly report, 956 (8560-351-456)
    >>>July 1/95-Sept. 30/95 quarterly report, 957 (8560-351-456A)
    >>>Oct. 1/95-Dec. 31/95 quarterly report, 957 (8560-351-456B)
    >>>Apr. 1-June 30/97, quarterly report, 1250 (8560-352-1893),

Labour relations

    >>Restructuring offers, employees right to vote, Canada Labour Code, amending, M. (Johnston), 1469, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 1469

Labrador see Economic development/renewal

Land Titles Act (amdt.--age of majority and definition of infant)(Bill C-431)--Harb

Landmines

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Blaikie), (352-1301 to 352-1303), 916, gr, 1034 (8545-352-3D)
    >>>(Brown, B.), (352-0180), 113, gr, 509 (8545-352-3B)
    >>>(Calder), (352-1129), 747, gr, 938 (8545-352-3C)
    >>>(Martin, K.), (352-1078), 712, gr, 1034 (8545-352-3D); (352-1770), 1150, gr, 1361 (8545-352-3E)
    >>>(Telegdi), (352-1043), 694, gr, 938 (8545-352-3C)
    >>>gr to (351-3894), (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 17 (8545-352-3)
    >>>gr to (351-4116), (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 25 (8545-352-3A)

Laurentian Pilotage Authority

    >>Reports, permanently referred to Transport Standing Committee
    >>>1995 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 279 (8560-352-416)
    >>>1996 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 1348 (8560-352-416A)
    >>>1996-2000 corporate plan summaries and 1996 operating and capital budgets, 684 (8562-352-844)
    >>>1997-2001 corporate plan summaries and 1997 operating and capital budgets, 1349 (8562-352-844A)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Privacy Act

Law Commission of Canada Act (Bill C-9)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>1st r, 51
    >>Deemed read a second time and considered by Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee and reported with amendments, pursuant to Order made Mar. 4/96 (previously Bill C-106, 1st Sess./35th Parl.), 51
    >>Report stage, M. for concurrence (Goodale), agreed to, 181
    >>3rd r, 181, 182, agreed to on recorded division, 183, passed
    >>Senate passage, 407
    >>Royal Assent, (Chap. 9, S.C. 1996), 455

Liberal government (J. Chrétien)

    >>Election campaign promises, breaking, betrayal of trust, M. on supply (Solberg), 464, proceedings expired after debate under S.O.1(19), 464

Library of Parliament

    >>Reports
    >>>1994-1995 annual report of the Parliamentary Librarian, tabled, 127 (8560-352-3)
    >>>1995-199 annual report of the Parliamentary Librarian, tabled, 1339 (8560-352-3A)

Library of Parliament Standing Joint Committee

    >>Estimates referred
    >>>1996-1997, main, Parliament, 61
    >>>>Message from Senate, 256
    >>>1997-1998, main, Parliament, 1160-1
    >>>>Message from the Senate, 1232
    >>Membership, 29, 184, 651

Livestock

    >>Hormone use
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Breitkreuz, G.), (352-0796), 584
    >>>>(Easter), (352-0781 to 352-0785), 584, gr, 647 (8545-352-14F)
    >>>>(Fontana), (352-0385), 338, gr, 509 (8545-352-14D)
    >>>>(Frazer), (352-0103), 53, gr, 226 (8545-352-14C)
    >>>>(Martin, K.), (352-1773), 1150, gr, 1265 (8545-352-14H)
    >>>>(Volpe), (352-1383), 968, gr, 1035 (8545-352-14G)
    >>>>(Wayne), (352-0570), 476, gr, 629 (8545-352-14E)
    >>>>gr to (351-3784), (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 43 (8545-352-14)
    >>>>gr to (351-4015), (351-4024), (351-4071), (351-4081), (351-4091) and (351-4098), (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 49 (8445-352-15)
    >>>>gr to (351-4114) and (351-4126) (1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 57 (8545-352-14B)