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Exchange Fund Account
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
>>>2007-2008 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 93 (8560-401-133-01)
Excise Tax Act (amdt.--no GST on books or pamphlets)(Bill C-206)--Dewar
>>1st r, 23-4
Excise Tax Act (amdt.--no GST on funeral arrangements)(Bill C-220)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 25-6
Excise Tax Act (amdt.--no GST on the sale of home heating fuels)(Bill C-203)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 23
Expense allowances see Members of Parliament
Export Development Canada see Alternative Fuels Act
Exports see Water--Bulk water exports
Extradition Act
>>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--bail for persons charged with violent offences), Extradition Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act
(amdt.)(Bill C-247)
F
Families see Caregivers
Farm workers see Seasonal farm workers
Finance Department
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
>>>Finance Standing Committee referral, 31
Finance Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
>>>Canada Revenue Agency, 31
>>>Finance, 31
>>Membership, 46, 68-9
>>Reports permanently referred see Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation;Canadian International Trade Tribunal;Exchange Fund
Account;Financial Consumer Agency of Canada;Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada;Order in Council appointments;Superintendent
of Financial Institutions Office
Financial Administration Act and Passport Services Fees Regulations (amdt.--passports for veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police and their spouses or common-law partners, and seniors)(Bill C-213)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 24-5
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
>>>2007-2008 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 15 (8560-401-797-01)
Financial institutions
>>Accounting, technical aspects, Ways and Means No. 1, notice, tabled, 52 (8570-401-1)
Financial transactions see One cent coin
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
>>>2007-2008 annual report, 102 (8560-401-802-01)
First Nations see Oil and gas industry
First Nations Community Policing Service see Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)--Reports, Agreements for RCMP policing services
First Nations Childrens Health Protection Act (Bill C-249)--Martin, Pat
>>1st r, 98
Fisheries Act (amdt.--deposit in lakes)(Bill C-219)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 25
Fisheries and Oceans Department
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
>>>Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee referral, 31
Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
>>>Fisheries and Oceans, 31
>>Membership, 46, 69-70
>>Reports permanently referred see Fisheries Development Act;Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation;Order in Council appointments
Fisheries Development Act
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee
>>>2007-2008 annual report, 59 (8560-401-292-01)
Flood relief
>>Severn River, North Simcoe County
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Stanton), (401-0049), 99
Follow-Up Audit of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP see Public Service Commission of Canada--Reports
Food
>>Labels, meat or poultry products produced using hormones, antibiotics or rendered slaughterhouse waste/food product using pesticides
or genetically modified organisms see Food Products Labelling Act (Bill C-205)
>>See also Trans fats (trans fatty acids)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing Committee
>>>2006-2007 annual report, 14 (8560-401-559-01)
>>>2007-2008 annual report, 14 (8560-401-559-02)
Food and Drugs Act
>>Petitions
>>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (401-0031), 43
Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--trans fatty acids)(Bill C-251)--Martin, Pat
>>1st r, 98
Food Products Labelling Act (Bill C-205)--Dewar
>>1st r, 23
Foreign affairs see Afghanistan;Darfur (Sudan);Sudan
Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
>>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 31
>>Membership, 46, 71-2
>>Reports permanently referred see Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada;Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in
International Business Transactions and Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;Order in
Council appointments;Special Economic Measures (Zimbabwe) Regulations
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
>>>Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing Committee referral, 31
>>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act
Foreign exchange rates see Mergers and acquisitions
Foundations see Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada;Private foundations
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee
>>>2007-2008 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 59 (8560-401-294-01)
>>>2008-2009 to 2012-2013 corporate plan summaries and 2008-2009 operating and capital budgets, 94 (8562-401-826-01)
>>See also Alternative Fuels Act
Fuel taxes see Home heating fuels
Funerals
>>Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption see Excise Tax Act (amdt.--no GST on funeral arrangements)(Bill C-220)
G
Gasoline prices
>>Petitions
>>>(Bagnell), (401-0034), 47
Gatineau, QC see Interprovincial bridges
Genetically modified organisms see Food--Labels
Genocide see Holocaust Monument
Goods and Services Tax (GST) see Books and pamphlets;Funerals;Home heating fuels
Government appointments see National Capital Commission (NCC);Order in Council appointments;Public Service--Executive level appointments
Government assistance see Flood relief;Military memorial sites
Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions see National Ecosystems Council of Canada;Sudan--Businesses
Government fees see Passports--Processing fees
Government finances see Economic and Fiscal Statement (November 27, 2008)
Government grants and contributions see Aboriginal child health care
Government investment see Sudan--Businesses
Government motions (special) see Take note debates
Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
>>>Canadian Heritage, Votes 80b and 85b (Public Service Commission and Public Service Labour Relations Board), 31
>>>Privy Council, Vote 1b (Department--Program expenditures), 31
>>>Public Works and Government Services, 31
>>>Treasury Board, 31
>>Membership, 46, 72-3
>>Reports permanently referred see Order in Council appointments;Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act;Public Service Commission of
Canada
Government procurement see Sudan--Businesses
Government programs see Business Number-related information
Government-Wide Audit of Executive (EX) Appointments see Public Service Commission of Canada--Reports
Governor General
>>Communications and messages
>>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B), 30
>>>Parliament, opening, 10
Governor General's Volunteer Service Medal
>>Petitions
>>>(Albrecht), (401-0046), 99
GST see Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Implementation Committee
>>2004-2005 annual report, tabled, 95 (8525-401-5)
Gwich'in Land Use Planning Board see Access to Information Act;Privacy Act
H
Hazardous materials see Asbestos;Toxic waste sites
Health and safety see Physical activity;Trans fats (trans fatty acids)
Health Canada
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
>>>Health Standing Committee referral, 31
Health care see Aboriginal child health care;Caregivers;Compassionate care leave;Occupational disease registry
Health Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
>>>Health, 31
>>Membership, 46, 73-4
>>Reports permanently referred see Order in Council appointments
Herbicides see Pesticides and herbicides
Historic sites and monuments see Holocaust Monument;Military memorial sites
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada see Access to Information Act;Privacy Act
Holidays/commemorative days see National Violence Against Women Prevention Week;Seniors' Day;Tartan Day
Holocaust Monument
>>National Capital Region location, establishing see Holocaust Monument Act (Bill C-238)
Holocaust Monument Act (Bill C-238)--Neville
>>1st r, 56
Home heating fuels
>>Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption see Excise Tax Act (amdt.--no GST on the sale of home heating fuels)(Bill C-203)
Hormones see Food--Labels
House of Commons see Board of Internal Economy;Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)--Parliament, Vote 5b
House of Commons Calendar
>>Year 2009, tabled, 469 (8527-401-1)
>>See also House of Commons proceedings--Sittings and Business of the House, January 30
House of Commons proceedings
>>Sittings and Business of the House
>>>November 27, 2008, Economic and Fiscal Statement, rules, scheduling, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 37
>>>January 30, April 30 and May 1, 2009, House not to sit; six supply days in period ending March 26, 2009, M., agreed to, by unanimous
consent, 38
Housing
>>Rights, establishing, proper housing at reasonable cost and free of unreasonable barriers see Canadian Bill of Rights (amdt.--right
to housing)(Bill C-224)
>>See also Condominiums
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada see Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
>>>Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee referral, 31
Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
>>>Human Resources and Skills Development, 31
>>Mandate see Committees, Standing--Membership
>>Membership, 46, 74-5
>>Reports permanently referred see Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety;Order in Council appointments
Human rights see Darfur (Sudan);Housing;Tibet;Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)
Human trafficking see Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)
Hydrogenation see Trans fats (trans fatty acids)
I
Iceland see Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Republic of Iceland
Iceland Tariff
>>Legislation see Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-2)
Immigration
>>Petitions
>>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (401-0040), 57
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee
>>>2008 annual report, 52 (8560-401-800-01)
Income tax see Caregivers--Family caregivers;Community service groups--Membership dues;Construction industry;Physical activity;Specified investment flow-through partnerships (SIFT);Volunteer emergency workers;Volunteers
Income Tax Act (amdt.--community service group membership dues)(Bill C-223)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 26
Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction for volunteer emergency service)(Bill C-240)--Easter
>>1st r, 56
Income Tax Act (amdt.--expenses incurred by caregivers)(Bill C-225)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 26
Income Tax Act (amdt.--in-home care of relatives)(Bill C-212)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 24
Income Tax Act (amdt.--physical activity and amateur sport fees)(Bill C-222)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 26
Income Tax Act (amdt.--services to a charity or public authority)(Bill C-216)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 25
Income Tax Act (amdt.--travel and accommodation deduction for tradespersons)(Bill C-227)--Charlton
>>1st r, 32
Income trusts see Specified investment flow-through partnerships (SIFT)
Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
>>>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee referral, 30-1
Indian bands/reserves see Oil and gas industry--First Nations lands
Indian Oil and Gas Act (amdt.)(Bill C-5)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status
Indians (Strahl)
>>1st r, 96
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada see Access to Information Act;Privacy Act
Individual Member's Expenditures see Members of Parliament--Expense allowance
Industry see Construction industry;Oil and gas industry
Industry Department
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
>>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 31
Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
>>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 31
>>>Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, 31
>>>Industry, 31
>>>Western Economic Diversification, 32
>>Membership, 46, 76-7
>>Reports permanently referred see Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA);Order in Council appointments
Interim release see Judicial interim release
International agreements see Agriculture;Canada-European Free Trade Association agreement;Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act;Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>2007-2008 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 49 (8560-401-593-01)
>>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act
International Trade Standing Committee
>>Membership, 46, 77-8
>>Reports permanently referred see Order in Council appointments
Internet see Child luring;Child pornography
Internet Child Pornography Prevention Act (Bill C-209)--Stoffer
>>1st r, 24
Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports
>>Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie
>>>Andorra la Vella, Principality of Andorra, May 6-7, 2008, 45 (8565-401-52-03)
>>>Nouakchott, Mauritania, May 21-22, 2008, 41 (8565-401-52-01)
>>>Paris, France, March 7-8, 2008, 45 (8565-401-52-02)
>>Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
>>>Paris, Normandy and Strasbourg, France, June 17-27, 2008, 96-7 (8565-401-51-01)
>>>Vladivostoki, Russian Federation, May 29, 2008, 97 (8565-401-51-02)
>>Canadian Group of the Inter-parliamentary Union
>>>Geneva, Switzerland, October 3, 2007, 45 (8565-401-60-02)
>>>Nusa Dua, Indonesia, April 29 to May 4, 2007, 41 (8565-401-60-01)
>>Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association
>>>Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey, March 24-27, 2008, 42 (8565-401-50-02)
>>>London, United Kingdom, April 23-25, 2008, 96 (8565-401-50-03)
>>>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 31 to April 4, 2008, 96 (8565-401-50-04)
>>>Washington, D.C., January 28 to February 2, 2008, 42 (8565-401-50-01)
Interprovincial bridges
>>Ottawa, ON-Gatineau, QC bridge proposal, truck traffic, National Capital Commission (NCC) study
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Bélanger), (401-0003), 17; (401-0005), 27; (401-0008), 33; (401-0016), 38; (401-0020), 43; (401-0033), 47; (401-0035), 52; (401-0038), 57; (401-0041), 92; (401-0044), 99
Inuit see Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement
Investment see Government investment
Investment tax credits
>>Carry forward, Ways and Means No. 1, notice, tabled, 52 (8570-401-1)
J
Jordan's Principle see Aboriginal child health care
Judaism see Holocaust Monument
Judges see Supreme Court of Canada
Judicial interim release
>>Serious crimes, repeal of judicial power to grant interim release see Criminal Code (amdt.--bail for persons charged with violent
offences), Extradition Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act (amdt.)(Bill C-247)
Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
>>>Justice, 32
>>Membership, 46, 78-9
>>Reports permanently referred see Access to Information Act;Courts Administration Service;International Centre for Human Rights and
Democratic Development;Miscarriages of justice;Order in Council appointments;Privacy Act
Justice Department
>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
>>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee referral, 32
>>>Vote 45b (Privacy Commissioner of Canada Office), Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Standing Committee referral, 31
Justice system see Auto theft;Courts Administration Service;Judicial interim release;Miscarriages of justice;Peace officers;Police;Riel, Louis David;Sentences (convicted criminals);Supreme Court of Canada