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Marriage (prohibited degrees) Act (amdt.)(Bill C-225)--Wappel

    >>1st r, 57
    >>2nd r, 1130, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 1130

Marriage (prohibited degrees) Act (amdt.--marriage between persons of the same sex)(Bill C-385)--Robinson

Marryat Parlby, Irene see "Famous Five"

Material Management in the Federal Government see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports from 35th Parl., Seventh

McClelland, Ian (Ref.--Edmonton Southwest; Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole House)

    >>References see Committees of the Whole House--Deputy Chairman

McClung, Nellie Mooney see "Famous Five"

McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law see LSD

McKinney, Louise Crummy see "Famous Five"

Mechanics

    >>Tools, income tax deduction see Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction of expenses incurred by mechanic for tools required in employment)(Bill C-502); Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction of mechanics' tool expenses)(Bill C-366)

Media see Print media

Medical devices

    >>Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)
    >>>Ways and Means No. 28, tabled, 2054 (8570-361-29), concurrence, M. (Martin, Paul), agreed to on division, 2093
    >>>See also Sales Tax and Excise Tax Amendments Act, 1999 (Bill C-88)

Medical expenses see Income Tax Act (amdt.--medical expenses)(Bill C-496)

Medical Research Council of Canada

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>1996-1997, tabled, 200 (8563-361-37)
    >>>1997-1998, tabled, 1209 (8563-361-118)
    >>Estimates, 1997-1998, main
    >>>Tabled, 64 (8520-361-39)
    >>Estimates, 1998-1999, main
    >>>Tabled, 619 (8520-361-122)
    >>>Vote 15 (Operating expenditures) see Estimates, 1998-1999, main--Health Department
    >>>Vote 20 (Grants) see Estimates, 1998-1999, main--Health Department
    >>Estimates, 1999-2000, main
    >>>Tabled, 1671 (8520-361-207)
    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Health Standing Committee
    >>>1996-1997 annual report with Auditor General's report, 406 (8560-361-299)
    >>>1997-1998 annual report with Auditor General's report, 1206 (8560-361-299A)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Privacy Act

Medically Unnecessary Abortion Referendum Act (Bill C-515)--Pankiw

Mefloquine, anti-malaria drug see Somalia

Members of Parliament

    >>And Senators, parliamentary privilege, able to refuse to give evidence in a Canadian court of law, abolishing, M-53 (Solomon), 1314, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 1314
    >>Code of conduct see Parliamentarians' Code of Conduct (Bill C-488)
    >>Elected, June 2, 1997 general election, list with certificate received from Chief Electoral Office, 1-7
    >>Expenditures, document, "Individual Member's Expenditures"
    >>>1996-1997, tabled, 105 (8527-361-4)
    >>>1997-1998, tabled, 1024 (8527-361-30)
    >>>1998-1999, tabled, 2090 (8527-361-55)
    >>Expense allowance see Members of Parliament Superannuation Act (Bill C-509); Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, Reports, Thirty-fourth
    >>Income tax exemption, removal of special provisions see Income Tax Act (amdt.--allowances paid to elected officials)(Bill C-390)
    >>Naming see Procedure--Member, Chair naming
    >>Number, cap, C-372 see Constitution Act, 1997 (representation)(Bill C-372)
    >>Oath or solemn affirmation see Parliament of Canada Act (amdt--oath or solemn affirmation)(Bill C-201)
    >>Pensions see Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.--deduction re other income)(Bill C-268); Members of Parliament Superannuation Act (Bill C-509); Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-47)
    >>Recall, right of electors see Recall Act (Bill C-371)
    >>Salaries and benefits
    >>>Commission to review allowances of Members of Parliament, Report, Volumes 1 and 2, tabled, 413 (8525-361-6)
    >>See also Canadian flag; House of Commons; Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-47); Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Thirty-fourth Privilege, Parliamentary--Prima facie

Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Natural Resources and Government Operations Standing Committee
    >>>1996-1997 annual report, 396 (8560-361-173)
    >>>1997-1998 annual report, 1449 (8560-361-173A)
    >>See also Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-47)

Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.--deduction re other income)(Bill C-268)--Breitkreuz, C.

Members of Parliament Superannuation Act (Bill C-509)--Gouk

Merchant navy veterans

    >>World War II service, equal treatment see National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth

Merchant Seamen Compensation Board see Access to Information Act; Privacy Act

Mergers see Banks

Mi'kmaq aboriginal communities

    >>Education, jurisdication see Mi'kmaq Education Act (Bill C-30)

Mi'kmaq Education Act (Bill C-30)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Stewart, J.)

    >>1st r, 424
    >>2nd r, 731-2, division deferred, 733, agreed to on applied recorded division (Division No. 136), 747
    >>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 747
    >>>Report, without amdt., 908
    >>Report stage, 948-9
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Stewart, J.), agreed to on division, 993
    >>>Motion No. 1 (Clause 7), (Bachand, C.), 949, division deemed demanded and deferred, 949, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 214), 991-2
    >>>Motion No. 2 (new clause), (Bachand, C.), 949, division deemed demanded and deferred, 949, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 215), 992-3
    >>3rd r, 1000, division deferred, 1000, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 221), 1014-5, passed
    >>Senate passage, 1030
    >>Royal Assent, (Chap. 24, S.C. 1998), 1031

Middle East

    >>Kurdish situation, petitions
    >>>(Robinson), (361-1677), 1237, gr, 1536 (8545-361-107)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Adams), (361-0643), 602, gr, 1003 (8545-361-74); (361-0914), 818; , gr, 1050 (8545-361-74A); (361-1466), 1120, gr, 1443 (8545-361-74C); (361-2092), 1571, gr, 1863 (8545-361-74D); (361-2173), 1605, gr, 1863 (8545-361-74D); (361-2179), 1617, gr, 1863 (8545-361-74D); (361-2194), 1630, gr, 1863 (8545-361-74D); (361-2256), 1694, gr, 1863 (8545-361-74D); (361-2458), 1922, gr, 2117 (8545-361-74E)
    >>>(Davies), (361-2542), 2061, gr, 2117 (8545-361-74E)
    >>>(Hardy), (361-2623), 2099, gr, 2117 (8545-361-74F)
    >>>(Proctor), (361-1291), 1026, gr, 1123 (8545-361-74B)
    >>See also Iran; Iraq

Milk

    >>Labels, identification of bovine growth hormone (rBST) see Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (amdt.--recombinant hormones)(Bill C-239)

Millennium Bureau of Canada

    >>Estimates, 1999-2000, main
    >>>Tabled, 1671 (8520-361-208)

Milliken, Peter (Lib.--Kingston and the Islands; Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the Committees of the Whole House)

    >>References Committees of the Whole House--Chairman; Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole House

Minerals

    >>Fraud and theft see Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.)(Bill C-51)
    >>See also Natural health products (herbs, botanicals, vitamins and minerals)

Mining industry

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Dockrill), (361-0230), 247, gr, 1900 (8545-361-115)
    >>See also British Canadian (BC) mine, Black Lake, Que.; Donkin mine; Voisey Bay Mine; Westray mine disaster

Ministers' Statements see instead Statements by Ministers

Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 1999 (Bill C-84)--Minister of Justice (McLellan)

    >>1st r, 2060
    >>2nd r, 2085
    >>Committee of the Whole
    >>>Referral, 2085
    >>>Report, without amdt., 2085
    >>Report stage, concurrence, M., agreed to by unanimous consent, 2085
    >>3rd r, agreed to by unanimous consent, 2085, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 2108
    >>Royal Assent, 2109 (Chap. 31, S.C. 1999)

Monetary unions see Pan-American Monetary Union

Money laundering (proceeds of crime) see Currency--Thousand dollar note; Parole--Accelerated parole review; Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act (Bill C-81)

Montreal Protocol No. 4 see Carriage By Air Act (amdt.)(Bill S-23)

Montreal Port Corporation see instead Old Port of Montreal Corporation Inc.

Moravian Church in America see Canadian District of the Moravian Church in America

Mortgages

    >>Cancellation provision, repayment before maturity of the loan see Bank Act (amdt.--repayment of a mortgage loan before the maturity of the loan)(Bill C-420); Interest Act (amdt.--interest payable on repayment of mortgage loan before maturity)(Bill C-421)
    >>Insurance/loan guarantees see National Housing Act (amdt.) and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-66)
    >>Interest, income tax deductability see Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction of interest on mortgage loans)(Bill C-223)
    >>Prepayment see Interest Act (amdt.--mortgage prepayment and consumer disclosure)(Bill C-380)
    >>See also Shipping--Registration/mortgages

Motions for Production of Papers

    >>Aboriginal Endowment Fund, documents, P-38 (Scott, M.), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1170
    >>Air India, Flight 182 crash/bombing, June 23, 1985 P-24 (Grewal), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 931
    >>Air navigation services, safety evaluations of NAV CANADA by Transport Deparment P-9 (Williams), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 721
    >>Bovine growth hormone (rBST), licensing, Health Department study, r.o., P-7 (Borotsik), 530 (8550-361-7)
    >>Cabinet Ministers, Prime Minister's Code of Ethics, copy, requesting, P-31 (Harris), 1505, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 90, 1505, division deemed demanded and deferred, 1693, division deemed demanded and deferred, 1709, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 378), 1739-40
    >>Canada Pension Plan, Chief actuary, Bernard Dussault, dismissal, documents relating to, P-53 (Ablonczy), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1590
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, pilots, NATO Flight Training in Canada Program, Bombardier Inc. contract, P-8 (Pankiw), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930
    >>Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Operational and regulatory costs, studies/papers, P-45 (Lowther), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1359
    >>Canadian Wheat Board, internal managerial review, documents P-6 (Borotsik), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 416
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, Patented Medicines Review Board, P-54 (Jaffer), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1917
    >>Fisheries, foreign vessels, foreign observer documents, releasing P-14 (Duncan), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 750
    >>Forestry, aboriginal rights, logging on crown lands, documents, P-37 (Duncan), called and transferred for debate, 1314
    >>Governor General, offical visits, schedule, P-4 (Rocheleau), r.o. 1073-4 (8550-361-4)
    >>Grain transportation, delays, 1996-1997 crop year, P-5 (Borotsik), r.o., 693 (8550-361-5)
    >>Gun control, User Group on Firearms, minutes, correspondence P-17 (Breitkreuz, G.), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 750
    >>Health care, federal-provincial meetings re Health Care Transition Fund, National Blood Agency, National Pharmacare Program, and National Homecare Program, documents pertaining to, P-1 (Thompson, G.), agreed to, r.o., 502 (3550-361-1)
    >>Hepatitis C, infection through blood supply system, victim compensation
    >>>Including all victims, Reform Party, political motivation, public opinion poll, P-19 (White, R.), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930
    >>>Victims between 1978 and 1986, compensation documentation P-15 (Elley), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 721
    >>Hong Kong, World War II prisoners of war, Japanese treatment, compensation, documents, P-33 (Goldring), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1314
    >>Human Resources Development Centres, Lac-Mégantic, Que., relocation P-10 (Chrétien, J-G), called and tranferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1098
    >>Indian bands/reserves, debt/audits, P-39 (Scott, M.), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 2039
    >>Judges, New Brunswick, Court of Queen's Bench, Restigouche region, federal-provincial correspondence P-65 (Dube, J.), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1465
    >>LSD, experiments, use of federal inmates, McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law report, P-56 (Marceau), r.o., 1715 (8550-361-56)
    >>Mulroney, Rt. Hon. Brian, Companion of the Order of Canada, testimonial letters, P-34 (Johnston), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1465
    >>National unity, Calgary Declaration, premiers and territorial leaders September 1997 initiative P-22 (Anders), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 90, 1085, agreed to, 1221
    >>Nuclear waste, storage, documents P-59 (Chatters), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1590
    >>Nunavut Territory, establishment, documents P-36 (Konrad), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1314
    >>Ozone depleting substances
    >>>Canada-United States Memorandums of Understanding P-30 (Mayfield), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1073
    >>>Environment Department Memorandums of Understanding with Customs Canada and Royal Canadian Mounted Police P-29 (Mayfield), r.o., 1074 (8550-361-29)
    >>>Intelligence and surveillance capacity, government correspondence with United States government agencies P-55 (Mayfield), r.o., 1715 (8550-361-55)
    >>Parole, Kevin Machell disappearance from day parole, P-18 (Hart), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930
    >>Penitentiaries, Ferndale Penitentiary, golf course and driving range
    >>>Approval, P-26 (White, R.), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930, withdrawn by unanimous consent, 1594
    >>>Construction, P-27 (White, R.), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930
    >>Senior citizens, access, P-28 (White, R.), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930
    >>Persian Gulf war (1991), Canadian Armed Forces, Gulf war syndrome, documents, P-46 (Goldring), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1314
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, referendum (1995), Federal government funding of no campaign, Option Canada, P-21 (Anders), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930
    >>Rail passenger service, Toronto-Quebec City, high speed train service P-25 (Bailey), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 930
    >>Strychnine, 2% and 5% solutions, ban, copies of documents, reports, P-48 (Benoit), 1465, r.o., 1465 (8550-361-48)
    >>Royal Canadian Mint, Winnipeg, Man., coin plating facility P-16 (Epp), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 750, agreed to on division, 1115
    >>See also Procedure

Motor Vehicle Act (amdt.)(Bill C-367)--McTeague

Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987 (amdt.)(Bill C-77)--Minister of Transport (Collenette)

Motor vehicles

    >>Theft
    >>>Petitions
    >>>(Strahl), (361-0069 and 361-0070), 108, gr, 405 (8545-361-22); (361-0139 and 361-0140), 193, gr, 559 (8545-361-22A); (361-0409), 437, gr, 566 (8545-361-22B); (361-1342), 1059, gr, 1212 (8545-361-22C)

Moving expenses

    >>And relocation expenses, income tax deduction see Income Tax Amendments Act, 1998 (Bill C-72)

Moving Forward--A Strategic Plan for Quality of Life Improvements in the Canadian Forces see National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Third

Muir Edwards, Henrietta see "Famous Five"

Mulroney, Rt. Hon. Brian

    >>Companion of the Order of Canada, testimonial letters, P-34 (Johnston), 1465
    >>See also Air Canada

Multiculturalism

    >>Ethnic diversity, hyphenated form of Canadian, preventing, legislation, Committee drafting, M-24 (Grewal), 273-4, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 274

Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)

    >>Document, "Consultation by the Federal Government on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)", tabled, 517 (8525-361-7)
    >>Negotiations, public consultation, M. on supply (Penson), 515-7, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 90), 518
    >>>Amdt. (Debien), 515-7, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 90), 517-8
    >>See also Foreign Affairs andInternational Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Third

Multiple chemical sensitivity see Environmental illness (multiple chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia)

Municipalities see Property taxes

Murder

    >>Death sentence see Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--capital punishment)(Bill C-473); Criminal Code, Young Offenders and Transfer of Offenders Act (amdt.--death penalty)(Bill C-467)
    >>Lang, Jason, victim, Shane Christmas wounded, W.R. Myers High School, Taber, Alta., shootings, Statement by Minister (Chrétien, Jean), 1796
    >>Parole see Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review)(Bill C-252); Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review)(Bill C-258); Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--capital punishment)(Bill C-473)
    >>Provocation defence, Criminal Code, Sec. 232, M-265 (Hardy), 1627, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 1627, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 1862
    >>Time of death, no limit on charges see Criminal Code (amdt.--Section 227)(Bill C-215)
    >>"Year and a day rule" see Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.)(Bill C-51)
    >>Young offenders, sentences see Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--capital punishment)(Bill C-473)

Murphy, Emily see "Famous Five"

Museums

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Lill), (361-1881), 1424, gr, 1491 (8545-361-106)

Mutual insurance companies

    >>Demutualization see Insurance Companies Act (amdt.)(Bill C-59)

N

NAFTA Secretariat, Canadian Section

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>1996-1997, tabled, 200 (8563-361-38)
    >>>1997-1998, tabled, 1209 (8563-361-119)
    >>Estimates, 1997-1998, main
    >>>Tabled, 64 (8520-361-40)
    >>Estimates, 1998-1999, main
    >>>Tabled, 619 (8520-361-123)
    >>Estimates, 1999-2000, main
    >>>Tabled, 1672 (8520-361-209)

Nain, Labrador see Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee--Reports, Eleventh

Narcotics Control Regulations

    >>Section 68(1) see Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee--Reports, Third

National Agricultural Relief Coordination Act (Bill C-387)--Borotsik

    >>1st r, 622
    >>2nd r, 1763, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 1763

National anthem

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Jackson), (361-2012), 1499
    >>See also Privilege, Parliamentary--Prima facie

National Archives of Canada

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>1996-1997, tabled, 200 (8563-361-39)
    >>>1997-1998, tabled, 1209 (8563-361-120)
    >>Estimates, 1997-1998, main
    >>>Tabled, 64 (8520-361-41)
    >>Estimates, 1998-1999, main
    >>>Tabled, 619 (8520-361-124)
    >>Estimates, 1999-2000, main
    >>>Tabled, 1672 (8520-361-210)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Privacy Act

National Arts Centre

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
    >>>1996-1997 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 513 (8560-3561-179)
    >>>1997-1998 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 1532 (8560-3561-179A)

National Battlefields Commission

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>1996-1997, tabled, 200 (8563-361-40)
    >>>1997-1998, tabled, 1209 (8563-361-121)
    >>Estimates, 1997-1998, main
    >>>Tabled, 64 (8520-361-42)
    >>Estimates, 1998-1999, main
    >>>Tabled, 619 (8520-361-125)
    >>Estimates, 1999-2000, main
    >>>Tabled, 1672 (8520-361-211)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Privacy Act