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Stock options

    >>Taxation see Canada-United States Tax Convention Act, 1984 (amdt.)(Bill S-2)

Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program see Infrastructure--Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund

Strengthening the Employment Insurance Premium Rate-Setting Process see Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee--Reports, Eighth

Strikes and lockouts see Replacement workers

Strippers

    >>Foreign workers, abuse/human trafficking victims, work permits, refusal for public policy considerations see Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.)(Bill C-17)

Stronger Ties: A Shared Commitment to Railway Safety - Review of the Railway Safety Act, November 2007 see Railway Safety Act--Review

Student financial assistance programs

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
    >>>2005-2006 annual report, 493 (8560-392-773-01)
    >>>2005-2006 annual report, addendum, 1020 (8560-392-773-02)

Student loans

    >>Government measures
    >>>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)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Atamanenko), (392-0266), 366, gr, 608 (8545-392-50-03)
    >>>(Boshcoff), (392-0581), 701, gr, 806 (8545-392-50-06)
    >>>(Chow), (392-0618), 746, gr, 858 (8545-392-50-07)
    >>>(Godin), (392-0603), 734, gr, 917 (8545-392-50-08)
    >>>(Manning), (392-0644 and 392-0645), 785, gr, 978 (8545-392-50-09)
    >>>(Marleau), (392-0445), 551, gr, 721 (8545-392-50-05)
    >>>(Russell), (392-0800), 987, gr, 1056 (8545-392-50-11)
    >>>(Savoie), (392-0123), 175, gr, 346 (8545-392-50-01); (392-0305), 400, gr, 608 (8545-392-50-03); (392-0359), 431, gr, 608 (8545-392-50-03); (392-0546 and 392-0547), 664, gr, 806 (8545-392-50-06)
    >>>(Siksay), (392-0189), 293, gr, 334 (8545-392-50-02)
    >>>(Simms), (392-0667), 807, gr, 1010 (8545-392-50-10)
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Reserves, Leaves of absence

Study of the Conductive Energy Weapon-Taser see Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth

Study on the Dismantling of the CBC Radio Orchestra, on CBC/Radio Canada's Commitment to Classical Music and the Changes to CBC Radio 2 see Canadian Heritage Standing Committee--Reports, Ninth

Stun-guns see Tasers

Subsidies see Dumping and subsidization (trade)

Submarines see Victoria In-Service Support Contract (VISSC)

Subways see Yonge Street subway

Sudan

    >>Businesses, Canadian government departments and agencies, investments, deposits, purchases and procurements
    >>>r.o. Q-93 (Cotler), 279 (8555-392-93)
    >>>See also Sudan Accountability Act (Bill C-536)
    >>Canadian government funding, r.o. Q-95 (Cotler), 279 (8555-392-95)
    >>See also Darfur (Sudan);Government investment

Sudan Accountability Act (Bill C-536)--Cotler

Suicide see Euthanasia;Family leave

Suicide bombing

    >>"Terrorist activity" see Criminal Code (amdt.--suicide bombings)(Bill S-210)

Suicide prevention

    >>Churchill electoral district, r.o. Q-44 (Keeper), 244 (8555-392-44)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Poilievre), (392-0412), 492, gr, 671 (8545-392-79-01)

Summary convictions

    >>Fines see Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal procedure, language of the accused, sentencing and other amendments)(Bill C-13)

Summer Career Placement Program see Summer employment

Summer employment

    >>Summer Career Placement Program and Canada Summer Jobs program, Sault Ste. Marie constituency, r.o. Q-74 (Martin, T.), 252 (8555-392-74)
    >>See also Canada Summer Jobs

Superintendent of Financial Institutions Office

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2006-2007, tabled, 128 (8563-392-64)
    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
    >>>2006-2007 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 14 (8560-392-535-01)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs);Employment Equity Act;Estimates, 2008-2009, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act

Supplementary Estimates (A), 2007-2008 see Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (A)--Document

Supplementary Estimates (A), 2008-2009 see Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (A)--Document

Supplementary Estimates (B), 2007-2008 see Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (B)--Document

Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
    >>>2006-2007 annual report, 624 (8560-392-366-01)

Supply

    >>Bills assented, 328-9, 1012
    >>Consideration at the next sitting, M. (Toews), 4, agreed to, 4
    >>Interim supply
    >>>2008-2009, concurrence, M. (Toews), 579-80, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 69), 580-1
    >>>See also Appropriation Act No. 1, 2008-2009 (Bill C-49)
    >>See also Appropriation Act No. 3, 2007-2008 (Bill C-35);Appropriation Act No. 4, 2007-2008 (Bill C-48);Appropriation Act No. 1, 2008-2009 (Bill C-49);Appropriation Act No. 2, 2008-2009 (Bill C-58);Appropriation Act No. 3, 2008-2009 (Bill C-59)

Supply days

    >>Allotted number of days for period ending December 10, 2007, designating, 5

Supply motions

    >>Afghanistan, Canadian mission, on-going national discussion (Wilfert), 549, 551
    >>Canadian Mission in Afghanistan Special Committee, establishing (Rae), 664-5, as amended, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 81), 665-7
    >>>Amdt. (Wilfert), 665, agreed to, 665
    >>Charter of the French Language, labour relations, enterprises under federal jurisdiction located in Quebec, compliance (Paquette), 626, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 78), 626-8
    >>Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Office (Elections Canada), House of Commons full and complete confidence (Guimond), 740-1, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 93), 741-3
    >>Climate change, government policies (Layton), 545, division deferred, 547, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 62), 551-2
    >>Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, Robert Thibault, legal proceedings, amendment to Section 3(3)/referral back under Section 28(13) (Lee), 918-9, division deferred, 919, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 131), 919-21
    >>Corporate income tax, cutbacks, impact (Layton), 632, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 79), 632-4
    >>Death penalty, abolition, government policy (Cotler), 571, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 64), 571-3
    >>Economic conditions, Ontario economic vitality/federal-provincial-territorial cooperation (McCallum), 611-2, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 77), 621-2
    >>Economic policy, impact on working and middle-income Canadians/employment insurance reform (Martin, T.), 796, division deferred, 796, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 109), 808-9
    >>Film industry, tax incentives, certified Canadian films, Bill C-10, public policy provisions/censorship (Mourani), 514, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 48), 514-6
    >>Gasoline taxes, excise tax, municipalities, permanent share (Zed), 271, agreed to on division, 271
    >>Government programs, Quebec, provincial jurisdiction/right to opt out (Barbot), 73, 77, division deferred, 77, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 6), 115-7
    >>Manufacturing and forestry sectors, government measures (Brunelle), 143, division deferred, 144, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 8), 153-4
    >>Mulroney-Schreiber affair, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Air Canada purchase of Airbus aircraft, alleged financial dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber, public inquiry, M. on supply (Thibault, R.), 491, 492-3, division deferred, 493, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 46), 501-3
    >>Productivity, government policy (McCallum), 64-5, division deferred, 65, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 5), 113-5
    >>Securities, regulation, federal-provincial jurisdiction (Crête), 560, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 63), 561-2
    >>Social programs, vulnerable Canadians, rights and needs, womens programs/national housing strategy (Minna), 539-41, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 61), 541-3
    >>Television, general interest licence holders, locally or regionally produced news service requirement (Coderre), 786, agreed to, 786
    >>Women, economic security, strategy, developing (Minna), 130, division deferred, 131, agreed to, by unanimous consent, 144

Supreme Court Act (amdt.--understanding the official languages)(Bill C-559)--Godin

Supreme Court of Canada

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2006-2007, tabled, 128 (8563-392-82)
    >>Judges, duty to understand official languages see Official Languages Act (amdt.--understanding the official languages - judges of the Supreme Court of Canada)(Bill C-548);Supreme Court Act (amdt.--understanding the official languages)(Bill C-559);Official Languages Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth
    >>See also Estimates, 2008-2009, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities

Suretyships see Political financing

Surtaxes see Tobacco Manufacturers' Surtax

Survey on the Importance of Nature to Canadians

    >>Re-establishing see National Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission Act (Bill C-522)

Survivor benefits see Old Age Security--Supplement/survivor eligibility

Sustainable development

    >>National strategy/cabinet committee, advisory council and Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner, appointment see National Sustainable Development Act (Bill C-474)
    >>See also Fisheries

SUVs see Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs)

Switzerland-Liechtenstein Tariff

    >>Legislation see Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-55)

Sydney coalfield see Donkin coal block

Syria see Cohen, Eli

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Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2)--Minister of Justice (Nicholson)

    >>1st r, 25
    >>2nd r, 67, 69, deemed read second time and referred to legislative committee, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 69
    >>Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2) Legislation Committee
    >>>Referral, 69
    >>>Report, without amdt., 186
    >>Report stage, 205, 206, 209-10, 211
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Nicholson), 213, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 15), 213-4
    >>>Motion No. 1 (Clause 40), (Comartin), 210, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 14), 213
    >>>Motion No. 2 (Clause 42), (Comartin), 205, division deferred, 211, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 14), 212-3
    >>>Motion No. 5 (Clause 56), (Comartin), 210, negatived on applied recorded division (Division No. 14), 213
    >>3rd r, 219, 220, agreed to on division, 224-5, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 479
    >>>House of Commons message re March 1, 2008 deadline (Government Business No. 3), M. (Van Loan), 415-6, division deferred, 417, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 40), 424-6
    >>Royal Assent, 487 (Chap. 6, S.C. 2008)

Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2) Legislation Committee

    >>Bills referred
    >>>Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2), 69
    >>Reports
    >>>First (Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2)), 186 (8510-392-02)

Take note debates

    >>Afghanistan, Canadian mission, presence beyond February 2009 to July 2011/mandate (Government Business No. 5), M. (Van Loan), 455-9, 463, 468-73, 552-6, 563-6, 593-7, 600, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 76), 602-4
    >>>>Amdt. (Black), 462-3, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 75), 601-2
    >>>>Initiating, M., 455-9
    >>Budget 2008 (February 26, 2008), pre-budget consultations, Finance Standing Committee (Government Business No. 2), 405, 406, 411, 413
    >>>Initiating, M. (Van Loan), 405

Talal, Prince El Hassan bin

    >>Canadian visit, cancellation, customs and security procedures requests, r.o. Q-223 (McDonough), 801 (8555-392-223)

Tariffs see Canada-European Free Trade Association agreement;Customs Tariff

Tasers

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Mathyssen), (392-0299), 400, gr, 617 (8545-392-71-01)
    >>See also Dziekanski, Robert;Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth

Tax credits

    >>Public transit tax credit and Child fitness tax credit, analysis, r.o. Q-250 (Mulcair), 881-2 (8555-392-250)
    >>See also Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit;Child fitness tax credit;Cycling;Dividend Tax Credit;Education, post-secondary--Designated regions;Federal textbook tax credit;Low-income earners;Medical Expense Tax Credit;Mineral exploration tax credit;Public transit tax credit;Quebec Sales Tax;Registered Pension Plan (RPP)

Tax-Free Savings Accounts

    >>Ways and Means No. 7, notice, tabled, 473 (8570-392-09)
    >>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)

Tax havens see Anti-Tax-Haven Initiative;Fiscal policy

Tax shelters

    >>Future business income of another person, limits
    >>>Ways and Means No. 2
    >>>>Concurrence, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 73-4
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 68 (8570-392-02)
    >>>>See also Income Tax Amendments Act, 2006 (Bill C-10)

Taxation

    >>Families, tax reductions and child care support, statistics, r.o. Q-246 (Dykstra), 768 (8555-392-246)
    >>Reductions, retired couple over the age of 65, impact, r.o. Q-277 (Dykstra), 1028 (8555-392-277)
    >>Tax system see Finance Standing Committee--Reports, Third
    >>See also Capital gains tax;Capital taxes;Charitable donations;Chinese Head Tax;Competition--Payments;Corporate income tax;Film industry;Fiscal policy;Fuel taxes;Gasoline taxes;Goods and Services Tax (GST);Harmonized Sales Tax (HST);Housing--Affordable housing, Residential rental property;Limited liability companies (LLCs);Non-resident trusts and foreign investment entities;Peace tax;Pensions--Mutual tax;Quebec Sales Tax;Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program;Small business;Stock options;Tobacco Manufacturers' Surtax;Withholding taxes

Taxing to Prosper: Canada's System of Taxes, Fees and Other Charges see Finance Standing Committee--Reports, Third

Technology see Automated teller machines (ATMs);Energy science and technology;Information technology;Science and technology

Techumseth, ON see Banting, Sir Frederick

Telecommunications

    >>Policy see Canadian Heritage Standing Committee--Reports, First
    >>See also Broadcasting--And telecommunications;Cellular telephones;Gambling;Search warrants

Telecommunications Act

    >>Legislation see Broadcasting Act and Telecommunications Act (amdt.--broadcasting and telecommunications policies)(Bill C-540)

Telecommunications Act (amdt.--Internet Neutrality)(Bill C-552)--Angus

Telecommunications and Radio Apparatus

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee
    >>>Industry Canada User Fees Proposal, spectrum licence fee for broadband public safety communications in bands 4940-4990 MHz, 348 (8564-392-1-01)
    >>>>Report deemed presented, 503

Telecommunications Clarity and Fairness Act (Bill C-555)--McGuinty

Telefilm Canada

    >>Chair of the Board of Directors, Michel Roy, appointment see Canadian Heritage Standing Committee--Reports, Third
    >>Quebec film industry, recognition see Telefilm Canada Act (amdt.--Quebec audio-visual productions)(Bill C-557)
    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
    >>>2006-2007 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 20 (8560-392-91-01)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act

Telefilm Canada Act (amdt.--Quebec audio-visual productions)(Bill C-557)--Malo

Telemarketing

    >>Do Not Call List
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Hawn), (392-0678), 813, gr, 1010 (8545-392-90-01)

Telephone service see Cellular telephones;Telemarketing

Television

    >>China, state-run services, availability in Canada
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Minna), (392-0051), 69, gr, 242 (8545-392-30-01)
    >>>>(Sgro), (392-0045), 64, gr, 242 (8545-392-30-01)
    >>>>(Szabo), (392-0167), 251, gr, 346 (8545-392-30-02)
    >>General interest licence holders, locally or regionally produced news service requirement
    >>>M. on supply (Coderre), 786, agreed to, 786
    >>>See also Canadian Heritage Standing Committee--Reports, Eighth
    >>Violent scenes, regulation see Broadcasting Act (amdt.--reduction of violence in television broadcasts)(Bill C-327)
    >>See also Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)--And Radio-Canada;Radio and television programming

Temporary Foreign Worker Program

    >>Number of workers admitted/application process, r.o. Q-239 (Savage), 842 (8555-392-239)

Temporary personnel services

    >>Government contracts, expenditures and statistics, r.o. Q-208 (Dewar), 686 (8555-392-208)

Terminator technology see Genetic Use Restriction Technologies;Genetically modified organisms

Terrorism

    >>Investigative hearings/recognizance with conditions see Criminal Code (amdt.--investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions)(Bill S-3)
    >>Japan, counter-terrorism, maritime areas, logistics support, document, "Exchange of Notes Between the Government of Canada and the Government of Japan Constituting an Agreement on Special Measures Concerning Supply Assistance Activities in Support of Counter-Terrorism Maritime Interdiction Activities", tabled, 700 (8532-392-09)
    >>See also 9/11 Commission Report;Betancourt, Ingrid;Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182;Hamas (terrorist organization);Khadr, Omar;Security certificates;Specified Persons List (SPL);Suicide bombing;World Trade Center Families for Proper Burial

Texas see Collins, Stuart B.

Textile and clothing industry

    >>Consumer articles, labels, factory name and address, including see Textile Labelling Act (amdt.)(Bill C-545)

Textile Labelling Act (amdt.)(Bill C-545)--Jennings

The Testimony of Deputy Commissioner Barbara George Before the Public Accounts Committee see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Third

The Forks National Historic Site of Canada

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
    >>>Management Plan, 38 (8560-392-954-01)

Theft see Auto theft;Counterfeit goods;Identity theft;Personal information

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