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Public Officers Act
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee
>>>2003 List of Commissions, 107 (8560-373-413-01)
Public opinion research
>>"Rethinking Government" study, purchase by government departments, list, tabled, 111
(8530-373-07)
>>See also Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Public Safety Act, 2002 (Bill C-7)--Minister of Transport (Valeri)
>>1st r, 44
>>Deemed read the second time and referred to a committee, considered in committee and reported, concurred in at report stage and read
the third time and passed, 44
>>Senate passage, without amdt., 375
>>Royal Assent, 389 (Chap. 15, S.C. 2004)
Public Safety Act, 2002 (Bill C-17)(2nd Sess., 37th Parl.)
>>Reinstated as Public Safety Act, 2002 (Bill C-7)
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Department
>>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
>>>Referred to Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee, 117
>>See also Sustainable development strategies
Public safety occupations (police officers, corrections officers, air traffic controllers and commercial airline pilots)
>>Pension accrual rate see Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations (amdt.--public safety occupations)(Bill C-508)
Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (Bill C-25)--President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and
Non-Status Indians, Minister responsible for la Francophonie and Minister responsible for the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution
(Coderre)
>>1st r, 184
>>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>Referral before second reading, M. (Coderre), 261, 265-6, division deferred, 266, further deferred, 270, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 44), 278-9
Public Service
>>Classification and job evaluation systems, Auditor General report (2003), Status report, Chapter 6 see Public Accounts Standing
Committee--Reports from 2nd Session, Twenty-first
>>Job postings, geographic restrictions see Public Service Employment Act (amdt.) (Bill C-510)
>>Legal fees see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth
>>Performance pay, Executive (EX) and Deputy Minister (DM) category, r.o. Q-8 (Williams), 185 (8555-373-8)
>>Psychological harassment and abuse of power see Workplace PschologicalHarassment Prevention Act (Bill C-451)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>Clerk of Privy Council Report to Prime Minister on the Public Service of Canada, 276
(8560-373-376-01)
>>Wrongdoing, allegations/retaliation see Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (Bill C-25);Whistle blowing
>>See also Employment Equity Act;Privacy Commissioner--Radwanski
Public Service Commission
>>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main see Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth
>>President, nominee, Dr. Maria Barrados
>>>M. (Saada), 287, agreed to on division, 287
>>>See also Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee--Reports, Third
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>President, nominee, Dr. Maria Barrados, biographical notes, 246 (8530-373-10)
Public Service Employment Act (amdt.) (Bill C-510)--Casey
>>1st r, 247
Public Service Pension Plan
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2002-2003 annual report, 144 (8560-373-220-01)
Public Service Staff Relations Board
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2002-2003 annual report, 107 (8560-373-219-01)
>>>2002-2003 annual report, 107 (8560-373-515-01)
Public transit
>>Petitions
>>>(Patry), (373-0330 to 373-0335), 138, gr, 272 (8545-373-1-02)
Public Works and Government Services Department
>>Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (B)
>>>Referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee, 100
>>>Votes 1b and 15b see Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee--Reports, First
>>>Vote 15b see Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (B)
>>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
>>>Referred Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee, 116
>>See also Sustainable development strategies
Q
Quarantine Act (Bill C-36)--Minister of Health (Pettigrew)
>>1st r, 406
>>Health Standing Committee
>>>Referral before second reading, M. (Pettigrew), 425
Quarantines see Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Quebec
>>Civil law, harmonization see Federal Law-Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 2 (Bill C-37)
>>See also Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec (Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions);Industry
Department;Regional development
Queen Charlotte Islands see Income tax--Northern zone
Queen's Theological College
>>Board of Management/representation of the College at Senate of Queen's University
>>>Petition (Lee), filed with Clerk of the House, 251
>>>See also Queen's Theological College incorporation Act (amdt.)(Bill S-15)
Queen's Theological College incorporation Act (amdt.)(Bill S-15)--Lee
>>Senate passage, 219
>>Deemed read the first time, 219
>>Petition (Lee)
>>>Presented, 251
>>>Clerk of Petitions report, 258
>>>Examiner of Petitions report, 258
>>Deemed read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole, deemed considered in Committee of the Whole, deemed reported
without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read a third time and passed, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 256-7
>>Royal Assent, 257
Queen's University see Queen's Theological College
Questions on the Order Paper
- >>Deemed referred to Committee, Q-6, 187; Q-9, 187-8; Q-20, 188; Q-42, 228; Q-56, 305; Q-60, 313; Q-63, 313-4; Q-72, 314
>>Previous session (2nd Sess., 37th Parl.)
>>>Q-238, 98
>>Replies
>>>Q-1, 184; Q-2, 184; Q-3, 184, r.o.; Q-4, 185, r.o.; Q-5, 184; Q-6, 265, r.o.; Q-7, 184; Q-8, 185, r.o.; Q-9, 312, r.o.; Q-10, 185, r.o., supplementary answer, 273
>>>Q-11, 331, r.o.; Q-12, 185-6, r.o.; Q-14, 184; Q-15, 184; Q-16, 184; Q-18, 186, r.o.; Q-19, 186, r.o.; Q-20, 208, r.o.
>>>Q-21, 186, r.o.; Q-22, 208; Q-23, 184; Q-24, 184; Q-25, 187, r.o.; Q-26, 184; Q-27, 215, r.o.; Q-28, 187, r.o.; Q-29, 187, r.o.
>>>Q-31, 187, r.o.; Q-32, 184; Q-33, 184; Q-34, 184; Q-35, 184; Q-36, 228, r.o.
>>>Q-41, 184; Q-42, 349, r.o.; Q-43, 255, r.o.; Q-44, 184; Q-45, 228; Q-46, 273, r.o., supplementary answer, 349; Q-47, 273-4, r.o., supplementary answer, 349; Q-48, 273; Q-49, 273
>>>Q-51, 274, r.o.; Q-52, 274, r.o.; Q-53, 274, r.o.; Q-54, 255-6, r.o.; Q-55, 288; Q-56, 331, r.o.; Q-57, 288; Q-58, 288, r.o.; Q-59, 288; Q-60, 331-2, r.o., supplementary answer, 359-60
>>>Q-61, 288; Q-62, 208; Q-64, 305; Q-65, 265; Q-66, 312; Q-67, 312; Q-68, 288, r.o.; Q-69, 288; Q-70, 273
>>>Q-71, 288, r.o.; Q-72, 332, r.o.; Q-73, 349; Q-74, 369; Q-75, 369, r.o.; Q-76, 378; Q-77, 369; Q-78, 399, r.o.; Q-79, 417, r.o.
>>>Q-81, 389; Q-83, 332, r.o.; Q-84, 407; Q-85, 417-8, r.o.
R
Racial profiling
>>>Elimination see Elimination of Racial Profiling Act (Bill C-476)
Racism see Discrimination and racism
Radio-Canada
>>Station CBSI, budget cuts
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Asselin), (373-0300), 130, gr, 272 (8545-373-60-01)
Radio Canada International
>>Ukraine, broadcast hours, reduction
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (373-0866), 401
Radiocommunication Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2)--Minister of Industry (Robillard)
>>1st r, 21
>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee
>>>Referral before second reading, M. (Robillard), 29, 75, division deferred, 75, agreed to on recorded
division (Division No. 9), 88-9
Radwanski, George see Privacy Commissioner
RAI International television channel (Radiotelevisione Italiana)
>>Cable or satellite service requirement
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Pacetti), (373-0664 to 373-0675), 255, gr, 392 (8545-373-72-01)
Rail system
>>Equipment, retroreflective material see Railway Safety Act (amdt.--visibility of railway equipment)(Bill C-511)
>>See also VIA Rail Canada Inc.
Railway Safety Act (amdt.--visibility of railway equipment)(Bill C-511)--Pallister
>>1st r, 254
RCMP see Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Recreation see Personal watercraft;Sentier Peninsule Acadienne Inc.
Red Bay National Historic Site of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Management Plan, 344 (8560-373-850-01)
References: Motion 398 see Youth voting initiatives
Refugees
>>Palestinians, Nabi Ayoub, Therese Boulos Haddad and Khalil Ayoub, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Church, Montreal, QC, claim refused, deported
to refugee camp
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Jennings), (373-0841 and 373-0842), 399
>>See also Guatemala;Jaballah. Mahmoud
Regional development
>>Quebec, outlying regions see Department of Industry Act (amdt.--outlying regions)(Bill C-500)
>>See also Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA);Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs)Economic Development Agency of
Canada for the Regions of Quebec (Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions);Western Economic Diversification Department
Regular Force Death Benefit Account
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2001-2002 Actuarial Report (including Certification of Assets), 266 (8560-373-395-01)
Regulations
>>Revocation, Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee resolution, adoption, amendment to S.O. 124, M., agreed to, by unanimous
consent, 416-7
>>See also Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations (ACFLR);Ontario Fishery Regulations;Personal watercraft
Reinvigorating Economic Relations Between Canada and Asia-Pacific see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports from 2nd Session, Twelfth
Religion see Muslim countries;National Day of Prayer;Queen's Theological College;Refugees
Religious freedom see Hate propaganda
Replacement workers
>>Ban
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Guay), (372-2224 to 372-2247), gr, 9 (8545-373-21-01); (373-0275 to 373-0278),
118, gr, 226 (8545-373-21-03)
>>>See also Canada Labour Code (amdt.--replacement workers)(Bill C-487)
Report of the Auditor General of Canada on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada see Public Accounts Standng Committee--Reports, Fourth
Report on Plans and Priorities for 2004-2005 of the House of Commons Administration see House of Commons--Administration
Reproductive technology
>>Legislation see Assisted Human Reproduction Act (Bill C-6)
>>See also Stem cell research
Research and development see Academy of Science;Stem cell research
Residential schools see Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Restitution orders
>>Civil enforcement see Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-14)
Rethinking Government see Public opinion research
Retirement see Members of Parliament
Returns Ordered
>>Q-3.Cree of Eeyou Ischee - James Bay, QC, housing subsidies (St-Julien), 184
(8555-373-3)
>>Q-4.Indian Housing Program, transfer of responsibility to Assembly of First Nations, assessment of housing needs/subsidy increase
(St-Julien), 185 (8555-373-4)
>>Q-6.Government grants and contributions, Yellowhead constituency (Merrifield), 265
(8555-373-6)
>>Q-8.Public Service, performance pay, Executive (EX) and Deputy Minister (DM) category (Williams), 185 (8555-373-8)
>>Q-9.Government procurement, miscellaneous items (Williams), 312 (8555-373-9)
>>Q-10.Canadian Armed Forces, military equipment, theft (Williams), 185 (8555-373-10)
>>Q-11.Aboriginal people, Delta--South Richmond constituency, funding (Cummins), 331
(8555-373-11)
>>Q-12.Mefloquine (anti-malaria drug), Canadian Armed Forces, use, adverse reactions, Health Department/National Defence Department
monitoring (Cummins), 185-6 (8555-373-12)
>>Q-18.Blind trusts, Right Hon. Paul Martin, blind trust holdings, grants, contributions, contracts and/or loan guarantees, receipt
(Rajotte), 186 (8555-373-18)
>>Q-19.Blind trusts, Right Hon. Paul Martin, blind trust holdings, sub-contracts (Rajotte), 186 (8555-373-19)
>>Q-20.Technology Partnerships Canada, loans (Rajotte), 208 (8555-373-20)
>>Q-21.Corporate income tax, advance tax rulings, Prime Minister Martin, blind trusts (Rajotte), 186 (8555-373-21)
>>Q-25.Conflict of interest, Right Hon. Paul Martin, Ethics Counsellor recusal process, December 12, 2003/Canada Steamship Lines
(Martin, Pat), 187 (8555-373-25)
>>Q-27.Industry Department, Quebec electoral districts, grants and contributions since 2000-2001 (Duceppe), 215 (8555-373-27)
>>Q-28.Small Business Loans Program, Big Six Banks and/or Industry Department, Small Business Loans Branch, former Finance Minister
Martin correspondence (Hearn), 187 (8555-373-28)
>>Q-29.Export Development Corporation, former Finance Minister Martin, correspondence (Hearn), 187 (8555-373-29)
>>Q-31.Business Development Bank of Canada, former Finance Minister Martin, correspondence (Hearn), 187 (8555-373-31)
>>Q-36.Health Department, contracts (Merrifield), 228 (8555-373-36)
>>Q-42.Métis Nation of Ontario, federal government funding (Duncan), 349 (8555-373-42)
>>Q-43.Business Development Bank of Canada, Beaudoin, Francois, lawsuit (MacKay), 255
(8555-373-43)
>>Q-46.Burrard Communications Inc., government grants, contributions, contracts and/or loan guarantees (Barnes, R.), 273 (8555-373-46)
>>Q-47.Pilothouse Public Affairs Group, government grants, contributions, contracts and/or loan guarantees (Barnes, R.), 273-4 (8555-373-47)
>>Q-51.Contaminated sites, Saskatchewan (Skelton), 274 (8555-373-51)
>>Q-52.Aboriginal health care, Non-Insured Health Benefits program, costs (Skelton), 274 (8555-373-52)
>>Q-53.Canada Pension Plan (CPP), disability benefits, application and appeal process, statistics (Lill), 274 (8555-373-53)
>>Q-54.Aquaculture, Canadian Food Inspection Agency survey tests, malachite green levels (Robinson), 255-6 (8555-373-54)
>>Q-56.Southern Chiefs Organization Inc. (Manitoba), government funding (Duncan), 331
(8555-373-56)
>>Q-58.Fisheries, Atlantic, Grand Banks Nose and Tail/Flemish Cap, foreign trawlers, illegal fishing, citations issued (Doyle), 288 (8555-373-58)
>>Q-60.Climate action programs, government departments, funding (Keddy), 331-2
(8555-373-60), supplementary return, 359-60 (8555-373-60-01)
>>Q-68.Immigration, application queues (Mark), 288 (8555-373-68)
>>Q-72.Government grants and contributions, West Vancouver--Sunshine Coast constituency (Reynolds), 332 (8555-373-72)
>>Q-75.Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, public opinion polls (Clark), 369-70
(8555-373-75)
>>Q-78.Government grants and contributions, Dartmouth constituency (Lill), 399
(8555-373-78)
>>Q-79.Sponsorship program, Windsor West constituency, funds/contracts, (Masse), 417
(8555-373-79)
>>Q-83.Employment insurance, revenues, surpluses and deficits (St-Julien), 332
(8555-373-83)
>>Q-85.Sponsorship program, Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavik, Roberval and Témiscamingue constituencies, funding (St-Julien), 417-8
Richardson's ground squirrels see Gophers (Richardson's ground squirrels)
Richelieu constituency
>>Name, change to Bas-Richelieu--Nicolet--Bécancour see Electoral BoundariesReadjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20)
Riding Mountain National Park see Indian bands/reserves
Ridley Terminals Inc.
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Transport Standing Committee
>>>2004-2008 corporate plan summaries, 268 (8562-373-860-01)
Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis constituency
>>Name, change to Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis see Electoral BoundariesReadjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-300)
Rimouski--Témiscouata constituency
>>Name, change to Rimouski-Neigette--Témiscouata--Les Basques see ElectoralBoundaries Readjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20)
Ring-Spun Yarns see Canadian International Trade Tribunal
River Hebert, NS see Canada Post Corporation--Rural communities
Rivière-du-Loup--Montmagny constituency
>>Name, change to Montmagny--L'Islet--Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loupsee Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20)
Roberval constituency
>>Name, change to Roberval--Lac-Saint-Jean see Electoral BoundariesReadjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20)
>>See also Sponsorship program--Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavik constituency
Rock, Hon. Allan
>>References see House of Commons--Vacancies
Rockliffe Station (CFB Ottawa North)
>>Petitions
>>>(Calder), (373-0815), 378
Romanow, Hon. Roy see Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow)
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
>>>2003 annual report, with Auditor's Report, 426 (8560-373-229-01)
Royal Assent
>>Bills assented, 167, 220, 243, 257, 300, 348, 389, 423
>>Message from the Governor General, 167, 220, 237, 243, 257, 300, 348, 389, 423
Royal Canadian Mint
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2003 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 267 (8560-373-176-01)
>>>2004-2008 corporate plan summaries and 2004 capital budget, 210 (8562-373-810-01)
>>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>Agreements for RCMP policing services between Canada and
>>>>Nova Scotia, 41 (8560-373-475-02)
>>>>Prince Edward Island, 41 (8560-373-475-01)
>>>>Saskatchewan, 41 (8560-373-475-03)
>>See also Emergencies/disasters--Canadian Armed Forces;Sustainable development strategies
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Account
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee
>>>2002-2003 annual report, 250 (8560-373-231-01)
Rural and remote areas see Canada Post Corporation;Electoral districts
Rural route mail carriers
>>Collective bargaining rights, Canada Post Corporation Act, sec. 13(5)
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Johnston), (373-0216), 86, gr, 226 (8545-373-40-02)
>>>>(Paquette), (372-2580), gr, 9 (8545-373-40-01)
>>>>(Tirabassi), (372-2295), gr, 9 (8545-373-40-01)
>>>>(Williams), (373-0322), 130, gr, 226 (8545-373-40-02)
Rwanda
>>Genocide, anniversary, commemorating, April 7, declaring Day of Remembrance
>>>M. (Boudria), agreed to, by unanimous consent, 119
>>>M-452 (Boudria), withdrawn, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 119