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Ibrahim, Dr. Saad Eddin

    >>Democracy advocate, Egyptian State Security arrest/trial, S.O. 31, 2677(45:1110), 4481-2(74:1400)

ICAO see International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Ice cream industry see Dairy industry--Butter oil sugar blends

Ice storm see New Brunswick

Icebreakers

    >>Amundsen, Arctic Ocean research role, S.O. 31, 9068(149:1400)

Icebreaking Services Fee see Canadian Coast Guard--Marine Navigation Services Fee

ICG Propane Inc. see Corporations--Mergers

Identity card see National identity card

Identity theft

IDS see Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)

IJC see International Joint Commission (IJC)

Illinois Central see Canadian National Railway Company (CNR)

Illiteracy rate see Literacy

ILO see International Labour Organization (ILO)

Iltis jeep see Afghanistan--Peacekeeping operation; Canadian Armed Forces--Military equipment

IMETs see Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMETs)

IMF see International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Imidaclopid see Toronto, ON--Thistletown neighbourhood

IMM 1000 documents see Refugees--Status cards

Immigrants

    >>Barriers, reducing
    >>>Accreditation, settlement services, need, S.O. 31, 2793(47:1405)
    >>>Government strategies, Throne Speech statement, 5(1:1525), 12-3(1:1600), 77(2:1740)
    >>Caregivers, domestics, live-in, federal government program, abuse, "Internet slavery", allegations, investigating, o.q., 5033(83:1450)
    >>Criminals, 161(3:1735)
    >>>Asian gangs/organized crime, entry, Hong Kong Canadian high commission, corruption, Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation, ceasing, political pressure, o.q., 7530-2(122:1435-45), 7575(123:1135)
    >>>Ministerial permits issued to, terrorist links factor, etc., 1311(22:1535)
    >>>o.q., 1301(22:1425-30), 1347(23:1435)
    >>>Violent criminal, citizenship granted, system, failure, o.q., 6676(108:1430-5)
    >>Deportation
    >>>Marhfoul, Fatima illegal immigrant, Moroccan domestic, unscrupulous employers, recourse, o.q., 3360-1(56:1500), 4195(70:1155)
    >>>Sylvain, Lornécia Jeune, Erilus, remaining in Quebec, ministerial intervention, requesting, petitions, 4922(81:1505)
    >>Fees, "head tax", 460(7:1320), 3158(52:1715)
    >>Integration, assisting, 157(3:1710)
    >>>Budget 2003 measure, 3732(62:1640), 3946(67:1010), 3956(67:1125), 3962(67:1210), 4061(68:1705), 4281(71:1740)
    >>>Funding allocation, qu., 2725-6(46:1525)
    >>Marriages with Canadian citizens, waiting period for documents, status, 149(3:1615-20), 157(3:1715)
    >>Permanent Resident Card, 3555(59:1530)
    >>>S.O. 31, 8150(133:1055)
    >>Rural communities, Budget 2003 measure, 4273(71:1650)
    >>Settlement arrangements, 3153(52:1635)
    >>>See also Immigrants--Barriers; Settlement and Immigration Services Organization
    >>Violence, problems brought from country of origin, 3498-9(58:1835-40)
    >>See also Canadian Alliance--Immigration; Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee--Federal Court of Canada ruling; Foreign credentials; Maritime security--Problems; Skilled trades and technology workforce

Immigration

    >>Annual report
    >>>2002, tabled, 1082(18:1530)
    >>>2003, tabled, 8933(147:1005)
    >>Deportation
    >>>Adorjan, Laszlo, case, o.q., 1656(28:1450)
    >>>Algerians, non-status, Citizenship and Immigration offices occupation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, removal, excessive force allegations, S.O. 31, 7021(114:1410)
    >>>Auditor General's report, 36,000 illegal immigrants, whereabouts unknown, 6070(100:1300)
    >>>>o.q., 5245(86:1430-5), 5291(87:1435)
    >>>Dougherty, Helen Ann, 75 year old holocaust survivor, remaining on compassionate grounds
    >>>>o.q., 5032(83:1440)
    >>>>Zundel, Ernst, refugee claimant case, comparison, o.q., 5034(83:1450), 5106(84:1440)
    >>Enforcement
    >>>Staff, inadequate, 7940-1(129:1745)
    >>>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Twenty-fifth
    >>Family reunification, backlog, 2604(44:1125), 3153(52:1635), 3158(52:1715)
    >>>See also Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Bill C-436)
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction factor, partnership, Quebec, etc., 1481(24:1805), 1482(24:1810)
    >>Federal-provincial-territorial conference, October 15-16, 2002, 146(3:1550), 147(3:1600)
    >>Immigrant detention centre
    >>>Jail for refugees, 2604(44:1125)
    >>>Proposal, cover-up, o.q., 2429(41:1440)
    >>Importance, employment role, etc., 146-7(3:1550-600), 152(3:1630), 157(3:1715)
    >>Komagata Maru incident, Indian passengers suffering, apology, demanding, petitions, 2597(44:1045)
    >>Korea, Truro, NS pilot project proposal, 1478(24:1735-40), 1479(24:1745)
    >>Lai immigration hearing, Tao Mi, Chinese witness, confidentiality, breach of undertaking, o.q., 7918-9(129:1450-5)
    >>Legislation, introducing, 148(3:1605)
    >>Official languages policy (Bilingualism), relationship, francophones, 146(3:1555), 149(3:1610)
    >>>Minority communities, Francophone immigration, language training, budget allocation
    >>>>o.q., 5761(94:1150-5)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5803-4(95:1410)
    >>Offices in embassies, understaffing, impact, 157(3:1710)
    >>People smuggling/trafficking, 1291-2(22:1320)
    >>Performance bonds, security deposits, qu., 7062-3(115:1010)
    >>Polygamist, sponsoring three wives, legality, o.q., 364(6:1455)
    >>Provincial nominee program
    >>>Manitoba, 149(3:1610), 230(4:1250)
    >>>Nova Scotia, 146(3:1555)
    >>>Quebec, 149(3:1610)
    >>Regional development, relationship, 4061(68:1705)
    >>Security measures, information sharing agreements/detention, 1285(22:1235), 1291-2(22:1320), 1293(22:1330-5), 1295(22:1350-5), 1322(22:1700-5), 1325-6(22:1725-30), 1571(26:1625), 1576(26:1705)
    >>>o.q., 4916-7(81:1435), 5291(87:1435)
    >>Selection procedures, fairness, ensuring, petitions, 3782(64:1010)
    >>Sponsorship of relative, 6281(103:1005)
    >>Students, international, security concerns, fraudulent visas, bogus schools, Ottawa Business College example, o.q., 7628-9(1241445-50), 7816(127:1425-30), 7868(128:1115-20)
    >>Target, Liberal red book, 1% of population annually, 9045(149:1100), 9047(149:1120-5)
    >>Thailand, applicants, missing application files, qu., 1239(21:1520)
    >>Visitor's visas, 1110(19:1010)
    >>>Foreign missions processing, fairness, competence, questioning, o.q., 6969(113:1145)
    >>>Processing costs, unknown, o.q., 7918(129:1450)
    >>>See also Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.)(Bill C-282)
    >>Weaknesses of system, 2618(44:1315)
    >>See also Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Bill C-436); Urbanization--Small and rural communities

Immigration and Refugee Board

    >>Estimates see Estimates--2003-2004, Main, Citizenship and Immigration Department
    >>Judges, bribery allegations, Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation,
    >>>Gagliano, Alfonso, former Public Works and Government Services Minister, relationship, o.q., 7026-7(114:1435-40)
    >>>o.q., 6965-6(113:1130), 7029(114:1450-5), 7098(115:1455)
    >>>S.O. 31, 8151-2(133:1105)
    >>Membership, appointment process, o.q., 4534(75:1135)

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.)(Bill C-237)--Lunn

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.)(Bill C-282)--Cadman

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--sponsorship of relative)(Bill C-436)--Davies

    >>First reading, 6281(103:1005)
    >>Second reading, 9045-52(149:1100-1205)
    >>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 9052(149:1205)
    >>See also Immigration

"Immigration as a Tool for the Development of Official Language Minority Communities" see Official languages policy (Bilingualism)--Linguistic duality, Official Languages Standing Committee seventh report; Official Languages Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh

Immigration consultants

    >>Abuse, government response, etc., 149-50(3:1620)

Immigration officers see Border, Canadian--Security measures, Co-ordination--Thousand Islands Bridge crossing

Immunization

Impaired driving

    >>Accidents, deaths, 9040(148:1310), 9217(151:1810), 9218(151:1820), 9220-1(151:1835)
    >>Blood alcohol level exceeding 0.05%, 1503(25:1205), 9220(151:1835)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--blood alcohol content)(Bill C-464)
    >>Breath or blood samples, investigation and prosecution, 7783(127:1015), 9216-23(151:1810-50)
    >>>Legal defences, Carter defence/last drink defence, 9217(151:1815), 9221-2(151:1845), 9223(151:1850)
    >>>Other countries, comparison, 9218(151:1820)
    >>>Time allowed for testing, increasing from two to three hours, 9216-7(151:1810), 9219-20(151:1830)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--proceedings under section 258)(Bill C-452)
    >>Breath, blood or urine samples or physical co-ordination test in accidents causing death or serious injury, 1083(18:1540), 1237(21:1505), 2568(43:1555)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-341); Criminal Code (amdt.--taking samples of bodily substances)(Bill C-277); Criminal Code (amdt.--impaired driving causing death or injury)(Bill C-289)
    >>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenges, 9219(151:1825), 9222-3(151:1850)
    >>Combatting
    >>>Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), 9217(151:1810-5), 9218(151:1820), 9220(151:1835)
    >>>>MADD Canada's Federal Policy Checklist, S.O. 31, 5801(95:1355), 5860(96:1400)
    >>>>Project Red Ribbon, S.O. 31,1448(24:1400), 2624(44:1400)
    >>>National day, December 1 designated, 3653(61:1515)
    >>>>See also National Day Against Impaired Driving Act (Bill C-396)
    >>>o.q., 9029(148:1150)
    >>>Police problems, 9217(151:1820), 9221(151:1840)
    >>Goodstoney, Christopher, aboriginal offender, June 23, 1996 death of Craig Powell, Amber Keuben, Brandy Keuben and Stephanie Smith, sentence, 920(15:1210)
    >>Marijuana, drug-impaired driving, 8429(138:1050), 9221(151:1840)
    >>>Increase, o.q., 6970(113:1150)
    >>>Roadside assessment, 8409(137:1640), 8410(137:1650), 8414(137:1725), 8424(138:1015), 8426(138:1030), 8445(138:1220)
    >>>>o.q., 6088(100:1455), 6604(107:1440), 6605(107:1445)
    >>Penalties, 1083(18:1535)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--impaired driving)(Bill C-274)
    >>Public attitude, 9219(151:1830)

Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act

    >>Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, bringing provisions into line, Amendments and Corrections Act, 2003 (Bill C-41) provisions, 7857-8(128:1010), 7860(128:1025)

Imports see Dairy industry--Quebec; Diamond mining industry--Conflict diamonds; E.M. Power Plus supplement; Steel industry; Toxic/hazardous waste

Imprimerie Dumaine

    >>Small business of the year designation, S.O. 31, 8716(143:1110)

In Flanders Fields Marathon

    >>Royal Canadian Legion/Arthritis Society partnership, "Joints in Motion" campaign, S.O. 31, 3132(52:1410)

In vitro fertilization see Fertility/infertility clinics (in vitro fertilization)

Incineration see Municipal waste--Berlin, Germany; Sydney tar ponds--Clean-up; Toxic/hazardous waste

Inco Limited

    >>Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, Kyoto Protocol targets surpassed, S.O. 31, 3419(57:1410)
    >>See also Innu Healing Foundation; Voisey's Bay, NL nickel mining project (Inco Limited)

Income

    >>Disposable income, decline, 2504(42:1310), 7503(122:1120)
    >>Gap between rich and poor, increase, 6521(106:1300)
    >>>Tax reductions factor, etc., 6384(104:1230)
    >>See also Artists

Income tax

Income Tax Act (amdt.)

    >>Ways and Means motion, notice, tabled, 634(10:1220)

Income Tax Act (amdt.)

    >>Ways and Means motion, notice, tabled, 8933(147:1005)

Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-252)--Martin, Pat

    >>First reading, 830-1(14:1025)
    >>Procedural acceptability, Ways and Means motion lacking, 830(14:1025), proceedings null and void, 889(14:1725)
    >>Second reading, order discharged, bill dropped from Order Paper, 889(14:1725)
    >>See also Corporate income tax--Fines and penalties

Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-296)--Stoffer

    >>First reading, 1238(21:1510)
    >>See also Volunteers--Income tax deduction

Income Tax act (amdt.)(Bill C-463)--Keddy

    >>First reading, 9080(149:1505)
    >>See also Fisheries--Fishing assets transferred within families

Income Tax Act (amdt.--allowances paid to elected provincial or municipal officials)(Bill C-317)--Kenney

    >>First reading, 1791-2(30:1210)
    >>Procedural acceptability, Ways and Means motion lacking, 1792(30:1210-5), proceedings null and void, 1808-9(30:1425)
    >>Second reading, order discharged, bill dropped from Order Paper, 1808-9(30:1425)
    >>See also Elected officials--Expense allowances

Income Tax Act (amdt.--amateur sport fees)(Bill C-210)--Stoffer

    >>First reading, 320-1(5:1220)
    >>Second reading, 8301-8(135:1845-945)
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on the Order Paper, 8308(135:1945)
    >>See also Sports--Amateur sport, Fees

Income Tax Act (amdt.--child adoption expenses)(Bill C-246)--Hill, J.

    >>First reading, 805-6(13:1550)
    >>See also Adoption--Expenses

Income Tax Act (amdt.--child care expenses)(Bill C-354)--St.-Hilaire

    >>First reading, 3479(58:1605)
    >>See also Child care--Income tax deduction for expenses

Income Tax Act (amdt.--deductibility of expenses of tools provided as a requirement of employment)(Bill C-262)--Nystrom

    >>First reading, 966(16:1510)
    >>See also Tools--Income tax deduction

Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction of funeral expenses)(Bill C-373)--Harb

    >>First reading, 3509(59:1025)
    >>See also Funerals--Expenses

Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction for volunteer emergency services)(Bill C-325)--Casson

    >>First reading, 2291(39:1005)
    >>Second reading, 6560-8(106:1730-830), 8181-8(134:1105-205), negatived, on recorded division, 8346(136:1810-20)
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence on Order Paper, 6568(106:1830)
    >>See also Emergency response workers--Volunteers

Income Tax Act (amdt.--disability tax credit)(Bill C-407)--Casey

    >>First reading, 4197(70:1210)
    >>See also Disability Tax Credit--Doctors' reports

Income Tax Act (amdt.--donations to food banks)(Bill C-371)--Harb

    >>First reading, 3509(59:1025)
    >>See also Food banks--Donations to

Income Tax Act (amdt.--exemptions for volunteers)(Bill C-351)--Sorenson

    >>First reading, 3363(56:1520)
    >>See also Emergency response workers--Volunteers

Income Tax Act (amdt.--expenses incurred by care-givers)(Bill C-209)--Stoffer

    >>First reading, 320(5:1220)
    >>>See also Disabled and handicapped persons--Renovation costs

Income Tax Act (amdt.--health club membership fees)(Bill C-305)--Wappel

    >>First reading, 1554(26:1505)
    >>See also Health clubs--Membership fees

Income Tax Act (amdt.--herbal remedies)(Bill C-208)--Stoffer

    >>First reading, 320(5:1220)
    >>>See also Herbal remedies--Income tax deduction

Income Tax Act (amdt.--natural resources)(Bill C-48)--Minister of Finance (Manley)

    >>Ways and Means motion, notice, tabled, 7030(114:1500), concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 7273-4(117:2040)
    >>First reading, 7298(118:1220)
    >>Second reading, 7756-7(126:1540-5), 7758-71(126:1550-725), 7798-810(127:1220-355), 7823-5(127:1505-25), agreed to, on recorded division, 8016-7(130:1750-5)
    >>Finance Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 8017(130:1755)
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 8163(133:1205)
    >>Report stage, concurrence, 8328(136:1525), agreed to, on recorded division, 8344(136:1730-800)
    >>Third reading, 8357-84(137:1025-355), 8396-408(137:1500-635), agreed to, on recorded division, 8582-3(140:1730-805), passed.
    >>Senate passage, 9319(153:1200)
    >>Royal Assent, 9328(153:1315). Chap. 28, S.C. 2003
    >>See also Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing; Mining industry--Taxation measures; Natural resource industries--Taxation measures

Income Tax Act (amdt.--public transportation costs)(Bill C-400)--Girard-Bujold

    >>First reading, 3873(65:1230)
    >>See also Public transit--Income tax deduction for users

Income Tax (amdt.--tax credit for mental or physical impairment)(Bill C-370)--Harb

    >>First reading. 3509(59:1025)
    >>See also Disabled and handicapped persons--Housekeeping costs

Income Tax act (amdt.--travel expenses for a motor vehicle used by a forestry worker)(Bill C-303)--Crete

    >>First reading, 1553(26:1505)
    >>See also Forest industry--Workers

Income Tax Act (amdt.--volunteers)(Bill C-207)--Stoffer

    >>First reading, 320(5:1215)
    >>>See also Volunteers--Income tax deduction for work with registered organizations

Income Tax Act and Old Age Security Act (seniors' windfall exemption)(Bill C-432)--Obhrai

    >>First reading, 5298(87:1515)
    >>See also Income tax--Senior citizens

Income Tax Act, Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, Public Service Superannuation Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.--dependent beneficiaries)(Bill C-389)--Harb

    >>First reading, 3510(59:1025)
    >>See also Public Service pensions--Survivor benefits

Income trusts see Natural resource industries--Taxation measures

Independent Living and Sustainable Livelihoods see International Day of Disabled Persons

Independent living homes see Housing

India see Bhullar, Professor Davinderpal Singh; Canada-India relations; Geoscience--Canada-India agreement; Lumber industry--Exports; Nuclear weapons; Operation Blue Star

Indian Act

Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department

    >>Estimates see Estimates--2003-2004, Supplementary (A)

Indian bands/reserves

    >>Democracy, increasing, 463(7:1340)
    >>Economic and social conditions, government response, etc., 2617-8(44:1310), 3921(66:1550), 4002-3(67:1645-50)
    >>Financial management/accountability, 345(6:1255), 2928(49:1020), 2930(49:1035), 2933(49:1055), 2935(49:1105-10), 2937-8(49:1125-30), 2939(49:1145), 2940(49:1155), 2946(49:1250), 3790-1(64:1110), 6818-9(110:1655-700), 6838-9(110:1925-30)
    >>>Business dealings, contract fulfilment, o.q., 17326(29:1450)
    >>>Dakota Tipi First Nation, government assuming management
    >>>>Corruption allegations, public inquiry need, o.q., 3253(54:1455-500)
    >>>>Private business accounts owing, S.O. 31, 2048(35:1105)
    >>>First Nations Auditor, First Nations Ombudsman, establishing, 920(15:1210)
    >>>>See also First Nations Governance Review Act (Bill C-257)
    >>>First Nations finance authority, 2943(49:1225), 2946(49:1250)
    >>>First Nations fiscal and statistical management, legislation
    >>>>Financial agency commissioner, appointment before legislation introduced, allegation, 2116(36:1505)
    >>>>>o.q., 2112(36:1445)
    >>>>See also First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-19)
    >>>First Nations management board, 2943(49:1225), 2947(49:1250)
    >>>First Nations statistical institute, 2940(49:1150)
    >>>>Statistics Canada, duplication, 2944(49:1225), 2947-8(49:1250-5)
    >>>First Nations tax commission, 2938-9(49:1130-5), 2940(49:1150), 2943(49:1225), 2947(49:1255)
    >>>>British Columbia, financial administration act, comparison, 2947(49:1255)
    >>>Reporting requirements, burden, 3921(66:1545-50), 3925(66:1620)
    >>>School boards, funding disputes, 3170-1(52:1845-55)
    >>>>o.q., 3013-4(50:1155)
    >>>Third party management
    >>>>qu., 2729-30(46:1525)
    >>>>Third party managers, qu., 6039-70(99:1215)
    >>>See also Kitkatla Indian band
    >>Housing
    >>>Affordable, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation funding, 8081(132:1105)
    >>>Crisis, Auditor General's report, government policy, o.q., 5246-7(86:1435-40), 5293-4(87:1440)
    >>>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Twentieth
    >>Infrastructure development, priority, 2944-5(49:1230-5)
    >>Long Point Winneway first nation, education budget, government cutting
    >>>o.q., 7140(116:1450)
    >>>S.O. 31, 7210(117:1410)
    >>Lynn Lake, MB, relocation, segregation strategy, $44 million cost, o.q., 1033(17:1450), 1035(17:1500)
    >>Property rights, establishing, 481-2(7:1535), 494(7:1705)
    >>Sales tax, First Nations levying sales tax consistent with Goods and Services Tax (GST), 4787(79:1025), 6103(100:1635), 6254(102:1540)
    >>Statistics, data gathering process, participation, reluctance, 2948(49:1300)
    >>See also Campbell River Indian Band; Environmental assessment; Ferry service--Barnston Indian Reserve; First Nations; Sandy Bay reserve; Water

Indian lobbyists see Aboriginal peoples/communities

Indian Specific Claims Commission

    >>Annual report
    >>>2001-2002, tabled, 6248(102:1515)
    >>>2002-2003, tabled, 9231(152:1020)

Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) see Fisheries--Privatization

Indo-Canadian community see Gangs

Indofoods see Export Development Canada (EDC)

Indonesia see Terrorism--Bali

Industrial energy innovator see Norwest Precision Ltd.

Industrial materials see Crossroads for Industrial Materials Innovation

Industrial parks see Lefebvre, Roger

Industrial pollution see Pollution--National Pollutant Release Inventory

Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)

Industrialization see Health

Industry

    >>Government support, business costs, international comparison, o.q., 3013(50:1155)
    >>Regulatory burden, reducing, 7766(126:1655)
    >>See also Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing

Industry Department see Corporations--Government subsidies

Industry in Crisis: Safeguarding the Viability of the Canadian Airline Industry, An see Transport Standing Committee--Reports, Second

Industry Minister see Oil and gas industry--Profits, Investigating; Rock--References

Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee

    >>Reports, presented
    >>>First (Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-15)), 2263(38:1550)
    >>>Second (extension of time to consider Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249)), 4422(73:1515)
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Regan), agreed to, 5006(82:1620)
    >>>Third (Opening Canadian Communications to the World), 5453(90:1505)
    >>>Fourth (Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249)), 5645(92:1515)
    >>>Fifth (Gasoline Prices in Canada), 9320(153:1205)
    >>    See also Auberge Grand-Mère--Business Development Bank of Canada; Business Development Bank of Canada; Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249); Foreign investment/ownership--Telecommunications and broadcasting industries; Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-15); Regional development--Federal government role, Expenditures; University research--Government funding, Breakdown

Infant car seats see Automobiles/motor vehicles

Infectious disease

    >>China, outbreaks, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) correspondence, M. for Production of Papers (Clark), called, transferred for debate, 9201(151:1550)
    >>Contingency plans, federal/local authorities, 5065-7(83:1850-1900)
    >>>o.q., 4491(74:1450)
    >>Emergency response workers, notification protocol, 920(15:1210)
    >>See also British Columbia Ear Bank (St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC); Canada Health Act (amdt.--conditions for contributions)(Bill C-256); China; Hepatitis C; Penitentiary inmates; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); Tuberculosis

Influence peddling see Techlink International Entertainment Limited

Influenza

Information Commissioner

    >>2002-2003 annual report, tabled, 6767(110:1005)
    >>Records, seizing, government taking to court, 7058(114:1830)
    >>See also Government information--Management

Information management see Government information

Information technology

    >>Schools and libraries, providing to, 36(2:1245)
    >>See also Cape Breton Seniors Community Learning Network; Computers; Electronic mail; Firearms registry (Canadian Firearms Program)--Registration process; Government departments, boards, agencies and commission; Health care--Electronic records; Transport Department--Confidential documents

Information Technology Week

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Canada Program see Infrastructure

Inhalants and sniff products

    >>Sale for purpose of intoxication, making criminal code offence, 1264(22:1010)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--sale of intoxicating products)(Bill C-297)

Injured Military Members Compensation Act (Bill C-44)--Minister of National Defence (Pagtakhan)

    >>First reading, 7144(116:1510)
    >>Second reading, 7278-80(118:1025-40)
    >>Deemed adopted at all stages, 7280(118:1040), passed.
    >>Note: Royal Assent by written declaration see Journals, June 19, 2003
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Personnel, Disability benefits

Inland waterways

    >>Uncharted, marking, federal responsibility, government divesting, recreational sailors, impact, o.q., 5869-70(96:1445-50)

Inner city health project see Homelessness--Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (SCPI), Ottawa, ON

Innovation see Lafarge Canada Inc.; Productivity; Research and development; Transportation--Technology and innovation role

Innovations see Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA)--Summary of the Corporate Business Plan for 2003-2004 to 2005-2006

Innu

    >>Federal-Quebec-Innu negotiations, agreement, funding, 4977(82:1300-5)
    >>See also Davis Inlet

Innu Healing Foundation

    >>Innu family support, Building Hope campaign, Inco Limited, role, S.O. 31, 2202(37:1405)

Insider trading see Capital markets--Fraud

Institute of Kidney and Urinary Tract Diseases see Kidney disease

Insulation see Housing

Insulin see Diabetes

Insurance

    >>Costs, increase, inquiry request, 6276-8(102:1830-5)
    >>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction factor, o.q., 4715(78:1440)
    >>>o.q., 8847(145:1445)
    >>>S.O. 31, 6079(100:1405)
    >>Federal government role, 6277-8(102:1830-5)
    >>Insurance Brokers Association of Canada, Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker designation, recipients, S.O. 31, 673(11:1400), impact on industry, 4230(71:1245-40)
    >>Parity between men and women, 8418(137:1755)
    >>See also Airlines; Great-West Lifeco Inc.; Income tax--Senior citizens; Terrorism--Threat

Insurance Brokers Association of Canada see Insurance

Integrated border enforcement teams see Border, Canadian

Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMETs) see Capital markets--Fraud

Integrated national security enforcement teams see National security (public safety)

Integrated Proceeds of Crime Initiative see Organized crime--Combatting

Integrity see Liberal government (Chrétien)--Corruption

Intelcom see Canada Post Corporation

Intellectual disability see Quebec Intellectual Disability Week

Intellectual property rights see BioChem Pharma Inc.; Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Generic drugs; Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Intelligence agencies see Canadian Foreign Intelligence Agency; Canadian national intelligence agency; Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

Intelligence analysts see Public Service

Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour

    >>Declaration and action plan, etc., o.q., 8275(135:1455-500)

Interest see Mortgages--Repayment before maturity; National debt

Interest Act (amdt.--interest payable on repayment of a mortgage loan before maturity)(Bill C-268)--Nystrom

    >>First reading, 967(16:1515)
    >>See also Mortgages--Repayment before maturity

Interest rates

    >>United States, comparison, 6897(112:1200)
    >>See also Banks and financial institutions; Credit cards

Interim orders see National security (public safety)

Interim release see Bail (interim release)

Intermodal freight traffic see Transportation

International Acharya Sushil Kumar Peace Award see Polyani, John

International agreements

    >>Subject to House of Commons approval, 1673(28:1640)
    >>Tabled, 2686(45:1200)
    >>See also Air transportation; Antarctica--Antarctic treaty system; Defence policy--Canada-United States military cooperation agreement; Federalism--Mexico; Foreign investment/ownership; Geoscience--Canada-India agreement; Income tax; Law of the Sea; Ottawa Convention; Trade agreements; Treaties

International Association of Firefighters see Toxic/hazardous substances

International Association of Prosecutors see Manitoba Warriors street gang

International banking centres

    >>Montreal, QC and Vancouver, BC, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) position, 7544(122:1610), 7549(122:1650)

International Boundary Waters Treaty Act see Water--British Columbia-Alaska transboundary watersheds

International capital markets/financial transactions

International Cinema Festival

    >>Abitibi-Témiscamingue, QC, 22nd anniversary, S.O. 31, 9138(150:1400)

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

    >>Headquarters, Montreal, QC, new offices, delay, federal-provincial dispute factor, etc., o.q., 3469(58:1500), 4863-4(80:1145)

International Coffee Organization

    >>Canadian membership, S.O. 31, 6793(110:1400)

International competitiveness

    >>Canadian ranking, decline, 8940-1(147:1055-100)
    >>>o.q., 8968-9(147:1420), 8971-2(147:1435-40)
    >>See also Banks and financial institutions; Corporate income tax--International comparison; Corporations--Government subsidies, Investment decisions; Economy/economic conditions--International comparison; Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing; Income tax--International comparison

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea see Cod--Scotland and Ireland

International Criminal Court

    >>Authority
    >>>Parliamentarians for Global Action position, S.O. 31, 1492(25:1100)
    >>>United States recognizing, o.q., 474(7:1445)
    >>See also Crimes against humanity--Perpetrators; Gender violence; Iraq--Dictatorship

International Day for the Elimination of Poverty

    >>October 17, Dorothy O'Connell Monument for Anti-Poverty Activism, dedication, S.O. 31, 8480(139:1405)
    >>Community organizations, role, tribute, S.O. 31, 8891-2(146:1415)

International Day for the Elimination of Racism

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

International Day of Disabled Persons

    >>December 3, "Independent Living and Sustainable Livelihoods", theme
    >>>o.q., 2211(37:1455)
    >>>S.O. 31, 2106-7(36:1415), 2201-3(37:1405-10)

International Day of Families

    >>May 15, United Nations General Assembly proclaiming, S.O. 31, 6313-4(103:1400-5)

International Day of Older Persons

International Day of Peace

International Day of the Ozone Layer

International Day of Tolerance

    >>Multiculturalism/diversity, Canada celebrating, S.O. 31, 1610(27:1400)

International Development Week

    >>Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale role, tribute, S.O. 31, 3175(53:1415)
    >>Butterfly 208, youth art and writing contest, international issues, awareness, Canadian International Development Agency sponsorship
    >>>o.q., 9075-6(149:1440)
    >>>S.O. 31, 239(4:1400), 3296(55:1105)
    >>February 2-8, 2003, theme "Celebrating Canadians Making a Difference in the World", Bill McWhinney Award of Excellence recipient, Prince Edward Island chapter of Farmers Helping Farmers, S.O. 31, 3131(52:1405)

International institutions see French language

International Joint Commission (IJC) see Devils Lake, North Dakota; Sumas II natural gas fired electric power plant (SE2)

International Labour Organization (ILO)

    >>Canadian position re convention 184 and recommendation 192 (safety and health in agriculture), tabled, 2591(44:1005)
    >>Canadian position re recommendation 193, a protocol to convention 155, and recommendation 194, tabled, 9195(151:1525)

International law see Armed conflict; Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute--Government assistance to industry and workers, $246.5 million package

International Literacy Day see Literacy--Literacy Action Day

International Monetary Fund (IMF) see Economy/economic conditions--Strength

International Mother Language Day

    >>Linguistic diversity, celebrating, S.O. 31, 3859(65:1105)

International Museums Day

    >>May 18, "Museums and Friends", theme, S.O. 31, 6367(104:1110)

International Music Day

International negotiations

    >>Quebec representation, lack, 28(2:1145)

International Network on Cultural Policy see Cultural diversity

International organizations

    >>Employment, English language requirement, discrimination against francophones, 484(7:1555)

International Peace Officer Memorial Day

    >>May 15, tribute, S.O. 31, 6315(103:1405)

International Plowing Match

International relations

    >>Canadian role/reputation, 2885(48:1955), 2917(48:2355)
    >>See also Foreign students; World unrest

International Scientific Awards

    >>Technical Cooperation Program defence science research achievement awards, Canadian recipients, S.O. 31, 6025(99:1105)

International security

    >>Canadian government role, petitions, 6611(107:1530)

International Space Station

    >>Williams, Dr. Dave, Canadian astronaut, November 2003 mission, S.O. 31, 2625(44:1405)

International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project

International Trade, Trade Disputes and Investment Subcommittee see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee

International trade zones see Mirabel international trade zone

International transactions se Income tax

International Transfer of Offenders Act (Bill C-33)--Solicitor General (Easter)

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