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Protection of Personal Information Obtained by Certain Corporations Act (Bill C-315)--Mayfield

Protectionism see Trade--Competitiveness/protectionism

Protocols see Agreements, Protocols, Exchange of Notes, Treaties, etc.

Proud, George (L--Hillsborough)

    >>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 15912-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 8935, 14990
    >>Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95 (Bill C-14), 1909-11
    >>Bosnia-Herzegovina
    >>>M. (Collenette), 11252
    >>>M. (Collenette), 17152-4
    >>>M. (Ouellet), 3362-3
    >>Budget, Feb. 27/95, M. for approval (P. Martin), 10542-4
    >>Canada Student Loan Program, 7075
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 1519-20, 1910, 10877
    >>>Petition, 12257-8
    >>Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for United Nations Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-258), 10051
    >>Commemoration of the birthplace of Confederation Act (Bill C-292), 8525, 16697
    >>Committee, 1015
    >>Constitution Amendment, 1993 (Prince Edward Island), M. (Dingwall), 1390-2
    >>Cruise missile testing, M. (Collenette), 420-2
    >>Defence equipment, 422
    >>Defence policy, 420-1, 1519-23, 1530
    >>>M. (Collenette), 1519-23, 1530
    >>Deficit, 7075, 10543, 15913-4
    >>Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53), 7283-4
    >>Economic conditions, 1045
    >>Economic development, 7074
    >>Economic recovery, 1045, 1910, 15913
    >>Education, post-secondary, 7074
    >>Electoral boundaries, 2731-2
    >>Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994 (Bill C-18), 2731-2
    >>Employment, 7074
    >>Environment, 15057
    >>Equalization payments, 1044-5
    >>Exports, 15914
    >>Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal Post-Secondary Education and Health Contributions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-3), 1044-5
    >>Fisheries, 15056
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, 1390, 1909, 15057
    >>Government expenditures, 1910, 10544
    >>>S.O. 31, 11054
    >>Government programs and services, 10543
    >>Health insurance (Medicare), 10544
    >>Historic sites, 7284
    >>House of Commons, 1020, 2731
    >>Housing, 15914
    >>Infrastructure program, S.O. 31, 3437
    >>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports, 9113, 12849, 15051, 15928
    >>International relations, 327-8
    >>Job creation, 1909, 15913
    >>Liberal Party, 10544
    >>Maheu, references, 326
    >>Members of Parliament, 2732, 10544
    >>National debt, 15913
    >>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee, reports, 13054
    >>National Defence Department, M. on supply (Frazer), 10877, 10914-6
    >>National parks, petition, 15738
    >>National unity, 1044-5
    >>NATO, 10914-5
    >>Oceans Act (Bill C-98), 15056-7
    >>Peacekeeping, 1521, 10051, 10915, 17152-4
    >>>M. (Ouellet), 326-8
    >>Prince Edward Island, 1045, 1390-1, 7284
    >>Private family trusts, 10543
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 16697
    >>>Speeches, 1044
    >>Public Service, 10544
    >>RCMP, o.q., 1066
    >>Regional disparities, 1044
    >>Search and rescue, 1520
    >>Serial killer board game/cards, petition, 72
    >>Small business, 1910-1
    >>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 15913-5
    >>Social security system, 10543-4
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 7074-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 6709, 8592
    >>Somalia, 10915-6
    >>Standing Orders, M. (H. Gray), 1015, 1020
    >>Taxation, 10543
    >>Trade, o.q., 12842
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 1909
    >>Unemployment, 1910, 7075
    >>Unemployment insurance, 1909, 7075, 10543-4

Provencher constituency see Francophones outside Quebec--Manitoba; Infrastructure program

Provinces

    >>Constitutional status, amending, mechanism, 6942
    >>See also other subject headings

Provincial debt

    >>Economic recovery, impeding, S.O. 31, 5810-1
    >>Impact, importance, 12058
    >>Level, $240 billion, 13217
    >>See also Quebec--Debt, provincial; Saskatchewan

Provincial legislatures see Constitutional reform--Regional veto proposal; Members of Parliament--Pensions; Senators--Appointments

Provincial parks

    >>Rouge River Valley, Ont., wilderness area, 919-20
    >>>o.q., 25-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 3564-5
    >>See also Kettle and Stoney Point Reserve--Ipperwash Provincial Park, Ont.

Prud'homme, Hon. Senator Marcel (IND--La Salle)

    >>References, S.O. 31, 1179

Pseudorabies virus see Hogs

Psoriasis Awareness Month

Psychiatric services see Health care

Psychoactive drugs see Drug trafficking

Psychoactive Substances Control Act (Bill C-85)(3rd Sess., 34th Parl.) see Drug trafficking--Legislation; Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Legislation

Psychoanalysis, psychotherapy see Health care--Core services

Psychological abuse see Violence; Women--Violence against, Spousal/partner abuse

Psychotropic substances see Drug trafficking--Combating; Drugs and pharmaceuticals

Public Accounts

    >>Accounting practices, o.q., 234-5, 6855
    >>Improvements, 1157-8
    >>Liabilities, disclosing, New Zealand example, 16198, 16287-8
    >>Role, 1157, 1159-60
    >>Simplification, Auditor General recommendation, 2816
    >>See also Government contracts--Purchases

Public Accounts Standing Committee

    >>Chair
    >>>Bloc Québécois Member, 1196, 1210, 1214
    >>>Electing, 15001-2
    >>Gauthier, J-R, Chairman, 34th Parl., 1224-5, 1255
    >>Mandate, 1012, 1154, 1156-7, 1159-60, 1162, 1164, 1166-7, 1169, 1172, 1174, 1190, 1197, 1203-4, 1206, 1210, 1212-5, 1224, 1226-8, 1256, 1264
    >>Membership, opposition parties, parity, 14930-2
    >>Proceedings, non-partisan, 1214
    >>Reports, presented
    >>>First (Information for Parliament--Understanding Deficits and Debt), 3610
    >>>Second (Auditor General's Office, estimates, 1994-1995, main), 4306
    >>>Third (Estimates, 1994-1995, main), 4306
    >>>Fourth (Auditor General Act (amdt.--reports)(Bill C-207), 4871
    >>>Fifth (Northern Cod Adjustment and Recovery Program), 5618
    >>>>g.r., tabled, 7893
    >>>Sixth (Program evaluation), 8489
    >>>>g.r., tabled, 11815
    >>>Seventh (Tax revenue--resource companies allowance), 9474-5
    >>>Eighth (Auditor General's report, 1993-94), 12294-5
    >>>Ninth (Auditor General's report, 1993-94), 12294-5
    >>>Tenth (Pension overpayments), 12761
    >>>Eleventh (Auditor General, 1995-1996 main estimates), 13054
    >>>Twelfth (National Defence Department), 13599
    >>>Thirteenth (Correctional Service of Canada), 13881
    >>>>Dissenting report (Double bunking), Bloc Québecois, 13881
    >>>Fourteenth (Property management of government buildings), 14024
    >>>Fifteenth (Federal transportation subsidies--Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Program), 14409
    >>>>Dissenting report, Bloc Québécois, 14409
    >>>>g.r., tabled, 16489
    >>>Sixteenth (Science and technology activities), 16399
    >>>Seventeenth, (Auditor General's report, 1995-1996, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions), 16547
    >>>Eighteenth (Federal transportation subsidies--Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Program), 17347
    >>Travel authorization, M. (Milliken), agreed to, 4401
    >>See also Auditor General's Office; Auditor General's report--1992-1993; Government expenditures--Accountability; Government programs and services--Audits and evaluations

Public education see Referendums and plebiscites; Tobacco/cigarette smuggling--Government strategy

Public Harbours and Port Facilities Act (amdt.)(Bill C-344)--Crête

    >>First reading, 14323
    >>See also Ports--Harbour masters

Public inquiries see Blood--HIV contaminated blood/blood management system, Krever public inquiry; Pearson International Airport--Terminals 1 and 2, privatization; Radio stations--Télémédia licence application

Public libraries see Vancouver Public Library

Public office holders

    >>Indictable offences, conviction, 5881
    >>Public distrust, 13301
    >>Removal if convicted of criminal offence, 13957
    >>See also Members of Parliament; Senators

Public opinion see Bosnia-Herzegovina--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping troops; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; Currency--Two dollar coin; Employment equity; Environment--Protection; Government expenditures; House of Commons--Seats; Income tax--Increase; Migratory birds--Species protection; Young Offenders Act

Public opinion polls

    >>$67 million expenditure, o.q., 4271
    >>Government contracts, r.o., 14416
    >>Results, government releasing
    >>>Criteria, o.q., 4271, 4273-4, 4773
    >>>Failure, 5379
    >>>Legislation, 15369-77
    >>>>See also Access to Information Act (amdt.--disclosure of results of public opinion polls)(Bill C-309)
    >>>o.q., 4273
    >>>Progressive Conservative Government (Mulroney) policy, 15369-70
    >>>S.O. 31, 14221
    >>See also Gun control/guns; Liberal Party--Popularity; National unity; Quebec--Separation/sovereignty; Surrey--White Rock--South Langley constituency

Public Petitions to Parliament (Bill C-642)(1st Sess., 32nd Parl.) see Petitions--Legislation

Public safety see Justice system

Public Sector Compensation Act see Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17)

Public security

    >>Canadian citizens, government protection, lack, S.O. 31, 8112

Public Security Department

    >>Elimination, cost savings, 3299

Public Service

    >>Annual report, tabled, Government Operations Standing Committee referral, 4305
    >>Atlantic provinces, relocation of jobs to, Government Services Minister Dingwall plan
    >>>o.q., 6086-7
    >>>Patronage allegations, o.q., 5896
    >>>S.O. 31, 5935, 6081, 13471-2
    >>Attitude, 1196
    >>Bilingualism bonus, 11582
    >>Chrétien, Prime Minister, remarks, "paid to sit around and do nothing", o.q., 9200-1, 9280
    >>Collective bargaining, 4434-9, 4677
    >>>Reform Party position, 4434, 4439
    >>Competitive process
    >>>Openness, protecting, 11286
    >>>See also Public Service--Downsizing
    >>Conflict of interest, 12482
    >>>Ethical standards, Auditor General report, o.q., 12538
    >>Contracting out policy, 6508
    >>>Costs, 4044, 11713, 13038
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6898
    >>>Downsizing, relationship, 11713-4
    >>>>o.q., 9655
    >>>Former Public Servants, double dipping, 11714
    >>>Review, Government Operations Standing Committee, 2780, 4636, 11714
    >>>>o.q., 4394, 9655
    >>>Without competition, 11714
    >>Contracts, non-monetary issues, negotiating with unions, 2781
    >>>Cost neutral provisions, 11260, 13293
    >>Courses offered, wasteful, o.q., 10516
    >>CSIS employees, membership status, 7901
    >>Deputy Ministers and senior executives, placing on contracts, 1195-6
    >>Diplomatic corps, military personnel abroad, private schools, children attending, o.q., 10471
    >>Downsizing, 1190, 2779, 2799, 4681, 6376, 6397, 6534, 6808, 8359, 8497, 10444, 10477, 10737, 11430, 11585, 13305, 13307, 13380
    >>>14% reduction, 17728
    >>>25,000 reduction, 1784, 1787
    >>>45,000 reduction, 1995-1998, 20,000 by mid 1996, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10097, 10108-9, 10118-9, 10203, 10205, 10212-3, 10235, 10284, 10287, 10310-2, 10315-7, 10533-4, 10742, 10939, 10968, 11260, 11275, 11284-5, 11287-8, 11336, 11385, 11388, 11391, 11398, 11822, 11824, 12381, 13059, 13070, 13293, 13339, 13341, 13388, 15489-90, 15493
    >>>>Planned/unplanned, o.q., 12724
    >>>>qu., 14415
    >>>>Women, proportion, 10584, 15331, 15358
    >>>Accountability, responsibility, transfer of authorization, 11285-6
    >>>Buy-out package/workforce adjustment amendments, government proposal, PSAC refusal, o.q., 9198-9, 9947, 10000-1
    >>>Cabinet minister exempt staff/surplus employees, hiring priority, 11283-4
    >>>Charter of Rights and Freedoms, considerations, o.q., 10324
    >>>Contract employees, full-time and part-time, lay-offs, o.q., 10663
    >>>Early retirement, early departure incentives, 11260, 11336, 11359, 11388, 11416, 13293, 13303
    >>>>Acceptance/rejection, time frame, 11285
    >>>>Cost overrun, acceptance level, relationship, o.q., 16736-7, 16780-1, 16836-7
    >>>>o.q., 10272-3
    >>>>Term employees, application, 11285
    >>>Employment equity, consideration, 13059, 13061-3, 13069, 13341, 13397, 15151, 15358, 15393
    >>>>o.q., 10324, 12251-2
    >>>Halifax West constituency, impact, 13330
    >>>Hiring freeze, imposing, 3026
    >>>Joint agreement with unions, o.q., 13051
    >>>Liberal Party election promise, 11284-5, 11287-8
    >>>Management, application, 8048, 10236
    >>>National capital area, impact, government assistance, o.q., 9470, 9474
    >>>o.q., 9947-8, 10000-1
    >>>Outaouais region, 13071
    >>>>S.O. 31, 10262-3
    >>>Program review, relationship, 15489-90
    >>>Quebec Liberal MNAs, Outaouais region, indifference, S.O. 31, 9322
    >>>Quebec, o.q., 17089
    >>>Reform Party proposals, 11285, 11287
    >>>Regional and local flexibility, o.q., 11486
    >>>Relocation and retraining incentive payments, 2799-800, 6808
    >>>S.O. 31, 8287, 9322, 10183, 10607, 10947
    >>>Surplus employees
    >>>>Designation, details, r.o., 10340
    >>>>Six months pay provisions, 11260, 11430, 13059-64, 13293
    >>>>Vacant positions, appointment without competition, Public Service Commission authority, 11286, 13059, 13061-2, 13064, 13069
    >>>Tax consumers/providers, analogy, 11711
    >>>Term employees, policy, o.q., 13236
    >>>Voluntary substitution program, 13339, 13342
    >>>Women, o.q., 10663
    >>>Workforce Adjustment Program, regulations, amending, 13063
    >>>>3 year suspension, 11284-5
    >>>>Reform Party position, 13063
    >>>See also National Capital region; Public Service--Contracting out policy--Renewal; Public Service Week
    >>Early retirement, hiring back on contract, 2157
    >>Education leave with pay, prevalence, o.q., 1386
    >>Efficiency, Auditor General's report, recommendations, 1732
    >>Employment equity, 1962, 1965-6, 1974-6, 2027, 7282, 8971-8, 8981-3, 8991, 12971, 12975, 12988, 13061, 15301, 15304, 15352, 15378, 15390-1, 15433, 16493
    >>>1992-1993 annual report, tabled, 2794
    >>>Human Resources Development Department, role, 2027
    >>>o.q., 8702, 8754, 8940
    >>>Special Measures Initiative Program, restructuring, 1975, 2795-6
    >>>Statement by Minister (Eggleton), 2794-7
    >>>See also Public Service--Downsizing
    >>English and French work units, 11582
    >>Equal pay for work of equal value, 2781
    >>Essential services, 10297-9
    >>>Legislation see Canada Labour Code and Public Service Staff Relations Act (amdt.--scabs and essential services)(Bill C-317)
    >>>See also Public Service--Strikes
    >>Ethics
    >>>Guidelines, awareness, o.q., 12485-6
    >>>See also Public Service--Conflict of interest--Whistleblowing
    >>Expenditures, reducing, streamlining, 629
    >>External recruitment, limits, 2779
    >>Incentive awards program, 13036
    >>Job security, 2779
    >>>Government commitment, 1881, 2780, 4636, 6808
    >>>See also Public Service--Workforce adjustment program
    >>Management see Public Service--Downsizing
    >>Members of Parliament, relationship, 209, 250, 1022-3
    >>Morale, 2778-9, 6808-9
    >>>o.q., 16836
    >>National Public Service Week, o.q., 5343-4
    >>Non-productive employees
    >>>Firing, 6662
    >>>See also Public Service--Chrétien
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 2181, 3144, 3146, 3166-7, 3169, 3173-4, 3179, 3189-90, 6422, 6462
    >>>Francophone Public Servants, mother tongue, use, career, jeapordizing, S.O. 31, 5207, 5511
    >>>National Capital Region, French use, Official Languages Commissioner report, o.q., 11813, 12252, 12289, 15485
    >>>Official Languages Commissioner report, o.q., 9729-30
    >>>Quebec/English Canada, 9125
    >>>Reform Party position, 3311
    >>>Service in both official languages, difficulties, Official Languages Commissioner report, o.q., 11991-2
    >>Ottawa, Ont., suburbs, relocating to, impact, 1535-6
    >>>o.q., 723
    >>Pay equity, 294, 2004-5, 2024-5, 2781, 4087-8
    >>>Budget, Feb. 22/94 measures, impact, 3066
    >>>Negotiations with Public Service Alliance of Canada, o.q., 10832
    >>>Nurses, dieticians, occupational and physical therapists, agreement with Professional Institute of the Public Service, o.q., 10832
    >>>o.q., 1996-7
    >>>Public Service Alliance of Canada court challenge, government appealing, 1962, 2796
    >>>Retroactivity, cost, 2025
    >>Pensions
    >>>Deputy Ministers, special retirement allowance
    >>>>o.q., 10470
    >>>>qu., 14545-6
    >>>>S.O. 31, 10609
    >>>Early retirement without penalties, age 50 and on, amending legislation, 9863
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9322
    >>>>See also Public Service Superannuation Act (amdt.--annuity following job loss)(Bill C-306)
    >>>Fund management, reform, 2780-1
    >>>Generous, taxpayer funded, 665
    >>>Independent Quebec, paying, S.O. 31, 9527
    >>>Pensions Acts (amdt.), Special Retirement Arrangements Act and Pension Benefits Division Act (Bill C-55)(3rd Sess. 34th Parl.), regulations, approval, delay, o.q., 6089
    >>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, relationship, 13488
    >>>Taxation see Pensions--Taxation
    >>Person-years, managers reducing, bonuses, 2885
    >>Political activities, Public Service Employment Act, application, o.q., 10833, 10902
    >>Powers, influence of bureaucracy, Members of Parliament roles, relationship, 16875-7
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), rationalization policy, reversing, o.q., 106
    >>Public Service Compensation System, inefficiencies, Auditor General's report, o.q., 8119-20
    >>Quebec independence, Outaouais region employees
    >>>Job loss, 13071
    >>>Job preservation in new Quebec Public Service, 13341, 13872
    >>>>o.q., 15486
    >>>>S.O. 31, 15918
    >>RCMP status, uniformed and civilian members, Federal Court of Canada ruling, 7896-902, 7908, 7910-2
    >>Reclassifications, r.o., 10340
    >>Recognition, 1883
    >>>Quality Month, awards of excellence, o.q., 15048
    >>Renewal, 1881, 4967, 7909-10
    >>>o.q., 7097, 9063
    >>>Public Service downsizing, impact, 11840-1
    >>Role, value, 2778-9
    >>Salaries, 1195
    >>>Executive categories, increases, 13385-6
    >>>Freeze, extended for two years, Budget, Feb. 22/94, measure, 1712, 1758, 1784, 1787, 1819, 1827, 1835-6, 1842, 1881, 1883, 1898, 1904-7, 2778, 2796, 2799, 2805-7, 2885, 3019, 3026, 3038, 3066, 3091, 3112, 3115, 4433-7, 4440-1, 4482-3, 4635-9, 4641, 4673, 4677, 5031-2, 8496-7, 8571, 15673
    >>>>Legislation, Bill C-17, implementing, 2776-7
    >>>>Lessening time, alternative efficiencies, 1758, 2778-80, 2885, 3019
    >>>>Morale, impact, S.O. 31, 4128
    >>>>o.q., 1803-4, 1996-7, 5343-4
    >>>>S.O. 31, 2478-9
    >>>Increments, suspended for two years, Budget, Feb. 22/94, measure, 1712, 1758, 2778-80, 2805-7, 3019, 3038, 3066
    >>>Private sector, comparison, 1835, 2799
    >>>Reform Party, position, 4631
    >>>Regional rates of pay, abolishing
    >>>>Cost of abolishing, 15674, 15679
    >>>>Cost of living differences factor, 15674, 15678, 15680
    >>>>Equality/discrimination factor, 15672-80
    >>>>Labour disputes, 1989 ships crews strike arbitration panel eliminating regional rates, etc., 15672-3, 15678-9
    >>>>M. (MacDonald), 15672-80, dropped from Order Paper, 15680
    >>>>National standards factor, 15675-6, 15678
    >>>>Remote regions allowance alternative, 15676-8
    >>>>S.O. 31, 294
    >>>Women, 4646-8, 15352, 15358, 15413
    >>Senior management, influence of lobbyists, protection, 3721
    >>Staff
    >>>Block transfers, 11260
    >>>Full time, by job classification, r.o., 12546
    >>Strikes, essential services, anti-scab legislation, 13939-47, 15509-18, 16505-6
    >>>See also Canada Labour Code and Public Service Staff Relations Act (amdt.--scabs and essential services)(Bill C-317)
    >>Telework pilot project, three year term, 2781
    >>Travel allowances, tax liability, 14329
    >>Travel expenditures, reducing, 9870
    >>Tribute see National Public Service Week
    >>Unions see Government expenditures--Budget Feb. 22/94
    >>Visible minorities, 7282
    >>>See also Public Service--Employment equity
    >>Whistleblowing protection, ethics issue, 6392, 13033-9
    >>>Hotline, United States example, 13037, 13039
    >>>Legislation see Canadian Human Rights Act, Canada Labour Code and Public Service Employment Act (amdt.--whistleblowing)(Bill C-248)
    >>Women
    >>>Non-traditional and executive positions, 2795
    >>>See also Public Service--Employment equity--Salaries
    >>Work schedules, flexibility, 2781
    >>Workforce adjustment program, 3112-3, 4637, 6808
    >>>Amending, Treasury Board-union negotiations, 2779-80
    >>>>o.q., 9201
    >>>Budget, Feb. 27/95 measures, impact, 11430
    >>>Government program review, relationship, o.q., 8174, 8294
    >>>o.q., 2360
    >>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), unilaterally amending, 2779
    >>>Retraining programs, funding, access, 2779
    >>>See also Public Service--Downsizing
    >>See also National Public Service Week; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995); Remembrance Day