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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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Liberal government (Martin)

Liberal government (Trudeau) see Budget deficit; Energy--Self-sufficiency; Wage and price controls

Liberal Party

    >>Corporate donations, 5729(93:1655)
    >>>BioChem Pharma Inc., o.q., 8391(137:1430)
    >>>See also Bombardier Inc.--Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) funding; Clean Air Day--Awareness campaign; Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing, Corporations political donations influencing government policy
    >>Leadership campaign, 5052(83:1700), 7316(119:1230)
    >>>Cabinet ministers, conflict of interest, S.O. 31, 859-60(14:1405)
    >>>Caucus divided, government distracted, etc., 2618(44:1320)
    >>>Copps, Canadian Heritage minister, corporate donations, S.O. 31, 2792(47:1400)
    >>>Government, impact on, 6389(104:1305), 7195(117:1225), 7196(117:1230), 7197(117:1235)
    >>>Horse race analogy, S.O. 31, 4985(82:1405)
    >>>House of Commons, impact on, 6076-7(100:1350-5)
    >>>Manley, Finance minister
    >>>>Finance Minister, role as, impact, 6505(106:1050)
    >>>>Fundraising campaign
    >>>>>Ministerial office, use, Hill Times, 3014-5(50:1200-5)
    >>>>>>o.q., 3010(50:1135-40)
    >>>>>Pharmaceutical companies, etc., donation, possible conflict, o.q., 6246(102:1500-5), 7213(117:1425)
    >>>Martin, Paul
    >>>>Advertising campaign, 8549(140:1325-30)
    >>>>Campaign donors, 7816(127:1425)
    >>>>>Banks, contributions, o.q., 7624(124:1425)
    >>>>>Divulging, o.q., 6432(105:1425)
    >>>>>See also Irving Group of Companies--Martin
    >>>>Platform, 698(11:1645), 6124(101:1025)
    >>>>>Bilingual messages, conflicting, S.O. 31, 2836(48:1405)
    >>>>>Canadian Alliance polices, copying, S.O. 31, 953(16:1355)
    >>>>>Legislation, 37th Parliament, changing, waste, o.q., 7531(122:1440)
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 1494(25:1110), 2368(40:1100), 2510(42:1400), 2551(43:1410), 2710(46:1400), 3004(50:1105), 3243(54:1400), 3418(57:1405), 3540(59:1405), 3812(64:1355), 6846(111:1420), 7330(119:1410), 7569(123:1100), 7865(128:1105), 8771(144:1405), 9181(151:1405)
    >>>Seven dwarfs analogy, S.O. 31, 4032(68:1410)
    >>>See also Budget 2003; Budget 2004; Political parties--Leadership debates; Throne Speech
    >>Leadership convention, Bono (U2 lead singer) attending, o.q., 9271(152:1455)
    >>Leadership review, internal conflict, 16(1:1010)
    >>Parallel Liberal caucus, 6894(112:1140)
    >>Policies, party division, o.q., 6849(111:1435)
    >>Saskatchewan support, lack, 6391-2(104:1320)
    >>See also particular subjects

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

    >>Ban, adding to list of terrorist groups, Canadian policy
    >>>o.q., 6918(112:1435), 7625-6(124:1430)
    >>>S.O. 31, 7449(121:1405)
    >>Sri Lanka, peace talks, o.q., 4920(81:1450)

Liberia

    >>Human rights violations, President Charles Taylor, involvement, prosecution for alleged war crimes, Sierra Leone, United Nations special court indictment/release by Ghana
    >>>o.q., 7139(116:1440-5), 7818(127:1435)
    >>>S.O. 31, 7286(118:1120)

Librarian and Archivist of Canada see Library and Archives of Canada

Libraries

    >>Government support, lack, 4956(82:1020)
    >>See also Edmonton Public Library; Information technology--Schools and libraries; Internet--Schools and libraries; Public Library Month

Library and Archives of Canada

    >>Establishing, National Archives Canada and National Library of Canada, amalgamating, legislation (Library and Archives of Canada Act (Bill C-36)
    >>>Bloc Quebecois position, 6149-50(101:350-5), 6147-7(101:1615-35)
    >>>Canadian Alliance position, 6146-9(101:1325-45)
    >>>Documentary heritage, preserving, information management, Internet, etc., role, 6143-5(101:1300-15), 6147-8(101:1330-5), 6176(101:1630-5), 6180-3(101:1655-720)
    >>>New Democratic Party position, 6177-8(101:1640-50)
    >>>Physical infrastructure, need, 6177-8(101:1640-50)
    >>Librarian and Archivist of Canada, mandate, 6174-5(101:1620), 6179(101:1650-5)

Library and Archives of Canada Act (Bill C-36)--Canadian Heritage Minister (Copps)

Library of Parliament Research Branch see Hate propaganda--Sexual orientation

Library of Parliament Standing Joint Committee

Libya

    >>Human rights violations, 543(8:1810)

Licence plate readers see Border, Canadian

Licht, Brent "Dave" see Drug trafficking--United States Drug Enforcement Agency

Liddar, Bhupinder S.

    >>Appointment, Canadian consul general, Chandigarh, India
    >>>Canadian citizenship/security clearance, o.q., 9076(149:1440)
    >>>First Canadian Sikh to head diplomatic mission, S.O. 31, 8594(141:1410), 8594-5(141:1410), 9138(150:1400)

Lieutenant Governors

    >>Disability benefits provisions
    >>>Contributions, continuing if disabled and not able to complete 5 year term, Amendments and Corrections Act, 2003 (Bill C-41) provisions, 7858(128:1015)
    >>>Extending to over age 65, Amendments and Corrections Act, 2003 (Bill C-41) provisions, 7857-8(128:1005-15)
    >>Pensions, survivor benefits, partner entitlement, dividing between two spouses, Amendments and Corrections Act, 2003 (Bill C-41) provisions, 7858(128:1010-5)

Life form patents

Lifelong learning see Education--Importance; Older workers

Lifestyle see Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing; Health

Lifetime product stewardship legislation see Consumer products

Light bulbs see Energy conservation/efficiency--Greenhouse gas emissions reduction role

Light rail transit see Public transit--Waterloo region, ON

Lighthouses

    >>Automating, unmanning, abandoning, 8627-8(141:1910-20)
    >>Heritage lighthouses, protecting, preserving, 8623-9(141:1835-20)
    >>>Legislation, Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act (Bill S-7)
    >>>>Senate private members bill status, Royal recommendation requirement factors, 8622-3(141:1830-5), 8625(141:1850-5), 8901-2(146:1505-10)
    >>>>See also Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act (Bill S-7)
    >>See also Canadian Coast Guard--Navigational aids

Lill, Wendy (NDP--Dartmouth)

Linamat Corporation

    >>Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) funding, greenhouse gas emissions reduction technology, 2127(36:1630), 2128-9(36:1640-5)

Lincoln, Clifford (Lib.--Lac-Saint-Louis)

Lindh, Anna

    >>Swedish Foreign Minister, September 10, 2003 assassination, S.O. 31, 7570(123:1110)

Lindsay, Father see Governor General's Performing Arts Awards--Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Volunteerism

Lindsay, ON see Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay, ON

Linguistic duality see Health care; Official languages policy (Bilingualism)

Linguistic rights see Official languages policy (bilingualism)

Lisa's Law see Child custody--Visits; Divorce Act (amdt.--limit on rights of child access by sex offenders)(Bill C-231)

Listening to Canadians: A First View of the Future of the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program see Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth

Literacy

    >>Illiteracy rate, 2622(44:1345)
    >>Literacy Action Day, International Literacy Day, S.O. 31, 858-61(14:1400-10), 907(15:1100), 7569(123:1105), 8668-9(142:1405-10)
    >>Literacy programs, rural libraries, non-profit status, government revoking, impact, S.O. 31, 7812(127:1405)
    >>Literacy skills development
    >>>"Books for Children and Families", New Brunswick authors and artists, limited edition collection, S.O. 31, 6152(101:1400)
    >>>Government role, o.q., 917-8(15:1155), 8676(142:1450)
    >>>National strategy, co-operative effort, need, S.O. 31, 3002(50:1055)
    >>Maison des mots des Basses-Laurentides, project, funding, S.O. 31, 2624-5(44:1405)
    >>National Adult Literacy Database, International Reading Association prize winner, S.O. 31, 357(6:1410)
    >>National Literacy Secretariat, community initiatives, support
    >>>Bas-Richelieu--Nicolet--Bécancour constituency, S.O. 31, 2512(42:1410)
    >>>Charlevoix constituency, S.O. 31, 2837(48:1410)
    >>>Lotbiniére-L'Érable constituency, S.O. 31, 2422(41:1405)
    >>>Senior citizens, declining literacy skills, addressing, S.O. 31, 5802(95:1400)
    >>See also Canadian Bill of Rights (amdt.--right to literacy)(Bill C-378); Family Literacy Day; Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee--Reports, Third; National Literacy Standards Act (Bill C-363)

Literary awards

    >>Canada Post, national awards, S.O. 31, 8029-30(131:1415)
    >>See also Booker 2002 prize

Literature

    >>Authors, Clair Varin, Prix de la Société des écrivains canadiens award, Maxime Mongeon, Laval West constituents, S.O. 31, 1779(30:1105), 1899-900(32:1405)

Lithuania

    >>Independence, anniversary, tribute, S.O. 31, 3459(58:1405)

Little, Angie see Iraq, United States pre-emptive attack--Canadian Armed Forces, Exchange troops

Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Society

    >>25th anniversary, celebrating, S.O. 31, 8669(142:1410)

Liver disease

    >>March 2003, Help Fight Liver Disease Month, S.O. 31, 4910(81:1400)

Livestock see Firearms registry (Canadian Firearms Program)

Livestock genetics

    >>Livestock diversity, research, importance, S.O. 31, 2049(35:1105)

Livestock vaccines see Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO)

Loan guarantees see Algoma Steel Inc.--Federal government loan guarantees; Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute; Export Development Canada (EDC)--Accountability--Loan guarantees--Nortel Networks Limited

Loans see Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)--Prince Edward Island; Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute; Export Development Canada (EDC)--Accountability--Loans written off; Farm Credit Canada; Government expenditures; Government loans; Mortgages; Small Business Loans Program; Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC); VIA Rail Canada Inc.--Private sector investments

Lobbying

    >>Legislation, strengthening, Throne Speech statement, 70(2:1640), 78(2:1745)
    >>See also Banks and financial institutions--Mergers; Cruelty to animals--Legislation; Firefighters; Infrastructure--Municipalities; Iraq--United Nations sanctions; Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-15)

Lobbyists see Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-15)

Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-15)--Minister of Industry (Rock)

Lock-ups see Procedure

Lockheed Martin see Census--2005 census

Logan, Sterling see Automotive service technician competition

London, ON see Air pollution/smog

London, United Kingdom see Alcatel Canada Inc.; Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee--Travel; Highways and roads--Tolls, Cities downtown cores

Loney, Allan see Medal of Bravery--Beauharnois--Salaberry constituents

Long Point Winneway first nation see Indian bands/reserves

Longfield, Judi (Lib.--Whitby--Ajax)

    >>Breast Cancer Awareness Month, S.O. 31, 8202(134:1355)
    >>Brown, Rosemary, S.O. 31, 5547(91:1355)
    >>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-9), 5578(91:1805)
    >>Child care, o.q., 4535(75:1140)
    >>Child custody, petitions, 808(13:1610)
    >>Child pornography, petitions, 141(3:1525), 809(13:1610), 6499-500(106:1010)
    >>Housing, o.q., 7701(125:1440)
    >>Korean War, S.O. 31, 7910(129:1405)
    >>Literacy, o.q., 8676(142:1450)
    >>Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-15), 922-3(15:1225-30)
    >>Marriage, petitions, 6499(106:1005)
    >>National Dystonia Awareness Week, S.O. 31, 908(15:1105)
    >>Postal workers, petitions, 3188(53:1535)
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 4020(67:1905), 5578(91:1805)
    >>Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), o.q., 7095(115:1440)
    >>Skilled trades and technology workforce, o.q., 3865(65:1140)
    >>Stem cell research, petitions, 141(3:1525)
    >>Women, o.q., 316(5:1155)
    >>Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act (Bill C-2), 4020(67:1905)

Longpré, Judith see Figure skating--Nebelhorn Trophy competition

Longueuil, QC see Airports--Saint-Hubert airport

Longueuil constituency see Member of Parliament for a Day contest

Look Good...Feel Better program see Cancer--Women

Lord, Jim see Blood donors

Lori's Room Fund

    >>St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation, cancer healing environment rooms, S.O. 31, 6843(111:1405)

Lotbiniére--L'Érable constituency see Electoral boundaries--Redistribution

    >>See also Human Resources Development Department; Literacy

Loto-Québec

Lotteries see Equalization payments; Loto-Québec

Lou Gehrig's disease see Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Loubier, Yvan (BQ--Saint-Hyacinthe--Bagot)

Louie, Alexina see Louis Applebaum Composers Award--Parkdale--High Park constituents

Louis Applebaum Composers Award

    >>Parkdale--High Park constituents, Alexina Louie, Alex Pauk, winners, S.O. 31, 2246-7(38:1410)

Louis Riel Act (Bill C-324)--Alcock

    >>First reading, 2263-4(38:1555)
    >>See also Riel, Louis David

Low income Canadians

    >>Budget 2003 measures, 3771(63:1740), 4277(71:1715)
    >>Economic pain, measures, providing, 2507(42:1340)
    >>See also Banks and financial institutions--Bank accounts--Interest rates; Budget deficit--Elimination; Family--Government support; Senior citizens--Income; Single parent families; Sports--Amateur sport; Tax reductions; Taxation

Lower Churchill Development Corporation

    >>Annual report for 2001, tabled, 320(5:1215)

Lower Churchill Hydro Project

    >>Federal government role, assistance, o.q., 2056-7(35:1145), 2059(35:1200)
    >>Newfoundland and Labrador-Quebec negotiations, etc., S.O. 31, 2050(35:1115)

Lower North Shore, QC see Aquaculture; Fisheries; Seals--Seal hunt

Lubicon Lake Cree Nation

    >>Economic/social conditions, federal government neglect, condemning, 3789-90(64:1100-5)
    >>>S.O. 31, 4856-7(80:1110)
    >>Final agreement, longstanding grievances, negotiations, status, o.q., 7030(114:1455)

Lumber industry

    >>Exports
    >>>China, 9109(149:1850)
    >>>India, o.q., 1840(31:1455)
    >>Pope & Talbot Inc. challenge under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Chapter 11, 7001(114:1135)
    >>Pressure treated wood
    >>>And other wood products, compounds use, banning, petitions, 322(5:1225)
    >>>Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA), health effects, children, playgrounds, banning, etc., 6409-10(105:1145)
    >>See also Border, Canadian--Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) services--Harmonizing with United States customs services; Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute; Goods and Services Tax (GST)--Fraud

Lung cancer

    >>Smoking, relationship, 270(4:1725)

Lunn, Gary (CA--Saanich--Gulf Islands)

Lunney, James (CA--Nanaimo--Alberni)

Lutheran World Federation

    >>Winnipeg, MB meeting, foreign delegations, visitors visas, difficulty obtaining, denial, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Coderre, inaction, condemning, S.O. 31, 7570(123:1110)

Lutz, David see Government contracts--Justice Department

Lynn Lake, MB see Indian bands/reserves

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