Auberge Grand-Mère

>>Business Development Bank of Canada, loan
>>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, intervention, role , 7648(124:1710)
>>>>Bergeron, France, bank manager, statement, Royal Canadian Mounted Police search warrant, omitting, o.q., 6083(100:1430), 6154-6(101:1415-25), 6322(103:1445)
>>>>Business Development Bank President, dismissal, 7445(120:1855)
>>>>Ethics Counsellor Howard Wilson appearance before Industry, Science and Technology Standing Commitee, relationship, 7646-7(124:1655-700), 7648(124:1705)
>>>>Ethics guidelines, violating, o.q., 6319(103:1430), 6677(108:1435)
>>>>o.q., 6080-1(100:1415), 6083(100:1430), 6432(105:1425)
>>>File documents, disappearance, o.q., 6081(100:1415-20), 6083(100:1425), 6241(102:1430-5), 6322(103:1445)

Audiologists

>>Role, relationship to doctors, 2616(44:1305)

Auditor General of Canada

>>Anniversary, 125th, S.O. 31, 6237(102:1410)
>>Estimates see Estimates--2003-2004, Supplementary (A), Finance Department
>>Funding
>>>Inadequate, Auditor General's report for 2003 findings, 7057-9(114:1830-5)
>>>>o.q., 5247(86:1445)
>>>Increasing, 3892(66:1225)
>>>Treasury Board providing, o.q., 5292(87:1440)
>>Independence, 7440(120:1820)
>>>McTeague remarks re "political office", 3930(66:1705), 3931(66:1710)
>>Role, government accountability factor, 3885-6(66:1130-5), 3889(66:1200), 3895-6(66:1245-55), 3922(66:1600), 3924(66:1610), 3925(66:1615), 3927(66:1630), 3929(66:1650), 3930(66:1700), 3931(66:1715), 3932(66:1720), 3933-4(66:1730-5), 3935(66:1740-5), 3938(66:1810)
>>See also Aboriginal peoples/communities--Economic/social conditions--Health care, Funding; Budget surplus--Reporting; Business Development Bank of Canada; Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB)--Expenditures; Canadian Armed Forces--Funding--Personnel, Human resources policy; Canadian Small Business Financing Program--Role; Canadian Wheat Board; Export Development Canada (EDC)--Accountability; Firearms registry (Canadian Firearms Program); Goods and Services Tax (GST)--Fraud; Government--Accountability, Budget 2003 measures; Government aircraft--VIP executive jet fleet; Government contracts--Groupaction Marketing Inc.--Sponsorship program; Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Information technology--Performance reporting; Government-established foundations--Accountability--Auditor General's concerns; Government expenditures--Parliamentary scrutiny; Government finances--Accounting practices, Full accrual accounting--Comptrollership function--Management, Reform; Government grants and contributions--Unapproved grants; Heating Expenses One Time Relief--2000 program; Human Resources Development Department--Scandal; Income tax--International agreements re avoidance of double taxation and tax evasion, Tax havens; Mining industry--Contaminated sites; Nuclear waste; Parc Downsview Park Inc.; Public service--Morality--Reform, Human resource management; Public service pensions--Management; Regional development--Federal government role; Tax expenditures

Auditor General's reports

>>1998 see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Ninth
>>2000 see Airports--Devolution/divestiture/privatization
>>2001 see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports passim
>>2002
>>>House consider, M. on supply (Keddy), 3883-903(66:1110-355), 3916-40(66:1510-825)
>>>Supplementary, tabled, 433(7:1000)
>>>Tabled, 2200(37:1400)
>>>See also Budget 2003; Canada Health Act--Compliance; Employment insurance--Surplus; Firearms registry (Canadian Firearms Program)--Costs; Health care--Health Department health/disease surveillance; Income tax--International transactions; NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC); Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports passim
>>2003
>>>Draft report leaked, criticism of government, House possibly proroguing prior to tabling, etc., 9107-8(149:1840-5)
>>>>o.q., 8482-3(139:1415-20), 8485(139:1430), 8487(139:1440)
>>>Supplementary, tabled, 6528(106:1400)
>>>Tabled, 5241(86:1405)
>>>See also Auditor General of Canada--Funding; Border, Canadian--Customs officers, Security role; Immigration--Deportation; Indian bands/reserves--Housing; Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Twentieth--Reports Twenty-first--Reports, Twenty-third; Public Service--Women, Pay equity
>>Government response, 3899(66:1320), 3921(66:1540), 3935-6(66:1745-50)
>>Number, increase, 5296(87:1500), 7059(114:1835)
>>Parliamentary committees studying, 3899(66:1320)
>>Prorogation of House of Commons, impact, Speaker releasing to public while House not sitting, etc., 9194-5(151:1520-5)
>>Public Accounts Standing Committee studying, 3885(66:1130), 3887(66:1140), 3893-5(66:1230-45), 3933(66:1730), 3934(66:1735)
>>Status reports, 3894(66:1240)
>>See also Privacy Commissioner--Radwanski; Public Service--Financial management

Auditors see Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA); Canadian Public Accountability Board; Corporations

Augustine, Hon. Jean (Lib.--Etobicoke--Lakeshore; Secretary of State (Multiculturalism)(Status of Women)

>>Aboriginal peoples/communities, 3947(67:1015)
>>Assisted Human Reproduction Act (Bill C-13), 3395(57:1105)
>>Black History Month, o.q., 3068(51:1500)
>>Budget 2003, M. for approval (Manley), 3946-7(67:1010-20)
>>Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB), 3947(67:1015)
>>Caregivers, 3947(67:1015)
>>Child care, 3947(67:1015)
>>Child custody, 3149(52:1605)
>>>o.q., 7630(124:1455)
>>Child support, 3147-8(52:1540-50), 3149(52:1600)
>>Chinese Canadians, o.q., 961(16:1440)
>>Disabled and handicapped persons, 3947(67:1015)
>>Discrimination and racism, o.q., 3359(56:1450), 5034(83:1455), 8676(142:1455)
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-22), 3147-8(52:1540-50), 3149(52:1600-5)
>>Employment insurance, o.q., 4143(69:1445)
>>Foreign credentials, 3946-7(67:1010)
>>Health care, 3947(67:1015)
>>Health care funding, 3947(67:1015)
>>Homelessness, 3947(67:1015)
>>Housing, 3149(52:1600), 3947(67:1015)
>>Immigrants, 3946(67:1010)
>>International Day for the Elimination of Racism, o.q., 4493(74:1500)
>>Library and Archives of Canada Act (Bill C-36), 6143(101:1300)
>>Multiculturalism, 3946-7(67:1010-20)
>>>o.q., 4039(68:1450), 1505(111:1505), 7919(129:1455)
>>National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, 3947(67:1015)
>>Persons Day, o.q., 793(13:1440)
>>Privilege, Augustine (language, inappropriate/improper), 2260(38:1530)
>>Sex slave trade, o.q., 9149(150:1500)
>>Skilled trades and technology workforce, 3946-7(67:1010)
>>Small and medium business, o.q., 316(5:1155)
>>Student loans, 3947(67:1015)
>>Women, 3946-7(67:1010-20)
>>>o.q., 314(5:1145), 316(5:1155), 2333(39:1455), 8561-2(140:1445)

Aurora aircraft see Canadian Armed Forces--Aircraft

Australia see Canada Pension Plan; Commonwealth Games (Melbourne, Australia 2006); Free trade--United States-Australia negotiations; Marijuana--Possession; Terrorism--Bali

Authors see Literature; Sawyer, Robert J.

Authorson, Private Joseph see Veterans' benefits/pensions--Mentally disabled war veterans

Autism see Society for Treatment of Autism

Autism Month

>>October, S.O. 31, 675(11:1410), 1070(18:1415), 8965(147:1400)

Auto theft

>>Combatting, o.q., 4865(80:1155)
>>Extent, impact, etc., 544-5(8:1815)
>>Punishment/sentences, o.q., 1789(30:1200)
>>Regina, SK, problem, 5850(96:1235)
>>Surrey, BC, problem, S.O. 31, 1183(20:1105)
>>Vehicle identification numbers, tampering, criminal offence, 4423(73:1520)
>>>o.q., 4193-4(70:1150)
>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--vehicle identification number)(Bill C-413)
>>See also Joyriding (auto theft)

Automated teller machines (ATMs)

>>Illegal activities, crime, use for, o.q., 1502(25:1155)
>>Private ATMs, service charges, o.q., 1352(23:1500), 1502(25:1155)
>>Services provided, limitations, etc., 6909(112:1345)

Automobile accidents see Traffic accidents

Automobile dealers see Aubé, Marie-Josée

Automobile industry

>>Canada-United States Auto Pact, benefits, 4950(81:1835)
>>Canadian Automotive Partnership Council role, 4949-50(81:1830-5)
>>Decline, government response, need for policy, etc., 1987(34:1145-50), 4173(69:1830), 4174-6(69:1840-50), 4949-50(81:1825-35), 6507-8(106:1105-15), 7946-7(129:1825-35)
>>>o.q., 683-4(11:1455), 1193(20:1200), 2560(43:1500), 2966(49:1500), 4139-40(69:1425), 8674(142:1445)
>>>S.O. 31, 8772(144:1410)
>>Environmentally sustainable technology, greenhouse gas emissions reduction role, etc., 1987(34:1145-50), 1989(34:1200)
>>>o.q., 1834-5(31:1425)
>>Kyoto Protocol, impact, 525(8:1555), 1858(31:1700), 1863(31:1745), 1921(32:1620), 2001(34:1335), 2120(36:1535), 2160-1(36:2110), 2472(41:1940), 2509(42:1355), 2623(44:1355), 4173-4(69:1830-40)
>>>Federal government-industry agreement, 4830(79:1540), 6392(104:1320)
>>>>o.q., 4038(68:1445)
>>>o.q., 2255(38:1455), 2516(42:1430-5)
>>Maximum speed control devices, requiring, 3510(59:1025)
>>>See also Maximum Speed Control Device Act (Bill C-380)
>>Modernization, government funding, providing, 2508(42:1350), 2509(42:1355)
>>United States consumers class action lawsuit, alleging price increases in United States only, o.q., 3864(65:1135)
>>United States trade, open border, importance, 6508(106:1115)
>>See also Border, Canadian--Trade; DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc.; General Motors of Canada Limited; International Truck and Engine Corporation (Navistar); Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) Inc.

Automobiles/motor vehicles

>>Air pollution reduction
>>>Carbon monoxide, etc., 8175-6(133:1345-50)
>>>Catalytic converters, relationship, 8174(133:1330)
>>>Environment Department Let's Drive Green voluntary vehicle emissions inspection clinic program, S.O. 31, 5909(97:1415)
>>>Government 10 year action plan for cleaner vehicles and fuels, 5139(84:1855), 5140(84:1900)
>>>See also Automobiles/motor vehicles--New Brunswick Lung Association Vehicle Scrappage Program
>>Alternative fuels use, natural gas, hydrogen, bio-diesel fuel, greenhouse gas emissions reduction role, 883(14:1635), 1921(32:1625)
>>>See also Natural gas--Greenhouse gas emissions reduction role
>>Electric vehicles, greenhouse gas emissions reduction role, 845(14:1210)
>>Emission reductions, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), etc., greenhouse gas emissions reduction role, 2066(35:1245), 2457(41:1755)
>>Employment benefit, tax treatment, improvement, Budget 2003 measure, 4786(79:1025), 6254(102:1540)
>>Energy conservation/efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions reduction role, 570(9:1300), 882(14:1630-5), 2181(37:1125), 2226(37:1655), 2421(41:1355), 2437(41:1525), 2446(41:1625), 2452(41:1715), 2605(44:1135), 4010(67:1750)
>>>S.O. 31, 4653(77:1400)
>>Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, Kyoto Protocol, relationship see Automobiles/motor vehicles--Alternative fuels use--Electric vehicles--Emissions reductions--Energy conservation/efficiency--Hybrid vehicles
>>Hybrid vehicles, greenhouse gas emissions reduction role, 2150(36:1955)
>>Idling
>>>Government position/practice, 2390-1(40:1310-5)
>>>Mississauga, ON banning, 2130(36:1655)
>>Infant car seats, COSCO seats, safety defects, recalling, etc.
>>>o.q., 629(10:1145), 754(12:1500)
>>>S.O. 31, 579-80(9:1410)
>>New Brunswick Lung Association Fredericton Vehicle Scrappage Program, air pollution/smog reduction role, S.O. 31, 3349(56:1355)
>>Recycling, requiring, petitions, 3016(50:1210)
>>Seat belts, requiring for all vehicles, including school buses, under federal jurisdiction, 3510(59:1025)
>>>See also Canada Seat Belt Act (Bill C-388)
>>See also Cabinet Ministers; Car Free Day; Car pooling; Car theft; Dangerous driving; Forest industry--Workers; Government automobiles/motor vehicles; House of Commons security--Vehicles; Street racing

Automotive Pollution Reduction Act (Bill C-235)--Lincoln

>>First reading 717(12:1030)
>>Second reading, 5136-41(84:1825-905)
>>>Dropped from Order Paper, 5141(84:1905)
>>See also Gasoline--Oxygenation of gasoline and diesel fuel

Automotive service technician competition

>>Winners, Sterling Logan, Petr Ivandic, congratulating, S.O. 31, 9019(148:1100)

Avalanches

>>British Columbia, February 1, 2003, deaths of students from Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
>>>o.q., 3183-4(53:1500)
>>>Tributes, 3060(51:1415)
>>>>S.O. 31, 3058-9(51:1405), 3060(51:1410), 3351(56:1405)
>>See also Meteorological Service of Canada--Mountain Weather Station

Avalon Peninsula, NF see Human Resources Development Department

Aviation

>>Anniversary, 100th anniversary of Wright brothers flight, S.O. 31, 9307(153:1055)
>>See also Eckmire, David--Saskatoon, SK

Aviation fuel see Airlines

Aviation safety inspectors see Air transportation safety

Awards, decorations, medals see Atkinson Award for Economic Justice; Bill McWhinney Award of Excellence; Blue Water Bridge Duty Free Shop; Bronze Star medal; Butterfly 208; Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal; Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de l'Outaouais; Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Lac-Saint-Jean-Est; Community Policing Award; Droits et Libertés award; Entrepreneurs/entrepreneurship; Environment--Global Award for the Environment--Hamilton Environmentalists of the Year Awards; Fédération des chambres de commerce de Québec; Gildan Activewear; Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing, Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry Inc. (VCR Inc.); Imprimerie Dumaine; Jeune chambre de commerce de Québec; Jonquière Chamber of Commerce; Lafarge Canada Inc.; Laval Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Legion of Honour (France); M.A.C. Aids Fund; Makkonen, Doug; Mandela, Nelson; Marine technology--Student competition; Medak pocket operation (1993); Meritorious Service Medal; Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation; National Order of Merit (France); New Brunswick Multimedia Award of Excellence; Nobel Peace Prize; Ordre de la Pléiade; Queen Elizabeth II--Golden Jubilee Medal; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; Research and development--Granting councils; Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec; Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award; Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Fine Arts; Scaiano, Dr. Tito; Search and rescue--National awards; Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council--Gold medal; Terrorism--Combatting, Operation Apollo; Tourism industry; Victoria Cross; World Statesman of the Year award (Appeal of Conscience Foundation); Zenon Environmental Inc.

Aylmer, QC see Gatineau, QC

Ayoub, Lana see Canadian Council of Christians and Jews--Good Service medal

Ayub, Fauzi see Hezbollah terrorist group

Azerbaijan see Caucasus region

Aziz, Tariq see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Witnesses