Official Languages Standing Joint Committee

>>Meetings, infrequent, 2182
>>Reports, presented
>>>First, 5400
>>>Second (Official Languages Commissioner), 12904
>>Role, mandate, 13204-5
>>See also Official Languages Commissioner--Annual report

Official Opposition

>>Loyal, definitions, S.O. 31, 16829
>>See also Bloc Québécois; House of Commons; Leader of the Opposition; Reform Party

Official residences see Governor General--Residence; Leader of the Opposition--Residence; Prime Minister's residences; Speaker's residence

Ogilvie Flour Mills Ltd. see Archer Daniel Midland Ltd.

Ogmudson, Richard see Multiculturalism

OHIP see Ontario Health Insurance Plan

Oil and natural gas

>>Alaska, USA, 1002 lands, porcupine caribou herd movement, impact, 5120
>>Alberta, Atlantic provinces, 4783, 4790
>>Athabasca tar sands
>>>Employment benefits, 17743
>>>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee report, 17743-4
>>>>S.O. 31, 17703
>>>Reserves, 400 year, etc., 6800, 6802-3, 17743
>>>Tar sands task force recommendations re private sector funding and taxation, 17743-4
>>Development, flow-through shares, 15490
>>>Bill C-9 provisions, 1139, 1148, 1277, 1279, 1288, 3195
>>Industry, tax benefits, 15490-2, 15818-9
>>Legislation see Canada Oil and Gas Operations, Canada Petroleum Resources Act and National Energy Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-6)
>>Pipeline, Edmonton, Alta.-Montreal, Que., proposed construction, 3583
>>Refineries
>>>East Montreal, importance, decline, 3583
>>>Gasoline/automotive fuels--Additives, MMT
>>See also Aboriginal self-government--Alberta; Fossil fuels; Gasoline/automotive fuels--Alternative fuels; Wildlife--Conservation and protection

Oil and natural gas exploration

>>Frontier lands, National Energy Board jurisdiction, 2183-4, 3336-7
>>Norman Wells oil field
>>>Drilling program, 4080-7, 6071-6
>>>Legislation see Canada Petroleum Resources Act (amdt.)(Bill C-25)
>>>Sahtu Dene and Métis Land Claims Agreements, impact, 3421, 3774, 6074-5
>>Offshore development, Atlantic provinces, 14879, 14904
>>Regulation, technical, National Energy Board jurisdiction, 2167, 2184-7, 3337, 3339
>>Water testing, 7463

Oil and oil products

>>NewGrade Heavy Oil Upgrader, S.O. 31, 3043

Oil companies

>>1974 tax concessions/allowances, 7908

Oil pipelines see Pipelines--Oil

Oil refining industry

>>Quebec, decline, 2185
>>See also Oil and natural gas--Refineries

Oil spills

>>Tanker safety
>>>Double hulls, o.q., 1069
>>>Washington State regulations, government adopting, o.q., 1068-9

Oka, Que.

>>Crisis of 1990
>>>Historical accounts, 12770, 12782
>>>Mercier bridge blockade, Châteauguay, Que., impact, adequacy of emergency preparedness, 14382-3
>>>Settling issues, returning to normal, S.O. 31, 14449
>>>Sûreté du Québec costs, federal government reimbursing, dispute, 12763, 12766, 12768, 12770-7, 12779-84, 12807-10, 12813-6
>>Mohawk cemetery, municipal land, federal government purchasing, o.q., 12798, 12901
>>Properties, government purchase, 4092
>>>o.q., 3831-2, 4521, 5662, 12901
>>See also Kahnawake Indian Reserve; Kanesatake Indian Reserve--Chief Jerry Peltier; Search and rescue--Canadian Armed Forces helicopter

Okanagan Centre constituency

>>Constituent concerns, S.O. 31, 16533
>>Reform Party Okanagan Centre Constituency Association newsletter, Adolf Hitler quotation, Constituency Association President, apologizing, 1151, 1188-9, 1241
>>>S.O. 31, 1179-80
>>>See also Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd.; Privilege (by Member)--Robinson

Okanagan--Shuswap constituency

>>References, 620-1
>>See also Unemployment insurance

Okanagan--Similkameen--Merritt constituency

>>References, 206-7

Okanagan University College see Universities and colleges

Okanagan Valley, B.C. see Wine industry

Oklahoma City, OK see Terrorism

Okumiya, Hisaya

>>Drowning victim, tribute, S.O. 31, 10828

O'Leary Royal Commission see Publishing industry

Olan Mills see Kingston, Ont.--French-language high school

Old age pensions

>>Actuarial soundness, 7007-8
>>Administration, Human Resources Development Department responsibility, 16722
>>Age of eligibility, increasing, 12528
>>Aging population, 6951-2, 6954-5, 6975, 7005, 7955-6
>>>White paper study, government promise, 11355
>>>>o.q., 10384
>>Appeals
>>>Review tribunals, 6945-6, 6949, 6960, 6963, 7002-4, 12314-5, 12318-21, 12619-22, 14391
>>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Appeals
>>Applicants, increase, 16703
>>Application process/requirements, 6945-6, 6958, 6960, 6962, 6992-3, 7005-6, 14390-6
>>>Legislation see Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54)
>>>Time delays, reducing, 16496
>>>>o.q., 14612
>>Benefits
>>>Family income condition, 11355, 11576-7, 16700-1
>>>>Women over 65 years of age, impact, o.q., 10152, 10327-8, 10591-2, 10629, 12370
>>>Income level test, Reform Party alternative taxpayer budget proposal, 9881, 9900, 10241-2
>>>>o.q., 9946
>>>Over $30,000 income, Bank of Canada report suggestion, o.q., 638
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) policy, reversing, 2801-2
>>>Reducing
>>>>Deficit reduction factor, 17717, 17730
>>>>o.q., 10268, 10384, 17385
>>>Tax claw-back, 626-7, 2066, 7002-4, 8562-3
>>>See also Old age pensions--High income recipients
>>Canadians/recipients living abroad
>>>Eligibility requirements, qu., 11718-9
>>>World wide income statement, filing, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10100
>>Cancellation option, 7653
>>Cut-backs, 8583
>>Delivery
>>>Efficient, 6945-7, 6950, 6961-2, 6992-3, 7005-7, 7384
>>>Red tape, 6951, 6960-1, 6976, 6988, 6992, 6994, 7005, 12614
>>Disability pension, 6948
>>Eliminating, Reform Party position, 11318-9
>>Guaranteed income supplement, 6945, 6948, 6950, 6960, 6971, 6992, 7003, 7384, 12429
>>>Applications, 14391
>>>See also Old age pensions--Reduction
>>High income recipients, 46, 1161, 1209, 1765, 1780, 2089, 2091, 3870, 6661, 11577, 12317
>>>Clawback amount, deducting from payment, basing on previous year income tax return, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 10100, 10170, 10178-9, 10431-2, 10443, 10449, 10451, 16700
>>>>o.q., 10189, 10193
>>>Clawbacks, government position, 114, 770-1
>>>Eliminating for seniors earning $54,000 or above, Reform Party position, 907, 1781, 1812, 1829, 2059, 2061, 2681, 8048
>>>Reducing, 17687
>>Increase, 5017
>>>7.5% next two years, 1765, 1767
>>Indexation, continuing, 16700
>>Information disclosure/exchanges, 6948-9, 6960, 6963, 6989, 6992-3, 7000, 7006, 7655
>>>Canada Post Corporation, 12322-4
>>>Veterans Affairs Department, 6947-8
>>Legislative objectives, 6944, 6948, 6950, 6960, 6969, 6991-2, 6996, 6999, 7005-7, 12613-4
>>Loss, Bloc Québécois and media scare tactics, 1791
>>Maintaining, 2963-4, 7385, 8498, 11385
>>>o.q., 2172-3, 3101, 17140
>>>Petition, 2183
>>Means test, 6661
>>Need, 6955, 6961, 6971
>>Orphan's benefit, 6948
>>Overpayments
>>>Departmental/ministerial accountability, 1992-93 Auditor General's report, etc, 724, 2810, 9755, 12610-1, 12614-9, 12623
>>>Forgiveness, 6945, 6947, 6949, 6960-1, 6963, 6969, 6988-9, 6998, 7000, 7003, 7005, 7384-5, 12611-3
>>>Recovery, 12325-6
>>>>o.q., 11888
>>Policy paper, federal-provincial negotiations, S.O. 31, 17383
>>Recipients
>>>Numbers, increasing, 8048
>>>Outside Canada, qu., 12447
>>Reduction, 11577
>>>50%, elimination of guaranteed income supplement, allegations, concerns, 12325
>>>>o.q., 11888
>>>Hidden Liberal agenda, 10120
>>>>Present/future recipients, o.q., 16024
>>>o.q., 15769, 15874
>>>Unemployment insurance program reform, comparison, o.q., 17140
>>Reform Party policy, 600, 10484-5, 10653-4, 10680
>>Retirement, 6993
>>Retroactivity, 6945, 6947, 6949, 6963, 6973, 6989, 6991, 6999-7000, 7003, 7384-5, 7655, 12320-1
>>Review, Feb. 27/95 budget measure, 12031, 12033, 12048, 13227, 13313
>>>Delay, Quebec sovereignty referendum, relationship, 11576, 16701, 16709
>>>>o.q., 14723-4, 14889-90, 14992-3, 14995-7, 15340-1, 15874, 15927
>>>>S.O.31, 14882-3, 14992, 15177
>>Serving Canada's Seniors, document, o.q., 15927
>>Spouse's allowance, 6948, 6950, 6960, 6976, 6988, 6992, 7000, 7384, 7652-3, 12316
>>>Applications, 14391
>>Spouses, divorced, separated, 6973-4, 7654
>>Supplementary benefits, eligibility, retroactive payments, limits, 2513-4, 2516
>>Survivor's benefits, 6948
>>Universality, 8048, 16701, 16709
>>See also Quebec sovereignty referendum--Results, "No side" victory; Social security system--Payments; Women--Homemakers/mothers

Old Age Security see Old age pensions

Old Age Security Act see Income Tax Act, Excise Act, Excise Tax Act, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act, Old Age Security Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-)

Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54)--Minister of Human Resources Development (L. Axworthy)

>>First reading, 6722
>>Second reading, 6944-76, 6988-7009, 7384-6, 7652-7
>>>Amdt. (Dumas), 6950, negatived, on recorded division, 7536-7
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 7835-6
>>Human Resources Development Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 7836
>>>Reported, with amdts., 10196
>>Report stage, 12314-27, 12610-23, 12634-9
>>>Motions
>>>Ms. (Dumas, Lalonde), 12314-20, negatived on recorded division, 12634-5
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 12320-1, agreed to, on recorded division, 12635-6
>>>Ms. (Lalonde), 12322-4, negatived on recorded division, 12636
>>>Ms. (Dumas, Ablonczy), 12324-7, 12610-9, negatived on recorded divisions, 12636-7
>>>>Amdts. (Dumas), 12324-6, negatived on recorded division, 12326-7
>>>>Amdt. (Lalonde), 12613-9, negatived on recorded division, 12636
>>>M. (Dumas), 12619-23, negatived on recorded division, 12637-8
>>>Concurrence, M. (L. Axworthy), 12638, agreed to, on recorded division, 12638-9
>>Third reading, 14390-6
>>>Agreed to on recorded division, 14408, passed
>>Senate passage, 14499
>>Royal Assent, 14500, Chap. 33, S.C. 1995
>>See also Canada Pension Plan--Administration; Old age pensions--Application requirements

Old age security system

>>Government addressing, discussion paper, o.q., 3101-2
>>Purpose, 7384-5
>>Reform/review
>>>Retaining existing plan or reducing and transferring funds to youth training programs, Human Resources Development Minister L. Axworthy statement, o.q., 2041, 2121-3
>>>White paper, o.q., 12370
>>See also Canada Pension Plan; Old age pensions

Older worker adjustment programs

>>Discriminatory, Reform Party position, 5559
>>Needs, 8063
>>See also Atlantic Groundfish Strategy--Income support; Program for Older Worker Adjustment (POWA)

Older workers see Unemployment; Unemployment insurance

Oldman River dam project

>>Environmental assessment, 1411
>>>Government position, o.q., 1559
>>See also Environment--Environmental assessment and review process, Federal government role

Olson, Clifford see Parole; Sexual assault

Olympics

>>Canadian athletes representing Canada, hockey, etc., 7873-4
>>See also Special Olympics

Olympics, 1994 Winter Games (Lillehammer, Norway)

>>Arts and culture, snow sculpturing, Gorecki brothers
>>>o.q., 1506-7
>>>S.O. 31, 885
>>Biathlon, men's, Tony Fiala, non-qualifier, S.O. 31, 1420
>>Biathlon, women's, Myriam Bédard, gold medal winner, S.O. 31, 1549, 1717, 1852
>>Bobsled teams, Chris Lori, captain, S.O. 31, 1850-1
>>Canadian athletes
>>>Selection process, 216
>>>Tribute, 453
>>>>S.O. 31, 97-8, 937, 1178, 1229, 2171
>>Figure skating
>>>Brasseur, Isabelle, and Lloyd Eisler, bronze medal winners, S.O. 31, 1099, 1420-1
>>>Stojko, Elvis, S.O. 31, 1180
>>Hockey, Team Canada
>>>Anderson, Glenn, participation, National Hockey League governors refusal, S.O. 31, 295, 715
>>>Morris, Dwayne, participation, S.O. 31, 1913
>>>Quebec representation, discrimination, allegation, 3081-3
>>>>o.q., 105, 156-7
>>>>S.O. 31, 18
>>>Roy, Allain, player, tribute, S.O. 31, 1718
>>>Selection process, 216
>>Medal winners, tribute, S.O. 31, 1548
>>Ski-jumping, John Lockyer, S.O. 31,(Dromisky), 1098
>>Skiing, downhill
>>>Pace, Kate, S.O. 31, 1607
>>>Podivinsky, Edi, bronze medal winner, S.O. 31, 1378-9
>>Skiing, free-style
>>>Aerials, Philippe Laroche and Lloyd Langlois, silver and bronze medal winners, S.O. 31, 1794
>>>Brassard, Jean-Luc, gold medal winner, S.O. 31, 882, 1419, 1421
>>>Ryan, Kennedy, S.O. 31, 1378
>>Speed skating
>>>Auch, Susan, silver medal winner, S.O. 31, 1683
>>>Gagnon, Marc, bronze medal winner, S.O. 31, 1718
>>>Gough, Stephen, S.O. 31, 1681
>>>Morton, Michelle, S.O. 31, 1377
>>>Women's relay team, Sylvie Daigle, Christine Boudrias, Isabelle Charest, Nathalie Lambert, silver medal winners, S.O. 31, 1718
>>See also Hockey

Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, GA)

>>Broadcasting rights, $28 million Canadian Broadcasting Corporation payment, 3067, 4639-40, 8327

Olympics, 2002 Winter Games

>>Quebec City, Que., bid
>>>Government support, 3716, 3981-2
>>>>o.q., 3391-2, 4276, 11676
>>>Quebec sovereignty referendum report, impact, S.O. 31, 12062
>>>S.O. 31, 3993, 13715, 13911, 14013, 14081

Ombudsman see Income tax; Small business--Capital access

Ombudsman Act (Bill C-221)--Gaffney

>>First reading, 2225
>>See also Parliament--Ombudsman

Omnia Communications see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--Funding

Omnibus bills see Budget, Feb. 22/94--Implementation; Procedure--Government bills

O'Neil, Hugh

"On to Ottawa" Trek

>>60th anniversary, relief work camps, Regina riot, government apology
>>>M. (de Jong), 16167-76, dropped from Order Paper, 16176
>>>Petition, 16698
>>Ontario MLA, tribute, S.O. 31, 7981

On Track see Railway Safety Act--Review

One-child policy see China

Ontario

>>Budget, Feb. 27/95 measures, impact
>>>Premier Bob Rae position, S.O. 31, 10262
>>>See also Budget, Feb. 27/95--Ontario; Ontario--Provincial election (1995)
>>By-election, Victoria--Haliburton riding, Chris Hodson, election, S.O. 31, 2735
>>Constituencies, provincial, 25% reduction, Progressive Conservative Party leader Mike Harris election promise, o.q., 13527
>>Contented culture, Harris government catering to, 16558
>>Economic heart of Canada, 3719
>>Federal government neglecting
>>>o.q., 8044
>>>S.O. 31, 3228
>>Harris, Hon. Mike, Premier see Disabled and handicapped persons--Employment equity; Ontario--Provincial election; Quebec--Distinct society--Separation/sovereignty, "Same approach; Welfare--Recipients, "Workfare"
>>Highway 16, Ottawa to Hwy 401, four-lane highway, federal-provincial agreement, requesting, M. (Jordan), 3250-8, dropped from Order Paper, 3258
>>Progressive Conservative government (Harris)
>>>Reform Party approach, 17690
>>>Spending cuts/tax decreases, impact, 17715, 17728-9
>>>>S.O. 31, 17079
>>>Throne speech, Queen's Park demonstration, o.q., 14998-9
>>>Unions opposition, London, Ont. day of protest, Dec. 11/95, 17490
>>>See also Occupational health and safety--Ontario
>>Provincial election (June 8, 1995)
>>>Liberal Party campaign, 11825
>>>>Budget plan, S.O. 31, 12672
>>>>Debate, May 18/95, party leader Lyn McLeod, performance, S.O. 31, 12837-8
>>>>Ferguson, Mike, Chatham--Kent constituency candidate, S.O. 31, 11480
>>>>Martin, Finance Minister, involvement, etc., S.O. 31, 12590, 12592
>>>>Platform, "red book", 13301-2
>>>>>S.O. 31, 12483
>>>>S.O. 31, 11981, 12410, 13172, 13320
>>>New Democratic Party campaign
>>>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, focusing on, 12060, 12074-5
>>>>Ng, Alex, incident, S.O. 31, 12593
>>>Progressive Conservative Party and Liberal Party policies, S.O. 31, 13000, 13363-6
>>>Progressive Conservative Party campaign
>>>>Candidates, lack, S.O. 31, 10610
>>>>Party leader Mike Harris non-attendance at Association Canadienne-Française de l'Ontario convention, S.O. 31, 13365
>>>>Platform, 13302
>>>>Reform Party agenda, S.O. 31, 13229
>>>>S.O. 31, 13364-5
>>>>Tax cut proposal, 13314
>>>>>S.O. 31, 13122-3, 13230
>>>Progressive Conservative Party victory
>>>>Reform Party policies, relationship
>>>>>o.q., 14998
>>>>>S.O. 31, 13523-4
>>>>S.O. 31, 13801
>>>S.O. 31, 12790-1, 12893-4
>>>See also Crime--Victims, Rights and needs
>>Rae, Hon. Bob, Premier
>>>Comments re social contract, 633
>>>Performance, S.O. 31, 10319
>>>See also Ontario--Budget, Feb. 27/95; Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Economic impact; Social security system--Reform, Improving Social Security in Canada
>>Social policies, 3405
>>See also other subject headings