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

    >>References
    >>>Retirement by February 2004, announcement, earlier, following November 2003leadership convention, M. on Supply (Gauthier), 1161-2, division deferred,1162, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 255), 1178-9
    >>>See also Falun Gong

Chromated copper arsenate see Wood products

CHST see Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST)

Churchill River constituency

    >>Name, change to Desnethé--Missinippi--Churchill River see ElectoralBoundaries Readjustment Act (Bill C-53);Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-300)

CIDA see Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Cigarettes see Tobacco/cigarettes

Citizenship

    >>Parent acquiring citizenship or nationality of another country, child regaining Canadian citizenship see Citizenship Act (amdt.)(Bill C-343)
    >>Revocation, notice/appeals see Citizenship Act (amdt.--revocation ofcitizenship)(Bill C-271)
    >>See also Affirmation of Citizenship;Canadian citizens travelling abroad, protection;Citizenship of Canada Act (Bill C-18);National identity card;Oath of Citizenship

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

    >>1st r, 303
    >>Sponsor, change, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 525
    >>2nd r, 657, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 657, 899, division deferred, 899, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 193), 910-1

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

    >>1st r, 12
    >>2nd r, 245, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 245

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

Citizenship and Immigration Department

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2001-2002, tabled, 176 (8563-372-25)
    >>>2002-2003, tabled, 1204 (8563-372-114)
    >>Estimates, 2002-2003, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Referred to Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee, 144
    >>Estimates, 2002-2003, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Referred to Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee, 472
    >>>Votes 2b, 5b and 10b see Citizenship and Immigration StandingCommittee--Reports, Second
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Main
    >>>Referred to Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee, 474
    >>>Votes 1, 5 and 10 see Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth
    >>>Vote 10 see Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Referred to Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee, 1005-6
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2003-2004, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Immigrants--Deportation;Privacy Act

Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee

    >>Bills referred
    >>>Citizenship of Canada Act (Bill C-18), 187
    >>Estimates referred
    >>>2002-2003, Supplementary (A)
    >>>>Citizenship and Immigration, 144
    >>>2002-2003, Supplementary (B)
    >>>>Citizenship and Immigration, 472
    >>>2003-2004, Main
    >>>>Citizenship and Immigration, 474
    >>>2003-2004, Supplementary (A)
    >>>>Citizenship and Immigration, 1005-6
    >>Membership, 71, 335, 352, 369-70, 570, 672, 1010
    >>Reports
    >>>First (The Safe Third Country Regulations), 249 (8510-372-12)
    >>>>gr, 721 (8512-372-12)
    >>>Second (Supplementary Estimates (B), 2002-2003 - Votes 2b, 5b and 10b under Citizenship and Immigration), 536 (8510-372-49)
    >>>Third ("The Provincial Nominee Program: A Partnership to Attract Immigrants to All Parts of Canada"), 750 (8510-372-69)
    >>>>gr, 1086 (8512-372-69)
    >>>Fourth (Main Estimates 2003-2004--Votes 1, 5 and 10 under Citizenship andImmigration), 799 (8510-372-80)
    >>>Fifth (Settlement and Integration: A Sense of Belonging - Feeling at Home),860 (8510-372-91)
    >>>>gr, 1162 (8512-372-91)
    >>>Sixth (A National Identity Card for Canada ?), 1102 (8510-372-134)
    >>>Seventh (Order in Council appointment of Michel C. Simard to the position of Senior Citizenship Judge), 1196 (8510-372-153)
    >>Reports from 1st Session, 37th Parliament
    >>>Fourth (Competing for Immigrants), (8510-371-181), gr, 179 (8512-372-181)
    >>Reports permanently referred see Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations;Order in Council appointments
    >>Travel, authorization, 324, 455, 788
    >>See also Immigration--Offices

Citizenship Judges

    >>Senior Citizenship Judge, Michel C. Simard, Order in Council appointmentsee Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh

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

    >>1st r, 145-6
    >>2nd r, 180-2, 187, agreed to on division, 187
    >>Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 187

Civil Aviation Tribunal of Canada

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2001-2002, tabled, 176 (8563-372-26)
    >>>2002-2003, tabled, 1204 (8563-372-115)
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Main see Transport Standing Committee--Reports, Third
    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Transport Standing Committee
    >>>2002-2003 annual report, 954-5 (8560-372-621-01)
    >>See also Estimates, 2003-2004, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities

Civil justice

    >>Access/uniformity see Civil Justice Access Act (Bill C-438)

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

Clams see Kouchibouguac National Park

Class actions see Consumers

"Clean Air Day 2003" see Acart Communications Inc.

Climate change

    >>Document, "Climate Change: The Federal Investment - 1997-2002 Comprehensive Report", tabled, 902 (8525-372-25)
    >>See also Kyoto Protocol (1997)

Climate Change--Achieving our Commitments Together: Climate Change Planfor Canada see Kyoto Protocol (1997)

Climate Change: The Federal Investment - 1997-2002 Comprehensive Report see Climate change

Closed captioning technology see Broadcasting--Video programming

CMHC see Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Cod

    >>Gulf and northern cod, moratorium declared, M. to adjourn under S.O. 52 (Efford), adopted, 713
    >>>Accepted, 700

Code of conduct see Ethics

Collective bargaining see Mail contractors (rural route and suburban servicecontractors);Members of Parliament--Staff;Rural route mail carriers

Colombia

    >>Human rights
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Gagnon, C.), (371-0847), gr, 114 (8545-372-17-01)
    >>>See also Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, 37th Parliament, Eighteenth

Commercial Vehicles Hours of Service see Transport Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, First

Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow)

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Desjarlais), (372-1368), 659, gr, 834 (8545-372-13-8)
    >>>(McDonough), (372-1880 and 372-1881), 936, gr, 954 (8545-372-13-10); (372-1988), 998, gr, 1124 (8545-372-13-13)
    >>>(Proctor), (372-1952 and 372-1953), 979, gr, 1124 (8545-372-13-13)
    >>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (372-1556), 767, gr, 869 (8545-372-13-09); (372-1631),826, gr, 869 (8545-372-13-09); (372-1665 to 372-1667), 853, gr, 954 (8545-372-13-10); (372-1931 and 372-1932), 978, gr, 1124 (8545-372-13-13); (372-2425 and 372-2426), 1226
    >>Report, "Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada", tabled, 235 (8525-372-7)

Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Office

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2001-2002, tabled, 177 (8563-372-62)
    >>>2002-2003, tabled, 1206 (8563-372-152)
    >>See also Estimates, 2003-2004, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities

Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP see Royal Canadian MountedPolice Public Complaints Commission

Commissioner of Firearms see Criminal Code (amdt.--cruelty to animals andfirearms) and Firearms Act (amdt.)(Bill C-10);Criminal Code (amdt.--firearms) and Firearms Act (amdt.)(Bill C-10A)

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)

    >>Legislation see Species at Risk Act (Bill C-5)

Committees of the House

    >>Committee Activities and Expenditures
    >>>2002-2003 report, tabled, 873 (8527-372-10)

Committees of the Whole House

    >>Appeals to Chair's rulings, 815-6
    >>Assistant Deputy Chairman, Eleni Bakopanos, appointment, M. (Chrétien, J.), 2, agreed to, by unanimous consent, 2
    >>Bills referred
    >>>Antarctic Environmental Protection Act (Bill C-42), 931
    >>>Appropriation Act No. 3, 2002-2003 (Bill C-21), 269
    >>>Appropriation Act No. 4, 2002-2003 (Bill C-29), 560
    >>>Appropriation Act No. 1, 2003-2004 (Bill C-30), 563
    >>>Appropriation Act No. 2, 2003-2004 (Bill C-47), 925
    >>>Appropriation Act No. 3, 2003-2004 (Bill C-55), 1187
    >>>Financial Advisors Association of Canada Act (Bill S-21), 1251
    >>>Injured Military Members Compensation Act (Bill C-44), 932
    >>>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.) and Parliament ofCanada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-39), 832
    >>>Merchant Navy Veterans Day Act (Bill C-411), 916
    >>>National Acadian Day Act (Bill S-5), 917
    >>Deputy Chairman, Réginald Bélair, appointment, M. (Chrétien), 2, agreed to,by unanimous consent, 2

Committees, Parliamentary

    >>Broadcasting see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Third--Forty-fourth
    >>Chair and Vice-Chair, election by secret ballot
    >>>M. on supply (Reynolds), 149-50, division deferred, 150, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 17), 162-4
    >>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Second
    >>>M-230 (Reynolds), withdrawn, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 215
    >>See also Government appointments

Committees, Special

    >>Chairs and Vice-Chairs, salaries see Members of Parliament RetiringAllowances Act (amdt.) and Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-39)
    >>See also Non-Medical Use of Drugs Special Committee;Non-Medical Use of Drugs Special Committee (Bill C-38)

Committees, Standing Joint

    >>Membership, message sent to Senate, 1026

Communication Canada

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2001-2002, tabled, 176 (8563-372-28)
    >>>2002-2003, tabled, 1204 (8563-372-117)
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Main see Government Operations and Estimates StandingCommittee--Reports, Third
    >>Sponsorship program, Q-238 (St-Julien), deemed referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee, 949, r.o., 979 (8555-372-238)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2003-2004, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (A)--Public Works and Government Services;Privacy Act

Communications Security Establishment see Employment Equity Act

Communications Security Establishment Commissioner

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>2002-2003 annual report, 937 (8560-372-792-01)

Community activity support fund

    >>Members of Parliament, access, M-393 (Bachand, C.), 685, dropped to bottomof Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 685, 941, dropped to bottom ofOrder of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 941, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 217), 988-9

Community reinvestment see Consumer credit

Community service groups

    >>Membership dues, income tax deduction see Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-296)

Competing for Immigrants see Citizenship and ImmigrationStanding Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Fourth

Compassionate care benefit (employment insurance)

    >>Ways and Means No. 6
    >>>Concurrence, deemed moved and division deferred, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 546, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 65), 551-2
    >>>Notice, tabled, 517 (8570-372-10)
    >>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2003 (Bill C-28)

Competition see Agriculture;Airlines;Gasoline--Vertically integrated suppliers;Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Eighth;Rail system

Competition Act

    >>Legislation see Transportation Amendment Act (Bill C-26)

Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-248) (1st Sess., 37th Par.)

    >>Reinstated as Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249)

Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249)--McTeague

    >>1st r, 107
    >>Deemed read second time, referred to Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee, 107
    >>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 107
    >>>Report, with amdt., 716
    >>Report stage, 758-9
    >>>Concurrence, M. (McTeague), 759, agreed to, 759
    >>3rd r, 759, division deferred, 759, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 168), 778-9, passed

Competition Act (amdt.--investigations by Commissioner and class proceedings)(Bill C-461)--Nystrom

Competition Act (amdt.--vertically integrated gasoline suppliers) Bill C-381)--Harb

Competition Commissioner

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee
    >>>2001-2002 annual report, 189 (8560-372-352-01)

Competition Tribunal

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2001-2002, tabled, 176 (8563-372-29)
    >>>2002-2003, tabled, 1204 (8563-372-118)
    >>See also Estimates, 2003-2004, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Mergers

Computers

    >>Harmful material, sexual or violent content, school computers, national standard see School Computer Access Protection Act (Bill C-426)
    >>Viruses, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) see Criminal Code (amdt.)(BillC-32)

Conditional release (convicted criminals)

    >>Indictable offences committed, additional sentence see Corrections andConditional Release Act and Criminal Code (amdt.--truth in sentencing)(BillC-273);Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Prisons and Reformatories Act(amdt.--conditional release)(Bill C-323)
    >>Statutory release, review see Corrections and Conditional Release Act andCriminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-40)
    >>Temporary absences see Corrections and Conditional Release Act and CriminalCode (amdt.)(Bill C-40)
    >>Work releases see Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Criminal Code(amdt.)(Bill C-40)

Confederation see Riel, Louis David

Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region

    >>Tromso, Norway, August 11-13, 2002, and Iceland, August 13-16, 2002, report,tabled, 218 (8565-372-75-01)

Conflict diamonds

    >>Rough diamonds, import and export, Kimberley Process certificationsee Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act (Bill C-14)

Conflict, Human Rights and Democracy in Colombia: A Canadian Agenda see Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reportsfrom 1st Session, 37th Parliament--Eighteenth

Conflict of Interest Code (House of Commons) see Parliament of Canada Act(amdt.--Ethics Commissioner and Senate Ethics Officer)(Bill C-34);Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Fifty-first

Congenital heart disease

    >>National day see A Day for Hearts: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day Act(Bill C-240)

Congo, Democratic Republic of see Foreign Affairs and International TradeStanding Committee--Reports, Seventh

Conscientious objection

    >>Defence expenditures, income tax non-payment
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Robinson), (372-1158), 452, gr, 658 (8545-372-34-06)

Constitution

    >>Supreme Court of Canada, parliamentary evidence/split decision not taken as precedent see Supreme Court Act (amdt.)(Bill C-349)
    >>See also Property rights

Constitution Act, 1867

    >>Legislation see Canadian Bill of Rights and Constitution Act, 1867(amdt.)(Bill C-313)

Construction industry see Bridges and tunnels, international

Consumer credit

    >>Access, banks facilitating see Bank Act and Statistics Act (amdt.--equity incommunity reinvestment)(Bill C-229)
    >>Credit record information see Credit Information Act (amdt.)(Bill C-383)

Consumers

    >>Class actions/inquiries see Competition Act (amdt.--investigations byCommissioner and class proceedings)(Bill C-461)
    >>See also Airlines--Fares;Credit ombudsman;Energy price commission;Financial Consumer Agency of Canada;Food;Heating fuel rebate;Office for Taxpayer Protection;Oil and gas industry--Ombudsman

Contaminated sites

    >>Federal sites
    >>>Berthier--Montcalm constituency and Saint-Jean Saguenay constituency, r.o. Q-96 (Keddy), 316 (8555-372-96)
    >>>South Shore constituency, r.o. Q-94 (Keddy), 316 (8555-372-94)
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Military training and test areas;Tracadie firing range

Contraventions Act see Official Languages Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth

Contraventions Act and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (amdt.)(BillC-38)--Minister of Justice (Cauchon)

    >>1st r, 805
    >>Non-Medical Use of Drugs Special Committee (Bill C-38)
    >>>Referral, M. (Cauchon), 1121, 1123, 1125-6, division deferred, 1126, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 247), 1140-1
    >>>Report, with amdts., 1248

Contraventions Act and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (amdt.--marihuana)(Bill C-327)--Martin, K.

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

    >>Legislation see Contraventions Act and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (amdt.--marihuana)(Bill C-327)

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-446)--Chamberlain

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (amdt.--trafficking in a controlled drugor substance within five hundred metres of an elementary school or a highschool)(Bill C-248)--Hill, J.

Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials inInternational Business Transactions and Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
    >>>Implementation report, 106 (8560-372-736-01)
    >>>Implementation report, 1096 (8560-372-736-02)

Cooperatives see International Labour Conference

Copyright see Broadcasting--Redistribution

Copyright Act

    >>Report on Provisions and Operation
    >>>Canadian Heritage Standing Committee referral, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 165
    >>>Tabled, 17 (8560-372-798-01)

Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-11)--Minister of Canadian Heritage (Copps)

    >>1st r, 48
    >>Deemed read the second time and referred to a committee, reported with amendments, concurred in at report stage and read the third time and passed, 48
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 285
    >>Royal Assent, 306 (Chap. 26, S.C. 2003)