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Watson, Patrick see Cultural industry--Support/leadership; Referendums and plebiscites--Public education

Watson, Paul see Gun control/guns--Prohibited weapons

Wayne, Allen see Crime--Youth, Victims

Wayne, Elsie (PC--Saint John)

    >>Abortion, petition, 11534
    >>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 10837
    >>>r.o., 11574
    >>Atlantic provinces, 10216-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 1853, 5208
    >>Belledune, N.B., 12755-6
    >>>o.q., 12195
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10216-7
    >>Budget, M. (P. Martin), 747
    >>Canada Communication Group, S.O. 31, 15519-20
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 10857-8
    >>>o.q., 10474
    >>>S.O. 31, 11289
    >>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-56), 9026
    >>Children, petition, 5265
    >>Cod, o.q., 13052
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 13821-2
    >>Cruise missile testing, M. (Collenette), 433-6
    >>Defence equipment, 434-5
    >>Defence policy, 433-4
    >>Education, 6706
    >>Environment
    >>>qu., 5528
    >>>S.O. 31, 2970
    >>Euthanasia, petition, 11198
    >>Family, 6705
    >>>S.O. 31, 5654
    >>Fire-fighting, S.O. 31, 12063
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 11110-11
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, S.O. 31, 3829, 4385
    >>Forestry, S.O. 31, 295-6
    >>Freight rates, 10217
    >>>S.O. 31, 5338
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 12799
    >>>S.O. 31, 15801-2
    >>Government accommodation/buildings, 12755
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 17422-3
    >>Government programs and services, 6725
    >>GST
    >>>o.q., 17443
    >>>S.O. 31, 7031
    >>Gun control/guns, 11110-11
    >>Hibernia development project, S.O. 31, 8543
    >>Highways and roads, 9690, 12755-6
    >>>o.q., 9424
    >>>S.O. 31, 12715, 16659
    >>Holocaust, Yom Hashoah, memorial day, statement by Minister (Eggleton), 11845
    >>Home Buyers Plan, 531
    >>House of Commons, petition, 10837
    >>Immigration, petition, 3885-6
    >>International Women's Day, S.O. 31, 1989
    >>Israel, S.O. 31, 16316
    >>Justice system, 13821-2
    >>Magdalen Islands, 747
    >>Manitoba, S.O. 31, 11803-4
    >>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-208), 804, 3411-2
    >>National Defence Department, 17422-3
    >>>o.q., 15605
    >>>S.O. 31, 14880
    >>National parks, S.O. 31, 7178
    >>New Brunswick, S.O. 31, 6512
    >>Nuclear reactors, 433
    >>Nunavut Territory, o.q., 14648
    >>Oceans Act (Bill C-98), 14905-6
    >>Old age pensions, o.q., 10193
    >>Ontario, S.O. 31, 13801
    >>Partridge Island, S.O. 31, 11521-2
    >>Pornography, S.O. 31, 16430, 17272
    >>Ports, 1087-8
    >>>S.O. 31, 14525
    >>Poverty, S.O. 31, 13320
    >>Privilege
    >>>Prayers, 1189
    >>>Rights of Members breached, 13009
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 751, 2031, 9631-2, 9634, 10813-4, 11169-70, 12091-2, 13031-2, 15136-8, 15203, 15505, 16049-52, 16056, 16386, 16641-2
    >>>Hansard, 7318
    >>>Oral questions, 2002
    >>>Petitions, 10837
    >>>Prayers, 1189
    >>>Private Members' Motions, 3412
    >>>Questions on the Order Paper, 10837, 11199, 11537-8
    >>>Statements by Ministers, 17285-6
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 16062
    >>Radio stations, S.O. 31, 9190
    >>Rail passenger service, 5331
    >>>o.q., 4279
    >>>S.O. 31, 7803, 9053
    >>Railways, 5331, 9045-6
    >>>o.q., 7561-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 5811, 10784
    >>References
    >>>Maiden speech, 433
    >>>See also Tobacco/cigarettes--Packaging and labelling
    >>Remembrance Day, 16445
    >>Saint John constituency, S.O. 31, 2352
    >>Saint John, N.B., S.O. 31, 6978, 8935
    >>Saint John Port Corporation, S.O. 31, 14312
    >>Saint John Shipyard, 433
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 11198
    >>Sexual offenders, petition, 11198, 14933
    >>Sexual orientation, 13822
    >>>Petition, 11198
    >>Social security system, M. (L. Axworthy), 6705-6, 6725
    >>Sugar industry, 8421
    >>>o.q., 9607, 10078
    >>>S.O. 31, 8426, 16734
    >>Taxation, petition, 5265-6
    >>Throne Speech, 537
    >>>Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 531, 537
    >>Tobacco/cigarettes, 13009-10
    >>Unemployment insurance
    >>>o.q., 2046
    >>>S.O. 31, 17031
    >>Veterans' benefits, 7890-1
    >>>o.q., 6718
    >>Weather service, S.O. 31, 8743
    >>Welfare, 6706
    >>West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994 (Bill C-10), 1087-8
    >>Willoughby, Dr. Charles, 14543
    >>Women, statement by Minister (Finestone), 17285-6
    >>World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-57), 8421

Ways and Means motions

    >>Concurrence, M. (Milliken), agreed to, by unanimous consent, 14304
    >>Finance Standing Committee report on, o.q., 16578
    >>Notices, redundant, withdrawal, by unanimous consent, 4833
    >>See also Budget, Feb. 22/94; Budget, Feb. 27/95; Customs Act; Customs Tariff; Excise Act; Excise, Excise Tax and Income Tax Act; Excise Tax Act; Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act; Income Tax Act; Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-9); World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-57)

WDP see Western Economic Diversification Program

"We Canada, Oui" see National unity--Lincoln Heights School

"We the Peoples award" see Aboriginal peoples--United Nations "We the Peoples" award

Wealth

    >>Redistribution, 11437
    >>>Federal government role, 17718

Wealth tax see Taxation

Wealth transfer tax see Unemployment insurance

Weather offices see Airports--Hamilton, Ont.

Weather service

    >>Improvements, 10108
    >>Saint-Hubert, Que., station, closure, S.O. 31, 1795
    >>Saint John, N.B., station, closure, S.O. 31, 8743
    >>See also Environment Department--Atmospheric Environment Service

Weathercopy

    >>Environment Department, use, S.O. 31, 4574

Weatherdon, Rev. Brian

    >>Presbyterian minister, tribute, S.O. 31, 2664

Weber, Richard see Skiing--North Pole expedition

Weisgerber, Jack see British Columbia--Reform Party

Welfare

    >>Able-bodied, ineligibility, 6685
    >>Applicants, immigrants, S.O. 31, 6895
    >>British Columbia
    >>>Abuse, 16703
    >>>Three month residency requirement, Canada Assistance Act violation, federal government withholding transfer payments, 16421-2, 17210
    >>>>o.q., 16322, 16441-2, 17234, 17391-2
    >>>>See also Labour mobility--British Columbia
    >>Costs, 6648
    >>>Cases, increases, 538, 2108
    >>>Federal transfer payments, reduction, provincial taxes increasing, relationship, o.q., 6711
    >>Dependency, social security system fostering, 6644, 6706, 7109, 7111, 8049, 8052-3, 8058
    >>Federal-provincial negotiations, common provincial approach, o.q., 16441
    >>Minimum residency requirements, provincial regulations, eliminating, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10099, 11419, 12035-6, 12043, 12056, 12081, 12089, 13259, 13304, 13333
    >>>See also Welfare--Recipients, British Columbia
    >>Need, etc., 11894-5
    >>Northwest Territories, federal-territorial joint initiative, 6621
    >>Ontario
    >>>Cut-backs, 22%, 15498, 17690
    >>>"Workfare" program, 13794
    >>Programs, national standards, 13244, 13296
    >>>Bloc Québéçois position, 13227
    >>>Establishing, federal-provincial mutual consent, 13242, 13253, 13255-6
    >>Provincial systems, unemployment insurance benefit reductions, impact, 2808-9, 3036, 3065-6, 3069-71, 12026
    >>>o.q., 2787
    >>Quebec, 617, 1791, 3990, 7002, 7115, 12030-1, 12077, 13241, 13294, 13333
    >>>APPORT program, 6605, 6623-4, 12044, 12080-1, 12089, 16355-6, 16413, 16457-8
    >>>>o.q., 14613
    >>>Cut-backs, o.q., 17035
    >>>Federal funding, 12801
    >>>Federal-provincial employment/training program, $50 million, o.q., 14815
    >>>o.q., 11985, 12025-6, 14815, 16146-7
    >>>Rate
    >>>>Decline, o.q., 14648
    >>>>Increase, 16356, 16451
    >>>S.O. 31, 7926, 11880
    >>>Youth, o.q., 14815
    >>>See also Unemployment insurance--Quebec
    >>Recipients, 6648
    >>>Community service, "workfare", 7126
    >>>Disabled persons, percentage, 6619
    >>>Employable, percentage, 6619
    >>>Increase, 6628, 7108, 13095
    >>>Provincial sales tax rebates, 16457
    >>>Return to workforce incentives, Improving Social Security in Canada discussion paper proposal, 6606-7, 6658, 7085, 7087, 7113, 7122-4, 7132
    >>>>o.q., 6639, 6711-2, 7184
    >>>Single parents, percentage, 6619, 8057
    >>>Sponsored immigrants, calculation methods, qu., 17146
    >>>Stigma, 13332
    >>>Women, 7113, 13241
    >>>"Workfare", Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Mike Harris position, S.O. 31, 13122
    >>>Youth, increase, unemployment insurance reform impact, 11519
    >>>>o.q., 11298
    >>>See also Training programs--Vocational
    >>Regulations, enforcement, 13259
    >>Saskatchewan, increase, unemployment insurance reduction factor, etc., S.O. 31, 16610
    >>System, abuse, 13340
    >>See also Canada Assistance Plan; Immigrants; Immigration--Sponsorship program Newfoundland--Provincial budget; Refugees; Unemployment insurance--Expenditures

Welfare state see Government--Leadership and policies, Liberalism

Wells, Hon. Clyde see Constitutional reform--Meech Lake Accord; Quebec--Distinct society; Social security system--Reform, Improving Social Security in Canada

Wells, Derek (L--South Shore)

    >>Abortion, petition, 14412
    >>Arctic Ocean, 14904
    >>Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS), 14903
    >>>o.q., 10390
    >>Atlantic provinces, 14903
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 11415-7
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 11416
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 2735
    >>Canadian Coast Guard, 14906
    >>Cod, o.q., 2858
    >>Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110), 17049-50
    >>Crime, 9814-5, 9832
    >>Deficit, 11415
    >>Economic G-7 Summit (1995), S.O. 31, 14312
    >>Euthanasia, petition, 14412
    >>Federal-provincial relations, 17049-50
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 11119-20
    >>Fish products, 14904
    >>Fisheries, 14903-4, 14907
    >>>o.q., 16542, 16908
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, 497-8, 14904
    >>>o.q., 234, 388, 1919, 3573
    >>Fisheries, Pacific, 14904
    >>Forestry, 498
    >>>S.O. 31, 3828
    >>Freight rates, 11416
    >>Government expenditures, 11416
    >>Government programs and services, 11416-7
    >>Gun control/guns, 11119-20
    >>>Petition, 10395
    >>Health insurance, 11416
    >>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports, 16399
    >>Law of the Sea, S.O. 31, 7850
    >>Lunenburg County, N.S., S.O. 31, 17701
    >>Manpower, M. on supply (Lalonde), 17255-7
    >>Morrison, BGen George P., S.O. 31, 13588
    >>National Forest Week, S.O. 31, 3828
    >>Nuclear Reactor Finance Limitation Act (Bill C-285), 9644
    >>Oceans Act (Bill C-98), 14903-7
    >>Oil and natural gas, 14904
    >>Parent, references, 497
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 13655
    >>>Question and comment period, 499
    >>Public Service, 11416
    >>Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act, 11417
    >>Quebec, 17049
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 17049-50
    >>References, maiden speech, 497
    >>Reform Party, S.O. 31, 14716
    >>Salmon, 14904
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 14412
    >>Serial killer board game/cards, S.O. 31, 3698
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 14412
    >>South Shore constituency, 497, 499
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 497-9
    >>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, S.O. 31, 787
    >>Tourist industry, 499, 10225-6
    >>>o.q., 10007
    >>Training programs, 17255
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 11416
    >>Tuna, o.q., 4863-4
    >>Turbot, o.q., 10517
    >>Unemployment insurance, 17255-7
    >>Women, S.O. 31, 17272
    >>Young offenders, 9813-6, 9832
    >>Young Offenders Act (amdt.) and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 9813-6, 9832
    >>Youth Service Corps, 498

Wells, Jo

    >>Cross Canada runner, tribute, S.O. 31, 6033

Welsh Canadians

    >>Heritage, S.O. 31, 5425

Wenman, Robert Lloyd

    >>Former Member of Parliament, death, tribute, 14092-4

Wentworth Consolidated Elementary School

    >>Environmental awareness and community spirit, S.O. 31, 13317

Wentworth Valley, N.S. see Highways and roads--Nova Scotia

Werbecky, Kim see Sexual assault--Olson

West Bank see Middle-East--Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization

West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994 (Bill C-10)--Minister of Human Resources Development and Minister of Western Economic Diversification (L. Axworthy)

    >>First reading, 1035
    >>Second reading, 1071-82
    >>>Agreed to, 1082
    >>Committee of the Whole, 1082-92
    >>>Referral, 1082
    >>>Amdt. (Lalonde), negatived, 1090
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 1092
    >>Report stage, concurrence, M. (L. Axworthy), agreed to, 1092
    >>Third reading, agreed to, on division, 1092, passed.
    >>Senate passage, 1094
    >>Royal Assent, 1094. Chap. 1, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Ports--British Columbia, longshoremen strike (1994), Back-to-work legislation

West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1995 (Bill C-74)--Minister of Labour (Robillard)

    >>First reading, 10524
    >>Time allocation under S. O 78(1), second reading, committee of the whole, report stage, third reading, agreed to, 19542
    >>Second reading, 10548-58
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 10558-9
    >>Committee of the Whole, 10559-67
    >>>Referral, 10559
    >>>Amdts. (Duceppe), 19559-60
    >>>Reported, 10568
    >>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Robillard), agreed to, 10568
    >>Third reading, 10568-72
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 10572, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 10645. Chap. 2, S.C. 1995
    >>See also Ports--British Columbia, longshoremen strike (1995), Back-to-work legislation

West Hill Secondary School see Education--Canadian Mathematics Olympiad team

Western Arctic constituency

    >>Electoral boundaries, redistribution, 11199-201

Western Arctic Inuvialuit Claim Implementation

    >>Annual reviews
    >>>1992-1993, tabled, 6566
    >>>1993-1994, tabled, 17090-1

Western Canada see Equalization payments--Quebec

Western Canada Wilderness Committee

    >>Government funding, o.q., 11297-8
    >>>Direct/indirect
    >>>>qu., 14548
    >>>>r.o., 10671

Western Carpet Distribution Inc.

    >>Customs Tariff treatment, impact, 15999

Western continental trains see Rail passenger service

Western Economic Diversification Program

    >>Abolishing, 10456
    >>Alberta, 7755
    >>Effectiveness, 6166-7
    >>Initiatives, 4794, 7763
    >>Loans/financial assistance
    >>>Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia, S.O. 31, 9647
    >>>Constituency breakdown, October 1993 to present, r.o., 16493
    >>>Investment capital pools network, financial institutions, partnership, o.q., 11616
    >>>Repayment/default rate, o.q., 8637
    >>>Winnipeg, Man., disproportionate share, o.q., 9328
    >>Role, 4766, 4782, 4794-6
    >>See also Job creation--Western provinces; Myrias Research Corporation; Regional development--Loans; Small business; Wheat--Durum wheat producers; Winnipeg, Man.--National Hockey League arena

Western Grain Marketing Panel see Grain--Exports

Western Grain Stabilization Act

Western Grain Transportation Act

    >>Amending, 4123, 4150, 4995, 7329, 7476, 7481-2, 7491, 7518
    >>Repealing, 4192, 13399
    >>See also Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17); Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76); Churchill, Man.--Ports; Farm Credit Corporation--Land leases; Grain elevators; Grain transportation--Freight rates, Crow benefit; St. Lawrence Seaway; Wheat--Prices