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Speaking Out: A Portrait of Violence see Violence--Women

Special adviser on consular matters see Travel--Canadians travelling abroad

Special Cabinet Committee see National unity

Special Commission on the Restructuring of the reserves (Dickson Commission) see Canadian Armed Forces--Reserves/militia

Special debates see Motions, government

Special forces (United States) see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation

Special Import Measures Act

    >>Review, 7390
    >>See also Finance Standing Committee--Reports, Sixth; Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth

Special interest groups

    >>Government funding, elimination, 418, 1557, 7257, 7943-4
    >>>Petition, 5117
    >>See also Deficit; Government subsidies; Justice system--Courts ignoring justice--Liberal government (Chrétien)

Special Investigation Unit see National Defence Department

Special Joint Committees see Canada`s Defence Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.); Canada's Foreign Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.); Code of Conduct Special Joint Committee; Divorce--Child access

Special Olympics

    >>1977 World Winter Games, Toronto and Collingwood, Ont.
    >>>Athletes, tribute, S.O. 31, 7569, 7571, 7879-80, 8005, 10062-3
    >>>Bournival, Josée, bronze medal winner, skiing, S.O. 31, 8005
    >>>Federal government support, o.q., 1549-50
    >>>Volunteers, tribute, S.O. 31, 7880
    >>Ontario Special Olympic Provincial Spring Games, Cornwall, Ont., S.O. 31, 2428

Special operating agencies see Penitentiaries--CORCAN

Special rights see Human rights--United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Speed skating

    >>World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Canadian Women's team, winners, S.O. 31, 9375

Speller, Bob (L--Haldimand--Norfolk)

    >>Abortion, petition, 3721
    >>Canada Information Office, 8205
    >>Canadian flag, 8204, 8207
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, M. on supply (G. Leroux), 8204-6
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5760
    >>Crime, petitions, 3720 , 8453
    >>Criminal Code, Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Department of the Solicitor General Act (amdt.--high risk offenders)(Bill C-55), 5084
    >>Economic development/renewal, 9539
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7129-30
    >>Farm Credit Corporation, 9539-40
    >>Foreign aid, o.q., 2759
    >>Fur industry, o.q., 7521
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7129-30
    >>Gun control/gund, o.q., 2252
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 8453
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9539-40
    >>Information highway, 9540
    >>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports, 1505, 4994, 7615
    >>International Ploughing Match, S.O. 31, 4626
    >>National unity, 8204-5
    >>Post offices, o.q., 5246
    >>Postal service, o.q., 5246
    >>Procedure
    >>>Debate, 7124
    >>>Members' remarks, 5760
    >>Studen loans, o.q., 8452
    >>Suicide, petition, 3720
    >>Taxation, 7129
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 7124, 8437-8, 8717-9, 8723-4
    >>Tobacco farmers, 8724
    >>Tobacco industry, 7128-9, 8717-8
    >>Tobacco products, 7128-9, 8719, 8723, 9540
    >>Tourism, 9540

Spencer, David see Brazil--Canadians imprisoned

Spicer Commission (Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future)

    >>Recommendations, etc., 2901

Split runs see Magazines--Foreign

Sport shooting see Gun control/guns--Recreational use

Sporting events see Tobacco industry--Advertising

Sports

    >>Amateur athletes
    >>>Argenteuil--Papineau constituency, Émilie Cousineau, skier, Philip Devey, baseball player, tribute, S.O. 31, 7777
    >>Athlete assistance program, funding, o.q., 4989
    >>Lou Marsh trophy, athlete of the year award, Donovan Bailey, 1996 winner, S.O. 31, 7461
    >>Olympic and Paralympic athletes, government receptions, costs, o.q., 9744
    >>Rooney, Dr. Gerald, Humbolt and District Sports Hall of Fame, induction, tribute, S.O. 31, 6000
    >>Stadiums, box seats see Corporations--Taxation, Entertainment

Sports fishery see Salmon

Sports Illustrated see Magazines--Foreign

Spotted owl see Wildlife--Endangered species

Spousal support see Child support payments; Divorce

Spouses see Gun control/guns--Registration system; Murder--Self-defence

Spouse's allowance see Old age pensions--Guaranteed income supplement

Spragins, Franklin see Canadian Mining Hall of Fame--Inductees

Spring

    >>Daffodils, British Columbia raised, 9260
    >>Greetings, S.O. 31, 960
    >>See also Parliament Hill

Squadron 630 see Canadian Armed Forces--Cadets

Squamish Indian Band

    >>Membership, federal funding, etc., r.o., 5486

Sri Lanka

    >>Tamils, conflict, petitions, 367, 976, 1174, 1775-6, 2951
    >>See also Canadian Executive Service Organization; Canadian International Development Agency

S.S. No. 14 see Schools

St. Boniface, Man. see Culture--Cercle Moliére; Festivals--Voyageur festival

St. Catherines, Ont. see Multiculturalism--Culb Roma

St. Catherines Jaycees see Volunteer organizations

St. Denis, Brent (L--Algoma)

    >>Bonds, 3023
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 1929-30, 1996-7, 2815
    >>Business, 3023
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2410-1
    >>Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, S.O. 31, 705, 8727
    >>Child care, 6572-4
    >>>M. on supply (Hayes), 6572-4
    >>Corporations, 3023-4
    >>Crime, petition, 4159-60
    >>Deficit, 3024
    >>Dollar, exchange rate, 3024
    >>Economic development/renewal, 3024
    >>>S.O. 31, 6853
    >>Economy, S.O. 31, 3199
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7903-5
    >>Finance Standing Committee, reports, 2815, 10124
    >>Financial institutions, 3024
    >>Fisheries, S.O. 31, 5055
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 1929-30, 7903-5
    >>Government expenditures, 3024
    >>Government programs and services, 3023
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36), 3023-4
    >>Job creation, 3024
    >>Mining industry, S.O. 31, 6555
    >>Nuclear weapons, petition, 9847
    >>Parole, S.O. 31, 2246-7
    >>Private family trusts, 3023
    >>Registered retirement savings plans, 3023-4
    >>Same-sex couples, 2411
    >>Sexual orientation, 2410-1
    >>Taxation, 3023
    >>Trade, o.q., 2011
    >>Winnie the Pooh, S.O. 31, 10176-7

St-Hilaire, Claude see Canadian Executive Service Organization

St. James Church men's club see Volunteers

St. John's, Nfld. see Education--Minority language rights, Federal-provincial agreement; International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement; Ports

St-Laurent, Bernard (BQ--Manicouagan; IND--Manicouagan as of March 5, 1997)

    >>Broadcasting
    >>>M. (Suzanne Tremblay), 1740-1
    >>>Petition, 369
    >>Canada Labour Code, 6427
    >>Canada Labour Code (amdt.)(Bill C-337), 5521
    >>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 6426-7
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--arrest without warrant)(Bill C-224), 3280-1
    >>Dignard, Steve, S.O. 31, 3863
    >>Information centres, o.q., 7386
    >>Labour disputes, 6426-7
    >>>o.q., 6796
    >>Penitentiaries, 4310-2
    >>>o.q., 182, 484
    >>>S.O. 31, 1100
    >>Police, 1392-3
    >>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4310-2, 4325
    >>Public safety, o.q., 181
    >>Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30), 3997-9
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, S.O. 31, 128
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 4496
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 3997-9
    >>Television, o.q., 6614
    >>Victims of crime, o.q., 181
    >>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-13), 1391-3
    >>Young offenders, S.O. 31, 6741

St. Lawrence River

    >>Clean-up
    >>>Protecting Beluga whale habitat, federal-provincial partnership, 323
    >>>St. Lawrence Vision 2000, progress, S.O. 31, 4497
    >>Shipbuilding, government support, relationship, 4790, 4794
    >>See also Canadian Coast Guard--Navigational services; Casinos; Marine transport--Pilotage; Smuggling

St. Lawrence Seaway

    >>Canada-United States co-ordination, 8096
    >>Commercialization, establishing not-for-profit corporation, 4787-8, 4790, 4793-4, 4808, 4810, 8096, 9687, 9810, 9812-3
    >>>See also Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44)
    >>Construction, Montreal, Que., economic impact, 9106
    >>Costs, pooling, $300 million adjustment fund, 1558
    >>Dredging contracts, 8061
    >>Future, 9816
    >>Profitability, 1516, 9687
    >>See also Grain transportation; Ports--Montreal, Que.; Transport Committee--Reports, Second

St. Lawrence Vision 2000 see St. Lawrence River--Clean-up

St. Michael's Choir School see Schools

St. Norbert, Man. see Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments

St. Norbert Arts and Culture Centre see Culture/arts

St. Patrick's Day

    >>Celebrating, great potato famine, remembrance, S.O. 31, 9078
    >>Quebec, celebrating, S.O. 31, 9077-8

St. Paul's College see Universities/colleges

St. Stephen High School see Youth--Youth Canada Day

St. Stephen, N.B.

    >>125th anniversary, S.O. 31, 2883-4
    >>See also Ganong Brothers Ltd.; Youth--Youth Canada Day

St. Thomas, Ont. see Perkins, Jessica Lynn

St. Thomas University, see Universities/colleges

Stalin, Joseph see Family--Soviet Union

Stalking

    >>Criminal harassment, Criminal Code amendments, 2046, 3547, 3550-1, 3577, 3582-4, 3586, 9641, 9643, 9662
    >>>Federal-provincial justice ministers meeting support, 9641
    >>>Murder committed while stalking, first degree murder, 3547, 3577, 3582-4, 5075, 9641, 9672, 9674-5
    >>>o.q., 7193
    >>>Restraining order/peace bond violations, aggravating factor re sentencing, 3547, 9641
    >>>Women, victims, 3547, 3550-1
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27)
    >>See also Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Judicial restraint provisions; Family violence--Assault by estranged husband; Violence--Women, victims

Stand up for Canada see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Montreal, Que. rally

Stand Up, Speak Out and Be Heard see Alcohol

Standard and Poor's see Quebec separation/sovereignty--Canada-Quebec relations

Standard of living

    >>Decline, Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, 7286
    >>Improvements, public expectations, 2990

Standards

    >>Canadian Standards Association, role, 3028
    >>Role, 3027-9
    >>Setting, voluntary consultations and consensus, 3027
    >>Trade barriers, use, prohibition, 3029
    >>See also Consumer safety; Divorce; Environment--Waste management; Information highway--Open systems interconnection

Standards Council of Canada

    >>Advisory committees, 3029
    >>Chairperson and vice-chairperson, titles, 3029
    >>Electronic meetings, 3029
    >>Expenditures, 3030
    >>Mandate, amending, 3027-9
    >>>Legislation see Standards Council of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4)
    >>Membership
    >>>Private sector representatives, qualifications, 3029-30
    >>>Reducing, 3029

Standards Council of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4)--Minister of Industry (Manley)

    >>First reading, 244
    >>Second reading, 2962-3, 3027-30
    >>>Agreed to, 3030
    >>Industry Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 3030
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 3497
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 3979
    >>Third reading, 3990-5, agreed to, 3995, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 5575. Chap. 24, S.C. 1996
    >>See also Consumer safety; Standards; Standards Council of Canada--Mandate

Standing committees see Estimates--1996-1997

Standing Orders

    >>Amending, Private Members' Public Bills, committee reports, 9391-2
    >>>M. (Jennings), 7994-8002, 9299-307, 9469-75, as amended, carried on recorded division, 9504
    >>>>Amdt. (Suzanne Tremblay), 7998, agreed to on recorded division, 9503-4
    >>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Langlois), 9299, negatived on recorded division, 9502-3
    >>>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 8002, 9307
    >>>S.O. 31, 9167
    >>Reprinted copy with index, December 1995, tabled, 44
    >>Time limits, S.O. 57 and S.O. 78, deleting, unanimous consent denied, 740
    >>See also Legislation--Previous session

Stanton, Melvin see Murderers

Star wars see North American Aerospace Defence Command

Starlab see Education--Science

State of the country speech see Chrétien, J.--References

State of the Environment Report, 1996 see Environment

State of the World`s Children see Child labour--UNICEF report

State Trading Entities (STEs) see General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Statements by Ministers

    >>Canada Pension Plan, reform, government measures (P. Martin), 8140-4
    >>Capital gains tax, property/assets, transfer out of country (P. Martin), 4992-4
    >>Children, National Child Day (L. Axworthy), 6495-8
    >>China (Chan), 3383-5
    >>Co-operatives, National Co-operative Week (Robichaud), 5331-2
    >>Commonwealth
    >>>Commonealth Day (C. Stewart), 8841-2
    >>>(L. Axworthy), 532-5
    >>Disabled and handicapped persons (Pettigrew), 6697-8
    >>Discrimination and racism, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, anniversary of South Africa Sharpeville massacre, statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 1009-11
    >>Education, Quebec denominational school boards, linguistic school boards, replacing, Constitution, Section 93 amendment, Federal government, constitutional amendment resolution, tabling (Dion), 10029-35
    >>Environment
    >>>Earth Day (Marchi), 1770-3
    >>>Environment Week, June 1-9/96 (Marchi), 3493-6
    >>Estimates, 1996-97, main (Massé), 385-91
    >>Estimates, 1997-98, main (Massé), 8349-55
    >>Exports, international business development programs (Eggleton), 9221-4
    >>Financial institutions, White Paper, 1997 Review of Financial Sector Legislation, Proposals for Change (Peters), 4080-2
    >>Fire Prevention Week (Gagliano), 5171
    >>Francophonie, Journeé internationale de la francophonie
    >>>Statement by Minister (Boudria), 9263-4
    >>>Statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 972-4
    >>Goods and Services Tax, harmonization, Atlantic provinces
    >>>Agreement (P. Martin), 1803-13
    >>>Detailed agreements (P. Martin), 5605-8
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, Treasury Board, President's annual report, "Getting Government Right: Improving Results Measurement and Accountability with Departmental Performance Reports" (Masse), 5717-9
    >>Gun control/guns, regulations under Firearms Act (Rock), 6798-805
    >>Highways and roads, National Road Safety Week (Anderson), 2947-9
    >>House of Commons, public gallery, Melissa Labrador, Micmac youth, Forum for Young Canadians participant, refused entry with eagle feather, apologies (Irwin), 8954-5
    >>Immigration/immigrants, levels (1997) (Robillard), 5769-76
    >>International development, international development week (Boudria), 7583-4
    >>International security, Canadian policy (L. Axworthy), 3982-8
    >>Israel, terrorist attacks on (L. Axworthy), 292-4
    >>Multiculturalism, policy (Fry), 7745-7
    >>National security (H. Gray), 2722-6
    >>Nuclear power plants, accidents, breakdowns, Chernobyl, Ukraine, 10th anniversary (L. Axworthy), 2013-4
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, unilateral declaration, Supreme Court of Canada referral (Rock), 4707-13
    >>Training programs, jurisdiction, transfer of full responsibility to provinces, government proposal, new partnership (Young), 3165-8
    >>Veterans, Veterans Week (MacAulay), 5962-5
    >>War crimes, deportation of alleged Nazi war criminals, trials, Johann Dueck, Helmut Oberlander, Erichs Tobiass, Justice Department Assistant Deputy Minister Ted Thompson meeting with Federal Court of Canada Chief Justice Julius Isaac (Rock), 3137-40
    >>Women
    >>>International Women's Day (Fry), 487-90
    >>>Women's History Month (Fry), 5294-7
    >>Workplace
    >>>Deaths, National Day of Mourning, April 28 (Gagliano), 2014-6
    >>>Occupational Health and Safety Week (Gagliano), 3321-3
    >>See also Procedure

Statistics Canada

    >>Census commissioners/enumerators, Census (1996), hiring procedure
    >>>Candidates, Members of Parliament submitting, o.q., 1243-8, 1592
    >>>Priority list, Liberal Party association
    >>>>Information note, Census 96, confirming, o.q., 1248-9, 1290
    >>>>o.q., 1243-7, 1290
    >>Employees, provincial distribution, National Capital Region, etc., 6282-3
    >>FAMEX survey, intrusive, threatening, S.O. 31, 9209-10
    >>See also Francophones outside Quebec--French; Health care system--Sex lives; Job creation--236,000 private sector jobs; Unemployment--Statistics

Status of Women Canada see Women

Statutes of Canada

    >>Enforcement, alternatives to Criminal Code provisions, Contraventions Act establishing, 1407-10
    >>>Court workloads, reducing, 1407
    >>>Decriminalization of offences, 1407
    >>>Legislation, Contraventions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-16)6865
    >>>>Expediting, 1407, 1410
    >>>>See also Contraventions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-16)
    >>>Tickets system, fines, provinces administering, etc., 1407-10
    >>Plain language use in statutes and regulations, 3169
    >>>See also Plain Language Act (Bill C-287)

Statutory instruments see Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee

Statutory Instruments Act see Regulations

Statutory Instruments Act (amdt.--disallowance procedure for delegated and subordinate legislation)(Bill C-278)--T. White

    >>First reading, 2313
    >>See also Regulations--Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee

Statutory Program Evaluations Act (Bill C-294)--Williams

    >>First reading, 3324
    >>See also Government programs and service--Statutory expenditures