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Assadourian, Sarkis (L--Don Valley North)

    >>Administrative Tribunals (Remedial and Disciplinary Measures) Act (Bill C-49), 7602-3
    >>Afghanistan, o.q., 5564
    >>Africa, M. (L. Axworthy), 6358-60, 6404
    >>Armenia, 6359
    >>>M. on supply (Daviault), 1817, 1824-5, 1827-8, 1830-3, 1848-9, 1852, 1854, 1862, 1872
    >>>o.q., 5061
    >>>S.O. 31, 1886, 4068, 4549, 7138, 10178
    >>Armenian Canadians, 1827
    >>>S.O. 31, 8583-4
    >>Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Group, o.q., 6960
    >>Bank Act (amdt.--foreign banks)(Bill C-335), 5173
    >>Banks, o.q., 9177
    >>Blood, o.q., 9656
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 804, 806
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9166-7
    >>Canada Elections Act (amdt.--registration of political parties)(Bill C-276), 2016, 4053-5, 4060
    >>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6737, 6739
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 6358, 6404
    >>Citizenship Act, S.O. 31, 7706
    >>Constituencies, S.O. 31, 635
    >>Cyprus, 1831
    >>Deficit, 806
    >>Elections, 2016
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7297
    >>Fire-fighters/emergency response personnel, S.O. 31 9374
    >>Genocide, 1862
    >>Government borrowing, 806
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 7603
    >>Government expenditures, 806
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 2176
    >>Hockey, S.O. 31, 9374
    >>Holocaust, 1827
    >>Immigration/immigrants, o.q., 9995
    >>Israel, S.O. 31, 3312-3
    >>Mexico, o.q., 3639
    >>Peacekeeping, 6358
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 2499
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 1874
    >>>Quorum, 7291
    >>Reform Party, 804, 6735
    >>Schools, S.O. 31, 31
    >>Suicide, S.O. 31, 1581
    >>Taiwan, o.q., 1169
    >>Tobacco industry, o.q., 923, 6859

Assault see Break and enter--Home invasions, Kelowna, B.C., case; Family violence

Assault weapons see Gun control/guns

Asselin, Gérard (BQ--Charlevoix)

    >>Air traffic control, 328
    >>Boats/boating, 5186-7
    >>Broadcasting, petition, 369
    >>Canada Employment Centres, 328
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2452-3
    >>Chrétien, references, 2453
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 1185
    >>Discrimination and racism, 2452-3
    >>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 31, 5286
    >>Employment insurance, S.O. 31, 5159
    >>Environment, 329, 5188-90
    >>>Statement by Minister (Marchi), 1772
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7062-3
    >>Fisheries Act (Bill C-62), 6458
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5552-3
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7062-3
    >>Government programs and services, 328, 1185
    >>Hazardous waste, o.q., 10072
    >>Infrastructure, 328
    >>Irving Whale, o.q., 587
    >>Job creation, 328
    >>Labrador, 6459
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5552-3
    >>Members of Parliament, S.O. 31, 6555
    >>Military colleges, 328
    >>Oceans, 5187-90
    >>Oceans Act (Bill C-26), 5186-90
    >>Procedure
    >>>Members' remarks, 7063
    >>>Quorum, 9096
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Boudria), 265
    >>Public Service, 328
    >>Reform Party, 2453
    >>Same-sex couples, 2453
    >>Sexual orientation, 2452-3
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 328-9
    >>Unemployment insurance, 596, 604
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 596, 604
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 596
    >>ValueJet, Flight 592, S.O. 31, 2704
    >>Wildlife, o.q., 1172

Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole House see Committees of the Whole House; Ringuette-Maltais--References

Assisted suicide see Suicide

Association Canadienne-francaise de l'Ontario (ACFO) see Francophones outside Quebec--Rights

Association des familles soutien des aînés de Saint-Hubert see Family

Astra see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Industry

Astronaut families see Income tax--Evasion

Athabasca River

    >>Dredging, Canadian Coast Guard ceasing, economic impact, S.O. 31, 759-60

Athens, Greece see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association

Athletes see Sports

Atlanta, Georgia see Olympics, 1996 Summer Games

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

    >>Failed projects, financial loss, 416
    >>Future, merger with other regional development agencies, Senate Banking Committee report recommendations
    >>>o.q., 4179-80
    >>>S.O. 31, 1952
    >>Job creation statistics, unavailable, 1304
    >>Program activities, monitoring, report procedures, Auditor General 1995 report, government response, qu., 4240
    >>See also Economic development/renewal--Regional, Agencies; Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec; Government contracts--Procurement process; Job creation

Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award see Entrepreneurs

Atlantic Groundfish Strategy (TAGS) see Aersopace industry--Regional aircraft

Atlantic provinces

    >>Reform Party, position, attitude, 754, 775-7, 781
    >>Trade, importance, 8154
    >>See also Economic development/renewal; Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization; Job creation--Government initiatives; Rail transportation/railways; Unemployment; Unemployment insurance--Reduction--Reform

Atlantic Provinces Economic Council see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization

Atomic energy see Nuclear energy

Atomic Energy Control Board see Nuclear reactors--Waste

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)

    >>Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, renaming to, 3758
    >>Chair, Robert Nixon, 1125
    >>Chalk River, Ont. facility, research and development projects, 808-9
    >>>Cyclotron project, closure, 5823, 7622-3, 8287-8
    >>>>o.q., 6009-10
    >>Government funding, 3761-2
    >>>42 % reduction over two years, 808, 1451-2
    >>>Alternative sources, 1559
    >>Montreal, Que., facilities, transfer to Toronto, Ont.
    >>>o.q., 3006, 3127-8, 4024-5, 4176-7, 5597, 6003-4
    >>>qu., 7090
    >>Research and development programs, 808
    >>Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, Man., privatizing/downsizing/closure, 5823
    >>>o.q., 6009-10
    >>>Petition, 367-8
    >>See also Nuclear waste

Atomic waste see Nuclear waste

Atomic weapons see Nuclear weapons

Attempted murder see Murder

Attorneys general see Victims of crime--Rights

Attractions Canada see Canada Information Office

Auckland, New Zealand see Commonwealth--Democracy and human rights

Auctions see Goods and Services Tax

Audet, Marcel see Gun control/guns--Smuggling

Audio and video tapes

    >>Blanks, home copying charge, establishing, performers' royalties, Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 8992, 9000, 9054-7, 9285
    >>>o.q., 2007
    >>>S.O. 31, 6555
    >>>See also Taxation--No increase

Audio tapes see Audio and video tapes

Audiologists see Disabled and handicapped persons--Disability tax credit

Audiovisual sector see Copyright--Rights

Auditor General

    >>Role, mandate, 4563, 4567, 4569, 4716-7, 4727
    >>>Liberal government failure to understand, former Auditor General Ken Dye statement, o.q., 4497-8
    >>See also Aboriginal peoples--Federal funds; Air navigation services--Commercialization; Canada Labour Relations Board--Weathrill; Canada Post Corporation--Access to Information Act; Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Canadian Wheat Board--Audits; Deficit--1995-96; Gun control/guns--Legislation, repealing--Registration system; Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department; Indians/First Nations--Powers; Law Commission of Canada--Law Reform Commission of Canada (former); National Defence Department; Nisga'a land claim--Agreement in principle; Petrofina; Science and technology--Auditor General letter--Importance--Policy; Taxation--Advance rulings

Auditor General Office

    >>Estimates, 1996-1997, main see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Second

Auditor General's reports

    >>1995-1996
    >>>S.O. 31, 2805
    >>>Volume I, tabled, Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 2426
    >>>Volume II, tabled, Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 4740
    >>>Volume III, tabled, Public Accounts Standing Committee referral, 6740
    >>>See also Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency--Program activities; Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role, Equipment; Capital gains tax--Capital gain transfer; Correctional Service of Canada; Defence equipment; Environment--Waste management, Contaminated sites; Excise taxes--Evasion; Exports--Promotion; Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Inventory; Government expenditures--Mismanagement--Waste and extravagance; Information technologies; Infrastructure program--Projects; Job creation--Infrastructure program; National Revenue Department--Client services--Senior officials; Nuclear waste--Atomic Energy of Canada Limited; Parole--Information on offenders; Penitentiaries--Inmates, Rehabilitation; Private family trusts; Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, First; Public Service--Job classification standard; Tobacco industry--Companies, financial books and records
    >>See also Agriculture--Programs; Federal Court of Canada; Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions; Income Tax Act--Applications; Public Accounts Standing Committee; Senate--Expenditures; Taxation--Tax havens

Audits see Canadian Wheat Board; Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.--audit)(Bill C-212)

Auger, Fernand see Murder--Carpenter, Melanie

Augustine, Jean (L--Etobicoke--Lakeshore)

    >>Africa, S.O. 31, 6182
    >>Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-375), 10214-5
    >>AIDS, petition, 7893-4
    >>Black Canadians, S.O. 31, 33, 7571, 8304
    >>Blood, o.q., 528-9
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 456-8
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8330-2
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 457, 8331
    >>Canada Pension Plan, 457
    >>Canadian Executive Service Organization, S.O. 31, 6001, 9209
    >>Caregivers, M. (Szabo), 6032-3
    >>Charitable donations, 8331
    >>Child abduction, M. (B. Tremblay), 4969-70
    >>Child care, M. (G. Breitkreuz), 5142-3
    >>Child poverty, 8331
    >>Child support payments, 458
    >>Child tax benefit, 8331
    >>Children, 8331
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5747
    >>Crime prevention, S.O. 31, 7961
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--sexual exploitation of children outside Canada (Bill C-246), 4699-700
    >>Defence industry, petitions, 568
    >>Deficit, 456-7, 8331
    >>Disabled and handicapped persons, 8331
    >>Discrimination and racism
    >>>o.q., 2142
    >>>S.O. 31, 1043-4
    >>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.(Bill C-41), 6048
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals
    >>>o.q., 4751
    >>>Petition, 3387
    >>Economic development/renewal, S.O. 31, 6902
    >>Economy, 8331 S.O. 31, 4337
    >>Education, post-secondary, 8330
    >>>S.O. 31, 473
    >>Elections, S.O. 31, 1243
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2227-9, 2783-5
    >>Etobicoke, Ont., S.O. 31, 705
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7877, 7901-2
    >>Federal-provincial relations, 8332
    >>Food, petition, 4348
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 6896-7
    >>Gasoline taxes, 456-7
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7901-2, 8332
    >>>Petition, 9387
    >>Health
    >>>Petition, 2616
    >>>S.O. 31, 2060-1, 4299, 9376
    >>Health care system, 8331
    >>Hong Kong, o.q., 9279
    >>Housing, S.O. 31, 176
    >>Human rights
    >>>M. (Copps), 7364-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 7380
    >>Information highway, S.O. 31, 4625
    >>Job creation, 616, 8330-1
    >>Lake Ontario, S.O. 31, 3079-80
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 8332
    >>>M. on supply (Solberg), 3193, 3195
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 6896-7
    >>Nicaragua, 7365
    >>Pensions, 457
    >>Poverty, o.q., 2563
    >>Privilege, false/misleading remarks, 2366
    >>Registered education savings plans, 8330-1
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 2716
    >>Seniors Benefit, 457
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 3387
    >>Social programs, 456-7
    >>South Africa, 7365
    >>Student loans, 8330
    >>Theft, S.O. 31, 7961
    >>Unemployment insurance, 615-7, 2227-9, 2783-5
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 615-7
    >>VIA Rail Canada Inc., S.O. 31, 3483
    >>Wildlife, petition, 5610
    >>Women
    >>>o.q., 2761
    >>>S.O. 31, 473, 3920, 8726
    >>Youth, S.O. 31, 9984-5
    >>Youth Internship Program, 8330
    >>>S.O. 31, 5556-7
    >>Youth Service Canada, 8330

Australia

    >>Murder of 32 people in Hobart, Tasmania by Martin Bryant, S.O. 31, 2059, 2061
    >>See also Inter-Parliamentary delegations, reports--Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Austrum, Brian and family

    >>Car accident, fatalities, condolences, S.O. 31, 9444

Authors

    >>Canadian, promoting, 7727
    >>Lemieux, Michéle, Nuit Blanche, Bologna book fair, grand prize winner, S.O. 31, 9647-8

Authorship see Crime--Proceeds of

Auto Pact see Automobile industry--Canada-United States Auto Pact

Auto racing

    >>Australian Grand Prix, television coverage, tobacco industry sponsorship ban, impact, o.q., 8728
    >>Trois-Rivieres, Que. Grand Prix, economic importance, tobacco industry sponsorship ban, impact, 8440, 8453-4
    >>Villeneuve, Jacques, Formula 1 racer
    >>>Argentina Grand Prix, winner, S.O. 31, 9647
    >>>Canadian Grand Prix, second place, S.O. 31, 3919
    >>>Debut, tribute, S.O. 31, 521-2
    >>>First victory, S.O. 31, 2059-60

Auto theft see Joy riding

Automated teller machines see Banks

Automated weather observation system see Air navigation services

Automobile emissions see Air pollution

Automobile industry

    >>Canada-United States Auto Pact
    >>>Ontario/Quebec impact, 9107
    >>>Tariff, maintaining, o.q., 10120
    >>See also Job losses--Concerns

Automobile leasing

Automobile manufacturers see Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT

Automobile safety

    >>Air bag release mechanism propellant
    >>>Contract, Expro Chemical Products, Valleyfield, Que., securing, S.O. 31, 1582
    >>>Depowering, o.q., 6008
    >>Air bags, optional purchase, petition, 9332
    >>Chrysler minivans, rear door latch, possible failure, recall, o.q., 1109-10

Automobiles

    >>Consumer preferences, changing, 5540
    >>Parts, imports, customs duty free, extending to finished vehicles, o..q, 8953
    >>See also Goods and Services Tax--Used/new automobiles; Hyundai Auto Canada Inc.; Joy riding

Automotive industry see Youth Internship Program--Partnership

AutoPact see Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement

Aviation fuel tax see Air transportation

AVRO Arrow see Defence equipment--Aircraft

Awards

    >>Lawyers Milena Protich and Robert Pettitt, Law Society of Upper Canada's Bicentennial Award of Merit recipients, S.O. 31, 9477

AWOS see Automated weather observation system

Axworthy, Chris (NDP--Saskatoon--Clark's Crossing)

    >>Air Canada, 8270
    >>>o.q., 8200
    >>Canada Post Corporation, o.q., 9279
    >>Child pornography, 9417
    >>Child poverty, 9308
    >>>o.q., 8091
    >>Corporations, S.O. 31, 2704-5
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--dangerous offenders)(Bill C-295), 3385
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 3385
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2779-81
    >>Foreign investment, o.q., 9452-3
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels
    >>>Petition, 2484, 3387, 3724
    >>>S.O. 31, 2753
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 9418
    >>Internet Child Pornography Restriction Act (Bill C-396), 9417
    >>Job creation, 5093
    >>>o.q., 3009-10
    >>>S.O. 31, 1760
    >>Judges, petition, 9418
    >>Middle class, S.O. 31, 9269
    >>Murderers, 5201-2
    >>>o.q., 2482
    >>Nuclear reactors, petition, 9418
    >>Political parties, S.O. 31, 2999
    >>Privilege, misleading/false statements, 8278
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 272, 2690-2, 2694-7, 2789, 9297-8, 9455-6
    >>Unemployment, 9205-6
    >>>o.q., 2763, 7244, 7316
    >>>S.O. 31, 8006
    >>Unemployment insurance, 5278-9
    >>>o.q., 2715
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 5279
    >>Youth, S.O. 31, 5105

Axworthy, Hon. Lloyd (L--Winnipeg South Centre; Minister of Foreign Affairs)

Azar, Abdul Nasser Taher see Refugees--Criminals, Iranian cases