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Eggs see Agricultural products--Tariffs; China--Food requirements; Wheat--Exports to United States

Egoyan, Atom see Cannes--Exotica

Egypt

    >>Foreign aid, 6719
    >>See also Eritrea

EH-101 helicopters see Defence equipment--Helicopters

Eisler, Lloyd see Figure skating--1994 world championships; Olympics, 1994 Winter Games--Figure skating

El-Kalaa, Masrah see Immigration--Visitors visas

El Salvador

    >>Elcock, Ward see CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service)--Director
    >>Elections, peace accords, compliance, petition, 3401
    >>See also Refugees

Elaine Burke Award see Environment--Maitland, N.S.

Elderly see Senior citizens

Elders Conference see Aboriginal peoples--Trent University

Election campaign contributions

    >>Donations, 6376, 6649, 11977
    >>Private citizens, encouraging, 39
    >>See also REform Party; Winnipeg, Man.--NHL arena

Election, general (1993)

    >>Bloc Quebecois, 54 elected, S.O. 31, 7177
    >>LIberal Party leader Jean Chrétien appointing candidates, 14006
    >>Liberal Party victory, 1st anniversary, accomplishments, 6918, 7174-6, 7178
    >>>S.O. 31, 7178
    >>Liberal Party vote, Atlantic provinces, 2052
    >>Reform Party, 52 elected, 7179
    >>>Expenditures, S.O. 31, 16661
    >>>S.O. 31, 7175
    >>Salaries, Prime Minister, leaders of the opposition parties, Board of Internal Economy, extra payments allegation, 637
    >>>o.q., 574, 791-2
    >>Spending, cost per seat, party comparison, S.O. 31, 3700, 16661
    >>Windsor, Ont., Liberal Party support, 17731
    >>See also Bloc Québécois--Members elected; Progressive Conservative government (Campbell)

Election Process in Canada, The see Electoral boundaries--Parliamentarians' interference

Election promises see Liberal Party; National debt

Elections

    >>Advertising, third party, $1000 limit
    >>>o.q., 790-1, 941
    >>>Unconstitutional, court decision, 4017
    >>>>Government appealing, 12448
    >>>>>o.q., 3770, 12797-8
    >>By-elections
    >>>Feb. 13/95
    >>>>Reform Party candidates, S.O. 31, 9527
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9600-1
    >>>>See also Chief Electoral Officer--Reports
    >>>Lac-Saint-Jean constituency, 53
    >>>>Bouchard, Lucien victory, $143 million government expenditure, 4044
    >>>Provincial see New Brunswick; Quebec
    >>Expenses
    >>>Limits, 4017, 12513
    >>>Party refunds, 4020
    >>>Reimbursements, registered parties, national campaigns, 12701-9
    >>>>Reform Party position, 12355
    >>>>>o.q., 14004-5, 14452
    >>>>See also Canada Elections Act (amdt.--reimbursement of election expenses)(Bill C-319)
    >>>United States, comparison, 4021-2
    >>>See also Canada Elections Act (amdt.--election expenses)(Bill C-267)
    >>>See also Reform Party
    >>Fixed dates, 959
    >>Foreign, monitoring, 307, 310
    >>>Reputation, 5067
    >>>See also El Salvador; Quebec; South Africa
    >>General, 1993, S.O. 31, 6772
    >>Nomination papers, endorsements, review, 4527
    >>>See also Canada Elections Act (amdt.--review of nomination papers)(Bill C-252)
    >>>See also Members of Parliament--Party discipline
    >>Process, integrity, protecting, 4017
    >>Public policy, role, 4016
    >>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 7722
    >>See also Manitoba; New Brunswick

Elections Canada

    >>Partisanship, 2711-2
    >>See also Electoral boundaries--Commissions; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Federal government holding own

Electoral boundaries

Electoral boundaries commissions

    >>Reports, 1994, tabled, referred to Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, 14459
    >>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, One hundred and fourth
    >>See also Electoral boundaries--Commissions, appointment process/composition--Commissions, suspending

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995 (Bill C-69)--Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (H. Gray)

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18)--Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (H. Gray)

    >>First reading, 2492
    >>Second reading, 2518-34, 2548-76, 2711-32, 2745-71
    >>>Amdt., six months hence, M. (S. Harper), 2527, negatived, on recorded division, 2771-2
    >>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3)
    >>>>Notice, 2677
    >>>>M. (Robichaud), agreed to, on recorded division, 2709-11
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 2772-3
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 2773
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 2797
    >>Report stage, 2894-924, 2936-52
    >>>Motions (Hermanson), 2894, negatived, on recorded divisions, 2949-51
    >>>Concurrence, M. (H. Gray), agreed to, on recorded division, 2951-2
    >>Third reading, 2981-99
    >>>Amdt., three months hence, M. (S. Harper), 2990, negatived, on recorded division, 2997-8
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 2998-9, passed.
    >>Senate amdt., concurrence with exception, M. (H. Gray), 4811-6, 4835-45, 5067-71, agreed to, on division, 5071
    >>Royal Assent, 5365. Chap. 19, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Electoral boundaries--Commissions

Electric car see Automobiles

Electric power see Hydro-electric power; Public utilities

Electric trains see Rail Passenger service--High speed train

Electronic bracelets see Women--Violence against, Spousal/partner violence

Electronic Democracy '94

    >>Toronto, Ont., conference, S.O. 31, 8240-1

Electronic eavesdropping

    >>Foreign countries, on Canadian political parties, o.q., 7031
    >>See also Communications Security Establishment

Electronic highway see Information highway

Electronic procurement and settlement system (EPS) see Government programs and services--Delivery

Electronic surveillance devices see Communications Security Establishment

Electronic town hall see House of Commons; Reform Party

Electronic voting see House of Commons--Votes

Electronics see Emigration--United States

Elemental Research Inc. see Salmon--Migratory stocks

Elgin--Norfolk constituency

    >>References, 905
    >>See also Manufacturing industries

Elite Seed Farm see Potatoes--Prince Edward Island

Elizabeth Bishop Society see Bishop, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Fry Societies of Canada see Crime--Youth, Combatting/prevention; National Elizabeth Fry Week; Young offenders--Incarceration

Elk Island constituency

    >>References, 554

Elk Island National Park

    >>Road closures, S.O. 31, 1301

Ellen Foundation

    >>Willoughby, John, establishing, home children, heritage, commemorating, S.O. 31, 15037

Elliot, Geoffrey see National Transportation Day/Week

Elliot Lake, Ont.

    >>Economic Development Association of Canada award, S.O. 31, 6771
    >>Mining industry, unemployment, o.q., 8120
    >>See also Mining industry--Research and development; National unity--Promoting; Program for Older Worker Adjustment--Mining industry

Ellis, Jack

    >>Member of Parliament, former, death, S.O. 31, 8822

Ellwood, Stephen see Canada Council--Grants

Embassies and consulates

    >>China, construction cost, $78 million
    >>>o.q., 387
    >>>S.O. 31, 1060
    >>Communications, SIGNET, security breaches, o.q., 16615
    >>Expenditures
    >>>Extravagances, 2158
    >>>Reducing, 1159-60
    >>Flag, display, news conferences, protocol, o.q., 2000
    >>Japan, academic relations officer, Hydro-Québec, Mohawk-Quebec racial tensions, fuelling, accusation, o.q., 6857
    >>Lebanon, Beirut, re-opening, o.q., 14818
    >>Mexico, Canadian business centre, construction, United States firm contract, 3064
    >>Tokyo, Japan, site, adjacent lot, $2 billion market value, 2233

Embree, Kirsten see Jeanne Sauvé Award--Recipients

Embrun, Ont. see Gillette Farm

Embryos see Migratory birds--Species

Emergency debates see Adjournment motions under S.O. 52

Emergency preparedness

    >>College, Arnprior, Ont., petition, 12118
    >>See also Floods--Alberta; Oka, Que.--Crisis of 1990

Emergency Preparedness Canada

    >>Reports, minister consulting provinces, 14382-3, 14387-9
    >>See also Forest fires--Federal government role

Emergency relief see Foreign aid

Emergency response personnel

    >>Bruce-Grey constituency, tribute, S.O. 31, 14762
    >>See also Fire-fighters

Emergency services

    >>Emergency medical services exemplary service medal, Robert Sherren, S.O. 31, 13588
    >>See also Railways--Accidents

Emigration

    >>United States, university graduates, electronics, 16604
    >>See also Regional development--Quebec; Taxation

Émond, BGen Charles see Military colleges--Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont.

Employability Development Programs

    >>Funding, cut-backs, o.q., 2858-9

Employer-paid health benefit plans see Income tax

Employment

    >>Assistance programs, women, youth, 16500
    >>"Best social policy", 7123
    >>Career counselling centres, funding, continuing, o.q., 11300
    >>Classes, well-paying secure/low-paying intermittent jobs, 611, 631
    >>Commission sales jobs, reluctance to take, o.q., 2544
    >>Continuous learning process, 16524
    >>Counselling/information, 6702
    >>Dignity, 3067-8, 3071
    >>Early retirement, impact, 4531
    >>Education qualifications, 7074, 16470, 16526
    >>>Increase, 1806
    >>>Post-secondary education criteria, 6605, 8057-8
    >>>>o.q., 16442
    >>>Relationship, 6618-9, 6686-8, 6695-6, 7112, 16449
    >>>S.O. 31, 11053
    >>Employment development services, failure, review, 7087, 8058
    >>Exports, sustaining, 2272, 2299, 2329-30, 6503, 9340
    >>Federal-provincial projects, o.q., 14998
    >>Fostering, programs amalgamation see Human Resources Investment Fund
    >>Full employment policy, 611, 621, 647, 666, 877-8, 1785, 4478, 5785-92, 6731
    >>>Legislation see Full Employment Act (Bill C-209)
    >>>Minimum wage, Economic Council of Canada study, 3068
    >>>See also Quebec
    >>Government position, 4642
    >>Government strategies, 1808, 2473-4, 6611, 7208-9
    >>>Kroeger, Arthur remarks, 657
    >>>"Shawinigan Waltz", 3018-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 6847
    >>>See also Quebec--Employment strategy
    >>Hiring, questions relating to marital/parental status, Ramsay remarks, S.O. 31, 8289-90, 8338
    >>Immigration, impact, 2099-101
    >>Increasing
    >>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, role, 1708-9, 1713
    >>>>o.q., 1861
    >>>o.q., 11298-9
    >>>Priority, 610
    >>>Systematic approach, 610
    >>Integrated policy, lack, 16470
    >>Job banks, access, 16410-1
    >>Job crisis, world-wide, 1806
    >>Job Finding Clubs, S.O. 31, 8691
    >>Knowledge-based industries, 7108
    >>Labour market information system, Canada-wide service, 16412
    >>Mining industry, importance, 1769-70
    >>New industries, technical skills, lack, 6691
    >>Newfoundland, petition, 8602
    >>Opportunities
    >>>Distribution, sharing, 7129
    >>>Market globalization, technological change, etc., impact, 6618, 6623, 6626, 6690-1, 16419
    >>>Technical skills, lack, 6604, 6671, 6673
    >>>University graduates, 6683, 7131
    >>Overtime, elimination, impact, 7129
    >>Pan-Canadian employment policy, 666-7
    >>Part-time, increase, 878, 1806, 1961
    >>>Benefits, extending, 2847
    >>>Women, share, 70%, 1961-2, 10629, 17425
    >>Policy, residue or goal oriented, 2782
    >>Pre-recession levels, returning to, jobs required, 7080
    >>Private sector role, 667-8
    >>Programs
    >>>Delivery, Canada Employment Centres role, 16410-1, 16415
    >>>Local kiosk service, 16526
    >>>o.q., 11813
    >>Quebec, 6732, 11519, 13138
    >>>o.q, 2788
    >>Reverse discrimination, 5499
    >>Science and technology sector, 16526
    >>Seasonal, working group report, Jobs With a Future, S.O. 31, 11878
    >>Self-employment assistance program, 16496
    >>Short term, 6623
    >>>Supplementing with unemployment insurance benefits, 2782
    >>Skills, upgrading, 6683, 7076, 7112, 16703
    >>>York Region Strategic Alliance, 16448-50
    >>Small business internship program, 16699
    >>Sources, traditional industries, decline, 6604, 6690
    >>Sustained see Trade--Pillars
    >>Targets, o.q., 946, 6906
    >>Taxation, relationship, 621, 3052
    >>Trade, international, significance, 562
    >>Transportation industry, importance, 2137
    >>Women, 1962, 1965, 8057, 10589-91
    >>>Affirmative action, Reform Party position, 1969-71, 1976, 1984, 2016, 2021-2
    >>>Immigrant women, special needs, 662
    >>>Status, roles, 651
    >>>Workforce participation, income levels, etc., 661-2, 1961, 1966, 1969-71, 1978, 1981, 1983, 2006, 2015-25, 2028, 7108-9, 10581, 10622, 10629-30
    >>>See also Employment--Assistance programs
    >>Work
    >>>Distribution, hours, workplace rules, Donner report, etc., 612
    >>>>o.q., 14088
    >>>New definition required, 612
    >>>Patterns, Human Resources Development Standing Committee studying, 17476
    >>Work sharing concept, 542, 612
    >>Youth, 4312-4, 16449-50, 16458
    >>>Aboriginal peoples, programs, youth service projects, etc., o.q., 17238
    >>>Bridging system, 1893
    >>>Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi, funding cut-backs, o.q., 11064, 12490-1
    >>>Federal-provincial assistance programs, joint service centres, Alberta, 16411
    >>>Government expenditures, increase, o.q., 17238
    >>>Government priority/expenditures, o.q., 15185
    >>>Government strategy/initiatives Youth Employment and Learning Strategy, $700 million expenditure, Apr. 15/94 announcement, 2612-3, 3109, 3112, 3114, 3558-9, 4306, 4314, 4318-20, 4327, 4352-3, 4367, 7207, 11519
    >>>>Consultation with provinces, o.q., 3273
    >>>>o.q., 3099-100, 3156, 3158, 3233, 3273-4, 4207
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3154, 4575, 4769
    >>>>See also Canada Student Loans Program--Loan ceiling; Training programs--Apprenticeship programs
    >>>Hire a Student Week, S.O. 31, 14309
    >>>Job Development Program, Quebec, 7978
    >>>>o.q., 5577
    >>>Jobs plan, announcing, o.q. 2973
    >>>La Relance job search project, government funding, o.q., 11064
    >>>Opportunities, 16413
    >>>Programs, 12102-3
    >>>S.O. 31, 16480
    >>>Summer employment, programs, 2613, 2644, 8052, 10750, 12103, 16450, 17720
    >>>>o.q., 2671, 10717, 11683, 12902
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5654
    >>>Work and service program, Newfoundland, federal-provincial partnership, success, 16413
    >>>See also Challenge program; Youth--Police youth centres; Youth Service Canada Program; Youth Service Corps
    >>See also Aerospace industry--Importance; Agriculture; Air transportation--Economic benefits; Canada Employment Centres; Corporations--Profits; Customs Tariff--Legislation; Disabled and handicapped persons--Independence; Economic G-7 Summits (1994); Education--Workplace; Exports--Increasing; Film and video industry; Forestry--British Columbia; Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT; Job creation; Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program; Natural resources; Petrochemical industry--Economic role; Small Business Loans Act; Social security system; Technological change--Impact; Trade--Competiveness/protectionism; Unemployment insurance; Universities and colleges--Programs