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Marriage Act (Bill C-213)--Chatters
>>1st r, 96
Marriage Capacity Act
>>Legislation see Divorce Act, Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act and Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act (amdt.)(Bill C-300)
Marshall, David see National Defence Department--Headquarters
Martial arts
>>Prize fight designation, Criminal Code, section 83, exemption
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Augustine), (381-1687 and 381-1688), 1284
>>>>(Boudria), (381-1526), 1106, gr, 1254 (8545-381-17-10)
>>>>(Chamberlain), (381-1515 to 381-1517), 1106, gr, 1254 (8545-381-17-10)
>>>>(Devolin), (381-1560), 1174, gr, 1348 (8545-381-17-11)
>>>>(Gallant), (381-1794), 1342
>>>>(Goodyear), (381-1611), 1208
>>>>(LeBlanc), (381-1555), 1159, gr, 1348 (8545-381-17-11)
>>>>(Richardson), (381-1486), 1052, gr, 1254 (8545-381-17-10); (381-1537), 1120, gr, 1254 (8545-381-17-10)
>>>>(Torsney), (381-1668 and 381-1669), 1280
Martin, Right Hon. Paul (Lib.--LaSalle--Émard; Prime Minister)
- >>References
>>>Brison, Scott, remarks, National Post, February 13, 2003 article, tabled, 673 (8530-381-20)
>>>Wells, Paul, Osama bin Laden comparison, Macleans.ca, April 22, 2005 article, tabled, 674 (8530-381-21)
>>>See also Fiscal imbalance (intergovernmental);Gomery Commission--Report
Masse, Brian (NDP--Windsor West)
- >>References see Privilege, prima facie--False/misleading statements
Masters, mates and engineers see Canada Shipping Act
Maternity benefits see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth
Mayerthorpe, AB see Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
McArdle, André see Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat--Reports, Secretary
McBride, John see Canadian Commercial Corporation--Reports, President
McKenzie, Bruce Keno see Schwieg, Justin
McQueen, Donald see Canada Development Investment Corporation (including Canada Hibernia Holding Corporation)--Reports, Chairman
Measner, Adrian see Canadian Wheat Board--Reports, President
Meat packing industry see Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee--Reports, Second--Reports, Tenth
Media see Radio and television broadcasting
Medical and diagnostic equipment
>>Funding see Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.) and Diagnostic and Medical Equipment Funding Act (Bill C-39)
>>See also Disabled and handicapped persons--Assistance devices
Medical Expense Tax Credit
>>Eligible expenses
>>>Ways and Means No. 5, notice, tabled, 474 (8570-381-04)
>>>Ways and Means No. 13., notice, tabled, 1286 (8570-381-15)
Medical expenses
>>Drugs or devices not yet approved for sale in Canada, Special Access Programme purchase, Ways and Means No. 13., notice, tabled, 1286 (8570-381-15)
>>Income tax deduction, threshold, r.o. Q-141 (Wasylycia-Leis), 792 (8555-381-141)
>>Refundable Medical Expense Supplement
>>>Ways and Means No. 5, notice, tabled, 474 (8570-381-04)
>>>Ways and Means No. 7
>>>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 538, agreed to on division 538
>>>>Notice, tabled, 524 (8570-381-09)
>>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2005 (Bill C-43)drugs and phar see Medical expenses
>>See also Caregivers;Herbal remedies;Vitamins and supplements
Medical practitioners see Doctors/physicians
Medical procedures
>>Health care providers, non-participation/conscience rights see Criminal Code (amdt.--to prevent health care practitioners from being
coerced into taking part in medical procedures that offend the practitioners religion or belief that human life is inviolable(BIll C-307)
>>See also Abortion;Breast Implant Registry;Breast implants
Medical research see Cancer;Juvenile diabetes (Type I);Stem cell research
Medical supplies
>>Home medical supplies, Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) health care rebate, Ways and Means No. 6
>>>Notice, tabled, 474 (8570-381-05)
>>See also Diabetes
Members of Parliament
>>Certificates of election for June 28, 2004 general election, 1-7
>>Disabled persons see Standing Orders--Amendment
>>Expense allowance, document, "Individual Member's Expenditures"
>>>2003-2004, tabled, 129 (8527-381-04)
>>>2004-2005, tabled, 1061 (8527-381-20)
>>Former see Marcil, Serge
>>Householder mailings/franking privilege see Privilege, prima facie--False/misleading statements--Rights of Members breached;Procedure
and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Thirty-eighth--Reports, Forty-fourth
>>List of members returned, 1 (8530-381-1)
>>Party affiliation, change/floor-crossing, Member to resign/by-electionsee Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--change of political
affiliation)(Bill C-408);Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--members who cross the floor)(Bill C-251)
>>Recall see Members of the House of Commons Recall Act (Bill C-383)
>>Salaries and allowances, indexation see Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.) and Salaries Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30)
>>Travel expenses see Kenney--References
>>Travel, sponsored, report, tabled, 360 (8527-381-09)
>>See also Elections--Campaign offices;Ethics Commissioner Office--Reports;Government appointments;Grewal, Gurmant;Interim Committee of
Parliamentarians on National Security;National Security Committee of Parliamentarians;Oaths of Office;Parliamentary Precincts;Public Health Agency of
Canada;Sgro, Hon. Judy
Members of Parliament Pension Plan
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2004-2005 Actuarial Report (including certifcate of assets), 969-70 (8560-381-519-01)
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2003-2004 annual report, 516 (8560-381-173-01)
Members of the House of Commons Recall Act (Bill C-383)--Poilievre
>>1st r, 739
Memorial Cross
>>Canadian Armed Forces personnel, death in line of duty, commemorative cross issued to surviving parent, spouse or common-law partner
see Memorial Cross Act (Bill C-266)
Memorial Cross Act (Bill C-266)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 198
Mental health see Crime--Criminal responsibility;Disease--National strategy
Merchandising see Display hooks
Mergers see Banks;Transporation
MERX see Private banking services
Methamphetamine
>>Production, regulation see Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (amdt.--substances used in the production of methamphetamine)(Bill
C-349)
Metis see Riel, Louis David;Veterans--First Nations
Mexico see House of Commons proceedings--Address
Middle East
>>Petitions
>>>(Parrish), (381-0097 to 381-0099), 277, gr, 361 (8545-381-32-01)
Migratory birds
>>Protection from oil and other harmful deposits see Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 and Canadian Environmental Protection Act,
1999 (amdt.)(Bill C-15)
Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 and Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (amdt.)(Bill C-15)--Minister of the Environment (Dion)
>>1st r, 139
>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Referral before second reading, M. (Dion), 180-1, agreed to, 181
>>>Report, with amdt., 299
>>Report stage and second reading, 343-4
>>>Concurrence, as amended, with a further amdt., M. (Dion), 344, agreed to, 344
>>>Motion No. 1 (Clause 9), (Dion), 343-4, agreed to, 344
>>3rd r, 351-2, passed
>>Senate passage, without amdt., 774
>>Royal Assent, 780 (Chap. 23, S.C. 2005)
Mi'kmaq Indian Band see Lobster fishery
Military decorations see Awards, decorations, medals
Military equipment
>>Document, "Export of Military Goods from Canada", 2002 annual report, tabled, 179
(8560-381-94-01)
>>See also National Defence Department--Theft
Military expenditures see Conscientious objection
Military memorial sites
>>Overseas, high school student visits, financial assistance see Overseas Memorial Sites Student Visits Assistance Act (Bill
C-234)--Stoffer
Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada
>>Departmental Performance Report
>>>2003-2004, tabled, 161 (8563-381-49)
>>>2004-2005, tabled, 1230 (8563-381-142)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
>>>2004 annual report, 653 (8560-381-733-01)
>>>Chairperson, Peter A. Tinsley, certificate of nomination, 924 (8540-381-17-07)
>>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2004-2005, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Estimates, 2005-2006, Main--Reports on
Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act
Military uniforms see Canadian Armed Forces--Chaplains
Millennium Bureau of Canada
>>And Canada Millennium Partnership Program (CMPP), projects funded, r.o. Q-58 (Williams), 365 (8555-381-58)
Milliken, Hon. Peter (Lib.--Kingston and the Islands; Speaker)
- >>Elected as Speaker, 8-9
Milton, ON see Canadian National Railway Company (CNR)
Mineral exploration tax credit
>>Expiry date
>>>Ways and Means No. 2
>>>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 311, agreed to on division, 311
>>>>Notice, tabled, 300 (8570-381-02)
>>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (Bill C-33)
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Management Plan, 1354 (8560-381-906-01)
Mining industry
>>Developing countries, Canadian companies, social and environmental responsibility see Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Standing Committee--Reports, Fourteenth
>>See also Mineral exploration tax credit
Mirabel International Airport
>>Expropriated land, sale back to previous owners, M. on supply (Harper), 259-61,
division deferred, 261, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 17), 275-6
Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission
>>Final Report, tabled, 323 (8530-381-11)
>>Preliminary Report, tabled, 292 (8530-381-09)
>>See also Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Bill C-36);Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Nineteenth
Miramichi constituency
>>Boundaries see Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Bill C-36)
>>See also Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission
Miscarriages of justice
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee
>>>2003 applications for ministerial review, 27 (8560-381-827-01)
>>>2005 applications for ministerial review, 1069 (8560-381-827-02)
Missing persons
>>DNA identification, human remains index and missing persons index
>>>Lindsey's Law see DNA Identification Act (amdt.--establishment of indexes)(Bill C-240)
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Hanger), (381-0225), 429, gr, 573 (8545-381-45-01)
MMT see Manganese-based additives (MMT)
Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act
>>Legislation, Civil Marriage Act (Bill C-38)
Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act (Bill C-74)--Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (McLellan)
>>1st r, 1269-70
Modernizing Canada's Secured Transaction Law: The Bank Act Security Provisions see Law Commission of Canada
Monitoring the Canadian Grain Handling and Transportation System -- Annual Report: 2003-2004 Crop Year see Grain transportation
Morphy, H. Lorne see Gomery Commission
Mortgages
>>Prepayment see Interest Act (amdt.--interest payable on repayment of a mortgage loan before maturity)(Bill C-244)
Motor vehicle fuels
>>Goods and Services Tax (GST), elimination see Excise Tax Act (amdt.--motor vehicle fuel)(Bill C-448)
>>See also Alternative energy
Motor Vehicle Safety Act (amdt.--vehicle immobilizers)(Bill C-355)--Warawa
>>1st r, 545
Motor vehicles see Alternative energy;Automobiles/motor vehicles;Seat belts
Mount-Revelstoke National Park of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
>>>Management Plan, 1353-4 (8560-381-901-01)
Mountain pine beetle
>>Lodgepole pine forests, British Columbia, infestation/damage, federal government assistance
>>>Take note debate (Government Business No. 7), 348
>>>>Initiating, M. (Valeri), agreed to, 325
Moving Forward--A Strategic Plan for Quality of Life Improvements in the Canadian Forces see National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, 36th Parliament, Third
Moving Forward: Balancing Priorities and Making Choices for the Economy of the Twenty-First Century see Finance Standing Committee--Reports, Third
Moving Forward on Climate Change - A Plan for Honouring our Kyoto Commitment see Kyoto accord
Moving Forward on the Pay Equity Task Force Recommendations see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth
Multiculturalism see Citizenship--Holy books
Municipalities
>>"A New Deal for Cities and Communities", funding see Budget Implementation Act, 2005 (Bill C-43)
>>See also Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Murder
>>Parole officer or a firefighter, first degree murder see Criminal Code (amdt.--murder of parole officer or firefighter)(Bill C-438)
>>Public safety officers, victim of murder or aggravated assault, criminal offence see Criminal Code (amdt.--persons acting to preserve
and maintain public health and safety)(Bill C-310)
>>Serial killers, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, murders of Tammy Holmolka, Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, film, ban
>>>Petitions
>>>>(MacKenzie), (381-1638), 1255
>>See also Capital punishment;Howard, Clayton Kempton;India;Kazemi, Zahra;Latimer, Robert;Parole;Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP)--Mayerthorpe;Schwieg, Justin;Sivaram, Dharmeratnam;Spousal abuse
Murphy, Tim see Grewal, Gurmant
Murray, Glen see Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth;National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy--Reports, Chairperson
Music instruction
>>Tuition/education credit see Income Tax Act (amdt.--tuition credit and education credit)(Bill C-271)
Muslim countries
>>Canadian foreign relations see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, First
Musqueam Indian Band
>>Government expenditures, r.o. Q-138 (Cummins), 1153 (8555-381-138)
Mutual fund trusts
>>Canadian property, disposition, tax liability
>>>Ways and Means No. 2
>>>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 311, agreed to on division, 311
>>>>Notice, tabled, 300 (8570-381-02)
>>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (Bill C-33)
Myrol, Constable Brock see Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Mayerthorpe, AB detachment
N
NAC see National Arts Centre (NAC)
NAFTA see North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
NAFTA Secretariat, Canadian Section
>>Departmental Performance Report
>>>2003-2004, tabled, 161 (8563-381-50)
>>>2004-2005, tabled, 1230 (8563-381-143)
>>See also Estimates, 2004-2005, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Estimates, 2005-2006, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities
Nappan Experimental Farm
>>Petitions
>>>(Casey), (381-1429), 960, gr, 1043
(8545-381-35-03)
Naskapis of Schefferville, Quebec see Northeastern Quebec Agreement with the Naskapis of Schefferville, Quebec
National Appreciation Day
>>Canadian Forces members and emergency response professionals, recognition, March 3rd, designating see National Appreciation Day Act
(Bill C-439)
National Appreciation Day Act (Bill C-439)--Kramp
>>1st r, 1255
National Archives of Canada see Library and Archives Canada
National Arts Centre (NAC)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
>>>2003-2004 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 369 (8560-381-179-01)
>>See also Privacy Act
National Battlefields Commission
>>Departmental Performance Report
>>>2003-2004, tabled, 163 (8563-381-84)
>>>2004-2005, tabled, 1232 (8563-381-177)
>>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2004-2005, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Estimates, 2005-2006, Main--Reports on
Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act
National Capital Act (amdt.--Gatineau Park)(Bill C-444)--Broadbent
>>1st r, 1270
National Capital Commission (NCC)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
>>>2003-2004 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 145 (8560-381-181-01)
>>>2004-2005 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 1034 (8560-381-181-02)
>>>2004-2005 to 2008-2009 corporate plan summary, 126-7 (8562-381-821-01)
>>>2005-2006 to 2009-2010 corporate plan summaries and 2005-2006 operating and capital budgets, 774-5 (8562-381-821-02)
>>See also Access to Information Act;Alternative Fuels Act;Privacy Act;Queensway Carleton Hospital
National Child Benefit
>>Document, "The National Child Benefit Progress Report 2003" together with a simulation analysis, tabled, 1151 (8525-381-29)
National Child Benefit Supplement (NCBS)
>>Benefit reductions/clawback, provincial variations, r.o. Q-87 (Martin, T.), 603
(8555-381-87)
National Citizens' Coalition see Harper--References
National debt
>>Petitions
>>>(Grewal, N.), (381-0177), 394, gr, 544 (8545-381-42-01)
National Defence Act
>>Legislation see Criminal Code, DNA Identification Act and National Defence Act (amdt.)(Bill C-13);DNA Identification Legislation
Amendment Act (Bill C-72)
National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman
>>2004-2005 annual report, tabled, 857 (8560-381-150-01)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
>>>Ombudsperson, Yves Côté, Q.C., certificate of nomination, 798 (8540-381-17-04)
>>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act
National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main, referred
>>>National Defence, 66
>>>Veterans Affairs, 66
>>Estimates, 2004-2005, Supplementary (A), referred
>>>National Defence, 195
>>>Veterans Affairs, 195
>>Estimates, 2004-2005, Supplementary (B), referred
>>>National Defence, 485
>>>Veterans Affairs, 485
>>Estimates, 2005-2006, Main
>>>National Defence, 487
>>>Veterans Affairs, 487
>>Estimates, 2005-2006, Supplementary (A), referred
>>>National Defence, 1221
>>>Veterans Affairs, 1221
>>Membership, 50-1, 120, 175, 402, 643, 836, 1142-3
>>Petitions deemed referred, 573-4
>>Reports
>>>First (Procurement of Canada's Victoria Class Submarines), 643 (8510-381-110)
>>>>gr, 1045 (8512-381-110)
>>Reports from 1st Session, 36th Parliament
>>>Third (Moving Forward--A Strategic Plan for Quality of Life Improvements in the Canadian Forces), National Defence Department,
2003-2004 Report in response, tabled, 799 (8525-381-23)
>>Reports permanently referred see Canadian Forces Grievance Board;Canadian Forces Superannuation Act;Communications Security
Establishment Commissioner;Judge Advocate General;Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada;National Defence and Canadian Forces
Ombudsman;Order in Council appointments;Returned Soldiers Insurance Act;Veterans Insurance Act
>>Travel authorization, 198, 657, 990-1