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Employment Insurance Account

    >>Management see Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--Employment Insurance Account and premium rate setting)(Bill C-357)
    >>Surplus see Employment Insurance Surplus Transfer Act (Bill C-521)
    >>See also Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund

Employment Insurance Act

    >>Legislation see Canada Labour Code and Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--family leave)(Bill C-550)
    >>Title see Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--establishment of Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund)(Bill C-480)
    >>Ways and Means No. 1
    >>>Concurrence, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 73
    >>>Notice, tabled, 67 (8570-392-01)
    >>>See also Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 (amdt.)(Bill C-12)
    >>Ways and Means No. 10
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 598, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 74), 598-9
    >>>Notice, tabled, 560 (8570-392-12)
    >>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2008 (Bill C-50)

Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--benefit period increase for regional rate of unemployment)(Bill C-479)--Godin

Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--compassionate care benefits for dependent children)(Bill C-518)--D'Amours

Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--Employment Insurance Account and premium rate setting)(Bill C-357)--Blais

    >>2nd r, after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 35-6, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 36, 204, division deferred, 204, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 17), 226-8

Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--establishment of Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund)(Bill C-480)--Godin

Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--illness of child)(Bill C-542)--Brown, G.

Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--improvement of the employment insurance system)(Bill C-269)--Deschamps

    >>3rd r, after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 12, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 98(2), 12, 246, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 79, 246

Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--qualification for and entitlement to benefits)(Bill C-265)--Godin

    >>Deemed introduced, read first time, read second time and referred to committee after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 2
    >>Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 2
    >>>Request for extension of time, 484
    >>>Report, with amdts., 647
    >>Report stage, 941, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 98(2), 942
    >>>Motion No. 1 (Clause 1), (Godin), 941
    >>>Motion No. 2 (Clause 3), (Lessard), 941
    >>>Motion No. 3 (Clause 4), (Lessard), 941-2

Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--training entitlement)(Bill C-478)--Godin

Employment Insurance Act and Canada Labour Code (amdt.--extension of benefit period for adoptive parents)(Bill C-509)--Bell, C.

Employment Insurance Act and Employment Insurance Regulations (amdt.--excluding pension from earnings when calculating employment insurance benefits)(Bill C-488)--Simard

Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee
    >>>2006-2007 annual report, 747 (8560-392-322-01)

Employment Insurance Regulations

    >>Legislation see Employment Insurance Act and Employment Insurance Regulations (amdt.--excluding pension from earnings when calculating employment insurance benefits)(Bill C-488)

Employment Insurance Surplus Transfer Act (Bill C-521)--Lemay

    >>1st r, 497
    >>Called and not proceeded with, dropped to bottom of Order of precedence under S.O. 42(2), 729
    >>Order for 2nd r discharged and bill withdrawn under S.O. 94(2)(c), 1029

Energuide Retrofit Program/ecoENERGY Retrofit program

    >>Public participation records, P-29 (Bagnell), ordered, 786 (8550-392-29)

Energy

    >>Efficiency see Canada's Clean Air and Climate Change Act (Bill C-468)
    >>See also Alternative energy;Energuide Retrofit Program/ecoENERGY Retrofit program;Nuclear energy;Nuclear incidents;Oil and Gas Ombudsman

Energy Efficiency Act

    >>Legislation see Canada's Clean Air and Climate Change Act (Bill C-468)

Energy science and technology

    >>Agreement between Governments of Canada, Mexico and United States, signed on July 23, 2007, tabled, 491 (8532-392-05)

Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee
    >>>2007-2008 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 1052 (8560-392-575-01)
    >>>2007-2008 to 2011-2012 corporate plan summaries and 2007-2008 operating and capital budgets, 480 (8562-392-855-01)
    >>>2008-2009 to 2012-2013 corporate plan summaries and 2008-2009 operating and capital budgets, 816 (8562-392-855-02)
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Privacy Act

Environment

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Cullen, N.), (391-1730), gr, 8 (8545-392-1-01)
    >>See also Alternative energy;Blue-green algae;Bottled water;Canada-Colombia free trade;Canada-Peru Agreement on the Environment;Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.;Carbon capture and storage;Clean Air and Climate Change Trust Fund;Climate change;Cycling;Dishwasher and laundry detergents;Dumping and subsidization (trade);Fisheries--Sustainable development;Garden City Lands, Richmond, BC;Great Lakes;Greenhouse gas emissions;Kyoto Protocol;Lac Saint-Pierre;Lake Superior;National parks--British Columbia;National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries;Oil and gas industry--First Nations lands;Oil and gas tankers;Oil spills;Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS);Point Clark lakeshore;Public transit tax credit;Roberts Bank Port--Farmland/wildlife habitat;Sustainable development;Toxic substances;Toxic waste sites;Wildlife habitat;World Oceans Day

Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee
    >>>2007 annual report, 112 (8560-392-521-01)
    >>>2008 annual report, 541 (8560-392-521-02)
    >>See also Sustainable development--National strategy

Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee

    >>Bills referred
    >>>Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (amdt.--use of phosphorus)(Bill C-469), 438
    >>>Climate Change Accountability Act (Bill C-377), 3
    >>>National Sustainable Development Act (Bill C-474), 438
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (A), referred
    >>>Environment, 82
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (B), referred
    >>>Environment, 442
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Main, referred
    >>>Environment, 482
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (A), referred
    >>>Environment, 812
    >>Membership, 89-90, 357, 358, 645, 673
    >>Reports
    >>>First (Phosphorous Concentration Regulations), 264 (8510-392-19)
    >>>Second (extension of time to consider Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change), 513 (8510-392-79)
    >>>>Concurrence (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 11), M., 513, division deferred, 513, agreed to, by unanimous consent, 586
    >>>Third (inherent difficulties in the practice, procedure and rules of the House with respect to committees), 701 (8510-392-99)
    >>>Fourth (sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) including the RADARSAT-2 satellite), 728 (8510-392-104)
    >>>Fifth (Climate Change Accountability Act (Bill C-377)), 740 (8510-392-109)
    >>Reports from 1st Session, 39th Parliament
    >>>Fifth (The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 - Five-Year Review: Closing the Gaps) (8510-391-229)
    >>>>gr, 12 (8512-392-229)
    >>>Sixth (reasons for not having completed the study of Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change), 740 (8510-392-110)
    >>>Seventh (National Sustainable Development Act (Bill C-474)), 913 (8510-392-139)
    >>>Eighth (extension of time to consider Bill C-469, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (use of phosphorus)), 949-50 (8510-392-144)
    >>>>Concurrence (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 21), M., 950, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 155), 976-7
    >>Reports permanently referred see Alternative Fuels Act; Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site of Canada; Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site of Canada; Battle of Tourond's Coulee/Fish Creek National Historic Site of Canada; Butler's Barracks National Historic Site of Canada; Canada Water Act; Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999; Carillon Barracks National Historic Site of Canada; Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site of Canada; Castle Hill National Historic Site of Canada; Chambly Canal National Historic Site of Canada; Climate Change Plan;Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site of Canada; Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner; Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Battleford National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Chambly National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Espérance National Historic Site of Canada; Fort George National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Henry National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Lennox National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Livingstone National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Mississauga National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Pelly National Historic Site of Canada; Fort Témiscamingue National Historic Site of Canada; Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site of Canada; Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site of Canada; Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site of Canada; Hopedale Mission National Historic Site of Canada; Inverarden House National Historic Site of Canada; Ivvavik National Park of Canada; Kingston Fortifications National Historic Site of Canada; Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act; Laurier House National Historic Site of Canada; Lévis Forts National Historic Site of Canada; Linear Mounds National Historic Site of Canada; Louis-Joseph Papineau National Historic Site of Canada; Louis S. St. Laurent National Historic Site of Canada; Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site of Canada; Maillou House National Historic Site of Canada; Marconi National Historic Site of Canada; Merrickville Blockhouse National Historic Site of Canada; Mississauga Point Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada; Montmorency Park National Historic Site of Canada; Mountain Parks National Historic Sites of Canada; National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy; Navy Island National Historic Site of Canada; Order in Council appointments; Point Clark Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada; Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada; Port au Choix National Historic Site of Canada; Prince Albert National Park; Prince Edward Island National Park; Québec Garrison Club National Historic Site of Canada; Queenston Heights National Historic Site of Canada; Riding Mountain National Park of Canada; Riding Mountain Park East Gate Registration Complex National Historic Site of Canada; Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site of Canada; Ryan Premises National Historic Site of Canada; Saint-Louis Forts and Châteaux National Historic Site of Canada; Saint-Louis Mission National Historic Site of Canada; Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site of Canada; Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada; Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site of Canada; Sir John Johnson House National Historic Site of Canada; Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site of Canada; Southwold Earthworks National Historic Site of Canada; The Forks National Historic Site of Canada; Tuktut Nogait National Park of Canada; Wapusk National Park of Canada; Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act; York Factory National Historic Site of Canada

Environment Department

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2006-2007, tabled, 126 (8563-392-34)
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Main
    >>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee referral, 482
    >>Estimates, 2008-2009, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee referral, 812
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2008-2009, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Privacy Act

Environment Minister see Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission--Ministerial responsibility

Episodic disabilities see Canada Pension Plan (CPP)--Disability benefits

Equalization payments

    >>Amounts/calculation, r.o. Q-198 (Russell), 620 (8555-392-198)
    >>Nova Scotia/Newfoundland and Labrador
    >>>Ways and Means No. 4
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 152, division deferred, 153, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 9), 154-6
    >>>>Notice, tabled, 144 (8570-392-04)
    >>>>See also Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007 (Bill C-28)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Simms), (392-0332), 412, gr, 617 (8545-392-61-02)

ESC see Electronic stability control (ESC) system

Esquimalt and Nanaimo railroad

    >>Petitions
    >>>(Lunney), (392-0031), 52, gr, 221 (8545-392-23-01)

Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (A)

    >>Agriculture and Agri-Food
    >>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Canada Revenue Agency
    >>>Finance Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Canadian Heritage
    >>>Canadian Heritage Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>>Vote 85a (Public Service Labour Relations Board), Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 82
    >>>>Report, 251
    >>>Vote 93a (Registry of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal), Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 82
    >>>>Report, 251
    >>>Votes 95a, 100a and 101a (Status of Women Co-ordinator Office), Status of Women Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>Citizenship and Immigration
    >>>Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 82
    >>>>Report, 251
    >>Concurrence, M. (Toews), 271, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 21), 271-3
    >>Document, "Supplementary Estimates (A), 2007-2008", tabled, 81 (8520-392-01)
    >>Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Environment
    >>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Finance
    >>>Finance Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Fisheries and Oceans
    >>>Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Foreign Affairs and International Trade
    >>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 82
    >>>>Report, 222
    >>>Vote 12a (Export Development Canada), International Trade Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>Governor General, message, 81
    >>Health
    >>>Health Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 82
    >>>>Report, 211
    >>Human Resources and Skills Development
    >>>Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Indian Affairs and Northern Development
    >>>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 81-2
    >>>>Report, 250
    >>Industry
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>Justice
    >>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 83
    >>>>Report, 251
    >>National Defence
    >>>National Defence Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 83
    >>>>Report, 250
    >>Natural Resources
    >>>Natural Resources Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>Parliament
    >>>Vote 5a (House of Commons), Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>>Vote 15a (Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Office), Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Privy Council
    >>>Vote 1a (Department--Program expenditures), Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 82
    >>>>Report, 251
    >>>Vote 20a (Official Languages Commissioner Office), Official Languages Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
    >>>Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>Public Works and Government Services
    >>>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee referral, 82
    >>Standing Committee referral, 81-3
    >>Tabled, 81
    >>Transport
    >>>Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>Treasury Board
    >>>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 82
    >>>>Report, 251
    >>Veterans Affairs
    >>>Veterans Affairs Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>Western Economic Diversification
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 83
    >>See also Appropriation Act No. 3, 2007-2008 (Bill C-35)

Estimates, 2007-2008, Supplementary (B)

    >>Agriculture and Agri-Food
    >>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 441
    >>>>Report, 513
    >>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Canada Revenue Agency
    >>>Finance Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Canadian Heritage
    >>>Canadian Heritage Standing Committee referral, 441
    >>>Votes 95b and 100b (Status of Women Co-ordinator Office), Status of Women Standing Committee referral, 443
    >>Citizenship and Immigration
    >>>Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee referral, 441
    >>Concurrence, M. (Toews), 573, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 65), 573-4
    >>Document, "Supplementary Estimates (B), 2007-2008", tabled, 81 (8520-392-02)
    >>Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Environment
    >>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Finance
    >>>Vote 25b (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), Finance Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Fisheries and Oceans
    >>>Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Foreign Affairs and International Trade
    >>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Governor General, message, 441
    >>Health
    >>>Health Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Human Resources and Skills Development
    >>>Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Indian Affairs and Northern Development
    >>>Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Standing Committee referral, 441
    >>Industry
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Justice
    >>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>National Defence
    >>>National Defence Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Natural Resources
    >>>Natural Resources Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Parliament
    >>>Vote 5b (House of Commons), Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Privy Council
    >>>Vote 1b (Department--Program expenditures), Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
    >>>Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee referral, 442-3
    >>Public Works and Government Services
    >>>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Standing Committee referral, 441-3
    >>Tabled, 441
    >>Transport
    >>>Vote 50b (Infrastructure of Canada Office), Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Standing Committee referral, 443
    >>Treasury Board
    >>>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>Veterans Affairs
    >>>Veterans Affairs Standing Committee referral, 443
    >>Western Economic Diversification
    >>>Industry, Science and Technology Standing Committee referral, 442
    >>See also Appropriation Act No. 4, 2007-2008 (Bill C-48)

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