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Canada - Measures affecting the export of civilian aircraft see Aircraft

Canada Millennium Scholarship Fund see Budget Implementation Act 1998 (Bill C-36)

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

    >>Estimates, 1999-2000, main, Vote 25 see Estimates, 1999-2000, main--Public Works and Government Services Ministry
    >>Housing assistance authority/international housing see National Housing Act (amdt.) and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-66)
    >>Reports, permanently referred to Natural Resources and Government Operations Standing Committee
    >>>1997 report, with Auditor's Report, 699 (8560-361-108)
    >>>1998 report, with Auditor's Report, 1793 (8560-361-108A)
    >>>1998-2002 corporate plan summaries, with 1998 operating and capital budget summaries, 605 (8562-361-811)
    >>>1999-2003 corporate plan summaries, with 1999 operating and capital budget summaries, 1631 (8562-361-811A)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Alternative Fuels Act; Housing; National Housing Act (amdt.) and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-66); Privacy Act

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act see National Housing Act (amdt.) and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-66)

Canada-Netherlands Income Tax Convention Act, 1986 see Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-10)

Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Natural Resources Standing Committee
    >>>1996-1997 report, 77 (8560-361-505)
    >>>1997-1998 report, 1046 (8560-361-505A)
    >>>1998-1999 report, 2119 (8560-361-505B)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Privacy Act

Canada-Nova Scotia Infrastructure Works Program

    >>Projects, approval, federal contribution, r.o., Q-73 (MacKay), 594-5 (8555-361-73)
    >>>Revised return, 664 (8555-361-73A)
    >>Projects, Nova Scotia Regional Municipalities of Cape Breton, assistance, r.o., Q-160 (Dockrill), 1446 (8555-361-160)

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Natural Resources and Government Operations Standing Committee
    >>>1996-1997 annual report, 761 (8560-361-448)
    >>>1997-1998 annual report, 2119 (8560-361-448A)

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Board

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Natural Resources and Government Operations Standing Committee
    >>>1996-1997 annual report, 77 (8560-361-586)
    >>>1997-1998 annual report, with Auditor General's Report, 1057 (8560-361-586A)
    >>>1998-1999 annual report, with Auditor General's Report, 2120 (8560-361-586B)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Privacy Act

Canada Parks see National parks--Name

Canada Pension Plan (CPP)

    >>Chief actuary, Bernard Dussault, dismissal, documents relating to, P-53 (Ablonczy), called and transferred to Notices of Motions (Papers), 1590
    >>Disability pensions, application and appeal process
    >>>Auditor General Report (1996), Chp. 17 see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports from 35th Parl., Ninth
    >>>r.o., Q-168 (Dubé, J.), 1797-8 (8555-361-168)
    >>>r.o., Q-212 (Bernier, G.), 2082-3 (8555-361-212)
    >>>See also Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act (Bill C-2)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Adams), (361-1298), 1037, gr, 1253 (8545-361-5R); (361-1902 and 361-1903), 1436, gr, 1536 (8545-361-5P)
    >>>(Blaikie), (361-1449), 1111, gr, 1375 (8545-361-5S)
    >>>(Davies), (361-0416), 437, gr, 565 (8545-361-5F)
    >>>(Desjarlais), (361-0273), 322, gr, 496 (8545-361-5C)
    >>>(DeVillers), (361-0446), 468, gr, 496 (8545-361-5M)
    >>>(Dockrill), (361-0286 and 361-0287), 333, gr, 505 (8545-361-5D); (361-0780 to 361-0783), 703, gr, 928 (8545-361-5O)
    >>>(Earle), (361-0337), 403, gr, 559 (8545-361-5E)
    >>>(Johnston), (361-0024), 41, gr, 185 (8545-361-5)
    >>>(Mayfield), (361-0037), 59, gr, 185 (8545-361-5)
    >>>(Morrison), (361-1739), 1289, gr, 1842 (8545-361-5V)
    >>>(Proctor), (361-0275), 322, gr, 496 (8545-361-5C)
    >>>(Riis), (361-0345), 410, gr, 565 (8545-361-5F); (361-0374), 420; (361-0479), 513, gr, 573 (8545-361-5G); (361-0482), 516, gr, 613 (8545-361-5I); (361-0489), 529; (361-0509), 536, gr, 621 (8545-361-5J); (361-0512), 543, gr, 677 (8545-361-5K); (361-0531), 556, gr, 725 (8545-361-5L); (361-0640), 602, gr, 496 (8545-361-5M); (361-0751), 677, gr, 919 (8545-361-5N); (361-0757), 693, gr, 919 (8545-361-5N); (361-0771), 698, gr, 919 (8545-361-5N); (361-0833), 720, gr, 933 (8545-361-5P); (361-0965), 849, gr, 1042 (8545-361-5Q); (361-0982), 896, gr, 1042 (8545-361-5Q); (361-1033), 930, gr, 1042 (8545-361-5Q); (361-1057) 947, gr, 1042 (8545-361-5Q); (361-1072), 955, gr, 1042 (8545-361-5Q); (361-1608), 1186, gr, 1375 (8545-361-5S); (361-1625), 1205, gr, 1375 (8545-361-5S); (361-2176), 1605, gr, 1905 (8545-361-5W); (361-2547), 2061
    >>>(Robinson), (361-0338), 403, gr, 559 (8545-361-5E); (361-0663), 609, gr, 496 (8545-361-5M); (361-1951), 1453, gr, 1629 (8545-361-5U)
    >>>(Scott, M.), (361-0110), 147, gr, 255 (8545-361-5A)
    >>>(Solberg), (361-0524), 556, gr, 725 (8545-361-5L)
    >>>(Solomon), (361-0503), 530, gr, 621 (8545-361-5J)
    >>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (361-0222), 234, gr, 468 (8545-361-5B); (361-0251), 291, gr, 468 (8545-361-5B); (361-0263), 314, gr, 468 (8545-361-5B); (361-0268), 322, gr, 468 (8545-361-5B); (361-0279 to 361-0281), 333, gr, 496 (8545-361-5C); (361-0316), 393, gr, 608 (8545-361-5H)
    >>Premiums, correspondence, documents, tabling, 334 (8530-361-8)
    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
    >>>Superintendent of Financial Institutions Actuarial Report
    >>>>September 1997, 32 (8560-361-83)
    >>>>December 1997, 1448 (8560-361-83A)
    >>Reports, permanently referred to Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee
    >>>1996-1997 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 689 (8560-361-59)
    >>Same-sex couples see Income Tax Act and Canada Pension Plan Act (amdt.--definition of spouse)(Bill C-386)
    >>Spousal eligibility see Income Tax Act and Canada Pension Plan Act (amdt.--definition of spouse)(Bill C-386); Income Tax Act and Canada Pension Plan Act (amdt.--transfer of income to spouse)(Bill C-244)
    >>See also Firefighters; Income Tax Amendments Act (Bill C-28); Police

Canada Pension Plan Act (amdt.--definition of "child")(Bill C-331)--Harb

Canada Pension Plan Act (amdt.--early pension entitlement for police officers and firefighters)(Bill C-395)--Nystrom

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
    >>>1998-1999 report, 2122 (8560-361-665)

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act (Bill C-2)--Minister of Finance (Martin, Paul)

    >>1st r, 27
    >>2nd r, 79-81, 84-6, 91, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 9), 94-5
    >>>Amdt. (Manning), 79, 81, 85-6, 91, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 8), 93-4
    >>>Amdt. to amdt. (Earle), 85-6, 92, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 7), 92-3
    >>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3)
    >>>>M. (Boudria), 90, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 6), 90-1
    >>>>Notice of motion, 86
    >>Finance Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 95
    >>>Report, with amdts., 246
    >>Report stage, 271-3, 276-80, 287-9, 291-310
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Martin, Paul), agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 47), 309-10
    >>>Motion No. 1 (Clause 8), (Nystrom), 271, division deferred, 273, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 34), 292-3
    >>>Motion No. 2 (Clause 37), (Dubé, J.), 273, division deferred, 273, negatived on recorded division (Division No., 39), 298-9
    >>>Motion No. 3 (Clause 42), (Dubé, J.), 272, division deferred, 273, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 34), 293-4
    >>>Motion No. 5 (Clause 47), (Martin, Paul), 272, division deferred, 273, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 35), 294-5
    >>>Motion No. 8 (Clause 53), (Dubé, J.), 273, 276, division deferred, 276, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 40), 299-301
    >>>Motion No. 9 (Clause 53.1), (Nystrom), 277, division deferred, 277, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 41), 301-2
    >>>Motion No. 10 (Clause 58), (Ablonczy), 277, division deferred, 278, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 37), 302
    >>>Motion No. 11 (Clause 59), (Nystrom), 278, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 43), 303-4
    >>>Motion No. 12 (Clause 59), (Dubé, J.), 277, division deferred, 278, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 42), 302-3
    >>>Motion No. 13 (Clause 61), (Nystrom), 278, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 44), 304-5
    >>>Motion No. 14 (Clause 61), (Dubé, J.), 278, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 45), 305-6
    >>>Motion No. 15 (Clause 67), (Nystrom), 279, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 46), 307-8
    >>>Motion No. 16 (Clause 68), (Nystrom), 279, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 41), 308
    >>>Motion No. 17 (Clause 69), (Nystrom), 279, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 41), 308
    >>>Motion No. 18 (Clause 71), (Nystrom), 279, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 41), 308
    >>>Motion No. 19 (Clause 76), (Nystrom), 279, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 41), 308
    >>>Motion No. 20 (Clause 87), (Nystrom), 291, division deferred, 292, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 41), 309
    >>>Motion No. 21 (Clause 91), (Martin, Paul), 272, division deferred, 273, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 36), 295-6
    >>>Motion No. 22 (Clause 94), (Nystrom), 279, 289, division deferred, 291, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 41), 308-9
    >>>Motion No. 23 (Clause 94), (Ablonczy), 272, division deferred, 273, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 37), 296-7
    >>>Motion No. 24 (Clause 96), (Nystrom), 273, division deferred, 273, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 38), 297-8
    >>>Motion No. 25 (Clause 107), (Nystrom), 291, division deferred, 292, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 41), 309
    >>Report stage and third reading
    >>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3)
    >>>>M. (Boudria), 287, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 33), 287-8
    >>>>Notice of motion, 285
    >>3rd r, 334, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 51), 334-5, passed
    >>Senate passage, 399
    >>Royal Assent, (Chap. 40, S.C. 1997), 400

Canada Petroleum Resources Act

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Natural Resources and Government Operations Standing Committee
    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Natural Resources and Government Operations Standing Committee
    >>>1996 annual report, 170 (8560-361-455)
    >>>1997 annual report, 890 (8560-361-455A)
    >>>1997 report on administration, 1080 (8560-361-455B)
    >>>1998 report on administration, 2119 (8560-361-455C)

Canada Port Authorities see Canada Marine Act (amdt.)(Bill C-9)

Canada Ports Corporation

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Transport Standing Committee
    >>>1996 annual report with Auditor General's report, 109 (8560-361-154)
    >>>1997 annual report with Auditor General's report, 838 (8560-361-154A)
    >>>1998 annual report with Auditor General's report, 1919 (8560-361-154B)
    >>>1998-2002 corporate plan summaries and 1998 capital budget, 605 (8562-361-805)
    >>>1999-2003 corporate plan summaries and 1999 capital budget, 1637 (8562-361-805A)
    >>See also Access to Information Act; Alternative Fuels Act; Privacy Act

Canada Post Corporation

    >>Board of directors see Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.--membership of Board of directors)(Bill C-290)
    >>Competition, permitting see Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-474)
    >>Estimates, 1999-2000, main, Vote 30 see Estimates, 1999-2000, main--Public Works and Government Services Ministry
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Adams), (361-2528), 2049, gr, 2116 (8545-361-57E)
    >>>(Brison), (361-2257), 1694, gr, 1947 (8545-361-57C)
    >>>(Calder), (361-0564), 566, gr, 706 (8545-361-57)
    >>>(Casey), (361-2594), 2084
    >>>(Debien), (361-2539), 2061, gr, 2116 (8545-361-57E)
    >>>(Finlay), (361-2438), 1905, gr, 2116 (8545-361-57E)
    >>>(Hubbard), (361-2407), 1876, gr, 2116 (8545-361-57E)
    >>>(Lebel), (361-2488), 2032, gr, 2116 (8545-361-57E)
    >>>(Malhi), (361-1960), 1464, gr, 1604 (8545-361-57B)
    >>>(Martin, Pat), (361-2536), 2054, gr, 2116 (8545-361-57E)
    >>>(Stoffer), (361-2401), 1865, gr, 2063 (8545-361-57D)
    >>>(Ur), (361-1676), 1237, gr, 1443 (8545-361-57A)
    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Natural Resources and Government Operations Standing Committee
    >>>1996-1997 annual report, 112 (8560-361-20)
    >>>1997-1998 annual report, with Auditor's report, 1040 (8560-361-20A)
    >>>1998-1999 annual report, with Auditor's report, 2088 (8560-361-20B)
    >>>1998-1999 capital budget amendment summary, 1505 (8562-361-841A)
    >>>1998-1999 corporate plan summaries with 1998-1999 capital budget, 1249 (8562-361-841)
    >>>1999-2000 to 2003-2004 corporate plan summaries with 1999-2000 capital budget, 2087 (8562-361-841B)
    >>Rural route mail carriers/contractors, collective bargaining/unionization see Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.--mail contractors)(Bill C-431)
    >>See also Alternative Fuels Act; Contests, lotteries and games of chance; Government logos; Privacy Act

Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.--letter that cannot be transmitted by post)(Bill C-409)--Redman

    >>1st r, 981
    >>Sponsorship, change from Torsney to Redman, 1205

Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-474)--Anders

Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.--mail contractors)(Bill C-431)--Martin, Pat

Canada Post Corporation Act (amdt.--membership of Board of directors)(Bill C-290)--Crête

Canada Shipping Act see Coastal Fisheries Protection Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-27)

Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-15)--Minister of Transport (Collenette)

    >>1st r, 173
    >>2nd r, 603, agreed to on division, 603
    >>Transport Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 603
    >>>Report, with amdts., 663
    >>Report stage, 726
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Boudria), agreed to, 726
    >>3rd r, 726, agreed to on division, 726, passed
    >>Senate passage, 1019
    >>Royal Assent, (Chap. 16, S.C. 1998), 1020

Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--definition of "child" and "infant")(Bill C-333)--Harb

Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--maritime liability)(Bill S-4)

    >>Received from Senate, 401
    >>1st r, 444
    >>2nd r, 506-7, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 94), 522-3
    >>>Adjournment, M. (Nystrom), negatived on recorded division (Division No. 89), 506-7
    >>>Amdt. (Anders), 507, division deferred, 507, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 93), 521-2
    >>Transport Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 523
    >>>Report, without amdt., 559
    >>Report stage, 666
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Collenette), agreed to on division, 666
    >>3rd r, 667, agreed to, 667, passed
    >>Royal Assent, (Chap. 6, S.C. 1998), 782

Canada Small Business Financing Act (Bill C-53)--Minister of Industry (Manley)

    >>1st r, 1072
    >>2nd r, 1085-6, 1088, 1113, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 237), 1128-9
    >>>Amdt. (Pankiw), 1085-6, 1088, division deferred, 1088, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 233), 1094-5
    >>>Previous question, "question be now put", M. (Boudria), 1113, 1115, 1126, division deferred, 1126, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 236), 1127-8
    >>Industry Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 1129
    >>>Report, with amdts., 1248, 1444
    >>Report stage, 1264-6, 1286-7, 1289-1305
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Manley), agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 276), 1304-5
    >>>Motion No. 1 (new clause), (Lalonde), 1264, division deferred, 1265, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 267), 1292-3
    >>>Motion No. 2 (Clause 4), (Pankiw), 1265, 1286, division deferred, 1289, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 268), 1293-4
    >>>Motion No. 3 (Clause 4), (Pankiw), 1265, 1287, division deferred, 1289, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 268), 1295
    >>>Motion No. 4 (Clause 4), (Manley), 1265, 1287, division deferred, 1289, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 269), 1295-6
    >>>Motion No. 5 (Clause 7), (Manley), 1265-6, 1287, division deferred, 1289, agreed to on applied recorded division (Division No. 269), 1296
    >>>Motion No. 6 (Clause 8), (Pankiw), 1289, division deferred, 1289, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 269), 1296
    >>>Motion No. 7 (Clause 13), (Pankiw), 1289, division deferred, 1289, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 268), 1297
    >>>Motion No. 8 (Clause 13), (Lalonde), 1289, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 271), 1298-9
    >>>Motion No. 9 (Clause 14), (Pankiw), 1290, division deferred, 1290, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 270), 1299
    >>>Motion No. 10 (Clause 14), (Pankiw), 1290, division deferred, 1290, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 270), 1299
    >>>Motion No. 11 (Clause 15), (Pankiw), 1289, division deferred, 1289, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 270), 1296-7
    >>>Motion No. 12 (Clause 16), (Pankiw), 1290, division deferred, 1290, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 268), 1299
    >>>Motion No. 13 (Clause 17), (Pankiw), 1290, division deferred, 1291, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 272), 1299-1300
    >>>Motion No. 14 (Clause 18), (Lalonde), 1290, division deferred, 1291, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 273), 1300-1
    >>>Motion No. 15 (Clause 19), (Pankiw), 1290-1, division deferred, 1291, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 274), 1301-2
    >>>Motion No. 16 (Clause 19), (Lalonde), 1291, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 275), 1302-3
    >>Report stage and third reading
    >>>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3)
    >>>>M. (Boudria), 1285, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 265), 1285-6
    >>>>>Notice of Motion, 1278
    >>3rd r, 1308, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 277), 1308-9, passed
    >>Senate passage, 1439
    >>Royal Assent, (Chap. 36, S.C. 1998), 1440

Canada Small Business Financing Regulations

    >>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Industry Standing Committee
    >>>Copy of regulation (SOR/600598), 1466 (8560-361-657)
    >>>Copy of regulation (SOR/600598), 1592 (8560-361-657A)
    >>>See also Industry Standing Committee--Reports, Fourteenth

Canada Student Loans Act (amdt.--definition of "full age")(Bill C-334)--Harb

Canada Student Loans Program see Student loans

Canada Television and Cable Production Fund see Canadian Heritage Standing Committee--Reports, Second

Canada Transportation Act (amdt.--definition of "adult")(Bill C-341)--Harb

Canada Transportation Act (amdt.--discontinued railway lines) (Bill C-430)--Morrison

Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Act (Bill C-64)--Minister of Canadian Heritage (Copps)

    >>1st r, 1435
    >>2nd r, 1759, 1760-1, agreed to, 1761
    >>Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 1761
    >>>Report, 1875
    >>Report Stage, 1949, 2017-20
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Copps), agreed to, with further amdts., on recorded division (Division No. 536), 2019-20
    >>>Motion No. 1 (Clause 5.1), (Copps), 1949, division deferred, 1949, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 535), 2018-9
    >>>>Amdt. (Mark), 1949, division deferred, 1949, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 534), 2017-8
    >>3rd r, agreed to 2020-1, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 2107
    >>Royal Assent, 2109 (Chap. 29, S.C. 1999)

Canada-United Kingdom Civil and Commercial Judgments Convention Act (amdt.--definition of "infant" in matters originating in Canada)(Bill C-336)--Harb

Canada-United States relations

    >>July 2nd and 3rd, "Canada-United States Days of Peace and Friendship", proposing, M-263 (Maloney), 1373, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 1373
    >>See also Columbia River Treaty Permanent Engineering Board; Customs--Preclearance; Immigration--Preclearance; Ozone depleting substances

Canada-United States Tax Convention (1980) see Income Tax Amendments Act, 1998 (Bill C-72)