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Financial Administration Act

    >>Part X, comprehensive accountability system, 9756
    >>See also Crown corporations

Financial Administration Act (amdt.--Canada Council, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Film Development Corporation, National Arts Centre Corporation)(Bill C-341)--J. Brown

Financial Administration Act (amdt.--exempted crown corporations)(Bill C-263)--Hart

    >>First reading, 5619
    >>Second reading, 9753-62, 11170-9, 11649-56
    >>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on the Order Paper, 9762, 11179
    >>>Negatived on recorded division, 11792-3
    >>See also Crown corporations--Financial accountability

Financial Administration and Auditor General Acts (amdt.--review of budget speech)(Bill C-245)--R. White

    >>First reading, 3793
    >>Second reading, 6662-70
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 6670
    >>See also Government revenues--Budget estimates

Financial institutions

    >>Changes, international, technological, etc., impact, 16763, 16787, 16789-90
    >>Competition, importance, 16841
    >>Corporate concentration, 16812
    >>Customers, consumers, rights, 16763, 16765, 16785-6
    >>Deposit insurance, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation role, 16770, 16784, 16786, 16814-5
    >>>Borrowing on open market, 16842
    >>>Co-insurance, 16784-5, 16791, 16793, 16815, 16843
    >>>>Senate committee recommendation, o.q., 8250, 9597-8
    >>>Premiums, risk rating system, confidentiality, etc., 16765, 16811, 16815, 16820, 16823-4., 16841-3
    >>>Provincial/Quebec jurisdiction, federal intrusion, 16769, 16820-1
    >>>See also Financial institutions--Failures
    >>Derivatives sections
    >>>Small business sector loans, comparison, 16518
    >>>Superintendent of Financial Institutions powers, 16822-3
    >>Directors, rules, Superintendent of Financial Institutions powers, etc., 16764, 16794, 16811
    >>Executive salaries, disclosure, 16817
    >>Failures, 16763
    >>>Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver, selling assets, 16765
    >>>Preventing, Superintendent of Financial Institutions regulatory powers, 16763-4, 16785-6, 16811-2, 16820, 16842-3
    >>>Quebec/western provinces, government assistance, etc., comparison, 4953, 16789
    >>>Winding-up Act provisions, 16764-5, 16786
    >>>>Provincial/Quebec jurisdiction, federal intrusion, 16768-9, 16820
    >>Four pillars, banks, trust, insurance and investment companies, eliminating distinctions, 1987 legislative changes, etc., 16812-3, 16815, 16841
    >>Income tax, measurement of income, Budget, Feb. 22/94, measures, 1713
    >>Information disclosure, 16764, 16817
    >>Information technology, tax incentives, eligibility, removal, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10101
    >>Large, deposit-taking institutions, temporary capital tax, $100 million revenue, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10101, 10118, 10158, 10165, 10178-9, 10237, 10240, 10438, 10743, 10942, 10968, 11265, 11280, 11306, 11336-7, 11385, 11418, 11426, 11433, 11823, 11825
    >>>o.q., 10149
    >>Legislation (Bill C-100)
    >>>1997 review of financial institutions legislation, relationship, impact, 16812-3
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 16818, 16821
    >>>Consultations, 16763, 16791-2
    >>>Debate, few speakers, 16824
    >>>Finance Standing Committee and Senate Committee advance hearings, 16763, 16791
    >>>Introducing, o.q., 7038, 10665
    >>>Principles, provisions, 16763-4, 16770, 16813
    >>>Quebec, impact, 16820-1
    >>>Reform Party position, 16818, 16821
    >>>White Paper, Enhancing the Safety and Soundness of the Canadian Financial System, relationship, 16763, 16791, 16842
    >>>See also Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-100)
    >>Ownership, privilege not right, 16763, 16842
    >>Payment clearing and settlement system, Bank of Canada powers, systemic risk factor, etc., 16765
    >>>Large value transfer system proposal, 16767-8, 16788
    >>>Securities, provincial/Quebec jurisdiction, federal intrusion, 16765-9, 16787-90, 16792-3, 16820-1
    >>Profits see National debt--Reducing, Surtax
    >>Quebec, risk factors, comparison with other provinces, 16821
    >>Regulation, Superintendent of Financial Institutions role/powers, 16770, 16793-4, 16813-4, 16816-8, 16821-3
    >>>Auditor General's observations, 12645-6
    >>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 16818-9
    >>>Finance Minister, role, 16764
    >>>Increase, 16763
    >>>Provincial/Quebec jurisdiction, federal intrusion, 16824-5, 16840
    >>>>See also Financial institutions--Deposit insurance--Failures--Payment clearing and settlement system
    >>>Transparency of system, 16763-4, 16785-6, 16818, 16823-4
    >>>See also Financial institutions--Directors--Derivatives sections--Failures
    >>Safety and security, White Paper, Enhancing the Safety and Soundness of the Canadian Financial System
    >>>Proposals, o.q., 9329-30
    >>>S.O. 31, 9525
    >>>Tabled, 9377
    >>>
    See also Financial institutions--Legislation (Bill C-100)
    >>See also Banks and banking; Confederation Life Insurance Company; Film and video industry--Loan Guarantee Program, Banks; GST; Securities--Income tax treatment; Small business--Capital--Banks/financial institutions; Small Business Loans Act; Superintendent of Financial Institutions; Tourist industry--Northern Canada

Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-100)--Minister of Finance (P. Martin)

Financial markets

    >>Derivatives markets, Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), impact, o.q., 16028
    >>Financial speculators, economy, impact, tax, proposing, S.O. 31, 11185
    >>>See also Crime--Economic; Information highway

Fine, David see Academy Awards--Bob's Birthday

Finestone, Hon. Sheila (L--Mount Royal; Secretary of State (Multiculturalism)(Status of Women); resigned as Secretary of State as of January 24, 1996)

    >>Aboriginal Head Start Program, budget, 1892
    >>Affirmative action programs, role, 583-4
    >>Agricultural research, 997
    >>Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (Bill C-61), 9483
    >>Bikers, 15264
    >>Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95 (Bill C-14), 1889-94
    >>Breast cancer, 1958
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10479-83
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 2835
    >>Canada
    >>>Ethnic and linguistic diversity, 5901-2
    >>>Human development, 6431
    >>Canada, 17097
    >>Canada Student Loans Program, 1892, 10482
    >>Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women
    >>>Abolishing, 10624, 10630
    >>>President, Glenda Simms, o.q., 1240, 11487
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
    >>>Funding, o.q., 16543
    >>>Programming, 997
    >>Canadian Heritage Department
    >>>French television network, o.q., 16536-7
    >>>Mandate/Role, 9118
    >>>>o.q., 16536-7
    >>>Multiculturalism, 9119-22
    >>Canadian Multiculturalism Act, annual report (1992-1993), tabled, 997
    >>Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act (Bill C-63)(2nd Sess., 34th Parl.), proclamation, 582
    >>Canadian Race Relations Foundation
    >>>Appointments, o.q., 8173
    >>>Establishment, 1891, 9066
    >>>Termination, o.q., 8173
    >>Child care
    >>>Facilities, 1890
    >>>Government commitment, 1891, 1964
    >>>National program, 10483
    >>Child support payments, 1889, 17107-8
    >>Chinese Canadians, head tax, 9065-6
    >>Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110), 17096-8
    >>Court Challenges Program, restoring, 582, 1891-2
    >>>o.q., 13371
    >>Crime, causes, 5904
    >>Crime prevention, 8666
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 5888-9, 5900-4
    >>Deficit
    >>>GDP percentage, 1889
    >>>Human deficit, 662
    >>>Increase, 663, 1892
    >>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 6430-3, 6446-9, 9118-22
    >>Discrimination and racism
    >>>Combatting, 582, 6432, 6446, 6448-9, 9119-22
    >>>Government past actions, redress
    >>>>Letter, tabled, 9065
    >>>>Statement by Minister, 9065-6
    >>Economic conditions
    >>>Changes, 660
    >>>Rich-poor gap, 660
    >>Economy
    >>>Growth, 7109, 12993-5
    >>>Information-based economy, 660
    >>Education, post-secondary, aboriginal peoples, 582
    >>Employment
    >>>Opportunities, 7108
    >>>Women, 661-2, 1965-6, 10622
    >>Employment equity, 6448, 15415-7
    >>>M. on supply (Strahl), 12992-7
    >>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15415-7
    >>Family
    >>>Changes, 660
    >>>Role, importance, 15411
    >>Family violence, reducing, 10398
    >>Fédération des femmes du Québec, o.q., 5211
    >>Finestone, references, 580
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 10398-9
    >>Food banks, increase, 660
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, anglophones in Quebec, 584
    >>German Canadians, wartime repressive measures, 9065-6
    >>Government contracts, employment equity, 1965-6
    >>Government programs and services, women, 1889, 15411
    >>GST, replacing, 1891
    >>Gun control/guns, 10398-9
    >>Hate crime, combatting, 582, 6446-7
    >>Health care, women's issues, 581-2
    >>Immigrants
    >>>Canadian society, contributions, 9119
    >>>Official languages, education, 9121
    >>Income Tax Act (amdt.--child support payments)(Bill C-241), 17107-8
    >>Infrastructure program
    >>>Job creation, 658
    >>>Women benefitting, 581, 584, 1890
    >>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports, 71
    >>International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 10720
    >>International Women's Day, women, achievements/goals, recognizing, 1961
    >>>Statement by Minister, 1957-8, 10334-6
    >>Italian Canadians, wartime repressive measures, 9065-6
    >>Job creation, government priority, 7109
    >>Justice system
    >>>Extreme drunkeness defence, 8666
    >>>M. on supply (Meredith), 2408
    >>>Public confidence, 5904
    >>>Sentencing, 5901-4
    >>>Women, 5901, 8668
    >>Law Reform Commission of Canada, restoring, 582, 1892
    >>Liberal Party, election promises, 1889, 1893
    >>Literacy, New Brunswick initiatives, 15412
    >>Maheu, references, 580
    >>Manpower, M. on supply (Lalonde), 17204, 17216-7
    >>Members of Parliament
    >>>Pensions, 10483
    >>>Visible minorities, 580
    >>>Women, 580, 584, 15411
    >>Multiculturalism, 6430-3, 6446-7
    >>>Advertising, 6432
    >>>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 6430
    >>>Canadian coat of arms, 9119
    >>>Economy, impact, 6447
    >>>Ethnic diversity, 6432
    >>>Funding, 6430, 6446-7, 9122
    >>>Government commitment, 997-8
    >>>>o.q., 8549-50
    >>>Integration, relationship, 9119-22
    >>>National identity, relationship, 9119-22
    >>>Non-governmental organizations, 9119-22
    >>>Policy, o.q., 8297
    >>>Programs, 9119-22
    >>>>M. (J. Brown), 11561-2
    >>>Purpose, 6430-3, 6446-7
    >>>Statement by Minister, 997-9
    >>Murder, 10398
    >>National Action Committee on the Status of Women, membership, o.q., 5309
    >>National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, proclamation, 8659
    >>National debt, increase, 1893
    >>National identity, diversity, 582, 997-8, 6431
    >>National Literacy Program, funding, 1892
    >>New Democratic Party, leader, 15406-7
    >>Okanagan Centre constituency, 1241
    >>Parole, murderers, 5888-9
    >>Pay equity, women, 1890, 1958
    >>Poverty
    >>>Children, 660-1, 7110
    >>>Quebec, 658
    >>>Single-parent families, 661, 1958, 7108-9
    >>>Social problems, relationship, 660-1
    >>>Women, 660-1, 7108-11
    >>Procedure
    >>>Chair, 892
    >>>Decorum, 1892
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 17652
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 8173
    >>Quebec, 17096-8
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 17096-8
    >>>o.q., 15399
    >>References, use of chauffeur driven limousine for personal reasons, 3989
    >>>See also Finestone Task Force
    >>Royal Canadian Legion, religious head covering, M. (Cohen), 9682-3
    >>Royal Commission on the Status of Women, 18283
    >>Senate, 12997
    >>Sexual assault
    >>>Extreme drunkeness defence, 8662
    >>>Offenders, positions of trust, 5903
    >>>Unreported cases, 5903
    >>Small business
    >>>Capital access, 10625
    >>>Owners, 581, 1891, 1893, 10334, 10482
    >>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 17610
    >>Social security system
    >>>Job creation, 663-4
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 658-64
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 7108-11
    >>>Reform, 581, 659-60, 662, 1890, 7108-9
    >>>Transfer payments to provinces, 663
    >>Special interest groups, government funding, o.q., 17504
    >>Status of Women Canada, 10480-1
    >>>Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, 10623-6, 10628-9
    >>Suicide, 10398
    >>Taxation, 1889
    >>Television, cable
    >>>French language channels, o.q., 9061-2
    >>>Rates, o.q, 11299
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 580-4
    >>Training programs
    >>>Jurisdiction, 658
    >>>Women, 661-2
    >>Ukrainian Canadians, wartime internment, 9065-6
    >>Unemployment insurance
    >>>Benefits, 1890, 10482
    >>>Premiums, 658, 1891
    >>>Quebec, 12716-7
    >>>Voluntary quits, 1890
    >>>Woman, 17216-7
    >>Unemployment, Quebec, 658
    >>Visible minorities, 6432, 12996-7
    >>Wages and salaries, 1034
    >>Welfare, recipients, 7108-9, 7111
    >>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-78), 15264-6
    >>Women
    >>>Advocacy groups, 10624
    >>>>o.q., 11614
    >>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, impact, 10479-80
    >>>Economic equality, 1890, 15411
    >>>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 1964-6
    >>>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 10622-8, 10630
    >>>Economic status, o.q., 17041, 17281
    >>>Enfranchisement, 15412
    >>>Equality, 15411-2
    >>>Excision, 10628
    >>>Family responsibility leave, 1890
    >>>Government initiatives, o.q., 13371
    >>>Homemakers/mothers, 15411
    >>>Issues, 10624, 10628
    >>>Persons case, statement by Minister, 15411-2
    >>>Programs, o.q., 11614
    >>>Status, 580-1, 1965, 10623, 10625, 10630, 15412
    >>>>o.q., 15809
    >>>Violence against, 582, 1957, 10398-9, 15411, 16576
    >>>>Community Stories: Action on Violence Against Women, tabled, 8659
    >>>>House take note, M., 8664-9
    >>>>o.q., 1996, 8699, 16068, 17282
    >>>>Statements by Minister, 8659-60, 17283-4
    >>>Working arrangements, flexible, 1890-1
    >>World Conference on Women
    >>>Agenda conference, qu., 14329
    >>>Equality, 10335, 15411-2
    >>Youth Internship Program, 1892
    >>Youth Service Corps, 1892
    >>Youth, social conditions, 662-3

Finestone Task Force see Child support payments--Equitable tax treatment

Fingland, John see Canadian Executive Service Overseas

Finland see Official languages policy/bilingualism--Territorial bilingualism

Finlay, John (L--Oxford)

    >>Aboriginal land claims, 3470
    >>>M. on supply (Duncan), 17406-9
    >>Aboriginal self-government, 3470
    >>Abortion, petition, 5951
    >>Access to INformation Act, M. (B. Mills), 9092-3
    >>Agricultural research, 6207
    >>Arts and culture, S.O. 31, 3326
    >>Auditor General Act (amdt.)(Bill C-83), 14564-7
    >>Born to Read Day, S.O. 31, 11672
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina, 336
    >>British Columbia Treaty Commission Act (Bill C-107), 15721-2
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. for approval (P. Martin), 1824-6
    >>Canada, 1825
    >>Canada Student Loans Program, M. (Manning), 8609-10
    >>Canada-Ukraine relations, S.O. 31, 9273
    >>Canada Wildlife Act (amdt.)(Bill C-24), 3900-2
    >>Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame, S.O. 31, 7723
    >>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-50), 6207-8
    >>Carbon tax, 6241
    >>Constitution, 1826
    >>Corporations, 1825
    >>Crime, 2047
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 13973-5
    >>Dairy products/industry, S.O. 31, 17380
    >>Defence policy, 1825
    >>Department of Natural Resources Act (Bill C-48), 6240-1
    >>Environment, 14564-7, 16096-8
    >>>o.q., 14928
    >>>S.O. 31, 16315
    >>Euthanasia, petition, 5528, 6391
    >>Finlay, references, 1824
    >>Forestry, 6241
    >>>S.O. 31, 16477
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels
    >>>Petition, 5586
    >>>S.O. 31, 11402
    >>Government, 1825, 17406-7
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 14332-3, 14565, 16096-8
    >>Government expenditures, 1825-6
    >>Government programs and services, 1825
    >>Gun control/guns, S.O. 31, 15175
    >>Hate crime, 13975
    >>Housing, 4904
    >>>o.q., 4701
    >>INCO Ltd., S.O. 31, 6031
    >>Income tax
    >>>o.q., 2128
    >>>S.O. 31, 9944
    >>Infrastructure program, 2600-1
    >>Innu, S.O. 31, 6252
    >>Inter-Parliamentary Union, 17452
    >>Intervenor Funding Act (Bill C-339), 14322-3, 16096-8, 16100
    >>Job creation, M. on supply (Lalonde), 2600-1
    >>Justice system, 13973-5
    >>Lap dancing, petition, 6391, 8647
    >>Members of Parliament, 1825
    >>>Petition, 6265
    >>Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (Bill C-23), 3788
    >>Mining industry, 6240
    >>Motor vehicles, S.O. 31, 13469
    >>Munroe, Charles, S.O. 31, 5719
    >>National Energy Board, 16096-7, 16100
    >>Natural resources, 579-80
    >>Natural Resources Department, 6240-1
    >>Oxford constituency, 1824-5, 6207
    >>Parole, 1825, 13974
    >>Peacekeeping
    >>>M. (Ouellet), 336
    >>>S.O. 31, 7094
    >>Petitions, M. on supply (I. McClelland), 1586
    >>Private family trusts, 1826
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 13655
    >>>Documents, tabling, 16096, 16100
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 15918
    >>References, maiden speech, 1824
    >>Sahtu Dene and Métis Land Claim Settlement Act (Bill C-16), 3470
    >>Same-sex couples, petitions, 5586, 5951, 8647
    >>Schindler's List, S.O. 31, 224
    >>Serial killer board game/cards, S.O. 31, 1498
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 5586, 5951, 8647, 11817
    >>Shouldice, Stu, S.O. 31, 3873
    >>Small business, 1825
    >>Social Insurance Numbers Act (Bill C-335), 14188
    >>Social security system, 1825, 3347-8
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 8004
    >>>S.O. 31, 3564, 7551-2
    >>Sustainable development, 6240-1, 14564-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 293
    >>Taxation, 1825-6
    >>Terrorism, S.O. 31, 12788
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 579-80
    >>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, 1825
    >>Unemployment insurance, 1825, 8004
    >>>M. on supply (Lalonde), 17452
    >>Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.--excepted employment)(Bill C-218), 3347-8
    >>Violence, petition, 2047
    >>Waste management/recycling, 14565, 14567
    >>Wilderness areas, o.q., 6856
    >>Wildlife, 3900-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 6434, 7980
    >>Young Offenders Act, 1825
    >>Youth Service Canada Program, o.q., 13178
    >>>S.O. 31, 5512