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Galipeau, Royal (CPC--Ottawa--Orléans; Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole)

    >>References see Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole

Garden City Lands, Richmond, BC

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Cummins), (392-0761), 914, gr, 1047 (8545-392-97-01)

Garden River First Nation see First Nations--Government funding

Gambling

    >>Betting, pool-selling and book-making, use of communication technology see Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal procedure, language of the accused, sentencing and other amendments)(Bill C-13)
    >>See also Video lottery terminals and slot machines

Gasoline prices see Oil and Gas Ombudsman

Gasoline taxes

    >>Excise tax, municipalities, permanent share, M. on supply (Zed), 271, agreed to on division, 271

Gauthier, Michel (BQ--Roberval--Lac-Saint-Jean; resigned July 29, 2007)

    >>References see House of Commons--Vacancies

Gays see Organ donations/transplants

Gender equality

    >>Auditor General of Canada review proposal see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports, Ninth
    >>Funding see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports, Eleventh
    >>Gender-based analysis see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports, Twelfth
    >>Government policies, gender based analysis see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports, Eighth
    >>Legislation re gender analysis, introducing see Status of Women Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh
    >>Transsexual and transgendered persons, gender identity or expression, discrimination, prohibited grounds
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Masse), (392-0104), 152, gr, 346 (8545-392-5-05)
    >>>>(Siksay), (391-1634), gr, 8 (8545-392-5-01); (392-0130), 178, gr, 346 (8545-392-5-05); (392-0297), 384, gr, 459 (8545-392-5-07)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--gender identity and gender expression)(Bill C-494)
    >>See also Status of Women Canada--Women's equality

Genetic Use Restriction Technologies

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Bell, C.), (392-0887), 1027, gr, 1055 (8545-392-3-04)
    >>>(Jaffer), (391-1656), gr, 8 (8545-392-3-01)
    >>>(Lunney), (391-1707), gr, 8 (8545-392-3-01)
    >>>(Richardson), (392-0755 and 392-0756), 897, gr, 1055 (8545-392-3-04)

Genetically modified food

    >>Labelling see Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods)(Bill C-517)
    >>See also Food biotechnology

Genetically modified organisms

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Lussier), (391-1586), gr, 8 (8545-392-3-01)
    >>See also Food--Labels

Geneva Conventions Act

    >>Legislation see National Defence Act (amdt.--court martial)(Bill C-60)

Genocide see Holocaust Monument;Rwandan genocide;Ukrainian Famine and Genocide Memorial Day

Genome Canada

    >>Government payments
    >>>Ways and Means No. 10
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 598, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 74), 598-9
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 560 (8570-392-12)
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2008 (Bill C-50)

George, Barbara see Privilege, prima facie--Contempt of Parliament;Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Third

GIS see Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)

Global Partnership Program

    >>Document, "Global Partnership Program - A Tangible Canadian Contribution to Reducing the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction", tabled, 376 (8525-392-12)

Global warming see Carbon capture and storage

Gomery Commission

    >>Recommendations see Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee--Reports, Second

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

    >>Annual remittance and filing thresholds
    >>>Ways and Means No. 4
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 152, division deferred, 153, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 9), 154-6
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 144 (8570-392-04)
    >>>>See also Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007 (Bill C-28)
    >>Rate reduction
    >>>Ways and Means No. 3
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 119, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 7), 119-21
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 113 (8570-392-03)
    >>>>See also Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007 (Bill C-28)
    >>>Ways and Means No. 4
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 152, division deferred, 153, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 9), 154-6
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 144 (8570-392-04)
    >>>>See also Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007 (Bill C-28)
    >>See also Bicycles;Diapers--Children;Drugs and pharmaceuticals;Education;Electricity--Wind and solar power equipment;Electricity;Health care;Long-term residential care facilities;Meal and beverage expenses;Medical devices and equipment;Natural health products;Nursing services;Personal property

Goods on Services, The see Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee--Reports, Second

Goose Bay, NL see 5 Wing Goose Bay

Government advertising see Sponsorship program

Government appointments see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)--President;Canadian International Trade Tribunal;Commissions List;Deputy Ministers;Director of Public Prosecutions;Order in Council appointments;Public Appointments Commission Secretariat;Public Service;Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP);Senators;Telefilm Canada--Chair of the Board of Directors

Government contracts see Cormorant Helicopters;Industrial Regional Benefits (IRB) Policy;Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Fifteenth;Public relations;Sponsorhip program;Temporary personnel services;Victoria In-Service Support Contract (VISSC)

Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions

    >>Departmental Performance Reports
    >>>2006-2007, tabled, 125-9
    >>>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Eighth
    >>Finances, quarterly reports see Financial Administration Act and Bank of Canada Act (amdt.--quarterly financial reports)(Bill S-201)
    >>Legal services see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Seventeenth
    >>See also Canada Fisheries Tribunal;Citizenship courts;Employment insurance--Service Canada;Information technology--Large information technology projects;National Capital Commission (NCC);Peace Department;Public relations;Public Service--National Capital Region;Specific Claims Tribunal;Sudan--Businesses

Government expenditures

    >>Expenditure Management System see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth
    >>See also Aboriginal education--Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department;Afghanistan--Canadian mission, Costs;Citizenship courts;Conscientious objectors;Crime prevention--Social programs;Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Finances;Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department;Infrastructure--Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund;National Capital Commission (NCC)--Poinsettias;National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries;Public relations;Senior citizens--Government initiatives;Temporary personnel services;Tomorrow Starts Today program

Government fees see Passports--Processing fees

Government finances see Correctional Investigator of Canada Office--Stewart;Estimates process;Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions;Public Accounts of Canada;Quebec--Provincial and local governments;Taxation--Tax system

Government grants and contributions

    >>Accounts, budgets and envelopes using less than 50 per cent of allotted funds, r.o. Q-113 (Silva), 337-8 (8555-392-113)
    >>Labrador constituency, r.o. Q-196 (Russell), 620 (8555-392-196)
    >>Parkdale--High Park constituency, r.o. Q-119 (Nash), 338 (8555-392-119)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(D'Amours), (392-0799), 984, gr, 1056 (8545-392-102-01)
    >>Postal service areas M4L, M4C, M4E, and M4B, r.o. Q-185 (Minna), 619 (8555-392-185)
    >>See also Aboriginal child health care--Costs;Aboriginal educationn--On-reserve educational facilities;Advance Market Commitment;AgriInvest Program;Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA);Carbon capture and storage;Celebrate Canada! Program;Cenotaph/Monument Restoration Program;Community Engagement Partnership Fund;Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec;Emergency disaster relief;Evergreen Line (light rail transit project);Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor);First Nations;Foreign aid;Gairdner Foundation;Gender equality--Funding;Genome Canada;Human Resources and Social Development Canada--Projects;Internet--Community Access Program;Livestock producers;Manufacturing and forestry sectors;Manufacturing industry;Mental Health Commission Commission of Canada;National Aboriginal Day;National Crime Prevention Centre;Police Officers Recruitment Fund;Public-private partnership projects;Public Transit Capital Trust 2008;Québec City, QC;Safe Injection Site (SIS);Small Craft Harbours Program;Status of Women Canada;Toronto waterfront;University of Calgary;Workplace skills

Government House Leader see Bills, Government

Government investment

    >>Corporations conducting business in Sudan and Iran, divestment, M-410 (Dryden), 391, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 391, division deferred, 543, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 73), 586-7
    >>See also Industrial Regional Benefits (IRB) Policy;Sudan--Businesses

Government motions (special) see Take note debates

Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee

    >>Bills referred
    >>>Financial Administration Act and Bank of Canada Act (amdt.--quarterly financial reports)(Bill S-201), 883
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (A), referred
    >>>Canadian Heritage
    >>>>Vote 85a (Public Service Labour Relations Board), 82
    >>>>Vote 93a (Registry of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal), 82
    >>>Privy Council
    >>>>Vote 1a (Department--Program expenditures), 82
    >>>Public Works and Government Services Department, 82
    >>>Treasury Board, 82
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (B), referred
    >>>Privy Council
    >>>>Vote 1b (Department--Program expenditures), 442
    >>>Public Works and Government Services Department, 442
    >>>Treasury Board, 442
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Main, referred
    >>>Canadian Heritage
    >>>>Vote 80 (Public Service Commission), 482
    >>>>Vote 85 (Public Service Labour Relations Board), 482
    >>>>Vote 90 (Public Service Staffing Tribunal), 482
    >>>>Vote 95 (Registry of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal), 482
    >>>Governor General, 482
    >>>Parliament
    >>>>Vote 1 (Senate), 482
    >>>Privy Council
    >>>>Vote 1 (Department--Program expenditures), 482
    >>>>Vote 5 (Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat), 482
    >>>>Vote 10 (Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board), 482
    >>>>Vote 25 (Public Appointments Commission Secretariat), 482
    >>>Public Works and Government Services Department, 482
    >>>Treasury Board, 482
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (A), referred
    >>>Canadian Heritage
    >>>>Vote 80a (Public Service Commission), 812
    >>>Privy Council
    >>>>Vote 1a (Department--Program expenditures), 812
    >>>Public Works and Government Services Department, 812
    >>>Treasury Board
    >>>Vote 50a (Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada), Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee referral, 812
    >>Membership, 93-4, 356, 357, 358, 645
    >>Reports
    >>>First (Supplementary Estimates (A), 2007-2008 - Votes 85a and 93a under Canadian Heritage; Vote 1a under Privy Council; Votes 1a, 5a, 10a, 15a, 22a, 23a, 27a, 30a and 35a under Treasury Board), 251 (8510-392-16)
    >>>Second (Justice John Gomery's recommendations), 631 (8510-392-92)
    >>>Third (The Right Pay for Valuable Employees), 749 (8510-392-112)
    >>>Fourth (Passport Canada: A Model to be Reviewed), 993 (8510-392-156)
    >>Reports permanently referred see Canada School of Public Service;Crown Corporations and Other Corporate Interests of Canada;Defence Construction (1951) Limited;Members of Parliament Pension Plan;Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act;Order in Council appointments;Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act;Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Office;Public Sector Pension Investment Board;Public Service;Public Service Commission of Canada;Public Service Labour Relations Act;Public Service Pension Plan;Public Service Staffing Tribunal;Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act

Government policy see Agriculture;Climate change;Death penalty;Defence policy;Depleted uranium (DU) weapons;Film industry--Tax incentives;Gender equality;Income trusts;Log exports--Raw log exports;Murder;Productivity

Government procurement

    >>Miscellaneous items, r.o. Q-248 (Mulcair), 888 (8555-392-248)
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Procurement;Public relations;Public transportation projects;Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs);Sudan--Businesses;Victoria In-Service Support Contract (VISSC)

Government programs

    >>Cabinet Ministers, discretion, r.o. Q-25 (Marston), 236-7 (8555-392-25)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Demers), (392-0138), 187, gr, 333 (8545-392-16-04)
    >>>(Deschamps), (392-0140), 187, gr, 333 (8545-392-16-04)
    >>>(Fry), (392-0161 and 392-0162), 231, gr, 347 (8545-392-16-03)
    >>>(Minna), (392-0399), 477, gr, 663 (8545-392-16-08)
    >>>(Stoffer), (392-0007), 31, gr, 197 (8545-392-16-01)
    >>Quebec, provincial jurisdiction/right to opt out, M. on supply (Barbot), 73, 77, division deferred, 77, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 6), 115-7
    >>See also Aboriginal housing--Federal government programs;AgriInvest Program;Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization Program (CAIS);Celebrate Canada! Program;Cenotaph/Monument Restoration Program;Clean Air and Climate Change Trust Fund;Consumer Price Index;Court Challenges Program;Grain industry--Producer payment security program;Infrastructure--Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund;Integrated Relocation Program;Internet--Community Access Program;Official languages minorities--Development;Prostitution--Women;Québec City, QC;Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program;Senior citizens--Government initiatives;Small Craft Harbours Program;Status of Women Canada--Women's Program;Temporary Foreign Worker Program;Tomorrow Starts Today program

Government revenues see Fisheries and Oceans Department--Fishing organizations

Governor General

    >>Communications and messages
    >>>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (A), 81
    >>>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (B), 441
    >>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Main, 481
    >>>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (A), 811
    >>>Parliament, opening, 4
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Main
    >>>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee referral, 482

Graham, Hon. Bill (Lib.--Toronto Centre; Leader of the Opposition until December 2, 2006; resigned July 2, 2007)

    >>References see House of Commons--Vacancies

Grain Futures Act

    >>Legislation see Canada Grain Act, Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act and Grain Futures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-39)

Grain industry

    >>Mandatory inward inspection see Canada Grain Act, Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act and Grain Futures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-39)
    >>Producer payment security program see Canada Grain Act, Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act and Grain Futures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-39)
    >>See also Barley marketing;Canadian Grain Commission;Canadian Wheat Board

Grain transportation

    >>Freight rates see Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth
    >>Rail sidings, availability list see Canada Transportation Act (amdt.--railway transportation)(Bill C-8)

Grand Truck Pacific (CNR) Locomotive Roundhouse, Biggar, SK

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Skelton), (392-0035), 55, gr, 263 (8545-392-34-01); (392-0095), 143, gr, 346 (8545-392-34-02); (392-0128), 178, gr, 346 (8545-392-34-02); (392-0143), 198, gr, 346 (8545-392-34-02); (392-0440), 546, gr, 709 (8545-392-34-05)

Great Lakes

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Miller), (392-0434), 514, gr, 709 (8545-392-1-05)
    >>>(Stanton), (392-0763), 914, gr, 1056 (8545-392-1-07)
    >>See also Lake Superior

Great Lakes Pilotage Authority

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Standing Committee
    >>>2007 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 718 (8560-392-417-01)
    >>>2005-2009 amended corporate plan summaries and 2005 operating and capital budgets, 846 (8562-392-843-02)
    >>>2008-2012 corporate plan summaries and 2008 operating and capital budgets, 347-8 (8562-392-843-01)
    >>See also Alternative Fuels Act

Greenhouse gas emissions

    >>Reduction see Canada's Clean Air and Climate Change Act (Bill C-468);Climate Change Accountability Act (Bill C-377)
    >>See also Kyoto Protocol;Renewable fuels

Growing Forward see Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee--Reports, Third

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