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Willmore Wilderness Park see Forest industry--British Columbia, Lodge pole pine

Wilson, Doug

    >>Brantford, ON City solicitor, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 6002(99:1400)

Wilson, Mike see Atlantic Industries Limited

Winch, Alec see Bremen Partnership Award--Environmental innovation; Solar energy--Beach Solar Laundromat

Winchester Memorial Hospital

    >>Fundraising campaign, Francis Bazinet contribution, tribute, S.O. 31, 4441(72:1400)

Wind energy

Wind Power Production Incentive see Wind energy

Windsor, ON see Border, Canadian; Canadian Forces; Cruelty to animals; Greene-Potomski, Janet; Tourism industry; Windsor Wildcats women's hockey team

Windsor Wildcats women's hockey team

    >>Bus accident, January 29, 2005, tribute, 3077(49:1745)
    >>>S.O. 31, 2843(46:1410)

Wine industry

    >>Canadian wines
    >>>Competition success, S.O. 31, 10156(158:1100)
    >>>Parliament Hill, serving on, 9453(147:1105-10)
    >>Excise tax
    >>>Eliminating, 4095-6(67:1225), 5556(90:1110), 7483(119:2145), 10044(156:1515), 10125(157:1605)
    >>>>See also Excise Tax Act, 2001 (amdt.--wine exemption)(Bill C-451)
    >>>Reducing, o.q., 10166(158:1145)
    >>See also Bosc, Paul Sr.; Excise duties and taxes--Beer; Spirit drinks

Winnipeg Centre constituency

    >>Representatives, J.S. Woodsworth and Stanley Knowles, traditions of service, respect of institution, tribute, 6309-10(104:1135-45)
    >>See also Employment insurance--Eligibility, Cutbacks

Winnipeg floodway authority see Winnipeg, MB

Winnipeg, MB

    >>Infrastructure, money used for roads, bridges, federal government denying, documents, M. for Production of Papers (LeBlanc), transferred for debate, 10050(156:1635)
    >>Redevelopment, urban development agreement, urban aboriginal strategy, four component plan, 577(11:1625)
    >>Winnipeg floodway authority, floodway channel expansion project, tri-level co-operation agreement, 577(11:1620-5)
    >>See also Child prostitution; Crestwood Community Centre; Crime; Speed skating; Strike

Winterlights see Charlottetown, PEI

Wiretapping

    >>New communications technologies, cellphones, internet, etc., legislation, o.q., 8855(139:1125)
    >>>See also Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act (Bill C-74)

Wise Persons' Committee see Security industry--Regulatory system

Witness Protection Program

Witness Protection Program Act (amdt.--protection of spouses whose life is in danger)(Bill C-270)--Hill

    >>First reading, 611(12:1520)
    >>See also Family violence--Threats from spouses

Witnesses see Courts--Testimony of witnesses

Woerner, Klaus

    >>Founder, president and CEO, ATS Tooling, Cambridge, ON, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 3270(53:1410)

Woman Farmer of the Year

    >>2004 recipient, Dominique Brisson, awarded by Fédération des agricultrices du Québec, S.O. 31, 778(15:1405)
    >>2005, Region 17 recipient, Gisèle Bergeron, tribute, S.O. 31, 9178(143:1400)

Woman's right to know see Abortion

Women

    >>Advisory council on the status of women, re-instating, 2948(47:1630)
    >>Budget 2005, impact, gender equity, etc., 4087-8(67:1135), 4213(68:1610), 4218(68:1640-5), 4924(80:1155)
    >>>o.q., 3153(51:1435-40)
    >>>S.O. 31, 3869(63:1415)
    >>>See also Budget 2005--Liberal Party women's caucus policies
    >>Deputy minister responsible for, establishing, 2948(47:1630)
    >>Economic security, 6069-70(100:1320-5)
    >>Equality
    >>>"Expert Panel on Accountability Mechanisms for Gender Equality: conclusions and Recommendations", report, tabled, 10169(158:1205)
    >>>Government initiatives, S.O. 31, 9862(153:1110)
    >>>Promoting, Canada role, o.q., 4119(67:1455)
    >>>Rights, protecting, o.q., 4323(70:1155)
    >>>Status of Women Standing Committee, reports, actions
    >>>>o.q., 7817(123:1450)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 5325(86:1415)
    >>>Throne Speech omission, 89(4:1330)
    >>Pay equity, task force report, recommendations, o.q., 3877(63:1500)
    >>Pregnant or nursing women see Occupational health and safety
    >>Right to vote see Elections
    >>Single mothers, poverty, o.q., 4113(67:1425)
    >>Social, political development/contribution, S.O. 31, 1645(29:1400)
    >>Status, principles, S.O. 31, 4314(70:1110)
    >>United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 1463(25:2135-40)
    >>Wages and salaries, lagging behind men, 89(4:1330)
    >>>Gender equality, need, 1461-2(25:2125-35)
    >>Wars, role, 2285(39:1115), 2286(39:1125), 9410(146:1520)
    >>See also Aboriginal peoples/communities; Afghanistan--Canadian role--Education; Association of Women of India in Canada; Cabinet Ministers; Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation; Canadian Forces; Developing countries--Health; Employment insurance; Entrepreneurs/entrepreneurship; Female genital mutilation; Feminist Alliance for International Action; Foreign development programs; HIV/AIDS; International Women's Day; Labour force; Marriage--Same-sex couples; Matrimonial property rights; Murder--Sex trade workers; Outaouais Business and Professional Women's Network (RÉFAP); Senior citizens; Sex trade; Status of Women Standing Committee; Textile and clothing industry--Crisis; Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Agreement--Gender equality; Trafficking in persons (human trafficking); Trans fats (trans fatty acids); Veterans; Violence against women; World March of Women; Year of the Veteran--South Glengarry

Women's artistic gymnastics see Gymnastics

Women's centres see National Women's Centre Day

Women's Enterprise Centre see Entrepreneurs/entrepreneurship--Women

Women's History Month

Wons, Ihor see Immigration/immigrants--Exotic dancer program

Wood, Peter see Bravery

Wood products see Uniboard Canada

Wood Tree Co-operative

    >>Affordable housing, providing, S.O. 31, 379(8:1355)

Wooden mace see House of Commons proceedings

Woodhead, Lawrence see Firefighters, Deaths in line of duty, Saskatchewan firefighters

Woodsworth, J. S. see Winnipeg Centre constituency

Woodward, Wing Commander Vernon

    >>World War II veteran, distinguished service, S.O. 31, 8503(133:1405)

Work see Family

Work stoppages see Labour disputes, strikes, lockouts

Workers Mourning Day Act (amdt.--national flag to be flown at half-mast)(Bill C-231)--Stoffer

Workplace fatalities

    >>National Day of Mourning, April 28, national flag, flying at half-mast
    >>>Moment of silence, 5451(88:1115)
    >>>S.O. 31, 597(12:1400), 5325(86:1415), 5401-2(87:1405), 5451(88:1115), 5646(91:1410)
    >>>See also Workers Mourning Day Act (amdt.--national flag to be flown at half-mast)(Bill C-231)

Workplace psychological harassment see Canada Labour Code

Workplace Psychological Harassment Prevention Act (Bill C-360)--Bourgeois

    >>First reading, 4779(78:1005)
    >>Second reading, 6582-9(107:1720-815), 8285-92(129:1330-430)
    >>>Dropped to bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper, 6589(107:1815)
    >>>Negatived, on recorded division, 8468-9(132:1845-55)
    >>See also Canada Labour Code; Public Service--Psychological harassment

Workplace Skills Strategy see Skilled trades and technology workforce

World Aids Day see HIV/AIDS--Awareness

World Amputee Olympic Games, 2006

    >>Athlete Eric Watson participation, achievements, S.O. 31, 4739(77:1405)

World Aquatic Championships 2005 (Montreal, QC)

    >>Federal government contributions
    >>>Administrators, Serge Savard, Yvon Desrochers or other Liberal Party organizers, contributions to VIA Rail and Canada Post Corporation, commissions, o.q., 4496(73:1450-5), 4567(74:1440)
    >>>>o.q., 4567(74:1440)
    >>>Audit, o.q., 9819-20(152:1445)
    >>Loosing event, failure to raise sponsorship funds, implications, o.q.. 2846-7(46:1440-45)
    >>Regaining games, support, congratulations, S.O. 31, 3345-6(54:1410), 3391(55:1110)
    >>>Minister responsible, o.q., 2975(48:1445)

World Congress Against the Death Penalty se Capital punishment

World Cup Skiing see Skiing

World Diabetes Day

World Driving Championship, 2005 see Race car driving

World Economic Forum see Competitiveness--Global rankings

World Expo, 2015

    >>Toronto bid, S.O. 31, 5204-5(84:1405)

World Food Day 2005

    >>Theme, "Agriculture and intercultural dialogue", S.O. 31, 8604(135:1405)

World Habitat Day

    >>Urban communities, recognizing, S.O. 31, 8322(130:1410)

World Health Day

    >>Child poverty theme "Make Every Mother and Child Count", recognizing, S.O. 31, 4741(77:1415), 4809(78:1410), 5096(82:1400)

World Health Organization (WHO)

    >>Taiwan observer status, Canadian position, government not following directions of House of Commons vote, Canadian one China policy factor, 235-6(6:1635), 2062-4(34:1835-45), 3458(56:1530), 5981(99:1110-5), 5985(99:1150), 5986-7(99:2250-5), 5987(99:1200)
    >>>o.q., 221-2(6:1455), 5813(94:1455)
    >>>See also Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Sixth
    >>See also Dairy industry; Infectious disease--Quarantine legislation; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)--Toronto area; Tobacco

World Heritage Committee (UNESCO)

    >>Canada participation, o.q., 8861(139:1200)
    >>2008 assembly, Quebec City bid, promotion, o.q., 8861(139:1200)

World Intellectual Property Organization see Music industry--Copyright

World Leprosy Day see Leprosy

World March of Women

    >>Purpose, activities, S.O. 31, 8605(135:1410)

World Police and Firefighters Games, Quebec City, 2005

World Pond Hockey Championship

    >>Plaster Rock, NB, February 18-20, 2005, tribute, S.O. 31, 3823-4(62:1400)

World Press Freedom Award see Arar, Maher--United States arrest and deportation of Canadian citizen to Syria, Ottawa Citizen reporter Juliet O'Neil

World Refugee Day

World Scout Jamboree see Scouts

World Sight Day

    >>Oct. 13, visual impairment/prevention initiatives
    >>>CNIB recommendations, S.O. 31, 310(7:1405), 312(7:1415)
    >>>S.O. 31, 8552(134:1110)

World Summit on the Information Society se Tunisia--Freedom of expression

World Teachers' Day

World Trade Organization (WTO)

    >>Agriculture negotiations, Canadian position, 3019-20(49:1100-5), 3026(49:1150), 3071-2(49:1705-10), 5199-202(84:1320-45), 5219-20(84:1535-40), 5222-3(84:1555), 5234(84:1735), 6786-7(110:2115-25), 6788-9(110:2135-40), 6794-5(110:2215-20), 6797(110:2235), 6798(110:2235-40), 6799(110:2240-5), 6801(110:2255), 6802-3(110:2310), 10139(157:1800)
    >>Doha Development Agenda negotiations, Canadian participation, 8752(137:1755)
    >>Hong Kong Ministerial Conference, December 13-18, 2005
    >>>Canadian ministers not attending, election factor, o.q., 9998(155:1450)
    >>>Menzies attending, 10139(157:1800)
    >>Role, impact, etc., 3218(52:1330)
    >>>Conservative Party of Canada position, 6889(112:1350)
    >>See also Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute--Trade agreements; Canadian Wheat Board; Cultural diversity--United Nations Developing countries--Trade barriers; Genetically modified organisms (GMOs); Grain industry; Milk; Supply management--System; Trade with United States--Disputes

World War I

    >>Battle of the Somme, Beaumont-Hamel attack, Newfoundland Regiment role, 90th anniversary
    >>>Commemoration ceremony, qu., 6015(99:1515)
    >>>S.O. 31, 9179(143:1405)
    >>Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9409(146:1515)
    >>>Anniversary, S.O. 31, 4870-1(79:1410)
    >>>See also Hutcheson, Bellenden
    >>Chinese labourers role, 3731(61:1145-50)
    >>See also Halifax explosion; Laking, Clare; McCrae, Maj John; Ukrainian Canadians; Veterans; Victoria Cross

World War II

    >>Battle of Dieppe, 9409(146:1515)
    >>Battle of Ortona, Italy, 60th anniversary, S.O. 31, 901-2(17:1410), 5573(90:1400)
    >>Battle of the Atlantic, commemoration, S.O. 31, 4808(78:1400), 5875(95:1415)
    >>Chinese Canadians role, 5184(84:1125)
    >>D-Day, Battle of Normandy (June 6,1944), Canadian participation
    >>>Commemoration, Canadian veterans attending, funding, 240(6:1710), 1901(32:1205)
    >>>>o.q., 3102(50:1145)
    >>>Tribute, Throne Speech statement, 7(2:1630), 240(6:1710)
    >>Italian campaign, Canadian participation, tribute
    >>>Throne Speech statement, 7(2:1630)
    >>>Veterans Week theme, 1161(21:1515)
    >>>>S.O. 31, 1267(23:1100)
    >>Jewish refugees
    >>>De Sousa Mendes, Aristides, Portuguese diplomat, assistance, S.O. 31, 3044(49:1405)
    >>>Refused entry to Canada, 2412(40:1745), 2417(40:1820), 5186(84:1140)
    >>McDougall Centre, Calgary, AB, statue commemorating Alberta are servicemen and women, S.O. 31, 599(12:1410)
    >>Merchant Navy, 60th anniversary ceremonies, Murmansk Russia, Canadian veterans attending, funding, o.q., 3102(50:1145)
    >>Netherlands liberation, commemoration, 5842(94:1845)
    >>>Canadian veterans/officials attending, funding, etc., S.O. 31, 3693(60:1105), 5502(89:1405), 5573(90:1400), 5574(90:1410), 5575(90:1410)
    >>>House of Commons adjourning, Conservative Party preventing, 5694-5(92:1150)
    >>>S.O. 31, 5875(95:1415)
    >>Prisoners of war, veterans denied compensation, Norman Reid, Al Trotter, o.q., 5766-7(93:1140)
    >>VE Day (Victory in Europe), 60th anniversary, 9409(146:1510-5)
    >>>Commemorative coin, Royal Canadian mint issuing, S.O. 31, 5573(90:1400)
    >>>S.O. 31, 5573(90:1400), 5761-2(93:1110), 5762(93:1115), 5804-5(94:1405-10), 6279(103:1105)
    >>See also Bachand--References; Canadian Forces--Chemical weapons/agents, Testing; Fulton, LCol Lockhart; Holocaust; Italian Canadians; Japanese Canadians; Jones, Martin Donald; Katyn Forest massacre; Veterans; Victory Bonds; War brides; War memorials; Wilfert--References; Woodward, Wing Commander Vernon

World Water Day

    >>And Water for Life Decade, recognizing, S.O. 31, 4442(72:1405)

World wide web (www) see Internet--Web sites; Members of Parliament--Domain names

Wright, Campbell Greenway

    >>Community leader, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 9734(151:1410)

Wright, Robert A. see Export Development Canada (CDC)

Writers see Joliette, QC--Public writing stations; PEN Canada

Wrongfully convicted see DNA identification/evidence; Truscott, Steven

Wrzesnewskyj, Borys (Lib.--Etobicoke Centre)

WTO see World Trade Organization (WTO)