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Foreign Aid Restriction Act (Bill C-263)--Hanger

    >>First reading, 1505
    >>See also Foreign aid--Countries refusing re-entry of deportees from Canada

Foreign banks see Small and medium business--Captial access

Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act

    >>Canadian companies, failure to comply, penalties, 4511
    >>History, 4510-11
    >>Objectives, 4518, 5304
    >>United Kingdom and French models, comparison, 5210
    >>See also Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17); Trade--Cuba

Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 4234
    >>Second reading, 4485-94, 4507-18
    >>>Agreed to, 4518
    >>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 4518
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 4899
    >>Report stage, 5204-12
    >>>Motions (Rock), 5204-5, agreed to, 5210, 5212
    >>>Concurrence, with further amdts., M., agreed to, 5212
    >>Third reading, 5299-311
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 5311, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 6884. Chap. 28, S.C. 1996
    >>See also Trade--Cuba, United States aircraft

Foreign investment

    >>Attracting, investment climate factor, 279-80
    >>>o.q., 9083
    >>Dependence on, 305
    >>Direct foreign investment, encouraging, 7221
    >>Employment targets, requirements, elimination, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development proposal, 10108-9
    >>>o.q., 9452-3, 9748
    >>Increase, economic benefits, o.q., 3638
    >>Interest rates, impact, 7229
    >>Job creation role, 279
    >>Mergers, takeover bids, Investment Canada approval/disallowance rate, qu., 8517
    >>Quebec, separation/sovereignty threat, impact, 1535
    >>>S.O. 31, 6854
    >>See also Corporations--Taxation; Economic development/renewal--High technology industries; Job creation

Foreign magazines see Magazines

Foreign military sales program see Defence equipment

Foreign policy

    >>Conflict management focus, 5309
    >>House of Commons role, 3982
    >>Independent, 4487-8
    >>International activities, Reform Party position, 6875-6, 6878
    >>Joint meetings of Foreign Affairs and International Trade/National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committees, 6346
    >>Parliament, role, 9901
    >>Parliamentary debates of foreign and defence policy, 498, 6402
    >>>Liberal government (Chrétien) election promises, "red book", 5845
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney) and Liberal government (Chrétien), comparison, 1532
    >>Trade policy, relationship, 1532, 6107-8, 7584
    >>White paper see North American Aerospace Defence Command
    >>See also Canada's Foreign Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.); Environment--International factors; Human rights--International; International security--Canadian policy; Quebec--International role; Taiwan--Election, Mar. 23/96

Foreign trained professionals see Immigration/immigrants

Forest, Hon. Senator Jean

Forestry

    >>British Columbia government renewal fund, diverting to budget shortfall, 5858
    >>Federal government involvement, withdrawal, Throne Speech statement, 5, 296, 327, 350
    >>>o.q., 2561-2
    >>Forestry Capital of Canada, 1998, Swan River, Man., S.O. 31, 2603
    >>National Forest Week
    >>>Canadian Institute of Forestry sponsorship, S.O. 31, 2430-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 23542554-5, 2603
    >>Nipissing constituency, Mattawa and Area Forestry Committee, S.O. 31, 3705
    >>Research and development, lack, 281
    >>Stoney Indian Reserve, illegal logging, forest destroyed, lawsuit, 325-6
    >>Sustainable development, 7074-5
    >>>o.q., 2612, 6190
    >>Wood products, exports
    >>>Export Development Corporation assistance, 1530
    >>>Processed wood products, 9568, 10057
    >>>>Job creation role, 10056-7
    >>Yukon Territory, transfer to Territorial Government, Apr. 1/96, delay, o.q., 364
    >>See also Exports--Wood products; Lumber

Forestry Capital of Canada see Forestry

Forestville, Que. see Airports--Regional airports

Forgery

    >>Dual procedure offence for forgery and uttering forged documents, reduced sentences factor, 3538-9, 3543-5, 9597, 9612
    >>See also Refugees--Criminals

Forget, Claude see Violent offences--Parolees committing

Formal Systems Inc. see Computers/computer systems--Year 2000

Forseth, Paul (REF--New Westminster--Burnaby)

    >>Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-5), 5541-3
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8338
    >>Canada Endangered Species Protection Act (Bill C-65), 6917-9
    >>Canadian Airlines International, S.O. 31, 7031
    >>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, o.q., 6750-1
    >>Child prostitution, 3552, 3571-2
    >>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, S.O. 31, 2060
    >>Crime, 2077
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 3551-3, 3570-3
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3908-9, 4294-5
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--prostitution)(Bill C-248), 1296
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--punishment for subsequent and serious personal injury offences)(Bill C-241), 975
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--trespassing)(Bill C-247), 1296, 9504-7
    >>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9464-5
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 1272
    >>Divorce, 4926-7
    >>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 4926-7
    >>Environment
    >>>o.q., 3713-4
    >>>S.O. 31, 2473
    >>>Statement by Minister (Marchi), 1772-3
    >>Environment Department, o.q., 7522
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7162-4
    >>Family law, 4926-7
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5255-8, 5549-50, 6893-4
    >>>o.q., 590
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 340, 976, 7894
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7162-4
    >>Gun control/guns, 3551
    >>Hate crimes, 3551
    >>Hazardous waste, 4139-40
    >>>o.q., 2943, 9552-3
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 976, 7894
    >>Housing, 7163
    >>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6872
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 6872
    >>Justice system, 3551-2, 3572-3, 9464-5
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5255-9, 5548-50, 6893-4
    >>Music, S.O. 31, 4335
    >>Nuclear reactors
    >>>o.q., 6750
    >>>S.O. 31, 7510-1
    >>Nunziata, references, 7163
    >>Parole, 3551-2, 3572, 3908-9, 4294-5, 9504-5
    >>Pesticides, qu., 2852
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 9507
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 1272
    >>Prostitution, 1296, 3552-3, 3570-2
    >>>o.q., 6268
    >>Public safety, 3551
    >>reform Party, 6872
    >>Sexual orientation, 3551
    >>>Petition, 3323
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply M. (Sheridan), 66
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8454-5
    >>Tobacco industry, 8454-5
    >>Tobacco products, 8455
    >>Trespassing, 1296, 2076-7, 9504-7
    >>Veterans benefits, petition, 4090
    >>Victims of crime, 5541-3
    >>>M. on supply (R. White), 2057, 2076-8
    >>Violent offences, 975
    >>Wildlife, 6917-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 1759
    >>Young offenders, 3551
    >>Young Offenders Act, 3551, 3572

Fort McMurray, Alta. see 2000 Plus

Fort St. John, B.C. see Sentences (convicted criminals)--Aboriginal sentencing circles

Fortin report see Social programs--Expenditures

Fortune magazine see Toronto, Ont.

Forum for Young Canadians see House of Commons--Public gallery; Youth

Fossil fuel energy projects see Energy

Foundation for Gene and Cell Therapy see Health--Genetic diseases

Fournier, Nancy see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents

Fourteen Points see League of Nations--Establishment

Fowler, Bob see Canadian Armed Forces--Drapeau, Col Michel; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Documents--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation, Government appointments

Fox, Jan see Penitentiaries--Edmonton Institution for Women

Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management see Indians/First Nations--Land management

Framework laws see Consumers--Protection; Economic development/renewal

France

    >>Canadian Ambassador see Quebec--Landry, Bernard
    >>Chirac, President Jacques see Middle East--Palestinian self-government
    >>Commemorative stamp honouring President Charles de Gaulle 1967 Canadian visit
    >>>o.q., 8510
    >>>S.O. 31, 8945-6
    >>Juppé, Alain, Prime Minister, remarks after June 1996 Ottawa, Ont. visit, o.q., 3822-3
    >>See also Africa--Great Lakes region, United Nations peacekeeping mission; Asbestos industry--Products; Film and video industry--Dubbing industry; Quebec--Landry, Bernard; Taxation--System, review/reform

Francis, Diane

    >>Financial Post columnist, remarks re Quebec francophones, slander charges by Quebec anglophones, 4150

Francis Constable Philip see Police

Francophone countries see Canadian International Development Agency; Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role

Francophone Games, 1997 (Madagascar)

    >>Government expenditure
    >>>Condemning, S.O. 31, 4448-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 4665

Francophones

    >>Reform Party attitude, 5863
    >>See also Economic forum; Quebec

Francophones outside Quebec

    >>Alberta, heritage, Father Albert Lacombe, S.O. 31, 1656
    >>Assimilation, 972-3, 7093, 8224
    >>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio-Canada, funding cutbacks, impact, o.q., 2183-4, 4633, 4669
    >>>Fédération canadienne des communautés francophones et acadiennes, statistics, error, S.O. 31, 2001
    >>>M. on supply (Marchand), 3782-813, 3829-45
    >>>Official Languages Act, preventing, failure, o.q, 3209
    >>>o.q., 1369, 1766, 2139, 5246-7, 6562, 6660-1, 9450
    >>>Quebec, separation, impact, 3790, 3829
    >>>>o.q., 3209
    >>>Reform Party Member comment, "It can't be soon enough", condemning, S.O. 31, 1098
    >>>See also Francophones outside Quebec--Manitoba
    >>British Columbia, future, concerns, negotiations, 3798, 3808-9
    >>>o.q., 1106
    >>>S.O. 31, 6181
    >>Contribution to Canada, 972, 8212
    >>>S.O. 31, 1099
    >>Economic ties, regional economic forums, developing, S.O. 31, 5105-6
    >>French language use, number, 3809-10
    >>>Statistics Canada figures, 3809
    >>>>o.q., 2139
    >>Funding, cut-backs, Official Languages Act obligations, neglecting, o.q., 3260
    >>Manitoba, 3800-1, 3804-5
    >>>Assimilation, 2867
    >>>Survival, success
    >>>>CKSB Radio, 50th anniversary, contribution, S.O. 31, 3000
    >>>>S.O. 31, 2705
    >>Marchand, Bloc Quebecois Member, remarks, comparing to disabled persons, condemning
    >>>o.q., 5247, 9324
    >>>S.O. 31, 2178, 2247-8
    >>New Brunswick, 3842-3
    >>Newfoundland, 3327-8
    >>Ontario, 3782-5, 3789, 3810-1, 3834
    >>>Coalition of French speaking minorities, government subsidy, delay, S.O. 31, 6053
    >>>Montfort Hospital, closure, Health Services Restructuring Commission recommendation, condemning
    >>>>Ontario government (Harris), responsibiltiy, o.q., 9608
    >>>>Opposition campaign
    >>>>>o.q., 10185
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 9079, 9987
    >>>>Prime Minister Chrétien, intervention
    >>>>>o.q., 8590
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 8500
    >>>>S.O. 31, 8500, 8502, 9443
    >>>Ontario legislature, French, use, objections, condemning, S.O. 31, 6443-4
    >>>Ottawa, 3843-4
    >>>>Commercial signs, S.O. 31, 4496
    >>>>French language schools, closure, o.q., 1766
    >>>S.O. 31, 3706-7, 6362
    >>Réseau de L'Information, access to, coverage, S.O. 31, 7139
    >>Rights
    >>>Association canadienne-francaise de l'Ontario, 3782, 3789-90, 3810, 3812
    >>>Bloc Quebecois, position, 3265, 3308-9, 3327, 3783-6, 3805-6, 3812, 3833-4, 3836, 3839-41, 3844-5
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9647
    >>>Education/schools, 3783, 3787, 3792, 3796-8, 3801-2, 3806, 3809, 7094
    >>>Federation canadienne des communautés francophones et acadiennes, 3782, 3798, 3810-1
    >>>History, 3341-2, 3360, 3782-5, 3839, 7093
    >>>Ignored, o.q., 180
    >>>Liberal Party policy, lack, 3804
    >>>Official Languages Act, 3787, 3789-90, 7092-3
    >>>>Failure, 3178-81, 3789
    >>>>>o.q., 1369
    >>>Preserving, 4392
    >>>>Government record, failure, S.O. 31, 9987
    >>>Provincial legislation contravening, 8357
    >>>>See also Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.--provincial legislation contravening the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms)(Bill C-373)
    >>>Trudeau, Pierre, contribution, 3836-7, 7093
    >>Saskatchewan, government support, commitment, 3789
    >>>o.q., 1052
    >>Social services, protecting, 8357
    >>>See also Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.--social services for the French linguistic minority of a province)(Bill C-374)
    >>Théatre des Lutins, 25th anniversary, Heritage Canada grant, S.O. 31, 2357
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces; Official languages policy/bilingualism--Official languages training; Quebec distinct society status; Quebec separation/sovereignty--Anglophones/francophones/allophones Stratford Festival (Stratford, Ont.); Training programs; Veterans--Quebecers/francophones

Francophonie

    >>Canada and Quebec roles, 1520
    >>Celebrations/events, anniversaries, S.O. 31, 9076
    >>Cotonou Summit see Information highway--Francophone content
    >>Journeé internationale de la francophonie
    >>>S.O. 31, 9170, 9271
    >>>Statement by Minister (Boudria), 9263-4
    >>>Statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 972-4
    >>La semaine nationale de la francophonie, S.O. 31, 815, 817-8, 915, 917, 919, 961-2, 1044, 1240-1
    >>Member countries, human rights record, 973-4
    >>Role, Commonwealth countries, comparison, 972-4
    >>S.O. 31, 961
    >>Summit meetings
    >>>1997, Hanoi, Vietnam, Canadian participation, 5994
    >>>Quebec participation, 2898
    >>See also Foreign aid--Role

Fraser Institute

    >>Canadian Budget Performance Index see Public Accounts--Government financial records
    >>See also Budget 1996; Liberal government (Chrétien); National debt--National assets; Newfoundland--Walker, Michael

Fraser, Murray

    >>Death, tribute, S.O. 31, 9211

Fraser Report see Salmon--Pacific fishery, Fraser River

Fraser River, B.C. see Salmon--Pacific fishery

Fraser Valley East constituency see Family violence; Liberal Party--Election nominations; Violence--Women, victims

Fraud

    >>Banks losses, 10018
    >>Roux, Elisabeth and Senator Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation, charges recommended, not laid
    >>>o.q., 4943
    >>>S.O. 31, 5238
    >>See also Bankruptcy and insolvency; Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Valcartier, Que.; Computer services; Corporations--Taxation; Credit cards

Frazer, Jack (REF--Saanich--Gulf Islands)

    >>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 1041-2
    >>Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5636-7
    >>British Columbia, M. on supply (Duncan), 4871-2, 5851-4
    >>Canada Elections Act (amdt.--reimbursement of election expenses)(Bill C-243), 2839-40
    >>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6649-51
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 514, 4153-4, 8452
    >>>M. (B. Mills), 5636-7
    >>>o.q., 527-8, 1053, 6614
    >>>S.O. 31, 3416, 6260, 7832
    >>Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for United Nations Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-300), 3566, 6637-9, 7552-3, 9233-4
    >>Census (1996), M. (D. Grey), 7813-5
    >>Crime, petition, 4348
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4286-8
    >>Dairy products, petition, 369
    >>Defence equipment, 513-4
    >>Defence expenditures, 514
    >>Elections, 2839-40, 6649-51
    >>Federal Public Service Pensions Act (Bill C-376), 8452
    >>Frazer, references
    >>>o.q., 4342
    >>>S.O. 31, 10223
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 277, 10145
    >>Goods and Services Tax, petition, 7431, 10145
    >>Haiti, 514
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 277, 7431, 9659, 10145
    >>Justice system, petition, 276-7
    >>Lighthouses, S.O. 31, 1363
    >>Marine safety, S.O. 31, 6123
    >>Merchant Navy Veterans and Civilian War-Related Benefits Act and War Veterans Allowance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-320), 4143
    >>Mortgages, S.O. 31, 2704
    >>Murder, 4284-5, 4287
    >>Murderers, 4287
    >>National Defence Department, o.q., 3319
    >>Nisga'a land claim, o.q., 1104
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command, M. (L. Axworthy), 513-6
    >>Parole, 4286-8
    >>Peacekeeping, 3566, 7552-3
    >>>Petitions, 4348, 5522, 6067
    >>Persian Gulf War (1991)
    >>>o.q., 4449-50
    >>>S.O. 31, 10113
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Strahl), 4153-4
    >>Procedure
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 5870, 5872-4, 6583-7, 8343, 9297-8, 9828
    >>>Dress code, 6502
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 7722
    >>>Minister's/Prime Minister's remarks, 9281
    >>>Motions, 9036
    >>>Question and comment period, 7411
    >>Public Service, 8452
    >>References
    >>>Canadian Armed Forces background, o.q., 4342-3
    >>>Retirement, S.O. 31, 10223
    >>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 8452
    >>Salmon, S.O. 31, 7778
    >>Search and rescue, S.O. 31, 4666
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 537, 3934
    >>Social programs, 515-6
    >>Somalia, 5636
    >>>M. on supply (J. Leroux), 7843-5, 7851
    >>>o.q., 1295, 1369-70, 2308, 2714, 4226-7, 4306, 4342-3, 4939, 5165-6, 7784-5, 8012, 8088, 8395-6, 8451, 9022-3, 9085
    >>Veterans
    >>>S.O. 31, 6182
    >>>Statement by Minister (MacAulay), 5963-4
    >>Veterans benefits, 4143
    >>>Petitions, 537, 3324-5
    >>Young offenders, 4287
    >>Young Offenders Act, 4287