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The Hansard Index is the key to information about what is said by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons during the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. The subject entries will either provide reference to a page number or, a combination of page number followed by the issue sitting number and time checks in the daily Hansard.

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Plutonium see Nuclear power plants

Plywood see Lumber

PMS see Premenstrual syndrome

Pocatec see Rail transportation/railways--High speed trains

Podiluk, Walter

    >>Order of Canada, recipient, S.O. 31, 2473

Poetry see Commonwealth--Commonwealth Day; Festivals--International Poetry Festival

Point LePreau, N.B. see Labour relations--Nuclear plant workers

Poland see Canadian Executive Service Organization; Russian Federation--Katyn forest execution

Police

    >>Community policing see Crime prevention; Peel Regional Police; Police--National Police Week
    >>Courts not supporting, 2080
    >>Deaths in line of duty
    >>>Constable Andre Lalonde, Montreal Urban Community Police, moment of silence, S.O. 31, 2058, 2133-4
    >>>Parliament Hill commemoration
    >>>>Constable William Shelever, etc., S.O. 31, 4857-8
    >>>>Peace Tower flag, lowering, o.q., 4863-4
    >>Fingerprints, footprints, teeth impressions, photographs, etc., obtaining, warrants, 3539-40, 9615
    >>>Petition, 9657
    >>Francis, Constable Philip, Peel Regional Police, Medal of Bravery, S.O. 31, 5593
    >>Human rights concerns, priority, 4598
    >>Informants, role, 1392-3
    >>>See also Witness Protection Program--Participants
    >>National Police Week, community policing theme, S.O. 31, 2805, 2935
    >>Paperwork burden, 2080, 9667-8
    >>Provincial policing services see Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    >>Search and seizure powers, 9619
    >>>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, relationship, 3538
    >>>Computer systems, 3538
    >>>Disposal/sale of perishables, 3539
    >>>Night-time searches, 3539
    >>>Warrants, obtaining easier, 3539
    >>>Without warrants, 2339
    >>Warrants
    >>>Obtaining by telephone or fax, 3538-9, 9615, 9619
    >>>See also Police--Fingerprints--Search and seizure powers;
    >>See also Break and enter--Increase; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Child prostitution--Police methods--Training; Chile--GasAndes consortium pipeline; Crime; Criminal law--Legislation; Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Legislation; Family violence; Gangs--Motorcycle gangs; Gun control/guns--Legislation--Police powers--Storage requirements; Haiti; Indians/First Nations--Aboriginal policing agreements; Justice system--DNA evidence--Pre-trial detention--Pre-trial release; Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service; Pakistan--Religious intolerance; Parole--Murderers, Munro--Murderers, Police officers--Murderers, Repealing; Peel Regional Police; Ports; Public safety officers compensation fund; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Royal Newfoundland Constabulary; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Appropriateness; Victims of crime--Services; Witness Protection Program--Provincial and municipal police utilizing; Young offenders--Information sharing

Police dogs

    >>Protecting, amending Criminal Code, petitions, 7892, 8202, 9387

Police records see Sexual assault/offences--Accused acces to medical and therapeutic records

Political Eight (P-8) countries see Terrorism

Political interference see Cornwallis Park Development Agency--Verran

Political parties

    >>"Bagmen" see Senators--Political party "bagmen"
    >>Caucuses, roles, 6023
    >>Donations
    >>>Corporations, 4774-5, 6684-5, 6694, 10126
    >>>>Liberal Party, 320-1, 6677, 6683, 6685, 10126
    >>>>>MDS Aero Support Corp. employees bonus scheme, o.q., 6861-2
    >>>>>Trade Team Canada trade missions, participation, S.O. 31, 421
    >>>>>See also Aircraft--Regional aircraft; Canadian International Development Agency--Contracts; Defence equipment--Ships, Minesweepers; Insurance industry--Federally-regulated companies
    >>>>New Democratic Party, S.O. 31, 6053
    >>>>Reimbursement of employees donations, prohibiting, 9997
    >>>>>See also Canada Elections Act (amdt.)(Bill C-407)
    >>>Tax credits, 6756-7
    >>>See also Charitable donations--Tax deduction/credit
    >>Fund raising see Chétien, Jean--References; Dion--References
    >>Funding, public and individuals, restricting to, Quebec system, federal government adopting, etc., 6618, 6677-8, 6682-3, 6691-5, 6721, 6728-33, 6756-61, 6764, 10083-4
    >>Government subsidies, tax concessions, 6721
    >>Winds of Change Conference, Progressive Conservative Party and Reform Parties, Liberal Party exclusion, S.O. 31, 2999
    >>See also Elections; Members of Parliament--Party discipline--Positions Security Intelligence Review Committee--Membership

Political prisoners see China; Vietnam

Political terrorism see National unity--Federal government policy

Political will see Rwanda--Civil war

Political witch hunt see Air Canada--Airbus A320 passenger jet

Politicians

Politics

Polling hours see Elections--Voting hours

Pollution

    >>Industries, emmissions trading, S.O. 31, 5555
    >>Prevention, Canadian Environmental Protection Act focus, 323, 325
    >>See also Air pollution; Arctic; Water pollution

Polychlorinated biphenyls see PCBs

Polygram see Film and video industry

Polyvalente Charles-Gravel see Schools

Pomajba, Elaine

    >>Liver transplant recipient, tribute, S.O. 31, 6553

Pomerleau, Roger (BQ--Anjou--Rivière-des-Prairies)

Pont de Québec see Bridges--Quebec City Bridge

Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Que. see Quebec separation/sovereignty--Partition of separated Quebec

Poppies see Veterans

Population see British Columbia

Population health approach see Family violence

Porcupine caribou herd see Natural resources--Development; Wildlife

Pork

    >>Marketing, supply-management system, marketing boards, Manitoba, 1614

Pornography

    >>Consumers, youth age 12 to 17, sex offenders, 9677
    >>Description, 9677-8
    >>Entertainment, television, films
    >>>Censorship boards allowing inappropriate material, 9680
    >>>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee paper, o.q., 5247
    >>Freedom of speech, relationship, 9679-80
    >>Government measures, lack, election promise, "red book", o.q., 5247
    >>Harmful effects, etc.,
    >>>Petition, 8694
    >>>S.O. 31, 6441-2
    >>Internet, blue ribbon panel studying, o.q., 5247
    >>Laws on obscenity and pornography, upholding, strengthening, petitions, 4995, 6521-2, 7394, 7431, 7524, 7723, 7893, 8663
    >>Retail sales, prohibiting, petition, 8202
    >>White Ribbon Campaign Against Pornography
    >>>Petition, 8694
    >>>S.O. 31, 7235
    >>See also Child pornography; Obscenity; Penitentiaries--Inmates, Olson

Port Alberni, B.C. see Ports--Commercialization

Port Hardy, B.C. see Program for Older Worker Adjustment

Port Williams Elementary School see Schools

Portage program see Drug/substance abuse--Rehabilitation

Portneuf constituency see Government grants/loans

Ports

    >>British Columbia, Ports Canada policing, elimination, 4839
    >>Churchill, Man.
    >>>Fuller utilization, petition, 493, 4087
    >>>Promotion, Gateway North Marketing Agency, establishment, role, S.O. 31, 230
    >>Commercialization, Canada Port Authorities taking over, 4787-94, 4808-11, 8096, 8968, 9684, 9686, 9688, 9809-10, 9817-8, 9822
    >>>Boards of directors, membership, role, government powers, 4787-8, 4790-4, 4809-10
    >>>Business activities, restricting, 4791-2
    >>>Business principles, following, 4787
    >>>Cacouna, Que., impact, 8056, 8974, 9811-6
    >>>Canada Ports Corporation, harbour commissions, dismantling, 4790, 9688, 9819, 9822
    >>>Criteria, 4787, 4810-1
    >>>Current office holders, compensation rights, cancellation, 4791
    >>>Economic and trade benefits, 4787, 9684-5
    >>>Ferry ports, impact on ferry service, 8056, 9813-4
    >>>Government role, fees, regulations, safety, etc., 4788, 4792, 9811-2, 9817
    >>>Land ownership, government retaining, 4788, 4790, 4810, 9809
    >>>Legislation, Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44)
    >>>>Committee study prior to second reading, 4791, 4810, 9683-4, 9809, 9818
    >>>>Introduced in spring, Reform Party critic receiving briefing book in fall, 4791, 9818-9
    >>>>National marine policy, relationship, 4790, 4793, 4808
    >>>>Status, 8056
    >>>Mortgaging property, prohibition, 4792
    >>>Official Languages Act, application to, 4792
    >>>Police force, existing, impact, 4808, 9686
    >>>Port Alberni, B.C., impact, 4809-10
    >>>Private sector funding, 4788
    >>>Public accountability, financial accountability, 4787-9
    >>>Quebec, job creation potential, 10055-6
    >>>Regional and local impact, concerns, 4790, 4794, 4810-1, 9686
    >>>Rehabilitation of neglected ports, $125 million fund, etc., 4790, 4792-4, 4807, 4811, 8056, 9687
    >>>Transport Standing Committee May 1995 report, relationship, 4787, 9688
    >>>See also Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44)
    >>Halifax, N.S.
    >>>Commercial viability
    >>>>Post-Panamax opportunity, 9826
    >>>>Rail transportation, importance, 1216, 1225-6, 1228
    >>>Marine service fees, 107
    >>>See also Marine transport--Dubai
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    Hamilton Harbour, Canada Port Authority status, Burlington and Hamilton, Ont., representation, 9690, 9820
    >>Harbour masters, appointment, fairness, qualifications, etc., 1427, 6241, 9812
    >>>See also Public Harbours and Port Facilities Act (amdt.)(Bill C-258)
    >>Harbours, management, privatization, transfer to local/provincial authorities, Quebec, repairs, costs, o.q., 2307-8
    >>Local and regional ports, transfer from Transport Department to other departments, local authorities, 4788, 6241-2, 8564, 9685-6, 9811-2, 9819-20
    >>Montreal, Que.
    >>>Economic viability, 5605, 5671-2
    >>>Importance, St. Lawrence Seaway, contribution, 443-4
    >>>Profits, S.O. 31, 7462
    >>National system, establishing, 811
    >>Navigational aids, icebreaking and dredging, fee schedule, o.q., 1286-7
    >>Policing services, federal government withdrawal, 9819
    >>>New model, studies, consultations, o.q., 9279
    >>>S.O. 31, 9078
    >>>See also Ports--Commericialization
    >>Quebec City, Que., federal government siphoning-off profits, 4792
    >>Saguenay, Que., Canada Port Authority status, 9815
    >>Security, marine police, role, o.q., 140
    >>Sorel, Que., Pier No. 2, dredging operations, opposition, petition, 3722
    >>St. John's, Nfld, clean-up, S.O. 31, 9320
    >>>Toronto, Ont., Canada Port Authority status, 9689, 9823-4
    >>Trois-Rivières, Que., Canada Port Authority status, 9815, 9824-5
    >>>o.q., 7242
    >>>S.O. 31, 7458-9
    >>Vancouver, B.C.
    >>>Federal workers, occupational health and safety, regulations, provincial jurisdiction, need, S.O. 31, 3151-2
    >>>Infrastructure, federal government role, etc., 8074
    >>>See also Rail transportation/railways
    >>West coast
    >>>Labour disputes/stoppages, arbitration, 8955
    >>>See also Grain transportation
    >>See also Final Offer Arbitration in Respect of West Coast Port Operations Act (Bill C-383); Grain transportation--Delivery system; Montreal, Que.

Ports Canada see Ports--British Columbia

Portugal

    >>Independence, Apr. 25/74, Day of Liberty, Portuguese Canadians celebrating, S.O. 31, 1951
    >>Portugal Week, celebration, S.O. 31, 3553
    >>See also Immigration/immigrants--Visa, Visitors

Portuguese Canadians

    >>Tribute, visit of Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities José Lello, etc., S.O. 31, 5365-6
    >>See also Portugal--Independence

Post offices

    >>Chambly, Que., closure/sale, 3772
    >>La Crête. Alta., improving, petition, 8201
    >>PROFAC Management Group maintenance and operation contracts, etc., S.O. 31, 7379
    >>Rural, closures, moratorium, o.q., 5246