Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee

>>Reports, presented
>>>First, (World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-57)), 7991
>>>Second, (Department of External Affairs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-47)), 9203
>>>Third (Robert Fowler, Canadian Ambassador to United Nations, order in council appointment), 10836
>>>Fourth (G-7 Summit, Halifax, agenda, international financial institution reform), 12726
>>Fifth (Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (Bill C-87)), 13443
>>Travel, authorization, M. (Milliken), agreed to, 9955
>>See also Canada's Foreign Affairs Policy Review Special Joint Committee; CIDA--Annual report; Foreign affairs policy; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Twelfth; Small business--Exports

Foreign affairs policy

>>Bloc Québécois position, 6720
>>>See also Foreign affairs policy--Review
>>Canadian Armed Forces, role, 2334-6
>>Canadian values and interests, reflecting, 2261, 2280, 2337
>>Collective security concept, shaping, 2333-4
>>Components, 2280
>>Continuity and change, balance, 2256-7
>>Defence policy, interdependence, 2335-6
>>Development, democratization, 2255
>>Domestic policies, co-ordination, 2336-7
>>Economic, political and social change, inter-relationship, 2258
>>Federal/provincial jurisdiction, establishing, 17525
>>Fiscal responsibility, relationship, 6504
>>Flexibility, 2268
>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee referral, 267
>>Human rights policies, relationship, 2255, 2266-7, 2270, 15730-1
>>Immigration and refugee policies, relationship, 2309-11
>>Independent, 2255, 2299-300, 2324, 2337, 3022
>>>National debt, foreign owned, impact, 2262-3
>>>Sustained involvement with United Nations and NATO, 2258
>>Initiatives, Liberal Party election promises "red book", implementation, 2255
>>Intervention concept, right and duty, 2261, 2266-7
>>Multilateralism, 360
>>National Forum, Mar. 21-3/94, 2255-6
>>Non-governmental organizations, objectives, including, 2342
>>Objectives, clarification, 9340
>>Post-World War II era, 2262, 2276
>>Priorities and future goals, identifying, 2260, 2262
>>Private sector forum, Mar. 21-2/94, 2272
>>Public input, 9344-5
>>>Reinstating, petition, 12727
>>Quebec independence, impact, 2270
>>Reform Party position, 5966
>>Regional and inter-regional mechanisms, building, 2260
>>Review, 89, 1272-3, 2115, 2159, 2255, 2279
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 2305
>>>Canada's Foreign Affairs Policy Review Special Joint Committee, establishing, M. (Ouellet), 2254-84, 2297-315, 2322-46, agreed to, on division, 2387
>>>>Amdt. (B. Mills), 2270-1, negatived, on recorded division, 2386-7
>>>>Bloc Québcois dissenting report, 15730-1
>>>Consultation, petition, 2868
>>>Defence policy review, relationship, 2276-7, 2329, 2338
>>>Framework, parameters, designing, 2263
>>>Government intentions, unknown, 2276
>>>Guidance Paper for the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee reviewing Canadian Foreign Policy, tabled, 2253
>>>Overdue, 2262
>>>Public consultation, process, 2255-6, 2258, 2333, 2338
>>>Throne Speech proposal, 11, 285-6
>>Statement by Minister (Ouellet), 9238-44
>>Sustainable development, linking, Pacific Rim countries, role, 204
>>Trade focus, excessive, 11360
>>Trade policy, relationship, 2272, 2302
>>United States, mistrust, S.O. 31, 7849
>>See also Cruise missile testing; International development assistance; International relations; Peacekeeping

Foreign aid

>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, cuts, $1.3 billion over 3 years, 10477, 10535, 10537, 10728-9
>>>Food aid component, 16% reduction, o.q., 10470
>>>o.q., 10386
>>Conventional, replacing with indirect aid, tariff concessions, etc., 1540
>>Deficit reduction, relationship
>>>o.q., 7934-5
>>>S.O. 31, 8824
>>Egypt, Poland, debt reduction assistance, Auditor General's report, o.q., 8119
>>Emergency relief/development assistance, 2280
>>GNP percentage, .07%, goal, 9345
>>>o.q., 9282-3
>>Human rights, linking, 1543, 2164-6, 2270
>>>o.q., 1106, 2431-2
>>Humanitarian, 307, 310
>>National debt, increase, impact, 2328
>>Non-governmental organizations, use, o.q., 1105-6
>>Non-monetary aid, 2326
>>Poverty elimination, reflection, 9341
>>Programs, past record, 13
>>>Review, need, 784, 1886
>>>Waste, 3849
>>Reducing, Reform Party position, 1782, 1829, 2315, 2322, 2326-7, 2334, 2339
>>Third World, 6721
>>United Nations sanctions or peacekeeping operations, Canadian participation, relationship, o.q., 5304-5
>>See also Bosnia-Herzegovina--Conflict, Children; Cuba; Ecuador--Fires; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Foreign Aid Act (Bill C-357); GDP; Haiti; Indonesia--East Timor; International development assistance; Rwanda

Foreign Aid Act (Bill C-357)--Hanger

>>First reading, 16697

Foreign artists program see Canada Council--Visiting

Foreign currency see Income tax

Foreign currency debt see Government credit rating

Foreign fishing vessels see Cod--Foreign overfishing; Fisheries--Foreign overfishing--Illegal fishing; Fisheries, Atlantic--Foreign overfishing

Foreign-flagging see Marine Atlantic Inc.; Shipping industry

Foreign investments

>>Attracting, 2275, 2330, 6767-8
>>>o.q., 12419
>>Canada's Foreign Policy Review Special Joint Committee report, 8414
>>Canadian bond holdings, reducing, Deutsche Bank recommendation, o.q., 3275
>>Deficit, national debt, impact, 11705, 12804
>>Deficit reduction, government measures, impact, 3053
>>>o.q., 3276
>>Economic/political uncertainty factors, 12812
>>German investments, reunification, impact, 2303-4
>>GST, tax burden, scaring away, 3288
>>Offshore, 2117
>>See also Air transportation--Economic benefits; Canadian Heritage Department--Telecommunications; Corporations--Income tax; RRSPs

Foreign overfishing see Cod; Fisheries; Fisheries, Atlantic

Foreign ownership see Broadcasting--Licences; National debt; Publishing industry

Foreign Service personnel see Smuggling--Wine

Forest fires

>>Federal government role
>>>Emergency Preparedness Canada, o.q., 13180
>>>o.q., 13237-8

Forest industry see Environment--Protection

Forest Resource Development Agreements see Forestry

Forestry

>>Aboriginal lands, illegal logging practices, o.q., 11613
>>Annual reports, The State of Canada's Forests
>>>1993, S.O. 31, 5299
>>>1994
>>>>S.O. 31, 14309
>>>>Tabled, 14409
>>British Columbia
>>>Costs, increase, 17487
>>>Employment role, S.O. 31, 5573
>>>Forest Resource Development Agreement, federal government contributions, ending, 1130, 11425-6
>>>Importance, 564, 578, 2474
>>>Practices
>>>>Environmental groups misinformation activities, federal funding, o.q., 7810, 11297-8
>>>>Greenpeace Canada misinformation activities, stopping, o.q., 2742-3
>>>>Sustainable development, 6236
>>>>>International public relations campaign, o.q., 5346
>>Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, meeting, Vancouver, B.C., S.O. 31, 1719
>>Clayoquot Sound, B.C., land use decision
>>>Environmental assessment review, 7450
>>>Harcourt, B.C. premier, European Community, educating, 1252
>>>Pacific Rim National Park expansion overriding, 578-9
>>Clayoquot Sound, B.C., logging
>>>Fury of the Sound video, Hilary Mackey and Shelly Wine, Canada Council grant, S.O. 31, 7308
>>>Opponents, Canadian Wilderness Committee, Sierra Club and Clayoquot Biosphere Project, CIDA funding, S.O. 31, 7554
>>Development, federal-provincial agreements, 5036
>>Eastern Quebec Development Plan, 11496
>>>o.q., 6984
>>Economic development/environment protection, balancing, 579, 5036
>>>International agreements, 2337
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, federal grants, eliminating, 14848
>>Forest Resource Development Agreements, cancellation, job losses, etc.,
>>>Compensation requests, o.q., 16486
>>>o.q., 15107
>>>See also Forestry--British Columbia
>>Forestry Capital of Canada
>>>1987, Queens County, N.S., S.O. 31 3828
>>>1993, Matapédia Valley, 592
>>>1994, Edmonton, Alta., S.O. 31, 3947, 7684
>>>1995, Meadow Lake, Sask., S.O. 31, 12407, 16826
>>>1996, Lunenburg County, N.S., S.O. 31, 3828
>>Funding, cut-backs, Feb. 22/94 budget measures, 1817, 3061
>>Importance, 11425-6
>>>S.O. 31, 20
>>Industry, government assistance, 6763
>>Job creation, Rural Dignity proposal, 3870
>>John Walter Forest Interpretive Centre, Edmonton, Alta., S.O. 31, 7684
>>Jurisdiction, overlap, 763, 6228, 6231, 6239
>>>Provincial jurisdiction, 11425
>>Matapédia--Matane constituency, production capability, need, 2474-5
>>Meadow Lake Tribal Council, business ventures, S.O. 31, 8544
>>Model forests see Mexico
>>Natural Resources Department, relationship, 6802
>>New Brunswick
>>>Spruce budworm, aerial spraying, S.O. 31, 295-6
>>>See also Forestry--Reforestation; Unemployment insurance--Job partnership projects
>>Nova Scotia, importance, 498
>>>Woodlot development program, renewing, S.O. 31, 9463
>>Old growth forests, cutting, moratorium request, petition, 15708
>>Quebec, 6228, 6234, 8184-5
>>>Development programs, S.O. 31, 12530
>>>Local control, S.O. 31, 2350
>>>Private woodlots, federal financial assistance, negotiations
>>>>o.q., 5309-10, 6333-4, 11462-3, 11496, 13479
>>>>S.O. 31, 13469
>>>Programs, reestablishing, 593-4
>>Reforestation, 498, 2599
>>>In-Touch Graphics, commitment, S.O. 31, 14918
>>>New Brunswick, 6605
>>>S.O. 31, 20
>>>Tree Plan Canada, S.O. 31, 12532
>>Sustainable development, 5036, 5173-4, 5672, 6236, 6240-1, 6802-3, 8182-3, 8187
>>>International conference, Canada/Malaysia co-hosting, S.O. 31, 7092
>>>International forest commission, need, S.O. 31, 96
>>>National forest strategy, 6210
>>>o.q., 12115
>>>Standards, government initiative, o.q., 5159-60
>>>>Ecological labelling, proposal, 4933
>>Technologies, changes, impact, 1817
>>Tree seedlings, Hills Greenhouse Nurseries, Murillo, Ont., Herman vanDuyn, proprietor, tribute, S.O. 31, 6632
>>Woodlots, regulations, 548-9
>>>See also Forestry--Quebec
>>Woodstock Memorial Forest, S.O. 31, 16477
>>Workers, displaced, retraining, 763, 2599
>>Yukon Territory
>>>Federal government policy, failure, S.O. 31, 16772-3
>>>Stumpage fees, o.q., 10079
>>>Sustainability, petition, 14414
>>See also Migratory birds--Habitat; National Forest Week; Petawawa National Forestry Institute; Softwood lumber; Stoney Reserve; Unemployment insurance--Benefits

Forestry Department

>>Creating, Quebec, position, 6229

Forestry Week

>>Laval University, students, organizers, S.O. 31, 2733

Forget, Claude see Parole--Murderers

Forget Commission see Unemployment insurance

Forging the Link symposium see Education--Business studies

Forpan Inc.

>>Investment, S.O. 31, 1421

Forseth, Paul (REF--New Westminster--Burnaby)

>>Aboriginal peoples, 5449
>>Allmand, references, 5389
>>Auditor General Act (amdt.)(Bill C-83), 16569-70, 16747-51
>>Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (amdt.--order of discharge)(Bill C-323), 11995-6, 17457-60, 17465
>>Borrowing Authority Act, 1995-96 (Bill C-73), 10962, 10964
>>British Columbia, 2560, 2562
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. for approval (P. Martin), 2115-8
>>Budget, Feb. 27/94, 10962-3
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17), 2806, 3090-2
>>Canada Assistance Plan, 3091
>>Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, S.O. 31, 15339
>>Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 13187
>>Canadian Human Rights Act, 553
>>Capital punishment, M. (White), 14675-7
>>Children, o.q., 5306-7
>>Consumers Paper Corporation, S.O. 31, 1550
>>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-7), 3214-6
>>Court Challenges Program, 2116-7
>>Crime, 2418, 3739, 4881, 4884, 5879, 5882, 6522-3, 6525-6
>>>o.q., 2933-4, 7731-2
>>Criminal Code, 1298-9, 5877-9, 5881-2
>>>S.O. 31, 11340
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--arrest without warrant)(Bill C-343), 16211
>>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-226), 7266-8
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--force) and Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (amdt.--force)(Bill C-8), 1298-300, 3323
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--prostitution)(Bill C-304), 9829
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 5877-82, 13823-5
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--voluntary intoxication)(Bill C-305), 9829
>>Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1994 (Bill C-42), 6522-6, 9011-2
>>Crown Liability and Proceedings Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4), 953
>>Dangerous offenders, 5882
>>Deaths, 9364
>>Deficit, 13187
>>>S.O. 31, 10607
>>Divorce Act (amdt.--granting of access to, or custody of, a child to a grandparent)(Bill C-232), 12221-2
>>Dollar, exchange rate, 2117
>>Drug trafficking, 3214-6
>>Economy, 3091
>>Education, 3092
>>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995 (Bill C-69), 13897-8
>>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18), 2560-2
>>Environment, 16569, 16747-50
>>>o.q., 15925, 15974
>>>Statement by Minister (Copps), 13186-7
>>Euthanasia, petitions, 7278, 8351, 9661, 9956
>>Fiscal policy, 2115, 2118
>>Fisheries, 3323
>>Foreign investment, 2117
>>Freight rates, 3091
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 14144-8, 14150-1, 14160-2, 14758-9, 14858-60, 16047, 16378-81, 16862-4
>>>o.q., 11761, 12253, 12844, 15704
>>>S.O. 31, 14012
>>Government appointments, S.O. 31, 9465
>>Government expenditures, 2116-7
>>>Petitions, 11198, 12603
>>Government programs and services, 2117, 10964
>>Grain transportation, 3091
>>Griffiths, Frank A., S.O. 31, 3325
>>Gun control/guns, 5882, 9363-4
>>>o.q., 5520, 9064
>>>Petition, 8351
>>Habitat Canada, S.O. 31, 15339
>>Hazardous waste, 13187
>>Health care, M. on supply (Manning), 11855
>>House of Commons, 553
>>Hyack Festival, S.O. 31, 12834
>>Impaired driving, 6524
>>Income tax, S.O. 31, 1419
>>Irving Whale, 14859
>>>o.q., 14648, 14996, 16741
>>Job creation, S.O. 31, 2036
>>Justice system, 4234-5, 4237-8, 4882, 5879-82, 6522-4, 13823-4
>>>M. on supply (Meredith), 2418-20
>>>o.q., 5580, 7185
>>>qu., 9208
>>Lacrosse, S.O. 31, 5891-2, 8114
>>Legal Education and Action Fund, qu., 3711
>>Libel, 5881
>>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-94), 14144-8, 14160-2, 14758-9, 14858-60, 16047, 16378-81, 16862-4
>>Municipal infrastructure, M. (Gilmour), 14303-5
>>Murder, 3739, 4881, 7267
>>Murderers, 7267-8
>>NAFTA, 953
>>National debt, 2117, 10963
>>>S.O. 31, 4199-200
>>National Housing Act (amdt.)(Bill C-108), 17608
>>National identity, 5877, 5882
>>National Parole Board, o.q., 4056, 4203-4
>>National Police Week, S.O. 31, 12591
>>National security, statement by Minister (H. Gray), 2865-7
>>New Westminster--Burnaby constituency, 552, 2560
>>Offenders, 16211
>>Parole, 5881, 7266-8, 13824-5
>>>o.q., 2933-4, 7185
>>PCBs, 16569-70, 16748
>>Peacekeeping, 3092
>>Pearson International Airport, o.q., 494
>>Penitentiaries, 3323
>>>o.q., 7185
>>Police, 1298-300, 3323, 6524
>>Procedure
>>>Oral questions, 16741
>>>Private Members' Motions, 14677
>>>Question and comment period, 5449
>>Protection of Personal Information Obtained by Certain Corporations Act (Bill C-315), 17616-7
>>Public office holders, 5881
>>Public Service, 2806, 3091
>>>S.O. 31, 10947
>>Radio stations, S.O. 31, 4857-8
>>RCMP, 2117, 2806
>>>o.q., 5213
>>>S.O. 31, 12591
>>References
>>>Maiden speech, 552
>>>See also Reform Party--Justice critic--Membership recruiting
>>Reform Party, 3091-2
>>Regional differences, 3092
>>Research and development, 2116
>>RRSPs, S.O. 31, 1419
>>Salmon, 13187
>>Same-sex couples, petitions, 9661, 10082, 11997-8, 12603
>>Sexual assault
>>>o.q., 6985
>>>S.O. 31, 7502
>>Sexual offenders, 5882
>>Sexual orientation, 13823-4
>>>Petitions, 9661, 9695, 9956, 10082, 11997-8, 12603
>>Social security system, 3092
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 6726-8, 6732
>>Special interest groups, 2117
>>Taxation, petition, 10082
>>Television, cable, S.O. 31, 14311
>>Terrorism, 2866
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 552-3
>>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, S.O. 31, 1793
>>Trade, 3092
>>Unemployment, 2116
>>Unemployment insurance, 3091
>>Women
>>>M. (Finestone), 8717-20
>>>S.O. 31, 17274
>>World Pipe Band Championships, S.O. 31, 17434
>>Young offenders, 552-3, 2420, 3738-9, 4881-6, 5385-6, 5389, 5443, 9839-41, 9845, 9961, 9965
>>>M., 4234-8, 4246
>>>o.q., 4277, 4774, 5580, 5662-3
>>Young Offenders Act, 552-3, 2418-20, 3738-40, 4234-8, 4246, 4885-6, 5385, 5389, 5452, 9838-9, 9967, 13187
>>>o.q., 4277, 4774, 4828, 7229-30
>>>S.O. 31, 6132-3
>>Young Offenders Act (amdt.) and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 4881-6, 5385-6, 5389, 5443, 5449, 5452, 9479-80, 9838-42, 9845, 9961, 9965, 9967
>>Young Offenders Act, Contraventions Act and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-217), 3738-40
>>Youth, 4234