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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 37th 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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Nickel mining industry see Voisey's Bay, NL nickel mining project (Inco Limited)

Nicodemus, Joe see Farmers--Prairie farmers, Tree planting directive

Nigeria

    >>Human rights violations, Amina Lawal, unmarried mother, Sharia punishment, death by stoning for adultery, request for prevention of execution
    >>>Brun, Pierre, Lawyers Without Borders, efforts, commendation, S.O. 31, 7811(127:1400), 7812(127:1405)
    >>>M. (Neville), 576-7(9:1355), agreed to, by unanimous consent, 577(9:1355)
    >>>o.q., 1788(30:1150)
    >>Presidential inauguration, Secretary of State for Latin America, Africa and la Francophonie Paradis, participation/discussions, o.q., 6803(110:1455)
    >>Transocean Inc. oil rig, strike, Canadian hostages, 5762(94:1200)
    >>>o.q., 5757(94:1130),

Night of a Thousand Dinners see Land mines (anti-personnel mines)

Niobium see Nuclear waste--Newton, BC

NISA see Net income stabilization account (NISA)

Nisga'a Final Agreement

    >>Annual report, 2001-2202, tabled, 5043(83:1555)
    >>Benefits, 616(10:1025)
    >>Legislation, Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, government limiting debate, ramming through Parliament, 325-6(5:1325)
    >>Negotiations, 30 years, 483(7:1550)

NMD see National missile defence system (NMD)

Nobel Peace Prize see Ebadi, Shirin; Kielburger, Craig

Noise pollution see Rail transportation/railways

Nokia Brier see Curling

Non-confidence motions see Chrétien--References, Retirement

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) see Diamond mining industry--Conflict diamonds

Non-Medical Use of Drugs Special Committee

    >>Establishing/reinstituting, 208-9(4:1005-10), 300(5:1010), 302(5:1025), 303(5:1035), 305(5:1050), 332-3(5:1420), 349-51(6:1325-35), 352(6:1345), 381(6:1715)
    >>>M. (Boudria), agreed to, 8283-4(135:1555)
    >>Membership, M. (Borotsik), agreed to, 1357(23:1535)
    >>Reports
    >>>Deadline, December 13, 2002, M. (Regan), agreed to, 1638(27:1715)
    >>>Final report, A Policy for the New Millennium: Working Together to Redefine Canada's Drug Strategy
    >>>>Minority report, leak, 2639-40(44:1525-35), 3256-8(54:1515-25), 3505-6(59:1010-5)
    >>>>Tabled, 2595(44:1030)
    >>>Interim report, "Policy for the New Millennium: Working Together to Redefine Canada's Drug Strategy", tabled, 2403(41:1105)
    >>Travel, authorization, 2223(37:1640), 2264(38:1600)
    >>See also Marijuana--Possession; Privilege--Ménard

Non-Medical Use of Drugs Special Committee (Bill C-38)

    >>Reports
    >>>First (further recommendations on the issues addressed in Bill C-38), 9236(152:1050)
    >>>Second (Bill C-38, An Act to amend the Contraventions Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, with amendments), 9236(152:1050)

"Non-Paper Ideas on Bridging the Divide" see Iraq--Disarmament

Non-profit organizations see Charitable and non-profit organizations

Non-resident trusts and foreign investment entities see Income tax

Nootka Elementary School see Computers for schools program

NORAD see North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)

Noranda Inc.

    >>Gaspé copper smelter, Murdochville, Q.C., closure, contamination of site and ports, 767(12:1630)
    >>Horne smelter, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, strike, strikebreakers use, etc., 5680(93:1100)
    >>>Employees, laid off, employment insurance, access, 85% production rule, o.q., 6740(109:1445), 7140(116:1450)
    >>See also Asbestos mining industry

Normandin, QC

    >>Normandin, Joseph-Laurent, surveyor, namesake, monument commemorating, S.O. 31, 7451(121:1415)

Nortel Networks Limited see Export Development Canada--Loan guarantees--Nortel Networks Limited

North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)

North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation see Coal fired electric power plants--Ontario; Irving Group of Companies--Pollution

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

    >>Canadian sovereignty, relationship, o.q., 6736-7(109:1430)
    >>Consultations, Canadian, international, 6998(114:1115)
    >>Economic impact, 2492(42:1140), 2493(42:1145), 3767(63:1710-5), 5135-6(84:1815-20), 6385(104:1235), 6388(104:1300), 6999(114:1115-20), 7001(114:1135), 7002(114:1145), 7800(127:1230), 7808(127:1335-40)
    >>Environmental commission see North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
    >>Environmental regulations, relationship, 6999(114:1120)
    >>Future, International Trade Minister Pettigrew meeting with United States Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and Mexican Economics Secretary Fernando Canales, o.q., 8321(136:1445)
    >>Investor-state dispute settlement provisions (Chapter 11)
    >>>Benefits, etc., 5133-4(84:1755-805)
    >>>Democratic deficit factor, 75(2:1725)
    >>>Expropriation, definition, 7000(114:1125)
    >>>Government position, o.q., 1652(28:1430)
    >>>Interpretation clauses, adding, 5136(84:1820), 7001(114:1135-40)
    >>>>o.q., 753(12:1450)
    >>>Kyoto Protocol, relationship, 5131(84:1735), 7004(114:1200)
    >>>Lawsuits against Canadian government, 5130-1(84:1735)
    >>>>o.q., 913(15:1130)
    >>>National treatment factor, 6999(114:1115-20)
    >>>Public interest, conflict with, amending, etc., 5130(84:1730-5), 5134-5(84:1905-15)
    >>>Special treatment for foreign firms, 7000(114:1125-30), 7001(114:1135), 7002-3(114:1150-5), 7004(114:1200)
    >>>See also Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)--Alberta, Beef industry; Canada Post Corporation--Courier services; Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA); Gasoline--MMT; Health care; Hospitals--Private for profit; Lumber industry--Pope & Talbot Inc. challenge under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Metalclad Corporation; PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)--Export ban; Trade agreements; Water exports
    >>Liberal Party/Liberal government (Chrétien), opposing in opposition, supporting in government, 2542(42:1755), 4878(80:1300), 5135-6(84:1815-20), 5539(91:1250), 6100(100:1605-10), 6272(102:1745)
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) role, 1933(32:1800-5), 7002(114:1145)
    >>Provinces agreement, importance, 1991(34:1210)
    >>Reviewing, renegotiating, 7002(114:1145), 7003(114:1155)
    >>Tribunals, secrecy, 7001(114:1140)
    >>Withdrawing from, petitions, 3655(61:1520)
    >>See also Border, Canadian--Windsor, ON crossing; Canada Post Corporation--Stamps; Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute--Courts; Capital markets--Fraud; Mexico--Union representation votes

North American Indigenous Games (Winnipeg, MB, 2002)

    >>Aboriginal peoples in sport, participants, congratulating, S.O. 31, 578(9:1400)

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week

North American security perimeter

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

    >>Canada membership, New Democratic Party position, 1223-4(21:1355)
    >>Dividing, new military alliance, France promoting, Canadian position, o.q., 5637-8(92:1435), 5866(96:1430)
    >>Expansion, Parliamentary debate, lack, 1677(28:1715)
    >>Role, 6697-8(108:1700)
    >>See NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC); Iraq; Turkey

North Cape, PE see Wind energy--Prince Edward Island

North Dakota see Devils Lake, North Dakota

North Dumfries Township see Martens, Joe

North Korea

    >>Nuclear power stations, United States attack plans, Canadian position, o.q., 4189(70:1125)
    >>See also Iraq--Weapons of mass destruction; Nuclear weapons

North Pole see Kenn Borek Air Ltd.

North Queens, NS see DeLong, Donald

North Shore, QC see Employment insurance--Transitional measures

North Thompson Recovery Task Force se Forest fires--British Columbia

North Thompson Relief Fund see Forest fires--British Columbia

Northeastern Quebec Agreement

    >>Annual report
    >>>1998-99, tabled, 2591(44:1005)
    >>>1999-2000, tabled, 2591(44:1005)

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology see Aboriginal peoples--Education; Public Service--Labour-management relations--Epp

Northern British Columbia Winter Games

    >>28th annual, S.O. 31, 3244(54:1410)

Northern Canada

    >>Aboriginal peoples, role, 4966(82:1140)
    >>Budget 2003 measures, 3947-9(67:1020-30), 4271-4(71:1635-50)
    >>>See also Northern Canada--Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Science
    >>Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming), impact, Budget 2003 measures, relationship, 4271(71:1635-40)
    >>Infrastructure, government measures, etc., 2653(44:1725), 2654(44:1730)
    >>Permafrost, greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming), impact, 856(14:1345), 857(14:1350), 884(14:1645)
    >>Science, research, government funding, Budget 2003 measures, 3733(62:1650), 3948(67:1025), 3949(67:1030), 4049(68:1550), 4267(71:1600), 4272(71:1645)
    >>Sovereignty, protecting, 2653(44:1725), 2656(44:1750), 4965(82:1135)
    >>See also particular subjects

Northern Contaminants Program

    >>Role, symposium on arctic contaminants, etc., S.O. 31, 4135-6(69:1400)

Northern Ontario see Aircraft crashes; Regional development

Northern residents deduction see Income tax

Northern shrimp management plan plan see Shrimp industry

"Northern tiger" see Economy/economic conditions--Strength, Budget 2003 statement

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) see Cod; Fisheries--Conservation/sustainability

Northwest Corridor Development Corporation

    >>Free trade, British Columbia-Pacific Rim trade, relationship, 58-9(2:1515)
    >>Transportation corridor from Central North America to Prince Rupert, BC proponent, annual meeting, S.O. 31, 8431(138:1105)

Northwest passage

    >>Security
    >>>Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Coast Guard role, Budget 2003 measures, relationship, 4271(71:1635)
    >>>Canadian Coast Guard, role, 1415-6(23:2240-50)
    >>>Canadian Rangers, role, 1416(23:2240)

Northwest Rebellion (1885) see Riel, Louis David

Northwest Territories

    >>Environmental vulnerabilities, 856(14:1345)
    >>Infrastructure challenges, 856(14:1345)
    >>See also particular subjects

Norway see Canada-Norway Tax Convention; Canadian Coast Guard--Funding

Norwest Precision Ltd.

    >>Industrial energy innovator, registration as, energy conservation/greenhouse gas emissions reduction factor, S.O. 31, 4482(74:1400)

Notaries public see Laframboise--References

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce see Renaud, Richard and Carolyn

Notre-Dame-du-Nord, QC

Notwithstanding clause see Constitution

Nova Scotia see particular subjects

Novare Capital see Alliance Novare

NRA see National Rifle Association (NRA)

NRC see National Research Council (NRC)

Nuclear Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill C-449)--Chatters

    >>First reading, 7631(124:1505)
    >>See also Nuclear energy--Ministerial responsibility

Nuclear energy

Nuclear Fuel Waste Act (Bill C-27)(1st Sess., 37th Parl.) see Nuclear waste--Legislation

Nuclear industry

    >>Components, 550(9:1020)
    >>Greenhouse gas emissions factor, 601(9:1645)

Nuclear isotopes see Nuclear medicine--Role

Nuclear Liability Act see Nuclear energy--Liability of industry

Nuclear Liability Act (amdt.)(Bill C-415)--Caccia

    >>First reading, 4453-4(74:1005)
    >>See also Nuclear energy--Liability of industry

Nuclear medicine

Nuclear radiation

    >>Health effects, 572(9:1320), 812(13:1635)
    >>Naturally occurring, absorbed in bodies, etc., 2215(37:1530)
    >>See also Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)--Chalk River Laboratories, Ottawa River radioactive pollution; Chernobyl nuclear accident--Radiation released; Nuclear medicine; Nuclear waste--Radioactivity

Nuclear Safety and Control Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4)--Minister of National Revenue (Dhaliwal)

    >>First reading, 207(4:1005)
    >>Second reading, 550-76(9:1020-355), 589-612(9:1505-825), 759-70(12:1530-650), 809-13(13:1610-50), agreed to, on recorded division, 1063-4(17:1850)
    >>>Amdt., six month's hence (Girard-Bujold), 611(9:1805), negatived on recorded division, 809-10(13:1610-20)
    >>>Question be now put, M. (Regan), 810(13:1620), agreed to, on recorded division, 1062-3(17:1845)
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 2212-3(37:1500-10)
    >>Third reading, 2213-31(37:1510-740), 2268-78(38:1620-740), 2384(40:1220-5), agreed to, on recorded division, 2521-2(42:1505-15)
    >>Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 1064(17:1850)
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 1953(33:1535)
    >>Report stage, concurrence, 2041(35:1005)
    >>Royal Assent, 3508(59:1025). Chap. 1, S.C. 2003
    >>See also Nuclear waste--Contaminated land

Nuclear Safety and Control Act (amdt.)(Bill C-57)(1st Sess. 37th Parl.) see Nuclear waste--Contaminated land, Legislation

Nuclear submarines see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department--Employees

Nuclear waste

Nuclear weapons

    >>Eliminating
    >>>International negotiations, necessity, 761(12:1545)
    >>>Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) priorities, S.O. 31, 1068(18:1410)
    >>>Multilateral initiatives, United Nations, etc., importance, 6335(103:1610-20)
    >>Iran and North Korea, threat/use of force, Canadian position, o.q., 6853(111:1455-1500)
    >>North Korea capability, 761(12:1545), 2907-8(48:2245-50), 6693(108:1625-30)
    >>>o.q., 750-1(12:1440), 3464(58:1430)
    >>Pakistan/India tests, o.q., 475(7:1450)
    >>Soviet Union, former, safety, security, 5822(95:1640)
    >>United States rebuilding industry, 6337(103:1625)
    >>See also CANDU reactors--Exports; Iraq, United States pre-emptive attack; MOX fuels; Nuclear waste--Plutonium--Security concerns

Nunavik

    >>Federal electoral constituency, legislation designating, M. (St-Julien), 2231-9(37:1740-835), dropped from the Order Paper, 2239(37:1835)
    >>See also Tidal energy

Nunavik Inuit Marine Region Agreement-In-Principle

    >>Federal government and Makivic Corporation signing, S.O. 31, 953(16:1400)

Nunavut

    >>Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA), service management framework agreement, S.O. 31, 1297(22:1405)
    >>Nunavut Association of Municipalities, fundraising efforts, S.O. 31, 2368(40:1105)
    >>See also particular subjects

Nunavut Association of Municipalities see Nunavut

Nunavut Literacy Week

Nunavut Youth Abroad Program

    >>Youth pre-employment program, participants, congratulating, S.O. 31, 7089(115:1405)

Nurse, Michael

    >>Public servant, Public Works and Government Services Department, retirement, tribute, S.O. 31, 6671(108:1405)

Nurse practitioners see Nurses

Nurses

    >>Morale, decline, 2613(44:1235)
    >>Nurse practitioners, shortage, 2613(44:1235)
    >>Professional training, employment insurance benefits, providing, 4849(80:1015-20)
    >>Shortage, 152(3:1635)
    >>See also Health care providers--Shortage; HIV/AIDS--Africa, Canadian assistance; National Nursing Week

Nutrition see Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program; Children

NWEST see National Weapons Police Enforcement Support Team (NWEST)

Nyerere, Julius see Tanzania

Nygard International Ltd. see Nygard, Peter

Nygard, Peter

    >>Entrepreneur, fashion industry, Nygard International Ltd., S.O. 31, 5101(84:140)

Nystrom, Hon. Lorne (NDP--Regina--Qu'Appelle)