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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 35th 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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Goose Bay, Labrador see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Goose Bay, Labrador; Highways and roads--Trans-Labrador Highway

Gouk, Jim, (REF--Kootenay West--Revelstoke)

Gouzenko, Igor see Cold war

Government

    >>Accountability, 4760, 4770
    >>>Lack, 7755, 7764-5, 7899
    >>Business management practices, profitability, analogy, 4376
    >>Decision making powers, unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy controlling, 7766
    >>Documents
    >>>Getting Government Right: a progress report, tabled, 385
    >>>Getting Government Right---Governing for Canadians, tabled, 8349
    >>Downsizing, 6244-5
    >>>See also Public Service--Reduction
    >>Elitism, 3075
    >>Integrity, ethics, restoring, Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise, "red book", 6236, 7847
    >>>Failure, 5821-2, 5857, 6287, 6289, 6318, 7509, 7606-7
    >>>Scandals, lack, o.q., 9798, 10117
    >>>See also Liberal government (Chrétien)--Credibility
    >>Public opinion, confidence and trust
    >>>Increase, Macleans magazine poll, 10083
    >>>>o.q., 9798, 10117
    >>>Lack, 7776, 9397
    >>Reducing, decentralizing, S.O. 31, 4494
    >>Role, 810, 5510, 5860, 6286, 7672, 8060-1
    >>>Historical, 4386-7
    >>>Opportunities, providing, 10048-50, 10053
    >>>Powers, re-election goals, etc., 223-5
    >>>Reducing, individual taking responsibility, 9526-7
    >>>Reform, Budget 1996 measures, 437
    >>>Rethinking, 1536
    >>>Ruling/listening, 4290
    >>>Smaller, 6014, 6019-20, 6286-7, 6289
    >>>>Reform Party position, 5860-1, 5866-7, 8063, 8789, 9559-60, 9567, 10053
    >>>>See also Taxation--Reduction
    >>See also Liberal government (Chrétien)

Government advertising

    >>Advertising agencies, contracts, 100% Canadian requirement, BCP Canada contract, o.q., 5557-8
    >>Canada Post Corporation, 45 cent stamp, use, promoting, utility, o.q., 240
    >>Expenditure, 1992-1995, all media, ro., 7525-6
    >>National Defence Department, r.o., 4240
    >>Royal Canadian Mint, two-dollar coin, promoting, $2 million advertising campaign, 463
    >>>o.q., 240
    >>See also Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions

Government aircraft

    >>Prime Minister`s VIP airplane, elimination, 5851
    >>See also Cabinet Ministers--Travel

Government appointments

Government borrowing

    >>1995-96 and 1996-97, 3% of Gross Domestic Product, 861
    >>1997-98, .7% of Gross Domestic Product, Budget 1996 statement, 373, 404, 407, 861-2, 1443, 1450, 1481
    >>1997-98, requirements, legislation (Bill C-83), 8299
    >>1998-99, forecast, 861
    >>Borrowing authority legislation
    >>>April 1/96 effective date, urgency, 860, 862
    >>>Introducing, 372
    >>>See also Borrowing Authority Act, 1996-97 (Bill C-10)
    >>Current account surplus, decrease, 834
    >>Elimination in second quarter of 1998, 6235, 6280
    >>>Borrowing from Public Service pension fund factor, 6238
    >>Foreign borrowing
    >>>Decrease from $29 billion to $13 billion, Budget 1996 statement, 847-8, 1536
    >>>>o.q., 425
    >>>Eliminating, 4775
    >>G-7 countries, comparison, 806, 8291
    >>Requirements, 7217-8, 7246, 8341
    >>>New, decline, 373
    >>>Reducing, 1507
    >>>Reduction from $32 billion to $14 billion, 10094
    >>United States comparison, 862
    >>See also Gross Domestic Product

Government buildings

    >>Hull, Que., National Revenue Department, tendering call, requirements, not applying in Ontario, 956-7
    >>>o.q., 711-2
    >>Space, vacancy rate, ro., 4714
    >>See also Fisheries and Oceans Department--Head office building

Government contracts

    >>Awarding
    >>>Amendments, disallowing, 1181
    >>>Copps awarding contracts to political campaign contributors, 6675, 6730-1
    >>>Deposit cheques, submitting, qu., 4237
    >>>Non-compliance provision, Public Works and Government Services Department, waiving, qu., 5485
    >>>Without tenders, 40% of total contracts, 10106-7
    >>>>o.q., 9656-7
    >>Contents, full disclosure, 1181, 1186, 1261-2
    >>Members of Parliament, involvement, 1178, 1188-9, 1191-6, 1261-2, 1264
    >>Political party financing, relationship, 1187-8, 1190, 1258, 1261, 1263-5, 6731, 7984-5
    >>Procurement process
    >>>Advanced contract award notices, 10107
    >>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency role, o.q., 3636
    >>>Federal-provincial agreement, 1801
    >>>French documentation, lack, 10054
    >>>Government Operations Standing Committee, report, recommendations, 9513, 9567, 10054
    >>>Interprovincial trade agreement provisions, S.O. 31, 706
    >>>Job creation, relationship, 10053-6
    >>>Open bidding system, 1177, 1183-5, 1261, 1264-5, 5664-6, 10107
    >>>o.q., 5600
    >>>Regional development, relationship, 9567
    >>>Regional representation, Quebec, etc., 10054-6
    >>>Transparency, 1177, 1182, 1184, 1186-8, 1194, 1197, 1258-9, 1261, 1264-5
    >>>See also Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement; Government Operations Standing Committee--Reports, Second
    >>Quebec, share, 5666
    >>>o.q., 4223-4, 5599-600, 5805-6
    >>Small and medium business, awarding to, 1180, 10107
    >>Sole source/tendering process
    >>>Abuse potential, 1180-1
    >>>See also Government buildings--Hull, Que.
    >>Waste and abuse, 1455
    >>See also Air Canada--Airbus A320 passenger jet; Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Contracts; Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bil C-7); Government advertising--Advertising agencies; National Defence Department--Contracts

Government credit cards

Government credit rating

    >>Short term debt, upgrading, Dominion Bond Rating Service announcement, o.q., 9453
    >>See also Deficit

Government databases see Elections--Voters list, permanent

Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions

    >>1998-99 expenditures, $2 billion reduction, Budget 1996 statement, 372, 1902
    >>Advertising, 1991-94 expenditures, 7434
    >>>ro., 7525
    >>Agencies, multi-year appropriations, enabling, 1903, 2982
    >>Annual reports, tabling, mandatory information disclosure, 1362-3, 1378-80, 1638
    >>Auditor General's reports, responses, tabling in House of Commons, Financial Administration Act, amending, M. (Williams), 1073-83, 2963-72, 3845-52
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 4051-2
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 1083, 2972
    >>Commercialization, management-labour negotiations, merit principle, applying, 8489-90
    >>Downsizing/restructuring, 5488, 5497-9, 5571-2, 5576-8, 6526, 7603, 7608-9
    >>>Legislation, Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65)(1st Sess. 35th Parl.), 7608-9
    >>Duplication, elimination, cost-savings, 1493, 5488-9
    >>>Bloc Quebecois, position, 5490, 6146
    >>>Liberal government (Chretien), election promises, 5798-9
    >>Employees
    >>>Full time, number, ro., 5523
    >>>Second residence living/transportation allowance, 1896
    >>>>qu., 5645
    >>>>ro., 5646
    >>Expenditures
    >>>$9 billion over Budget 1995 projections, 10094
    >>>>o.q., 9082-3, 9172-4, 9326-7, 9451, 9649-50
    >>>Reduction, 435, 7228, 7246
    >>>>9% ($4 billion) of departmental spending rather than 19% ($9 billion) target, change hidden, 9112-4, 9517, 9522, 9942, 9944-5
    >>>>>o.q., 9380-1
    >>>Review, 4355
    >>Gender equality, feminists role, 342
    >>Hearings, intervenor funding, provision, S.O. 31, 355-6
    >>Inventory, stock management, improvements, $1.2 billion potential savings, Auditor General November 1996 report, 7226, 8322
    >>>o.q., 6744
    >>>Public Accounts Standing Committee recommendations, 9701
    >>Juneau Review Panel, report, cost, commissioners, payment, 1445
    >>>o.q., 1550
    >>Numbers, reduction, 374
    >>Operating budgets
    >>>Increase, 390, 4396-7
    >>>Review, quarterly, standing committees, 1189-90, 1193, 1266
    >>Treasury Board, President's annual report
    >>>Getting Government Right--Governing for Canadians, tabled, 8349
    >>>Getting Government Right: Improving Results Measurement and Accountability with Departmental Performance Reports", 5917-9
    >>>>Statement by Minister (Masse), 5917-9
    >>>>Tabled, 5917
    >>
    See also Access to information; Administrative Tribunals (Remedial and Disciplinary Measures) Act (Bill C-49); Gender equality; Science and technology

Government Employees Compensation Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-424)--Harb

Government expenditures

    >>12% of Gross Domestic Product, Budget 1996 statement, 408
    >>$103.5 billion in 1998-99, reduction from $120 billion 1993-94, Budget 1997 statement, 8291, 8336
    >>$95 billion, Reform Party alternative /fresh start" budget statement, 7410, 7906, 7955, 8328
    >>Accountability, 1191-2, 1196-7, 1259, 1262-3, 1265-6
    >>>Public Accounts Standing Committee, role, 4383-4
    >>>Public Service, role, whistleblowing, 1179, 1259, 1262, 1266
    >>>Reform Party position, 1181, 4396, 4398-9
    >>>>o.q., 9934
    >>Budget 1997 measures
    >>>$1 billion new expenditures, 9629
    >>>See also Government expenditures--$103.5 billion
    >>Business subsidies, percentage, 1490
    >>Contingency reserves, $3 billion, 1909
    >>>Unused portion, use in deficit reduction, 373
    >>>>o.q., 317
    >>Controlling
    >>>Budget 1996 measures, 798
    >>>Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise, "red book", 5823, 5844
    >>Focusing on the things that really count to Canadians, Finance Minister P. Martin statement, 8334, 8340
    >>Increase, 1518, 6019, 9517
    >>>After budget balanced, 10092-3
    >>>Election, relationship, 9860, 10050, 10060, 10085, 10088-9, 10094
    >>>Finance Standing Committee recommendations, 7229
    >>Item-by-item scrutiny, Bloc Québécois proposal, 9519
    >>Limits, legislation, 244, 2326-34
    >>>See also Constitution Act, 1996 (amdt.--balanced budget and spending limit)(Bill C-213)
    >>Management/mismanagement, 7223
    >>>Auditor General November 1996 report, o.q., 6744-5
    >>>o.q., 9883
    >>Patronage, pre-election spending
    >>>o.q., 9934, 9938-9, 10066, 10119
    >>>S.O. 31, 9928, 9985
    >>Priorities
    >>>Lack, 9951
    >>>Multiculturalism, 1537-8
    >>>Taxpayers, consultations, 1537-8
    >>Professional services, 15% cut-back, Liberal Party "red book" promise, o.q., 5685
    >>Program Expenditure Details: a Profile of Departmental Spending, tabled, 385, 8349
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) record, 1525-6
    >>Quebec benefits, 2874-5
    >>Quebec share, 5649, 5653, 8186, 8209, 9187, 9857, 10055
    >>>o.q., 5805
    >>Reduction, 404, 415, 1526-7, 6246, 7256, 7258, 7403
    >>>17% since 1993 election, 7226
    >>>1993-1999, 12% overall, o.q., 7237
    >>>$2 billion, Budget 1996 statement, 414
    >>>$7 cut for $1 increase tax revenue, 372, 1489, 1527, 2993-4, 3024, 3935, 9136
    >>>$20 billion over three years, Reform Party election platform, 463-4
    >>>$25 billion, Reform Party taxpayers alternative budget proposals, Liberal government (Chrétien) budget measures, comparison, 836-7
    >>>Alberta, comparison, 806
    >>>Budget 1995, Budget 1996 measures, $26.1 billion in savings, 450, 799, 2994, 3024, 3935
    >>>Budget 1995 measures, effective Apr.1/97, S.O. 31, 8189
    >>>Budget 1996 measures
    >>>>Impact, 408, 1489
    >>>>>o.q., 424
    >>>>Lack, 841
    >>>Burden transferred to provinces, 841, 9944-5
    >>>Health, education, welfare, transfer payments to provinces, $15 billion, Reform Party alternative taxpayer budget proposals, comparison, 215-6, 400-1, 403
    >>>New Zealand, benefits, 419
    >>>Operating expenditures, 6% reduction since 1993 election, 8319
    >>>Petition, 1716
    >>>Provinces, participation, 7260
    >>>Reform Party proposals, 1555, 7943, 9559
    >>>S.O. 31, 5953
    >>>Spending better, relationship, 2899
    >>>Transfer payments to provinces, relationship, 1551, 7223, 7256, 8319, 9945
    >>>>o.q., 424, 5370-1, 9649-50
    >>>See also Deficit--Reduction
    >>Reallocation, youth, technology and external trade, Budget 1996 statement, 1536, 9921
    >>Restraint/reduction program, maintaining, Liberal Party spending tradition, threat, 7229, 7231-2
    >>>See also Deficit--Reduction, Liberal government (Chrétien)
    >>Review, committee scrutiny, Quebec National Assembly example, 1177, 1186
    >>Statutory expenditures, review, 3324
    >>>See also Statutory Program Evaluation Act (Bill C-294)
    >>Waste and extravagance, elimination, 374, 395, 462, 7257
    >>>Auditor General's report, 7404
    >>>>$71 ship repair, $30,000 dollar expenditure, example, o.q., 6790
    >>>o.q., 6448, 9885
    >>See also National debt--Interest payments; Transfer payments to provinces