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Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.) and Diagnostic and Medical Equipment Funding Act (Bill C-39)--Minister of Finance (Goodale)

    >>1st r, 393
    >>2nd r, 416, agreed to on division, 416
    >>Finance Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 416
    >>>Report, with amdts., 442
    >>Report stage, 455
    >>>Concurrence, as amended, M. (Goodale), 455, agreed to, 455
    >>3rd r, 455, agreed to, 456, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 540
    >>Royal Assent, 557 (Chap. 11, S.C. 2005)

Federal-provincial fiscal relations see Equalization payments;Fiscal imbalance (intergovernmental);Offshore oil and gas revenues;Territorial Formula Financing (TFF)

Federal-provincial relations see Health care;Interprovincial trade;Legislation--Constitutional disallowance powers;Treaties--Ratification

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

    >>Funding see Budget Implementation Act, 2005 (Bill C-43)

FedNor see Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario (FedNor)

Feeney, Gordon see Canada Post Corporation--Chairman of the Board

Ferbec see Canada Steamship Lines (CSL)

Fetal alcohol syndrome see Alcoholic beverages;Health Standing Committee--Reports, Ninth

Film industry see Canadian feature film industry;Murder--Serial killers

Final Report: Financial Analysis Relative to Meat Packing Companies in the Context of the BSE Crisis of 2003 see Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee--Reports, Tenth

Finance Department

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2003-2004, tabled, 160 (8563-381-33)
    >>>2004-2005, tabled, 1229 (8563-381-124)
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
    >>>Finance Standing Committee referral, 65
    >>>Vote 20 (Auditor General), Public Accounts Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 66
    >>>>Report, 240
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Finance Standing Committee referral, 194
    >>>Vote 20a (Auditor General), Public Accounts Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 195
    >>>>Report, 268
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Finance Standing Committee referral, 484
    >>Estimates, 2005-2006, Main
    >>>Finance Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 486
    >>>>Report, 657
    >>>Vote 20 (Auditor General), Public Accounts Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 487
    >>>>Report, 587
    >>>Vote 25 (Canadian International Trade Tribunal), Finance Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 486
    >>>>Report, 738
    >>Estimates, 2005-2006, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Finance Standing Committee referral, 1220
    >>>Vote 20a (Auditor General), Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 1221
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2004-2005, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Estimates, 2005-2006, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act

Feminine hygiene products

    >>Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption see Excise Tax Act (amdt.--feminine hygiene products)(Bill C-319)

Finance Standing Committee

    >>Adjournment from place to place within Canada and broadcasting of proceedings, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 991
    >>Bills referred
    >>>Authorization to the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments Act (Bill C-48), 784
    >>>Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (Bill C-33), 388
    >>>Budget Implementation Act, 2005 (Bill C-43), 783
    >>>Excise Tax Act (amdt.--elimination of excise tax on jewellery)(Bill C-259), 359
    >>>Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.--fiscal equalization payments to the provinces and funding to the territories)(Bill C-24), 381
    >>>Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.) and Diagnostic and Medical Equipment Funding Act (Bill C-39), 416
    >>>Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment Act (Bill C-57), 1121
    >>>Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction for volunteer emergency service)(Bill C-273), 493
    >>>Income Tax Act (amdt.--exclusion of income received by an athlete from a non-profit club, society or association)(Bill C-285), 631
    >>>Income Tax Act (amdt.--exemption from taxation of 50% of United States social security payments to Canadian residents)(Bill C-265), 661
    >>>Income Tax act (amdt.--public transit costs)(Bill C-306), 1058
    >>>Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2004 (Bill S-17), 352
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main, referred
    >>>Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, 65
    >>>Finance, 65
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Supplementary (A), referred
    >>>Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, 194
    >>>Finance, 194
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Supplementary (B), referred
    >>>Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, 484
    >>>Finance, 484
    >>Estimates, 2005-2006, Main, referred
    >>>Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, 486
    >>>Finance, 486
    >>>>Vote 25 (Canadian International Trade Tribunal), Finance Standing Committee
    >>>>>Referral, 486
    >>>>>Report, 738
    >>Estimates, 2005-2006, Supplementary (A), referred
    >>>Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, 1220
    >>>Finance, 1220
    >>Membership, 41-2, 118-9, 1133-4
    >>Orders of reference, independent fiscal forecasting advice for parliamentarians, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 260
    >>Reports
    >>>First (Duty Remission and the Zero-Rating of Tariffs on Textile Inputs: The Canadian Apparel Industry), 122 (8510-381-02)
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Martin, Pat), 274
    >>>>gr, 528 (8512-381-02)
    >>>Second (Study on Small Business Tax Measures), 122 (8510-381-03)
    >>>Third (Moving Forward: Balancing Priorities and Making Choices for the Economy of the Twenty-First Century), 367 (8510-381-58)
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Hill), 673-4, division deferred, 758, deemed carried on division, M., agreed to on division, 803-4
    >>>>>Amdt. (Harper), 673, deemed negatived on division, M., agreed to on division, 803-4
    >>>>See also Budget 2005 (February 23, 2005)--Pre-budget consultations
    >>>Fourth (Study on Small Business Tax Measures: Canada's Agricultural Cooperatives), 367 (8510-381-59)
    >>>Fifth (Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2004 (Bill S-17)), 383 (8510-381-61)
    >>>Sixth (Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.--fiscal equalization payments to the provinces and funding to the territories)(Bill C-24)), 415 (8510-381-67)
    >>>Seventh (Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (Bill C-33)), 431 (8510-381-72)
    >>>Eighth (Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.) and Diagnostic and Medical Equipment Funding Act (Bill C-39)), 442 (8510-381-75)
    >>>Ninth (Main Estimates 2005-2006 - Votes 1, 5, 10, L15, 30 and 35 under Finance), 657 (8510-381-113)
    >>>Tenth (Main Estimates 2005-2006 -- Votes 1 and 5 under Canada Customs and Revenue Agency; Vote 25 under Finance), 738 (8510-381-130)
    >>>Eleventh (Excise Tax Act (amdt.--elimination of excise tax on jewellery)(Bill C-259)), 799 (8510-381-143)
    >>>Twelfth (Budget Implementation Act, 2005 (Bill C-43)), 850 (8510-381-158)
    >>>Thirteenth (The Existence, Extent and Elimination of Canada's Fiscal Imbalance), 857-8 (8510-381-159)
    >>>Fourteenth (Authorization to the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments Act (Bill C-48)), 880 (8510-381-168)
    >>>Fifteenth (extension of time to consider Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service), 1047 (8510-381-189)
    >>>>Concurrence (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 22), M., deemed deferred, 1047-8, deemed concurred in, 1052
    >>>Sixteenth (extension of time to consider Bill C-285, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (exclusion of income received by an athlete from a non-profit club, society or association)), 1195 (8510-381-200)
    >>>>Concurrence (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 26), M., deemed moved and recorded division deemed deferred, 1195, agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1208
    >>>Seventeenth (extension of time to consider Bill C-265, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (exemption from taxation of 50% of United States social security payments to Canadian residents)), 1195-6 (8510-381-201)
    >>>>Concurrence (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 27), M., deemed moved and recorded division deemed deferred, 1196, agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1208
    >>>Eighteenth (Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment Act (Bill C-57)), 1290 (8510-381-223)
    >>>Nineteenth (recommendation not to proceed further with Bill C-273, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)), 1297 (8510-381-224)
    >>Reports permanently referred see Bank of Canada;Bretton Woods and Related Agreements;Canada Customs and Revenue Agency;Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation;Canada Development Investment Corporation (including Canada Hibernia Holding Corporation);Canada Pension Plan (CPP);Canada Pension Plan Investment Board;Canadian International Trade Tribunal;Debt Management Report;Debt Management Strategy;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act;Exchange Fund Account;Financial Consumer Agency of Canada;Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada;Income tax conventions;Order in Council appointments;Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Dependants) Pension Fund;Superintendent of Financial Institutions Office
    >>Travel, authorization, 1153
    >>See also Fiscal imbalance (intergovernmental)

Financial Administration Act

    >>Legislation see Budget Implementation Act, 2005 (Bill C-43)

Financial Administration Act, Canada School of Public Service Act and Official Languages Act (amdt.)(Bill C-8)--President of the Treasury Board (Alcock)

    >>1st r, 73
    >>2nd r, 141-2, agreed to, 156
    >>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 156
    >>>Report, with amdt., 383
    >>Report stage, 430
    >>>Concurrence, as amended, M. (Alcock), 430, agreed to, 430
    >>3rd r, 430, agreed to on division, 490-1, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 652
    >>Royal Assent, 669 (Chap. 15, S.C. 2005)

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
    >>>2003-2004 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 60 (8560-381-797-01)
    >>>2004-2005 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 1087 (8560-381-797-02)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act

Financial institutions

    >>Deposit insurance see Budget Implementation Act, 2005 (Bill C-43)
    >>Governance see Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment Act (Bill C-57)
    >>Notices to authorized foreign bank
    >>>Ways and Means No. 2
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 311, agreed to on division, 311
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 300 (8570-381-02)
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (Bill C-33)
    >>See also Banks;Foreign banks;Patronage dividends

Financial Institutions Legislation Amendment Act (Bill C-57)--Minister of Finance (Goodale)

    >>1st r, 835
    >>2nd r, 1107, 1120-1, agreed to on division, 1121
    >>Finance Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 1121
    >>>Report, with amdts., 1290
    >>Deemed concurred in at report stage and ordered for consideration at third reading later this day, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1318
    >>3rd r, 1320, deemed agreed to on division, 1320, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 1345
    >>Royal Assent, 1346 (Chap. 54, S.C. 2005)

Financial services

    >>Fringe financial services, cheque cashers and pay-day lenders, Industry Department, Consumer Measures Committee documents, P-12 (Wasylycia-Leis), ordered, 1281 (8550-381-12)
    >>See also Auditors;Mortgages

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2003-2004, tabled, 161 (8563-381-36)
    >>>2004-2005, tabled, 1230 (8563-381-130)
    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
    >>>2003-2004 annual report, 199 (8560-381-802-01)
    >>>2004-2005 annual report, 1257 (8560-381-802-02)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Employment Equity Act;Estimates, 2004-2005, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Estimates, 2005-2006, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act

Finding the Energy to Act: Reducing Canada's Greenhouse Gas Emissions see Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh

Fines, levies or penalties

    >>Income tax, business expense deduction
    >>>Ways and Means No. 2
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 311, agreed to on division, 311
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 300 (8570-381-02)
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (Bill C-33)

Fire retardants

    >>Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) products, ban
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Julian), (381-1777), 1332

Fire safety see Cigarette Ignition Propensity Regulations

Firearms

    >>And light weapons, illicit trade, r.o. Q-144 (Breitkreuz), 926 (8555-381-144)
    >>Foreign visitors bringing firearms into Canada, non-resident forms, public safety purpose, r.o. Q-136 (Breitkreuz), 802-3 (8555-381-136)
    >>Licences, lifetime ban for violent crime conviction see Firearms Act (amdt.--criteria for firearms licence)(Bill C-289)
    >>Litigation, Criminal Code, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenges of firearms legislation and regulations, r.o. Q-52 (Breitkreuz), 364-5 (8555-381-52)
    >>Search and seizure powers/restitution see Criminal Code (amdt.--search and seizure)(Bill C-382)
    >>Trade, imports/exports, statistics, r.o. Q-137 (Breitkreuz), 803 (8555-381-137)
    >>See also Gun violence;Handguns;Weapons trafficking

Firearms Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee
    >>>2003 annual report, 241 (8560-381-144-01)
    >>>2004 annual report, 1031 (8560-381-144-02)

Firearms Act (amdt.--criteria for firearms licence)(Bill C-289)--Moore, J

Firearms Act (amdt.--registration of handguns)(Bill C-433)--Breitkreuz

Firearms registry (Canadian Firearms Program)

    >>Alternative Service Delivery (ASD) contract, penalty clauses, r.o. Q-88 (Breitkreuz), 576 (8555-381-88)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Gallant), (381-0050), 180, gr, 360 (8545-381-24-01); (381-1699), 1290
    >>>(Mark), (381-0167), 384, gr, 525 (8545-381-24-02)
    >>Public safety improvements, statistics, r.o. Q-19 (Breitkreuz), 271 (8555-381-19)
    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee
    >>>Regulations Amending the Firearms Fees Regulations (SOR/2004-142), notice of opinion, 127 (8560-381-779-01)
    >>Use in commission of serious offences, additional sentence see Criminal Code (amdt.--consecutive sentence for use of firearm in commission of offence)(Bill C-215)
    >>See also Privilege, prima facie--False/misleading statements

Firefighters

    >>Death in line of duty, monument in the Parliamentary Precinct, M-153 (Julian), 864-5, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 865, 1183, as amended, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 176), 1210-1
    >>>Amdt. (Broadbent), 1183, division deferred, 1183, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 175), 1209-10
    >>See also Canada Pension Plan (CPP);Murder--Parole officer;Public safety officers compensation fund

First Nations

    >>Budget 2005 (February 23, 2005) proposals, r.o. Q-134 (Desjarlais), 802 (8555-381-134)
    >>Economic development
    >>>Commercial and industrial projects, reserve lands, regulation see First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act (Bill C-71)
    >>>See also First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)
    >>Fiscal management see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)
    >>Property taxes see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)
    >>Quebec, taxation
    >>>Ways and Means No. 2
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 311, agreed to on division, 311
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 300 (8570-381-02)
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (Bill C-33)
    >>See also Grand Rapids First Nation;Oil and gas revenues;Veterans

First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act (Bill C-71)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Scott)

    >>1st r, 1241
    >>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
    >>>Referral before second reading, M. (Scott), 1289, agreed to, 1291
    >>>Report, without amdt., 1305-6
    >>Deemed concurred in at report stage and read a second time and ordered for consideration at third reading later this day, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1318
    >>3rd r, 1319, deemed agreed to on division, 1319, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 1345
    >>Royal Assent, 1346 (Chap. 53, S.C. 2005)

First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA) see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)

First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB) see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)

First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Scott)

    >>1st r, 179-80
    >>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
    >>>Referral before second reading, M. (Scott), 238, agreed to, 238
    >>>Report, with amdts., 325
    >>Report stage and second reading, 337
    >>>Concurrence, as amended, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 337
    >>3rd r, 337-8, agreed to, 340, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 540
    >>Royal Assent, 557 (Chap. 9, S.C. 2005)

First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act

    >>Ways and Means No. 2
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 311, agreed to on division, 311
    >>>Notice, tabled, 300 (8570-381-02)
    >>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2004, No. 2 (Bill C-33)

First Nations Land Management Act

    >>Legislation see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)

First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act (Bill C-54)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Scott, A.)

    >>1st r, 815
    >>2nd r, 1121, 1122, agreed to, 1122
    >>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 1122
    >>>Report, without amdt., 1207
    >>Report stage, 1249
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Scott), 1249, division deferred, 1249, deferral discharged and motion adopted, 1249-50
    >>3rd r, 1250, deemed read a third time and passed on division, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 1298
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 1340
    >>Royal Assent, 1346 (Chap. 48, S.C. 2005)

First Nations Statistics (FNS) see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)

First Nations Tax Commission (FNTC) see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-20)

First Nations Veterans Compensation Act (Bill C-247)--Martin, Pat

Fiscal imbalance (intergovernmental)

    >>Martin, Prime Minister, attitude at October 26, 2005 federal-provincial meeting/Finance Standing Committee special subcommittee, establishing, M. on supply (Loubier), 164-5, division deferred, 165, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 6), 182-3