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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 37th 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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China State Shipbuilding Corporation

    >>Canada, international assistance, qu., 4923(81:1510)

Chinese Canadian Recognition and Restitution Act (Bill C-333)--Mark

    >>First reading, 2479-80(42:1010)
    >>See also Chinese Canadians--1885 head tax

Chinese Canadians

    >>1885 head tax, Chinese Exclusion Act, 1923, 7385(120:1055-105)
    >>>Redress, 447(7:1145), 2038-9(34:1755-805), 2479-80(42:1010)
    >>>>o.q., 961(16:1440), 1034(17:1500)
    >>>>Petitions, 969(16:1525), 3782(64:1015), 8640(142:1055)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 1024(17:1405), 2552(43:1415)
    >>Chinatown Memorial Square monument, Vancouver, BC, sculptor Arthur Shu-Ren Cheng, November 2, 2003 unveiling, S.O. 31, 9262(152:1405)
    >>See also Chinese Canadian Recognition and Restitution Act (Bill C-333); Forest fires--British Columbia

Chinese Cultural Centre

    >>Vancouver, BC, 30th anniversary, S.O. 31, 5750-1(94:1100)

Chinese Exclusion Act see Chinese Canadians--1885 head tax

Chinese New Year

Chinguacousy Secondary School see Teachers--Schultz

Chiropractors

    >>Role, health care savings factor, 2616(44:1305)

Chomedey News

    >>Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Blue Ribbon General Excellence Award, S.O. 31, 3132(52:1410)

Chrétien, Aline

    >>DAREarts cultural award, inaugural award recipient, S.O. 31, 5752(94:1105)

Chrétien, Right Hon. Jean (Lib.--Saint-Maurice; Prime Minister)

Chrétien, Raymond see Iraq, United States pre-emptive attack--Total Fina Elf oil company interests; Sea King helicopters--Replacement, Procurement process

Christie, George

    >>Halifax West constituency, community leader, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 4582(76:1400)

Christmas Daddies Telethon

    >>Cape Breton, NS, fundraising event, S.O. 31, 2201(37:1405)

Christmas Seal Campaign

    >>Canadian Lung Association awareness program, S.O. 31, 1778-9(30:1100)

Christmas season

    >>Christians celebrating
    >>>Political correctness, preventing, S.O. 31, 2625(44:1405)
    >>>S.O. 31, 2674(45:1055)
    >>December 25, commemorating birth of Jesus Christ, Canadian Heritage Department, programs promoting, qu., 3310(55:1225)
    >>Merry Christmas wishes, 2560-1(43:1505), 2686(45:1200), 2687(45:1210)
    >>See also Royal Canadian Mint

Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) see Lumber industry--Pressure treated wood

Chronic disease

    >>Research, funding, o.q., 1193(20:1155)
    >>See also Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    >>World Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Day, November 19, 2003, S.O. 31, 9310(153:1110)

Chronic Wasting Disease see Elk

Chronically ill persons see Income tax--Families caring for,

Chrysotile asbestos see Asbestos

CHST see Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST)

Church of Saint-Joachim in Châteauguay

    >>Architectural heritage, plaque commemorating, S.O. 31, 6794-5(110:1410)

Churches see Aboriginal peoples communities--Residential schools; Madonna Della Defesa Church

Churchill Heights Public School

    >>Grade 8 students, Parliament Buildings, visit, S.O. 31, 3541(59:1410)

Churchill Women's Institute

    >>100th anniversay, S.O. 31, 7285(118:1115)

CIBC Run for the Cure see Breast Cancer Foundation

CIDA see Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

CIF Métal Ltée see Entrepreneurs/entrepreneurship--Awards

Cigarettes

    >>Fire-safe cigarettes, establishing flammability standards, careless smoking, deaths, etc., factors, 920(15:1215), 1811-7(31:1105-50), 2034-5(34:1730-5), 2036(34:1740-5), 2037(34:1750), 9040-4(148:1310-40)
    >>>See also Hazardous Products Act (amdt.--fire-safe cigarettes)(Bill C-260); Health Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh
    >>Grand River Enterprises, Seneca brand, lack of health warnings, o.q., 1787-8(30:1150)
    >>Labels
    >>>Light and mild description, ban, 4704-6(77:1925-30), 6201(101:1930-5), 9177-8(150:1905-15)
    >>>>o.q., 2632(44:1445), 6606(107:1450)
    >>>Requirements not met, 6199-200(101:1920)
    >>Sale to minors, compliance checks, employment of teenagers, o.q., 7700(125:1430)
    >>See also Anti-smoking campaign; Tobacco products

CINAR Corp.

Cipro (anti-anthrax drug)

    >>Health Department contracting with generic drug manufacturer Apotex Inc., violation of Bayer Inc. patent, Health Minister Rock involvement, 1278(22:1140-5)

Citation for Citizenship Award

    >>Byrne, Joe, Prince Edward Island, recipient, S.O. 31, 8593-4(141:1405)

CITES see Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

Citizen Engagement Contest see Elections--Youth participation

Citizen initiatives see Referendums

Citizens' Advisory Committees' Awareness Week (Correctional Service of Canada)

    >>January 20-26, 2003, S.O. 31, 2004(50:1105)

Citizenship

Citizenship Act (amdt.)(Bill C-343)--Reynolds

    >>First reading, 2596(44:1040)
    >>Second reading, 5143-51(85:1105-205), 7127-8(115:1850-5), negatived, on recorded division, 7164-5(116:1810-20)
    >>>Dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper, 5151(85:1205)

Citizenship Act (amdt.--Oath or Affirmation of Citizenship)(Bill C-203)-- Bryden

Citizenship Act (amdt.--revocation of citizenship)(Bill C-271)--Telegdi

Citizenship and Immigration Department

    >>Canadian Immigration offices, theft of documents
    >>>qu., 3016-7(50:1215)
    >>>Question No. 72, Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee referral, 2735(46:1530)
    >>Estimates see Estimates--2003-2004, Main
    >>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Twenty-fifth

Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee

    >>Federal Court of Canada ruling, committee misled, Citizenship and Immigration minister Coderre, failure to inform, 6544-6(106:1530-45), 7296-7(118:1210-5)
    >>>Ignoring ruling, immigrants, lawsuits, o.q., 6537(106:1450)
    >>>o.q., 3909(66:1430), 3984-5(67:1445), 4040-1(68:1500), 4250(71:1445)
    >>Reports (1st Sess., 37th Parl.)
    >>>Fourth (Competing for Immigrants), g.r., 1419(24:1005)
    >>Reports, tabled
    >>>First (The Safe Third Country Regulations), 2169(37:1000)
    >>>>Government response, 5673(93:1005)
    >>>Second (Supplementary Estimates, 2002-2003 (B)--Votes 2b, 5b and 10b under Citizenship and Immigration), 4539(75:1205)
    >>>Third (The Provincial Nominee Program: A Partnership to Attract Immigrants ot All Parts of Canada), 5918-9(97:1505)
    >>>>Government response, S.O. 31, 8433(138:1110)
    >>>Fourth (Estimates, 2003-2004, Main, Citizenship and Immigration Department, Votes 1, 5, 10), 6438(105:1500)
    >>>Fifth (Settlement and Integration: A Sense of Belonging "Feeling At Home"), 6886(112:1045)
    >>>Sixth (A National Identity Card for Canada?), 8246(135:1025)
    >>>Seventh (Pursuant to Standing Orders 110 and 111, Order in Council appointment of Michel C. Simard to the position of Senior Citizenship Judge), 8902(146:1515)
    >>Travel, authority
    >>>M. (Boudria), agreed to, 6327(103:1515)
    >>>Ms. (Regan), agreed to, 2763-4(47:1010), 3999(67:1620), 3999(67:1620)
    >>See also Border, Canadian--Security measures; Citizenship and Immigration Department--Canadian Immigration offices; Refugees--Safe third country

Citizenship of Canada Act (Bill C-18)--Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Coderre)

Citizenship Week

    >>October 14-20, S.O. 31, 621-2(10:1100-5)
    >>See also Citizenship

Civets de la nature de Carleton

    >>Masters européen de dégustation, culinary competition, award winner, S.O. 31, 859(14:1405)

Civil aviation charges see Air transportation

Civil justice

    >>Access/uniformity, 6378(104:1205)
    >>See also Civil Justice Access Act (Bill C-438)

Civil Justice Access Act (Bill C-438)--Nystrom

    >>First reading, 6378(104:1205)
    >>See also Civil justice--Access/uniformity

Civil liability see Occupational health and safety--Corporate accountability

Civil liberties see National security (public safety)

Civil society

Civil union see Marriage

CJSR community television see Television--Community television

CKRL FM see Radio stations

Clair commission see Commission d'étude sur les services de santé et les services sociaux (Clair)

Clams see Kouchibouguac National Park

Clarity Act (Bill C-20)(36th Parl., 2nd Sess.) see Quebec separation/sovereignty

Clark, Right Hon. Joe (PC--Calgary Centre)

Clark, Samuel

    >>Veteran, Woodstock Veterans Home volunteer, commendation, S.O. 31, 2836(48:1405)

Clarkson, Right Hon. Adrienne (Governor General)

    >>State visit, northern hemisphere, entourage, costs, etc., justification, S.O. 31, 7693-4(125:1400)
    >>See also Throne Speech

Class action lawsuits see Automobile industry--United States consumers class action lawsuit

Class action proceedings see Competition Act

Clawbacks see Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB); Canada Pension Plan--Death benefit; Disabled and handicapped persons--Income tax; Employment insurance--Premiums; Equalization payments; Guaranteed Income Supplement--Income tax clawback; Millennium scholarship fund--Ontario government $3000 clawback; Taxation

Clean Air Day

    >>Acart Communications Inc. contract for Clean Air Day 2003, documents, M. for Production of Paper (Bigras), called, transferred for debate, 9201(151:1550)
    >>Awareness campaign, Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) funding, Transport 2000 Quebec not funded, Liberal Party donation factor, etc., o.q., 6964(113:1120-5)
    >>Community activities, etc., S.O. 31, 6845(111:1415)

Clean coal technology see Coal mining industry--Energy role

Clean energy see Energy

Cleary, Kevin

    >>Saint Mary's University, 50 year affiliation, death, tribute, S.O. 31 6315(103:1405)

Climate change see Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)

Climate Change-Achieving our Commitments Together: Climate Change Plan for Canada see Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing

Climate Change: The Federal Investment for 1997-2002, A Comprehensive Report see Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing, Report requested by Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner

Clonaid see Human cloning

Closure see Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing, Parliamentary resolution/ratification; House of Commons proceedings--Committee business and reinstatement of government bills, M. (Boudria); Legislative process--Time allocation/closure; Procedure

Clotheslines

    >>Greenhouse gas emissions reduction role, 2455(41:1735)

Clothing for Charity see Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Cloutier, Hector see Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

Cloutier, Major-General Maurice Gaston

    >>House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms, 50 years service, 1078-80(18:1500-15), 1127(19:1250)

Cloverdale, BC see Electoral boundaries--Redistribution, Surrey Central constituency

"Club Fed" see Penitentiaries--Facilities

Cluster bombs see Iraq, United States pre-emptive attack

CNR see Canadian National Railway Company (CNR)

CO2 see Carbon dioxide

Coady International Institute

    >>Poverty, social and economic justice, addressing, Dr. Moses Coady, founder, S.O. 31, 1236-7(21:1410)
    >>See also St. Francis Xavier University

Coal beds see Methane--Energy role

Coal Bowl see Basketball

Coal fired electric power plants

    >>Mercury emissions, environmental and health effects, United Nations report, etc., S.O. 31, 3813-4(64:1405)
    >>Ontario, air pollution impact, etc.
    >>>Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement Ozone Annex, relationship, 8806(144:1840)
    >>>Federal government not enforcing laws, o.q., 7744-5(126:1430)
    >>>Health impact, 4011(67:1750), 8805-6(144:1835-40)
    >>>Phasing-out, 8373(137:1225)
    >>>>Federal-provincial co-operation, 8806-7(144:1835-45)
    >>>>>o.q., 8561(140:1445)
    >>>United States, impact on, North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation complaint, etc., 8805-6(144:1835)
    >>United States plants, air pollution, Canadian impact, government position, etc., o.q., 2842-3(48:1440)

Coal mining industry

    >>Energy role, Canadian dependence, greenhouse gas emissions factor, Kyoto Protocol impact, 1865(31:1800), 1875-6(32:1040)
    >>>Clean coal technology factor, 1893-4(32:1315), 1927(32:1715), 2147(36:1910), 2419(41:1340), 2470(41:1930), 8381(137:1335-40)
    >>>SaskPower, impact, 2466(41:1900)
    >>Metallurgical coal industry, Kyoto Protocol, impact, exports to United States, etc., 2466-7(41:1905)
    >>Tax incentives. Budget 2003 measure, 4983(82:1350), 4999(82:1520), 7199(117:1255)
    >>See also Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO); Fossil fuels--Government subsidies to coal and oil industries

Coalition for Gun Control see Firearms registry (Canadian Firearms Program)

Coast Guard see Canadian Coast Guard

Cochrane, Janice see Government contracts--Sponsorship program, Internal investigation

Cochrane, Paul see Human Resources Development Department--MaxSys contract

Cod

Code of conduct see Ethics Commissioner; Members of Parliament; Public Service; Senate Ethics Officer

Coderre, Hon. Denis (Lib.--Bourassa; Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Coffee industry see International Coffee Organization

Coins

    >>10 cent coin, "D.G. regina", use, qu., 3602(60:1205)

Collective agreements

    >>Orphan clauses, young workers, discrimination, 635(10:1220)
    >>>S.O. 31, 621(10:1105)

Collective bargaining see Members of Parliament--And Senators, office and constituency staff

Collège de l'Assomption see Salon du livre ancien et du livre d'histoire

Collège de la région de l'Amiante

    >>Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) funding, Higher Institute for Technological Studies, Gafsa, Tunisia, project, S.O. 31, 6529(106:1405)

Collenette, Hon. David (Lib.--Don Valley East; Minister of Transport)

Colodey, Catherine see Youth Science Foundation--National science fair

Colombia

    >>Revolutionary forces, government anti-guerilla struggle, Canada reaction, o.q., 4042(68:1505)
    >>See also Betancourt Ingrid

Colour of right defence see Cruelty to animals

Columbia see Space Shuttle Columbia

Comartin, Joe (NDP--Windsor--St. Clair)