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Q

Q.N.S. & L. see Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway Company

Quality Month see Public Service--Recognition

Quality of life see Economic conditions

Quan, Tran Trieu see Vietnam

Quasi-judicial bodies see Cabinet ministers--Conflict of interest

Quebec

    >>Aboriginal peoples
    >>>Blais, Pierre, remarks re gypsies and nomads, o.q., 17082-3
    >>>Federal initiatives, expenditures, 12777-80
    >>>Lévesque, René, government, agreement, etc., 12816
    >>>Mohawks, negotiations, etc., 12779
    >>>Naskapi, housing and infrastructure agreement, 12778-9
    >>>Nations, status, 12777-8
    >>>Nunavik assembly, federal-provincial negotiations, 12778
    >>>Oskagoose, Gilbert, remarks re sovereignty, The First Perspective magazine editorial, S.O. 31, 13172-3
    >>>Ouje-Bougoumous community, construction, 12778
    >>>Policing, federal-provincial-Cree agreement, 12778
    >>>Quality of life, 15618-9
    >>>Self-determination right
    >>>>Agreements/negotiations, background, 3466-7
    >>>>o.q., 17084
    >>>>Turp, Daniel, Bloc Québécois advisor position
    >>>>>o.q., 4578, 17084
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 4518
    >>>Treatment, 12777, 15620-1
    >>>Waskaganish Cree, water and sewage treatment agreement, 12778
    >>>See also Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)
    >>Anglophones
    >>>Benefits, 13863
    >>>>S.O. 31, 2285-6
    >>>English speaking minorities, 6450-1, 6463-4
    >>>Leaving province, 218, 220
    >>>Rights, entrenching in Quebec constitution, o.q., 3048
    >>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation
    >>Appeasement, concessions to, 17595-6, 17648-9
    >>APPORT program see Welfare--Recipients
    >>Bonds, interest rates, other provinces comparing, o.q., 9198
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, measures, impact, 11395
    >>>Quebec Liberal Party position, S.O. 31, 11805-6
    >>Budget, provincial, May 9/95, 12037, 12048
    >>>S.O. 31, 12409, 12481, 12673
    >>Business see Canada Expo 1994 Trade Fair; Montreal, Que.--Corporate head offices; National unity--Promoting
    >>By-elections, provincial
    >>>Bonaventure constituency, Parti-Québécois victory
    >>>>o.q., 1685
    >>>>S.O. 31, 1683
    >>>Saint-Jean constituency, Parti-Québécois victory, 7176
    >>>Shefford constituency, Liberal Party victory, S.O. 31, 2038
    >>Campeau, Hon. Jean, Finance Minister see Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, National debt
    >>Canadian perception, 6234-5
    >>Credit rating
    >>>Downgraded, June 1995, 14031
    >>>Goldmann Sachs and Moody report, o.q., 9058
    >>>Maintaining, S.O. 31, 4692
    >>Cultural communities
    >>>Contributions, S.O. 31, 7924
    >>>Fillion, Paré, Bloc Quebecois Members, discriminatory remarks, S.O. 31, 10071, 10185-6
    >>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation
    >>Cultural heritage, preservation, 11262-3
    >>Cultural identity see Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Nationhood
    >>Cultural minorities, 999
    >>>Integration, PQ vice-president Bernard Landry statement, condemning, S.O. 31, 3759-60
    >>Culture, recognition, 17520, 17589
    >>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, position, 17596, 17599
    >>>>o.q., 17279-80, 17387, 17436-7
    >>>>S.O. 31, 17382, 17434
    >>>See also Quebec--French language, culture
    >>Debt, provincial, 12058, 12060, 16516
    >>>Foreign financing, 6690, 8818
    >>>Per capita, highest in Canada, 8810
    >>Deficit, GDP percentage, 17730
    >>Developmentally Handicapped Week, S.O. 31, 2119
    >>Distinct society, 34-5, 2079, 6419, 6460, 6462, 6465, 7255, 7641, 8800, 8802, 12042-3, 12049, 12051, 12079, 13106-7, 13223, 13310, 14795, 15588, 17013, 17021, 17023, 17077, 17094-5, 17099, 17519-24, 17591-2, 17595
    >>>Alberta position, 17529, 17599
    >>>>S.O. 31, 17229, 17495
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, o.q., 16664, 17277
    >>>Bouchard position, 17051, 17056
    >>>>S.O. 31, 16960, 17034
    >>>British Columbia position, Premier Harcourt, etc., 17599
    >>>>o.q., 16065
    >>>Charlottetown Accord recognizing, Bloc Québécois/Parti Québécois positions, o.q., 15398, 15601, 15642, 15698, 16064, 16066
    >>>English Canada position, 17009-10, 17017
    >>>>o.q., 16830
    >>>Federal government/Prime Minister Chrétien position, 17030, 17053, 17056
    >>>>o.q., 15641, 15763-4, 15805, 15807, 15922, 16064-6, 16189, 16242, 16434, 16663-4, 16964-5
    >>>>S.O. 31, 16773-4
    >>>>See also National unity--Post-referendum strategy
    >>>Historical acceptance, 17011
    >>>National Citizens Coalition ad campaign, condemning, S.O. 31, 16317
    >>>New Brunswick legislative assembly, Premier McKenna, recognizing, S.O. 31, 15870, 16238
    >>>Newfoundland position, Premier Clyde Wells, o.q., 15763-4, 15807, 15921
    >>>Ontario position, Premier Mike Harris, o.q., 16064
    >>>o.q., 15808
    >>>Other provinces/regions, comparison, 17587
    >>>Parizeau, Premier Jacques, position
    >>>>o.q., 15805, 15807
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15638
    >>>Provinces positions, o.q., 15922, 16189
    >>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), relationship, o.q., 15398-9, 15922, 16961-2
    >>>>Prime Minister Chrétien, Daniel Johnson joint statement, o.q., 15698-9, 15701
    >>>Provinces positions, o.q., 16961-2
    >>>Recognition
    >>>>Constitutional, 8849, 17053, 17056, 17095, 17525, 17641
    >>>>>o.q., 15601, 15604, 15643
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 17382, 17702-3
    >>>>M. (J. Chrétien), 16971-90, 17289-98, 17307-45
    >>>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 17536-7
    >>>>>Amdt. (Manning), 16984. 17197, 17289
    >>>>>>Negatived on recorded division, 17535-6
    >>>>>Closure, under S.O. 57, notice, 17250, M. (H. Gray), agreed to, on recorded division, 17288-9
    >>>>Quebec public opinion, o.q., 17436
    >>>Reform Party position, 17054, 17520-2
    >>>>o.q., 15808, 16067, 16906-8
    >>>>S.O 31, 15697, 16061-2, 16960, 17701-2
    >>>Renewal of federalism, including, Prime Minister Chrétien resolution, 17000, 17015, 17024, 17028, 17030, 17049-54, 17058, 17096-8, 17547-8, 17550, 17557-8, 17567, 17570, 17586-7, 17599, 17644-5, 17647, 17649, 17731
    >>>>Aboriginal rights, self-government, treaty rights, relationship, 17000
    >>>>Bloc Québécois/Bouchard position, 17000, 17025-6, 17051-2, 17547, 17551, 17553, 17558, 17570
    >>>>>o.q., 17387
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 16898-9, 16901
    >>>>Closure, use, 17561
    >>>>o.q., 16901-6
    >>>>Reform Party position, 17000, 17019, 17549, 17561, 17570, 17592
    >>>Robillard, Hon. Lucienne, Minister of Labour, remarks, S.O. 31, 12670
    >>>S.O. 31, 15639, 16609-10
    >>>Understanding, S.O. 31, 6080
    >>Domination by English Canada, historical background, 12805-8
    >>Economic know-how, asset management, expertise, 3058-60, 3064-5
    >>Economy, 655
    >>>Bloc Québécois policies, nationalist sentiments, impact, 2600
    >>>Ontario economy, relationship, 8804
    >>>Parti Québécois government
    >>>>Reviving, Premier Parizeau inaugural address, S.O. 31, 8474
    >>>>Strategy, CSN president Gérald Larose criticism, S.O. 31, 17033
    >>>Quebec public opinion/expectations, 13094
    >>>>S.O. 31, 16187
    >>Election, Sept. 12/94
    >>>Campaign, Prime Minister and federal cabinet participation, 1950
    >>>>o.q., 3519-20, 3953, 6035
    >>>>Provincial Chief Electoral Officer position, Ouellet comments, o.q., 3651-2
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3565, 3645
    >>>Liberal Party campaign, S.O. 31, 5809
    >>>Parti Québécois, election victory, 5797, 5873-4, 6120, 6357, 8804
    >>>>o.q., 5814
    >>>>S.O. 31, (Discepola; Langlois), 5809-10
    >>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation
    >>Electoral boundaries, federal, redistribution, 2763, 2903, 2919-21, 2923-4, 2984, 3203, 4842-3, 9988-91, 11080-7, 11596-7, 11604, 11629-31, 11656-7, 11661-3, 11666-8
    >>>Regional County Municipalities (RCM), impact, 2730-1, 2753-4, 2758, 2763, 2908-10, 2917-8, 2921-4, 2939, 2941, 2991-3
    >>>>Eastern Townships, model, 2991, 2993
    >>Employment strategy, elements, Un Québec pour l'emploi, 16717
    >>Entrepreneurship, encouraging, 1823
    >>Ethnic minorities, 6464
    >>Federal government intrusion in provincial jurisdiction, Bloc Québécois position, 16789, 16792
    >>Federal government role, public awareness, 1111, 1113, 6449-52, 6454, 6460-1, 6465-6
    >>>Progressive Conservative Party (Mulroney), 6465
    >>Federalism option, 4960, 8800, 10804, 17098
    >>>Accomplishments within, 8805, 8807-8, 8834, 8848-9, 10804-5
    >>>Benefits, 8794-6, 8834-6, 8844, 17025
    >>>>Lack, 3577-9, 4917-8, 7868-9, 8837
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15520, 15694, 15870
    >>>Costs, duplication, etc., 8846-8
    >>>Failure, 16819
    >>>Flexibility, 8796, 8808
    >>>Promotion, federal government strategy, 3051
    >>>>o.q., 1685, 3233, 3274, 4342-3
    >>>Reform Party position, S.O. 31, 15869-71
    >>>Status quo factor, rejection, etc., 8796, 8806-7
    >>>>S.O. 31, 11291
    >>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Referendum (1980)
    >>Financial demands, federal government delay in responding, M. on supply (M. Bernier), 12762-87, 12799-816, negatived on recorded division, 13029-30
    >>Fiscal capacity, 2078-9
    >>Foreign representatives, fired if not swearing oath to cause of separation, o.q., 15179
    >>French language, culture
    >>>Survival, Louisiana comparison, etc., 17009, 17027-9, 17095-6, 17100, 17520
    >>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty
    >>Full employment policy, 16501
    >>Government office, Edmonton, Alta., closure, S.O. 31, 9724
    >>Historical perspective, 58, 114-5, 181, 192-4, 10636-7, 10800, 11491
    >>Immigration, 6450
    >>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty
    >>Interculture Week, Living together theme, S.O. 31, 16479
    >>Johnson, Hon. Daniel, Premier see Johnson, Reine; Quebec--Independence--Self-determination; Unemployment--Quebec
    >>Johnson, Hon. Daniel, Sr., former Premier see Johnson, Reine
    >>Johnson, Pierre-Marc, former Premier see Johnson, Reine
    >>Language legislation, 2700, 2702, 3167-8, 3179, 3188
    >>Legislative Assembly see House of Commons--Inquiry mechanism
    >>Legislative Council, 1967 abolition, 5002, 5014, 5017, 5019-20
    >>Liberal Party see Quebec Liberal Party
    >>Malavoy, Marie, Culture Minister, resignation, S.O. 31, 8340
    >>Minority language rights, United States State Department report, criticising, o.q., 993
    >>Modern society, S.O. 31, 2927
    >>Multiculturalism, 6450, 6452
    >>National identity, 7869
    >>Nationalism, history, "I remember", "Masters in our own house", etc., 17585, 17587
    >>Nationhood, 655, 4757, 4759-61, 4966, 8800, 8814, 17056-7
    >>>Bilingualism and Biculturalism Royal Commission (Laurendeau-Dunton) recognizing, 17098
    >>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty
    >>October 1970 FLQ Crisis, 6452, 11634-5
    >>>Cross, James, British Trade Commissioner, kidnapping, 11032
    >>>Laporte, Hon. Pierre, Quebec Cabinet Minister, kidnapping and assassination, 11029, 11032
    >>>Octobre depiction, S.O. 31, 6511
    >>>Victims, detention, financial compensation, M. (M. Bernier), 11029-36, dropped from Order Paper, 11036
    >>>War Measures Act, invocation, 4004, 8844, 11029-31, 11034
    >>Parizeau, Hon. Jacques, Premier
    >>>Resignation, tributes, S.O. 31, 16061-3, 16141
    >>>See also Federalism--Centralized/decentralized; Quebec--Separation/sovereignty passim; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Results, "No" side victory; Social security system--Reform, Quebec; Trade--Trade mission, Asia
    >>Parti-Québécois, pro-sovereignty government
    >>>Election in 1994, 17586
    >>>Performance, criticism, 13139-40
    >>>Racist policies, Cree Chief Matthew Coon-Come statements, Canadian government response
    >>>>o.q., 8037, 8168-9
    >>>>S.O. 31, 8113
    >>>S.O. 31, 12894
    >>Payroll tax, 14030
    >>Political parties, distinctiveness, 8799
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) position, 8845
    >>Public Service
    >>>Foreign delegates general
    >>>>Doyon, Société Saint-Jean Baptiste, former chairman, 7513-4
    >>>>Federalists, dismissal threat, Bernard Landry statement, 6344, 6357
    >>>Pay equity, 4087-8
    >>>Political allegiance, Parti Québécois pressure, 9296
    >>>>o.q., 7311, 7313
    >>Quebecers, definition, 9135, 17359-60
    >>Racial tensions, increasing, Hydro-Québec role, Patricia Bader-Johnson allegations, o.q., 6779
    >>Regional development, decentralization, need, 2991-3
    >>Regions, Dupuy remarks, "reculées", S.O. 31, 14447
    >>Rural communities, Opération Dignité role, S.O. 31, 12407
    >>Self-determination, democratic choice, 1872, 2987, 4762, 4917, 4966, 8792, 10808-9, 11334-5, 15080-1, 17547
    >>>Canadians outside Quebec, rights, 8798
    >>>Chrétien, Prime Minister Jean, position, 4004, 4966, 8792
    >>>>o.q., 8877-8
    >>>Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act (Bill C-35), interfering, 5196
    >>>Johnson, Premier Daniel, position, S.O. 31, 4516
    >>>Liberal Party Members of Parliament position, 8792
    >>>New Democratic Party position, 8792
    >>>Newfoundland, comparison, 191-2, 2985-6, 4966
    >>>o.q., 4341-2
    >>>Progressive Conservative Party position, 8792
    >>>Reform Party position, S.O. 31, 3386
    >>>Right, recognition, M. (Ménard), 17467-75, dropped from Order Paper, 17475
    >>>United States Senator Kennedy statement, 4004
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3271
    >>Separation/sovereignty, 90, 164-5, 194-5, 212, 407, 418, 697, 699, 765, 778, 874, 1115, 1751, 2051, 2768-9, 2885, 2985, 3089, 3118, 3808, 4217, 4623, 4630, 4737-9, 4761, 4763, 4765-67, 4781, 4792-3, 4797-4800, 4921-2, 4928, 4939, 4960, 6457, 6462, 6464-5, 6677, 6990-1, 7484-5, 8003, 8410, 8984, 9137-9, 10213-5, 10945, 11657-8, 12058, 12086, 12780, 12801, 12805, 14679, 15035, 16825, 16982, 17027-8, 17094, 17098, 17552-3
    >>>19th century concept, outdated, 4965-6
    >>>Aboriginal peoples
    >>>>Bouchard position, o.q. 14529
    >>>>Chrétien, Prime Minister Jean, position, S.O. 31, 4517-8
    >>>>Federal government policy, o.q., 4344
    >>>>Free choice, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Irwin statement, o.q., 4342, 4344
    >>>>Rights, territory, relationship, 17060-2
    >>>>Treatment, 218-9
    >>>>See also Kahnawake Indian Reserve--Unrest; National unity--Post-sovereignty referendum strategy, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department memo; Quebec--Aboriginal peoples, Self-determination right
    >>>Aboriginal self-government
    >>>>Comparison, 1027, 4965-6, 7025-6, 7531
    >>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation
    >>>Agriculture, impact, 3615, 4103, 4116-7, 4144, 11498-9, 11506-7
    >>>Allaire report, relationship, Bouchard position, 12033-4
    >>>Anglophone minority, treatment, 216, 218, 4962
    >>>Artists, supporting, S.O. 31, 10464-5
    >>>Bélanger-Campeau Commission, 49, 4915, 12811-2, 17586
    >>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation
    >>>Bloc Québécois Members of Parliament election factor, 8796
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 1204, 1207-8, 1791-2, 2992, 4170, 4917-9, 4962, 10804-5, 11707, 13109-10, 13896-7, 16743
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6709
    >>>>See also Bloc Québécois--Mandate
    >>>Bouchard, Lucien, Bloc Québecois leader
    >>>>Negotiator role, S.O. 31, 15638
    >>>>Position, o.q., 13720
    >>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty--Allaire report--Separation/sovereignty--Legislation
    >>>Canada
    >>>>Co-operation with, 17596
    >>>>Existence, impact, Prime Minister Chrétien remarks, etc., 15590-1, 17009
    >>>"Canada", keeping name, o.q., 13720
    >>>Charlebois, Robert, position, S.O. 31, 14527
    >>>Civil war possibility, Sen. Gigantès statement, 5015
    >>>Consensus in Quebec, 12052
    >>>Constitutional change, provincial unanimity requirement, o.q., 6777
    >>>Constitutional reform difficulty, relationship, o.q., 16242-3
    >>>Costs, 16721
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15597
    >>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Economic impact
    >>>Côté, Marcel, author, Le rêve de la Terre promise ou le coût de l'indépendance, 10730-2, 10740
    >>>CSIS, intelligence service, continuation, 6357-8
    >>>>o.q., 6905-6
    >>>Cultural impact, Canada/Quebec, 12786-7
    >>>Currency
    >>>>Bank of Canada, role, o.q., 15878
    >>>>Canadian dollar, retaining, 15610, 16793
    >>>>>o.q., 14641, 14643, 14927, 15699-700, 15762
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 14638, 15285-6, 15762
    >>>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation
    >>>>Common, Czech/Slovak republics experience, S.O. 31, 14716
    >>>>United States, use, 4759
    >>>Decision, time factor, 8834
    >>>Definition, S.O. 31, 14013-4
    >>>Dispute, settling quickly, 17524-5
    >>>Economic and political association/partnership/union with Canada, 14730-1, 15995-6, 16819, 16821, 17028, 17641
    >>>>European Union, comparison, 17016
    >>>>Le Hir studies, S.O. 31, 15099-100
    >>>>NAFTA and World Trade Organization agreements, implications, Finance Minister Martin statements, o.q., 14921-2, 14924-6
    >>>>Negotiations, 15588-90
    >>>>o.q., 14530-1, 14641, 14643, 14922
    >>>>Partnership agreement, proposed, 14877, 15590-1, 15610
    >>>>>NAFTA, relationship, o.q., 15766
    >>>>>o.q., 15599
    >>>>>Quebec government releasing, S.O. 31, 14991, 15209-10
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 15339, 15597-8
    >>>>Public opinion polls, S.O. 31, 14526
    >>>>Quebec too small to negotiate on equal terms, Foreign Affairs Minister Ouellet statements, o.q., 15640-1
    >>>>S.O. 31, 14807, 14919, 15283, 15803
    >>>>White, Bob, Canadian Labour Congress President, position
    >>>>>o.q., 15920
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 15918
    >>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation--Separation/sovereignty, National debt--Separation/sovereignty, Second referendum
    >>>Economic factors, reasons for, 16789-90
    >>>Economic growth and employment, opportunities, 10116
    >>>Economic impact, 8810-1, 10159-60, 10534, 11584, 11587, 12786-7, 12801, 12804, 15034, 15824-6
    >>>>Ameridata Canada and Falconbridge Limited plans, S.O. 31, 15394-5, 15519 Bernard Bonin endorsing, o.q., 10832
    >>>>Canadian Chamber of Commerce poll, S.O. 31, 14640
    >>>>C.D. Howe Institute pre-referendum study, Deputy Bank of Canada Governor
    >>>>Centre for Strategic and International studies study re trade agreements
    >>>>>o.q., 15484
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 15397
    >>>>Costs, Mathews study, o.q., 14613, 14646, 14814
    >>>>Credit rating, Albert Gordon study, S.O. 31, 14762
    >>>>Deficit, inheriting, S.O. 31, 15209
    >>>>Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, United States brokerage house, view, S.O. 31, 15867
    >>>>Institut national de la recherces scientifique du Québec studies, Quebec government not releasing
    >>>>>o.q., 14609, 14641
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 14607, 14640
    >>>>Ontario Premier Bob Rae position, etc., 8792-3
    >>>>o.q., 15292, 16190
    >>>>Outaouais region, job losses, S.O. 31, 13911, 14014-5
    >>>>Salomon Brothers Inc. statements, S.O. 31, 14807-8
    >>>>Small businesses' positions, 15824
    >>>>>o.q., 15603
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15099
    >>>Economic ties, retaining, 13147-9, 13387, 13485-6, 13875
    >>>>Action Démocratique du Québec, position, S.O. 31, 15210
    >>>>Negotiations, following Quebec sovereignty referendum, o.q., 13719-20, 14224
    >>>Economist predictions, S.O. 31, 16432
    >>>Elected assembly, representation, 13871-2
    >>>Equality Party position, S.O. 31, 3153-4
    >>>Farmers, supporting, 11496-7
    >>>Federal assets in Quebec, ownership
    >>>>o.q., 15704-5
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15597
    >>>Federal services, Quebec taking over, provincial government studies, secrecy, S.O. 31, 14808
    >>>Federalism
    >>>>Centralized/decentralized, relationship, o.q., 14994-5
    >>>>Costs, etc., 12762, 12764
    >>>Federalist sovereignty, 12033
    >>>Financial institutions' position
    >>>>Credibility, questioning, 4929-30
    >>>>Parizeau, Jacques, remarks, 4957
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5151-2
    >>>Flexible federalism, Massé, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister, statement, 8811
    >>>>o.q., 8825
    >>>>S.O. 31, 8821
    >>>Former Yugoslavia, comparison to, Foreign Minister Ouellet remarks, condemning, S.O. 31, 14920
    >>>France recognizing, President Jacques Chirac remarks
    >>>>o.q., 15770
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15763
    >>>Francophones outside Quebec, impact
    >>>>Ontario, 8804
    >>>>o.q., 14643
    >>>>Separatists, arrogance toward, S.O. 31, 15696
    >>>Free trade agreement with European Economic Community, negotiating, S.O. 31, 15761-2
    >>>French language, culture, protecting, 15591, 15594, 15607-8, 15825, 17027-9
    >>>GATT rules, Canada respecting, 7478-80
    >>>Gouk remarks, condemning, 3005, 3007
    >>>Government response, o.q., 4388-9
    >>>Historical background, 605, 13145-6, 17593-4
    >>>House of Commons debating, lack, o.q., 15923
    >>>Human development index application, S.O. 31, 13043-4
    >>>Immigration, relationship, 17018
    >>>Importance, priority, public opinion, o.q., 14529-32
    >>>Inequality, response to, 8800
    >>>Inevitability, 32, 35-6, 40, 55, 1204-5, 2938
    >>>International globalization, relationship, 8807, 15731
    >>>International influence factor, 8799-800
    >>>International role, foreign affairs policy, factors, 15731
    >>>International unity agreements, contrast, S.O. 31, 4050
    >>>Isolation, linguistic, result, 3149-50
    >>>Labour, position, S.O. 31, 9941
    >>>Le Hir studies, o.q., 15183
    >>>Legislation, draft bill, consultation process, Premier Parizeau announcement, legitimacy/democracy, 9161-2, 9292-3
    >>>>1980 sovereignty association referendum question, comparison, 8798, 8816, 8842
    >>>>>o.q., 8877
    >>>>1980 Trudeau Liberal government constitutional resolution, comparison, o.q., 8877
    >>>>Aboriginal self-government right, respecting, 8811-2
    >>>>Anglophone minority, respecting, 8792, 8811-2
    >>>>Assets/debts of Canada, dividing, 8798, 8803-4, 8812, 8848
    >>>>Belanger-Campeau Commission, relationship, 8790-1, 8803-4, 8815, 8837, 8845, 8850, 10636
    >>>>Bouchard, Lucien, Bloc Québécois leader, position, 8793, 8837-8
    >>>>Boundaries factor, 8798, 8817, 8820
    >>>>Canadian citizenship/passports, retaining, 8798-9, 8802, 8814, 8817, 8820, 8838-9, 8841, 8850, 15610
    >>>>>o.q., 8877, 14641, 14643
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 15597
    >>>>Canadian dollar, retaining, 8803-5, 8812, 8814, 8820, 8834, 8839, 8841, 8850
    >>>>>o.q., 8877
    >>>>Canadian treaties, trade agreements, relationship, 8798, 8817, 8820, 8839, 8841, 8850
    >>>>Canadians outside Quebec, rights, relationship, 8817, 8834
    >>>>Charest absence for vote on motion, 8852
    >>>>Charter of rights and freedoms, including, 8811
    >>>>Community commissions, witnesses, Council for Canadian Unity list keeping, S.O. 31, 9899
    >>>>Complexity/simplicity, 8799
    >>>>Constitutionality, 8797-8, 8800, 8820, 8841-2, 8850
    >>>>Courts, relationship, 8817
    >>>>Cultural communities excluded, 8842
    >>>>Economic association/union with Canada, 8798-9, 8820, 8850
    >>>>>o.q., 8877
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 9525
    >>>>Economic impact of debate, uncertainty, 8818
    >>>>Economic independence, o.q., 8877
    >>>>Federal government position, 8791, 8793-7, 8799
    >>>>>o.q., 8696-7, 8747-8, 8824-6, 8877
    >>>>Federal laws, existing, retaining, 8801
    >>>>Federal referendum, possibility, 8807
    >>>>>o.q., 8747-9, 8824-5
    >>>>Federalists non-participation, 8790-3, 8798-9, 8802, 8804, 8808-9, 8811-2, 8814-6, 8837-9, 8842-3, 8845, 8850-1
    >>>>Fédération de l'âge d'or du Québéc position, 9898
    >>>>History, relationship, 8795, 8804, 8807-8, 8816, 8844-5
    >>>>La souveraineté, des résponse à vos questions, Premier Parizeau position, S.O. 31, 11806
    >>>>Labour mobility, relationship, 8834
    >>>>Liberal Party, federal and provincial, positions, S.O. 31, 8874
    >>>>M. on supply (Duceppe), 8790-821, 8833-51, negatived, on recorded division, 8851-2
    >>>>Parti Québécois election mandate, lack, 8796, 8810, 8816, 8819-20, 8833
    >>>>Pensions, continuing, 8802, 8817, 8820
    >>>>Preamble, drafting, 8815
    >>>>Quebec citizenship, 8838-9, 8842
    >>>>Quebec media opinions, 8793-4, 8796, 8835
    >>>>Quebec public opinion, o.q., 8877
    >>>>Quebec referendum legislation, relationship, 8790-2, 8798-9, 8814, 8834, 8839-40, 8843
    >>>>Regional commissions/consultations, 8819, 8833, 9291-2, 10635-6, 12082-3, 12812
    >>>>>Parti Action Démocratique, participation, S.O. 31, 10610
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 9192, 11341
    >>>>Risks, informing/discussing, 8802
    >>>>Separation assumed factor, 8793-4, 8797, 8813-5
    >>>>Separatists distortions, 8833-4, 8837-8
    >>>>S.O. 31, 8693-4, 8745-6, 8993-4, 9772-3
    >>>>Unilateral process, 8817, 8820, 8842
    >>>>See also Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Federal government role
    >>>Milk producers, quotas, impact, 7480, 8848, 11493, 11498-9
    >>>>o.q., 15527
    >>>Motivation, 4005
    >>>Mouvement de Libération Nationale du Québec, Raymond Villeneuve, former FLQ member, leader, S.O. 31, 17495, 17626
    >>>Multiculturalism, treatment, S.O. 31, 3826-7
    >>>National debt, relationship, assuming share, 12385, 12576, 17095
    >>>>25%, 730, 2685, 2878
    >>>>>o.q., 15700
    >>>>Economic and political association/union, relationship,
    >>>>>o.q., 14993
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 14992
    >>>>Institut national de la recherche scientifique study, S.O. 31, 13171-2
    >>>>Legal requirement, lack, 15032-3
    >>>>Negotiations, after "yes" victory, 15032-3
    >>>>>Martin, Finance Minister, refusal, o.q., 14923-4
    >>>>o.q., 15766
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15037, 15039-40, 15762
    >>>>Not assuming
    >>>>>Campeau, Quebec Finance Minister, statement, condemning, S.O. 31, 9322
    >>>>>Le Hir, Richard, statement, o.q., 10148
    >>>>>Parizeau, Quebec Premier, statement, S.O. 31, 15338-9
    >>>>>Refusal to pay share, impact, S.O. 31, 8541
    >>>Nationhood, cultural identity, factors, 15731
    >>>Norway/Sweden, comparison, 8835
    >>>Ocean liner for a rowboat, Foreign Minister Ouellet remarks, S.O. 31, 15696
    >>>Official languages policy/bilingualism, cause, 2148, 2150
    >>>Ontario, economic plan, S.O. 31, 4576
    >>>Opportunity to discuss, 50
    >>>>o.q., 4389
    >>>Our Hearts in Our Work, blueprint for a new society, S.O. 31, 14762
    >>>Parliament national unity role, petition, 14413
    >>>Parti Québécois government agenda, etc., 12044-6, 12771, 12810-2
    >>>Penitentiaries, inmates, status, 16681
    >>>Political instability threat, Premier Johnson remarks to foreign investors, scare tactic, S.O. 31, 3270
    >>>Preventing using Canadian Armed Forces, Reform Party position, 17641
    >>>Privileges, preserving, 58
    >>>Public opinion poll results, 8799, 8815, 8841, 12803
    >>>>Federal government releasing, o.q., 4271, 14223-4
    >>>>See also Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Economic and political association with Canada
    >>>Public Service Alliance of Canada, job guarantees, Parti Québécois promise, o.q., 15876
    >>>Quebec public opinion, 13095, 13387, 13896-7
    >>>>o.q., 4341-2
    >>>Referendum (1980)
    >>>>Federalist option, selling methods, 194, 2609, 3051
    >>>>No campaign, federal government funding, o.q., 13524-5
    >>>>o.q., 4341
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9774
    >>>>Separatists respecting results, o.q., 14529
    >>>>See also Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--National unity; Canadian Unity Information Office; Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Results, "Yes" vote
    >>>Referendum (1995) see Quebec sovereignty referendum
    >>>Referendums, further, federal government disallowing/preventing
    >>>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, remarks, Nov. 1/95 Toronto, Ont. speech
    >>>>>o.q., 16141-4, 17498, 17628
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 16141, 16186
    >>>>o.q., 16188-9, 17496
    >>>Reform Party position, 3149, 4920, 4924, 12056-8, 14293
    >>>>Contingency planning group, response, preparing, 4910
    >>>>Copps, Deputy Prime Minister, remarks, S.O. 31, 15919
    >>>>o.q., 4389
    >>>Regional needs, entrenching in new constitution, S.O. 31, 11291
    >>>Rest of Canada reaction, 5017
    >>>Results, 56
    >>>S.O. 31, 4386, 5093, 11753
    >>>"Same approach as common sense revolution of Mike Harris", Action Democratique du Quebec leader Dumont statement, S.O. 31, 15285
    >>>Séguin, Maurice, historian, position, 178
    >>>Self-reliance, relationship, 12800
    >>>Senior citizens, concerns, 874
    >>>Separatists leaders, lies, motives, etc., 17096
    >>>Sovereignty association alternative, 12775-6, 13486
    >>>>o.q., 11755-6
    >>>Sovereignty commission see RCMP--Laberge, Pierre
    >>>Sovereignist/federalist groups, referendum tactics and strategies, openness, S.O. 31, 7682
    >>>>Sovereignists, racist, L. Robillard, alleged comments, S.O. 31, 15695
    >>>Steelworkers union, support, S.O. 31, 8287
    >>>Studies, releasing, S.O. 31, 14222
    >>>Taxation, relationship, 12801, 14740
    >>>Terms and conditions, proposals, consultations, o.q., 17036
    >>>Territory/borders, international law principles
    >>>>o.q., 4341-2
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15038-9
    >>>Third option, Progressive Conservative Party leader Jean Charest proposal, 8792, 8800, 8821
    >>>Toll-free telephone line, S.O. 31, 13229
    >>>Trade
    >>>>Canada and United States, with, 15586-90, 15609-11, 15613
    >>>>FTA, United States, Quebec, renewing, Rogers and Wells study, S.O. 31, 10466
    >>>>Impact, 15820
    >>>>International, provincial, prospects, 604, 7478-9
    >>>>S.O. 31, 14717
    >>>Uncertainty, economic conditions, impact, 4442, 7481
    >>>>o.q., 4655
    >>>Unilateral action, illegal, 6942
    >>>United States
    >>>>Declaration of Independence, comparison, 8805-6
    >>>>Lobbyists, S.O. 31, 11135
    >>>Vermont, State Governor, good business relations, maintaining, statement, S.O. 31, 5512
    >>>Women
    >>>>Benefits, 15412-3
    >>>>Role, 10627, 10632
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 14715-6
    >>>Youth, position, S.O. 31, 11523
    >>>See also Aboriginal self-government; Aerospace industry--Montreal, Que.; Bloc Québécois--Mandate; Bonds; Canada Council--Grants; Canada-United States relations; Confederation of National Trade Unions; Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal; Crime--Combating, Failure; Culture; Defence equipment; Defence expenditures; Deficit--Reduction; Economic conditions; Economic development; Economic policy; Education--Aboriginal peoples; Education, post-secondary; Environment--Federal-provincial jurisdiction--Quebec separation/sovereignty--Regulations; Equalization payments--Quebec share; Fisheries; Foreign affairs policy; Forestry Department; GATT--Membership; Government--Liberal government (Trudeau); Government programs and services--Federal-provincial duplication; Hull, Que.--Federal government buildings; Interest rates--Bloc Québécois; Liberal Party--Convention; Members of Parliament--Pensions, Canadian citizenship requirement; NAFTA; National unity; Natural resources; Nuclear weapons--Testing; Oceans; Poverty--Quebec; Public Service; Quebec--Foreign representatives; Radio stations; Rail passenger service--High speed train; Reform Party; Small business--Quebec; Social security system--Quebec; Supply management/marketing boards; Tax reform; Telefilm Canada--Grants; Tourist industry--Promotion; Trade--Interprovincial; Transfer payments to provinces--Quebec; Unemployment--Chicoutimi region--Quebec; Universities and colleges; Western provinces--Annexation
    >>Special status, rejected, 12058
    >>Spoiled child, characterization, 17551-3
    >>Taxation see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Results
    >>Vote, right to, denied to immigrants, Bloc Québecois position, S.O. 31, 12836
    >>Welfare system, "Boubou macoutes", 3061
    >>See also other subject headings