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Job losses

    >>71,000 net loss, 1990-1993, Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) record, 8339-40
    >>200,000 since January 1996, 434
    >>800,000, 6254
    >>Canada Pension Plan premium increase, impact, 9255
    >>>o.q., 8390-1
    >>Concerns, uncertainty, technological change factor, automobile industry comparison, job creation, relationship, 9561-2
    >>Goods and Services Tax
    >>>Harmonization with provincial sales taxes, impact, 7284-5, 9267
    >>>Impact, o.q., 525
    >>>See also Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization, Atlantic provinces
    >>Job creation, relationship, 284
    >>>See also Job losses--Concerns
    >>National debt, relationship, 433
    >>Natural disasters, flooding, Quebec, July 1996, special assistance programs, lack, 7267
    >>Saskatchewan, New Democratic Party provincial government role, 321-2
    >>Taxation policies, impact, 7295, 9261, 9943
    >>Transfer payments to provinces reductrion factor, 9635, 10054-6
    >>Youth, 64000, Fed. 1996-1997, o.q., 8832
    >>See also Banks--Profits; Canada Pension Plan--Premiums; Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Corporations--Profits; Elections--Voters list, permanent; Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization; Gun control/guns--Registration system; Interprovincial trade--Barriers, Economic impact; Lay-offs; Military colleges--Collège militaire royale; Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2; Postal service--Direct mail advertising; Public Service--Reduction; Restaurant industry; Softwood lumber industry--Canada-United States agreement; Women

John T. Ryan Regional Safety Trophy see Mining industry--Safety

Johnson, Daniel see Quebec--Liberal Party convention; Quebec separation/sovereignty--Legal right/constitutionality--Supreme Court of Canada referral; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--No side victory--Quebec distinct society status factor

Johnston, Dale (REF--Wetaskiwin)

Joint Committees see Lighthouses; Special Joint Committees

Joint custody see Divorce--Child custody

Joliette, Que. see Canada Employment Centres; Séminaire de Joliette

Joncquière constituency see House of Commons vacancies

Joncquière, Que. see Alcan Aluminium Ltd.--Quebec plants

Jones Act see Shipbuilding--United States Jones Act

Jones, Donald John see Sex offenders

Jordan, Jim (L--Leeds--Grenville)

    >>Abortion, petition, 5021
    >>Bridges, M. (Paré), 1412-4
    >>Canada, petition, 8201
    >>Crime, petition, 4870
    >>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 32, 7651
    >>Gun control/guns, 7923
    >>>o.q., 7388
    >>Highways and roads, 8104-7
    >>Hockey, S.O. 31, 10114
    >>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports, 4161
    >>International Ploughing Match, S.O. 31, 4663
    >>Job creation, S.O. 31, 7233
    >>Newspapers, S.O. 31, 3483
    >>Nuclear weapons, petition, 8360
    >>Sexual orientation, S.O. 31, 2070
    >>Trade, 4161
    >>Transport Standing Committee, reports, 7000
    >>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8104-7
    >>Violence, o.q., 7388

Jordanian soldier see Israel--Murder of students

Joseph Bernier school see Residential schools--Inuit

Journalism/journalists

    >>Canadian Journalism Hall of Fame, Lise Bissonette, Le Devoir director, induction, S.O. 31, 2356
    >>Picher, Claude, Hyman Solomon award, recipient, S.O. 31, 9544
    >>Pouliot, François, Tran Trieu Quan story, Prix Judith-Jasmin, recipient, S.O. 31, 7078-9

Joy riding

    >>Criminal Code section 335, strengthening, penalties, 7523
    >>>Petition, 10147
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--joy riding)(Bill C-366)
    >>Passengers, offence, 3536, 9615
    >>Penalties, increasing, petition, 9387

Judges

    >>Appointments
    >>>Criteria, merit, experience, etc., 6833, 6841-2
    >>>Democratic and accountable method, Reform Party position, 4040
    >>>Eligibility, experience requirements, making consistent, 4039-40
    >>>>Campbell, Justice Douglas, appointment to Federal Court of Canada, relationship, 4040
    >>>>See also Federal Court Act, Judges Act and Tax Court of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-48)
    >>>Notaries, eligibility, constitutional factor, etc., 4040-2
    >>>Patronage appointments, 1306, 6833, 6840-3
    >>Chief justices, seven year maximum term, establishing, 6842-3
    >>Code of conduct and conflict of interest rules, establishing, 6842
    >>Desotti, John, appointment to Ontario court, Reginald Robert misconduct complaint before Law Society of Upper Canada, relationship
    >>>o.q., 483, 926
    >>>S.O. 31, 1364-5
    >>Disciplinary hearings, making public, 6842
    >>Dubois, Jean-Guy, former Member of Parliament, appointment to Quebec Superior Court, 7561, 7567
    >>Electing, 6843, 6871
    >>Financial institutions, links to, public inquiry, holding, etc., petitions, 3933, 4089, 4350, 4571, 4677, 4714, 5298, 7433, 8316, 8359, 9418
    >>Impartiality, independence, 6832, 6835
    >>Leaves of absence, maternity, parental leave, etc., chief justices approving, 4034-5, 6432
    >>>See also Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42)
    >>Leaves of absence to work for international organizations, Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Louise Arbour, United Nations International Commission on War Crimes for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, case, etc., 4034-6, 4038, 6409-10, 6431-40, 6807-13, 6832-9, 6843-8, 6866-7, 6869-70, 6872-3, 6875-6, 6878-9
    >>>o.q., 6613-4, 6667-8, 7579
    >>>Orders in Council, use, 6439, 6836, 6844-6, 6867-8
    >>>See also Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42)
    >>McDonald, Hon. Justice David, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 1583
    >>Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory courts of appeal, isolation and representational allowances, 4034-5, 4038, 6432
    >>>See also Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42)
    >>Paradis, Micheline, appointment to Quebec court, S.O. 31, 3706
    >>Pensions, judges married to judges, impact of Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), Chief Justice Lamer and Madame Justice Tremblay-Lamer, conflict of interest possibility, etc., 6435-8, 6833
    >>>o.q., 5603-4
    >>Political interference, 6839
    >>Provincial courts of appeal, appointing additional judges, 4034, 4038, 6432
    >>>See also Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42)
    >>Removal from bench, power restricted to Parliament, 6808-9
    >>Representational allowances see Canadian Judicial Council--Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada; Judges--Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory courts of appeal
    >>Retirement age, mandatory, reducing to 65 years, 6842
    >>Salaries, triennial commissions reviewing, extending reporting time from 6 to 12 months, 370-1
    >>>See also Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2)
    >>See also Canadian International Development Agency--East Africa--Haiti projects; Canadian Judicial Council; Child prostitution--Training; Child sexual assault/abuse--British Columbia case; Elections--Right to vote Justice system--Courts ignoring justice; Kidnapping--Snow, David; Lac Barrière Indian Band; Murderers--Women; Parole--Murderers; Quebec Superior Court; Sentences (convicted criminals); Sexual assault/offences--Accused acces to medical and therapeutic records--Judges remarks--Ursel, Darren Adam; Victims of crime--Victim impact statements; War crimes--Deportation

Judges Act

    >>Amendments, Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6836-7
    >>>Canadian Judicial Council Chairman, conflict of interest, allegation, 6436, 6440, 6808
    >>>Costs, 4038
    >>>Expediting, Justice Minister/judiciary, relationship, 6833
    >>>Status as public bill rather than private bill, 6409-10, 6436-7, 6810, 6839, 6844
    >>>Technical amendments, 4034, 6432
    >>>Time allocation use, 6836, 6839, 6844-5, 6870, 6876
    >>See also Federal Court Act, Judges Act and Tax Court of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-48)

Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 93
    >>Second reading, 370-1, agreed to
    >>Committee of the Whole, 371
    >>>Referral, instead of Standing Committee, by unanimous consent, 371
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 371
    >>Report stage, concurrence, by unanimous consent, 371
    >>Third reading, 371, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 1387. Chap. 2, S.C. 1996
    >>See also Judges--Salaries

Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 3168
    >>Second reading, 4033-7
    >>>Agreed to, 4037
    >>Committee of the Whole referral, committee stage, report from committee, 4037-9
    >>>Amdt. (Ablonczy), 4038, withdrawn, 4038
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 4039
    >>Third reading, agreed to, 4039, passed.
    >>Senate amendment, concurrence, 6431-40, 6452, 6807-13, 6832-50, 6864-80
    >>>Amdt. (Williams), 6436, negatived, on recorded division, 6507-8
    >>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Ramsay), 6440, out of order, 6452
    >>>Amdt. (Ramsay), 6807-8, negatived, 6879
    >>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Williams), 6810, negatived, on recorded division, 6816-7
    >>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3), notice, 6817
    >>>>M. (Gagliano), agreed to, on recorded division, 6831-2
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 6879-80
    >>Royal Assent, 6884. Chap. 30, S.C. 1996
    >>See also Canadian Judicial Council--Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada; Judges--Leaves of absence--Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory courts of appeal--Pensions--Provincial courts of appeal; Judges Act--Amendments

Judicial Council see Canadian Judicial Council

Judicial independence see War crimes--Deportation

Judicial restraint see Dangerous/high-risk offenders

Judicial review see Parole--Murderers

Julius Caesar see Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals, Historical figures

Juneau report see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--French television network--Funding

Juneau Review Panel see Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions

Junk mail see Postal service--Direct mail advertising

Junkets see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations--Travel

Juno Awards see Music

Juppé, Alain see France

Jury trials see Justice system

Justice

    >>Definition, morality factor, 4293-4
    >>See also Military justice

Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee

    >>Chair and Vice-chairs, women, S.O. 31, 637
    >>Membership
    >>>Thompson status as substitute member, 5714-6, 6225-6
    >>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Third, Thirty-fourth
    >>Reform Party motions, Cohen rulings as Chair, Speaker`s ruling, 6868, 6872
    >>Reports, presented
    >>>First (The Heritage Front Affair, Our View, National Security Subcommittee report), 4082
    >>>Second (Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45)). 4082
    >>>Third (Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreement Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41)), 5776
    >>>Fourth (Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53)), 6191
    >>>Fifth (Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17)), 6317
    >>>Sixth (Regulations Act (Bill C-25)), 6912
    >>>Seventh (Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27)), 7109
    >>>Eighth (Draft regulations on firearms, subcommittee report), 8452
    >>>Ninth (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)), 8661
    >>>Eleventh (Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205)), 9489
    >>>Eleventh (Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46)), 9609
    >>>Twelfth (Victims bill of rights), 10123
    >>>>Government response requested, 10123
    >>>Thirteenth (Young Offenders Act, Renewing Youth Justice), 10141
    >>>>Dissenting report, 10141-2
    >>Travel, authorization
    >>>Ms. (Zed), agreed to, 1389, 1972-3, 2851, 4650, 5609
    >>>M. (Boudria), agreed to, 4156-7
    >>See also Criminal Code--Legislation; Criminal Code (mental disorder), National Defence, Young Offenders Acts (amdt.)(Bill C-30)(3rd Sess., 34th Parl.) Law Commission of Canada--Establishment--Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee role Legislation--Canadian Bar Association influence; Parole--Murderers, early release, Repealing--Murderers, early release, Restricting access; Pornography--Entertainment; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Statutory release/mandatory supervision; Sexual assault/offences--Accused acces to medical and therapeutic records; Victims of crime--Bill of Rights--Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee report; Witness Protection Program--Legislation; Young Offenders Act

Justice Department

    >>Foreign authorities assistance, requests, including unproven charges
    >>>o.q., 3635
    >>>See also Air Canada Airbus A320 passenger jet
    >>Law Reform Division see Law Commission of Canada
    >>Thompson, Ted, Assistant Deputy Minister see War crimes--Deportation
    >>See also Children--Legislation affecting; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation; United States--Peltier, Leonard

Justice Minister see Child prostitution--Child sex tourism, Criminal Code amendments; Law Commission of Canada--Accountability/independence

Justice system

    >>Accused's failure to appear, issuing warrant allowing for voluntary appearance before judge, 3541
    >>Appeals, limiting, 1309
    >>Bail
    >>>Crimes committed by accused while out on bail, 2091
    >>>Release on conditions other than financial, 3858-9
    >>>See also Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/pedophiles, Bail--Sex offenders/pedophiles, Second offences; Gangs--Motorcycle gangs
    >>Brampton public forum on justice issues, S.O. 31, 6556
    >>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provisions, 5001
    >>>Accused/convicted criminals, rights, o.q., 8905
    >>>Avoiding using notwithstanding clause, 9676-7
    >>Children of divorce, participation, 4913
    >>Cost-effectivenes, increasing, cut-backs factor, 3536-8
    >>Courts ignoring justice, unelected judges, special interest groups, factors, 2398
    >>DNA evidence
    >>>Data bank, establishing, 1309, 9513
    >>>>Legislation, DNA Identification Act (Bill C-94), 9716, 10004
    >>>>>Canadian Police Association position, 9715-6
    >>>>>See also DNA Identification Act (Bill C-94)
    >>>>o.q., 181
    >>>>Petition, 10239
    >>>>S.O. 31, 8267-8, 8943
    >>>Legislation, Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--forensic DNA analysis)(Bill C-104)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 5075, 6865, 6869
    >>>>Introducing, o.q., 181
    >>>>o.q., 8905
    >>>>Proclamation, July 1995, 5040
    >>>>>o.q., 9548
    >>>>Expedited passage, 9979
    >>>>>Weakness, relationship, 3912. 4604
    >>>Police taking samples from persons in custody, 4157
    >>>>See also Identification of Criminals Act (amdt.--forensic analysis)(Bill C-322)
    >>>Police taking samples under court authority, Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--forensic DNA analysis)(Bill C-104)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 2045-6, 2048
    >>Documents
    >>>Informations, subpoenas, summons, warrants, fax transmission use, 3538
    >>>Proof of notification and service, written statements replacing affidavits, 3537, 3541, 9594
    >>Dual procedure offences, crown choosing indictable offence or summary conviction procedures in certain cases, reduced sentences factor, 3538-9, 3542-5, 4540, 5004, 9596-7, 9611-2, 9615, 9617-8
    >>>See also Break and enter; Forcible confinement; Forgery; Prostitution--Communicating for purposes of prostitution;
    >>Expediting processing of cases, 1309
    >>Extreme drunkenness defence, self-induced/voluntary intoxication
    >>>Court rulings, 2441-2, 9390
    >>>Legislation, Criminal Code (amdt.--self-induced intoxication)(Bill C-72)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), 5040, 5075, 6865
    >>>>o.q., 7186, 8905, 9448
    >>>>See also Murder; Violent offences
    >>Failure, inadequacy, etc., 1143, 1309-10, 2115, 3913, 5044
    >>Federal-provincial co-operation, information technology use, o.q., 1548
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction factor, 2046
    >>Government measures, legislation, 4638, 4973, 6248, 6864-5, 6867, 6869 7667-9, 8849, 9369-70, 9641, 9705, 9762
    >>>Election, relationship, 9590-1, 9664, 9711, 10051
    >>>Government majority passing, 7637
    >>>Knee-jerk reaction to events, avoiding, 4594-6
    >>>o.q., 38, 184, 10186
    >>>Omnibus bills, 9372-3
    >>>>See also Criminal Code--Legislation
    >>>Passage, expediting/rushing, 4258, 5004
    >>>Reform Party position, 2075, 4284, 4288-9, 5075-8, 6231-2, 9595-6, 9711, 9715
    >>>Royal Canadian Mounted Police position, 4604
    >>Government record, public opinion, 4614, 5006-7
    >>Guilt beyond reasonable doubt principle, 4463, 4573
    >>Jury trials
    >>>Judges conferring with prosecution and defence lawyers before instructing juries, 3537
    >>>Jurors unable to continue, replacing before hearing evidence, continuing with 10 or more jurors, 3537, 9615
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien)/Justice Minister Rock position, bleeding heart mentality, special interest groups influence, etc., 3551-2, 3572-3, 3878-9, 3885-7, 3904-5, 3910-1, 4270, 4276-7, 4291-4, 4540-2, 4609, 4612, 4622-3, 4636-7, 5120-1, 5127, 6738, 6847-9, 9366-8, 9397, 9463-5, 9469
    >>>Election, relationship, 9421-2, 9431-2, 9436-7, 9439-41, 9458-9, 9464, 9468-9, 9675-6, 9708-9, 9712, 10021
    >>>S.O. 31, 8900, 9076
    >>Liberal government (Trudeau), legislation, improvements, 8849
    >>New Democratic Party 1997 convention not discussing, 9718
    >>Plea bargaining
    >>>Sentences reduced, 3887, 4606, 7646
    >>>Victims' rights, informing, etc., 2043-4, 2070-1, 2078, 2089, 4602, 9439, 9666
    >>>>o.q., 9448-9, 9482
    >>>See also Family violence--Fraser Valley East constituency case; Murder--Sentences
    >>Pre-trial detention of accused, just cause requirement, police powers, 3540
    >>Pre-trial release of accused, police powers, 3538, 3541-2, 9594, 9615
    >>Preliminary hearings, eliminating, 1309
    >>Principles, historical jurisprudence, 4463
    >>Priority, rehabilitation of criminals/public safety, 1693, 2045, 2051, 3887-8, 3914, 4271, 4273, 4282, 4291-2, 4475, 4573, 4598-600, 4605, 4613, 4637, 5001-2, 5007, 5097, 7639, 7641, 7643, 8808, 8821, 9400, 9436, 9464-5, 9669
    >>>S.O. 31, 9987
    >>>See also Victims of crime--Rights, Priority
    >>Public accountability, lack, 9464-5
    >>Public opinion, confidence lack, etc., 4271, 9427-8, 9464-5
    >>Reform
    >>>Lack, 2901
    >>>Petitions, 97, 276-7, 5484, 5892
    >>>Priority, making, 10050-1
    >>Reform Party position, 1136, 1394, 4622-3, 5861-3, 7671-2, 9395, 9460
    >>>Fresh Start election platform, 6849, 6866-7
    >>>Liberal Party, debating at Laissez Faire Club of Ottawa, S.O. 31, 6954
    >>>Private Members' bills, 9675
    >>>S.O. 31, 1283, 2058
    >>Retroactive application of law prohibition, 4463
    >>>See also Parole--Murderers, Olson--Murderers, Repealing--Murderers, Restricting access
    >>Reversing onus see Impaired driving--Breathalyser evidence; Young offenders--Adult court
    >>Social contract, 4613
    >>Stakeholders, public, victims, police, offenders, balancing interests, 2045
    >>Technicalities dominating, 9426
    >>Technology, utilizing, 3537-9, 9615
    >>Throne speech content, lack, 307, 338-9, 6231-4
    >>>o.q., 38, 60
    >>Trials
    >>>Adjournments, limiting, 1309
    >>>British Columbia murder case, evidence not allowed during trial, 4290-1
    >>>Disclosure of evidence to defence, implications, 10019
    >>>Pre-trial conferences, increasing use, 3537, 9615
    >>>See also Justice system passim; Sexual assault/offences
    >>Victims role see Victims of crime--Justice system
    >>Video-conferencing technology, closed circuit television, using for court proceedings, 3537-9, 9615, 9619-20
    >>Vigilante justice, alternative, 9592
    >>Witnesses
    >>>Experts submitting written testimony with affidavit, 3541, 9615
    >>>Harassment of witnesses/victims, preventing, 4248
    >>>Protecting privacy, etc., Criminal Code provisions, 2049
    >>>See also Child prostitution--Court proceedings; Sexual assault/offences; Witness Protection Program
    >>Wrongful conviction claims, Criminal Code Section 690 applications, 9408
    >>>Beaulieu, Wilfred and Richard Arthur cases, etc., o.q., 4505
    >>>See also Murderers--Kelly, Patrick
    >>See also Canada--Constitution; Crime prevention--Expenditures; Gun control/guns--Costs; Young offenders