The Journals Index is the key to information contained in the minutes of meetings of the House of Commons during the 39th Parliament, 1st Session.
To use the Index, select one of the alphabetical ranges below. Once you have located your subject entry, click on the page number in order to open that day's issue; you may either scroll through the text or open the pdf format of the publication to locate the appropriate page. Subject entries may also contain references to sessional paper numbers in brackets. You may also use the “Publication Search” tool for content published after January 2001.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day Act (Bill C-450)--Wrzesnewskyj
>>1st r, 1471
UN see United Nations (UN)
Undocumented workers see Immigrants
UNESCO see United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations (UN) see Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing Committee--Reports, Third;Hariri, Rafiq
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
>>Canada, reports
>>>Fifth periodic report, government action, r.o. Q-87 (Mathyssen), 369 (8555-391-87)
>>>Sixth and Seventh periodic reports, P-27 (Mathyssen), ordered, 1572 (8550-391-27)
United Nations Convention against Corruption see Corruption offences
United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples see Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee--Reports, Second--Reports, Fourth
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) see Lac Saint-Pierre
United Nations Resolution 1695 (2006) on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
>>Regulations tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing Committee
>>>Regulations (P.C. 2006-1312 and SOR/JUS-609220), 816-7 (8560-391-592-02)
United Nations Resolution on Iran
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing Committee
>>>Regulations (P.C. 2007-235 and SOR/JUS-609501), 1112 (8560-391-592-03)
>>>Regulations (P.C. 2007-826 and SOR/JUS-609808), 1487-8 (8560-391-592-04)
United Nations Suppression of Terrorism Regulations
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
>>>Regulations amending (P.C. 2006-604 and SOR/JUS-607976), 375 (8560-391-592-01)
United States see Emery, Marc;Immigrants;Social security payments (United States)
Universal Child Care Benefit
>>Ways and Means No. 4, notice, tabled, 119 (8570-391-03)
>>Ways and Means No. 5
>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 159, agreed to on division, 159
>>>Notice, tabled, 151 (8570-391-08)
>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2006 (Bill C-13)
Universities and colleges see Science and technology--Projects
Updating Canada's Citizenship Laws: It's Time see Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Twelfth
Uranium see Afghanistan--Canadian Armed Forces, Weapons
Used goods
>>Goods and Services Tax (GST), elimination
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Fast), (391-1216), 1074, gr, 1196 (8545-391-87-01)
User fees see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department--Reports;Marine Service Fees;Telecommunications and Radio Apparatus
User Fees Act
>>Implementation, r.o. Q-172 (Cullen, R.), 1110 (8555-391-172)
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
>>>Report of the review of the provisions and operation, 1200 (8560-391-933-01)
>>See also Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department--Reports
Uzbekistan see Celil, Huseyn
V
Vacation pay see Employment insurance--Earnings
Vaisakhi see Sikhism
Vancouver, BC see Condominiums;Olympics and Paralympics, 2010 Winter Games (Vancouver)
Vancouver Port Authority see Access to Information Act;Deltaport Third Berth Project;Privacy Act;Transportation commercial arrangements
Vans
>>Wheelchair equipped, Green Levy refund
>>>Ways and Means No. 20
>>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 1169, agreed to on division, 1169
>>>>Notice, tabled, 1163 (8570-391-27)
>>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2007 (Bill C-52)
Variety-genetic use restriction technologies (V-GURTs) see Terminator technology
Vellacott, Maurice (CPC--Saskatoon--Wanuskewin)
- >>References
>>>Remarks re race-based justice system, leniency to aboriginal offenders, October 24, 2003 press release, tabled, 151 (8530-391-05)
>>>September 2005 Sudan trip, travel expenses, Canadian Friends of Sudan financial assistance, allegation, Ethics Commissioner Office report, The Vellacott Inquiry (June 2006)
>>>>Deemed concurred in, 471
>>>>Tabled, 370 (8527-391-11)
Venetian blind trusts see Public office holders--Accountability
Vermiculite see Zonolite Attic Insulation (vermiculite insulation)
Very Long Base Interferometry (VLBI) System
>>Funding, cutbacks, r.o. Q-118 (Cullen, R.), 925 (8555-391-118)
Veterans
>>First Nations, Métis and Inuit veterans, compensation/recognition see First Nations Veterans Compensation Act (Bill C-334)
>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Pensions, Personnel;Memorial Wall of Names;Military memorial sites;Parliament Buildings--Centre
Block;Remembrance Day (November 11);World War I
Veterans Affairs Department
>>Departmental Performance Report
>>>2005-2006, tabled, 799 (8563-391-88)
>>Estimates, 2006-2007, Main
>>>Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
>>>>Referral, 59
>>>>Report, 336
>>Estimates, 2006-2007, Supplementary (A)
>>>Veterans Affairs Standing Committee referral, 596
>>Estimates, 2006-2007, Supplementary (B)
>>>Veterans Affairs Standing Committee referral, 1059
>>Estimates, 2007-2008, Main
>>>Veterans Affairs Standing Committee referral, 1073
>>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2006-2007, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Estimates, 2007-2008, Main--Reports on
Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act;Sustainable development strategies
Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
>>Bills referred
>>>National Peacekeepers Day Act (Bill C-287), 801
>>Estimates, 2006-2007, Main, referred
>>>Veterans Affairs, 59
>>Estimates, 2006-2007, Supplementary (A), referred
>>>Veterans Affairs, 596
>>Estimates, 2006-2007, Supplementary (B), referred
>>>Veterans Affairs, 1059
>>Estimates, 2007-2008, Main, referred
>>>Veterans Affairs, 1073
>>Membership, 88-9, 106, 257, 258, 438-9, 930, 932, 955, 1020, 1242
>>Reports
>>>First (Main Estimates 2006-2007 - Votes 1, 5, 10 and 15 under Veterans Affairs), 336
(8510-391-46)
>>>Second (A Helping Hand for Veterans: Mandate for a Veterans Ombudsman), 1059
(8510-391-169)
>>>Third (designation of room 112-N of the Centre Block), 1225 (8510-391-210)
>>>Fourth (extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-287, An Act respecting a National Peacekeepers' Day),
1260 (8510-391-218)
>>>>Concurrence (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 30), M., 1260, division
deferred, 1260, agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1324
>>>Fifth (National Peacekeepers Day Act (Bill C-287)), 1331 (8510-391-232)
>>>Sixth (Support for Veterans and Other Victims of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Operational Stress Injuries), 1542 (8510-391-285)
>>Reports permanently referred see Order in Council appointments;Returned Soldiers Insurance Act;Veterans Insurance Act
>>Travel, authorization, 590, 639, 1097, 1467
Veterans Independence Program
>>Petitions
>>>(Hubbard), (391-1728), 1522, gr, 1596 (8545-391-89-02)
>>Widows, eligibility, letter, tabled, 589 (8530-391-19)
Veterans Insurance Act
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
>>>2005-2006 annual report, 935 (8560-391-254-01)
Veterans Ombudsman see Veterans Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Second
Veterans Week (November 5-11, 2006)
>>Commemorating, Statement by Minister (Thompson), 630
>>See also Remembrance Day (November 11)
V-GURTs see Variety-genetic use restriction technologies (V-GURTs)
VIA Rail Canada Inc.
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Standing Committee
>>>2005 annual report, with Auditors' Report, 94 (8560-391-128-01)
>>>2006 annual report, with Auditors' Report, 1304 (8560-391-128-02)
>>>2005-2009 amended corporate plan summaries and 2005 operating and capital budgets, 16
(8562-391-803-01)
>>>2006-2010 corporate plan summaries and 2006 operating and capital budgets, 835
(8562-391-803-02)
Victims of crime
>>Restitution/compensation see Criminal Code (amdt.--victim restitution)(Bill C-406)
>>See also Aboriginal women;Children--Unborn children;Terrorism;Trafficking in persons (human trafficking);Weapons
Victoria, BC see Canadian Armed Forces--Exercise Trident Fury
Victoria constituency
>>Name, change to Victoria--Oak Bay see Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Bill C-397)
>>See also Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)--Programs and expenditures
Video lottery terminals and slot machines
>>Location, limited to casinos, race-courses and betting theatres see Criminal Code (amdt.--lottery schemes)(Bill S-211)
Video production
>>Closed captioning technology, income tax deduction see Broadcasting Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.--closed-captioned programming)(Bill
C-313)
Video recordings see Audio and video recordings;DNA analysis--Samples
Vietnam
>>Democracy, human rights
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Anders), (391-0246), 339, gr, 386 (8545-391-44-01)
>>>>(Dewar), (391-0247 and 391-0248), 339, gr, 386 (8545-391-44-01)
>>>>(Lee), (391-0291), 348, gr, 386
(8545-391-44-01)
Vietnamese refugees see Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee--Reports, Sixth
Vimy Ridge (April 9-12, 1917)
>>World War I battle, anniversary, Statement by Minister (Thompson), 1188
Violence see Television
Violence against women see Aboriginal women;Internet service providers
Violent crime
>>Petitions
>>>(Benoit), (391-1768 to 391-1772), 1558, gr, 1605 (8545-391-35-05)
>>>(Lake), (391-1527), 1416, gr, 1595
(8545-391-107-01)
>>See also Bail (interim release)
Visas see Commonwealth Award Program Foreign Student Visas;Foreign students;Visitor visas
Visitor visas
>>Petitions
>>>(Brown, B.), (391-1402), 1246, gr, 1428 (8545-391-49-08)
>>>(Casson), (391-1559), 1429, gr, 1566
(8545-391-49-12)
>>>(Charlton), (391-1629), 1481, gr, 1566 (8545-391-49-12)
>>>(Christopherson), (391-1230), 1085, gr, 1170 (8545-391-49-05)
>>>(Dhalla), (391-1694), 1521, gr, 1596 (8545-391-49-13)
>>>(Ignatieff), (391-1523), 1416, gr, 1566 (8545-391-49-12)
>>>(Malhi), (391-1734), 1532, gr, 1605
(8545-391-3-32)
>>>(Masse), (391-1367), 1215, gr, 1428
(8545-391-49-08)
>>>(Mathyssen), (391-1364), 1209, gr, 1428 (8545-391-49-08)
>>>(Nash), (391-1229), 1085, gr, 1170
(8545-391-49-05); (391-1371), 1215, gr, 1428
(8545-391-49-08)
>>>(Proulx), (391-1747), 1550, gr, 1596 (8545-391-49-13)
>>>(Szabo), (391-1139), 995, gr, 1170
(8545-391-49-05)
>>>(Telegdi), (391-1653), 1498, gr, 1566
(8545-391-49-12)
>>>(Van Kesteren), (391-1604), 1467, gr, 1566 (8545-391-49-12)
>>>(Wallace), (391-1544), 1425, gr, 1566
(8545-391-49-12)
>>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (391-1366), 1209, gr, 1428 (8545-391-49-08); (391-1433 to 391-1435), 1269, gr,
1466 (8545-391-49-10); (391-1437), 1295, gr, 1466 (8545-391-49-10); (391-1561 to 391-1563), 1429, gr,
1566 (8545-391-49-12)
>>>(Wrzesnewskyj), (391-0287), 347, gr, 386 (8545-391-49-01); (391-0314 and 391-0315), 393, gr,
556 (8545-391-49-02); (391-0355), 459, gr, 556 (8545-391-49-02); (391-0372), 482, gr, 634 (8545-391-49-03); (391-0536), 597, gr, 727 (8545-391-49-04); (391-1241), 1115, gr, 1293 (8545-391-49-06); (391-1300 and 391-1301), 1162,
gr, 1369 (8545-391-49-07); (391-1465), 1332, gr, 1508 (8545-391-49-11); (391-1519), 1402, gr, 1508 (8545-391-49-11)
>>See also Foreign students
Vitamins and supplements
>>Medical expense deduction, Income Tax Act, Section 118.2(2)(n) see Income Tax Act (amdt.--vitamins)(Bill C-246)
VLBI see Very Long Base Interferometry (VLBI) System
Volunteer emergency workers
>>Income tax deduction see Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction for volunteer emergency service)(Bill C-219);Income Tax Act
(amdt.--deduction for volunteer emergency service)(Bill C-247)
Volunteer organizations see Community service groups--Membership dues
Volunteers
>>Income tax deduction, minimum of 250 hours of volunteer service see Income Tax Act (amdt.--services to a charity or public
authority)(Bill C-239)
>>Youth participation
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Black), (391-0782), 881, gr, 923
(8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Casson), (391-0749 to 391-0753), 862, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Chow), (391-0797), 882, gr, 923
(8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Folco), (391-0811 to 391-0813), 895, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Gaudet), (391-0785), 881, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Jaffer), (391-0779), 876, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Jennings), (391-0757), 875, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Lee), (391-0819), 899, gr, 923
(8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Martin, K.), (391-0799), 891, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(McDonough), (391-0786 to 391-0790), 881, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Miller), (391-0829), 899, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Petit), (391-1079 to 391-1082), 913, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Plamondon), (391-0754), 862, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Rodriguez), (391-0810), 891, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Roy), (391-0760), 875, gr, 923
(8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Savage), (391-0814), 895, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Sorenson), (391-0780 and 391-0781), 881, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(St-Cyr), (391-0763), 876, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Trost), (391-0805), 891, gr, 923
(8545-391-74-01)
>>>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (391-0766 to 391-0768), 876, gr, 923 (8545-391-74-01)
>>>See also Summer Career Placements Program
von Finckenstein, Konrad W. see Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)--Chairperson
Votes see Divisions, recorded;Elections
W
Wage Earner Protection Program Act
>>Ways and Means No. 13, notice, tabled, 890 (8570-391-16)
>>Ways and Means No. 21
>>>Concurrence, deemed adopted, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1517-8
>>>Notice, tabled, 1507 (8570-391-28)
>>>See also Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of
the Statutes of Canada, 2005 (amdt.)(Bill C-62)
Wages and salaries
>>Corporations, employee or officer remuneration, business expense deduction, limit see Income Tax Act (amdt.--deductibility of
remuneration)(Bill C-418)
>>See also Bankruptcy--Employees;Employment insurance--Earnings;Judges;Minimum wage;Pay equity
Waiving Parliamentary Privilege for the Testimony of Barbara George see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Twentieth
Walking Arm-in-Arm to Resolve the Issue of On-Reserve Matrimonial Real Property see Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Fifth
Walls, Lisa see Deltaport Third Berth Project-Environmental assessment
War see Conscientious objectors;World War I;World War II
Warrants see Governor General's Special Warrants;Search warrants
Warrants of arrest or committal
>>Leaving province of residence, indictable offcence see Criminal Code (amdt.--leaving province to avoid warrant of arrest or
committal)(Bill C-413)
>>See also Arrest without warrant
Waste material see Sewage
Water
>>Bulk water exports, prohibition see Canada Water Export Prohibition Act (Bill C-259);International Trade Standing Committee--Reports,
Ninth
>>Management strategy, developing, M-249 (Scarpaleggia), 1389-90, dropped to bottom of
Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 1390, 1544,
agreed to on division, 1580
>>>Amdt. (St. Amand), 1390, division deferred, 1544, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 219), 1579-80
>>See also Devil's Lake, North Dakota;Drinking water;Point Clark lakeshore;Sewage
Wavemakers, Inc. see Registrar of Lobbyists Office--Reports
Ways and Means (notice of motions), tabled
>>1.Budget 2006 (May 2, 2006), approval, M. (Flaherty), 119, 123, 137-8, 150-1, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 6), 158-9
>>>Amdt. (McCallum), 123-4, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 5), 151-3
>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Wasylycia-Leis), 124, negatived on recorded division (Division
No. 1), 140-1
>>>Procedure, "That the debate be now adjourned", M. (McCallum), 1039, deemed adopted,
119
>>2.Excise Tax Act, Excise Act, 2001, Excise Act and Air Travellers Security Charge Act, notice, tabled, 119 (8570-391-01)
>>3.Excise Tax Act, Excise Act, 2001, Excise Act and Air Travellers Security Charge Act, notice, tabled, 119 (8570-391-02)
>>4.Income Tax Act, notice, tabled, 119 (8570-391-03)
>>5.Budget 2006 (May 2, 2006), implementation
>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 159, agreed to on division, 159
>>>Notice, tabled, 151 (8570-391-08)
>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2006 (Bill C-13)
>>6.Export and Import Permits Act
>>>Concurrence, M. (Emerson), 394-5, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 33),
395-6
>>>Notice, tabled, 356 (8570-391-09)
>>>See also Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 (Bill C-24)
>>7.Excise Tax Act, notice, tabled, 450 (8570-391-10)
>>8.Budget Implementation Act, 2006 No. 2
>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 532, agreed to on division, 532
>>>Notice, tabled, 523 (8570-391-11)
>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2006, No. 2 (Bill C-28)
>>9.Income Tax Act, notice, tabled, 604 (8570-391-12)
>>10.Income Tax Act
>>>Concurrence, M. (Nicholson), 645, division deferred, 645, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 57), 649-51
>>>Notice, tabled, 631 (8570-391-13)
>>11.Income Tax Act
>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 754, agreed to, 754
>>>Notice, tabled, 672 (8570-391-14)
>>>See also Income Tax Amendments Act, 2006 (Bill C-33)
>>12.Excise Tax Act, Excise Act, 2001 and Air Travellers Security Charge Act
>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 841, agreed to on division, 841
>>>Notice, tabled, 808 (8570-391-15)
>>>See also Excise Tax Act, Excise Act, 2001 and Air Travellers Security Charge Act (amdt.)(Bill C-40)
>>13.Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the
Statutes of Canada, 2005, notice, tabled, 890 (8570-391-16)
>>14.Budget 2007 (March 19, 2007), approval, M. (Flaherty), 1111, 1116-7, 1155-6, 1158, 1162-3, agreed to on recorded division (Division
No. 139), 1163-5
>>>Amdt. (McCallum), 1116, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 138), 1158-9
>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Wasylycia-Leis), 1116, negatived on recorded division (Division
No. 130), 1125-7
>>>Procedure, "That the debate be now adjourned", M. (McCallum), 1111, deemed adopted,
1112
>>15.Income Tax Act, notice, tabled, 1111 (8570-391-17)
>>16.Excise Tax Act, notice, tabled, 1111 (8570-391-18)
>>17.Customs Tariff, notice, tabled, 1111 (8570-391-19)
>>18.Excise Tax Act, notice, tabled, 1111 (8570-391-20)
>>19.Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, notice, tabled, 1111 (8570-391-21)
>>20.Budget 2007 (March 19, 2007)
>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 1169, agreed to on division, 1169
>>>Notice, tabled, 1163 (8570-391-27)
>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2007 (Bill C-52)
>>21.Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the
Statutes of Canada, 2005
>>>Concurrence, deemed adopted, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1517-8
>>>Notice, tabled, 1507 (8570-391-28)
>>>See also Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of
the Statutes of Canada, 2005 (amdt.)(Bill C-62)
Weapons
>>Offence committed with a concealed weapon, punishment/victims' rights see Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act
(amdt.--punishment and hearing)(Bill C-393)
>>See also Afghanistan--Canadian Armed Forces;Explosive devices;Firearms;Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing
Committee--Reports, Third