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Chandler-Gaspé line see Rail transportation/railways--Branch lines

Chant, John see Financial institutions--Task force

Chaplin Family YMCA

    >>Cambridge, Ont., S.O. 31, 9014

Charest, Hon. Jean J. (PC--Sherbrooke)

    >>Bourassa, Robert, 4991-2
    >>Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14), 1198-9
    >>Committees to the Whole House, M. (J. Chrétien), 10-1
    >>Employment insurance, o.q., 6668, 7041, 7663
    >>Federal-provincial conferences, o.q., 1053, 2613, 3010
    >>Hargrave, Bert, 4867
    >>Hees, George, 3928-9
    >>House of Commons, 10-1, 7470-2
    >>Job creation, o.q., 4230
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), o.q., 2144
    >>Manning, Hon. Ernest Charles, 1956-7
    >>National Revenue Department, o.q., 1173
    >>North American Free Trade Agreement, o.q., 3927
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 1198-9
    >>>Oral question period, 7470-2, 7580
    >>>Throne Speech, 45
    >>Quebec distinct society status, o.q., 2438
    >>References
    >>>Absence from House, 8146-7
    >>>See also Airports--Sherbrooke, Que.; House of Commons--Decorum; National unity; Official Opposition--Reform Party; Quebec--Liberal Party convention; Quebec separation/sovereignty--Legal right/constitutionality, Supreme Court of Canada referral; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Quebec distinct society status factor--Yes side victory; Saskatchewan--Devine, Grant
    >>Ringuette-Maltais, references, 10
    >>Somalia, o.q., 1770, 4675
    >>Speakership, 10-1
    >>Training programs, o.q., 1053
    >>Unemployment, o.q., 4989

Charette, Agnes see Curling--Canadian senior women's championships

Charitable and Non-profit Organization Director Remuneration Disclosure Act (Bill C-262)--Bryden

    >>First reading, 1470
    >>Deemed read a second time and referred to Government Operations Standing Committee, by House Order, 1470-1
    >>Government Operations Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 1470-1

Charitable donations

    >>Annual limits, raising from 20% to 50% of net income, Budget 1996 measure, 377, 405, 1556, 7247, 9517 , 9922
    >>Appreciated property donations, limit, raising to 100% of donation portion of estate, Budget 1996 measure, 377, 405
    >>Budget 1996 measures, 433-4
    >>>Reform Party position, 402
    >>Encouraging, consultations with charitable organizations, 377, 405
    >>Gifts willed to charities, limit, raising to 100%, Budget 1996 measure, 377, 405, 1556, 7247
    >>Tax credit
    >>>Gifts in form other than cash, publicly traded securities, inclusion, five year review, Budget 1997 measure, 8297
    >>>Increasing to 75% of donation, Budget 1997 measure, 8297, 8331, 9634, 9922
    >>Tax deduction/credit, 893
    >>>Percentage, equal to political donations, petition, 10042
    >>>Restrictions, removal, 7230
    >>See also Environment--Ecologically sensitive land; Terrorism--Funding

Charitable organizations

    >>Accountability, 434, 1556-8, 7262-3
    >>Budget 1997 measures, impact, o.q., 9885
    >>Definition, 1556, 7262
    >>Financial records, fund dispersal, disclosure, 7263
    >>Funds, income from all sources, charitable activities, percentage, 1556
    >>Political/lobbying activities, 1556, 7262
    >>>Restricting, 1557
    >>>See also Income Tax Act (amdt.--political activities by charities receiving public funds)(Bill C-286)
    >>Regulations, lack, 1556-7
    >>Staff, salaries, 1557
    >>Tax incentives, increase, Finance Standing Committee recommendation, 7220, 7262, 7407-8
    >>Unemployment Workers' Health and Counselling Centre, Regina, Sask. funding, government refusal, condemning, S.O. 31, 5880
    >>See also Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization--Registered charities; Social services--Government cut-backs

Charles-Lemoyne Hospital Foundation see Hospitals

Charlevoix, Que. see Airports--Regional airports

Charlottetown Accord see Constitutional reform

Charlottetown, P.E.I. see Wildlife--Endangered species, National Accord

Charny, Que. see Rail transportation/railways--Rail lines--Safety

Charrier, Éric

    >>Skin diver, duration under ice, record, S.O. 31, 9445

Charter of Rights see Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Châteauguay, Que. see Emergencies/disasters--Fires--Flooding

Chatham Capitol Theatre Association see Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments--Capitol Theatre

Chatham, N.B. see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Chatham, N.B.

Chatham, Ont. see Gasoline/automotive fuels, Alternative fuels

Chatters, David (REF--Athabasca)

    >>2000 Plus, S.O. 31, 5679
    >>Athabasca River, S.O. 31, 759-60
    >>Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), 8287-8
    >>Bankruptcy and insolvency, 6288
    >>Budget, 6288-9
    >>Cabinet Ministers, 6287
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 724-7
    >>Child poverty, 5036
    >>Child support payments, 5036-7
    >>Children, petition, 10238
    >>Chrétien, Jean, references, 6287
    >>Divorce, 5036-7
    >>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 5035-7
    >>Economic conditions, 6288
    >>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 31, 4625
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7872-3
    >>Family, 5035, 5037
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5395-6
    >>Gasoline taxes
    >>>Petition, 189, 340, 976
    >>>S.O. 31, 176
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7872-3
    >>>Petition, 7194, 10238
    >>Government, 6289
    >>Gun control/guns, S.O. 31, 6901-2
    >>Income, 6288
    >>Income Tax Act (admt.--income deferred from forced destruction of livestock or natural disasters)(Bill C-370), 7891
    >>Infrastructure program, 6289
    >>Interest rates, 6288
    >>Job creation, 6288, 6290
    >>Legislation, 7872
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 6287
    >>Liberal Party, S.O. 31, 10225
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5394-6
    >>Members of Parliament, 6288
    >>NationaL debt, 6288-9
    >>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee, 727
    >>Nuclear energy, 8286, 8288-9
    >>Nuclear reactors, 8288
    >>Nuclear Safety and Control Act (Bill C-23), 8286-9
    >>Nuclear waste, 8286-8
    >>Official Opposition, 725
    >>Oil and gas pipelines, S.O. 31, 9442
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 724-7
    >>Procedure
    >>>Members' remarks, 5395
    >>>Speeches, 5394-5
    >>Propane, S.O. 31, 7512
    >>Quebec distinct society status, 6288
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 6288
    >>Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236), 5090
    >>References see Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 5118
    >>Senior citizens, 6288
    >>Sexual orientation, S.O. 31, 2244-5
    >>Small and medium business, S.O. 31, 5679
    >>Social programs, 6288
    >>taxation, 6290
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 6287-90
    >>Unemployment, 6288
    >>Violence, petitions, 8870, 9514-5, 10238
    >>Wealth, 6290

Chau-Ping, Lee see Immigration/immigrants

Chaudière Appalaches see Tourism

Chavigny Jazz V Band see Music--All American Music Festival

Chechnya see Russian Federation

Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals Foundation see Hospitals

Cheese see Dairy products

Chemicals see Farm equipment

Chenel, Sister Marie-Anne

    >>100th birthday, S.O. 31, 7961

Chernobyl, Ukraine see Nuclear power plants

Chesterfield Inlet, N.W.T. see Residential schools--Inuit

Chicoutimi, Que. see Schools--Polyvalente Charles-Gravel; Unemployment

Chief Electoral Officer

    >>Reports
    >>>Canada's Electoral System: Strengthening the Foundation, annex to report re 35th general election (1993), tabled, 93
    >>>The March 1996 Byelections-Technological Innovations: Reaping the Rewards, tabled, 3493
    >>See also Elections--Voters list, Permanent; Indians/First Nations--Band council elections; Privy Council Office; Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Twentieth, Sixty-second

Child abduction

    >>Child Find Green Ribbon of Hope Month, S.O. 31, 2175, 2246, 3078
    >>MacLellan, Jacqueline Mariana, daughter of Marguerite M. Kopaniak, abducted to Bermuda by father Peter R. MacLellan, petition, 9999
    >>Noah, Karim, son of Micheline Tremblay, abducted to Egypt by father Moustafa Nouh, lack of bilateral agreement, etc.
    >>>M. (B. Tremblay), 4965-73
    >>>>Dropped from Order Paper, 4973
    >>>o.q., 8909
    >>>Petition, 4677
    >>>S.O. 31, 1583
    >>Robitaille, Suzie, children abducted to Egypt by father, lack of bilateral agreement, illness factor, etc.
    >>>Child tax benefit status, o.q., 9553
    >>>o.q., 9553, 9991-2, 10185
    >>>Petition, 10189

Child abuse

    >>Forcible confinement, penalty, 9225
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--penalties for sexual offences involving children)(Bill C-391)
    >>Reform Party policy, 9679
    >>See also Child prostitution; Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation; Criminals--Backgrounds

Child benefit see Child poverty--Eliminating, National child benefit; Child tax benefit

Child care

Child Find see Child abduction

Child, John see Olympics, 1996 Summer Games--Canadian team

Child labour

    >>Canadian companies abroad, prohibiting use, 7369
    >>Eliminating, Canadian role, etc., 347, 1862
    >>>Commonwealth, within, 8842
    >>>Government policy, 2464
    >>>International conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, , o.q., 8839
    >>>International consensus, seeking, Throne Speech statement, 4, 2460
    >>>International convention, negotiating, o.q., 8839
    >>>International Labour Organization Convention 138, Canada signing, petition, 3723
    >>>International Labour Organization role, S.O. 31, 706
    >>>Kielburger, Craig, role, 1816, 1832, 1853, 1864, 2460-1, 2463, 3384-5
    >>>>S.O. 31, 580
    >>>S.O. 31, 5802-3
    >>Haiti, S.O. 31, 706
    >>Imports, prohibiting
    >>>M. (Blaikie), 2459-69, dropped from Order Paper, 2469
    >>>Petitions, 4158, 5203
    >>>Rugmark label, 2461
    >>>Rugs, European Union ban, 1872
    >>>S.O. 31, 3816
    >>>See also Imports--Labour standards
    >>India, etc., Canadian action, S.O. 31, 4855
    >>Labelling products "made by children", 7369
    >>Pakistan, petition, 1594
    >>UNICEF report, The State of the World`s Children, 8357
    >>See also Child prostitution; Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth

Child pornography

    >>Child prostitution, relationship, 9677, 9679-80
    >>Internet publication, distribution, 9225, 9417, 9678
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--penalties for sexual offences involving children)(Bill C-391); Internet Child Pornography Restriction Act (Bill C-396)
    >>Kirkland Lake, Ont., charges, Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), relationship, o.q., 6131-2
    >>National Defence Research Establishment seizure, Blair Evans charged, Internet role, national security implications, etc., 7823
    >>>o.q., 7308-10
    >>Possession, Vernon Logan case, absolute discharge, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms factor, 1690, 2398, 6841
    >>Reform Party policy, 6273, 9679
    >>School principal charged with creating, British Columbia case, 9678

Child poverty

Child prostitution

    >>Ages of prostitutes, 3545, 3571
    >>Child abuse, relationship, 9661
    >>Child labour, relationship, 9669
    >>Child poverty, relationship, 9661
    >>Child sex tourism
    >>>Criminal Code amendments re Canadian citizens/residents travelling abroad, 3545-9, 3570, 3572-4, 3576-7, 3578-83, 3585-8, 6495, 7370, 9406-10, 9642, 9660, 9672-4
    >>>>Enforcement
    >>>>>Difficulty, 9660, 9672-4, 9904, 9972, 10020
    >>>>>Technology role, etc., 3570, 3572
    >>>>Fingerprinting suspects, locating runaways factor, 3552
    >>>>Gagnon, C., role, private members bill, 3547-8, 3573, 3586, 9406-7, 9409
    >>>>o.q., 8839
    >>>>Promoters, travel agents, carriers, etc., charging, 3549, 3574-5, 3579-81, 3586, 3588, 9673
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4494
    >>>>United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, relationship, 3570, 3572, 9407
    >>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27)
    >>>Description, locations, exploitation of children, etc., 3547-8, 3572-6, 3578-9, 3581, 3583, 9668-9
    >>>Economic factors, 3573-5
    >>>Increase, 3570
    >>>International conference, Sweden, August 1996, Canadian participation, etc., 3576, 3582
    >>>International co-operation, need for, 9668
    >>>Justifications, 3548, 3574, 3589
    >>>North American Man/Boy Love Association, relationship, 3572
    >>>Other countries legislation, etc., 3546. 3570, 3572, 3576, 3579, 3582
    >>>United Nations role, 3585
    >>Condemning, S.O. 31, 354
    >>Crime prevention, relationship, 3585-6, 9661
    >>Criminal Code provisions, strengthening, etc., 2046, 3545-7, 3551, 3571, 3576, 3582, 3586, 4595, 9639-40
    >>>Believing prostitute under 18, offence, evidentiary presumption, undercover operations factor, 9640, 9661
    >>>Court proceedings, protection for youths, witnesses, publication restrictions, etc., 3546, 3551, 3576, 3582, 9640
    >>>Customers, offence, 3585, 9661, 9665
    >>>Procurement, living off avails of prostitution, attempted/aggravated procurement offence, minimum sentences, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, relationship, etc., 3545-6, 3551, 3576, 3582, 3586, 5075, 9640, 9660-1, 9665, 9670-2, 9674, 9677-9
    >>>>o.q., 6268, 8511
    >>>United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, relationship, 3545
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27)
    >>Description, exploitation of children, etc., 3545-6, 3551, 3571-2, 3576, 9364, 9668, 9671, 9678-9
    >>Federal-provincial co-operation, o.q., 8511
    >>International situation, other countries laws, enforcement, Canadian role, etc., 9660
    >>National consultations on prostitution of 1995 and 1996, relationship, 9639-40
    >>Police methods, difficulties, etc., 3546, 3551
    >>Reform Party position, 6273, 9679
    >>Training, police, prosecutors, judges, social workers, etc., 3546
    >>See also Child pornography; Prostitution--Street prostitution