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Naval force see Defence policy

NAVCANADA see Air traffic control--Commercialization

Navy see Canadian Armed Forces; Canadian Merchant Navy

Nazi Germany see Gun control/guns--Registration

NCARP see Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program

NEED Program see New Employment Expansion and Development Program

Negative income tax see Income tax

Neighbouring rights see Copyright--Royalties; Radio stations--Copyright

Neil, Douglas C.

    >>Member of Parliament, former, death, tribute, 1805

Nepotism see Health Department--Employment

Nesbit and Egan case see Same-sex couples--Spousal privileges

Net Income Stabilization Account

Netherlands see The Netherlands

Neuromuscular clinic see Health care--Magee neuromuscular clinic

New Brunswick

    >>Apprenticeship programs, 50-year success record, S.O. 31, 6850
    >>By-election, provincial, Tracadie constituency, Progressive Conservative Party victory, S.O. 31, 6512
    >>Election, provincial, Sept. 11/95, Liberal Party victory
    >>>Confederation of Regions no seats, S.O. 31, 14525
    >>>Reform Party policies, adopting, S.O. 31, 14989
    >>>S.O. 31, 14604
    >>Electoral boundaries, federal, redistribution, 2567-8
    >>Federal government, co-operative agreements, S.O. 31, 2351
    >>French fact, celebrating, Semaine provinciale du français, S.O. 31, 2786
    >>Lieutenant-Governor
    >>>Finn, Gilbert, retirement, tribute, 3760
    >>>McCain, Margaret, appointment, S.O. 31, 3760
    >>McKenna, Hon. Frank Premier see Prince Edward Island--Fixed link to New Brunswick; Quebec--Distinct society, New Brunswick position; Social security system--Reform, Improving Social Security in Canada; Unemployment insurance--Reform, Axworthy, L. proposals
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 3144
    >>>Constitution, enshrining, 4915-6, 4922-3
    >>>S.O. 31, 3154, 4652-3
    >>See also other subject headings

New Brunswick Advanced Education and Labour Department see National Defence Department

New Brunswick Community College

    >>10th anniversary, tribute, S.O. 31, 7804

New Brunswick Job Corps see Program for Older Worker Adjustment; Training programs--Restructuring

New Brunswick Youth Day

New Delhi, India see India--Sikh minority

New Democratic Party

    >>Election expenses, Canadian Labour Congress contributions, 11313
    >>Leader
    >>>McDonough, Alexa, newly elected, 15407-9
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15395
    >>>McLaughlin, Audrey, resignation, tributes, 15406-9
    >>>>o.q., 15406
    >>Quebec representation, 535-6
    >>Relevance, S.O. 31, 11184
    >>Status in House, 4703-9, 12992
    >>>Oral Question Period, recognition of members, 4706
    >>>Parliament of Canada Act, 12 Member threshold, 4703-4, 4707-8
    >>>Social Credit Party, status, 1979, comparing, 4704-5, 4708
    >>See also other subject headings

New Directions

    >>Youth services project, S.O. 31, 5935-6

New East Technology see Oceans industries

New Employment Expansion and Development (NEED) Program

    >>Liberal government (Trudeau) 1982 wage subsidy program, 629, 810-1

New Liskeard College of Agricultural Technology

    >>Foreign students, S.O. 31, 3436-7

New Market, Ont.

    >>Fairy Lake, student environment project, S.O. 31, 12107

New Westminster, B.C. see Hyack Festival; Radio stations--CKNW

New Westminster--Burnaby constituency

    >>Electoral boundaries, redistribution, 2560-1
    >>References, 552

New world order see International relations

New Zealand

    >>Financial crisis, 1984, 10290
    >>>S.O. 31, 226
    >>See also Agriculture--Subsidies; Canada Student Loans Program--Income contingent repayment plan; Environment--Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner; Government credit rating--Downgrading; Government expenditures--Reduction; Gun control/guns; Members of Parliament--Representation; National debt--Crisis; National Triathlon Team; Public Accounts--Liabilities; Referendums and plebiscites; Social security system; Taxation

Newfoundland

    >>Confederation (1949)
    >>>Economic benefits, 1047
    >>>Referendum, voter turn-out, over 100%, 2985-6
    >>Fishing industry, dependence, 4536-7
    >>Heritage, Folk of the Sea concerts celebrating, S.O. 31, 7926
    >>History, settlement, 855
    >>Members of Parliament, federal, first woman, S.O. 31, 225
    >>Newfoundlanders living outside province, 856
    >>Provincial budget, social welfare payments, percentage, 4537
    >>Public opinion, 855-6
    >>Trade with "Boston states", collapse with confederation (1949), 1046
    >>United States military presence, economic benefits, 1047
    >>See also other subject headings

Newfoundland and Labrador Chamber of Commerce see Volunteers--O'Regan, John

Newfoundland Dockyard (St. John's, Nfld.)

    >>Closure, economic impact, protesting, petition, 14024
    >>See also Marine Atlantic Inc.

NewGrade Heavy Oil Upgrader see Energy--Megaprojects; Oil and oil products

Newman, Bernie

    >>Ontario MPP, Windsor--Walkerville, former, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 16359

Newmarket, Ont. see Hyundai Auto Canada--Aluminium wheel plant

Newspapers see Government advertising--Minority language newspapers; National unity--Post-sovereignty referendum strategy, Chrétien

Newsworld International see Television--Programming

NFB see National Film Board

Ng, Alex see Ontario--Provincial election (1995)

Ng, Charles see Refugees--Criminals

NGOs see Non-governmental organizations

NHA see National Housing Act

NHL see National Hockey League

Niagara District Airport see Airports--Management

Niagara Environmental Technology Exposition see Environment

Niagara Falls constituency

    >>Constituents, S.O. 31, 4198

Niagara Grape and Wine Festival see Wine industry

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. see Communities in Bloom

Niagara Peninsula see Fruit and vegetables--Tender fruit industry

Niagara River remedial action plan

    >>Federal government support, o.q., 13477

"Nibor Dooh" story see Government--Role

Nicaragua see Universities and colleges--International co-operation

Nicholls, Bernie see Hockey--National Hockey League

Nicolet, Que.

    >>Police Institute, funding, 51-2

Nicotine see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Psychotropic substances

Nigeria

    >>Democratic elections of 1993, military regime ignoring
    >>>S.O. 31, 13591
    >>>Statement by Minister (C. Stewart), 13879-81
    >>Human rights violations
    >>>Canadian government policy, Bloc Québécois criticism, 13880
    >>>Reform Party position, 13880-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 8542, 16479-80
    >>Saro-Wiwa, Ken, author and environmentalist, death sentence
    >>>Execution, government reaction
    >>>>o.q., 16543-4
    >>>>Petition, 17636
    >>>>S.O. 31, 16899
    >>>S.O. 31, 16061

Niptanatiak, Kevin see Northwest Territories

Nisga'a land claim see Aboriginal land claims--Settlement

Nisutlin River Delta, Yukon see Migratory birds--Breeding grounds

Nitrous oxide emissions see Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives

Nixon Report see Pearson International Airport--Management--Terminals 1 and 2, Flawed process

Nixon, Robert see Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2, Review

No contest plea see Justice system

No-fly zones see Bosnia-Herzegovina

"No to drugs" see Drug abuse--Teenagers/young adults

Nobel Peace Prize see Middle East--Israel-Palestine; Romélus, Bishop Willy

Nobel Prize

    >>Physics, Dr. Bertram Brockhouse, 1994 co-recipient, congratulating, S.O. 31, 7093

Noll, Oscar see Gun control/guns--Use, protection

Nomination papers see Elections

Non-confidence motions see House of Commons--Votes, Free votes

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

    >>Funding
    >>>Eliminating/reducing, reconsideration, requesting, o.q., 11992-3
    >>>Review, 9345
    >>See also Foreign affairs policy; Foreign aid; Immigrants--Settlement services; International development assistance; Multiculturalism; Social security system--Private sector; Special interest groups

Non-monetary assistance see Foreign aid

Non-profit organizations

    >>Activities, non-status related, prohibition, 9495
    >>Directors and executives, salaries and remuneration, public disclosure, 9488-94, 9497, 10683
    >>Financial information returns
    >>>Confidentiality, o.q., 5899
    >>>Public disclosure, 9488, 9490, 9493-4, 9496-7, 10684-8
    >>Financial regulation, commissioner, establishing, 16817-8
    >>For profit companies, competing with, 9490
    >>Government funding, 9495-6
    >>Number, 9490
    >>Pension plans, 9490
    >>See also Charitable and Non-profit Organization Director Remuneration Disclosure Act (Bill C-224); GDP; Income Tax Act (amdt.--public access to information form audits of charities and non-profit corporations)(Bill C-294)

Non-status Indians see Kahnawake Indian Reserve--Residents

NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command)

    >>Canadian membership, review, 2269
    >>See also Cruise missile testing; Defence policy; Defence research--Ballistic missile

Nordic Challenger

    >>Canadian crew, S.O. 31, 5721

Nordic Council Parliamentary Conference see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports

Nordic World Ski Championship see Skiing

Nordicity Group Ltd. see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--Funding

Nordion International Inc.

    >>Dispute, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, resolving, S.O. 31, 934

Noreau, Jean-Jacques see Unemployment insurance--Administration

Norman Wells Amending Agreement (1994) see Canada Petroleum Resources Act (amdt.)(Bill C-25)

Norman Wells oil field see Oil and natural gas exploration

Normrock Industries

    >>Amphibex excavator, development, S.O. 31, 5149

Nortel Communications Inc.

    >>Brampton, Ont., plant, staff reductions, China, export credits, relationship, o.q., 14228

North American Aerospace Defence Command see NORAD

North American Agreement on Labour Co-operation see Labour relations

North American Commission for Environmental Co-operation see NAFTA--Environmental Co-operation Agreement

North American Free Trade Agreement see NAFTA

North American Waterfowl Management Plan see Waterfowl

North Atlantic Treaty Organization see NATO

North Bay, Ont. see Information highway--Community information access centres

North Channel Marine Tourism Council

    >>Economic Development Association of Canada award, S.O. 31, 6771

North Island--Powell River constituency

    >>Electoral boundaries, redistribution proposals, 2528
    >>References, 521, 2101

North Korea

    >>Nuclear facilities, weapons manufacturing capabilities, United Nations sanctions, declaration of war
    >>>Carter, Jimmy, former United States President, defusing situation, S.O. 31, 5571
    >>>o.q., 5304-5, 5428

North-south relations

North Vancouver constituency

    >>References, 238
    >>See also Axworthy, L.--References; Summer Employment/Experience Development program--Grant applications; Young Offenders Act--Amending

North York Small Business Centre

    >>Establishment, benefits, S.O. 31, 9817-8
    >>North York Technology Strategy see Economic development

Northern and isolated areas tax benefits see Income tax

Northern Belle Riverboat see Casinos--Windsor, Ont.

Northern British Columbia Winter Games see British Columbia

Northern Canada

    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, impact, 10528-9
    >>Food chain degradation, PCBs concern, 205
    >>Food, distribution, improving, 13407
    >>>M. (Bachand), 5461-8, dropped from Order Paper, 5468
    >>>o.q., 8249-50, 10901
    >>Living conditions, 5276, 8368
    >>Special circumstances, recognizing, S.O. 31, 14639
    >>See also Air transportation tax; Airline industry; Airports; Gun control/guns; Health care; Housing; Infrastructure program; Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program; Postal service; Tourist industry; Transportation--System

Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program (NCARP)

    >>Early retirement provisions, 4531
    >>Mismanagement, legislative authority, lack, Auditor General's report, 712, 1223, 2811, 4534, 5565-7
    >>Objectives, costs, 2053
    >>Overpayments, non-eligible claimants, 4535
    >>>Recovery, o.q., 100
    >>See also Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS); Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth

Northern Cree see Aboriginal peoples

Northern Flood Agreement

Northern Hemisphere Distribution Alliance Incorporated see Airports--Winnipeg International Airport

Northern Ireland

    >>Peace process, S.O. 31, 10069

Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival see Winter festivals

Northern Micro

    >>Success, S.O. 31, 935

Northern Ontario

    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, measures, impact, 11394-5
    >>Development, 5035, 6784-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 2926-7
    >>Electoral boundaries, federal, redistribution, 1792-3, 2756, 2943-4
    >>>o.q., 6139
    >>>S.O. 31, 2349
    >>See also Economic development; Gasoline/automotive fuel--Price fixing; Highways and roads; Infrastructure program

Northern Star Citation see Citizenship

Northern tax allowance see Income tax

Northern Telecom

    >>100th anniversary (1995), tribute, S.O. 31, 11805
    >>See also China

Northern Transportation Company Limited see Small business--Aboriginal communities

Northumberland Strait see Fisheries, Atlantic

Northumberland Strait Bridge see Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; Fisheries, Atlantic; Prince Edward Island--Fixed link to New Brunswick

Northumberland Strait Crossing Act (Bill C-110)(3rd Sess., 34th Parl.) see Prince Edward Island--Fixed link to New Brunswick, Legislation

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) see Cod--Fish stocks, collapse, 3NO area cod--Fish stocks, decline; Fisheries, Atlantic--Conservation agreement--Foreign overfishing; Turbot--Atlantic fishery

Northwest Territories

    >>Commissioner's award for bravery, recipients Moses Aliyak, Peter Evalik, Richard Evalik, Grant Corey, Dennis Klengenberg and Kevin Niptanatiak, tribute, S.O. 31, 8591
    >>Constitution, defining, land claims groups, participating, 3455
    >>Election, Oct. 16/95, S.O. 31, 15636
    >>Government leader and Cabinet selection, S.O. 31, 16771
    >>Splitting, Nunavut, western Arctic, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, relationship, 3455
    >>Territorial formula financing payments, 10528
    >>See also other subject headings

Norway see Flis--References, One person delegation; Quebec--Separation/sovereignty

"Notwithstanding" clause see Constitution Act, 1982--Amending; Gun control/guns--Legislation, Alberta

Nova Institution see Penitentiaries--Prison for Women, Truro, N.S.

Nova Knowledge see Computer technology

Nova Scotia

    >>Acadians, 1752 expulsion, 3149
    >>Sydney tar ponds, toxic waste, PCBs, clean-up, o.q., 9533, 9607, 16440-1
    >>See also other subject headings

Nova Scotia Agricultural College see Aquaculture

Nova Scotia Highlanders

    >>Canadian Armed Forces reserve unit, tribute, S.O. 31, 8932-3

Nova Scotia Teacher's College see Universities and colleges

NRC see National Research Council

Nuclear energy

    >>Development, National Research Council role, 2156
    >>Fusion technology, 16401
    >>Importance, 8189
    >>International thermonuclear experimental project (ITER), nuclear fusion megaproject, $570 million subsidy request, S.O. 31, 14013
    >>Peaceful use, Canada commitment, 2155-6
    >>Research and development, federal expenditures, Ontario/Quebec, o.q., 15347

Nuclear Energy: A Green Option see World Energy Congress

Nuclear fusion see Nuclear energy--International thermonuclear experimental project

Nuclear Reactor Finance Limitation Act (Bill C-285)--Riis

    >>First reading, 6913
    >>Second reading, 9635-44
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 9644
    >>See also Nuclear reactors--Medical use

Nuclear reactors

    >>Bruce II reactor, construction, maintenance and repair costs, qu., 16839
    >>Chalk River, Ont., 2155
    >>>Spills, clean up, veterans, health effects, 12555, 12605
    >>China, CANDU nuclear reactor sale, 11994
    >>>o.q., 15703
    >>Medical use, only, legislation see Nuclear Reactor Finance Limitation Act (Bill C-285)
    >>Mochovce, Slovakia, nuclear power plant construction, S.O. 31, 10658
    >>Point Lepreau, N.B., 433
    >>Safety, Prof. K. Vicente, EID computer interface design, S.O. 31, 12483
    >>Subsidies, elimination, 9636-8
    >>See also Lake Erie--Fermi ll

Nuclear waste

    >>Malvern remedial project, Scarborough, Ont., clean-up, S.O. 31, 17381
    >>See also Atomic Energy of Canada Limited--Land sale; Lake Erie--Fermi ll; Lake Ontario--Port Granby; Ontario Hydro

Nuclear weapons

    >>Arsenals, dismantling, 2257
    >>Cold war, deterrent effect, 443
    >>Illegal, World Court declaring, World Heath Organization requesting, S.O. 31, 4770
    >>Non-proliferation treaties, START l/START ll, etc., 401-2, 407, 445-6
    >>>Development, non-aligned countries, threat, 404-5, 419-20, 425-8
    >>>Enforcing, 2257
    >>>Extending, United Nations resolution, 13359-60
    >>>>o.q., 12488
    >>>>S.O. 31, 12184
    >>>>Statement by Minister (Chan), 11993-5
    >>>Extension, indefinite, Canadian role, 16657
    >>>S.O. 31, 11931
    >>>See also China; Cruise missile testing; Nuclear weapons--Testing; Ukraine
    >>Policy
    >>>No weapons on Canadian soil, 15205
    >>>Non-proliferation, successive governments, 400-2, 416-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 17573
    >>Soviet Union, break-up, new republics, control, 395-7, 407-8, 410, 425, 428, 444-5, 1465
    >>Testing
    >>>Banning, non-proliferation treaties, China signing, Canada encouraging, 7466-7
    >>>>o.q., 7037
    >>>Comprehensive test ban treaty, Canadian policy, 16656-7
    >>>France resuming
    >>>>Canadian position, 15204-5, 16656-7
    >>>>>Boycott of French goods, proposed, 15204-5
    >>>>>>o.q., 14535
    >>>>>>S.O. 31, 15175
    >>>>>o.q., 15108
    >>>>>Separatists, Bloc Québécois position, France recognition of independent Quebec, relationship, S.O. 31, 14527, 15176
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 15175, 17624, 17701
    >>>>Non-proliferation treaty, relationship, S.O. 31, 13802
    >>>>Simulation software development, relationship, 15205
    >>>>Test ban treaty negotiations, relationship, 15204-5
    >>>International law aspects, 14077
    >>United Nations General Assembly vote, Canadian position, 8751, 8959-60, 16656-7
    >>>o.q., 16365-6, 16369
    >>Use, legality, government position
    >>>o.q., 9000
    >>>qu., 3611
    >>World Court project, 1416
    >>>Intervenor status, proposing, o.q., 3709
    >>See also North Korea