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Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Department

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee referral, 32

Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
    >>>Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 32
    >>Membership, 46, 84-5
    >>Reports permanently referred see Order in Council appointments;Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
    >>>2007-2008, 59 (8560-401-1006-01)

Public Service

    >>Conduct see Public Service Commission of Canada--Reports
    >>Executive level appointments see Public Service Commission of Canada--Reports
    >>See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission

Public Service Commission of Canada

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
    >>>2007-2008 annual report, 93 (8560-401-908-01)
    >>>"Follow-Up Audit of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP", 93 (8560-401-908-03)
    >>>"Government-Wide Audit of Executive (EX) Appointments", 93 (8560-401-908-02)
    >>>"Report on Investigations Conducted by the Public Service Commission in 2007-2008", 94 (8560-401-908-04)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)--Canadian Heritage, Votes 80b and 85b;Privacy Act

Public Service Health Care Plan see Drugs and pharmaceuticals

Public Service Labour Relations Board see Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)--Canadian Heritage, Votes 80b and 85b

Public Works and Government Services Department

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee referral, 31

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Radio see CFCY 95.1 FM radio

Rape see Sexual assault

RCMP see Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Regional development see Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec

Registered Pension Plan (RPP)

    >>Contributions, failure to make required contributions, tax credit
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Bellavance), (401-0039), 57

Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs)

    >>Withdrawals, minimum amount, Ways and Means No. 1, notice, tabled, 52 (8570-401-1)

Regulations see Oil and gas industry--First Nations lands;Passport Services Fees Regulations;Special Economic Measures (Zimbabwe) Regulations

Report on Investigations Conducted by the Public Service Commission in 2007-2008 see Public Service Commission of Canada--Reports

Resolutions of the House see National Violence Against Women Prevention Week

Retirement see Registered Pension Plan (RPP);Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs)

Returned Soldiers' Insurance Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>2007-2008 annual report, 100 (8560-401-228-01)

Riel, Louis David

    >>Role in advancement of Confederation and rights and interests of Métis people and the people of Western Canada/reversal of treason conviction see Louis Riel Act (Bill C-248)

Rivers see Severn River

Royal Canadian Mint Act

    >>Legislation see Currency Act and Royal Canadian Mint Act (amdt.--abolition of the cent)(Bill C-252)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee
    >>>Agreements for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service)
    >>>>British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, 102 (8560-401-475-01)
    >>See also Awards, decorations, medals;Canada Pension Plan (CPP)--Clawback;Passports--Processing fees;Survivor benefits

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission

    >>Staffing see Public Service Commission of Canada--Reports

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act

    >>Legislation see Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (amdt.--deletion of deduction from annuity)(Bill C-201);Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (amdt.--increase of allowance for surviving spouse and children)(Bill C-218)

Royalties see Oil and gas industry--First Nations lands

RPP see Registered Pension Plan (RPP)

RRIFs see Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs)

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Sackville--Eastern Shore constituency

    >>Name, change to Sackville--Preston--Eastern shore see Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Bill C-215)

Safety see Occupational health and safety

Sahtu Land Use Planning Board see Access to Information Act;Privacy Act

Sale of Medals Prohibition Act (Bill C-208)--Stoffer

    >>1st r, 24

Saskatchewan see Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)--Reports, Agreements for RCMP policing services

Sault Ste. Marie constituency

    >>Name, change to Sault Ste. Marie--Algoma see Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Bill C-236)

Savoie, Denise (NDP--Victoria; Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole)

    >>References see Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole

Scheer, Andrew (CPC--Regina--Qu'Appelle; Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole)

    >>References see Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole House

Scotland see Tartan Day

Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee

Seasonal farm workers

    >>Employment insurance
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Guimond), (401-0045), 99

Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Bagnell), (401-0030), 43

Senior citizens see Caregivers--Family caregivers, Live-in relative;Passports--Processing fees;Veterans' benefits/pensions--Survivor benefits

Seniors' Day

    >>First Sunday of February, establishing see Seniors' Day Act (Bill C-211)

Seniors' Day Act (Bill C-211)--Stoffer

    >>1st r, 24

Sentences (convicted criminals)

    >>Multiple murderers and rapists, concurrent sentences, replacing with consecutive/cumulative sentences and parole ineligibility see Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--consecutive sentences)(Bill C-231)
    >>See also Child sexual predators;Cruelty to animals;Peace officers--Assault

Severn River see Flood relief

Sexual assault see Child sexual predators;Sentences (convicted criminals)--Multiple murderers

Sexual offenders see Child luring;Child pornography;Child sexual predators

SIFT see Specified investment flow-through partnerships (SIFT)

Slaughterhouses see Food--Labels

SOR see Statutory Orders and Regulations (SOR)

Sovereignty see Arctic sovereignty

Speaker

    >>Documents, tabling
    >>>Access to Information Act
    >>>>Auditor General of Canada Office
    >>>>>2007-2008, 32 (8561-401-627-01)
    >>>>Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Office
    >>>>>2007-2008, 51-2 (8561-401-645-01)
    >>>>Official Languages Commissioner Office
    >>>>>2007-2008, 51 (8561-401-728-01)
    >>>>Privacy Commissioner of Canada Office
    >>>>>2007-2008, 55 (8561-401-937-01)
    >>>House of Commons Calendar
    >>>>Year 2009, tabled, 469 (8527-401-1)
    >>>Members of Parliament
    >>>>Expense allowance, document, "Individual Member's Expenditures"
    >>>>>2007-2008, tabled, 95 (8527-401-2)
    >>>Privacy Act
    >>>>Auditor General of Canada Office
    >>>>>2007-2008, 32 (8561-401-627-01)
    >>>>Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Office
    >>>>>2007-2008, 51-2 (8561-401-645-01)
    >>>>Official Languages Commissioner Office
    >>>>>2007-2008, 51 (8561-401-728-01)
    >>>>Privacy Commissioner of Canada Office
    >>>>>2007-2008, 55 (8561-401-937-01)
    >>>Privacy Commissioner of Canada Office
    >>>>2007-2008 annual report, 101 (8560-401-626-01)
    >>Election
    >>>Candidates, list, 8
    >>>Milliken, Peter, elected, 10
    >>>Presiding over election, Louis Plamandon, 8
    >>>Votes, ballots, 8-10
    >>Parliament, opening, informing House of message from Governor General, 10
    >>Throne Speech
    >>>Reported, 12
    >>>Tabled, 12 (8525-401-02)

Special debates see Take note debates

Special Economic Measures (Zimbabwe) Regulations

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing Committee
    >>>(P.C. 2008-1588 and JUS-612089) and Permit Authorization Order (P.C. 2008-1589), 13-4 (8560-401-495-01)

Specified investment flow-through partnerships (SIFT)

    >>Conversion into corporations/taxation, Ways and Means No. 1, notice, tabled, 52 (8570-401-1)

Speech from the Throne see Throne Speech

Sport see Physical activity

Spouses see Passports--Processing fees;Survivor benefits

Standing Orders

    >>S.O. 50(4) see Procedure--Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, Subamendment
    >>S.O. 104(2) see Committees, Standing--Membership
    >>S.O. 108(3)(b) and 108(3)(d) see Committees, Standing--Membership

Statements by Ministers

    >>Economic and Fiscal Statement (November 27, 2008) (Flaherty), 48

Status of Women Canada see Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)--Canadian Heritage, Vote 105b

Status of Women Standing Committee

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
    >>>Canadian Heritage, Vote 105b (Status of Women Co-ordinator Office), 32
    >>Membership, 46, 85-6

Statutes of the Northwest Territories

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
    >>>February 2008, 15 (8560-401-388-01)

Statutory Orders and Regulations (SOR)

    >>JUS-612089 see Special Economic Measures (Zimbabwe) Regulations

Striking Committee see Committees, Standing

Sudan

    >>Businesses, Canadian government departments and agencies, investments, deposits, purchases and procurements see Sudan Accountability Act (Bill C-204)
    >>See also Darfur (Sudan)

Sudan Accountability Act (Bill C-204)--Cotler

    >>1st r, 23

Superintendent of Financial Institutions Office

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
    >>>2007-2008 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 14-5 (8560-401-535-01)

Supplementary Estimates (B), 2008-2009 see Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)

Supply

    >>Consideration at the next sitting, M. (Toews), 12, agreed to, 12

Supply days

    >>Allotted number of days for period ending December 10, 2008, designating, 12
    >>See also House of Commons proceedings--Sittings and Business of the House, January 30

Supreme Court Act (amdt.--understanding the official languages)(Bill C-232)--Godin

    >>1st r, 42

Supreme Court of Canada

    >>Judges, duty to understand official languages see Supreme Court Act (amdt.--understanding the official languages)(Bill C-232)

Survivor benefits

    >>Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), increase from 50% to 60% see Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (amdt.--increase of allowance for surviving spouse and children)(Bill C-218)
    >>See also Veterans' benefits/pensions

Switzerland see Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Swiss Confederation

Switzerland-Liechtenstein Tariff

    >>Legislation see Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-2)

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Take note debates

    >>Economic and Fiscal Statement (November 27, 2008) (Government Business No. 1), M. (Hill), 51-2, 55, 57, 92-3, 99, 101
    >>>Initiating, M. (Hill), 51
    >>>Procedure, "That this question be now put", M. (Benoit), 55

Tartan Day

    >>Scottish independence declaration/Scots Canadians, commemoration, April 6 national day see Tartan Day Act (Bill C-214)

Tartan Day Act (Bill C-214)--Stoffer

    >>1st r, 25

Tax credits see Caregivers--Family caregivers, Live-in relative;Community service groups--Membership dues;Investment tax credits;Registered Pension Plan (RPP)

Taxation see Capital gains tax;Goods and Services Tax (GST);Specified investment flow-through partnerships (SIFT)

Technology see Biotechnology

Theft see Auto theft

Throne Speech

    >>Consideration later this day, M. (Harper), 12, agreed to, 12
    >>Reported by Speaker, 12
    >>Tabled, 12 (8525-401-02)
    >>See also Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

Tibet

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Bagnell), (401-0014), 33

Toxic waste sites

    >>Lakes, use for deposits prohibited see Fisheries Act (amdt.--deposit in lakes)(Bill C-219)

Tradespeople see Construction industry

Trafficking in persons (human trafficking)

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Smith), (401-0002), 17; (401-0012), 33; (401-0037), 57; (401-0043), 99

Training programs see Apprentices

Trans fats (trans fatty acids)

    >>Ban see Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--trans fatty acids)(Bill C-251)

Transport Department

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Standing Committee referral, 32

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Standing Committee

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
    >>>Transport, 32
    >>Membership, 46, 86-7
    >>Reports permanently referred see Order in Council appointments

Transportation see Animal transportation;Interprovincial bridges;Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

Travel expenses see Construction industry

Treason see Riel, Louis David

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee referral, 31
    >>See also Alternative Fuels Act

Truck transportation see Interprovincial bridges

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UN see United Nations (UN)

Unemployment see Employment insurance--Benefit period

Unemployment Insurance Act see Employment Insurance Act--Title

United Nations (UN) see Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

User fees see Passports--Processing fees

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Vancouver, BC see Condominiums

Veterans see Governor General's Volunteer Service Medal;Military memorial sites;Passports--Processing fees

Veterans Affairs Department

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Veterans Affairs Standing Committee referral, 32
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act

Veterans Affairs Standing Committee

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B) referred
    >>>Veterans Affairs, 32
    >>Membership, 46, 88-9
    >>Reports permanently referred see Order in Council appointments;Returned Soldiers' Insurance Act;Veterans Insurance Act

Veterans' benefits/pensions

    >>Survivor benefits, marriage or conjugal relationship after age 60 see Canadian Forces Superannuation Act (amdt.--marriage after the age of sixty years)(Bill C-210)
    >>See also Canada Pension Plan (CPP)--Clawback

Veterans Insurance Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>2007-2008 annual report, 100 (8560-401-254-01)

Violence against women see National Violence Against Women Prevention Week

Volunteer emergency workers

    >>Income tax deduction see Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction for volunteer emergency service)(Bill C-240)

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-216)
    >>See also Community service groups

Votes see Elections;Speaker--Election

W

War memorials and cenotaphs see Holocaust Monument;Military memorial sites

Water

    >>Bulk water exports, interbasin transfers, ban see Canada Water Export Prohibition Act (Bill C-250);Canada Water Preservation Act (Bill C-228)
    >>See also Arctic waters;Flood relief;National Ecosystems Council of Canada;Toxic waste sites

Ways and Means (notice of motions), tabled

    >>1.Budget 2008 (February 26, 2008) implementation
    >>>Notice, tabled, 52 (8570-401-1)

Western Canada see Riel, Louis David

Western Economic Diversification Department

    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 32

Women see National Violence Against Women Prevention Week

Workers see Seasonal farm workers;Volunteer emergency workers

World War II see Holocaust Monument

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Youth Criminal Justice Act

    >>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--bail for persons charged with violent offences), Extradition Act and Youth Criminal Justice Act (amdt.)(Bill C-247)

Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board see Access to Information Act;Privacy Act

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Zimbabwe see Special Economic Measures (Zimbabwe) Regulations

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