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Finn, Gilbert see New Brunswick--Lieutenant-Governor

Fire see Cigarette lighters; Forest fires; Les Boules, Que.

Fire-fighters

    >>And emergency response personnel
    >>>Hazardous substances/toxic chemicals exposure, right to know legislation, M. (Blaikie), 13559-67
    >>>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 13567
    >>>Infectious disease exposure, right to know, hospitals disclosing, protocol, 15939-47
    >>>>o.q., 12072
    >>>>Ryan White bill, United States enacting, S.O. 31, 3271
    >>>>See also Canada Health Act (amdt.--conditions for contributions) (Bill C-284)
    >>>International Association of Firefighters, S.O. 31, 3272
    >>>S.O. 31, 6082, 12061-3, 12891
    >>>Workshop, cancellation/postponement, o.q., 4524-5, 4699
    >>Tribute, S.O. 31, 11983
    >>Volunteer, tax deduction, increasing to $1000
    >>>M. (Speller), 4723-31, agreed to, on division, 4731
    >>>Petitions, 9476, 9786, 10575
    >>See also Airports--Jean Lesage International Airport--Regional airports;

Firearm Acquisition Certificate see Gun control/guns

Firearms see Gun control/guns

Firearms Act (Bill C-68)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

Firearms Law Sunset Act (Bill C-351)--G. Breitkreuz

    >>First reading, 14957
    >>See also Gun control/guns--Legislation, Sunset law

First aid see Railways--Accidents

First Home Loan Insurance Program see Mortgages--Insurance, CMHC program

First Nations see Aboriginal peoples; Health

First Perspective, The see Quebec--Aboriginal peoples

Fiscal policy

    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, statement, 1708-9, 1712
    >>>Failure, 14032-4
    >>Changing, o.q., 14452
    >>Decision-making, access to information, increase, 17678
    >>Evaluation mechanism, public access, 2110
    >>Federal-provincial co-operation, Throne Speech proposal, 10
    >>Fiscal stimulus program, 1869
    >>Liberal-Conservative, similarities, 3053
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien) record, o.q., 9902
    >>Liberal Party, outdated, 10122
    >>o.q., 8244, 9198
    >>Priorities, 2115, 2118
    >>Reform Party position
    >>>Compassion, relationship, 17684-5
    >>>See also Reform Party--Election platform
    >>S.O. 31, 11879
    >>Two-track, jobs and growth, Liberal Party "red book" election promise, 13330
    >>See also Economy--Growth; Income tax; Job creation

Fiscal Stabilization Program

Fischer, Greg see Parole--Murderers, Criminal Code

FISH see instead Fishermen Involved in Saving Habitat (FISH)

Fish and Wildlife Management Board see Aboriginal land claims

Fish products

    >>Exports
    >>>Amount, importance, 14904
    >>>China Fish Processing Expo, o.q., 8638
    >>>European Community inspections, o.q., 890

Fisher, Doug see Electoral boundaries

Fisher, Dr. Joseph see Asthma--Medical research

Fisher, Larry see Sexual offenders

Fisher, Master Corporal Rob see Search and rescue--Mount Olympus

Fisheries

    >>200 mile limit, sovereignty, enforcing, 1327, 1335, 4220, 5566
    >>>Canadian Armed Forces role, 1495, 1814-5
    >>>Declaration, Jan. 1/77, 14861, 15056
    >>>See also Fisheries--Quebec; Fisheries, Atlantic
    >>Coastal communities, fisheries offices, closure, 2101
    >>Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (amdt.)(Bill C-29)
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 14866-7
    >>>Role, 14862, 15055, 15060
    >>Commercial fishing harbours, user fees, increase, impact, 11575
    >>Conservation, international, Tobin, Fisheries Minister, role, 14893-4, 14907
    >>Corporations, large boats, not restricted, 15019-20
    >>Environmental degradation, 202
    >>Fees
    >>>Fisheries, dedicating to, 14871
    >>>Increases, licences, catch fees, service charges, etc., 14868, 14870-1, 14875, 14895-7, 14900-3, 14907, 15019-20, 15058, 15061-2, 15143, 15145, 16619
    >>>>S.O. 31, 16774, 16900-1
    >>>See also Fisheries--Licences
    >>Fish processing plants
    >>>Construction, Gaspé constituency, federal and provincial initiatives, duplication, 4743
    >>>See also Fisheries, Atlantic--Newfoundland
    >>Fish stock management, 2101, 4219
    >>>Conservation/protection, government commitment, o.q., 5821
    >>>Decentralization, 1327
    >>>Depletion, 1294-5
    >>>Exploratory fisheries, equipment development, etc., need, 4215-8
    >>>International agreements, 2255, 4220
    >>Fisheries regulations offences, 1296
    >>>Consistent with Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1316
    >>Foreign overfishing
    >>>Penalties, applying, 4220, 14879
    >>>>o.q., 2545
    >>>United Nations convention on straddling and migratory fish stocks, addressing, o.q., 10954
    >>Freshwater
    >>>Processing and marketing, jurisdiction, transfer to provinces, 9334, 10108-10, 11575
    >>>S.O. 31, 10320-1
    >>Habitat protection, Fishermen Involved in Saving Habitat watershed report card, S.O, 31, 12482
    >>Illegal fishing/poaching
    >>>Cummins, charges against, Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy, relationship, 15014-5
    >>>Fisheries officers, arming, 1317-8
    >>>Fleeing foreign fishing vessels, apprehending, disabling force, fisheries protection officers use, Bill C-8 provisions, 1293-8, 1301, 1313, 1316-8, 1324-8, 1330, 1332-7, 3321-3
    >>>Stopping, international bilateral or multilateral agreements, negotiations, 1295-6, 1298, 1327, 3322
    >>>>o.q., 9951
    >>>See also Cod; Criminal Code (amdt.--force) and Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (amdt.--force)(Bill C-8)
    >>Industry restructuring, 1294-5, 1297
    >>Jurisdiction, turning over to provincial control, 4532, 10109
    >>>Quebec, 465-6, 9097-9
    >>>>Administrative agreement, 1922-1980, 14897-8
    >>>>o.q., 7857
    >>Licenses
    >>>Fees, increase, 11575-6
    >>>>Aboriginal commercial fisheries, reduced fee, o.q., 16669-70
    >>>>Fisheries and Oceans Department recommendation, o.q., 7933, 12678-9, 16540-1
    >>>>Reform Party advertisement, government racism allegation, o.q., 16908
    >>>Management, provincial control, 464
    >>>See also Fisheries--Fees
    >>Management see Fisheries--Fish stock management--Sport fishing
    >>Open fisheries, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, geoducks, 15014
    >>Protection, departmental overlap, co-operation, cost-savings, 1296, 1325
    >>Quebec, separation/sovereignty, impact, lack of access to 200-mile zone, 15033
    >>Quotas, dockside monitoring program, 1295
    >>Revitalizing, government/industry roles, 14904
    >>Spawning sites, protecting, 15014
    >>Sport fishing
    >>>Great Lakes, sea lamprey eel comeback, impact, government action, 5617, 5934
    >>>>o.q., 5578
    >>>Lead weights, banning, S.O. 31, 5422, 5810, 11803
    >>>Management, 2101
    >>>Preserving, economic benefits, 15013-4
    >>>See also Salmon--Pacific fishery, Chinook and coho salmon
    >>Surveillance fleet see Canadian Coast Guard
    >>Toxic dumping, impact, 15013
    >>United Nations Convention on Straddling and Migratory Fish Stocks, 15055-6
    >>>See also Fisheries--Foreign overfishing
    >>Workers see Aboriginal land claims--Commercial fishing allocation; Atlantic Groundfish Strategy--Older workers; Program for Older Worker Adjustment--Eligibility
    >>See also Drinking water--Disinfection; Newfoundland; Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction--Economic role; Unemployment insurance--Benefits

Fisheries Act see Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Fisheries Act (amdt.)(Bill C-115)--Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Tobin)

Fisheries and Oceans Department

    >>Administration costs, reducing, o.q., 16618-9
    >>Bristol Communications, contractual relationship, qu., 17506
    >>Decentralization, cost reduction, 15053-4, 15061
    >>Employees, number, 14907-8, 15020
    >>>Decline in fisheries, relationship, 14869
    >>>Headquarters bureaucracy, reducing, 14896-7, 15143
    >>>Increase, service decline, 15061-2
    >>>Women, shipboard duties, work environment, improving, o.q., 16367
    >>Executives, number, 10110
    >>Expenditures
    >>>1995-1996, increase from $775 million to $896 million, 10110
    >>>1995-1998, $200 million reduction, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10096, 10128, 11575-6
    >>>Decreasing from $700 million to $500 million, 14870-1
    >>>Reducing, 15020, 15143
    >>Fishermen role re management, etc., 14869, 14871
    >>Partisan politics, avoiding, 14877
    >>Reorganization, 8508
    >>Senior officials, travel costs
    >>>Peat Marwick Thorne audit, findings, o.q. 1616-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 1060
    >>Service standards, 5043
    >>Strategic planning, three year cycle, 14868
    >>>See also Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS)--Five year plan
    >>See also Canadian Coast Guard; Fisheries--Licenses; Fisheries, Atlantic--Scotia-Fundy region; Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction; Turbot--Atlantic fishery

Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee

    >>Reports, presented
    >>>First (Atlantic Fisheries Adjustment Programs), 2980
    >>>>Minority report, 2980
    >>>Second (Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation), 9333-4
    >>>>g.r., tabled, 13811
    >>>>Minority report, 9334
    >>>Third (Oceans Act (Bill C-98)), 17445
    >>Subcommittee, travel authorization
    >>>M. (Gagliano), agreed to, 6722
    >>>M. (Massé), deemed withdrawn, 6390
    >>>M. (Milliken), agreed to, 11619, 11816
    >>>M. (Milliken), leave to move, unanimous consent denied, 6263, 6641-2
    >>Travel, authorization,
    >>>M. (Milliken), agreed to, 2645, 12862
    >>>M. (Milliken), leave to move, unanimous consent denied, 12850
    >>Vice-Chair, Bloc Québécois Member, 14869-70
    >>See also Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation; Oceans--Canadian jurisdiction, Legislation

Fisheries, Atlantic

    >>200 mile exclusive economic zone, foreign fishing, r.o., 14552
    >>>See also Fisheries, Atlantic--Snow crab
    >>Access fees, o.q., 14646-7
    >>Cod see Cod
    >>Conservation agreement, Canada-European Union/Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, o.q., 13598
    >>Conservation, Atlantic Fisheries Resource Conservation Council role, 15036, 15057, 15144
    >>Fish stocks, collapse, moratorium crisis, impact, 464-7, 606, 770, 2052, 4212, 4214, 4219, 5432, 5568
    >>>Alternative employment, job creation, 4532-3
    >>>Income support program, 587, 589, 1946, 6692
    >>>>Dependency, creating, 4535
    >>>>See also Atlantic Groundfish Strategy
    >>>Newfoundland, 4535-8
    >>>Training/adjustment programs responding, 223, 243, 770, 1225, 5592
    >>>>Fish plant workers, 4531
    >>>>o.q., 234, 3100-1
    >>>>See also Atlantic Groundfish Strategy
    >>>Unemployment, 1332, 4532, 4536
    >>>See also Cod
    >>Foreign overfishing, 11356
    >>>Canada-France agreement, S.O. 31, 7724-5
    >>>Controlling, Canadian Armed Forces, role, 1495
    >>>Fisheries regulations, enforcing, Law of the Sea authority, 474
    >>>Government action, 243, 497-8, 587
    >>>>Throne Speech proposal, 10
    >>>Legislation (Bill C-29), 4213-4, 4217, 4219, 4221-2
    >>>>International law and law of sea violation, challenging, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe statement, government position, o.q., 4773
    >>>>o.q., 4138, 4394, 4658-9
    >>>NAFO regulatory zone, inspections, conducting, o.q., 10951
    >>>Non-quota countries, 1316, 4213
    >>>United Nations Conference on High Seas Fishing, addressing, 4214
    >>>See also Cod
    >>Fundy coast, herring weirs, destruction, impact, S.O. 31, 5810
    >>Future, consultations, o.q., 2933
    >>Gaspé Cured/Gaspé Cure, labelling, 7766
    >>>o.q., 7232-3
    >>Government mismanagement, destroying fishery, 15062
    >>Greenland halibut, harvesting, reduction, o.q., 5821
    >>Groundfish
    >>>Fishing moratorium, 2052
    >>>>4RS area, recreational and food fishery, o.q., 720
    >>>>Government assistance, Throne Speech proposal, 10
    >>>Harvesting and processing capacity, 50% reduction, 2052, 4534
    >>>Licences, freeze, lifting
    >>>>o.q., 1919, 3573
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3645, 3699, 3760
    >>>Resource depletion, 607, 1909
    >>>>Research, fishermen, scientists, roles, 14904
    >>>>Unemployment impact, 14879, 14894, 14907
    >>>See also Atlantic Groundfish Strategy; Economic conditions--Atlantic provinces
    >>Gulf of St. Lawrence
    >>>Catch reduction, 3057
    >>>Quotas, allocation, 5561
    >>>Snow crab quotas, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
    >>>>o.q., 12069
    >>>>S.O. 31, 12244, 13173
    >>Harvesting, Quebec quota, 466
    >>Illegal fishing/poaching, foreign vessels
    >>>Mayi Cuatro, Spanish vessel, nets, illegal liner, use, government action, 12373
    >>>Stopping, Concordia incident, 1325-6
    >>Inshore fishery, harvesting practices/gear selectivity, pilot project, o.q., 388
    >>Licence fees, calculation method, o.q., 17442
    >>Management
    >>>Federal-provincial responsibilities, transfer, Quebec proposal, federal government response, o.q., 8701
    >>>Local input, 5561
    >>Manning remarks, "finished"
    >>>M. to adjourn under S.O. 52 (Simmons), leave to move, 12604, emergency requirements not met, not accepted, 12604
    >>>o.q., 12539
    >>Mismanagement, 548, 770, 4532, 4534, 5568
    >>Northumberland Strait, lobster, scallop, etc., spawning grounds, Scott Maritime mill, effluent discharge, environmental damage, EARP assessment
    >>>o.q., 2792-3
    >>>Treatment facilities, upgrading, Nova Scotia government, federal government, co-operation, S.O. 31, 4462
    >>Northumberland Strait Bridge, New Brunswick-Prince Edward Island fixed link, impact, compensation, 1345, 1348, 1355, 1361, 1370, 1373, 1390, 1400
    >>Quotas, 15058
    >>>Allocation, local responsibility, 5561-2
    >>>See also Fisheries, Atlantic--Gulf of St. Lawrence
    >>Rebuilding, restoring, 5563, 5565
    >>>Conservation ethic, 2053
    >>>Forest industry, comparison, 4533
    >>>Kirby Report, recommendations, 4534
    >>>Restructuring, Reform Party position and policies, 5559-60, 5569
    >>Scallops, Iceland, beyond 200 mile limit, jurisdiction, Canada-United States dispute, 14862
    >>>o.q., 8247
    >>Scotia-Fundy region, Fisheries and Oceans Department observers, contract, awarding to Biorex, hiring uncertified observers, 4220-1, 4534-5, 5566-8
    >>>S.O. 31, 3829, 4385
    >>Snow crab
    >>>Canada managing stocks outside 200 mile limit, 14862
    >>>See also Fisheries, Atlantic--Gulf of St. Lawrence
    >>Studies, reports, 14869
    >>Turbot see Turbot
    >>Women's role, S.O. 31, 2121
    >>See also Atlantic provinces--Fisheries; Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program; Prince Edward Island--Fixed link to New Brunswick

Fisheries, Pacific

    >>200-mile limit, extending into "doughnut" in Pacific Ocean, 15013
    >>Abalone, poaching, 15012, 15146
    >>Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy
    >>>Aboriginal fishing impact, Reform Party position, etc., o.q., 12070
    >>>Authority, extending/status, o.q., 1803, 4347
    >>>Discriminatory, 15143
    >>>Fisheries and Oceans Minister Tobin, consultations, o.q., 4347
    >>>Fraser panel report, o.q., 12070
    >>>Revision, overhaul, 475, 521
    >>>Supreme Court of Canada Sparrow decision, relationship, 15143, 15146
    >>Aboriginal Fishing Agreements, signing, enforcement, regulations, qu., 7993-4
    >>Black cod, United States fishermen catching, United States Coast Guard protection, disputed territory, Dixon Entrance, B.C., o.q., 5663
    >>Conservation of fish stocks, negotiations with United States, 1317
    >>>See also Salmon
    >>Economic importance, 474
    >>Enforcement and management programs, continuing, o.q., 4138
    >>Enforcement, increasing, 15062
    >>Environmental concerns, importance, 14904
    >>Fraser River, 14907
    >>>Management enforcement procedures
    >>>>o.q., 6220
    >>>>qu., 10114-5
    >>>>r.o., 11574
    >>Groundfish, resource depletion, 15013
    >>Hatcheries, Sooke, B.C., closure/re-establishing, 15013-4
    >>Herring see Herring--Pacific fishery
    >>Illegal fishing/poaching, combatting, fisheries officers, lay-offs, impact, 11575, 12463, 15012-4, 15145-7
    >>>o.q., 4278-9
    >>>United States fishermen, 15147
    >>>See also Fisheries, Pacific--Abalone--Shellfish stocks
    >>Regulations, enforcement budget
    >>>Cut-backs, impact, 11576
    >>>Increase, 14894
    >>Salmon see Salmon--Pacific fishery
    >>Shellfish stocks, depletion, poaching factor, 14893, 15012, 15146
    >>Strategy, non-discriminatory, o.q., 17438-9