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Historic sites and monuments see Bellevue House National Historic Site of Canada;Cape Spear National Historic Site of Canada;Carillon Canal National Historic Site of Canada;Carleton Martello Tower National Historic Site of Canada;Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site of Canada;Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Site of Canada;Dredge No. 4 National Historic Site of Canada;Lachine Canal Historic Site of Canada;Melanson Settlement National Historic Site of Canada;Red Bay National Historic Site of Canada;S.S. Keno National Historic Site of Canada;S.S. Klondike National Historic Site of Canada;St. Andrews Blockhouse National Historic Site of Canada

HIV/AIDS

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Blaikie), (373-0886), 407
    >>>(Catterall), (373-0369 to 373-0371), 154, deemed referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 304, gr, 359 (8545-373-37-03); (373-0832 and 373-0833), 393
    >>>(Kilgour), (373-0872), 404
    >>>(Marceau), (373-0366 and 373-0367), 154, deemed referred to Health Standing Committee, 304, gr, 359 (8545-373-65-01); (373-0811), 378
    >>>(McDonough), (373-0372), 154, deemed referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 304, gr, 359 (8545-373-65-01);(373-0640), 249, gr, 415 (8545-373-65-02)
    >>>(Neville), (373-0806), 364
    >>>(Rajotte), (373-0373 to 373-0378), 154, deemed referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 305, gr, 359 (8545-373-65-01); (373-0926), 425
    >>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (373-0745), 304; (373-0774), 330

Hockey see Junior A hockey

Holidays Act (amdt.)(Bill C-497)--O'Brien, P.

Holidays/commemorative days

    >>Period from February 1 to March 31 in each year, day designated as legal holiday see Holidays Act (amdt.)(Bill C-497)
    >>See also Da Costa, Mathieu (-1607);National Day of Prayer;Workers--Lives lost on job

Home invasion

    >>Young offenders, mandatory curfew see Youth Criminal Justice Act (amdt.--home invasion offfence)(Bill C-492)

Homelessness

    >>Toronto Disaster Relief Committee 1% solution
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Davies), (373-0620), 249, gr, 425 (8545-373-74-01)

House of Commons

    >>Adjournments
    >>>March 12, 2004 to March 22, 2004, 180
    >>>April 2, 2004 to April 19, 2004, 268
    >>>May 14, 2004 to May 25, 2004, 428
    >>Administration, documents
    >>>Report on Plans and Priorities for 2004-2005 of the House of Commons Administration, tabled, 220 (8520-373-03)
    >>Debates (Hansard), names of Special Olympics athletes, printing, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 378
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Eighteenth
    >>Membership, size limit see Constitution Act, 2004 (representation) (Bill C-486)
    >>Reform see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Twenty-first
    >>Vacancies
    >>>Charleswood St. Jame--Assiniboia (Harvard), 391
    >>>Etobicoke Centre constituency (Rock), 2
    >>>Saint-Maurice constituency (Chrétien), 2
    >>See also Board of Internal Economy

House of Commons proceedings

    >>Address of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, appending to Debates, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 119

Housing

    >>Adequate and affordable see Housing Bill of Rights Act (Bill C-509)
    >>See also Aboriginal housing;Canadian Armed Forces;Homelessness

Housing Bill of Rights Act (Bill C-509)--Davies

Hovercraft see Canadian Coast Guard--Sea Island

HST see Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

Human Resources and Skills Development Department

    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
    >>>Referred to Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee, 116

Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee

    >>Membership, 54-5, 176
    >>Reports permanently referred see Social security agreements
    >>See also Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee

Human Resources Development Department

    >>Chilliwack, BC, office closure
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Strahl), (372-2256), gr, 9 (8545-373-22-01)
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Referred to Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee, 100
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Shepherd), (373-0756), 312
    >>See also Sustainable development strategies

Human Resources Development (Social Development) Department

    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
    >>>Referred to Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee, 116

Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee

    >>Estimates referred
    >>>2003-2004, Supplementary (B)
    >>>>Human Resources Development, 100
    >>>2004-2005, Main
    >>>>Human Resources and Skills Development, 116
    >>>>Human Resources Development (Social Development), 116
    >>Name, change, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 86
    >>Reports permanently referred see Canadian Human Rights Commission;Employment Equity Act;Employment Equity Act (Labour);Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment ReportOrder in Council appointments;Social Development Department;Student financial assistance programs

Human rights see Bangladesh;Burma;Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms;Chinese Canadians;Clothing articles;Elderly persons--Abuse;Guatemala;Hate propaganda;Jaballah. Mahmoud;Penitentiary inmates--Reports;Tibet;Ukrainian Canadians

Hydrogenation see Trans fats (trans fatty acids)

I

IDS see Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)

IMETs see Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMETs)

Immigrants

    >>Deportation, Citizenship and Immigration Department backlog, Auditor General Report (2003), April, Chapter 5 see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports from 2nd Session, Twenty-fifth
    >>See also Chinese Canadians

Immigration

    >>Application queues, r.o. Q-68 (Mark), 288 (8555-373-68)
    >>Family reunification
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Davies), (373-0587 to 373-0589), 227, gr, 377 (8545-373-68-01); (373-0848), 399
    >>>>(Martin, Pat), (373-0647 and 373-0648), 249, gr, 377 (8545-373-68-01); (373-0747), 304, gr, 377 (8545-373-68-01)
    >>>>(Wasylycia-Leis), (373-0631 to 373-0634), 249, gr, 377 (8545-373-68-01); (373-0726), 287, gr, 377 (8545-373-68-01); (373-0761), 320, gr, 377 (8545-373-68-01); (373-0867 and 373-0868), 401; (373-0913), 417
    >>Relative of Canadian citizen, once-in-a-lifetime sponsorship see Immigrationand Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--spnsorship of relative)(Bill C-436)

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--sponsorship of relative)(Bill C-436)--Davies

    >>Deemed introduced and read the first time; deemed placed in the order of precedence under S.O. 86.1
    >>2nd r, 73, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 73, 327, division deferred, 327, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 64), 343-4

Immunization

    >>Provincial programs, federal funding, Budget 2004 measures
    >>>Ways and Means No. 7
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 239, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 40), 239-40
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 226 (8570-373-09)
    >>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2004 (Bill C-30)

Impact of the Plan to Strengthen Management of Government of Canada Advertising on the Official-Language Minority Media see see Official Languages Standing Committee--Reports, Third

Impaired driving see Drug-impaired driving

Improving the Supreme Court of Canada Appointments Process see Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Standing Committee--Reports, First

Income see Agriculture

Income tax

    >>Northern zone, residency deduction
    >>>Campobello Island, Deer Island, Grand Manan Island and White Head Island, NB see Income Tax Act (amdt.--Campobello Island, Deer Island, Grand Manan Island and White Head Island)(Bill C-516)
    >>>Queen Charlotte Islands see Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations (amdt.--Queen Charlotte Islands)(Bill C-523)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Fitzpatrick), (373-0700), 259, gr, 406 (8545-373-11-06)
    >>>(Vanclief), (373-0920), 421
    >>See also Adoption (children);Amateur sport;Canadian Armed Forces--Danger zones;Emergency volunteers;Fines, levies or penalties;Forestry workers;Junior A hockey;Music instruction;Pay equity;Political parties--Donations;Vitamins and supplements

Income Tax Act

    >>Legislation see Canada Elections Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-3)
    >>Section 118.2(2)(n) see Vitamins and supplements
    >>Ways and Means No. 4, notice, tabled, 202 (8570-373-03)
    >>Ways and Means No. 7
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), 239, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 40), 239-40
    >>>Notice, tabled, 226 (8570-373-09)
    >>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2004 (Bill C-30)

Income Tax Act (amdt.--amateur sport fees)(Bill C-210)--Stoffer

    >>Reinstated after prorogation under S.O. 86.1
    >>2nd r, 249-50, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 250, negatived on division, 419

Income Tax Act (amdt.--Campobello Island, Deer Island, Grand Manan Island and White Head Island)(Bill C-516)--Thompson, G

Income Tax Act (amdt.--child adoption expenses)(Bill C-246)--Hill, J.

    >>Deemed introduced, read the first time, pursuant to S.O. 86.1
    >>2nd r, 102-3, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 103, 266, division deferred, 266, further deferred, 270, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 46), 281-2
    >>Finance Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 282

Income Tax Act (amdt.--deductibility of fines)(Bill C-472)--Martin, Pat

    >>1st r, 22
    >>Improperly before House, dropped from Order Paper, 168

Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction for volunteer emergency service)(Bill C-505)--Easter

Income Tax Act (amdt.--travel expenses for a motor vehicle used by a forestry worker)(Bill C-303)--Crête

    >>Deemed introduced, read the first time, pursuant to S.O. 86.1
    >>2nd r, 169, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 169, 374-5, division deferred, 375, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 73), 384-5

Income Tax Act (amdt.--tuition credit and education credit)(Bill C-475)--Chatters

    >>1st r, 63

Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations (amdt.--public safety occupations)(Bill C-508)--Chatters

Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations (amdt.--Queen Charlotte Islands)(Bill C-523)--Burton

Income Tax Conventions Interpretation Act

    >>Ways and Means No. 6, notice, tabled, 202 (8570-373-05)

Income Tax Regulations

    >>Legislation see Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations (amdt.--public safety occupations)(Bill C-508);Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations (amdt.--Queen Charlotte Islands)(Bill C-523)

India

    >>Canadian Consul General to Chandigarh, Bhupinder Liddar, appointment
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(McDonough), (373-0809), 378

Indian Act

    >>Legislation see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-23)

Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department

    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Referred to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee, 99
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
    >>>Referred to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee, 115
    >>>See also Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources Standing Committee--Reports, Second
    >>See also Sustainable development strategies

Indian bands/reserves

    >>Riding Mountain National Park and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, withdrawal of lands for Indian reserves see Canada National Parks Act (amdt.)(Bill C-28)
    >>See also Cree of Eeyou Ischee - James Bay, QC

Indian Housing Program

    >>Transfer of responsibility to Assembly of First Nations, assessment of housing needs/subsidy increase, r.o. Q-4 (St-Julien), 185 (8555-373-4)

Industry Department

    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Referred to Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee, 100
    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
    >>>Referred to Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee, 116
    >>Quebec electoral districts, grants and contributions since 2000-2001, r.o. Q-27 (Duceppe), 215 (8555-373-27)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act;Small Business Loans Program;Sustainable development strategies

Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee

    >>Bills referred
    >>>Patent Act and Food and Drugs Act (amdt.)(The Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa)(Bill C-9), 67
    >>>Radiocommunication Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2), 89
    >>Estimates referred
    >>>2003-2004, Supplementary (B)
    >>>>Industry, 100
    >>>2004-2005, Main
    >>>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 116
    >>>>Industry, 116
    >>>>Western Economic Diversification, 116
    >>Membership, 55-6
    >>Questions on the Order Paper, deemed referred, 188
    >>Reports
    >>>First (Patent Act and Food and Drugs Act (amdt.)(The Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa)(Bill C-9)), 304 (8510-373-34)
    >>Reports from 2nd Session, 37th Parliament
    >>>Fifth (gasoline prices in Canada), (8510-372-173), gr, 258 (8512-373-173)
    >>Reports permanently referred see Canada Small Business Financing Act;Canadian Intellectual Property Office;Canadian Tourism Commission;Competition Commissioner;Copyright Board of Canada;National Research Council of Canada (NRC);Order in Council appointments;Public Officers Act

Infectious disease

    >>Prevention see Quarantine Act (Bill C-36)
    >>See also Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Generic drugs

Information Commissioner Office

    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main see Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth

Information technology see Computers;Government on-line services (Internet)

Injured Military Members Compensation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-491)--Hanger

Injured Military Members (Major Bruce Henwood) Compensation Act

    >>Legislation see Injured Military Members Compensation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-491)

Insects see Emerald ash borer

Insider trading

    >>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--capital markets fraud and evidencegathering)(Bill C-13)

Insurance see Adventure tourism industry;Members of Parliament--Retirement

Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMETs)

    >>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--capital markets fraud and evidencegathering)(Bill C-13)

Intellectual property rights see Copyright;Patents

Intellectual property rights-based-secured lending see Law Commission of Canada--Reports

Interim Report on Copyright Reform see Canadian Heritage Standing Committee--Reports, First

International agreements see Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention;Bretton Woods and Related Agreements;Social security agreements

International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
    >>>1998-2003 five-year review, 107 (8560-373-329-01)

International conflicts

    >>Canada, non-participation
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Reynolds), (373-0722), 287

International Trade Canada

    >>Estimates, 2004-2005, Main
    >>>Referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 116

International Transfer of Offenders Act (Bill C-15)--Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)(McLellan)

    >>1st r, 68-9
    >>Deemed read the second time and referred to a committee, considered in committee and reported, 69
    >>Report stage, 105
    >>>Concurrence, M. (McLellan), 105, division deferred, 105, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 13), 121-2
    >>3rd r, 306, 309-10, 314, division deferred, 314, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 57), 326-7, passed
    >>Senate passage, without amdt., 418
    >>Royal Assent, 423 (Chap. 21, S.C. 2004)

International Transfer of Offenders Act (Bill C-33)(2nd Sess., 37th Parl.)

    >>Reinstated as International Transfer of Offenders Act (Bill C-15)

Internet see Government on-line services (Internet)

Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports

    >>Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF)
    >>>Bucharest, Romania, April 15-18, 2004, 347 (8565-373-52-03)
    >>>Cayenne, French Guyana, January 21-23, 2004, 33 (8565-373-52-01)
    >>>Nouakchott, Mauritania, March 6-9, 2004, 213 (8565-373-52-02)
    >>>Vientiane, Laos, April 7-10, 2004, 347 (8565-373-52-04)
    >>Canada-China Legislative Association
    >>>Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Toronto from September 19 to 29, 2003, 416 (8565-373-68-01)
    >>Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
    >>>London, England, January 22-23, 2004 and Strasbourg, France, January 26-30, 2004, 232 (8565-373-51-03)
    >>>London, England, April 18-19, 2004, 416 (8565-373-51-05)
    >>>Rome, Italy, October 9-11, 2003, 16 (8565-373-61-01)
    >>>Strasbourg, France, November 20-21, 2003, 232 (8565-373-51-02)
    >>>Strasbourg, France, April 26-30, 2004, 416 (8565-373-51-04)
    >>>Vienna, Austria, February 19-20, 2004, 392 (8565-373-61-02)
    >>Canada-Japan Interparliamentary Group
    >>>Beijing, China, January 12-14, 2004, 253 (8565-373-57-01)
    >>>Cozumel Island, Mexico, November 13-15, 2003, 416 (8565-373-57-04)
    >>>Seoul, Korea, August 28-31, 2003, 253 (8565-373-57-02)
    >>>Tokyo, Japan, March 1-6, 2004, 253 (8565-373-57-03)
    >>Canadian Group of the Interparliamentary Union
    >>>Geneva, Switzerland, September 28 to October 3, 2003, 162 (8565-373-60-01)
    >>Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association
    >>>Brussels, Belgium, October 16, 2003, 21 (8565-373-50-01)
    >>>Orlando, Florida, November 7-11, 2003, 137 (8565-373-50-03)
    >>>Paris,, February 18-19, 2004, 387 (8565-373-50-06)
    >>>Visit of the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to Canada on October 27 and 28, 2003, 21 (8565-373-50-02)
    >>>Washington, D.C., December 8-9, 2003, 141-2 (8565-373-50-04)
    >>>Washington, D.C. and Norfolk, Virginia, January 26-30, 2004, 142 (8565-373-50-05)
    >>Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
    >>>Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 4-13, 2003, 21 (8565-373-53-01)
    >>>London, England, March 2-13, 2004, 253 (8565-373-53-02)
    >>>Strasbourg, France, September 25-October 2, 2003, 232 (8565-373-51-01)
    >>Interparliamentary Forum of the Americas