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E-filing see Income tax returns

E-H 101 helicopters see Defence equipment--Helicopters

E-mail see Air navigation services--Commercialization, Notices; Martin. P.--References

Eagle feather see House of Commons--Public gallery

Eagleson, Alan

    >>Former National Hockey League Players Association head, United States racketeering and embezzlement charges, government investigation, Rich Winter, private citizen, role, S.O. 31, 177

Early departure incentive see Public Service--Reduction

Early retirement see Public Service--Reduction

Earth Day see Environment

Earthquakes see Armenia; Iran

East Africa see Trade

East Montreal see Oil refineries

East Timor

    >>Indonesian occupation, human rights violations, etc., 1816
    >>>Arms/defence equipment exports to Indonesia, 3986
    >>>>o.q., 3210
    >>>Nobel Prize winners Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes and José Ramos-Horta concerns, etc., S.O. 31, 5474-5, 5555-6
    >>>Petition, 2525
    >>See also Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Group; Trade

Easter, Wayne (L--Malpeque)

    >>Agricultural products, 846
    >>>o.q., 2309
    >>Agriculture, 846, 3962, 6222
    >>>o.q., 5886
    >>Bridges, S.O. 31, 4934
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill), 4534-5
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 845-7
    >>Canada Post Corporation, S.O. 31, 523
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, S.O. 31, 7779
    >>Canadian Wheat Board, 3961-2
    >>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72), 10154-5
    >>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, S.O. 31, 7459-60
    >>Child tax benefit, 845
    >>Children, S.O. 31, 8131
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5844
    >>Dairy products, petition, 4089
    >>Deficit, 845-6
    >>Discrimination and racism, o.q., 5426
    >>Economic development/renewal, 846
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2231-2, 2325-6, 2390-1, 2600-2, 2627-8, 2744-6, 2765
    >>Employment Insurance, o.q., 6265
    >>Exports, 846
    >>Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38), 3961-3
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, o.q., 9024
    >>Freight rates, 846-7
    >>Grain marketing, 3962, 10154
    >>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 4095-6, 4113
    >>Grain transportation, 846
    >>>M. for Papers, 5612
    >>>qu., 3045
    >>Gross Domestic Product, 846
    >>Health, petition, 2615-6
    >>Hogs, o.q., 5293
    >>Irving Whale, S.O. 31, 4550
    >>Job creation, 847
    >>National Farmers Union, S.O. 31, 1656
    >>National Parks, S.O. 31, 4665
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 9739
    >>Pay equity, 8829
    >>PEI Potato Board, 6222
    >>Pest Management Review Agency, 6222
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 4964
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 5844
    >>>Members' remarks, 4310, 8426
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 4310
    >>Rural Canada, 845-6
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 153
    >>Tourism, 845
    >>>o.q., 3874
    >>Training programs, 2390-1
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 846
    >>Unemployment, 845
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2325, 2390-1, 2600-2, 2627-8, 2744-6, 2765
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 847

Eastern Canada see National Revenue Department--Appeal centre

Eastern Europe see North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Membership

Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre see Health care--Nova Scotia

Eastern Passage, N.S. see Oil refineries--Ultramar Canada

Eastern Quebec Development Plan

Eastglen High School see Crime prevention--Partners for Youth

École L'Odyssée see Schools

École nationale d'aérotechnique see Schools

École Polytechnique see Violence--Women

Ecologically sensitive land see Environment

Economic and Regional Development Agreements see Economic development/renewal--Quebec

Economic and social conditions see Aboriginal peoples; Amerindians; Crime; Developing countries; Human rights; Indians/First Nations--Powers; International security; Violence--Women; Women

Economic and social union see Canada

Economic conditions

    >>Budget 1996 masking situation, 1483-4
    >>Canadians concerns, uncertainty, 10085
    >>Decline since 1970s under Liberal and Progressive Conservative governments, Reform Party alternative, S.O. 31, 9877
    >>Decline under Liberal government (Chrétien), 6288
    >>>o..q, 7885, 8084-5, 9648-9, 9989-90
    >>Improvements
    >>>Indicators, 378, 1479
    >>>Liberal government (Chrétien) initiatives, impact
    >>>>o.q., 8390
    >>>>S.O. 31, 8441
    >>International comparison, o.q., 8085
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien) misrepresenting, 9632, 10090, 10093-4
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, 1438, 1477, 1507, 4384, 7397
    >>Lower Laurentian Region, Que., S.O. 31, 5283
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty threat, 1995 referendum close vote, etc, 335-6, 348, 350, 4384-5 , 6015-6, 6254, 6279-80, 9142, 9246
    >>>Chile, comparison, 350
    >>>o.q., 2711
    >>>Real estate values, 9142
    >>>S.O. 31, 4743, 5239, 5286
    >>Recession, continuing, public opinion, 811, 6255
    >>Taxation policies, impact, S.O. 31, 7653
    >>York North constituency town hall meeting, S.O. 31, 8773-4
    >>See also Bankruptcy and insolvency; Federalism; Job creation

Economic development/renewal

    >>Abbotsford air show, role, 9953
    >>Alberta, balanced budget approach, S.O. 31, 31
    >>Asbestos region, Que., S.O. 31, 580
    >>Atlantic provinces, 846, 7396
    >>>S.O. 31, 6126-7
    >>>User fees, ceiling, o.q., 7787
    >>Banks, profitable corporations, role, S.O. 31, 32
    >>British Columbia, tiger of the Pacific Rim, S.O. 31, 6363
    >>Brome-Missisquoi constituency, S.O. 31, 7079
    >>Bromptonville, Que., initiatives, S.O. 31, 758
    >>Budget 1996 measures, government strategy, impact, 372-3, 405-6, 412, 437, 440-1, 810, 7246
    >>>o.q., 425
    >>Budget 1997 measures, o.q., 9019
    >>>See also Economic development/renewal--Government strategy--Rural Canada
    >>Business contacts, development, international matchmaking session, Société de développement économique de Roussillon organizing, S.O. 31, 4015-6
    >>Consumer confidence, need, 7260
    >>Deficit reduction, impact, 1518
    >>Deflation, impact, 7227
    >>des Moulins region, Que., Lise Brouillette, winner, 1996 Prix Professionnelle en développement économiqu du Québec, tribute, S.O. 31, 6123
    >>Drummondville, Que. initiatives, S.O. 31, 1884
    >>Elliot Lake, Ont., S.O. 31, 6853
    >>Environmental concerns, barriers, income tax changes, relationship, 380
    >>Exports, role, 8346-7
    >>Federal-provincial-municipal co-operation, requirement, 347
    >>Finance Standing Committee report, recommendations, 7400
    >>First Ministers' Conference, enhancing process, S.O. 31, 4017
    >>Framework laws, 3030
    >>Funds, $350,000 grant, Placentia, Nfld., Payne threat to withhold/withdraw funds unless surplus firetrucks sold to other community at minimal cost, Ethics Counsellor investigation, request, o.q., 4458
    >>Gaspé region, $150,000 FORD-Q grant, S.O. 31, 7079
    >>Government grants, S.O. 31, 1886-7
    >>Government policy, priority, o.q., 36
    >>Government recovery program, S.O. 31, 7382
    >>Government role, 372
    >>>Redefining, o.q., 3636
    >>Government strategy, Budget 1997 statement, 8298
    >>Hamilton, Ont. region, Canada Community Investment Program, S.O. 31, 6442
    >>Hastings--Frontenac--Lennox and Addington constituency, S.O. 31, 6658-9
    >>High technology industries, foreign investment, Partners for Investment in Canada Bureau, role, S.O. 31, 5106
    >>Interest rate decline, impact, 7399
    >>Investor confidence, 3024
    >>Labrador
    >>>Funding, priorities, 416, 782-3, 788-9
    >>>>See also Economic development/renewal--Regional agencies, Funded projects
    >>>Government neglect, condemning, 751-3, 776, 780-1, 784
    >>>>M. on supply (Strahl), 749-57, 770-89, negatived, on recorded division, 858-9
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien) record, 437, 809, 7263, 9539
    >>>Failure, 7273-4
    >>Liberal Party "red book" election promises, implementation, 20-1
    >>>o.q., 40
    >>Lotbinière investment association role, S.O. 31, 636
    >>Mimico-by-the-Lake Business Association, role, S.O. 31, 6902
    >>Mismanagement, Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, o.q., 5882, 5884
    >>Montreal, Que., 1519
    >>>Business opportunity fair, southwest Montreal, S.O. 31, 5880-1
    >>>Employment insurance, reforms, impact, 5659-60, 5693
    >>>Government action, lack, S.O. 31, 1286
    >>>Government initiatives, o.q., 5683
    >>>Government support, Prime Minister Chrétien speech outlining, o.q., 5597-8, 5601, 6005
    >>>Joint Action Committee, establishing, Liberal "red book" election promise, o.q., 5683
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 5646-75, 5687-705, negatived, on recorded division, 5872-3
    >>>>Amdt. (Duceppe), 5649, negatived, on recorded division, 5872
    >>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Ménard), 5662, negatived, on recorded division, 5871-2
    >>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (S. Harper), 5656, not receivable, 5659
    >>>Montreal International, role, S.O. 31, 6363, 6557
    >>>Montréal-Nord Corporation de développement économique et communautaire and Montréal-Nord Chamber of Commerce roles, 9635
    >>>o.q., 8508-9
    >>>Quebec separation/sovereignty threat factor, 292, 347, 1519, 5654-7, 5663-4, 5673-5, 5703-4, 5999, 6015-6, 6020, 9254
    >>>>o.q., 5601
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4165-6, 5595-6
    >>>Sock factory, $63.7 million government expenditure, 10050
    >>>S.O. 31, 5677-8
    >>>See also Iris Inc.
    >>National Capital Region, Hull casino, role, S.O. 31, 759
    >>National debt, impact, 433
    >>New Brunswick, 7397-8
    >>>Round Table meetings, S.O. 31, 4494-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 1099
    >>New Zealand, comparisons, 3019-20, 10089-90
    >>Northern Canada, alabaster deposits, Victoria Island, discovery, Natural Resources Department role, o.q., 6908
    >>One agency, reporting through one minister, accountable to public, using national standards, Reform Party position, 417
    >>Outaouais region, Que., Quebec cabinet minister Simard statement, S.O. 31, 6126
    >>Programs, amalgamation, 437
    >>Quebec, 7250-1, 9246-7
    >>>Coastal Quebec program for the North Shore, $13.5 million, 8964
    >>>Community Futures Development Corporations, competition with Quebec government regional development corporations, 8958, 8965
    >>>Department of Industry Act (Bill C-46)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), relationship, 8972
    >>>Economic and Regional Development Agreement, expiry, 8958-60, 8965, 8972-3
    >>>>o.q., 8654-5
    >>>Expansion, S.O. 31, 5593, 5803
    >>>Federal government expenditures, 9955
    >>>>Montreal, Que. and Quebec City, Que., concentrating in, 8972
    >>>Federal government strategy, 8959-60, 8962-5
    >>>Federal-provincial collaboration, Throne Speech statement, 5
    >>>>o.q., 35, 179-80
    >>>>S.O. 31, 310
    >>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction factor, 8958-60, 8965-6, 8970-3
    >>>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, relationship, 8970, 8974-5
    >>>Federalism, failure, 8970, 8974
    >>>Foreign investors, confidence, S.O. 31, 6257
    >>>Investor confidence, 4777
    >>>M. on supply (Rocheleau), 8958-76, negatived, on recorded division, 8975-6
    >>>Manley, Industry Minister, responsibility, 8972
    >>>Quebec separation/sovereignty threat factor, 9254
    >>>Socio-economic Summit, S.O. 31, 5880, 6124, 6126
    >>>Transportation, relationship, 8974
    >>>Wholesale and retail sales industry, role, S.O. 31, 1705
    >>>See also Economic development/renewal passim Federal Office of Regional Development--Quebec
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty threat factor, 1533-5
    >>Regional
    >>>Federal government cut-backs, 8966
    >>>Government policies, 1516
    >>>See also Government contracts--Procurement process; Research and development; Transportation
    >>Regional agencies
    >>>Accountability, lack, 416-7
    >>>Client confidentiality, 416-7
    >>>Co-operation with Industry Department sectors and Business Development Bank of Canada, o.q., 7315
    >>>Elimination, Reform Party position, 416-7
    >>>Expenditures, increase/decrease, 9951-2
    >>>>o.q., 9172
    >>>Funded projects, failure-success rates, financial losses, etc., 416-7, 9290
    >>>>Labrador, 417
    >>>Provincial agencies, duplication of services, etc., 416-7
    >>>See also Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; Economic development/renewal--Rural Canada; FedNor; Job creation; Western Economic Diversification Program
    >>Rural Canada, 378, 846, 1509-10
    >>>Agricultural Adaptation and Rural Development Fund role, 303, 333
    >>>Budget 1997 measures, 8429-30, 9539
    >>>>S.O. 31, 8386, 9445
    >>>Committee study, 2897
    >>>Community Futures Program role, 333-4
    >>>Employment insurance $300 million fund, utilizing, 333
    >>>Financial institutions roles, loans, 333
    >>>Government commitment, Throne Speech statement, 3, 286-8, 303, 332-4
    >>>Government initiatives, 8430
    >>>Growth and diversification, Farm Credit Corporation support, $50 million new capital, Budget 1997 measure, 8292
    >>>Infrastructure, tourism or high technology programs, 8292
    >>>Initiatives, Business Connections 96, Napanee, Ont., S.O. 31, 1161
    >>>Local, Saint-Germain-de-Kamouraska forum, S.O. 31, 4450
    >>>Natural Resources Standing Committee recommendations, 8955
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9014
    >>>Regional economic development agencies roles, 333-4
    >>>Throne Speech commitment, maintaining, o.q., 7786
    >>Saguenay--Lac-Sain-Jean region, Que., local initiatives, 8970
    >>Science and technology strategy, role, o.q., 590-1
    >>Slowdown, 7228
    >>Stakeholders, co-operation, encouraging, S.O. 31, 231
    >>Tax burden, impact, 7064
    >>Tax relief, $15 billion, Reform Party proposals, 7398
    >>>o.q., 5882-4
    >>>See also Job creation
    >>Team Canada trade missions, importance, S.O. 31, 8191
    >>Team Cornwall efforts, S.O. 31, 9375-6
    >>Throne speech measures
    >>>Lack, 348
    >>>See also Economic development/renewal--Quebec--Rural Canada
    >>Trois-Rivières constituency, $7 million investment since 1993, 8960
    >>Western Economic Diversification Department role, 9953-4
    >>See also Casinos--St. Lawrence River

Economic forum

    >>Francophone communities within Canada, Beauce region, summer 1996, 99

Economic policies

    >>Keynesian economics, 1635-6
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), failure, S.O. 31, 9076-7
    >>Reform Party platform, government adopting, 836
    >>See also Highways and roads; Social programs

Economic renewal see Economic development/renewal

Economic Research Provincial Handbook see Economy--Growth, Projections

Economy

    >>Canadian economic union, strengthening, 56-7
    >>>Throne Speech statement, 5, 299
    >>Central Intelligence Agency analysis, 802-3
    >>Centralizing in Ontario, 1609
    >>Competitiveness, 9252
    >>>Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, impact
    >>>>o.q., 5478
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3199
    >>Consumer spending driven, 7285
    >>Economic miracle of western world, European Union position, etc., 10083
    >>Exports sector, importance, 379, 5337-8
    >>Federal government role, redefining, 1536
    >>Future confidence, 8290-1
    >>Future, worries and anxieties, eliminating, Budget 1996 role, 372, 381, 399, 403-4, 461-2
    >>>o.q., 425
    >>G-7 countries, comparison
    >>>o.q., 7464
    >>>See also Economy--Growth
    >>Government role, defining, 9921
    >>Growth, 4775, 7400, 8290, 8797, 9523, 9535
    >>>1%, 6255
    >>>2.5% for 1996, Budget 1996 statement, 812
    >>>2.9%, International Monetary Fund projections, 2874
    >>>>S.O. 31, 1656-7
    >>>Benefits, poor not receiving, o.q., 6367
    >>>Budget 1996 measures, impact, 1450, 1472, 1481, 1536, 1901
    >>>Business-government partnership, 8293
    >>>Canada leading, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report, 4775
    >>>>o.q., 4181
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4173
    >>>Confidence, regaining
    >>>>o.q., 8832, 9081
    >>>>S.O. 31, 7654-5
    >>>Exports, role, 5312, 7222, 9251
    >>>Forecasts
    >>>>International Monetary Fund report
    >>>>>o.q., 10115
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 10226
    >>>>Private sector, o.q., 8085
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6363-4
    >>>G-7 countries, comparison, 297, 1434, 1488, 4399-400, 5846-7, 5859, 6016, 6248, 6254, 6286, 7218, 7246, 7280-1, 8331, 8333, 10082
    >>>>o.q., 8592, 10115
    >>>Government policies, impact, 3, 4373-7, 4399
    >>>>o.q., 9990
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3863, 4337, 4934-5
    >>>Government priority, 6284, 6292
    >>>Government role, 2
    >>>Indicators, o.q., 40
    >>>Interest rate level factor, 9536
    >>>Liberal government (Chrétien) vision, 1487-9, 4368, 4373
    >>>Long-term planning, 8293
    >>>Petition, 4807, 4899-900
    >>>Projections, Economic Research Provincial Handbook, Nesbitt Burns, 4776
    >>>Quebec, S.O. 31, 4742
    >>>Regulations, burden, lessening, impact, S.O. 31, 7380
    >>>Slow pace, national debt/deficit, relationship, 802
    >>>Small and medium business role, recognition
    >>>>o.q., 9178-9
    >>>>Petition, 4714
    >>>Throne Speech, Budget 1996 proposals, 1446-7, 5993
    >>>See also Job creation; Unemployment--Economic growth
    >>Intellectual-based, rather than natural resource-based, 1795-6
    >>International comparison, 6875
    >>Knowledge-based economy, government role, Quebec, etc., 8963-4
    >>Mismanagement, Liberal governments, 1475
    >>>Accountability, 805-7
    >>Personal futures, Canadians pessimistic, Conference Board of Canada survey, o.q., 40
    >>Restructuring, government role, 8291-2
    >>Small business role, 6247
    >>>S.O. 31, 6362-3
    >>Stabilizing, government initiatives, 7254
    >>See also Bloc Québécois--Mandate; National unity--Government priority; Quebec separation/sovereignty; Underground economy; Unemployment--Level