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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child see Children--Definition
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
>>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and
International Trade Standing Committee
>>>April 1, 1998-March 31, 2000 report, 2052 (8560-361-559-01)
United Nations Human Rights Committe see Parliamentary Press Gallery
United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Regulations
>>Order in Council P.C. 1999-1221, June 29, 1999, tabled and permanently
referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 1407-8
(8560-362-35-01)
United States see Social security
United States Agriculture Secretary
>>Agriculture Minister, Oct. 1 to Oct. 5, 1998 correspondence, r.o., P-3
(Borotsik), ordered, 193 (8550-362-3)
Universities see Canada Research Chairs initiative
Unknown Soldier
>>Tomb, final resting place of remains of unknown soldier killed during World
War I at Battle of Vimy Ridge, France
>>>Delegation of Members of Parliament, resolution, 1732
>>>May 25-28, 2000 burial ceremonies, statement by Minister (Baker), 1729
Uruguay see Eastern Republic of Uruguay
User Fee Act (Bill C-286)--Solberg
>>1st r, 148
User fees
>>Accountability, Parliamentary scrutiny see User Fee Act (Bill C-286)
>>See also Finance Standing Committee--Reports, Ninth
Uzbekistan see Canada-Uzbekistan Income Tax Convention Act, 1999
V
Vacancies see House of Commons
Value-added tax see First Nations--Alcohol
Vancouver, B.C. see Condominium housing
Vancouver Sun see Condominium housing
Verdun--Saint-Henri constituency
>>Name, change to Verdun--Saint-Henri--Saint-Paul--Pointe Saint-Charles
see Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-473)
Veterans
>>First Nations veterans, compensation/recognition see First Nations Veterans'
Compensation Act (Bill C-398)
>>Health care, national standards, M-13 (Goldring), 925, dropped from the
Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 925
>>War decorations, wearing by relative of deceased veteran see Criminal Code
(amdt.--wearing of war decorations)(Bill C-334);
Criminal Code (amdt.--wearing of war decorations)(Bill C-415)
>>See also Remembrance Day;
Unknown Soldier
Veterans affairs
>>Petitions
>>>(Adams), (361-1706), gr, 17 (8545-362-1-01); (361-1808), gr, 17
(8545-362-1-01); (361-1906), gr, 17 (8545-362-1-01)
>>>(Goldring), (361-1966), gr, 36 (8545-362-1-02); (361-2150 to 361-2154),
gr, 36 (8545-362-1-02); (361-2300 and 361-2301), gr, 36 (8545-362-1-02);
(361-2308), gr, 36 (8545-362-1-02); (362-0108), 131,
gr, 842 (8545-362-1-03);
(362-0622 to 362-0630), 928, gr, 1522 (8545-362-1-04)
>>>(Longfield), (361-2339), 1792, gr, 17
(8545-362-1-01)
>>>(Shepherd), (361-2078), 1554, gr, 17
(8545-362-1-01)
>>>(Valeri), (362-1411), 1844, gr, 1905
(8545-362-1-05)
>>>(White, T.), (361-2008), gr, 36 (8545-362-1-02)
Veterans Affairs Department
>>Departmental Performance Report
>>>1998-1999, tabled, 109 (8563-362-82)
>>Estimates, 1999-2000, supplementary (A)
>>>Referred to National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee, 168
>>>Vote 1a (Operating expenditures) see Estimates, 1999-2000, supplementary (A)
>>>Vote 5a (Grants and contributions) see Estimates, 1999-2000, supplementary
(A)
>>>Vote 10a (Veterans Review and Appeal Board--Program expenditures)
see Estimates, 1999-2000, supplementary (A)
>>Estimates, 1999-2000, supplementary (B)
>>>Referred to National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee, 1059,
1064-5
>>Estimates, 2000-2001, main
>>>Referred to National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee,
1047-8
>>>See also Estimates, 2000-2001, main--Reports on Plans and Priorities
>>See also Access to Information Act;
Privacy Act
Veterans' benefits
>>Civilian groups see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act (Bill C-41)
>>Client information see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act (Bill C-41)
>>Disability pensions see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act (Bill C-41)
>>Overpayments, remission authority see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act
(Bill C-41)
>>Special duty areas see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act (Bill C-41)
>>Survivor benefits see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act (Bill C-41)
>>See also Corps of (Civilian) Canadian Fire Fighters for Service
in the United Kingdom;
Ferry Command;
Korean War;
Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit;
Voluntary Aid Detachment (nursing aids);
World War II--Welfare workers
Veterans Insurance Act
>>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to National Defence and Veterans
Affairs Standing Committee
>>>1998-1999 statement of operations, 248 (8560-362-254-01)
>>>1999-2000 statement of operations, 2058 (8560-362-254-02)
>>See also Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act (Bill C-23)
Veterans Land Act see Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act (Bill C-23)
Veterans' land program see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act (Bill C-41)
Veterans Review and Appeal Board see Estimates, 1999-2000, supplementary (A)--Veterans Affairs, Vote 10a
Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act see Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act (Bill C-23)
Veterinary drugs
>>Approval for use in food-producing animals, list, r.o. Q-26
(Wasylycia-Leis), 827 (8555-362-26)
VIA Rail Canada Inc.
>>Privatization see VIA Rail Commercialization Act (Bill C-313)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Transport Standing Committee
>>>1999 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 1661 (8560-362-128-01)
>>See also Alternative Fuels Act
VIA Rail Commercialization Act (Bill C-313)--Gouk
>>1st r, 175
Victims Ombudsman see Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--to provide for judicial discretion to assign a security classification of maximum to high-risk violent offenders, to establish a Board of Management to oversee operations of Correctional Service of Canada and to establish an Office of Ombudsman for Victims)(Bill C-503)
Violence
>>Petitions
>>>(St-Julien), (362-0357), 337, gr, 1500 (8545-362-80-01)
>>See also Family violence;
Television;
Women
Violent crime
>>Bail see Criminal Code (amdt.--bail in cases of assault with weapons or a
criminal harassment)(Bill C-250)
>>Third conviction, life imprisonment sentence see Criminal Code
(amdt.--violent crimes)(Bill C-265)
Visas
>>Petitions
>>>(Graham), (362-0376), 825, gr, 851
(8545-362-57-02)
>>>(McWhinney), (362-0371 to 362-0373), 821, gr, 839 (8545-362-57-01)
>>Visitor's visas, criminal records, r.o. Q-33 (Duncan), 827 (8555-362-33)
Visiting Forces Act see Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act (Bill C-23)
Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Human Resources Development and
the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee
>>>1996, 1997 and 1998 annual reports, 1921-2 (8560-362-257-01)
Vocational schools
>>Tuition or examination fees, Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales
Tax (HST)
>>>Ways and Means No. 12, notice, tabled, 2015-6 (8570-362-20)
>>See also Language training
Voice mail see Telephone service
Voluntary Aid Detachment (nursing aids)
>>Veterans' benefits see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act (Bill C-41)
Volunteers see Emergency response workers
W
Wages and salaries see Employees--Severance pay/pension eligibility
Wages Liability Act (amdt.--definition of adult)(Bill C-351)--Harb
>>1st r, 237
Wallenberg, Raoul
>>Commemorative day see Raoul Wallenberg Day Act (Bill C-432)
Wanuskewin constituency
>>Name, change to Saskatoon--Wanuskewin see Electoral Boundaries Readjustment
Act (amdt.)(Bill C-473)
War crimes see Crimes Against Humanity Act (Bill C-19)
War Veterans Allowance Act see Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act (Bill C-23)
Warranties
>>Non-resident warrantors, Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax
(HST)
>>>Ways and Means No. 3
>>>>Concurrence, M. (Peterson), 910, agreed to on recorded division (Division
No. 684), 910-1
>>>>Notice, tabled, 267-8 (8570-362-3)
>>>>See also Sales Tax and Excise Tax Amendments Act, 1999 (Bill C-24)
Waste management
>>Petitions
>>>(Adams), (362-1762), 2073
Water
>>Exports, prohibition of interbasin transfers
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Adams), (362-0180), 193, gr, 860
(8545-362-58-01)
>>>See also Canada Water Export Prohibition Act (Bill C-249);
Canada Water Export Prohibition Act (Bill C-410);
International Boundary Waters Treaty Act (amdt.)(Bill C-15)
>>See also Canada Water Act;
Carriage of Goods by Water Act;
Navigable waters
Waterton Lakes National Park
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing
Committee
>>>Management Plan, May 2000, 2058 (8560-362-334-01)
Ways and Means (notice of motions), tabled
>>1. Nisga'a Final Agreement and Nisga'a Nation Taxation Agreement
>>>Concurrence, M. (Nault), 110, agreed to on recorded division (Division No.
44), 110-1
>>>Notice, tabled, 45 (8570-362-1)
>>>See also Nisga'a Final Agreement Act (Bill C-9)
>>2. Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act, notice, tabled, 173 (8570-362-2)
>>3. Excise Tax Act, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Budget Implementation Act,
1997, Budget Implementation Act, 1998, Budget
Implementation Act, 1999, Canada
Pension Plan, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, Cultural Property Export
and Import Act, Customs Act, Customs Tariff, Employment Insurance Act, Excise
Act, Income Tax Act, Tax Court of Canada Act and Unemployment Insurance Act
>>>Concurrence, M. (Peterson), 910, agreed to on recorded division (Division
No. 684), 910-1
>>>Notice, tabled, 267-8 (8570-362-3)
>>>See also Sales Tax and Excise Tax Amendments Act, 1999 (Bill C-24)
>>4. Income Tax Act, Excise Tax Act and Budget Implementation Act, 1999
>>>Concurrence, M. (Peterson), 911, agreed to on recorded division (Division
No. 685), 911-2
>>>Notice, tabled, 344 (8570-362-4)
>>>See also Income Tax Amendments Act, 1999 (Bill C-25)
>>5. Budget 2000 (February 28, 2000), approval, Ways and Means No. 5,
M. (Martin, Paul), 1038-9, 1049-50
>>>Amdt. (Manning), 1049
>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Loubier), 1049
>>>Procedure, "That the debate be now adjourned", M. (Manning), deemed
adopted, 1039
>>6. Income Tax Act, notice, tabled, 1039 (8570-362-14)
>>7. Excise Tax Act, notice, tabled, 1039 (8570-362-15)
>>8. Customs Act, notice, tabled, 1039 (8570-362-16)
>>9. Special Import Measures Act, notice, tabled, 1039 (8570-362-17)
>>10. Budget 2000 (February 28, 2000), implementation
>>>Concurrence, M. (Peterson), 1556, agreed to on recorded division (Division
No. 1264), 1556-7
>>>Notice, tabled, 1516 (8570-362-18)
>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2000 (Bill C-32)
>>11. Income Tax Act and Income Tax Application Rules
>>>Concurrence, division deferred, 1819, M. (Peterson), 1821, agreed to on
recorded division (Division No. 1353), 1821-2
>>>Notice, tabled, 1785 (8570-362-19)
>>>See also Income Tax Act and Income Tax Application Rules (amdt.)(Bill C-43)
>>12. Excise Tax Act
>>>Notice, tabled, 2015 (8570-362-20)
>>13. Income Tax Act
>>>Concurrence, M. (Martin, Paul), 2081, agreed to on recorded division
(Division No. 1427), 2081-2
>>>Notice, tabled, 2074 (8570-362-21)
Waywayseecappo First Nation see First Nations--Alcohol
Welfare programs
>>Work for welfare program requirement, provinces not complying
see Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangement Act (amdt.--work for welfare)(Bill
C-502)
Welfare workers see Korean War; World War II
Well-being (economy, society and environment)
>>Measurement, sustainable indicators see Canada Well-Being Measurement Act
(Bill C-469)
Wentworth--Burlington constituency
>>Name, change to Ancaster--Dundas--Flamborough--Aldershot see Electoral
Boundaries Readjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-473)
West coast ports
>>Operations, maintenance, proposed legislation
>>>Disposition, all stages at same sitting, M. (Boudria), 179-80, agreed to, 180
>>>Notice, document, Nov. 13, 1999 letter from Government House Leader,
tabled, 181 (8527-362-5)
>>Strikes and lockouts, arbitration see Final Offer Arbitration in Respect of
West Coast Ports Operations Act (Bill C-315)
>>Vancouver, B.C., labour dispute, settlement proposal accepted, Statement by
Minister (Bradshaw), 184
>>Work stoppage agreement, B.C. Maritime Employers' Association and
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada letters, tabled, 184
(8530-362-2)
Westbank First Nation see First Nations--Alcohol
Western Canada Telephone Company Incorporation Act Repeal Act (Bill
S-26)--Minister of Industry (Manley)
>>Received from Senate, 2049
>>1st r, 2055
>>2nd r, 2064
>>Committee of the Whole
>>>Referral, 2064
>>>Report from committee, without amdt., 2064
>>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Peterson), agreed to, 2065
>>3rd r, 2065, agreed to, 2065, passed
>>Royal Assent, 2090 (Chap. 29, S.C. 2000)
Western Economic Diversification Department
>>Departmental Performance Report
>>>1998-1999, tabled, 109 (8563-362-83)
>>See also Estimates, 1999-2000, supplementary (A)--Industry, Votes 115a and
120a;
Estimates, 2000-2001, main--Reports on Plans and Priorities
Western Glove Works Ltd. see Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Westray mine disaster
>>Accountability of corporate executives and directors, Recommendation 73 of
Nova Scotia Westray Mine Public Inquiry, M-79 (MacKay), 929, dropped to bottom
of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 929, 1070,
dropped to bottom of
Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 1070, 1071,
1416-8, agreed to on
division, 1418
>>>Amdt. (Bellehumeur), 1071, division deferred, 1071, agreed to on recorded
division (Division No. 1166), 1417
>>See also Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth
Wharfs and harbours
>>Petitions
>>>(Cummins), (362-1145 and 362-1146), 1640, gr, 1917 (8545-362-51-03)
>>>(Doyle), (362-0172), 188, gr, 845
(8545-362-51-01); (362-0257), 225,
gr, 845 (8545-362-51-01); (362-1257), 1750, gr, 1922 (8545-362-51-04)
>>>(Dubé, J.), (362-0218), 205, gr, 860
(8545-362-51-02)
Wheelchairs see Automobiles
Whistle Blower Human Rights Act (Bill C-508)--Grewal
>>1st r, 2064
Whistle Blowers Protection Act (Bill C-239)--Martin, Pat
>>1st r, 39
White Papers see Law enforcement officers
Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation
>>Petitions
>>>(Gruending), (362-1354), 1796, gr, 1904 (8545-362-113-01)
>>Reports, tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable
Development Standing Committee
>>>1997 annual report on administration, 820 (8560-362-104-01)
>>>1998 annual report on administration, 2091 (8560-362-104-02)
Wildlife see Endangered and threatened species; Fish; Gophers
Wine
>>Customs tariff
>>>Ways and Means No. 3
>>>>Concurrence, M. (Peterson), 910, agreed to on recorded division (Division
No. 684), 910-1
>>>>Notice, tabled, 267-8 (8570-362-3)
>>>>See also Sales Tax and Excise Tax Amendments Act, 1999 (Bill C-24)
Witchekan Lake First Nation see Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)--Policing services agreements
Witness and Spousal Protection Program Act (Bill C-223)--Hill, J.
>>1st r, 32
>>2nd r, 242-3, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93,
243, 1399, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence
list under S.O. 93, 1399,
1607, division deferred, 1607, agreed to on recorded
division (Division No.
1278), 1628-9
>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 1629
Witness Protection Program
>>Petitions
>>>(Hill, J.), (362-0591), 918, gr, 1596
(8545-362-83-01)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice and Human Rights
Standing Committee
>>>1998-1999 annual report, 8 (8560-362-7-01)
>>>1999-2000 annual report, 1921 (8560-362-7-02)
Witnesses (Justice system)
>>Protection, spousal eligibility see Witness and Spousal Protection Program
Act (Bill C-223)
>>Testimony outside courtroom see Criminal Code (amdt.--cruelty to animals,
disarming a peace officer and other amendments) and Firearms Act
(amdt.--technical amendments)(Bill C-17)
Women
>>Women, poverty and violence, World March of Women, October 9-13, 2000, M. on
supply (Duceppe), 2053, 2057, as amended, agreed to
on division, 2068
>>>Amdt. (St. Hilaire), 2054, division deferred, 2057, agreed to on recorded
division (Division No. 1426), 2067-8
>>Rights
>>>(Petitions)
>>>>(Ur), (362-0704), 1060, gr, 1763
(8545-362-92-01)
>>Violence see Clean Internet Act (Bill C-507);
École polytechnique de l'Université de Montréal;
Women--Poverty
>>See also Elections--Expenses;
Pregnancy;
Status of Women Canada
Workers see Older workers
Workfare see Welfare programs
Working Together in Rural Canada see Rural areas
World March of Women see Women--Poverty
World Trade Organization (WTO)
>>Negotiations see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing
Committee--Reports, Ninth
>>See also Subsidies and countervailing measures
World War I see Unknown Soldier
World War II
>>Welfare workers, veterans' benefits see Civilian War-Related Benefits Act
(Bill C-41)
Writers see Cultural industry (artists, writers and performers)
WTO see instead World Trade Organization (WTO)
Y
Year 2000 Problem - Will Canada be ready?, The see Industry Standing Committee--Reports from 36th Parl.
Year 2000 (Y2K) see Computers (Year 2000 compliance)
Yellow Quill First Nation see Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)--Policing services agreements
Yoho National Park
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing
Committee
>>>Management Plan, May 2000, 2059 (8560-362-740-01)
Yom haShoah see instead Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom haShoah)
York West constituency see Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Office (Elections Canada)--Reports; Elections--Certificates of election; House of Commons--Vacancies
Young offenders
>>Adult court, transfer see Young Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-253)
>>Age of application see Young Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-241)
>>Criminal justice system see Youth Criminal Justice Act (Bill C-3)
>>Detention prior to disposition see Young Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-297)
>>See also Murder
Young Offenders Act
>>Petitions
>>>(Cadman), (362-0272), 242, gr, 907
(8545-362-30-03)
>>>(Gallaway), (362-0309), 249, gr, 933
(8545-362-30-04)
>>>(Gouk), (361-2474), gr, 187 (8545-362-30-01)
>>>(Hart), (362-1453), 1868, gr, 2049
(8545-362-30-07)
>>>(Konrad), (362-0536), 879, gr, 1051
(8545-362-30-05)
>>>(Solberg), (362-0782), 1413, gr, 1562
(8545-362-30-06)
>>>(St. Denis), (362-1659), 1968, gr, 2063 (8545-362-30-08)
>>>(Stinson), (362-0007), 40, gr, 842
(8545-362-30-02)
>>>(Thompson, M.), (362-0221), 208, gr, 907 (8545-362-30-03)
>>>(Ur), (362-0204), 199, gr, 907
(8545-362-30-03)
>>See also Criminal harassment see Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal harassment,
home invasion, applications for ministerial review--miscarriage of justice,
and criminal procedure)(Bill C-36);
Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--capital punishment)(Bill C-303);
Criminal Code, Young Offenders Act and Transfer of Offenders Act (amdt.--death
penalty)(Bill C-335);
Youth Criminal Justice Act (Bill C-3)