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The Hansard Index is the key to information about what is said by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons during the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. The subject entries will either provide reference to a page number or, a combination of page number followed by the issue sitting number and time checks in the daily Hansard.

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Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for United Nations Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-300)--Frazer

    >>First reading, 3566
    >>Second reading, 6637-45, 7547-63, agreed to, 7553
    >>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on the Order Paper, 6645
    >>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 7553
    >>>Reported, with amdts., 9133
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 9235
    >>Third reading, agreed to, passed, 9235
    >>Royal Assent, 10252. Chap. 31, S.C. 1997
    >>See also Peacekeeping--Canadian role

Canadian War Museum

    >>Canadian Corps of Commissionaires, security services contract, government terminating, veterans, job loss,
    >>>o.q., 8736
    >>>S.O. 31, 3123

Canadian Wheat Board

    >>Abolition, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1999 round, o.q., 4635
    >>Access to Information Act
    >>>Applying to, 188
    >>>>See also Access to Information Act (amdt,)(Bill C-211)
    >>>Not applicable, 8242
    >>Accountability
    >>>Lack, 8243-5
    >>>o.q., 644, 7086
    >>>Parliament/producers, to, 8235-6, 10149-50, 10153-4
    >>>S.O. 31, 5364
    >>Audits
    >>>Auditor General conducting, authorization, legislation, 188, 3666-74
    >>>>o.q., 644
    >>>>S.O. 31, 523
    >>>Auditor General not auditing, 8243-4, 8250
    >>>Deficiencies, 1992 Deloitte & Touche audit report
    >>>>o.q., 644, 715, 825-6
    >>>>qu., 2951-3
    >>>See also Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.--audit)(Bill C-212)
    >>Authority, Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge, Federal Court of Canada hearing, Goodale proposing amendments to Canadian Wheat Board Act before court decision, o.q., 7521
    >>Authority, reduction
    >>>Legislation, 3948-53
    >>>United States pressures, 1083
    >>>See also Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34)
    >>Board of Directors
    >>>Government dismissal powers, 8239, 8242, 10150
    >>>Government providing directions to, 8239, 8252, 10152-3
    >>>Powers, 10154
    >>>Producers electing majority, etc., 8235-44, 8246-7, 8249-50, 9857-8, 9897, 10149, 10151-2, 10154-6
    >>>>o.q., 7086
    >>Board of Directors, officers, employees, government indemnifying against civil or criminal actions, etc., 8242-4, 8249-50, 8254-5, 10152-4
    >>Carlson, Robert, United States National Farmers Union, position, 10154-5
    >>Chairman/President/Chief Executive Officer, government appointing, 8238, 8242, 8246-7, 10149
    >>Commissioners, salaries, benefits, severance packages, etc., 7451, 8244, 9866, 9876, 10155
    >>Contingency funds, utilizing, 8236, 8248
    >>Credit rating, 8235
    >>Debts, liabilities owed, foreign sales, qu., 7587-8
    >>Establishment in 1930s, necessity, 10150
    >>Flexibility, increasing, 8236-7, 8240, 8248-9
    >>Goodale, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, destroying, 8250
    >>Government guaranteeing borrowings, initial payments, credit grain sales, etc., 8235-6, 8240, 8248
    >>Government support, importance, 8246
    >>Mandate
    >>>Changing, procedures, producer vote, etc., 8236, 8239
    >>>Western Grain Marketing Panel report, o.q., 4228-9
    >>Mixed enterprise corporation, establishing as, 8235-6
    >>Modernizing, legislation, Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72), 9440
    >>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister powers, increasing, 8249, 8251-2, 9859, 10149, 10154
    >>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee study prior to second reading, 8235-6, 8238, 8243-4, 8245-6, 8250-3, 9869, 10149, 10151
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 10152
    >>>Business environment changes, etc., factor, 8239-40, 8246
    >>>Canada Grain Commission powers, 10154
    >>>Canadian Wheat Board Avisory Commitee not consulted, 8246
    >>>Changes, necessity, 8238-9, 10151-2
    >>>Delay, 8249-50, 10149
    >>>Grain producers positions, 8235, 8237-8, 8240-2, 8247-9
    >>>Hill, J., questionnaire, Canadian Wheat Board refusal to provide mailing list, etc., 9864-5, 9897-8
    >>>Overview, 8235-6
    >>>Passage, unlikely, 10149-50, 10153, 10155-6
    >>>Provinces, binding on, lack of consultation, 10149, 10152
    >>>Quebec interests, relationship, 8236-7, 8241
    >>>Reform Party position, 10149, 10152-3
    >>>Western Grain Marketing Panel review, relationship, 8235, 8238, 8240-1, 8247, 8249-50, 8252, 10152-3, 10156
    >>>Withdrawing, 8246
    >>>See also Canadian Wheat Board passim; Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72)
    >>Payments to farmers, delay, 3960
    >>Reform Party position, 8239, 8244, 10150
    >>Restructuring, 5921
    >>Role, benefits, 3961-2, 6287
    >>Secrecy, 9864-6, 9869, 10155
    >>>Canadian Security Intelligence Service, comparison, 8243-5
    >>United States unfair trading practices charge, 8246
    >>See also Agricultural products--Cash advances; Grain--Value added products; Grain marketing; Grain transportation

Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.--audit)(Bill C-212)--Hoeppner

    >>First reading, 188-9
    >>Second reading, 3666-74
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 3674
    >>See also Canadian Wheat Board--Audits

Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72)--Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Goodale)

    >>First reading, 7000
    >>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee referral forthwith, prior to second reading
    >>>Notice, 7000
    >>>M. (Goodale), 8234-55, agreed to, on recorded divisions, 8342-3
    >>>Reported, with amdts., 9804
    >>Report stage, 10148-56
    >>>Motions (Hermanson), 10148-9
    >>See also Canadian Wheat Board--Modernizing

Canadian Wheat Board Advisory Committee see Canadian Wheat Board--Modernizing

Canadian Women in Communication see Official languages policy/bilingualism

Canadian Youth Services Corps

    >>Liberal government (Chrétien) election promise, "red book", 5824

Canadians

    >>Compassion, generosity, award recognizing, Throne Speech proposal, 1
    >>Definition, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewing Canadians, 6022
    >>See also Hong Kong--Chinese takeover in 1997

Canadians Against Violence Everywhere Advocating its Termination (CAVEAT) see Victims of crime--Government measures

Canals

    >>Lachine Canal, repairs, renovations, reopening, S.O. 31, 9740

CANARIE Inc. (Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research and Education) see Information highway

CANATOM see Nuclear reactors--CANDU

Cancer see Health

CANDU-6 reactor see Nuclear reactors

Caning see Hanger--References

Cannabis

Cannis, John (L--Scarborough Centre)

    >>Banks, S.O. 31, 3862
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 434
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9164, 9179-83
    >>Canada Pension Plan, 9181-3
    >>Canadian Tourism Commission, 9180
    >>Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--rehabilitation programs)(Bill C-296), 3386, 8165-8
    >>Credit cards, S.O. 31, 6658
    >>Crime
    >>>Petitions, 3566, 4678
    >>>S.O. 31, 4627
    >>Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205), 3237-8
    >>Cyprus
    >>>M. (Bakopanos), 3897-8
    >>>o.q., 9938
    >>>S.O. 31, 2429
    >>Deficit, 434
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7303
    >>Exports, o.q., 2614
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels
    >>>Petition, 6257
    >>>S.O. 31, 1885-6
    >>Greek Independence Day, S.O. 31, 9269-70
    >>Greek Orthodox Church of Canada, S.O. 31, 4977
    >>Health care system, 9181-2
    >>Immigration/immigrants, M., 2587-90, 2594
    >>Impaired driving, S.O. 31, 420
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), M. on supply (Solberg), 3177, 3222
    >>Mortgage loans, 9180
    >>National debt, 434
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 7878
    >>Nisga'a land claim, S.O. 31, 1284
    >>Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia), S.O. 31, 4794
    >>Parole, 3386
    >>>M. on supply (Ramsay), 8860, 8864
    >>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 7645, 7648
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 1874
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 7648, 7716
    >>>Members, 7648
    >>>Speeches, 9181
    >>References see Stinson--References
    >>Scarborough, Ont., S.O. 31, 3554
    >>Small and medium business, 9179-80
    >>Stinson, references, 7645, 7648
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 113-5, 120
    >>Violence, S.O. 31, 8899

Cannon, Joe see Sex offenders

Canoe museum see Infrastructure program--Projects

Canola see Grain marketing--Canadian Wheat Board monopoly, Crops

CANPASS see Air transportation--Canada-United States travel; Border, Canada-United States--Shared border accord of 1995;

CanSave Children Award see Children

Cantin, Florent see Murderers

Canuel, René (BQ--Matapédia--Matane)

    >>Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, 3761-2
    >>>o.q., 3127-8
    >>Broadcasting, petition, 369
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1563-4, 1567-8
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9187, 9191, 9197, 9200-2
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 10075, 10083-4
    >>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6620-1
    >>Canadian Coast Guard, o.q., 2564
    >>Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, 3759-60
    >>Child support payments, 6203
    >>Competition Act (amdt.--gasoline pricing)(Bill C-267), 5131-3
    >>Culture/arts, S.O. 31, 6785
    >>Deficit, 10083
    >>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 6302-3
    >>Eastern Quebec Development Plan, 334-5
    >>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Strahl), 755-7, 770-1, 780, 782, 787
    >>Elections, 6620-1
    >>Electoral boundaries, 6620
    >>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 31, 5284
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2263-4, 2621-2
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7760-1
    >>Fisheries and Oceans Department, o.q., 1710-1
    >>Fisheries, o.q., 2011, 2614, 4750, 8657
    >>Forestry, S.O. 31, 2603
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7760-1, 10083
    >>Government expenditures, 9187
    >>Grain marketing, M. on supply (Hermanson), 4114
    >>Hydro-electric power, 756-7, 770-1, 782, 787
    >>Infrastructure program, 335
    >>Job creation, 7760-1
    >>Nuclear energy, 3760-1, 8025-6
    >>Nuclear reactors, 8026
    >>Nuclear Safety and Control Act (Bill C-23), 3759-62, 8025-7
    >>Nuclear weapons, 8026
    >>Petrochemical industry, 7761
    >>Political parties, 10083-4
    >>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4642
    >>Private family trusts, 10083
    >>Procedure, question and comment period, 10077
    >>Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236), 5087-8
    >>Rail transportation/railways, o.q., 5114, 5422
    >>Research and development, 7761
    >>>M. on supply (Suzanne Tremblay), 3509-10
    >>Rural Canada, 9197
    >>Senate, M. on supply (Gilmour), 3098
    >>Throne Speech, 3098
    >>>Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 143, 147-8, 161-2, 334
    >>Tourist industry, S.O. 31, 9739
    >>Underground economy, 7760-1
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2263-4, 2621-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 176, 638

CANUSA Foods Limited

    >>Creation, merger of Mountain View Packers and Tri-Winner Irving Acres Inc., job creation, etc., S.O. 31, 1654
    >>Potato processing plant, Centreville, N.B., construction, 6285

CanWorkNet see Employment

CAPC see Community Action Program for Children

Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO)

    >>Coal mining, production increase, maintaining jobs, Health Minister Dingwall election commitment, S.O. 31, 2135
    >>Labour-management relations, S.O. 31, 1541
    >>Privatization, lay-offs, 1541
    >>>o.q., 1551
    >>Senate hearings, 2490
    >>See also Mining industry--Donkin mine site

Cape Town, South Africa see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Conference of Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers

Capital access see Small and medium business

Capital gains tax

    >>$100,000 exemption, elimination, 4757
    >>>o.q., 7709
    >>Loop-holes, elimination, o.q., 5680-1
    >>Property/assets, transfer out of country, new regulations, implementation, legislation, o.q., 5958, 6131
    >>Property/assets, transfer out of country, not subject to taxation, 1985 and 1991 National Revenue Department rulings, 4719-21, 4730-1, 4775
    >>>Auditor General report, 2996-8, 3015-6, 4563, 4567, 4569, 4758, 4992
    >>>Canadian residents use, 4728-9, 4731
    >>>Disallowance, closing loophole, legislation, 4730, 4732-3
    >>>Domestic assets, inclusion/exculsion, 9226
    >>>Emigrants moving abroad, 4563-4, 4729, 4732, 4738, 4757-8, 4766-7, 4992-4
    >>>>o.q., 4557, 5056-7, 7143, 7191-2
    >>>Finance Standing Committee review
    >>>>Chairman Peterson statements, 4732-3, 4766
    >>>>Recommendations, 4738, 4740, 4758, 4766-7
    >>>Interest charges, o.q., 7143
    >>>Loop-hole, closing, 4766, 4776
    >>>>o.q., 7034
    >>>Moritorium on similar rulings, 4739, 4761, 4766-7, 4773, 4776
    >>>Non-residents Canadians, 4758, 4766
    >>>o.q., 2609-10, 2887-8, 2938-9
    >>>Revenue loss, potential, 4739, 4766-7
    >>>Statement by Minister (P. Martin), 4992-4
    >>>Subject to taxation, Finance Standing Committee recommendation, implementation, 4992
    >>>Trust funds, tax deferral, guarantee posting equal to amount of tax owed, o.q., 7034
    >>Purchase-sale of asset, profit basis for taxation, inflation factor not calculated in formula, 891
    >>Reducing to 37.5%, Reform Party proposal, 5861, 5867, 6276, 7409
    >>See also Private family trusts--$2 billion assets leaving country; Small and medium business; Universities/colleges--Endowments

Capital punishment

Car Allocation Policy Group see Grain transportation--Grain hopper cars

Carbon dioxide emmissions see Air pollution

Cardinal, Harold see Indian Act--Oppressive

Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) see Health

Cardiovascular disease see Health

Cardoso, Fernando Henrique see Brazil

Cardozo, Len

    >>Death, tribute, S.O. 31, 2752

CARE Canada see Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role

Caregivers

Caribbean

    >>Canadian role, 88-9
    >>See also Child Sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Canadian child assaulted Trade--Cuba

Cariboo--Chilcotin constituency see Bridges--Rudy`s Bridge

CARICOM see Trade--Cuba

Carl Bertelsmann Foundation see Schools--Sinclair Secondary School

Carleton County Court House, Upper Woodstock, N.B. see Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments

Carleton County Historical Society see Heritage buildings--Carleton County Court House

Carlson, Robert se Canadian Wheat Board

Caron, André (BQ--Jonquière; deceased January 10, 1997)

    >>Air transportation, o.q., 5113
    >>Budget 1996 (Mar. 6/96), 6014
    >>Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--maritime liability)(Bill C-58), 5213-4
    >>Canadian Airlines International, o.q., 6189, 6261, 6313-4
    >>Canadian Coast Guard, 5214
    >>Consumer Protection Office, o.q., 6009
    >>Deficit, 6014-5
    >>Economic conditions, 6015-6
    >>Economic development/renewal, 6015-6
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5410-2
    >>Government, 6014, 6286
    >>Government programs and services, 6014
    >>Health care system, 5973
    >>Human Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Act (Bill C-47), 5973, 5976
    >>Irving Whale, 5214
    >>Job creation, 6014, 6286
    >>Laterrière, Que., S.O. 31, 5364
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5410-2
    >>Marine transport, 5213-4
    >>Private family trusts, 6015
    >>References
    >>>Absence, return, S.O. 31, 3631
    >>>Death, tributes, 7581-3
    >>>>S.O., 31, 7570
    >>>See also House of Commons vacancies--Joncquière
    >>Reproductive technologies, 5973, 5976
    >>Taxation, 6015
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 5999, 6014-6, 6286
    >>Unemployment, 6015
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 6015
    >>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 5414