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Deficit bond see Deficit--Reduction

Deficit reduction surtax see Deficit--Reduction

Delets family see Refugees

Deley, Melissa Dawn see Murder

Deliotte & Touche see Métis Society of Saskatchewan

Delisle case see RCMP--Unionization

Délisle, Sergeant Gaétan see RCMP--Political activities

Delta constituency

    >>References, 474

Democracy

    >>Accountability of elected representatives, 8851, 12450-1
    >>Bloc Québécois commitment, S.O. 31, 4986
    >>Central and Eastern Europe, development, encouraging, 2259
    >>>See also Eastern Europe; Parti Québécois; Quebec--Separation/sovereignty, Legislation; Russia; Ukraine
    >>Direct democracy. S.O. 31, 17572-3
    >>Expensive, 1940
    >>Participatory democracy see Referendums and plebiscites--Utility
    >>Promotion, Canada's role, 2261, 2266
    >>Ultranationalism threat, 2257
    >>See also Africa; Latin America; Members of Parliament--Salaries; Mexico--Elections; Vietnam

Dene land claims see Aboriginal land claims--Sahtu; Sahtu Dene and Métis Land Claim Settlement Act (Bill C-16)

Dental Health Month

Dental hygiene see National Dental Hygiene Week

Dental plans

Dental services see Health insurance (Medicare)

Department of Agriculture Act (amdt.)(Bill C-49)--Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Goodale)

    >>First reading, 5822
    >>Second reading, 6076-9, 6092-104
    >>>Agreed to, 6104
    >>Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 6104
    >>>Reported, without amdts., 6475
    >>Report stage, 6753-60
    >>>Motions
    >>>>(Easter), 6754-8, negatived, on recorded division, 6879-80
    >>>>(Kerpan), 6758-60, negatived, on division, 6760
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Goodale), agreed to, on division, 6880
    >>Third reading, 6914-31
    >>>Agreed, to, 6931, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 8256. Chap. 38, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Agriculture and Agri-Food Department--Establishment

Department of Canadian Heritage Act (Bill C-53)--Minister of Canadian Heritage (Dupuy)

Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act (Bill C-35)--Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Marchi)

    >>First reading, 4733
    >>Second reading, 5189-205, 5221-7
    >>>Agreed to, 5227
    >>Citizenship and Immigration Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 5227
    >>>Reported, with amendment, 5527
    >>Third reading, time allocation under S.O. 78(2), M. (Robichaud), 5696-7, agreed to, on recorded division, 5696-8
    >>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Tobin), agreed to, 5774
    >>Third reading, 5774-80
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 5780, passed.
    >>Senate passage, 5781
    >>Royal Assent, 5782. Chap. 31, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Citizenship and Immigration Department--Establishment; Quebec--Self-determination

Department of External Affairs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-47)--Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ouellet)

    >>First reading, 5822
    >>Second reading, 6500-5
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 6505
    >>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 6505
    >>>Reported with amdts., 9203
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 9339
    >>Third reading, 9339-48
    >>>Agreed to, 9348, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 11028. Chap. 5, S.C. 1995
    >>See also Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department--Establishment

Department of Forestry see Forestry Department

Department of Health Act (Bill C-95)--Minister of Health (Marleau)

Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-96)--Minister of Human Resources Development (L. Axworthy)

Department of Industry Act (Bill C-46)--Minister of Industry (Manley)

    >>First reading, 5822
    >>Second reading, 6116-32, 6147-75, 6761-9, 6784-96, 7240-6
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 7260
    >>>Amdt. (Rocheleau), 6121, negatived, on recorded division, 7258-9
    >>>>Amdt. to amdt. (I. McClelland), 6172, negatived, on recorded division, 6880-1
    >>Industry Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 7260
    >>>Reported, with amdts., 8299
    >>Report stage, 8526-40
    >>>Motions
    >>>>(Leroux, G.), 8526-35, negatived, on recorded division, 8722-4; 8539-40, negatived, on recorded division, 8725-6
    >>>>(Schmidt), 8528-39, negatived, on recorded division, 8723-5
    >>>Concurrence, M. (Manley), agreed to, on recorded division, 8726-7
    >>Third reading, 8761-77
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 8856, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 10645. Chap. 1, S.C. 1995
    >>See also Industry Department--Establishment

Department of Labour Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30)--Minister of Human Resources Development (L. Axworthy)

    >>First reading, 4209
    >>Second reading, 4514, 4529-39
    >>>Agreed to, 4539
    >>Human Resources Development Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 4539
    >>>Reported, with amdt., 5350
    >>Report stage, concurrence, M. (L. Axworthy), agreed to, 5554
    >>Third reading, 5554-70, 5595-6
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 5601
    >>Senate passage, 5781
    >>Royal Assent, 5781. Chap. 30, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Atlantic Groundfish Strategy--Income support, Legislation

Department of Labour Act (amdt.--eligibility for assistance for long-service employees)(Bill C-243)--Ménard

    >>First reading, 3611
    >>Second reading, 4845-54
    >>>Deemed read, Human Resources Development Standing Committee referral, M. (Ménard), leave to move, unanimous consent, denied, 4848-9
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 4854

Department of Labour Act (amdt.--eligibility for assistance for long-service employees)(Bill C-287)--Ménard

    >>First reading, 7769
    >>See also Program for Older Worker Adjustment--Businesses

Department of National Revenue Act (amdt.)(Bill C-2)--Minister of National Revenue (Anderson)

    >>First reading, 235
    >>Second reading, 925-34, 947-9
    >>>Agreed to, 949
    >>Finance Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 949
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 1461
    >>Report stage, concurrence, M. (Anderson), agreed to, on division, 3294
    >>Third reading, 3295-301
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 3301, passed.
    >>Senate passage, 4300
    >>Royal Assent, 4300. Chap. 13, S.C. 1994
    >>See also National Revenue Department--Administrative consolidation

Department of Natural Resources Act (Bill C-48)--Minister of Natural Resources (A. McLellan)

    >>First reading, 5822
    >>Second reading, 6209-11, 6228-41, 6796-805
    >>>Amdt. (Canuel), 6229, negatived, on recorded division, 6881-2
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 6882-3
    >>Natural Resources Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 6883
    >>>Reported, with amdts., 7893
    >>Report stage, 8015-25
    >>>Motions
    >>>>(Caccia), 8015-7, as amended, agreed to, 8017
    >>>>>Amdt. (McLellan, A.), 8016, agreed to, 8017
    >>>>(Canuel), 8017-24, negatived, on recorded division, 8147-50
    >>>>(Deshaies), 8020-4, negatived, on recorded division, 8148-9
    >>>Concurrence, as amended, M. (A. McLellan), agreed to, on recorded division, 8150-1
    >>Third reading, 8181-97
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 8209-10, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 9160. Chap. 41, S.C. 1994
    >>See also Natural Resources Department--Establishment

Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-52)--Minister of Public Works and Government Services (Dingwall)

Deportation see Criminals--Foreign; Immigrants; Refugees

Deposit insurance see Financial institutions

Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole House

    >>Maheu, appointment, M. (J. Chrétien), agreed to, 12

Deputy ministers see Environment Department; Public Service--Pensions

Deputy Speaker

    >>Kilgour, appointment, M. (J. Chrétien), agreed to, 12

Deputy Speaker, rulings and statements see Speaker, rulings and statements

Deregulation see Regulations

Derivatives see Financial institutions; Financial markets

DES Awareness Week

Desautels, L. Denis see Auditor General

Deshaies, Bernard (BQ--Abitibi)

    >>Abitibi constituency, 84
    >>Agnico Eagle, S.O. 31, 1421
    >>Air traffic control, 3714-5
    >>Air transportation, 3714, 5591-2
    >>Air transportation tax, 5591-2
    >>Airports, 3714-5, 5592
    >>Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95 (Bill C-14), 1936-7
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, 1936
    >>Burundi, S.O. 31, 11289
    >>Business Development Bank of Canada Act (Bill C-91), 12905-7
    >>Canada Employment Centres, 13394-5
    >>Canada Remembers Program, S.O. 31, 7722-3
    >>Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations Act (Bill S-5), 5320
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, S.O. 31, 12408
    >>Canadian National Railways, 12585-6
    >>China, o.q., 7730
    >>CN Commercialization Act (Bill C-89), 12584-6
    >>Constitution, 8796
    >>Cruise missile testing, M. (Collenette), 439
    >>Defence policy, M. (Collenette), 1490
    >>Deficit, 1937
    >>Department of Industry Act (Bill C-46), 6761-4, 8532-3
    >>Department of Natural Resources Act (Bill C-48), 6796-7, 6799, 6804, 8019-22, 8190-2
    >>Economic development, 4752
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 6509
    >>Energy sector, M. (Morrison), 14912-3
    >>Environment, 16098-100
    >>Estimates, M. (Eggleton), 13394-5, 13397, 13403, 13407
    >>Excise Act, Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 5591-2
    >>Forpan Inc., S.O. 31, 1421
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, o.q., 5726
    >>Government, 84-5
    >>Government contracts, qu., 10013
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 16098-100
    >>Government expenditures, 136-7
    >>Government programs and services, 6761-2
    >>GST, 1936
    >>Health care, S.O. 31, 3643
    >>Hibernia development project, 6797, 6804
    >>Infrastructure program, qu., 2980-1
    >>Intervenor Funding Act (Bill C-339), 16098-100
    >>Les ressources AUR Inc./Project Louvicourt, S.O. 31, 3153, 12589
    >>Mining industry, 9113, 14912-3
    >>>M., 15063-5
    >>>M. (Serré), 13209-11
    >>>o.q., 1617
    >>>Petition, 17145
    >>>S.O. 31, 2213, 9416, 10507, 12589, 14309, 15519
    >>National debt, 1936
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 16828
    >>Natural resources, 6796-7, 6799, 6804
    >>Natural Resources Standing Committee, 9113
    >>Northern Canada, 13407
    >>>o.q., 10901
    >>Pearson International Airport Agreements Act (Bill C-22), 3714-5, 6279
    >>Poverty, S.O. 31, 986
    >>Prime Minister`s residences, o.q., 16244
    >>Procedure
    >>>Questions on the Order Paper, 9539
    >>>Speeches, 4751
    >>Public Service, S.O. 31, 5207
    >>Quebec
    >>>M. on supply (Duceppe), 8795-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 5512, 14447, 15038-9, 15519
    >>Rail passenger service, 86, 12585
    >>Railways, 12584-5
    >>References, maiden speech, 84
    >>Regional development, 6761-2, 6764, 8532-3
    >>>M. on supply (Crête), 4751-4
    >>Rouyn-Noranda, Que., S.O. 31, 4126
    >>Small business, M. (Gagliano), 7751-3
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 84-5
    >>Training programs, 13397, 13403

Designer drugs see Drug trafficking--Controlled substances

Desilets, Luke see CSIS--Informant

Deslongchamps, Prof. Pierre

    >>University of Sherbrooke chemistry professor, appointment to Académie des sciences, Paris, France, tribute, S.O. 31, 12713

Destiny Productions see Arts and culture--Stubble Jumpers

Detoxification see Alcohol abuse/addiction; Drug abuse

Detroit, MI

    >>Economic policies, 2600
    >>See also Economic G-7 Summits (1994)

Deutsche Bank see Foreign investments--Canadian bond holdings

Deveau, Yvon

    >>Acadian community leader, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 9465

Developing countries

    >>Adult life expectancy, 2306, 2341
    >>Canada's relationship/influence, 200, 2305
    >>CIDA projects, benefitting, 1260, 1272-3
    >>Definition, criteria, 1546
    >>Economic growth rates, 1545
    >>>GATT, Uruguay Round agreement, impact, 7331-2, 8435-6
    >>Foreign debt crisis, 1545, 7335-7
    >>>$1,703 billion, World Bank report, 2306
    >>>Environmental policies, impact, 7336-7
    >>Have and have-not countries, economic growth, gap, 1545
    >>Health conditions, 2306
    >>Income, per capita, increase/decrease, statistics, 1541
    >>Infant mortality rate, 1541, 2306, 2341
    >>Per capita GNP, 2341
    >>Textile and agricultural products, industrialized nations protectionist measures, impact, 1542
    >>See also Customs Tariff; Defence equipment--Exports; General Preferential Tariff; International peace and security; Job losses; National debt; Population

Development see Sustainable development

Development assistance see International development assistance

DeVillers, Paul (L--Simcoe North)

    >>Aboriginal Head-Start Program, 1818
    >>Abortion, petition, 7993
    >>Air pollution, 7449
    >>Budget, 1818
    >>>M. (P. Martin), 768-9
    >>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. for approval (P. Martin), 1817-20
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 1819
    >>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-56), 7449, 7456-9
    >>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (Bill C-13)(3rd Sess., 34th Parl.), 7457-9
    >>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (Bill C-78)(2nd Sess., 34th Parl.), 7457
    >>Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act, 1818
    >>Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, 1818
    >>Child support payments, M. (Gaffney), 4533-4
    >>Corporations, 1818
    >>Court Challenges Program, 1818
    >>Credit Card Interest Calculation Act (Bill C-233), 2867, 4974-6
    >>Crime, 2448
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 5907
    >>Deficit, 1818-20, 13423-5
    >>Dollar, exchange rate, 1818
    >>Economic recovery, 1818
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 10184
    >>Endangered and Threatened Species Act (Bill C-275), 14257-8
    >>Environment, 7457-9
    >>Environment and Sustainable Development Standing Committee, reports, 8210
    >>Estimates, M. (Eggleton), 13423-5
    >>Euthanasia, petitions, 4734, 5823, 7993
    >>Excise Act, Customs Act and Tobacco Sales to Young Persons Act (amdt.)(Bill C-11), 1674
    >>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 10375-6
    >>Francophones, 525
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, S.O. 31, 15521-2
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 14154, 14157, 14159-61, 14165
    >>Government, 1818
    >>Government expenditures, 769, 1819
    >>Government revenues, 1818
    >>GST, 1818
    >>Gun control/guns, 10375-6
    >>>Petition, 6265
    >>Health care, 1818
    >>Home Buyers Plan, 1818
    >>Income tax, 768
    >>Industrial Research and Development Institute, 524
    >>>S.O. 31, 14081
    >>Infrastructure program, 1818
    >>Insurance, S.O. 31, 16958
    >>Inter-Parliamentary delegations, reports, 5822, 14544
    >>International Water Day, S.O. 31, 10892
    >>Job creation, 1818, 13423
    >>Justice system, M. on supply (Meredith), 2448
    >>Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1818
    >>Liberal Party, 1817-9
    >>Lobbyists, S.O. 31, 2214-5
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-94), 14154, 14157, 14159-61, 14165
    >>Members of Parliament, S.O. 31, 6511
    >>Milk, petition, 11685
    >>Music, S.O. 31, 14805
    >>NAFTA, S.O. 31, 15099
    >>National Forum on Health, 1818
    >>National Literacy Program, 1818
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 15695, 15801
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism
    >>>Petitions, 946-7, 3164
    >>>S.O. 31, 3230
    >>Parliamentary reform, 524
    >>Parole, 5907
    >>Private family trusts, 1818
    >>Procedure, petitions, 3164
    >>Quebec
    >>>M. (J. Chrétien), 17294-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 8745, 11523, 15039
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)
    >>>o.q., 15603
    >>>S.O. 31, 14526, 14639, 15396, 15868
    >>Railways, S.O. 31, 936, 4269, 5936
    >>References, maiden speech, 524
    >>Regulations Act (Bill C-84), 15123-4
    >>Rights of the unborn, petition, 5823
    >>RRAP, 1818
    >>RRSPs, 769, 1818, 13423-4
    >>Rwanda, S.O. 31, 11752
    >>Same-sex couples, petitions, 4734, 6002
    >>Serial killer board game/cards, petitions, 72, 2226
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 4734, 10670
    >>Small business, 1818
    >>Social security system, 1818, 13423-4
    >>Standard of living, S.O. 31, 9773
    >>Taxation, 525, 768, 1818, 1820, 13423
    >>>S.O. 31, 9414
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 524-5
    >>Tobacco/cigarette smuggling, 1674
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 13425
    >>>S.O. 31, 16774
    >>Unemployment, 525
    >>VAT, S.O. 31, 7308
    >>Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, S.O. 31, 13471
    >>Youth Internship Program, 1818
    >>Youth Service Corps, 524, 1818