Affirmative action programs

>>Role, 583-4, 2703, 10338

Affordability and Change Today Program see Housing

Africa

>>Economic and democratic development, Canada's role, 2260, 2281
>>See also Commonwealth--Membership; Education; International development assistance; La Francophonie--Membership; Population; Trade; United Nations--Membership

Aga Khan see CIDA--Projects

Agassiz, B.C. see Agricultural research

Age credit see Senior citizens--Tax credits

Age of retirement see instead Retirement--Age

Aggressive therapy see Euthanasia

Aging society see Government programs and services; Old age pensions; Pensions

Aglukark, Susan

>>1994 Country Music Award winner, S.O. 31, 6032
>>Juno Award, S.O. 31, 11340

Agnico Eagle

>>Val d'Or, Que., plant, expansion, S.O. 31, 1421

Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act (Bill C-88)--Minister of Industry (Manley)

>>First reading, 11995
>>Second reading, 12623-30, 12918-32, 14109-38, 16095-6, 16110-20
>>>Amdt. (Ed Harper), 12921, negatived on recorded division, 14180-1
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 16276-7
>>Industry Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 16277
>>>Reported, with amdts., 17445
>>See also Trade--Interprovincial--Interprovincial trade barriers

Agreements, Protocols, Exchange of Notes, Treaties, etc. see Fisheries--Illegal fishing; Quebec--Sovereignty association, Legislation

Agri-bonds see Tourist industry--Financing

Agri-food see Agriculture; Agriculture and Agri-Food Department

Agricultural biotechnology

>>Advances, registering, S.O. 31, 635-6

Agricultural products

>>Competitiveness, deficit, impact, 2687
>>Distribution, 6925-6
>>Exports
>>>Budget, Feb. 27/95 measures, impact, o.q., 11814
>>>Markets, expansion, trade mission, South America, 11453
>>>>o.q., 11489-90
>>>Strategy, co-operative effort, need, 11508
>>>Subsidies, eliminating, 7319, 7968, 8403-4
>>Imports, supply-managed products, supplementary quotas and tariffs, legislation, 8740-1
>>Manufacturing companies, 8440-1, 8457
>>Processing, regional, 3669-70, 4119, 6920
>>Sale to non-sovereign foreign buyers, credit guarantees, establishing, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10097, 11275
>>Tariffs, 3663, 7319, 7328
>>>Supplementary imports, rate, o.q., 8347
>>>Supply-managed products, milk, poultry and eggs, GATT authorization, United States NAFTA challenges, 7341-2, 7495, 8224, 10249, 11474, 11492-3
>>>>o.q., 7692, 9605-6, 9778-9, 16835-6
>>>>S.O. 31, 9773, 9819
>>Uses, non-food, 6078
>>Wastes, 4143-4
>>See also Developing countries--Textiles and agricultural products; Trade--Pacific Rim

Agricultural research

>>Agassiz, B.C., station, relocating, 4176-7
>>Co-financing project, 6916
>>Co-ordination, 6190
>>Consumer food buying habits, 997
>>Developments, 256, 3656-7, 4110, 4114, 4124, 4170-1, 6076, 6096, 6101-2, 9500-1
>>Expenditures, 3613, 3637, 3639, 3657-8, 3668, 4106, 6102, 6193, 6195, 6198, 8372, 8458, 11463, 11475-6, 11494-5
>>Facilities, experimental farms, closing, budget, Feb. 27/95 measure, 10250-1, 11269, 11396, 11418, 11460-1, 11466-8, 11484
>>>Centres of excellence, locations, 11494-5
>>>La Pocatière, Que., 10452, 10475-6, 11396-7, 11461-3, 11504, 17748
>>>>S.O. 31, 15176
>>>L'Assomption, Que., 11396-7, 11461-3, 11504
>>>>S.O. 31, 10510
>>>o.q., 15528
>>>See also Sheep--Experimental research
>>Funding
>>>Reduction, Feb. 27/95 budget measures, 11269, 11396
>>>Voluntary producer check-off, 6103, 6185-9, 6192-9, 6201-9
>>>See also Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-50)
>>Government commitment, 3618, 3621, 6185, 6197-8, 11465, 11494-5
>>Harrow Research Centre, national centre of excellence, 10216
>>Herb and spice market, lack, 11269
>>Importance, 6193, 6207
>>Joint venture funding, 75, 11461
>>>Matching investment initiative, 11452
>>Morden, Man., station, 10443
>>Technologies, 1817
>>University of Guelph, 11493-4

Agricultural stabilization programs see Transfer payments to provinces

Agriculture

>>Agri-food industry, Quebec, 11396-7, 11463-6
>>>o.q., 15528
>>Agri-Food, policy, 73, 9502, 11267
>>>Competition, international, 4184
>>>De-politicizing, 4157
>>>Exports, market development, 74-5, 4164, 4184, 10536
>>>GATT
>>>>Agreements, transition, 4184, 9503
>>>>Article XXVIII, United States, renegotiation, S.O. 31, 3438
>>>Industry council, establishing, 4096
>>>Quebec, Trois Rivières summit, 4184
>>>Strategy, federal-provincial-private sector, need for, 8458, 11494, 11502
>>>See also Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Group
>>Assistance programs, 255, 3619, 3625, 4114, 4126, 4151-3, 4164, 4186, 4194
>>>Amalgamation/elimination/rationalization, Reform Party position, 1829-30, 2800, 3021, 3621, 6099, 8449, 8451-2
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, measures, 5047
>>>Commodity price support systems, 8449-50
>>>Competitiveness, 4094-5
>>>Election promise, "whole farm support", public input, o.q., 1106
>>>Initiatives, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, federal-provincial-producer cost-sharing, 10097
>>>Market fluctuations, stabilization program, Liberal Party election promise, 11268
>>>Number, overlap, waste and mismanagement, etc., 757-9
>>>OECD countries, 8449-51
>>>Quebec, 3614-5
>>>Reviewing, 75-7
>>>Safety nets
>>>>Federal government contributions, 30% reduction, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10097, 10250, 11267, 11275, 11452, 11456-60
>>>>Federal-provincial memorandum of understanding, o.q., 13917
>>>>Risk management, types of programs, 8448-51
>>>See also Agriculture--Subsidies
>>Bloc Québécois position, 4151
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, measures, impact, 11384, 11386, 11587, 13076
>>Canadian Agriculture Energy Use Data Analysis Centre, opening, 4188
>>Carleton County Steer Show and Sale, Florenceville, N.B., S.O. 31, 11403
>>Changes, 4181, 4184
>>>Government inaction, denouncing, M. on supply (Marchand), 3611-43, 3656-77
>>Chicoutimi constituency, 4184
>>Crisis, 4100, 4125
>>Crop damage, migratory birds, compensation, 3789-91, 5233
>>Decline, 15997
>>Direct seeding program, 4188
>>Diversification, 4185
>>East/West inequities, 4185-6
>>Employment, 2840-1, 8439-40
>>>Canada Employment Centres, rural areas, closure, impact, 13361
>>>>o.q., 12723-4
>>>>Petitions, 14771, 15650
>>Environment, 4188-9
>>Export subsidies, GATT, reducing, 73, 7475, 7490
>>Exports, goal, $20 billion by year 2000, 3618, 3633-4, 3658, 3670-2, 4100, 4103, 4145, 4164, 4170, 6077, 6097-8, 6915-6, 7475
>>Future, five elements, 6078
>>Globalization, 4184-5, 4187, 4194
>>>Quebec initiatives responding, S.O. 31, 3828-9
>>Governance, new system, Reform Party proposal, 6921-2
>>Government commitment, M. (Goodale), 4094-126, 4139-57, 4164-95
>>Government expenditures, Quebec share, 11453-4
>>>Western provinces, comparison, 11454
>>Government neglect, 526-7, 593
>>>Liberal government (Trudeau) record, 527, 529
>>>S.O. 31, 5720, 14716
>>Government role, 4104, 4107-8, 4151, 4600, 6094, 9500
>>Government support, lack, S.O. 31, 3042
>>Importance, 73, 526, 3611-2, 3617-8, 3632, 4111, 4139-40, 4147-8, 4150-1, 4155, 4164, 4170, 4179, 4191, 4194-5, 6076-7, 6079, 6094, 6096, 6098, 6915-6, 6922, 8457, 11465
>>>GDP percentage, 526
>>>Throne Speech ignoring, 255, 527
>>>>S.O. 31, 96
>>Input costs, increase, 1674, 4151
>>Insect control, birds' role, 3781
>>Jurisdiction, reassigning, federal-provincial-industry negotiating, 11691
>>>M. (Kerpan), 9499-508, 10971-9, 12272-8
>>>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on Order Paper, 9508, 10979
>>>>Negatived on recorded division, 12332-3
>>Kent constituency, agricultural employment services, funding, petition, 15052
>>Labour force, training, 4115
>>Market forces, impact, 4154-5
>>Ontario, 4190
>>Open system replacing, 3665, 4113
>>Organic, 4191-2
>>>Farm improvement loans, role, 11697
>>Peterborough constituency, 4185
>>Policies, 3620-2, 3626, 3662, 4099, 4103, 4151, 6094-5, 6492-3, 6915, 6919
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 3658
>>>Duplication and overlap, 15848
>>>FTA and NAFTA, impact, 3676, 4195, 16034
>>>Market oriented, 4122, 4186, 4189, 4195
>>>Review, 1830, 4747
>>>Western bias, 3614-5, 3626-7, 3635-7, 3639-40, 3668, 4145-7, 4154, 11477
>>>See also Agriculture--Agri-Food, policy
>>Producers, 526
>>Production costs, recovery, 6480
>>Productivity, increase, 3612-3, 8458
>>Promotion, trade missions, 3617, 4096-7, 4170-1, 4181, 6077, 6079
>>Protectionism, 3635
>>Provincial jurisdiction, exclusive, establishing, 17525
>>Public information, 4185, 4191, 4194
>>Quebec, 3636-8, 3665, 3669, 3673-5, 4101, 4103, 4108-10, 4112, 4114-6, 4144, 4146, 4165, 4167-9, 4178, 4184-5, 6092-3, 6481, 6916-21, 6926-7, 9505-6, 11463-6
>>>Crow benefit elimination, impact, 13073-4
>>>Federal expenditures, S.O. 31, 17575
>>Reconfederate, 9499-500, 9502
>>Reform Party policies, 255-6, 519-20, 4106-7, 4126, 4151-2, 6099
>>>S.O. 31, 486
>>Regulations, 3672-3, 9501, 9515-22, 9540-2
>>>Arbitration and review board, 9516, 9519-21, 9523, 9540-1, 9543-5, 15844, 15846-7, 15860-1, 15863, 15866-7, 15880-3, 16090-1
>>>>Accountability, 15863, 15866-7, 15880-3
>>>>Appointment process, 16084-5, 16091-3
>>>Compliance agreements, Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS), 9483-7, 9517-9, 9521-2, 9541-3, 15839-48, 15851-9, 15862-5
>>>>Administrative/judicial process, choice, Ministerial powers, 16089-90
>>>>Bloc Québécois position, 16082-6
>>>>Due diligence defence, absolute/strict liability, 15851, 15853, 15855-7, 15859, 15864-5, 16087-8, 16091, 16093
>>>>Enforcement, penalties, negotiating, etc., 15844-6, 15856, 16081, 16083-7, 16090, 16093-4
>>>>Industry consultations, support, 15839-41, 16081-2, 16986-7
>>>>International competitiveness factor, 16081
>>>>Legislation (Bill C-16)
>>>>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee study, amendments, report stage amendments, 16082-93
>>>>>See also Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (Bill C-61); Food--Health and quality standards
>>>>Reform Party position, 16086-92
>>>>Transport Department system, comparison, 15844, 16083, 16086-7
>>>>United States system, harmonization, 16092
>>Risks, 3628
>>Statistics, 4155-6
>>Subsidies, 3618-20, 3663, 3665, 3671, 4124, 4165-7, 4189, 5720, 6126-7, 17715
>>>M. on supply (J-G Chrétien), 11448-78, 11490-508
>>>New Zealand example, 871-2, 4122, 7342
>>>Reduction, regional equity, 14679
>>>World Trade Organization, relationship, 8415-6
>>Supply management, 3616-7, 3620, 3639-40, 3662-4, 3668, 3676, 4105, 4120-1, 4124, 4157, 4165-6, 4171, 4175, 4177-8, 4195
>>>Government position, o.q., 13373
>>>o.q., 4867
>>>Reform Party position, 11457-8
>>>See also Supply management/marketing boards
>>Support, S.O. 31, 2665
>>Sustainable development practices, 3629, 4187-9
>>>Wetlands-woodlands-wildlife program, S.O. 31, 4384, 4942
>>>See also Central America--Agriculture
>>Tariffs, abolition, 533-4
>>Technological change, 6168
>>Transition, 4151-3
>>World Trade Organization, impact, benefits, 8456-7
>>>See also Agriculture--Subsidies
>>See also Central America; Farm income; Farmers; GATT--Uruguay Round; Job creation; Small business--Western provinces; Supply management/marketing boards; Trade--Interprovincial trade, Internal trade agreement--Interprovincial trade barriers--United States

Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (Bill C-61)--Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Goodale)

>>First reading, 8645
>>Second reading, 9483-7, 9515-24, 9539-45
>>>Agreed to, on division, 9545
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 9545
>>>Reported, with amdts., 15732
>>Report stage, 15839-67, 15880-4, 16048-54
>>>Motions
>>>>(Hermanson), 15839, negatived, on recorded division, 16048-9; 15843, agreed to, on division, 15850; 15843, negatived, on recorded division, 16049-50; 15850, agreed to, on division, 15860; 15850, negatived, on recorded division, 16050-4; 15860, agreed to, on division, 15865; 15860, negatived, on recorded division, 16051-2
>>>>(Landry), 15843, negatived, on division, 15849-50; 15866, negatived, on recorded division, 16051-2
>>>>Concurrence, as further amended, M. (Goodale), agreed to, on recorded division, 16054
>>Third reading, 16081-95
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 16107-8, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 17257, Chap. 40, S.C. 1995
>>See also Agriculture--Regulations, Compliance agreements

Agriculture and Agri-Food Department

>>Annual report
>>>Committee study, 6093-4
>>>Estimates for two years ahead, including, 6754-8, 6915, 6931
>>Budget, 3613-4
>>Economic Branch, services, privatization, 11359
>>Establishment, legislation see Department of Agriculture Act (amdt.)(Bill C-49)
>>Expenditures
>>>1995-1998, $450 million reduction, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10096, 11384, 11386, 11451-2, 11455, 11471, 11503-4, 11695-6
>>>Quebec share, 14679
>>Inspection services, 6093, 6096-7, 6758-60, 6915, 6928, 9521, 9539, 11696, 15848-9
>>Mandate, 2960-1, 6076, 6096, 6915, 6926
>>Market and Industry Services branch, establishment, 74
>>Market development programs, 6916
>>Market orientation, 4102
>>Regulations, conflicting, 6918-9
>>Service standards, 5043

Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee

>>Deliberations, S.O. 31, 2431
>>Document tabled in committee, S.O. 31, 9139
>>Farmers, consulting, 6192
>>Reports, presented
>>>First (bovine somatotropin hormone), 3012-3
>>>Second (Department of Agriculture Act (amdt.)(Bill C-49)), 6475
>>>Third (Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-50)), 7041
>>>Fourth (Canada Grain Act (amdt.)(Bill C-51)), 8177
>>>Fifth (agri-food priorities, interim report), 8963
>>>>g.r., tabled, 12544
>>>Sixth (Farm Improvement and Marketing Co-operatives Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-75)), 12544
>>>Seventh (Canadian Dairy Commission Act (amdt.)(Bill C-86)), 13812
>>>Eighth (Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-92)), 14187
>>>Ninth (Dismantling the Crow: Curbing the Imports), 14410
>>>>Dissenting report, Bloc Québécois, 14410
>>>>g.r., tabled, 16489
>>>Tenth (Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (Bill C-61)), 15732
>>Role, study of future of agriculture, 8457-8
>>Travel, authorization
>>>M. (Milliken), leave to move, unanimous consent, denied, 9083
>>>M. (Gagliano), leave to move, unanimous consent, denied, 9114
>>See also Agriculture--Regulations, Compliance agreements; Milk--Bovine somatotropin

Agriculture Department

>>Name, changing see Department of Agriculture Act (amdt.)(Bill C-49)
>>Personnel administration, appointments, qu., 2366-7
>>See also Agriculture and Agri-Food Department

Agusta Company see Defence equipment--Helicopters

Ahuntsic constituency

>>References, 245-6

Aiding suicide see Criminal Code (amdt.--aiding suicide)(Bill C-215); Euthanasia

AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)

>>Awareness campaigns
>>>Reform Party position, S.O. 31, 17623
>>>S.O. 31, 6708-9
>>>See also AIDS Awareness Week; Health care--Awareness campaigns; National Aids Awareness Week
>>Canada-Ukraine partners program, S.O. 31, 13170
>>Children, S.O. 31, 3761
>>Combating, 3TC medication
>>>o.q., 16739, 17088
>>>S.O. 31, 8033, 8544, 17623
>>Community-based care/counselling agencies, 561
>>Fund raising walk
>>>o.q., 14998
>>>S.O. 31, 14989, 15096
>>Government expenditures, allocating, 11333
>>>o.q., 9422, 11142
>>>See also AIDS--National AIDS Strategy
>>Government measures/expenditures, o.q., 14998
>>HIV/AIDS research see HIV/AIDS Subcommittee
>>HIV research, funding
>>>Inadequate, AIDS Action Now, awareness group, S.O. 31, 5808
>>>o.q., 8429-30
>>HIV testing see Immigrants--AIDS/HIV infected persons; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Sex offenders--Accused
>>National AIDS Strategy
>>>Funding, 11333
>>>>o.q., 6088, 8342-3, 8349, 10951-2, 17086-7
>>>See also Health Standing Committee--Reports, Eighth
>>Pamphlet, "Doing it in the 90s"
>>>o.q., 5429
>>>S.O. 31, 2850, 5513
>>Paris, France, summit, S.O. 31, 8424, 8542
>>Pregnant women, 3761
>>Red ribbons, S.O. 31, 6707-8
>>Research
>>>Canada, per capita expenditure, o.q., 8342
>>>Funding
>>>>o.q., 17090
>>>>Petition, 17092
>>>See also AIDS--HIV research
>>See also Blood; Fire-fighters--And emergency response personnel; Immigrants; Immigration--Visas; International development assistance--Results; International HIV-AIDS Day; National Gallery of Canada--AZT exhibit; World AIDS Day

AIDS Action Now see AIDS--HIV research

AIDS Awareness Week

>>S.O. 31, 6435, 6631
>>See also National AIDS Awareness Week