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Standing Joint Committees see Library of Parliament Standing Joint Committee; Official Languages Standing Joint Committee; Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee

Standing Orders

    >>Amending, process, 1622, 12461
    >>Amendments
    >>>M. (H. Gray), 957-85, 1002-26, agreed to, 1026
    >>>See also House of Commons--Rule changes
    >>>M. (Milliken), 259-60, agreed to, as amended, by unanimous consent, 261
    >>>>Amdt. (Robinson), agreed to, 261
    >>>See also House of Commons--Proceedings
    >>Language, gender-bias, 2775
    >>Reprinted copy, June 1993, with index, tabled, 31
    >>S.O. 56 and S.O. 78, deleting, M. (Ablonczy), unanimous consent denied, 13902
    >>S.O. 78, deleting, M. (B. Mills), unanimous consent denied, 12461
    >>See also Petitions--Procedure/process--Subject matter; Procedure; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Fifty-third

Stanfield's

    >>Truro, N.S., woolen mill, exports, 16008-9

Stanley Cup see Hockey--National Hockey League

Stanley, George see Flag--Maple Leaf

Starmania see Victoires de la Musique--Paris

START I/START II see Nuclear weapons--Non-proliferation

State of Canada's Forests, The see Forestry--Annual report

State-run economies see International economic development--Free market economies

Statements by Members under S.O. 31 see House of Commons--Proceedings; Procedure

Statements by Ministers

    >>Acid rain, sulphur dioxide emissions, second international protocol, Canada signing (Copps), 5347-50
    >>Airline industry, Canada-Osaka, Japan route, Air Canada designated carrier (Young), 475-6
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping troops, mandate
    >>>Ending (Ouellet), 15251-3
    >>>Six month extension (Ouellet), 2132-4
    >>Cabinet Ministers, integrity and ethics, commitment (J. Chrétien), 7409-15
    >>Canada Communication Group, audit report, and audit action plan (Dingwall), 4397-400
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, officer training, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont., fully bilingual teaching institution (Collenette), 3479-83
    >>Canadian National Railways, privatization, Canadian Pacific Railway proposal (Young), 9006-7
    >>Challenger Jet fleet (Eggleton), 5525-6
    >>China, Tiananmen Square demonstrations, anniversary (Chan), 5057-60, 13285-7
    >>Commonwealth Day (Ouellet), 2224-5
    >>Commonwealth Day (Stewart, C.), 10392-3
    >>Conflict of interest, code of conduct (J. Chrétien), 5395-400
    >>Energy efficiency (A. McLellan), 3281-2
    >>Environment (Copps), 1431-4
    >>>Earth Day (Copps), 3396-400
    >>>Environmental assessment and review process (Copps), 6598-602
    >>>OECD, Environmental Performance Review of Canada (Copps), 16372-5
    >>>Protection, Action 21 (Copps), 15049-51
    >>>Toxic substances, Toxic Substances Management Policy (Copps), 6177-80, 13183-7
    >>Environmental industry, sectoral consultation, government initiative (Copps), 158-60
    >>Eritrea, Ethiopia and Egypt, ministerial visit (C. Stewart), 6719-21
    >>Estimates
    >>>1994-1995, main (Eggleton), 1757-60
    >>>1995-1996, main (Eggleton), 10107-11
    >>Flood, Perth-Andover, N.B., customs officers drowned (Anderson), 3127-8
    >>Foreign affairs policy (Ouellet), 9238-44
    >>Government expenditures, management, The Expenditure Management System of the Government of Canada (Eggleton), 9659-60
    >>Government programs and services, review, Strengthening Government Review (Eggleton), 16489-91
    >>Governor General, Hon. Roméo LeBlanc, appointment (J. Chrétien), 8097-8
    >>Grain transportation, delivery problems, government addressing (Goodale), 4994-7
    >>Great Lakes, water quality, chlorine levels, International Joint Commission report (Copps), 7139-44
    >>Greenpeace Canada, tax status (Anderson), 2867
    >>Gun control/guns, government position/action (Rock), 8483-8
    >>Holocaust, Yom Hashoah, memorial day (Eggleton), 11843-5
    >>Immigration
    >>>Levels (1994) (Marchi), 796-804
    >>>Levels (1995) (Marchi), 7469-74
    >>>Levels (1996) (Marchi), 16073-9
    >>Industry, strategy (Manley), 8639-45
    >>International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 50th anniversary, tribute (Young), 7428-30
    >>International Credit Union Day (Goodale), 15533-5
    >>International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Finestone), 10720-2
    >>International Water Day, National Capital's Celebration (Copps), 2361-4
    >>International Women's Day, women, achievements/goals, recognizing (Finestone), 1957-60, 10334-8
    >>Irving Whale, Magdalen Islands, sinking, Sept. 7/70, environmental threat (Copps), 2488-92
    >>La Francophonie
    >>>Journée internationale de la Francophonie (Ouellet), 10718-20
    >>>Semaine nationale de la Francophonie (Ouellet), 2545-7
    >>Multiculturalism (Finestone), 997-1001
    >>Municipalities, grants in lieu of taxes, federal freeze, removal (P. Martin), 4870-1
    >>National Citizenship Week (Marchi), 3009-12
    >>National Co-op Week (Goodale), 7039-41, 15533-5
    >>National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured in the Workplace (L. Axworthy), 3609-10
    >>National security (H. Gray), 2861-7, 11099-101
    >>National Transportation Week (Young), 4829-32
    >>Nigeria, democratic elections of 1993, military regime ignoring (C. Stewart), 13879-81
    >>Notice, shortage, apologizing, 3481
    >>Nuclear weapons, non-proliferation treaty, extending (Chan), 11993-5
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, federal institutions (Eggleton), 2180-2
    >>Parks Canada, principles and policies (Dupuy), 2707-9
    >>Parliament Buildings, renovations, asbestos removal, etc. (Dingwall), 7274-7
    >>Population, migration, world-wide problem, United Nations Conference on Population and Development, September 1994, Cairo, Egypt (Marchi), 6295-8
    >>Presenting in House, Hermanson refusal to allow, S.O. 31, 1551
    >>Public Service, employment equity (Eggleton), 2794-7
    >>Rwanda, civil war, humanitarian and medical aid, Canada contribution (C. Stewart), 4395-7
    >>Somalia, Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, civilian deaths, courts martial (Collenette), 2440-1
    >>South Africa, democratization, transition period, Canada assistance (C. Stewart), 7601-4
    >>Sustainable development (Copps), 6907-12
    >>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling (J. Chrétien), 1029-35
    >>Trade (MacLaren), 9244-9
    >>Transportation, National policy (Young), 17665-8
    >>United Nations,
    >>>49th anniversary (Ouellet), 7103-5
    >>>50th anniversary (Ouellet), 15729-32
    >>Women
    >>>Persons case, Persons Day/Women's History Month (Finestone), 15411-4
    >>>Violence against, combatting (Finestone), 8659-62, 17283-6
    >>World Food Day (Robichaud), 6781-2
    >>World War II
    >>>D-DAy, 50th anniversary (Copps), 4867-70
    >>>Italian campaign, 50th anniversary (MacAulay), 3915-6
    >>See also Procedure

Statistics see Visible minorities

Statistics Canada

    >>Advance payments, internal government departments contractual arrangements, investigation, summary report, tabled, 7893
    >>Employees, provincial distribution, Quebec share, 1052
    >>See also Aboriginal peoples--Band funding, Overpayments; Labour force--Women; Women--Violence against

Status of the Artist Act

    >>Self-employment, encouraging, government action, need, S.O. 31, 8876

Status of Women Canada

    >>Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Human Resources Development Women's Program, consolidation, 10480-1, 10623-6, 10631-2
    >>Dismantling, 10586
    >>Special interest groups, support for, Reform Party position, 10586
    >>See also Canadian Heritage Department

Statutes of Canada

    >>Anomalies, inconsistencies, correcting, government proposals, tabled, 3105
    >>>See also Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act (Bill C-40)

Statutory Instruments Act see Regulations--Reform

Statutory Program Evaluation Act (Bill C-289)--Williams

    >>First reading, 7894
    >>Second reading, 11217-25
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 11225
    >>See also Government expenditures--Statutory; Government programs and services--Statutory expenditures

Statutory release see Offenders--Parole or statutory release breach

Stay in School Program see Education--High school

STDs see instead Sexually transmitted diseases

Steckle, Paul (L--Huron--Bruce)

    >>Abortion, petitions, 8663, 9864, 10198, 17145-6
    >>Advance Payment for Crops Act, o.q., 1725
    >>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee, S.O. 31, 9139
    >>Agriculture, M. (Goodale), 4146, 4164-7
    >>Air pollution, S.O. 31, 4052
    >>Automobile industry, S.O. 31, 3515
    >>Bluewater Fibre Inc., 15916
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. for approval (P. Martin), 2114-5
    >>Corporal punishment, S.O. 31, 4198-9
    >>Crime, S.O. 31, 3151
    >>Deaths, 10422
    >>Defence policy, 2115
    >>Deficit, 2115
    >>Environment Department, S.O. 31, 5207
    >>Euthanasia, petitions, 8663, 9864, 10198
    >>Fire-fighters, M. (Speller), 4728-9
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 10421-3
    >>Foreign affairs policy, 2115
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 16046
    >>>Petition, 4062
    >>GATT, 4165
    >>Government policies, 2115
    >>Gun control/guns, 10421-3
    >>>Petitions, 9864, 10198
    >>Home Buyers Plan, S.O. 31, 292
    >>House of Commons, S.O. 31, 5571, 6509
    >>Huron--Bruce constituency, 2114
    >>Infrastructure program, 2115
    >>Job creation, 15915-6
    >>Los Angeles, CA, S.O. 31, 2968
    >>MADD Canada, S.O. 31, 14917
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-94), 16046
    >>Members of Parliament, 2114-5
    >>Mining industry, M. (Serré), 15245-6
    >>Murder, 3151, 10422
    >>NAFTA, 4164
    >>Olympics, 1994 Winter Games, S.O. 31, 1099
    >>Packaging and labelling, M. (Pagtakhan), 2961-2
    >>Penitentiaries, S.O. 31, 3151
    >>Post offices, S.O. 31, 713
    >>Postage stamps, S.O. 31, 2783
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 16046
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 6883, 13655
    >>>Members' remarks, 4167
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 15915
    >>References, maiden speech, 2114
    >>Same-sex couples, petitions, 8663, 9864, 10198, 10723
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 8663, 9864, 10198, 10723
    >>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 15915-6
    >>Small business, S.O. 31, 148, 17081-2
    >>Social security system, 2115
    >>Steckle, references, 2114
    >>Tackle Windpower, 15916
    >>Unemployment, 15915
    >>Wheat, 4165
    >>Winkler, Eric, S.O. 31, 10783-4
    >>World War II, S.O. 31, 12364

Steel industry

    >>Anti-dumping protection, World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-57), addressing, need, 8220-1, 8259-63
    >>Canada-U.S. sectoral steel accord, petition, 7735
    >>Exports, GATT Uruguay Round agreement, benefits, 8419
    >>Importance, 8260-1
    >>>Quebec, 8263
    >>United States trade actions, 543-4, 8260, 8262-4
    >>>World Trade Organization, relationship, 8220-1, 8398-9, 8414, 8419-20, 8434, 8453-4

Stephens, Lieutenant Colonel Alan see Croatia--Canadian Armed Forces

Sterilization see Refugees--Chinese

Stevedoring see Marine Atlantic Inc.

Stevenson, Christopher see Sexual offenders--Fredericks

Stevenson, Theresa

    >>Order of Canada recipient, tribute, S.O. 31, 6897

Stewart, Hon. Christine (L--Northumberland; Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa))

    >>Africa, democratization, 2281
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, M. to adjourn under S.O. 52 (B. Mills), 12942-3
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 13196
    >>Burundi, o.q., 6518
    >>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-92), 14484
    >>Care Canada, o.q., 13046
    >>Chemical and biological weapons, o.q., 7038
    >>China, Three Gorges dam project, o.q., 7859
    >>Commonwealth
    >>>African nations, 2281
    >>>Caribbean nations, 2282
    >>Commonwealth Day, statement by Minister, 10392
    >>Cuba
    >>>Economic and human rights reform, 2283
    >>>United States trade embargo, o.q., 10667-8
    >>Customs Act and Customs Tariff (amdt.)(Bill C-102), 15990
    >>Defence equipment, exports, o.q., 13003-4
    >>Divorce, children, petition, 3106
    >>Education, Africa, $14.9 million Canadian contribution, 6720
    >>Eritrea, Ethiopia and Egypt, ministerial visit, statement by Minister, 6719-20
    >>Foreign affairs policy
    >>>Components, 2280
    >>>Review, M. (Ouellet), 2279-84
    >>Foreign affairs policy, 5966
    >>Foreign aid, emergency relief/development assistance, 2280
    >>Haiti
    >>>Democratic government, restoring, 2283, 5966-7
    >>>>o.q., 4390
    >>>Embargo, o.q., 5209, 5215-6, 6136
    >>India, Sikh Canadians, o.q., 10329
    >>International development assistance
    >>>Accountability, 2284
    >>>Africa, 2280-1
    >>>CIDA role, 2283-4
    >>>Funding, 2281
    >>>Humanitarian dimension, 2280
    >>>Latin America and Caribbean, 2281
    >>>Plans, programs and strategies, 2283
    >>>Poverty, 2281
    >>>Sustainable development, 2280
    >>International economic development, Latin America, 2282
    >>International peace and security
    >>>Promotion, 2280
    >>>Threat, 2279
    >>International relations, Canadian reputation, 2280
    >>La Francophonie, Africa, 2281
    >>Latin America
    >>>Canada's ties, 2281-3
    >>>Democracy and constitutional rule, 2282-3
    >>Law of the Sea, United Nations convention, o.q., 7632
    >>Marine Transportation Security Act (Bill C-38), 5292
    >>Nigeria
    >>>Democratic elections of 1993, military regime ignoring, statement by Minister, 13879-80
    >>>Saro-Wiwa, Ken, o.q., 16544
    >>Nuclear weapons, o.q., 8751
    >>Pakistan, human rights abuses, o.q., 10078
    >>Peacekeeping
    >>>Canada's role, M. (Ouellet), 5966-7
    >>>Canadian participation, o.q., 4390
    >>Procedure, bills, government, 5292, 13196
    >>References see CRTC--Licence applications, Letters; NAFTA--Mexico, Canadian delegation
    >>Rwanda, civil war, 5966-7
    >>>Humanitarian and medical aid, Canada contribution, statement by Minister, 4395-6
    >>South Africa
    >>>"Canadian Companies in South Africa", tabled, 6719
    >>>Democratization, o.q., 4472
    >>>Elections, United Nations observer force, Canadian participation, report, tabled, 4395
    >>>Transition period, Canada assistance, statement by Minister, 7601-2
    >>Trade
    >>>Africa, 2281
    >>>Latin America, 2282
    >>Turkey, Kurdish minority, o.q., 11150
    >>United Nations
    >>>African nations, 2281
    >>>Mandate, 2284

Stewart, Hon. Jane (L--Brant; Minister of National Revenue as of January 25, 1996)

    >>Aboriginal Nurses Day, S.O. 31, 12531
    >>Agriculture, M. (Goodale), 4147-9
    >>Alternative Fuels Act (Bill S-7), 11816, 12516, 14182-3
    >>Alzheimer's disease, o.q., 13182
    >>Arts and culture, S.O. 31, 2118
    >>Atlantic provinces, 17527
    >>Bloc Québécois, 1359
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 333
    >>Brant constituency, 467-8
    >>Brantford, Ont., 467
    >>Budget, 735-6
    >>>M. (P. Martin), 735-8
    >>>M. on supply (Williams), 7190-4
    >>Budget (1996), 17688-90
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. on supply (R. Speaker), 2199
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, 13306
    >>>M. for approval (P. Martin), 10129
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1995 (Bill C-76), 13306-8
    >>Business, 17690
    >>Canada, 17526-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 5937
    >>Canada Health Act, 13308
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 13110-1, 13307
    >>Canadian Airborne Regiment, S.O. 31, 9275
    >>Canadian Military Heritage Museum, S.O. 31, 4126
    >>Canadian National Railways, 13307
    >>Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, S.O. 31, 4768
    >>Child care, S.O. 31, 15038
    >>Communities in Bloom, S.O. 31, 14219
    >>Constitution Amendment, 1993 (Prince Edward Island), M. (Dingwall), 1359
    >>Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110), 17526-7
    >>Constitutional reform, 4932
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 5888, 6819-21
    >>Criminals, o.q., 5730
    >>Cultural Property Export and Import Act, Income Tax Act and Tax Court of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-93), 15002-4
    >>Decentralization, 468-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 2213
    >>Defence equipment
    >>>o.q., 11811, 14816
    >>>Petition, 15222
    >>>S.O. 31, 11184, 14605-6
    >>Deficit, 7190-2, 13306, 17689-90
    >>>M. on supply (Grubel), 9622-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 9900
    >>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 6463
    >>Economic conditions, 6671
    >>>o.q., 14533
    >>Economic recovery, 2199
    >>Employment, 6671, 6673
    >>Employment equity, 15449-50
    >>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15449-50
    >>Endangered and Threatened Species Act (Bill C-275), 15558-9
    >>Environment, S.O. 31, 11982
    >>Farm income, 4148-9
    >>Farmers, 4148
    >>Federal-provincial relations, M. on supply (G. Leroux), 13110-1
    >>Finance Standing Committee, reports, M. (Gagliano), 17688-90
    >>Food, 4148
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, 6463
    >>GATT, 4148
    >>Government, 6671, 17690
    >>Government expenditures, 13306, 17689
    >>Government programs and services, 7192-3
    >>>S.O. 31, 8823-4
    >>Grain, 4148
    >>Grain elevators, 13308
    >>GST, 4149
    >>Gun control/guns, petition, 10860
    >>Health care, 145
    >>>o.q., 16742
    >>>S.O. 31, 4768
    >>Hockey, S.O. 31, 2732-3
    >>Housing, 16207
    >>Infrastructure program, 467-8
    >>>S.O. 31, 3876, 8628
    >>Inter-City Products Canada Limited, S.O. 31, 97
    >>Israel, S.O. 31, 16240
    >>Job creation, 2199, 6672
    >>Justice system, 586, 6819-21, 11567
    >>>o.q., 9657
    >>Kilger, references, 467
    >>Manufacturing industries, 467
    >>Members of Parliament, 184-5
    >>Mortgages, 16207
    >>NAFTA, 737
    >>National debt, 17689-90
    >>National Housing Act (amdt.)(Bill C-108), 16207
    >>National unity
    >>>M. on supply (Manning), 4932
    >>>S.O. 31, 15870-1
    >>Net Income Stabilization Account, 4148-9
    >>Old age pensions, 9900
    >>Ontario, 17690
    >>>S.O. 31, 13230, 13364
    >>Parole, 5888, 6820
    >>Peacekeeping
    >>>M. (Ouellet), 333
    >>>S.O. 31, 11606
    >>Pensions, 13307
    >>Population, 10604
    >>Prince Edward Island, 1359
    >>Privatization, 17689
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 14182-3
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 9627
    >>>Members' remarks, 11195
    >>Program for Older Worker Adjustment, o.q., 6777
    >>Public Service, 13307
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum, 1359
    >>Rail passenger service, 4377
    >>>o.q., 2541
    >>References
    >>>Maiden speech, 467
    >>>See also Canadian Airborne Regiment--Hazing video
    >>RRSPs, 9900
    >>Rural Canada, 13308
    >>Russia, o.q., 9608
    >>Rwanda, S.O. 31, 6329
    >>Senate, petition, 1036
    >>Small business, 4148
    >>Social security system, 736-7, 7191, 17690
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 667-8
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 6671-3
    >>>o.q., 2296, 7373
    >>Softball, S.O. 31, 5094
    >>Taxation, o.q., 16906
    >>Telephone City Musical Society, S.O. 31, 7926
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 145, 184-5, 467-9, 586
    >>Trade, 4148
    >>>o.q., 16195
    >>Unemployment insurance, 737, 7191, 7194, 13307
    >>Unemployment, S.O. 31, 2213
    >>VIA Rail Canada Inc., 4377
    >>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 1062
    >>Welfare, 17690
    >>>o.q., 6639
    >>Women, 10605
    >>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 10604-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 6897
    >>World War ll, o.q., 4699
    >>Youth Service Corps, 668
    >>Yugoslavia (former), S.O. 31, 294