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$100,000 exemption see Capital gains tax

1-976-CATASTROPHE see Quebec separation/sovereignty

4-H clubs

    >>Quebec, contributions, tribute, Semaine Québécoise des 4-H, S.O. 31, 10552(161:1105)

9-1-1 service see Postal service--Bear Island, N.B.; Telephone service

20% see Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing, Municipalities

200 mile economic zone see Marine transport--Maritime claims for damages, Oil pollution damage

401 see Highways and roads--Highway 416

416 see Highways and roads

500 Best Dumb Blonde Jokes see Government grants--Edimag

900/976 telephone numbers see Telemarketing--Deceptive and fraudulent telemarketing

2000 A.D. see Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Computer systems; Information technologies; New Millennium; Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports; Task Force Year 2000

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"A Framework to Improve the Social Union for Canadians" see Social union--Prime Minister/First ministers meeting, Ottawa, Ont. February 4, 1999

A.R. Kaufman YMCA see Kitchener Centre constituency

Abacha, General Sani see Nigeria

Abandonments see Rail transportation/railways--Rail/branch line abandonment

Abbott, Jim (Ref.--Kootenay--Columbia)

Abbotsford, B.C., see Drug/substance abuse--National drug strategy

ABCs of climate change see Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)

Abduction see Child abduction

Abella, Rosalie see Judges

Abitibi constituency

    >>Description, geographic, demographic, 80(4:1235)
    >>See also Ice storm 1998--Assistance

Abitibi, Que. see Highways and roads--Quebec; Job creation

Abitibi region see Quebec; Rail transportation/railways--Rail/branch lines, Quebec

Ablonczy, Diane (Ref.--Calgary--Nose Hill)

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee

    >>Emergency meeting, New Democratic Party members absent, 9895(150:1310)
    >>Membership see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Seventy-first
    >>Reports, presented
    >>>First (Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord Implementation Act (Bill C-8)), 1583(28:1510)
    >>>Second (Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (Bill C-6)), 3070(49:1005)
    >>>Third (Nunavut Act and Constitution Act, 1867 (amdt.)(Bill C-39)), 6631(101:1000)
    >>>Fourth (Mi'kmaq Education Act (Bill C-30)), 7411(112:1500)
    >>>Fifth (First Nations Land Management Act (Bill C-49)), 10923(166:1205)
    >>>Sixth (Manitoba Claim Settlement Implementation Act (Bill C-56)), 13448(203:1545)
    >>>Seventh (Aboriginal Economic Development: Urgent issues arising from visits to Northern Quebec and Nunavut), 14885(224:1205)
    >>Research officer, travel, authorization, M. (Knutson), agreed to, 11806-7(179:1705)
    >>Travel, authorization, M. (Adams), agreed to, 6577(99:1805)
    >>See also Aboriginal peoples/communities--Economic development--Manitoba; Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord Implementation Act (Bill C-8); Indians/First Nations--Land management, Legislation; Mackenzie Valley--Land and water management, Legislation; Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (Bill C-6); Nisga'a land claim--Agreement, Reform Party position; Nunavut Territory--Legislation

Aboriginal and treaty rights

    >>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, relationship, 11236-7(171:2225-30)
    >>Government not honouring obligations, 12254(186:1650)
    >>Indian Act, relationship, 12482(190:1005-10)
    >>Recognition, negotiation, 15830(237:1655-700)
    >>Reform Party position, 9934(150:1725)
    >>Treaties, role, 15796-8(237:1335-45), 15830(237:1700)
    >>Trudeau, Pierre, position, 15788(237:1235)
    >>See also Aboriginal land claims; Aboriginal self-government; Caldwell First Nation--Reserve; Electricity--Manitoba Hydro project, Treaty status; Forestry; Indian bands/reserves--Manitoba, Treaty entitlements; Indians/First Nations--Land management, Status of agreement; Mackenzie Valley--Land and water management; Métis; Multilateral Agreement on Investment; Nisga'a land claim--Agreement; Nunavut Territory--Denesuline of Northern Manitoba; Oil and gas industry--Yukon Territory; Water

Aboriginal Awareness Week see Aboriginal peoples/communities

Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg

    >>Government investment, $950,000, o.q., 6084(92:1150)

Aboriginal Endowment Fund

    >>Documents, M. for Production of Papers (Scott, M.), called, transferred for debate, 9235(139:1525-30)

Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy see Salmon--Pacific

Aboriginal Head Start Program see Education--Aboriginal peoples/communities

Aboriginal Health Institute see Health--Aboriginal peoples/communities

Aboriginal Human Resources Development Council/strategy see Aboriginal peoples/communities--Job creation

Aboriginal justice initiative see Justice system

Aboriginal justice system see Justice system

Aboriginal land claims

    >>Agreements, ad-hoc basis, differences among, etc., 10032(152:1645)
    >>British Columbia, treaty process, etc., 1240(22:1515)
    >>>Auditor General's 1998 report findings, o.q., 8576(129:1445)
    >>>Costs of settling, federal-provincial cost sharing, etc., 15782-3(237:1155-200)
    >>>Delgamuukw case, Supreme Court of Canada ruling, impact, negotiations, etc., 4740-1(71:1835-40), 5430(81:1600), 5536(83:1650), 5663(85:1725), 5843(88:1635-40), 7496-8(113:1550-605), 7506(113:1655), 7679(117:1215), 7732(117:1745), 11236-7(171:2230)
    >>>>Economic impact study, qu., 8175(122:1525)
    >>>>o.q., 7411(112:1500), 7698-9(117:1415-20), 7701(117:1430), 7811-4(118:1440-55), 7927-8(119:1440-5), 8056-7(120:1445-50), 8103-4(121:1135), 8107(121:1150-5)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 7644(116:1100), 7920(119:1405)
    >>>Forest clear cutting, relationship, 15525(234:1625-30)
    >>>Negotiations re waterways, referendum, etc., petition, 5767(87:1205)
    >>>Unsettled claims, economic impact, etc., o.q., 5418(81:1440)
    >>>See also British Columbia Treaty Commission
    >>Federal-provincial-territorial co-operation, need for, Auditor General's findings, 15793(237:1310)
    >>Independent commission, establishing, 3012(47:1835)
    >>Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act (Bill C-56), relationship, 10023(152:1535), 10027(152:1610)
    >>>See also Indian bands/reserves--Manitiba; Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act (Bill C-56)
    >>Reform Party position, 1207(22:1145-50), 1242-3(22:1530)
    >>Saskatchewan, compensation to rural municipalities, government refusal to pay, 3288(51:1715), 9950-1(151:1045-50)
    >>Treaty process
    >>>Non-aboriginal peoples interests, recognizing, Auditor General's 1998 report findings, 11235(171:2220)
    >>>See also Aboriginal land claims--British Columbia
    >>Yukon and Northwest Territories, survey, Canada Lands Surveyors conducting, 6609(100:1530)
    >>See also Aboriginal self-government; Electricity--Manitoba Hydro project; Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement; Indian Claims Commission; Indians/First Nations--Land management; Inuvialuit; Labrador Inuit Association; Lubicon Cree First Nation; Mackenzie Valley--Land and water management; Métis--Land base; Mining industry--Voisey's Bay; National parks/marine conservation areas--Marine conservation areas; Nisga'a land claim; Nunavut Territory; Oil and gas industry--Yukon Territory; Quebec--Nunavik; Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Twenty-second; Sahtu Dene and Métis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement; Sechelt First Nation; Siksika Nation; Westbank First Nation

Aboriginal Languages Day see Aboriginal peoples/communities--Languages

Aboriginal peoples/communities

    >>Aboriginal Awareness Week, S.O. 31, 6917(105:1405), 15251(230:1400)
    >>Aboriginal business investment programs, 179(6:1115)
    >>Aboriginals for Accountability, Edmonton, Alta., conference, S.O. 31, 10608(162:1405)
    >>Accountability
    >>>o.q., 14598(220:1455)
    >>>Taxation, local bands imposing, tobacco tax, use of funds, 14646-7(221:1130-5)
    >>Apartheid policy
    >>>S.O. 31, 1226(22:1355)
    >>>Unequal treatment, 9881(150:1140)
    >>>See also Aboriginal peoples/communities--Economic and social conditions; Aboriginal self-government; Indian bands/reserves
    >>Assimilation policy, 9893-4(150:1300)
    >>>See Also Aboriginal peoples/communities--Integration
    >>Auditor General, establishing
    >>>o.q., 14598(220:1455)
    >>>See also Aboriginal self-government
    >>Bachand, C., role, 12511(190:1300)
    >>Bloc Québécois interest, position, 4726-7(71:1705), 6406-7(97:1040-50)
    >>>See also Aboriginal peoples/communities--Reform Party position
    >>Civilized/uncivilized, 5856(88:1820)
    >>Contribution to Canada, recognizing, Calgary Declaration, September 1997, 2168(37:1305)
    >>Culture, tourist attraction, etc., 1249(22:1620)
    >>Defining, 9929(150:1650)
    >>>See also Indians/First Nations
    >>Democracy, excluded from, equality factor, etc., 1248-54(22:1610-55)
    >>Economic and social conditions, 181(6:1125-30), 896-7(17:1210-20), 4601-3(70:1110-20), 7498(113:1600), 7501(113:1620), 10493(160:1305), 12904(196:1925-30), 15780-2(237:1140-55), 15794(237:1515), 15826-7(237:1635)
    >>>Government expenditures, relationship, 532(11:1500)
    >>>>o.q., 528(11:1435-40), 1095(20:1125)
    >>>Government policies, relationship, 896-7(17:1210-20), 1241-2(22:1520-5), 1250(22:1625), 1299(23:1620), 11602(176:1835), 12255-6(186:1700)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4835(73:1105), 11560(176:1405-10), 12792(195:1105)
    >>>Institutionalized welfare state, 5430(81:1600-5), 7495-6(113:1540-5), 9924(150:1615), 15782(237:1150)
    >>>o.q., 2384-5(39:1435-40)
    >>>Off-reserve Indians and Métis, etc., o.q., 12235(186:1455-500)
    >>>Ontario, Pine Lake and Red Lake communities, CTV Television reports, o.q., 11839-40(180:1145)
    >>>Oppression, relationship, 9893(150:1300)
    >>>Reform Party addressing, hearings with grassroots aboriginal peoples, 10711-2(163:1255)
    >>>Separate development, apartheid policy, relationship, 7497-8(113:1555-605), 9924-5(150:1615-20), 15780(237:1140)
    >>>United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights findings, 11223(171:2045-50), 12487(190:1045)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 14269(214:1115)
    >>>See also Indian bands/reserves
    >>Economic development, 15781-2(237:1150-5)
    >>>$1 billion fund, 1241(22:1520), 1243(22:1535), 1248(22:1610-5)
    >>>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee studying, 6577(99:1805)
    >>>>Northen Quebec and Nunavut Territory see Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh
    >>>Capabilities, 12245(186:1550)
    >>>Community Futures Program, 6084(92:1150)
    >>>Government measures, o.q., 6084(92:1150)
    >>>Hart role, 11239(171:2245)
    >>>Lack, 49(3:1735)
    >>>Quebec government $125 million fund, federal government matching, o.q., 7014-5(106:1455-500)
    >>>Separate development, equality, relationship, 1241(22:1520)
    >>>See also Indians/First Nations--Land management--Non-treaty Indians
    >>Environment, wilderness, relationship, 1215(22:1240), 15822-3(237:1610-5)
    >>Federal government fiduciary responsibility, 8329-30(124:1850-5), 9881(150:1140), 9886(150:1205)
    >>>o.q., 6857(104:1445-50)
    >>>See also Indian bands/reserves--Economic and social conditions; Indians/First Nations--Land management
    >>Friendship centres, programs, funding shortage, 4604(70:1130-5)
    >>>S.O. 31, 10971(167:1400)
    >>Government funding
    >>>$500 million additional, Budget 1999 measures, 12015(183:1545), 12107(184:1235)
    >>>Accountability, 11195(171:1730)
    >>>Ineffective, 15826(237:1635)
    >>>Not reaching individuals, 4605(70:1135)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5705(86:1355)
    >>>Reducing, Reform Party position, 12434(189:1340), 12436(189:1350-5), 12933(197:1245), 12974(197:1700)
    >>>See also Government expenditures
    >>Government, improving, Throne Speech statement, 11(2:1550)
    >>Government programs, failure, 9932(150:1705)
    >>Government relationship with
    >>>Co-dependency, 1251(22:1635)
    >>>Improvement, 9900(150:1340)
    >>>Partnership
    >>>>Aboriginal leadership only, ordinary people excluded, 9884(150:1150-5)
    >>>>Transparency, predictability and accountability principles, Throne Speech statement, 11(2:1550), 493(10:1440)
    >>>>United Nations position, o.q., 14597(220:1445-50)
    >>>Redefining, 3011-2(47:1835)
    >>>Representation at first ministers conferences and constitutional discussions, S.O. 31, 4155(63:1410)
    >>Grassroots/individuals, not consulted/listened to, etc., 9926(150:1625), 9928(150:1635), 10033-5(152:1655-705), 11044(168:1310), 11232(171:2155), 12255(186:1700)
    >>>o.q., 14597(220:1445-50)
    >>Historical background, 12245(186:1550-5), 12253-4(186:1650)
    >>Human resources development strategy, $1.6 billion
    >>>o.q., 14720(222:1455)
    >>>S.O. 31, 15251(230:1400)
    >>>Urban residents, access, o.q., 15262(230:1450)
    >>Integration
    >>>Assimilation, relationship, 7496(113:1455)
    >>>Chretien, Jean, position as Indian affairs minister, 1969 white paper, 6424(97:1215)
    >>Job creation, Aboriginal Human Resources Development Council/strategy role, etc., 3302(51:1840)
    >>>o.q., 7119(108:1440)
    >>Lakeland constituency, Benoit sponsored task force, 6408(97:1055), 15817-9(237:1535-45)
    >>>See also Indian bands/reserves--Financial management, Lack
    >>Languages, Aboriginal Languages Day, etc., S.O. 31, 5588-9(84:1410)
    >>Legislation
    >>>Liberal Party-New Democratic Party love-in, 9902(150:1355), 9919(150:1535)
    >>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) initiated, Liberal government passing, 9919(150:1535)
    >>Manitoba, legislation, Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act (Bill C-56)
    >>>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee study, 10030-1(152:1630-40), 10044(152:1815)
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 10028(152:1620)
    >>>Consideration, examining carefully, 10520(160:1605)
    >>>Consultations, 10043(152:1810)
    >>>Economic self-reliance, relationship, 10023(152:1535), 10025(152:1550), 10029(152:1620)
    >>>Omnibus legislation, 10520(160:1600-5)
    >>>Reform Party position, 10025-6(152:1550-600)
    >>>Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples report, government response, relationship, 10023(152:1535), 10028-9(152:1620)
    >>>See also Aboriginal land claims; Aboriginal self-government; Electricity--Manitoba Hydro project; Indian bands/reserves--Manitoba; Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act (Bill C-56)
    >>National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, S.O. 31, 12944-5(197:1355-400)
    >>National Aboriginal Day, June 21, 5(2:1550)
    >>Nationhood
    >>>Recognizing, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples report, 3012(47:1835)
    >>>Welcoming settlers, impact, etc., 9929-30(150:1645-50)
    >>New Democratic party position, 10494(160:1315)
    >>>Provincial governments, 10494(160:1315)
    >>>See also Aboriginal peoples/communities--Reform Party position
    >>Ombudsman, need for, 9968(151:1225), 10033(152:1655), 15818(237:1540)
    >>>o.q., 14598(220:1455)
    >>Policing, Royal Canadian Mounted Police role, monitoring, training, 1479(26:1555)
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) record, 9536(144:1650-5), 10925(166:1220)
    >>Quebec government, relationship, 13556-7(205:1330)
    >>>Native peoples development fund, $125 million, federal government contribution, o.q., 5760(87:1130)
    >>>Policy, announcement, Apr. 2, 1998
    >>>>o.q., 5760(87:1130)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5707(86:1405)
    >>>Tax collection agreements, Quebec Sales Tax, Goods and Services Tax, o.q., 5760(87:1130-5)
    >>>Treatment, etc., 1196-7(22:1040), 4729(71:1720)
    >>Reform Party position, attitude, 6423-5(97:1205-15), 7504(113:1645), 7506(113:1700), 9881(150:1135-40), 9886(150:1205), 9894-6(150:1300-15), 10036-7(152:1710-20), 10039-40(152:1740-50), 10492(160:1300), 10495(160:1320), 11228-30(171:2125-35), 11238-9(171:2245-50), 15773(237:1055), 15794(237:1315), 15826-7(237:1635-40), 15831(237:1705)
    >>>B.C. Fire, anti-Indian movement, relationship, 15821(237:1600-5), 15824-6(237:1620-35)
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, comparison, 5836(88:1550), 9889(150:1225-30)
    >>>Foundation for Individual Rights and Equality (FIRE), relationship, 10036(152:1710-5), 10040(152:1750), 10044(152:1815)
    >>>Government position, comparison, 1296(23:1600)
    >>>>o.q., 2384(39:1435), 2387-8(39:1450-5)
    >>>New Democratic Party position, comparison, 9895-6(150:1310-5)
    >>>o.q., 16255(243:1150)
    >>>Representing disenfranchised, grassroots, etc., S.O. 31, 8395-6(126:1105-10)
    >>Resources, control over, need for, 10493(160:1305)
    >>Self-determination right see Quebec separation/sovereignty
    >>Separate special status, 15822(237:1605)
    >>>Eliminating, equal treatment, 1969 white paper, government not implementing, etc., 9884-5(150:1155-200), 12267(186:1810)
    >>>Impact, 9886(150:1205)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 10256(156:1115)
    >>>S.O. 31, 15801(237:1405)
    >>Stewart, Jane, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister, meeting with, o.q., 2383(39:1430), 2385(39:1440)
    >>Strengthening, improving living standards, etc., 72(4:1145), 275(7:1320-5), 277(7:1330-5)
    >>>o.q., 2385-6(39:1445)
    >>>Throne Speech statement, 11(2:1550)
    >>United Nations Human Rights Committee findings re Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommendations re lands and resources, S.O. 31, 13899-90(208:1400)
    >>Urban centres, Budget 1998 failure, 4583(69:1755)
    >>Weapons, militants stockpiling, o.q., 12231-4(186:1440-50)
    >>White paper of 1969 see Aboriginal peoples/communities--Integration--Separate special status
    >>Women and children, ignored, Reform Party representing, etc., 9970(151:1245)
    >>Youth
    >>>Suicide rate, etc., o.q., 782-3(15:1145)
    >>>>See also Big Cove Indian Reserve; Drug/substance abuse--Aboriginal peoples/communities
    >>>Urban youth centres, establishing, 306-7(7:1625-30)
    >>See also Canada--History; Canadian Armed Forces--Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range; Child care; Child poverty; Children--Head Start Program; Co-operatives; Constitutional reform--Charlottetown Accord; Crime prevention; Dene; Drug/substance abuse--Aboriginal peoples/communities; Education; Education, post-secondary--Access; Elley--References; Environmental protection/management; Food--Costs; Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization with provinces, New Brunswick; Gun control/guns--Registration system; Health; Health care system; Housing; Income ; Indians/First Nations; Inuit; Justice system; Mackenzie Valley; Métis; National historic sites; National parks/marine conservation areas--Marine conservation areas; National unity--Calgary Declaration; Parole; Penitentiaries--Hobbema Healing Lodge--Inmates; Poverty; Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples; South Africa--Mandela; Sports--North American Indigenous Games Training programs; Veterans; Violence/violent offences; Water--National policy; Welfare; Young offenders; Youth--Unemployment

Aboriginal self-government

Aboriginals for Accountability see Aboriginal peoples/communities

Abortion

    >>Banning, petition, 14028(210:1510)
    >>Doctors Hippocratic oath, relationship, etc., S.O. 31, 10550-1(161:1055)
    >>Doctors who perform abortions, shootings, murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian, task force, etc.,
    >>>o.q., 9401(142:1450)
    >>>S.O. 31, 9693-4(147:1400)
    >>Federal funding, binding national referendum, holding, 15730(236:1505)
    >>>Petitions, 2105(36:1600), 3328(52:1625), 6968(106:1005), 7413(112:1510), 8770-1(132:1510-5), 9106(137:1530), 9136(138:1005), 9232(139:1520), 9521-2(144:1515-20), 9869(150:1015), 10792-3(164:1540), 11245-6(172:1005-10), 12187(185:1205), 13493(204:1310), 13716(206:1010), 14549(219:1205)
    >>>S.O. 31, 3683(56:1405)
    >>>See also Medically Unnecessary Abortion Referendum Act (Bill C-515)
    >>Health care providers, protecting from having to take part in
    >>>Petition, 4408(67:1515)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--to prohibit coercion in medical procedures that offend a persons religion or belief that human life is inviolable)(Bill C-461)
    >>Legislation allowing, repealing, petition, 15732(236:1520)
    >>Protests, woman crossing bubble zone around clinic, conviction, sentence, 12926(197:1155-200)
    >>Rights of unborn children, petitions, 3404(53:1020), 5243(79:1005), 16102(241:1525)
    >>S.O. 31, 7002(106:1355)
    >>See also Murder--Doctors who perform abortions

Abrams tanks see Defence equipment--Tanks

Abuse see Bankruptcy and insolvency--Personal; Cruelty to animals

Academy Awards see Film and television industry; Films--The Sweet Hereafter

Acadia Seafoods see Port Saxon, N.S.

Acadian artists see Francophones outside Quebec--Assimilation

Acadian fête nationale see Canadian Heritage Department--1999 theme calendar

Acadian heritage

    >>Acadian Village, West Pubnico, S.O. 31, 14266(214:1100)
    >>Sigogne, Jean Mandé, religious leader, Nova Soctia, arrival, 200th anniversary, S.O. 31, 121223(184:1410)
    >>See also Société nationale de l'Acadie

Acadian peninsula see Fisheries

Acadians see Quebec separation/sovereignty--Atlantic provinces and Acadians position; Société nationale de l'Acadie

Acadie--Bathurst constituency see Unemployment

Accelerated Reduction and Elimination of Toxics Program (ARET) see Toxic substances

Access to information

    >>Employment insurance benefits, quotas, journalists' inquiries, Pettigrew, Human Resources Development Minister, defying Access to Information Act, Information Commissioner condemning, o.q., 15025-6(226:1500), 15064(227:1425), 15137-8(228:1420-5), 15140-1(228:1430-40), 15208(229:1120-5)
    >>Federal government administration, Canadian Association of Journalists, criticism, o.q., 14228(213:1455)
    >>Information Commissioner John Grace concerns, 7819-20(118:1530-5)
    >>>o.q., 291(7:1450), 5906(89:1440), 7603(115:1440-5), 7655(116:1155)
    >>See also Blood; Canadian Armed Forces--Pilots; Employment insurance--Benefits, Quotas; Government documents--Access; Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department; Murder--Deraiche; Victims of crime

Access to Information Act

    >>Reforming, 1005(19:1015), 7819-20(118:1530-5)
    >>>Legislation, Access to Information Act (amdt.)(Bill C-264), text substitution, agreed to, 8084-5(120:1815)
    >>>See also Access to Information Act (amdt.)(Bill C-264)
    >>See also Canada Lands Company; Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation; Canada Post Corporation; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Canadian Development Investment Corporation; Canadian Wheat Board; Crown corporations; Employment insurance--Benefits, Quotas; Information Commissioner--Special report; Millennium scholarship fund; Ports--Commercialization, Canada port authorities; Stony Indian Reserve--Indian Affairs and Northern Development official

Access to Information Act (amdt.)(Bill C-208)--Beaumier

    >>First reading, 156-7(5:1220-5)
    >>Second reading, 2827-35 (45:1400-1500), 3828-36(58:1730-1830), 5738-42(86:1730-55), agreed to, on recorded division, 5935-6(89:1800-5)
    >>>Dropped to bottom of the order of precedence on Order Paper, 2835(45:1500), 3836(58:1830)
    >>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 5935-6(89:1800-5)
    >>>Report, with amdt., 9230(139:1505)
    >>Report stage, 9976(151:1330)
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Beaumier), agreed to, 9976(151:1330)
    >>Third reading, 9976-9(151:1330-50), agreed to, on recorded division, 10047-8(152:1900-10), passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 13531(204:1715). Chap. 16, S.C. 1999
    >>See also Government documents--Access

Access to Information Act (amdt.)(Bill C-264)--Bryden

    >>First reading, 1005(19:1015)
    >>See also Access to Information Act--Reforming

Access to Information Act (amdt.--Crown corporations)(Bill C-216)--Gilmour

    >>First reading, 216(6:1505)
    >>Second reading, 2471-9(41:1105-1200), 4854-63(73:1300-55), 5937-44(89:1820-1905), negatived, on recorded division, 6241-2(94:1815-25)
    >>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 2479(41:1200), 4863(73:1355)
    >>Natural Resources and Government Operations Standing Committee referral, negatived, on recorded division, 6241-2(94:1815-25)
    >>See also Crown corporations--Access to Information Act

Access to Information Act (amdt.--disclosure of results of public opinion polls)(Bill C-217)--B. Mills

    >>First reading, 216-7(6:1505)
    >>Second reading, 1427-33(25:1325-1405)
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 1433(25:1405)
    >>See also Public opinion polls--Government conducting

Access to Information Act (amdt.--disclosure of results of public opinion polls)(Bill C-253)--Mark

    >>First reading, 973(18:1520)
    >>See also Public opinion polls--Government conducting

Access to Information Act and National Archives of Canada Act (amdt.--destruction and falsification of documents and access to confidences of the Privy Council)(Bill C-286)--Bellehumeur

    >>First reading, 2104(36:1555)
    >>See also Government documents--Access

Accessibility see Banks and financial institutions--Basic services

Accidents see Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board; Farm safety; Hazardous materials--Chlorine gas tanks; Motor vehicles; Parkhill Dam Memorial; Pipelines; Robinson--References; Search and rescue helicopters; Workplace

Accountability see Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department; Indian bands/reserves--Financial management; Indians/First Nations--Land management; National Energy Board--Grants; Westray mining disaster--Inquiry findings

Accounting for Results: Annual Report to Parliament of the President of the Treasury Board see Treasury Board--Departmental Performance Report

Accounting practices see Deficit--Level

Accueil Bonneau

    >>Homeless shelter, Montréal, Que., explosion
    >>>o.q., 7928(119:1445)
    >>>S.O. 31, 7807(118:1410), 7922(119:1410-5), 8099(121:1115)
    >>Rebuilding, volunteer/governments, efforts, tribute, S.O. 31, 9220(139:1415)

Acheiving a Critical Mass see Canadian Tourism Commission--Annual report

Acid rain

    >>Canada-United States dispute, 1990 agreement, reductions, 2296-7(38:2040-5), 2299(38:2100), 2321(38:2330), 15647(235:1150)
    >>>o.q., 15396(232:1450)
    >>>Tradable permits, relationship, 2300(38:2105)
    >>Federal-provincial agreement, Canada-Wide Acid Rain Strategy for Post-2000, o.q., 9227(139:1450)
    >>International protocol signed in 1984, 2288(38:1940), 6072(92:1055)
    >>Reducing, report, government response, etc., o.q., 531(11:1450)
    >>See also Beamish, Dr. Richard

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest see Education, post-secondary

ACOA see Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) see HIV/AIDS

ACS see Fisheries--Shrimp

ACT Program see Affordability and Choice Today Program

Action 21 Network see Environment

Action 2000 see discrimination and racism--Combatting, Youth

Ad hoc committee of Canadian women on the constitution see Quebec separation/sovereignty--Quebecers right to decide, Supreme Court of Canada referral

Ad valorem tax rate see Air transportation

Adams Lake Indian Band see Housing--Indian reserve lands

Adams, Marcia and McCutcheon, Marlene

    >>Teachers, car accident, deaths, tribute, S.O. 31, 3024(48:1410)

Adams, Peter (Lib.--Peterborough; Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons until Aug. 31, 1999)

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