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The Hansard Index is the key to information about what is said by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons during the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. The subject entries will either provide reference to a page number or, a combination of page number followed by the issue sitting number and time checks in the daily Hansard.

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de Savoye, Pierre (BQ--Portneuf)

    >>Air transportation, o.q., 5166
    >>Bankruptcy Act (amdt.--priority of claims)(Bill C-231), 535
    >>Bell Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-57), 5784-8, 5790-1, 5795, 7592-6
    >>Bloc Québécois, 8226
    >>>S.O. 31, 9079
    >>Broadcasting, 7592-3
    >>>Petition, 369
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 4210-1, 10103-4
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 849
    >>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6672-3, 6688-9
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-61), 5351
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 672
    >>>o.q., 4502
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, S.O. 31, 8082
    >>Canadian Coast Guard, 5200
    >>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 7503-4
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, 8224-5
    >>>M. on supply (G. Leroux), 8216, 8221, 8223-6, 8228-9
    >>Child care, 4762
    >>Constitution, M. (Rock), 6984-5
    >>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-8), 4164-6
    >>Corporations, 9524-5
    >>Credit Card Interest Limitation Act (Bill C-402), 9657
    >>Credit cards
    >>>o.q., 7038-9, 7144
    >>>S.O. 31, 7512
    >>Crime, 6234
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4542-5
    >>Culture/arts, 8224-5
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, M. (Meredith), 3111-2
    >>Deficit, 849, 9524
    >>Drug/substance abuse, 4164-6
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, 4164-5
    >>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Gauthier), 5653, 5664, 5666, 5672
    >>Education, 6984-5
    >>Education, post-secondary, 849
    >>Elections, 6672-3, 6688-9
    >>Employment insurance, 9524
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2243-4
    >>Environment, o.q., 6745
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7136-7
    >>Film and video industry, o.q., 5957
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, 7094, 8224
    >>>S.O. 31, 9987
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 266, 7892
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7136-7
    >>Government contracts, 5666
    >>Government grants/loans, o.q., 9022
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9523-5
    >>Information highway, 5784, 5786-7, 5790-1, 7593, 7595-6
    >>Israel, o.q., 4862
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, S.O. 31, 637
    >>Liberal Party, o.q., 4749
    >>Martin, P. references, 10179
    >>Members of Parliament, 3077
    >>Music, S.O. 31, 6054
    >>National Revenue Department, o.q., 4749
    >>Nuclear waste, o.q., 6745
    >>Oceans Act (Bill C-26), 5200
    >>Official Languages Joint Standing Committee, reports, 10143
    >>Parliament of Canada Act and Canada Elections Act (amdt.--confidence motions)(Bill C-250), 8935-6
    >>Parliamentary reform, 3077
    >>Parole, 4542-5
    >>Penitentiaries, 4544-5
    >>Private family trusts, M. on supply (Loubier), 4761-2
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 672
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 535
    >>>Debate, 7124, 8229
    >>>Speeches, 9523
    >>>Supply motions, 8223
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Boudria), 252-4, 258
    >>Public Service, 4086
    >>Quebec, 8223-5
    >>Quebec sovereignty/separation, 8228-9
    >>Ringuette-Maltais, references, 258
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, o.q., 1769
    >>Senate, M. on supply (Gilmour), 3077
    >>Somalia, o.q., 2063-4
    >>Taxation, 4761, 9524
    >>>S.O. 31, 10179
    >>Telecommunications, o.q., 1845, 4987-8
    >>Telephone service, 5201, 5785, 5790, 5795, 7593-5
    >>>o.q., 4673-4
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 7124, 8711-2
    >>Tobacco industry, 8711-2
    >>>o.q., 6559, 6662-3
    >>Tobacco products, o.q., 6559
    >>Trade, 5351
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 9524
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2243-4
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 849
    >>Victims of crime, M. on supply (R. White), 2081-3
    >>Whistle-blowers Protection Act (Bill C-318), 4086
    >>Young offenders, 6234-5

de Villiers, Priscilla see Victims of crime--Government measures

Dean, Jeanette see Volunteers--Canada Volunteer Award Certificate of Merit

Death penalty see Capital punishment

Debien, Maud (BQ--Laval-Est)

    >>Afghanistan, S.O. 31, 7307
    >>Africa
    >>>o.q., 5736, 6906-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 5953
    >>Air navigation services, 2955-6, 2961, 3396-8
    >>Armenia
    >>>M. on supply (Daviault), 1860-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 10177
    >>Bosnia and Herzegovina, 78
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 2026-7
    >>Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, 8155-6
    >>Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-81), 8155-6
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, 8156
    >>Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, 8155-6
    >>Canadian Executive Service Organization, S.O. 31, 2302
    >>Canadian Human Rights Commission, S.O. 31, 7381
    >>Canadian Securities Commission, 1007-8
    >>>o.q., 643
    >>Caregivers, M. (Szabo), 4824-5
    >>Child abduction, M. (B. Tremblay), 4970-1
    >>Child care, 8768
    >>Child labour, 1862, 8357
    >>Child poverty, 7372, 8768
    >>Children, 7372
    >>China
    >>>o.q., 482, 9744-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 8386
    >>Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20), 2955-6, 2961 , 3395-8
    >>Constitution, S.O. 31, 9878
    >>Consumers, S.O. 31, 6853
    >>Cultural institutions, S.O. 31, 8270
    >>Culture/arts, S.O. 31, 6743
    >>Developing countries, S.O. 31, 7235
    >>East Timor, S.O. 31, 5555-6
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 8944-5
    >>Employment equity, 8768
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2299-301
    >>Exports, S.O. 31, 7033
    >>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, reports, 8357
    >>Foreign aid
    >>>o.q., 2008-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 1366
    >>Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 4515-6
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5727-8
    >>Gender equality, 8767
    >>Genocide, 1862
    >>Haiti
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 77-8
    >>>o.q., 3638
    >>Housing, o.q., 713-4
    >>Human rights, 1861-2
    >>>M. (Copps), 7371-2
    >>Imports, o.q., 2435
    >>Innu, o.q., 768
    >>International criminal court, o.q., 6612-3
    >>Israel, o.q., 4801-2, 9020-1
    >>Job creation, 350
    >>Labour conditions, 8156
    >>Lebanon, o.q., 1661
    >>Liberia, o.q., 2362
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5727-8
    >>Mexico, S.O. 31, 3627
    >>Middle East, o.q., 9020-1
    >>Niger, o.q., 10223
    >>North American Free Trade Agreement, 8155-6
    >>Parliament Buildings, S.O. 31, 4496
    >>Pay equity
    >>>o.q., 8781-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 6605
    >>Poverty, S.O. 31, 6788
    >>Procedure, question and comment period, 3397
    >>Quebec, S.O. 31, 7511, 8008
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, S.O. 31, 4626
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 350
    >>>S.O. 31, 9878
    >>Refugees, o.q., 1104-5
    >>Revoke the Conviction of Louis David Riel Act (Bill C-297), 6633-4
    >>Rwanda, o.q., 6612-3
    >>Securities industry, 1007-8
    >>>o.q., 643
    >>Social programs, 8768
    >>Telephone service, o.q., 8138-9
    >>Television, cable, 2026-7
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 350
    >>Tibet, S.O. 31, 8901
    >>Trade, 1861-2, 4515-6, 8155-6
    >>>o.q., 925
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 8768
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2300-1S.O. 31, 1415
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 8768
    >>Violence, o.q., 9601-2
    >>Welfare, 8768
    >>Women
    >>>M. on supply (Guay), 8767-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 8727, 8776
    >>World Conference on Women (Beijing, China, September 1995), 7371

Debt see Alberta--Provincial debt; Credit cards; National debt

Debt adjustment board see Farm debt

Debt Servicing and Reduction Account

    >>Grey, D., contributions, 7319
    >>Surplus from Goods and Services Tax revenue, applying, 7022, 7165, 7319
    >>See also Goods and Services Tax--Net revenue

Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act see Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70)

Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.--gifts to the Crown)(Bill C-280)--T. White

    >>First reading, 2314
    >>See also National debt--Reduction

Decentralization see Federal-provincial jurisdiction

Deep River, Ont. see Nuclear waste--Disposal

Defence

    >>Canada-United States co-operation, agreements, 540
    >>>Reviewing, 540-1
    >>>Secret accord of February 1947, 552
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces; National Defence Department; North American Aerospace Defence Command; Permanent Joint Board on Defence (Canada-United States)

Defence equipment

    >>Aircraft
    >>>Avro Arrow, CF-105s, cancellation in 1960s, 552
    >>>CF-5s exports see Defence equipment--Exports, Botswana; Turkey--Kurdish separatists
    >>>CF-18s
    >>>>Maintenance contract, Bombardier Inc./Canadair, $216 million, Bristo Aerospace bid rejected, 6277, 7452
    >>>>>o.q., 6488-9, 6561-2
    >>>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Cold Lake, Alta.; North American Aerospace Defence Command--Fighter squadrons
    >>>Hercules, maintenance contract, CAE Aviation Ltd., $108 million, o.q., 6562
    >>>See also Defence equipment--Helicopters
    >>Anti-tank missiles, purchases, 3987, 6481
    >>Armoured personnel carriers, acquisition
    >>>General Motors of Canada Ltd., London, Ont., contract, Ontario/Quebec benefits, etc., 6480
    >>>>o.q., 4342
    >>>o.q., 481-2
    >>Army command and control system, $180 million project, 6481
    >>Auditor General's 1995-1996 report findings re deficiencies, o.q., 2481
    >>Canada-United States agreements, Defence Production Sharing Agreement, Defence Research Sharing Agreement, test and evaluation program, etc., 540-1
    >>Canadian contracts, benefits, S.O. 31, 4450
    >>Clothing and helmets, $287 million and $13.4 million projects, 6384, 6481
    >>Clothing, integrated protective clothing and equipment, Computing Devices Canada contract, S.O. 31, 7880
    >>Expenditures, 3987
    >>>Reduction, 502
    >>>>Budget 1996, impact, o.q., 481-2
    >>>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role
    >>Exports
    >>>Botswana, CF-5 fighter aircraft, S.O. 31, 3416-7
    >>>China, o.q., 712
    >>>Controls
    >>>>Criteria, human rights, etc., 3985-7
    >>>>External Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee (3rd Sess., 34th Parl.), report, implementing, 3982
    >>>Decline, 3985-6
    >>>Developing countries, 3986-7
    >>>Export of Military Goods From Canada 1995, document
    >>>>Parliamentary debate before opportunity to read, 3986
    >>>>Tabled, 3982
    >>>Thailand, 3986
    >>>See also Defence equipment--Land mines; East Timor--Indonesian occupation; Turkey--Kurdish separatists
    >>Foreign military sales program, mismanagement, internal audit, etc., o.q., 7189-90
    >>Grenade launchers, $15.3 million project, 6481
    >>Helicopters
    >>>E-H 101s, contract, cancellation, Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise, "red book", 5823
    >>>>$500 million compensation costs, 7979-80
    >>>Marine/search and rescue, acquisition, 514, 6480-1
    >>>>o.q., 481-2
    >>>Sea King helicopters, replacing, 6383-4
    >>Land forces communication system, Computing Devices Canada contract, $90 million, o.q., 6562
    >>Land mines, anti-personnel
    >>>Ban on import, export and use, 1329, 3984, 3987-8
    >>>>o.q., 2482
    >>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--mines)(Bill C-252)
    >>>Canadian moratorium on use and sale, S.O. 31, 815-6, 2604-5
    >>>Canadian stockpile, two-thirds destroyed, 6406
    >>>>o.q., 5115
    >>>Canadian summit, 70 countries participating, 6405-6
    >>>>o.q., 4985, 5115, 5169
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5238
    >>>Detection systems, $27 million project, 6481
    >>>Impact, children,. etc., 6405
    >>>International ban, etc,
    >>>>Axworthy, Foreign Affairs Minister, Nobel Peace Prize nomination, S.O. 31, 9015-6, 9169
    >>>>Canadian government position, role, 3984, 3988
    >>>>>o.q., 2481-2
    >>>>Canadian summit role, target date of 1997, 6406
    >>>>Crystal Spring United Church Women role, S.O. 31, 9169
    >>>>Petitions, 883, 4870, 5021, 5485, 6710, 8316
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4644, 5021, 6788
    >>>International Committee of the Red Cross report, 1329
    >>>International congress on anti-personnel mines, Geneva, Switzerland, April-May 1996, S.O. 31, 2472
    >>>International use, extent, removal, 1871
    >>>Parrish presentation to North Atlantic Assembly re detection and removal, etc., S.O. 31, 9738
    >>>>S.O. 31, 1366-7
    >>>Removal, Canadian role, 3987
    >>>>o.q., 5115, 5169
    >>Purchases, government plans, House of Commons debating, 6480-1
    >>>o.q., 6010-1
    >>Quebec expenditures, 4777, 7268
    >>>o.q., 4342
    >>Ships
    >>>HMCS Preserver, supply ship, contract tenders, 8094
    >>>Minesweepers, Kingston class, $35 million maintenance contract, Fenco MacLaren Inc., SNC Lavalin subsidiary, 6028-9
    >>>>Donation to Liberal Party, relationship, 6028
    >>>>o.q., 714
    >>>Shipbuilding industry benefits, 8097
    >>>Submarines, acquisition, 3987, 6383-46480
    >>>>Canada's Defence Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.) recommendation, 514
    >>>>o.q., 481-2, 6010
    >>>>Role, benefits, 513-4
    >>>>United Kingdom Upholder submarines, 513
    >>>>>o.q., 4077
    >>Tanks, Leopard, turret replacement, $145 million project, 6481
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role

Defence expenditures

    >>Concientious objectors not contributing taxes, diverting to special account, 9701
    >>>Petition, 9999
    >>>See also Conscientious Objection Act (Bill C-404); Income tax--Peace tax
    >>Reduction, 50-1, 1518, 6353, 6384
    >>>$800 million, 502-3, 514, 544
    >>>Bases, personnel, etc. o.q., 4224-5, 4229, 4303-4, 4339, 4552, 4555, 4629
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 395, 1455, 6481
    >>>Budget 1996 statement, 372
    >>>Social programs, diverting to, S.O. 31, 9167
    >>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Combat capability--Peacekeeping role Defence equipment--Expenditures; North American Aerospace Defence Command
    >>See also Foreign aid--Official Development Assistance

Defence industry

    >>Conversion program, 304, 839, 1437, 3982
    >>>Funding, 5662
    >>>>o.q., 709
    >>>MIL Davie, non-participation, 301, 8093
    >>>Petitions, 568
    >>>See also Automobile safety--Air bag release mechanism propellants
    >>Exports see Defence equipment--Exports

Defence Industry Productivity Program (DIPP)

    >>Elimination, 5661-2
    >>>o.q., 530
    >>See also Technology Partnerships Canada--Establishing

Defence policy

    >>White paper see Canadian Armed Forces--Personnel, number; National Defence Department--Restructuring; North American Aerospace Defence Command;
    >>See also Canada's Defence Policy Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.); Foreign policy--Parliamentary debates

Defence Production Research Agreement see Defence equipment--Canada-United States agreements

Defence Production Sharing Agreement see Defence equipment--Canada-United States agreements

Defence research

    >>Esquimalt Defence Research Detachment, closure, relocation to Halifax, N.S., S.O. 31, 8727-8

Défi-Emploi program see Employment

Deficit

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