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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

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

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

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

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