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Safe, Secure, Sovereign: Reinventing the Canadian Coast Guard see Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee--Reports, First
Safety see Air transportation safety;Children;Fire safety;Occupational health and safety;Rail system--Equipment
Saint-Maurice constituency see House of Commons--Vacancies
Salmon farming
>>Petitions
>>>(Burton), (373-0020), 10, gr, 183
(8545-373-43-01); (373-0175), 77, gr, 183
(8545-373-43-01)
Salmon, Pacific see Fraser River Salmon Fishery
Same-sex couples see Marriage
Saskatchewan see Contaminated sites;Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar constituency
>>Name, change to Saskatoon-Eagle Creek see Electoral Boundaries ReadjustmentAct (amdt.)(Bill C-300)
Satellite piracy
>>Combatting see Radiocommunication Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2)
Scabs see Replacement workers
Science see Academy of Science;Agricultural pest control products
Scouts du Québec
>>Document, letter concerning "Les Scouts du Québec", tabled, 285 (8530-373-16)
Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee
>>Membership, 62-3, 108
>>Reports
>>>First (additional terms of reference), 101 (8510-373-03)
>>>>Concurrence, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 117
>>Reports from 2nd Session, 37th Parliament
>>>Third (broadcasting licence fees), (8510-372-149), gr, 218 (8512-373-149)
>>>Fourth (national parks), (8510-372-172), gr, 258 (8512-373-172)
>>See also Fisheries Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33);Regulations--Revocation
Sea Island, BC see Canadian Coast Guard
Search and rescue see Air transportation safety
Search and seizure warrants
>>Removal of powers see Criminal Code (amdt.--search and seizure)(Bill C-521)
>>See also Firearms Act
SeaRose FPSO see Customs tariff
Seasonal workers see Employment insurance
Securing An Open Society: Canada's National Security Policy see National security (public safety)--Policy
Security of Information Act
>>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-14)
Senate
>>Messages from the Senate, 23, 108, 139, 165, 169, 202, 218, 219, 222, 235, 237, 257, 298, 344, 375, 385, 385, 390, 403, 412, 418-9, 423
>>Petitions
>>>(Anders), (373-0892), 407
Senate Ethics Officer see Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--EthicsCommissioner and Senate Ethics Officer)(Bill C-4)
Senior citizens
>>Pension income sources, increase, eligibility rules, increased flexibility
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Laframboise), (373-0574), 221, gr, 377 (8545-373-67-01)
>>See also Elderly persons;Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
Sentences (convicted criminals) see Break and enter (crime);Cattle--Cruelty;Child pornography;Child prostitution--Penalties;Child sex offenders (pedophiles)--Predators;Children--Corruption;Cruelty to animals;Marine pollution;Murder--Bail/maximum sentence;Offenders--International transfer;Parole--Life sentences;Street racing;Traffic accidents--Failure to stop
Sentier Peninsule Acadienne Inc.
>>Petitions
>>>(Godin), (373-0880), 407
Sex Offender Information Registration Act (Bill C-16)--Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
>>1st r, 69
>>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, 69
>>Senate passage, without amdt., 257
>>Royal Assent, 257 (Chap. 10, S.C. 2004)
Sex Offender Information Registration Act (Bill C-23)(2nd Sess., 37th Parl.)
>>Reinstated as Sex Offender Information Registration Act (Bill C-16)
Sex offender registry
>>Legislation see Sex Offender Information Registration Act (Bill C-16)
>>Petitions
>>>(White, R.), (373-0017), 10, gr, 183
(8545-373-12-02); (373-0190), 82, gr, 213
(8545-373-12-03)
Sex offenders see Child custody--Visits;Child sex offenders (pedophiles)
Sexual assault
>>Drug-facilitated, "date-rape drugs"
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Moore), (372-2464), gr, 9 (8545-373-34-01)
>>>>(Yelich), (373-0039), 16, gr, 183
(8545-373-45-01)
Sexual exploitation of minors see Age of consent (sexual relations);Child sex offenders (pedophiles)
Sexual orientation see Hate propaganda
Shapiro, Bernard see Ethics Commissioner
Shared parenting see Child custody
Sherbrooke, QC see Passports--Regional offices
Shipbuilding see SeaRose FPSO
Ships
>>Oil spills, damage to birds see Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 and Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (amdt.)(Bill
C-34)
Sled dogs
>>Nunavik region, 1950 to 1975 extermination program, public enquiry
>>>Petitions
>>>>(St-Julien), (373-0552), 214, gr, 398 (8545-373-19-02)
Small Business Loans Program
>>Big Six Banks and/or Industry Department, Small Business Loans Branch, former Finance Minister Martin correspondence, r.o. Q-28
(Hearn), 187 (8555-373-28)
Social Council of Canada
>>Establishing, M-432 (Godfrey), withdrawn under S.O. 86.1, 4
Social Development Department
>>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
>>>Referred to Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee,
116
Social programs see Homelessness
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada see Employment Equity Act
Social security agreements
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee
>>>Italy, Republic of, Order in Council P.C. 2003-1228, 78 (8560-373-212-01)
Softwood lumber
>>Canada-United States dispute, M-397 (Cullen), 37-8, dropped to bottom of Order of
Precedence list under S.O. 93, 38, 257-8, negatived
on division, 258
Solicitor General Department
>>Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (B)
>>>Referred to Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee, 100
Solicitor General (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) see Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Department
Sonar
>>Marine environment, sonar, impact on wildlife, petitions
>>>(Comartin), (373-0199), 85, gr, 245
(8545-373-56-01); (373-0361), 146, gr, 272
(8545-373-56-02)
Southern Chiefs Organization Inc. (Manitoba)
>>Government funding, Q-56 (Duncan), deemed referred to Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources Standing
Committee, 305, r.o., 331 (8555-373-56)
Southern Interior constituency
>>Name, change to British Columbia Southern Interior see Electoral BoundariesReadjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20)
Sovereignty see Coastal waters--Exclusive economic zone
Space Preservation Treaty
>>Petitions
>>>(Robinson), (373-0161), 71, gr, 226
(8545-373-52-01)
Speaker
>>Documents, tabling
>>>Auditor General of Canada Office
>>>>2003 annual report, 36 (8560-373-64-01)
>>>>2004 annual report, 233 (8560-373-64-02)
>>>Board of Internal Economy
>>>>By-laws adopted March 10, 2004, tabled, 179 (8527-373-03)
>>>>By-laws adopted May 13, 2004, tabled, 426 (8527-373-06)
>>>>Minutes of Proceedings, (November 5 and December 3, 2003), tabled, 144
(8527-373-01)
>>>>Minutes of Proceedings, (February 11 and 18, 2004), tabled, 179 (8527-373-02)
>>>>Minutes of Proceedings, (March 24 and 30, 2004), tabled, 426 (8527-373-07)
>>>Canadian Human Rights Commission
>>>>2003 annual report, including Report on Employment Equity, 205 (8560-373-123-02)
>>>Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
>>>>2003 annual report, 231 (8560-373-661-01)
>>>Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Office (Elections Canada)
>>>>Report following Perth-Middlesex by-election, May 12, 2003 and Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Témiscamingue by-elections,
June 16, 2003, 245 (8560-373-4-01)
>>>>Returns on financial transactions and election expenses, 147 (8560-373-844-01)
>>>Penitentiary inmates, Canadian Human Rights Commission report, "Protecting Their Rights: A Systemic Review of Human Rights in
Correctional Services for Federally Sentenced Women", tabled, 7 (8560-373-123-01)
>>>Privacy Act
>>>>Auditor General of Canada Office
>>>>>2002-2003, 147 (8561-373-627-01)
>>>>>2003-2004, 375 (8561-373-627-02)
>>>>Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Office
>>>>>2003-2004, 419 (8561-373-645-01)
>>Parliament, opening, informing House of message from Governor General, 1
>>Throne Speech
>>>Reported, 1
>>>Tabled, 1 (8525-373-1)
>>Unavoidable absence, 75, 105, 219, 261, 269, 397, 401
Speaker Statements
>>Bills, Government; Third reading, subamendment, lapsed, 289
>>Bills, Private Members' Public; improperly before House, imposition of tax, introduction and first reading null and void, 168
>>Private Members' Business Subcommittee report, appeals under S.O. 92(4), Order for second reading dropped to bottom of Order of
Precedence, 142
>>Private Members' Motions, motion by a Member to prepare and bring in a bill under S.O. 68(4)(b), Standing Order suspended pursuant to
provisional Standing Orders, Clerk directed to modify motion, 181
Special debates see Emergency debates (Adjournment motions under S.O. 52);Take note debates
Special Olympics see House of Commons--Debates
Special Service Medal for Domestic Operationssee Emergencies/disasters--Canadian Armed Forces
Special Service Medal for Domestic Operations Act (Bill C-514)--McDonough
>>1st r, 265
Sponsorship program
>>Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavik, Roberval and Témiscamingue constituencies, funding, r.o. Q-85 (St-Julien), 417-8
>>Cabinet Ministers, political people, involvement/awareness, David Anderson, Environment Minister, accessed funds, Jamie Kelley,
February 19, 2001 letter to acting executive director of the Communications Co-ordination Services Branch, Pierre Tremblay, tabled, 129 (8530-373-08)
>>Letters to parliamentarians, organizations or individuals, tabled, 245 (8530-373-11)
>>Public Accounts Standing Committee studying, M. on supply (MacKay), 418-9, division
deferred, 419
>>Recipients, Q-238 (2nd Sess., 37th Parl.) (St-Julien), annotated response, tabled, 98
(8530-373-05)
>>Windsor West constituency, funds/contracts, r.o. Q-79 (Masse), 417 (8555-373-79)
Sport see Amateur sport;Junior A hockey;Olympics and paralympics, 2010 Winter Games (Vancouver-Whistler, Canada);Special Olympics
Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
>>>2004-2005 corporate plan summaries, 259 (8562-373-864-01)
S.S. Keno National Historic Site of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Management Plan, 345 (8560-373-855-01)
S.S. Klondike National Historic Site of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Management Plan, 345 (8560-373-854-01)
St. Albert constituency
>>Name, change to St. Albert-Parkland-Sturgeon see Electoral BoundariesReadjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-300)
St. Andrews Blockhouse National Historic Site of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Management Plan, 345 (8560-373-852-01)
St. Croix--Belleisle constituency
>>Name, change to New Brunswick Southwest see Electoral BoundariesReadjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20)
St. John's North constituency
>>Name, change to St. John's East see Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act(Bill C-20)
St. John's South constituency
>>Name, change to St. John's South--Mount Pearl see Electoral BoundariesReadjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20)
St. Lawrence Seaway
>>Petitions
>>>(Bergeron), (373-0831), 393
Standing Orders
>>S.O. 36(8)(b) see Petitions
>>S.O. 92(4) see Private Members' Business--Private Members' Subcommittee;Speaker Statements--Private Members' Business Subcommittee
report
>>S.O. 124 see Regulations--Revocation
>>Titles, french language version see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Twenty-seventh
Statements by Ministers
>>Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), beef industry, impact, government action/inaction, support for farmers, $1 billion funding
announcement (Alcock), 184
>>Chemical Warfare Agent Testing Recognition Program (Pratt), 111
>>Democracy, reform (Saada), 15
>>National security (public safety), policy (McLellan), 319
>>National Security Committee of Parliamentarians (McLellan), 247
>>Olympics and paralympics, 2010 Winter Games (Vancouver-Whistler, Canada), government support (Keyes), 45
Statistical Survey Operations see Employment Equity Act
Statutes of the Northwest Territories
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
>>>July 2003, 135 (8560-373-388-01)
>>>January 2004, 420 (8560-373-388-02)
Steel Import Permit Information
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and InternationalTrade Standing Committee
>>>2003 Annual Summary, 94 (8560-373-525-01)
Stem cell research
>>Legislation see Assisted Human Reproduction Act (Bill C-6)
>>Petitions
>>>(Adams), (373-0001), 10, gr, 181
(8545-373-26-02)
>>>(Anderson, Hon. D.), (373-0502), 198, gr, 364 (8545-373-26-03)
>>>(Catterall), (373-0347), 143, gr, 182
(8545-373-26-02)
>>>(Doyle), (372-2270), gr, 9 (8545-373-26-01)
>>>(Fitzpatrick), (373-0698), 259, gr, 405 (8545-373-26-04)
>>>(McNally), (373-0285), 118, gr, 182
(8545-373-26-02)
>>>(Strahl), (373-0259), 103, gr, 182
(8545-373-26-02)
>>>(Szabo), (373-0584), 227, gr, 405
(8545-373-26-04); (373-0710), 273; (373-0725), 287;
(373-0753), 312; (373-0773), 330; (373-0784), 349
>>See also Juvenile diabetes (Type I)
Street racing
>>Penalties see Criminal Code (amdt.--street racing)(Bill C-338)
Strikes and lockouts see Labour disputes, strikes, lockouts;;West coast ports
Strychnine see Gophers (Richardson's ground squirrels)
Student financial assistance programs
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with
Disabilities Standing Committee
>>>2001-2002 annual report, 375 (8560-373-773-01)
Subpoenas see Members of Parliament--Witness
Suicide see Euthanasia
Sun Media see Privilege, prima facie
Superintendent of Financial Institutions Office see Employment Equity Act;Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985;Voyageur Colonial Limited
Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2002-2003 annual report, 180 (8560-373-366-01)
Supply
>>Consideration at the next sitting, M. (Alcock), 2, agreed to, 2
>>Interim supply
>>>2004-2005, concurrence, M. (Alcock), 195-6, agreed to on recorded division (Division
No. 32), 196
>>>See also Appropriation Act No. 1, 2004-2005 (Bill C-27)
>>See also Appropriation Act No. 4, 2003-2004 (Bill C-26)
Supply days
>>Allotted number of days for period ending March 26, 2004, designating, 2
Supply motions
>>Agriculture, income crisis (Hill, G.), 138-9, division deferred, 139, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 20), 156-7
>>>Amdt. (Ritz), 138, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 19), 155-6
>>Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, investment policy, ethical screening (Martin, Pat), 118-9
>>Elections, fixed dates (Reynolds), 320-1, negatived on recorded division (Division
No. 54), 322-3
>>>>Amdt. (MacKay), 320, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 53), 321-2
>>Employment insurance, reform, M. on supply (Crête), 389-90
>>Health care, private for-profit delivery, condemning (Desjarlais), 402
>>Health care funding, federal government share, budget surplus, allocating, (Paquette), 168, division deferred, 169, negatived on recorded
division (Division No. 24), 190-1
>>Liberal government/Liberal Party of Canada, culture of corruption, abuse of influence and public funds (Hill, G.), 86, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 8), 87-8
>>Liberal government (Martin), lack of new legislation, reintroduction of old government policy, linked to previous government
mismanagement, confidence of House lost, (MacKay), 182, negatived on recorded division (Division No.
23), 188-9
>>National Missile Defense (NMD) System (United States), Canadian participation (Bachand, C.), 102, division deferred, 102, negatived on recorded
division (Division No. 12), 119-20
>>Sponsorship program, Public Accounts Standing Committee studying (MacKay), 418-9,
division deferred, 419
Supreme Court of Canada
>>Appointments see Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee--Reports, First
Sustainable development strategies
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Department, 81 (8560-373-745-01)
>>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 80 (8560-373-404-01)
>>>Auditor General of Canada Office, 81 (8560-373-843-01)
>>>Canada Revenue Agency, 81 (8560-373-506-01)
>>>Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, 81 (8560-373-503-01)
>>>Canadian Heritage Department, 80 (8560-373-409-01)
>>>Canadian International Development Agency, 80 (8560-373-410-01)
>>>Citizenship and Immigration Department, 80 (8560-373-421-01)
>>>Correctional Service of Canada, 80 (8560-373-436-01)
>>>Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, 80 (8560-373-450-01)
>>>Environment Department, 81 (8560-373-746-01)
>>>Finance Department, 80 (8560-373-452-01)
>>>Fisheries and Oceans Department, 80 (8560-373-460-01)
>>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department, 80 (8560-373-473-01)
>>>Health Department, 80 (8560-373-477-01)
>>>Human Resources Development Department, 80 (8560-373-481-01)
>>>Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department, 80 (8560-373-484-01)
>>>Industry Department, 80 (8560-373-491-01)
>>>Justice Department, 80 (8560-373-493-01)
>>>National Defence Department, 81 (8560-373-494-01)
>>>Natural Resources Department, 81 (8560-373-507-01)
>>>Parks Canada Agency, 81 (8560-373-744-01)
>>>Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Department, 81 (8560-373-842-01)
>>>Public Works and Government Services Canada, 80 (8560-373-95-01)
>>>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 81 (8560-373-514-01)
>>>Transport Department, 81 (8560-373-522-01)
>>>Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 81 (8560-373-524-01)
>>>Veterans Affairs Department, 81 (8560-373-536-01)
>>>Western Economic Diversification Department, 81 (8560-373-537-01)
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
>>Ways and Means No. 7
>>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 239, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 40), 239-40
>>>Notice, tabled, 226 (8570-373-09)