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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

Excise Tax Act (amdt.--no GST on funeral arrangements)(Bill C-220)--Stoffer

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

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)

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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