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Divorce

Divorce Act

    >>Unbalance, correcting, Child Custody and Access Arrangements Special Joint Committee, Senate representatives, 8354(125:1600)

Divorce Act (amdt.--definition of "child")(Bill C-330)--Harb

Divorce Act (amdt.--joint custody)(Bill C-285)--J. Hill

Divorce Act (amdt.--marriage counselling required before divorce granted)(Bill C-218)--Szabo

Divorce Act (amdt.--right of spouses' parents to access to or custody of child)(Bill C-340)--Harb

DNA see Swissair--Flight 111

DNA evidence see Justice system

DNA Identification Act (Bill C-3)--Solicitor General of Canada (Scott, A.)

DNA testing see Immigration/immigrants--Family reunification

Dockrill, Michelle (NDP--Bras d'Or; Bras d'Or--Cape Breton as of June 18, 1998)

Docks see Marine transport--Maritime claims for damages, Federal government--Maritime claims for damages, Owners of

Doctors/physicians see Abortion; Euthanasia; Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Effects/impact, Health; Health care system--Aboriginal peoples/communities; Suicide--Assisted suicide

Doctors Without Borders see Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of--Kosovo province

Documents see Government documents

Dodier, Louise see Health--Info Medic Watch

Dolhan, Master Cpl Garry see Canadian Armed Forces

Dollar, exchange rate

    >>Bank of Canada monetary policy, relationship, 9079(137:1235-40)
    >>Decline, 8365(125:1720), 11034-5(168:1210-5), 11158(171:1340), 11334(172:2020), 12276(187:1015)
    >>>Immediate action to counter, demanding, o.q., 8159(122:1440), 8649(130:1420)
    >>>International economic crisis, relationship, o.q., 8760(132:1420)
    >>>Liberal government (Chrétien) inaction, 8351(125:1545), 11179(171:1530), 12025(183:1705)
    >>>Liberal government policies, impact, 11034(168:1210), 11037(168:1230), 13025(198:1600)
    >>>o.q., 11057-8(168:1425-30)
    >>>S.O. 31, 8154(122:1410)
    >>Low value, 3286-7(51:1705), 5349(80:1700), 8718(131:1305)
    >>>Liberal government (Chrétien) condemning while in opposition, changing tune when in government, o.q., 12857(196:1415)
    >>>o.q., 8102(121:1130)
    >>>Taxation policies, impact, o.q., 12858(196:1415)
    >>National debt, relationship, 4679-80(70:2020)
    >>>o.q., 8051(120:1420)
    >>Productivity, slow growth, impact, o.q., 13013(198:1440)
    >>United States dollar, comparison, 13025(198:1555)
    >>See also Exports; National debt--Reduction; Pan-American Monetary Union; Productivity--Decline; Standard of living--Decline

Dolly see Criminal Code (amdt.--genetic manipulation)(Bill C-247); Human cloning

Dombind see Highways and roads--Ontario

Domestic violence see Family violence

Dominion Bond Rating Service see Banks and financial institutions--Credit ratings

Dominion Day see Canada Day

Dominion Land Surveyors see Canada Lands Surveyors; Western provinces--Land surveys

Domus trophy see Lachenaie, Que.

Donations/donors

    >>Hedge funds hospitals, schools, risks, government position, o.q., 9783(148:1450)
    >>See Charitable and non-profit organizations; Food banks; Income Tax Act (amdt.--donors to food banks)(Bill C-322)

Donato see Canadian flag--Toronto Sun

Dongcheng, China see Trade--China

Donkin mine, N.S. see Mining industry

Doofenbaker, Amy see Disabled and handicapped persons--King Clancy awards

Dora Awards see Arts and culture

Dorsaint, Jennie see Black Canadians--Black History Month

Dorval Airport, Montreal, Que. see Airports--Policing; Mirabel Airport--International flights

Dostie, Gilles

    >>Société nationale des Québécois de l'Amiante, tribute, S.O. 31, 15718-9(236:1405)

Double-dipping see Members of Parliament--Pensions

Double hull ships see Shipbuilding

Double income see Family income

Double taxation see Goods and Services Tax; Income tax--Conventions/protocols; Taxation

Doucet, Michel see Francophones outside Quebec

Douglas Lake Ranch see Nicola Indian Band

Douglas, Ont.

    >>Douglas Tavern, Ottawa Valley culture, reflecting, S.O. 31, 12668(193:1400)

Douglas, Hon. Tommy see Health care system--Medicare

Dowden, Reverend Jim see Volunteers--Grimsby and District Chamber of Commerce

Dowling, Frank

    >>Streetsville first mayor, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 9217(139:1400)

Downes, Lathleen see Judges

Down's syndrome see Health

Downsizing see Ports--Commercialization

Doyle, Norman (PC--St. John's East)

Draggers see Fisheries; Fisheries, Atlantic--Flemish Cap

Drake, Dr. Charles

    >>Neurosurgeon, contributions, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 8570(129:1410)

Dredging see Athabasca River; Ports--Commercialization; St. Lawrence River

Driftwood mobile home park see Housing--Indian reserve lands

Drinking water see Water

Drinking Water Materials Safety Act (Bill C-14)--Minister of Health (Rock)

Driving schools see Competition--Anti-competitive behaviour, Sherbrooke, Que. region

Driving while disqualified see Motor vehicles

Drolet, Nancy see Olympics, 1998 Winter Games (Nagano, Japan)--Canadian team, Hockey

Dromisky, Stan (Lib.--Thunder Bay--Atikokan; Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Transport as of July 18, 1998)

Drought see Agriculture

Drouin, Claude (Lib.--Beauce)

DRS Flight Safety and Communications see Search and rescue helicopters--Acquisition, AW520 Cormorant

Drug abuse see instead Drug/substance abuse

Drug awareness resistance education see Drug/substance abuse--DARE program

Drug licensing system see Drugs and pharmaceuticals

Drug safety see Drugs and pharmaceuticals

Drug smuggling see Drug/substance abuse--Smuggling

Drug/substance abuse

    >>Aboriginal peoples/communities
    >>>Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselling Association, Transition to Employment program, success, S.O. 31, 10255(156:1110)
    >>>o.q., 9912-3(150:1445), 10298-9(157:1450)
    >>>Pedahbun Lodge, misuse of funds, S.O. 31, 15853(238:1055)
    >>>Shamattawa First Nation, youth solvent abuse/suicide, lack of treatment facilities, 10541-2(160:1825-30), 11602-3(176:1835-40)
    >>>S.O. 31, 11560(176:1405-10)
    >>>St. Norbert Foundation/Selkirk Healing Centre, funding, need, S.O. 31, 15853(238:1055)
    >>>Suicide, relationship, 14085(211:1245)
    >>>Youth, 14085(211:1245)
    >>Alcohol and drug abuse awareness campaign, George Chuvalo, advocate
    >>>Blind River, Ont., S.O. 31, 4058(62:1400)
    >>>S.O. 31, 13006(198:1400)
    >>Balanced approach, need for, 12958-60(197:1510-20)
    >>British Columbia, 8903(134:1710), 15841(237:1820), 16065(240:2155)
    >>Combatting, priority, 14086(211:1255)
    >>Conference, Injection Drug Use and Societal Changes, Montreal, Que., March 1999, 12958(197:1505-10)
    >>Costs, justice and health care systems, etc., 12958(197:1510)
    >>Crime, relationship, etc., 7202-3(109:1140-5), 7210(109:1235), 12958(197:1510), 13217(201:1355), 14087(211:1305), 14119(211:1625-30)
    >>>S.O. 31, 4273(65:1410-5)
    >>>See also Drug/substance abuse--Organized crime
    >>DARE program (drug awareness resistance education), 14082(211:1220-5)
    >>Datura Stramonium, hallucinogenic fruit, black market sale, prohibiting, o.q., 9594(145:1450), 9782(148:1440-5)
    >>Geneva, Switzerland, program, 9845(149:1600), 12959(197:1520), 12972(197:1640)
    >>Harm reduction policy, 12958(197:1510)
    >>Health/social problem, treating as, 14083(211:1225), 14087(211:1305)
    >>HIV/AIDS, relationship, measures, 12958(197:1505-10)
    >>>See also Drug/substance abuse--Vancouver, B.C.
    >>Importing/smuggling
    >>>Canadian Coast Guard role, Reform Party Fisheries and Oceans Department funding reduction proposal, impact, 12933(197:1250)
    >>>Courier services,, use, 1% of shipments inspected, 3482(54:1025)
    >>>Hemisphere-wide dialogue, L. Axworthy meeting with Jamaican Prime Minister, etc.
    >>>>o.q., 11511(175:1155)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 11367(173:1405)
    >>>Sentences, increasing, including confiscation of assets, 8977(135:1305)
    >>>Ships, search powers, etc., 4143(63:1205-10)
    >>>United Nations activities, Canadian funding, 12933(197:1250)
    >>>See also Pearson International Airport; Ports--Policing services, Federal government withdrawal
    >>International drug trade, foreign aid cutbacks, relationship, 8968-9(135:1205-10), 8977(135:1305)
    >>Kick Drugs Out of Canada program, S.O. 31, 9346(141:1110)
    >>National Addiction Awareness Week, S.O. 31, 10136(154:1410-5)
    >>National drug strategy,
    >>>Failure, 14082(211:1220)
    >>>National anti-drug rally, Abbotsford, B.C., 14082(211:1220), 14084(211:1235)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15387(232:1405), 15500(234:1405)
    >>Needle exchange programs, 14082-3(211:1225)
    >>Offences, sentences, aggravating factors, 8894(134:1600)
    >>>See also Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.)(Bill C-51),
    >>Organized crime role, 2344-5(39:1010-5), 10869(165:1540), 12925(197:1150), 12958(197:1505-10)
    >>>Proceeds of crime legislation, strengthening, 12959(197:1510)
    >>Overdoses, deaths, 12958(197:1510)
    >>>S.O. 31, 14928-9(225:1405)
    >>Police duties, criminal liability, 8894(134:1600), 8967(135:1200)
    >>>See also Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.)(Bill C-51)
    >>Prevention
    >>>Education and awareness programs, 12959(197:1510)
    >>>Head Start Programs, 12959-60(197:1520)
    >>>Social policy, programs, 12959(197:1510)
    >>Rally,
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police role
    >>>Budget, cutbacks impact, increasing, 12959-60(197:1510-25)
    >>>See also Drug/substance abuse--Trafficking; Royal Canadian Mounted Police--British Columbia, Provincial policing contract
    >>Trafficking
    >>>British Columbia, Royal Canadian Mounted Police funding cutbacks, impact, o.q., 9594-5(145:1450), 9646(146:1140)
    >>>Children, customers, minimum sentences, etc., 9842(149:1545)
    >>>Darmadi, David, conviction, temporary absence granted, 14093(211:1345)
    >>>Immigration/refugees, relationship
    >>>>Applejohn, Mark, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, immigration laws, criticisim, Chris Taylor, department official, repremanding, 12968(197:1615)
    >>>>>o.q., 12448(189:1450)
    >>>>>Robillard, Citizenship and Immigration Minister, support, condemning, S.O. 31, 12491(190:1105)
    >>>>Deporting, 14088(211:1310)
    >>>>Honduran drug dealers, bogus refugees, 12960(197:1520-5), 12967-8(197:1610-5)government action, need, S.O. 31, 13154(200:1055)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 10552(161:1100)
    >>>Profits, 14084(211:1235)
    >>>Schools, near, minimum sentences, 10565(161:1205)
    >>>>See also Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (amdt.--trafficking in a controlled drug or substance within five hundred metres of an elementary school or a high school)(Bill C-458)
    >>>Sentences, increasing, 9845(149:1600), 12959-60(197:1510-20)
    >>>Vancouver, B.C., house seized from convicted drug dealer, dealer buying back from Public Works and Government Services Department, etc., o.q., 14485(218:1440)
    >>>See also Penitentiaries--Inmates, Drug abuse/access
    >>Treatment, benefits, etc., 13862(207:1845)
    >>>Substituting for incarceration for addicts and street level traffickers, 12959-60(197:1510-20)
    >>Vancouver, B.C.
    >>>Deaths caused, 14087(211:1255)
    >>>HIV infections, epidemic proportions, 9852(149:1655)
    >>>>National action plan, government commitment
    >>>>>$1 million funding, Rock, Health Minister, announcement, S.O. 31, 1759(31:1400)
    >>>>>o.q., 467-8(10:1155-200)
    >>>See also Drug/substance abuse--Trafficking
    >>War on drugs, ineffective, lack, 12958(197:1510)
    >>Youth, impact, etc., 10869(165:1540), 12966(197:1605)
    >>>S.O. 31, 10136(154:1410-5)
    >>See also Alcohol--Abuse; Child prostitution; Fetal rights--Supreme Court of Canada ruling; Heroin; Impaired driving; Marijuana; Parole--Early release; Penitentiaries--Inmates--Joyceville institution; Young offenders--Family background factor

Drug trafficking see Drug/substance abuse--Trafficking

Drugs and pharmaceuticals

    >>Alternative medicine
    >>>Health food, herbs, natural extracts, vitamins, medicinal use, regulating, 451(10:1025-30), 3403(53:1015), 8211(123:1020)
    >>>>Confiscation of natural supplements, preventing, petition, 5676(86:1015), 6509(99:1005), 8406(126:1205)
    >>>>Food and Drug Act, amending, petitions, 30(3:1505), 468-9(10:1200-5), 534(11:1515), 570(12:1010), 786-7(15:1205-10), 1718(30:1220), 1910(33:1505), 2105(36:1555), 3648-9(56:1015), 4577(69:1735), 5092(77:1010), 5212(78:1505), 6295(95:1510), 6784(103:1505), 8305(124:1515), 9404(142:1510), 10174(155:1010), 11245(172:1005), 13448(203:1545), 15511(234:1505)
    >>>>Freedom of choice, government position, exemption
    >>>>>o.q., 467(10:1155), 529(11:1440)
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 522(11:1410), 824(16:1400)
    >>>>Health Standing Committe, hearings
    >>>>>Recommendations, government position, o.q., 13910-1(208:1455)
    >>>>>Status, o.q., 5335(80:1450)
    >>>>See also Health Standing Committee--Reports, Second
    >>Drug licensing system, inefficient, reform, need
    >>>HIV/AIDS patients, effective drug treatments, unavailable, o.q., 4705-6(71:1450)
    >>>o.q., 3856-7(59:1130-5)
    >>Drug safety
    >>>Health Protection Branch, compromising, allegations, o.q., 5597(84:1455)
    >>>Pharmaceutical industry, approval process, involvement, concerns, o.q., 5764-5(87:1155)
    >>>Science advisory board, reviewing, Dr. Roberta Bondar, chair, o.q., 5765(87:1155)
    >>Generic drugs
    >>>Marketing, patent protection, government policy, o.q., 4899(74:1445)
    >>>Regulatory regime, fairness, o.q., 9641(146:1120)
    >>Imitrex, migraine drug, Health Protection Branch approval, premature, Dr. Brill-Edwards allegation, o.q., 331-2(8:1440-5)
    >>Patent Act Amendment Act (1992)(Bill C-91)(3rd Sess., 34th Parl.)
    >>>Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20), relationship, 4932(74:1825)
    >>>Industry, political donations, relationship, 705(14:1205), 760(14:1820), 4932(74:1825)
    >>>See also Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Patent protection
    >>Patent protection, 20 year period
    >>>17 year period, reducing to, market exclusivity, reducing to 4 year period, 837(16:1515), 4233-41(64:1330-420)
    >>>>See also Patent Act (amdt.)(Bill C-248);
    >>>Government position, flip-flop, 1319-20(23:1900)
    >>>International commitment, government honouring, o.q., 1904(33:1435), 1977(34:1425), 2238(38:1435)
    >>>Patent Act Amendment Act (Bill C-91)(3rd Sess., 34th Parl.)
    >>>>Link regulations, amending, government position
    >>>>>o.q., 1904(33:1435), 1977-8(34:1425-30), 2238(38:1435)
    >>>>>qu., 6329(96:1030)
    >>>>>Quebec National Assembly, resolution, 2389(39:1500)
    >>>>>>S.O. 31, 2379(39:1410)
    >>>>Parliamentary review, o.q., 1904(33:1435), 1977(34:1430)
    >>>Pharmaceutical industry, multinational drug companies, influence, lobbying, 5370-1(80:1935-40)
    >>>>o.q., 1902(33:1425), 4898-9(74:1440-5)
    >>>Reducing, 4220(64:1200-5)
    >>>>Petition, 5212(78:1510), 5378-9(81:1040)
    >>>Reform Party position, 3218(50:1800-5)
    >>>See also Patent Act (amdt.--life of patents pertaining to medicine)(Bill C-361)
    >>Prescription drugs
    >>>Affordability, accessibility, 11201-2(171:1820)
    >>>>Addressing, Throne Speech statement, 9(2:1550), 378(9:1115)
    >>>>Government policies, failure, S.O. 31, 1899(33:1410)
    >>>>Patent Medicine Prices Review Board, price setting policy
    >>>>>Government role, M. for Production of Papers (Jaffer), called, transferred for debate, 15320(231:1520)
    >>>>>Pharmaceutical industry involvement, o.q., 8535-6(128:1455-500)
    >>>See also Health care system--Indians/First Nations
    >>Research, Galien Canada awards, winners, congratulating, S.O. 31, 15667(235:1400)
    >>RU-486, unborn babies, mothers, effects, introduction, preventing, petition, 16102(241:1525)
    >>TPA, Stroke and heart attack treatment, Health Canada approval, delay S.O. 31, 11690(178:1400)
    >>Viagra, Pfizer plant, Arnprior, Ont., packaging and distribution centre, S.O. 31, 12856(196:1410)
    >>See also Goods and Services Tax--Exemption; Health care system--Pharmacare; Impaired driving; Marijuana--Medical use; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Mefloquine

Drugs, narcotic see Heroin

Drummondville, Que. see Cabinet ministers; Economic development/renewal--Quebec; Festivals; Quebec--Economy; Royal Canadiam Mounted Police--Quebec detachments, Closure

Drunk driving see Impaired driving

Drunkenness defence see Justice system--Extreme drunkenness defence

Drvar see Bosnia and Herzegovina--International Stabilization Force

DUAL see Herbicides

Dual procedure offences see Justice system

Dubé, Antoine (BQ--Lévis; Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière as ofJune 18, 1998)

Dubé, Jean (PC--Madawaska--Restigouche)

Duceppe, Gilles (BQ--Laurier--Sainte-Marie)