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Muldoon decision see Private family trusts

Mulgrave, N.S. see Fisheries--Shrimp

Mulroney, Right Hon. Brian

    >>Companion of the Order of Canada, 9275(140:1145)
    >>>Testimonial letters, M. for Production of Papers (Johnston), called, accepted, tabled, deemed adopted, 11381-2(173:1515)
    >>>S.O. 31, 9294(140:1405)
    >>See also Air Canada--Airbus purchase contract; Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney); Chrétien, Right Hon. Jean--References, International travel; Throne Speech--Previous parliaments

Multiculturalism

    >>British Columbia, Vancouver Kingsway constituency, multiculturalism week celebration, S.O. 31, 11557(176:1355)
    >>Calgary Declaration, September 1997, relationship, 2199(37:1305)
    >>Cultural diverisy, promotion/protection, international ministerial network, establishment, S.O. 31, 8333-4(125:1400)
    >>Ethnic diversity, 171(5:1350-5), 238-9(6:1730-40), 3677-8(56:1330), 3699(56:1540)
    >>Multiculturalsim program expenditures, waste, Auditor Genrals' report, o.q., 10729-30(163:1455)
    >>National unity, relationship, 3192(37:1515), 3699(56:1540)
    >>Oliver, B.C., sunshine festival, celebrating, S.O. 31, 7111(108:1400)
    >>Policy
    >>>Outdated, S.O. 31, 3024(48:1410)
    >>>Renewal, improvement, S.O. 31, 402-3(9:1400)
    >>Quebec, benefits, etc., 3669(56:1230)
    >>Reform Party position, 2160(37:1210)g
    >>See also Arts and culture--Nova Scotia; Census (1991); Citizens--Hyphenated form; International conflicts--Ethnic/tribal differences factor; Tamil Eelam Society

Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)

Multimedia Exchange Tour on Climate Change see greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming--Reducing

Multimedia fund see Information highway/Internet

Multimedia industry see Information technologies

Multiple chemical sensitivity see Health--Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--Diseases

Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle techniques see Nuclear weapons

Multiple Sclerosis see Health

Multiple Sclerosis Month see Health--Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Society see Health--Multiple Sclerosis

Municipal elections see Sherbrooke, Que.; Verdun, Que.

Municipalities

    >>Bonusing, 5186(78:1235)
    >>Federal government assistance/support, 5300-1(79:1620)
    >>Financing, long-term planning, need, 5186(78:1235)
    >>Grants in lieu of taxes, 5185(78:1230)
    >>>Increase, Ontario share, o.q., 11169-70(171:1440)
    >>>Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality, 1997 and 1998 payments, qu., 11177-8(171:1525)
    >>Role, constitutional status, 2149-50(37:1105), 2159(37:1200), 5185-6(78:1230)
    >>>Reform Party proposals, 7839(118:1755)
    >>>S.O 31, 324(8:1400-5), 7695(117:1400)
    >>Subsidiary corporations (utilities, etc.), income derived from activities outside jurisdiction, federal government 10% tax, rescinding, Reform Party proposal, 5182-5(78:1205-30), 5187-8(78:1240-5), 5192-3(78:1315-25), 5382(81:1055), 5385(81:1110), 5401-2(81:1305-15)
    >>See also Aboriginal self-government; Adult entertainment parlours; Budget--Balanced; Environmental protection/management; Federal-provincial jurisdiction; Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing; Ice storm 1998; Indian bands/reserves--Land converted to reserves--Manitoba; Indians/First Nations--Land management; Montreal, Que.--Municipal jurisdiction; National unity; Nuclear weapons--Nuclear weapons free zones; Nunavut Territory; Police--New Brunswick; Pornography; Ports--Commercialization, Canada port authorities--Commercialization, Quebec separation/sovereignty--Partition--Regional and local ports--Policing services, Federal government withdrawal; Recycling; Royal Canadian Mounted POlice--Peacekeeping role, Pension benefits; Transfer payments to provinces--Cutbacks; Waste disposal; Water management

Munro, Donald

    >>Former Member of Parliament, death, tributes, 8840-1(133:1510-5)

Murder

    >>Aggravated first degree murder see Capital punishment--Reinstating for first degree murder
    >>Baldwin, James, victim, young offenders charged, 7545-6(114:1630)
    >>Battered woman syndrome defence, 7685-6(117:1300)
    >>British Columbia double murder case, Elbow Lake Camp escapees prime suspects, o.q., 14829(223:1450)
    >>Cadman, Jesse, victim, son of Chuck Cadman, M.P., young offender charged, 13193-4(201:1120-5), 13197-8(201:1140-5), 13208(201:1255), 14066-8(211:1030-40), 14174(212:1650)
    >>Deaths occurring after one year after offence, allowing murder or criminal negligence charge, 216(6:1505), 3055-62(48:1730-1815), 8493(127:1750), 8890(134:1530-5), 8893(134:1555), 8903(134:1710), 8905(134:1725), 8963-5(135:1135-45), 8972(135:1230), 8975(135:1255), 9839(149:1520), 9849(149:1625-30), 9855(149:1710), 9874(150:1650-5)
    >>>Ward, Marvin, victim, perpetrator convicted of robbery and assault, 8972(135:1230)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--Section 227)(Bill C-215); Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.)(Bill C-51)
    >>Deraiche, Robert, victim, Ian Lambert charged, length of proceedings, victim's family's access to information, 5542(83:1730-5) 2433(40:1100)
    >>Derksen, Candace, victim, book Have You Seen Candace, 14117(211:1610), 14120(211:1630)
    >>Garrioch, Ryan, victim, young offender responsible, 9854(149:1700)
    >>Giles, Jeff, victim, petitions, 6929-30(105:1515)
    >>Gill, Nirmal Singh, victim, members of hate group charged
    >>>o.q., 5955-6(90:1440), 6030(91:1430), 6082(92:1140)
    >>>S.O. 31, 6023(91:1355-400)
    >>Grono, Cecilia and Tammy, victims, suspect Kevin Machell on day parole, etc.,
    >>>M. for Production of Papers (Hart), called, transferred for debate, 7537(114:1525)
    >>>o.q., 292-3(7:1450-500), 2874-5(46:1445)
    >>>S.O. 31, 205(6:1405)
    >>Hallet, Donna Lee, victim, Stephen Schwalm conviction, sentence, S.O. 31, 960(18:1405)
    >>Hayer, Tara Singh, victim, Sikh community leader, S.O. 31, 10207-8(155:1405)
    >>Holtam, Leonara, and daughter Jenny, victims, S.O. 31, 775-6(15:1105)
    >>Lang, Jason, victim, Shane Christmas wounded, W.R. Myers High School, Taber, Alta., shootings, 14 year-old charged, social factors, etc., 14734(222:1625), 14740(222:1715), 14968(225:1820)
    >>>House stood in silence, 14600(220:1510)
    >>>S.O. 31, 14477(218:1400), 14479-80(218:1410-5), 14668(221:1405)
    >>>Statement by Minister (Chrétien, Jean), 14599-600(220:1500-10)
    >>McGloan, Clayton, victim, young offender charged, 14956-7(225:1705)
    >>McKay, John, victim, Royal Canadian Mounted Police agent paid $250,000, police protection denied, etc.,
    >>>o.q., 8105(121:1140)
    >>>S.O. 31, 7803-4(118:1400)
    >>Nyerges, Sandor, victim, young offender accused, S.O. 31, (69:1400)
    >>Ottawa, Ont. case, woman killed husband, conditional sentence, moved to British Columbia, 12910(197:1015), 12914-5(197:1040-5)
    >>Parrot, Alison, victim, Francis Carl Roy convicted, previous convictions, etc., 15201(229:1050)
    >>>o.q., 13824(207:1440)
    >>Provocation defence
    >>>Abolishing, legislative committee, establishing, M. (Hardy), 12992-13000(197:1820-1920), 15047-56(226:1730-1825)
    >>>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 13000(197:1920), 15056(226:1825)
    >>>See also Violence/violent offences--Women, victims
    >>Rate, decline, 9854(149:1705)
    >>Samson, Ginette, victim, killed by husband in women's shelter, S.O. 31, 16246-7(243:1110)
    >>Sentences
    >>>Lenient, 6507(98:1825), 7212(109:1250), 12928(197:1215)
    >>>Multiple murders, average sentence, 13485(204:1150)
    >>>See also Murder--Hallett--Virk;
    >>Simmonds, Sian, victim, treatment of parents by justice system, 14080(211:1200-5)
    >>Smith, Tanya, victim, 14082(211:1220)
    >>Solomon, Kevin, victim, murdered by Michael Hector while on parole, 14075(211:1130-5)
    >>Spousal killings, 14115(211:1555-600)
    >>Unsolved cases, British Columbia, 7799(118:1325)
    >>Virk, Reena, victim, youth killed by young offenders, 7199(109:1125), 10086(153:1355), 14111(211:1530), 14968(225:1820)
    >>>o.q., 2184-5(37:1435), 2500(41:1445), 7231(109:1440)
    >>>Sentences, o.q., 6777-8(103:1425-30)
    >>>S.O. 31, 2176(37:1355)
    >>Woman killed, husband charged, low bail, custody of children, 7212(109:1245)
    >>Woman killed, husband convited, seeking custody of children, 14091(211:1330)
    >>See also Abortion--Doctors who perform abortions; Bahamas--Gravelle; Break and enter--Home invasions; Capital punishment; Colombia--Public service strike; Euthanasia--Latimer; Extradition--Ng--Peltier; Family violence--Children; Impaired driving--Deaths caused; Nunavut Territory--Courts, Nunavut Court of Justice; Penitentiaries--Edmonton Institution for Women--Renous correctional facility; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Aboriginal peoples United States--School killings; Victims of crime--Rights, Movement

Murderers

    >>Bernardo Paul
    >>>Retaining in prison for life, destroying videotapes, petition, 10984(167:1510)
    >>>Victims, videotaped, etc., 14117(211:1605)
    >>>Videotape evidence, preventing public viewing, amending Criminal Code (amdt.--victims of crime)(Bill C-79), o.q., 14275(214:1145), 14278(214:1155-200)
    >>>See also Justice system--DNA evidence--Trials, Evidence; Parole--Murderers
    >>Olson, Clifford
    >>>Victim's father Ray King, concerns, etc., 1422-3(25:1245-50)
    >>>See also Justice system--DNA evidence; Parole--Murderers
    >>Thatcher, Colin, transfer to Ferndale Institution, priviliges, etc., o.q., 11507-8(175:1140)
    >>Torres, Fabian, manslaughter conviction, conditional sentence, 7247(109:1630)
    >>Turcotte, Robert, mother victim, conditional sentence, 12929(197:1220)
    >>See also Murder; Parole; Penitentiaries--Inmates, Kruger--Inmates, Murderer--Kingston Penitentiary; United States--Faulkner--Tucker; Young offenders

Murphy, Emily see "Famous Five"

Murphy, John see Government appointments--Patronage appointments

Murray, Ian (Lib.--Lanark--Carleton)

    >>Aerospace/aeronautical industry, S.O. 31, 2977(47:1405)
    >>Boating, o.q., 11374(173:1445)
    >>Canada Small Business Financing Act (Bill C-53), 8717(131:1300)
    >>Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (Bill C-32), 15518(234:1535-40)
    >>Dickson, Right Hon. Brian, S.O. 31, 9091(137:1405)
    >>Environmental protection/management, 15518(234:1535-40)
    >>Fuels, 15518(234:1535)
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, S.O. 31, 9343-4(141:1100)
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, o.q., 12501(190:1155)
    >>Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming), S.O. 31, 6074(92:1100-5)
    >>Hazardous waste, 15518(234:1535)
    >>Health, s.O. 31, 9037(136:1110)
    >>Huntley Centennial School, S.O. 31, 15438(233:1100)
    >>Ice storm 1998, S.O. 31, 3260(51:1410)
    >>Indonesia, petition, 9052(136:1230)
    >>Industry Standing Committee, 13715(206:1005), 13965(209:1200)
    >>Information technologies
    >>>o.q., 5137(77:1455)
    >>>S.O. 31, 4697(71:1405)
    >>OC Transpo, S.O. 31, 13561(205:1400)
    >>Oceans, 15518(234:1540)
    >>Oil and gas industry, M., 15885-6(238:1410-5)
    >>Organ donations, o.q., 16194(242:1450)
    >>Pollution, 15518(234:1540)
    >>Public Service, o.q., 10264(156:1155)
    >>Research and development, o.q., 1413(25:1150)
    >>Shipbuilding, o.q., 15508(234:1445)
    >>Small and medium business, o.q., 919(17:1440-5)
    >>Small Business Loans Program, 8717(131:1300)
    >>Telemarketing, o.q., 2036(35:1155)
    >>Toxic substances, 15518(234:1535)

Murray, Jim see Canadian Executive Service Organization

Murray, Larry see Fisheries--Foreign fishing

Murray, Philip see Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Muscles Yankee see Horse racing--Harness

Museum of Science and Technology see Magazines--Astronomie Québec

Museums

    >>Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., S.O. 31, 1404-5(25:1105)
    >>Community museums, volunteers, importance, S.O. 31, 8987(135:1410)
    >>International Museums Day, S.O. 31, 15203-4(229:1100-5)
    >>Regional/local museums, operational funding, need
    >>>Halifax Regional Museum, S.O. 31, 9904-5(150:1405-10)
    >>>Petition, 11018(168:1010)
    >>See also Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Act (Bill C-64); Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Cornwallis, N.S.; Exhibitions; National museums

Music

    >>Association du disque et de l'industrie du spectacle québécois, 20th anniversary gala, award winners, congratulating, S.O. 31, 9693(147:1400), 9695(147:1405-10)
    >>Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Luc Plamondon, induction, S.O. 31, 12491(190:1105), 12749(194:1405)
    >>Canadian Radio Music Awards, winners, tribute, S.O. 31, 14392(216:1410)
    >>East Coast Music Awards, winners, congratulating, S.O. 31, 11961(182:1355-1400)
    >>Grammy Awards, Canadian artists, winners, congratulating
    >>>Dion, Céline, Alanis Morissette, Shania Twain, S.O. 31, 12222(186:1355-1400)
    >>>McLachlan, Sarah, S.O. 31, 4493-4(68:1400-5)
    >>>S.O. 31, 4493-4(68:1400-5)
    >>Heritage Festival of Music, New York, Sainte-Ursule Secondary School, Trois-Rivières, Que., medal winners, S.O. 31, 14820(223:1400)
    >>Juno Awards
    >>>Hamilton, Ont., hosting, S.O. 31, 12358(188:1400)
    >>>Leahy Family, winner, 5202(78:1415)
    >>Kenney, Mart, musician, big band leader, 88th birthday celebration, congratulating, S.O. 31, 4977(75:1405)
    >>Les Violons du Roy, chamber orchestra, international success, congratulating, S.O. 31, 7004-5(106:1410)
    >>New Brunswick music festival, Christine Laforge, regional star winner, S.O. 31, 7226(109:1410)
    >>St. Mary's Children's Choir, excellence, S.O. 31, 13429(203:1400)
    >>Victoires de la musique, Paris, France, Luc Plamondon, winner, S.O. 31, 12222(186:1355-1400)

Music creators see Copyright Board Canada

Music industry

    >>Development, CD-ROM special levy, impact, 12098(184:1130-5)

Muskoday First Nation

    >>Described, etc., 9892(150:1250)
    >>Tree planting, $100,000 Environment Department grant, o.q., 13963(209:1145)

Musqueam Nation see Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Group--Vancouver, B.C. Summit; Fisheries--Aboriginal; Housing--Indian reserve lands

Mussolini, Benito see World War II--Quebec City, Que. meeting

Mustard gas see Defence research--Suffold Experimental Station

Mutual funds see Banks and financial institutions--Risks

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act see Extradition--Reform

Mutual Life of Canada see Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Canada

M.V. Madeleine see Ferry services

M.V. Marabell see Fisheries--Sport fishing lodges

Myanmar

    >>Human rights violations
    >>>Canadian position, economic sanctions, etc., o.q., 6213(94:1435)
    >>>See also Foreign aid

Myers, Lynn (Lib.--Waterloo--Wellington)

Myths and Realities: The Economic Power of Women-Led Firms In Canada see Entrepreneurs--Women