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Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Act see Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17); Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76); Freight rates Grain transportation--Freight rates, subsidies

Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Program see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Fifteenth--Reports, Eighteenth

Atlantic Theatre Festival

    >>Wolfville, N.S., S.O. 31, 7418

Atlantic Venture Capital Fund

    >>Proposal, federal-provincial-private sector negotiations, o.q., 12415-6, 15405

Atlantic Women Business Owners conference see Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Atlantis see Space program--United States Space Shuttles

Atmospheric Environment Service see Environment Department

Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB)

    >>Government expenditures, 4780-1
    >>Regional compliance offices, Vancouver and Halifax, establishing, o.q., 1690

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)

    >>Funding, 4780-1
    >>>r.o., 9663, 13601
    >>Land sale, nuclear waste contamination, clean-up, o.q., 16834
    >>Medical radio-isotopes, production, 775
    >>Regulation role, 14910
    >>Slowpoke energy system project, development costs, qu., 16492-3
    >>Staff, 6230
    >>See also Nordion International Inc.--Dispute

Attikamek see Aboriginal land claims--Quebec

AUCC see Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Auch, Susan see Olympics, 1994 Winter Games--Speed skating

Auditor General

    >>Appointment, candidates, Public Accounts Standing Committee reviewing prior to appointment, 4997-8
    >>>See also Auditor General Act (amdt.) and Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--appointment of the Auditor General of Canada)(Bill C-257)
    >>Desautels, L. Denis, letter see Appendices to Hansard
    >>Independence, 5188
    >>Mandate, powers, 1221-2, 1226, 2810, 2812, 2815-8, 15530-2
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 5187
    >>>Increasing, 1163, 1215
    >>>Liberal Party position, government/opposition, comparison, 3059
    >>>United Kingdom, United States and provinces, comparison, 2818
    >>Non-partisan position, independence, preserving, 2818-9
    >>See also Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--Toronto Broadcast Centre; Canadian Museum of Nature--Management irregularities; CIDA; Cultural institutions; Deficit--Forecasts; Energy--Megaprojects; Environment--Environmental management systems; Estimates--Scrutiny; Financial institutions--Regulation; Government expenditures--Reducing; Government policies; Highways and roads--Nova Scotia; Indian Affair and Northern Development Department--Expenditures; International development assistance--Funding, Cost-effectiveness; Job creation--Government programs; Private family trusts; Unemployment insurance account--Consolidation

Auditor General Act (amdt.) and Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--appointment of the Auditor General of Canada)(Bill C-257)--J-R Gauthier

    >>First reading, 4997-8
    >>See also Auditor General--Appointment

Auditor General Act (amdt.--approval of appropriations for the office of the Auditor General and an audit of the office of the Auditor General)(Bill C-255)--J-R Gauthier

    >>First reading, 4871
    >>See also Auditor General's Office--Operations

Auditor General Act (amdt.--reports)(Bill C-207)--J-R Gauthier

    >>First reading, 678
    >>Second reading, 2810-9, 3861-5
    >>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 2819
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 3865
    >>Public Accounts Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 3865
    >>>Reported, 4871
    >>Report stage, 5185-9
    >>>M. (Bélisle), 5185, negatived, on division, 5189
    >>>Concurrence, M. (J-R Gauthier), agreed to, 5189
    >>Third reading, agreed to, 5189, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 5782. Chap. 32, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Auditor General's report--Frequency

Auditor General Act (amdt.)(Bill C-83)--Minister of the Environment (Copps)

    >>First reading, 11717
    >>Second reading, 14509-24, 14553-70, 14582-98
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 14634-5
    >>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 14635
    >>>Reported, with amdts., 16252
    >>Report stage, 16566-73
    >>>M. (Guay), 16566-73, negatived, on division, 16573
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Copps), 16573, agreed to, on recorded division, 16642-3
    >>Third reading, 16728-30, 16743-60, agreed to, on recorded division, 16931-2, passed.
    >>Senate passage, 17757
    >>Royal Assent, 17757, Chap. 43, S.C. 1995
    >>See also Environment--Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner, Legislation

Auditor General for the Family Act (Bill C-322)--Strahl

    >>First reading, 11815
    >>Second reading, 16388-97
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 16397
    >>See also Family--Nuclear family

Auditor General's Office

    >>Budget, 1995-96, $5.2 million decrease, impact, 10109-10
    >>Employment equity, 4306
    >>Expenditures, staff, increases, justification, 2817-8
    >>Operations, legislation see Auditor General Act (amdt.--approval of appropriations for the office of the Auditor General and an audit of the office of the Auditor General)(Bill C-255)
    >>See also Environment--Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner; Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Second, Eleventh

Auditor General's reports

    >>1985 see Law Reform Commission of Canada
    >>1990-1991 see Cochrane, Senator--References; Senate--Administration and financial management
    >>1992-1993, tabled, Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 17
    >>>See also Budget--Process; Cabinet ministers--Air travel; Defence equipment--Procurement policy; Income Security Programs--Information services, Telephone services; Investment Canada--Office renovation; National Defence Department--Accounting methods; Pulp and paper industry--Regulations; Taxation--Underground economy
    >>1993-1994
    >>>Tabled, Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 8111
    >>>Value/policy judgements, encroaching on Parliament's responsibilities, S.O. 31, 8168
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Bases and stations; Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Efficiency; Government expenditures--Controlling, Government failure; Government programs and services--Effectiveness; Government revenues--$6.5 billion unpaid taxes; Hibernia development project--Evaluation; National Parole Board--Appointment process; Penitentiaries--Inmates, Escapes; Ports--Ice protection system; Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports; Search and rescue; Social security system--Aboriginal peoples--Reform Taxation--Unpaid taxes
    >>1994-1995
    >>>Volume 1, May 1995, tabled, Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 12479
    >>>Volume 2, October 1995, tabled, Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 15283
    >>>>Admissibility, 15530-2, 15812-3
    >>>Volume 3, November 1995, tabled, Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 16609
    >>>See also Diplomats--False travel claims--Vacations; Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec (Ford-Q)--Effectiveness; Hazardous waste--Storage areas; Health Department--Drugs Directorate; Job creation--Regional development projects; National Revenue Department--Administrative consolidation PCBs--Storage sites; Public Service--Conflict of interest; REgional development; Science and technology
    >>Follow-up reports, 5188
    >>Frequency, increasing, 748, 1224, 1228-9, 2810-3, 2815-8, 9754
    >>>Allotted days, providing, proposal, 1224, 1227-8, 1276
    >>>International comparison, 5187
    >>>Legislation see Auditor General Act (amdt.--reports)(Bill C-207)
    >>>S.O. 31, 98-9, 713-4
    >>>Three special, additional, annually, 5186-9
    >>>Workload, increase, impact, 5188
    >>Importance, government following-up, 17727
    >>Recommendations, government ignoring, 1930, 2812-3, 2818, 5189, 14586, 14589, 14597-8
    >>See also Aboriginal Economic Development Program; Airports--Regional airports; Budget--Process; Canada Pension Plan--Management deficiencies; Canada Student Loans Program--Ceilings; Canadian National Railways--Tellier; Deficit--Reduction; Foreign aid--Egypt, Poland; Government expenditures--Accountability; Government programs and services--Audits and evaluations; Industry, Science and Technology Department, former--Accounting practices; National Defence Department; Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program--Mismanagement; Old age pensions--Overpayment; Public Accounts--Simplification; Public Service--Efficiency; Pulp and paper industry--Effluents, Environmental Effects Monitoring; Scientific Research Tax Credit--Liberal government (Trudeau); Senior citizens--Retirement savings; Social security system--Reform

Audits see Income tax

Auger, Fernand see Murder--Carpenter, Melanie

Augustine, Jean (L--Etobicoke--Lakeshore; Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister from December 6, 1993 to February 5, 1996)

    >>Aboriginal peoples, 11514
    >>Aboriginal self-government, 1027
    >>Access to Information Act, M. (B. Mills), 10851-2
    >>Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act (Bill C-88), 14115-7, 14134, 16118-9
    >>Arms control, 448
    >>Augustine, references, 5806
    >>Black History Month
    >>>M., 17670
    >>>S.O. 31, 715, 9193
    >>Bloc Québécois, 4936
    >>Borrowing Authority Act, 1995-96 (Bill C-73), 10282-3
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, M. (Collenette), 11247-8
    >>Bouchard, references, 9452
    >>Breast Cancer Awareness Month, S.O. 31, 15395
    >>Breast cancer, M. (McLaughlin), 12398-9
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 10282
    >>Business, S.O. 31, 11401
    >>Canada, 4935-6
    >>Canada Customs, 16000
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 10282
    >>Canada Pension Plan, 16549
    >>Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (Bill C-28), 4365-8
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, qu., 15052
    >>Canadian Foster Family Week, S.O. 31, 6979
    >>Canadian Haemophilia Society, S.O. 31, 16732
    >>Canadian Wheat Board, o.q., 11444-5
    >>Child care, 7592, 10597
    >>Children, 11796-8, 13084
    >>Conflict of interest, 671-2
    >>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-7), 15981-2
    >>Crime, 4897
    >>>S.O. 31, 3042-3
    >>Crime prevention, 13951-2
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 13951-3, 13967
    >>Crown corporations, 11651-3
    >>Cruise missile testing, M. (Collenette), 448-9
    >>Culture, 16129-30
    >>Customs Act and Customs Tariff (amdt.)(Bill C-102), 15999-6001
    >>Defence industry, M. on supply (Ménard), 3960-1
    >>Defence Industry Productivity Program, 3960-1
    >>Department of Health Act (Bill C-95), 16266-7
    >>Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-96), 16548-9
    >>Drug abuse, 15982
    >>Drug trafficking, 15981
    >>Education, post-secondary, 4367, 7592
    >>Employment, 4367
    >>Employment equity, 15189-90, 15359-60
    >>>M. on supply (Strahl), 12977-9
    >>>M. (T. White), 11639-40
    >>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15189-90, 15358-60
    >>Environment, 11801-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 13589-90
    >>Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-103), 16014-5, 16128-30
    >>Exports, 16001
    >>Financial Administration Act (amdt.--exempted crown corporations)(Bill C-263), 11651-2
    >>Footwear, 16000
    >>Forum for Young Canadians, S.O. 31, 10609
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 12711-2
    >>Government programs and services, 16548
    >>Grain transportation, 11444-5
    >>Grandparents' Day Act (Bill C-274), 13081
    >>Hate crime, 13952
    >>Health insurance (Medicare), 11329
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 11341
    >>Hibernia development project, 11445
    >>House of Commons, 1415-6
    >>Housing, 16283-4, 16286-7
    >>>M. on supply (Guay), 1456-8
    >>Human resource development, 16549
    >>Human resources development centres, 16548-9
    >>Human Resources Development Department, 16548-9
    >>Immigrants, 5806-7, 5830-1, 10283
    >>Immigration, 5829
    >>>S.O. 31, 885
    >>Immigration Act (amdt.), Citizenship Act (amdt.) and Customs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-44), 5806-7, 5829-31
    >>International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, S.O. 31, 10709
    >>Interpretation Act (amdt.--Convention on the Rights of the Child)(Bill C-254), 11796-8
    >>Job creation, 10283
    >>Justice system, 13951-3, 15575
    >>Kilgour, references, 375
    >>Labour disputes, 16505-7
    >>Law Commission of Canada Act (Bill C-106), 15575-6
    >>Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43), 12023
    >>Manufacturing industries, 16000
    >>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-85), 14006-7
    >>Mortgages, 16284-7
    >>Myanmar, 5930
    >>National Access Awareness Week, S.O. 31, 13000-1
    >>National Child Day, S.O. 31, 16532-3
    >>National Housing Act (amdt.)(Bill C-108), 16283-7
    >>National identity, 4935
    >>National Solidarity Day for the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada Act (Bill C-244), 11514
    >>National unity, 4935-6
    >>>M. on supply (Manning), 4935-7
    >>>Petition, 6145
    >>>S. O. 31, 16021
    >>Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens Organizations, S.O. 31, 295
    >>Peacekeeping, M. (Ouellet), 375
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 9390
    >>Professional Women's Network, S.O. 31, 12672
    >>Protection of Personal Information Obtained by Certain Corporations Act (Bill C-315), 17619-20
    >>Public Service, 4305, 16505-6
    >>>qu., 14545-6
    >>Publishing industry, 16014-5, 16128-30
    >>Radio stations, 7592
    >>Railways, S.O. 31, 10947
    >>References
    >>>Maiden speech, 375
    >>>See also Black Achievement Awards--1994 winners
    >>Refugees, 5830-1, 11646-7
    >>RRAP, 1456
    >>Same-sex couples, petitions, 5621, 10393, 11816
    >>Senior citizens, 10282-3
    >>Serial killer board game/cards, petitions, 3886, 4871
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 10393, 11816, 14024-5
    >>Social security system, M. (L. Axworthy), 916-8
    >>South Africa, S.O. 31, 1232, 3876, 11880
    >>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, 1219-20
    >>Trade, 12710-1, 14115-7, 14134, 16000, 16118-9
    >>Unemployment, 917-8
    >>United States, 9452
    >>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 14012
    >>Women, 4366, 10596-7
    >>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 10596-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 17135
    >>World Conference on Women, S.O. 31, 14881
    >>World Habitat Day, S.O. 31, 6381
    >>World War II, S.O. 31, 12186
    >>Young offenders, 4896-7
    >>Young Offenders Act (amdt.) and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 4896-7

Aurora, Ont. see Magna International

Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp see World War II

Austin St-Amour, David see National unity--Promoting

Australia see Canada Student Loans Program--Income contingent repayment plan; Employment equity; Gun control/guns--Registration; Lobbyists--Definition; Senate--Equal representation--Regional/provincial representation; Witness protection program

Authors

    >>Citizenship and Immigration Department-sponsored meeting, Jan. 6-7/95, Vancouver, B.C., qu., 12259-60
    >>See also Nigeria--Saro-Wiwa

Autism Awareness Month

Auto Pact see Automobile industry; Economic development--Ontario

Auto racing

    >>Senna, Ayrton, Brazilian race car driver, death, S.O. 31, 3827
    >>Villeneuve, Jacques, Indianapolis 500, S.O. 31, 4574, 12891, 12893

Automated security systems see Fort Battleford National Park

Automated weather observation system see Airports

Automobile industry

    >>Auto Pact
    >>>Ontario-Quebec benefits, 3719
    >>>See also Aerospace industry
    >>Cross border shopping, United States customers, S.O. 31, 3515
    >>Liberal Party, past policies, significance, 253
    >>Unemployment insurance claims, 12171
    >>Windsor, Ont., 531, 17731
    >>See also Economic development; Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT--Blended; Hyundai Auto Canada; Quebec sovereignty referendum--No campaign

Automobile insurance

    >>British Columbia public plan, lack of deductible discontinued, 11909
    >>Premiums, increase, 2398

Automobile operating costs see Income tax

Automobile sales

Automobiles

    >>Canadian Automotive Museum, Oshawa, Ont., McDougall collection of antique cars, S.O. 31, 14447
    >>Electric-powered, 16401
    >>>Development, Quebec-based inventor, 14154-5
    >>Exhaust emissions, standards, 14854, 16274
    >>>Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment report, 16342
    >>>o.q., 15925
    >>>Stricter, adopting, o.q., 15878-9
    >>Hydrogen fuel cell-powered, 16401
    >>Operating costs, 16401
    >>See also Air pollution; Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives; Motor vehicles

Automotive safety

    >>Bumpers, standards, lack, minivans example, 2627
    >>>o.q., 2179
    >>Motorcycle Awareness Month, N.S., S.O. 31, 12106

AVCORP Industries see Defence equipment--Helicopters

Aviation fuel see Gasoline/automotive fuels--Excise tax

Aviation hazards see Satellites--Space debris

AVRO Arrow aircraft see Defence equipment

Axworthy, Chris (NDP--Saskatoon--Clark's Crossing)

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