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Consumer Price Index

    >>Increase, Goods and Services Tax, percentage, 7044

Consumer safety

    >>Products, standards, 3027-9

Consumer safety see Asbestos industry--Products

Consumers

    >>Children, Canadian marketing conference, philosophy, condemning, S.O. 31, 6853
    >>Confidence, lack, o.q., 5884
    >>Debt, increase, 8786
    >>Protection, framework laws, 3030
    >>>See also Advertising--Misleading
    >>See also Bankruptcy and insolvency; Financial institutions; Insurance industry--Federally-regulated companies

Consumers

    >>Victimization, whistle-blowers, protection, 1625
    >>>See also Competition Act (amdt.--protection of whistle-blowers)(Bill C-266)
    >>See also Corporations--Taxation

Consumers Protection Office

    >>Establishing, Finance Standing Committee recommendation, intrusion into provincial jurisdiction, 5938
    >>>Duplication of services, o.q., 6009

Contaminated sites see Hazardous waste

Contempt of Parliament see Canadian Armed Forces--Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)

Continental economic integration see Latin America--Economic conditions

Contingency funds see Canadian Wheat Board

Contingency reserve see Government expenditures

Contracting out see Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Privatization; Government programs and services

Contraventions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-16)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 491
    >>Second reading, 1407-8
    >>>Agreed to, 1408
    >>Committee of the Whole, 1408-9
    >>>Referral, instead of a standing committee, by unanimous consent, 1408
    >>>Amdt. (Kirkby), 1409, agreed to
    >>>Reported with amdt., 1409
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 1409
    >>Third reading, 1409-10
    >>>Agreed to, 1410, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 3137. Chap. 7, S.C. 1996
    >>See also Statutes of Canada--Enforcement

Controlled drugs and substances see Drug/substance abuse; Drugs and pharmaceuticals

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-7)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.)

    >>Reinstated as Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-8)
    >>See also Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-8)--Minister of Health (Dingwall)

    >>First reading, 365
    >>Deemed adopted at all stages, passed by House, by House Order, 365.
    >>Senate amdts., concurrence, 4162-7
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 4167
    >>Royal Assent, 4196, Chap. 19, S.C. 1996
    >>See also Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Controlled drugs and substances; Hemp--Industrial use

Convention on Psychotropic Substances see Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy

Cook, Gordon

    >>Death, tribute, S.O. 31, 1415

Cools, Hon. Senator Anne C. (L--Toronto Centre)

    >>References see Child support payments--Legislation, Senate amendments

Cooperative Credit Associations Act see Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-15); Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-82)

Co-operative housing see Housing

Co-operative movement see Canadian International Development Agency--Haiti projects

Co-operatives

    >>Legislation, modernizing, 5331
    >>National Co-operative Week, statement by Minister (Robichaud), 5331-2

Copps, Hon. Sheila (L--Hamilton East; Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of Canadian Heritage; resigned May 1, 1996; L--Hamilton East; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Canadian Heritage as of June 19, 1996)

    >>Aboriginal peoples, 98
    >>Artists, 9283
    >>Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-5), 9287
    >>Blood, o.q., 6663, 6747, 6750-1, 6793-5, 6907-8, 6957-8, 7035-6, 7782-3
    >>Books, 9285
    >>Broadcasting, o.q., 318, 1168, 1371, 4805, 5418, 5478-9, 5560-1
    >>Cabinet Ministers, o.q., 6312
    >>Canada Information Office, o.q., 4228, 6266, 7578-9
    >>Canada Pension Plan, o.q., 1549
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 101
    >>>o.q., 5112
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, o.q., 139, 359, 969, 1108, 1165-7, 1374-5, 4347, 4456-7, 4558-9, 4633-4, 5682, 5883, 5995, 7312-3, 7833-4, 7964-5
    >>Canadian Flag, 98
    >>>o.q., 4228, 5060-2, 5111-6, 5483, 5564-5, 7040, 8908, 8953
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, o.q., 7313, 8272
    >>Constitution, o.q., 36
    >>Copyright, o.q., 1370, 5559-60, 6963, 7970-1, 8952, 9215
    >>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 1923, 9282-4
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4462
    >>Cultural industries, 9282-3
    >>>o.q., 7833
    >>Cultural institutions, 100
    >>>o.q., 923, 5682
    >>Cultural sovereignty, o.q., 7712, 7784, 7833
    >>Culture/arts, o.q., 7838, 7840
    >>Dollar, exchange rate, o.q., 9324
    >>Duceppe, o.q., 6059
    >>Economic development/renewal, o.q., 35-6, 179-80
    >>Economic forum, 99
    >>Education, o.q., 4632, 4943
    >>Employment, o.q., 10069
    >>Employment insurance o.q., 10067
    >>Expo 2005, M., 6192
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, o.q., 35-6
    >>Film and video industry, o.q., 6911, 9023-4
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, o.q., 1106, 1369, 1766, 2139, 4633, 4669, 5247, 6562, 6660-1, 9324, 9327
    >>Goods and Services Tax, o.q., 2062, 2068
    >>Government credit cards, o.q., 6058, 6312
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, o.q., 1550
    >>Government expenditures, o.q., 10066
    >>Government grants/loans, o.q., 10067
    >>Government programs and services, o.q., 36
    >>Historic buildings, sites and mounuments, o.q., 9330-1
    >>Human rights, M., 7347-9
    >>Information highway, 98-9
    >>>o.q., 1423
    >>Innu, o.q., 185
    >>Job creation, o.q., 36, 5108-10, 7716
    >>Labour disputes, o.q., 5686
    >>Lacrosse, o.q., 1171
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), o.q., 5681
    >>Magazines, o.q., 7784
    >>Mills, B., references, 9803
    >>Museums, o.q., 4985
    >>Music, 100
    >>National parks/marine conservation areas, 99
    >>>Bank National Park, management plan, tabled, 9845
    >>>o.q., 10072
    >>National unity, o.q., 36-7
    >>Natural resources, o.q., 9331
    >>New millenium, 7348-9
    >>Newfoundland, o.q., 1107
    >>Nisga'a land claim, o.q., 1103
    >>Official Languages Commissioner, o.q., 2139-40
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, o.q., 5479-80, 6661, 9324, 9327
    >>Oil and gas pipelines, o.q., 5420
    >>Olympics, 1996 Summer Games, o.q., 9656, 9774, 9803
    >>Paralympic Games (Atlanta, Georgia), o.q., 7520-1
    >>Parks Canada, o.q., 1666, 8953
    >>Prime Ministers, o.q., 7311-2
    >>Public documents, o.q., 7782
    >>Publishing industry, o.q., 5482-3
    >>Quebec, o.q., 6056-60, 6660-1, 9323-4
    >>Quebec distinct society status, o.q., 36, 7310-2, 7519
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, o.q., 179-80, 186
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), o.q., 9272-3, 9323-4
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), o.q., 35-6
    >>Radio-Canada, o.q., 7969-70
    >>Recording industry, o.q., 6133
    >>References
    >>>Cocktail party, $65,671 expenditure, 10089
    >>>Credibility, lack, 1447
    >>>Introduction in House, 4222
    >>>Resignation, 3106, 7004-5
    >>>>o.q., 2179-80, 2248-9
    >>>Television, cable, o.q., 9486
    >>>See also Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--International service; Canadian flag--Free distribution, Reform Party; Cultural sovereignty--Protection; culture--Policy; Elections--By-election; Goods and Services Tax--Abolition/replacement; Government contracts--Awarding; Government grants/loans--Edmonton Northwest; Hazardous waste--Storage/dump sites; Job creation--Private sector; Magazines--Foreign; Members of Parliament--Certificate of election; Olympics, 1996 Summer Games--Canadian Heritage Department
    >>Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act (Bill C-78), 7423
    >>Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, 98
    >>>o.q., 180
    >>Somalia, o.q., 1420-1, 7782-3
    >>Special Olympics, o.q., 1549-50
    >>Sports, o.q., 4989, 9744
    >>Telefilm, o.q., 10068
    >>Television, cable, o.q., 4634, 4670, 4673, 4750, 4803-4, 6064, 6130-1, 9486
    >>Television, o.q., 970, 4308, 4457, 5112, 5482-3
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 97-102
    >>Tobacco industry, o.q., 6062, 6662-3, 6906
    >>United Nations, 7348-9
    >>Wildlife, o.q., 9331
    >>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-13), 1390

Copyright

Copyright Act see Criminal Code and Copyright Act)(amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205)

Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32)--Minister of Canadian Heritage (Copps)

    >>First reading, 1923
    >>Second reading, 3438-48, 3458-64
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 3664
    >>Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 3664
    >>>Reported, 7423
    >>Report stage, 8990-9013, 9025-45, 9051-8
    >>>Motions
    >>>>(Abbott), 8991, negatived, on recorded division, 9119-20; 8997, negatived, on recorded division, 9120; 9008, negatived, on recorded division, 9120; 9034, negatived, on recorded division, 9120; 9039-40; 9053-4, , negatived, on recorded division, 9120
    >>>>(Arseneault), 8990-1, agreed to, on recorded division, 9117-8, 9120; 9008, agreed to, on recorded division, 9120, 9122-3; 9034, agreed to, 9038, on recorded division, 9123-4; 9038-9, agreed to, on recorded division, 9120
    >>>>(Chamberlain), 9039-40, negatived, on recorded division, 9124-8
    >>>>(G. Leroux), 9004, negatived, on recorded division, 9120-1; 9029, negatived, on recorded division, 9121-2; 9039-40, negatived, on recorded division, 9121-2; 9054, negatived, on division, 9057, on recorded division, 9128-9
    >>Third reading, 9282-7, agreed to, on division, 9287 passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 10252. Chap. 24. S.C. 1997
    >>See also Audio and video tapes--Blanks; Books--Canadian distribution rights; Copyright--Rights--Royalties

Copyright Appeal Board see Copyright Board

Copyright Board

    >>Modernization, former Copyright Appeal Board, 8992

CORCAN see Penitentiaries

Corival construction company see Corporations--Taxation, Fraud

Corn see Grain marketing--Canadian Wheat Board monopoly, Crops--Exports, Wheat and corn

Corner Brook, Nfld. see Canada Games--1999 Winter Games

Cornwall Island see Smuggling--St. Lawrence Riverg

Cornwall, Ont. see Special Olympics--Ontario Special Olympic

Cornwallis, N.S., see Peacekeeping--Pearson International Peacekeeping Training Centre

Cornwallis Park Development Agency

    >>Board of directors, selection criteria and qualifications, o.q., 767
    >>Phillips, Mark, contracts, Liberal Party connections, o.q., 767
    >>Public inquiry, requesting, o.q., 767
    >>Verran, political interference, allegations, o.q., 767

Corporal punishment

    >>Abolished in 1976, crime rate increase since, 9613
    >>Reinstating
    >>>Petitions, 5173, 6967, 8956
    >>>Public opinion, 4261
    >>See also Children

Corporate Moving Systems see Canadian Armed Forces--Moving contracts

Corporations

    >>Canadian code of corporate citizenship, establishing, 321
    >>>S.O. 31, 635-6
    >>Directors
    >>>Appointment, qualifications, 1395-404
    >>>>See also Canada Business Corporations Act (amdt.--qualification of directors)(Bill C-204)
    >>>Fiduciary responsibilities see Bell Canada--Supplemental pension plan; Financial institutions--Executives
    >>Downsizing, tax breaks, profits, relationship, 859
    >>>o.q., 320
    >>Executive compensation, excessive, 7403-4
    >>Government subsidies
    >>>Elimination, Reform Party position, o.q., 5684
    >>>Historical background, 1795
    >>Information access see Information highway
    >>Interests, Finance Minister P. Martin defending over disadvantaged in society, 7228
    >>Profits,
    >>>Elimination of government grants, loans and subsidies, 416
    >>>Government attacking, 293
    >>>Increase, 349
    >>>>S.O. 31, 32
    >>>Job losses, lay-offs, relationship, 299-301, 320-1, 441, 2372
    >>>See also Economic development/renewal--Banks
    >>Regulations, reducing, 9633
    >>Taxation, 49-50, 6501-2, 9947
    >>>Assets abroad, disclosure, 7248
    >>>Bombardier Inc., 284, 831-2
    >>>Budget 1996 measures, lack, 831
    >>>Business debt forgiveness, rules, tightening, 7247
    >>>Business numbers, names and address information, inter-departmental exchange, Budget 1995 measure, 2994, 3016, 3021, 3937
    >>>Capital gains
    >>>>75% of profit criteria, 886
    >>>>Exemption, elimination
    >>>>>$100 million additional government revenue, 7224-5
    >>>>>Use of funds for rebates to small business for job creation performance, o.q., 6559-61
    >>>Consumers paying, 9632
    >>>Deductions, credits, exemptions, etc.
    >>>>$10 billion annual cost, 886
    >>>>Business meals, 9581
    >>>>Elimination, 859, 889
    >>>>Job creation, relationship, Bloc Québécois report recommendation, o.q., 7781-2
    >>>Deferrals and loopholes, Liberal governments creating, 8321
    >>>Deferred income tax concept, 7225, 9140, 9524-5
    >>>>o.q., 6487-8
    >>>Dividends, profits, subsidiaries, transfer to parent company, withholding tax, reduction, 4773-4
    >>>Entertainment expenses deduction, eliminating, sports stadiums box seats, 4347-8, 9580-5
    >>>>See also Income Tax Act (amdt.--entertainment expenses)(Bill C-324)
    >>>Fiscal year end, December 31, unifying, non-incorporated, professional corporations, partnerships and private holding companies, Budget 1995 measure, 2995-6, 3021, 3936
    >>>>Seasonal operations, exemption, 2995, 3936
    >>>Foreign investment, low-corporate tax attraction, S.O. 31, 5053
    >>>Fraud, Corival construction company conviction, Senator Pietro Rizzuto role, S.O. 31, 9929
    >>>G-7 countries, comparison, S.O. 31, 1950-1
    >>>Intercorporate dividends, $240 million tax expenditure, 7948
    >>>Investment income, tax deferral provisions, private holding companies, elimination, Budget 1995 measure, 2994, 3023, 3936
    >>>Large corporations tax rate, 860, 1480, 3936
    >>>>Budget 1995 measure, 2995, 3024
    >>>Loopholes, 884
    >>>>o.q., 6487-8, 7709-10
    >>>Minimum tax, establishing, 456, 797-8, 8321, 9532
    >>>Multinational
    >>>>Subsidiaries sending money to parent company in United States, withholding tax, reducing, 4764, 5846
    >>>>Tax reductions, Senate proposals, 6873-4
    >>>>Tax treaties, benefits, Reform Party position, 6876
    >>>New taxes, 300
    >>>No increase, Budget 1996 statement, 372-3
    >>>Overdue taxes, collection, 9535
    >>>Profits, surtax, raising from 3% to 4%, Budget 1995 measure, 2995, 3936
    >>>Rate, 889, 3018-9, 3021, 7403
    >>>>International comparisons, 9926
    >>>Regulations, tightening, o.q., 1421
    >>>Small and medium business rate, flat tax, impact, 837
    >>>System, reform, 1517, 7109, 7224-6, 9520
    >>>>Government initiatives, o.q., 7781-2, 8310-11
    >>>System, review, Bloc Québécois analysis, $3 billion additional government revenue, 7019, 7227, 7403, 7948, 8299, 8323-4, 9319-20
    >>>>o.q., 6487-8, 7709, 7781, 8310
    >>>>See also Job creation--Small and medium business
    >>>System, review, Mintz Technical Committee, appointment, Budget 1996 statement, 381-2, 406, 411, 441-2, 456, 892, 1437, 1439, 1517, 1901, 3943, 7222, 7402, 9519
    >>>>Bloc Québécois position, 887-9
    >>>>Close door meetings, members with affiliates in tax havens, 382, 397-8, 442, 456, 884-90, 1496, 3016, 3938, 3941, 9519, 9531, 9534
    >>>>>o.q., 426, 524-5, 1050
    >>>>Deploring, M. on supply (Loubier), 884-915, 927-45, negatived, on recorded division, 993-4
    >>>>Expanding to include Members of Parliament, 442, 887-90, 1437, 1439
    >>>>>o.q., 821-2
    >>>>Legislation, 890
    >>>>Liberal Party supporters, o.q., 821
    >>>>Mandate, extending to end of 1997, 9531, 9534
    >>>>Membership, 888
    >>>>Personal/individual taxation, including, 892
    >>>>Public consultation, 887-8
    >>>>Report, o.q., 6487
    >>>Tax concessions, 1538
    >>>Tax exemptions, costs, 441
    >>>Tax expenditures, $3 billion, diverting to job creation and small and medium business assistance, 10044, 10046
    >>>Tax havens, 397-8, 442, 456, 796, 884, 890, 1455, 1496, 2633, 3017, 9229, 9519
    >>>>o.q., 426
    >>>Tax losses, premature recognition, preventing, rules, 7247
    >>>Taxable profits, transfer to tax havens, evading taxes, 1455
    >>>>$60 billion per year, S.O. 31, 2704-5
    >>>>Condemning, S.O. 31, 2606
    >>>Tightening, 7247
    >>>Unemployment, relationship, 9632
    >>>See also Energy industries--Canadian renewable energy and conservation expenses deduction; Financial institutions--Large deposit taking; Job creation--Business tax system--Corporate tax rate; Mining industry--Flow-through shares--New mines; Natural resource industries--Flow-through shares; Resource allowance; Oil and gas industry--Oil sands recovery projects; Political parties--Donations; Scientific research and development tax credit; Small and medium business--Small business tax rate; Taxation
    >>See also Labour sponsored venture capital corporations; Private family trusts