L

La Baie, Que. see Canada Employment Centres; Job creation

La Crête, Alta. see Post offices

La Presse see Senate--Expenditures

La Semaine interculturelle nationale see Quebec

Labelling see Child labour; Food--Transgenic

Labour

>>Concept, redefining, new technologies, global economy, etc., relationship, 609
>>International Day of the Worker, S.O. 31, 2175-6, 2244
>>Labour minister, role, necessity, 1345-54, 1634, 1637, 1673-5
>>Off-site/home based workers, union, access to, legislation, Canada Labour Code (Bill C-66), 8871, 8881-2, 8884
>>Pregnant workers, preventative withdrawal, Canada Labour Code, Phase II, addressing, 8556
>>>o.q., 6187-8
>>>Petition, 10146
>>Severance pay entitlement upon receiving a pension, eligibility, 1914-21
>>>Legislation see Canada Labour Code (amdt.--severance pay)(Bill C-219)
>>Unpaid labour, women, share, S.O. 31, 310
>>See also Child labour; Job creation--Government

Labour conditions

>>Workers rights, North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation, Quebec subscribing, 9156

Labour disputes

>>Arbitration final offer, 8485, 8534-5, 8537, 8543-5, 8550-1, 8871, 8878-80, 8882, 8890, 8894, 8896-7, 8915-9, 8924-6, 9421-3
>>>Canada Labour Code, amending, 1674, 6021, 6417
>>>See also Grain transportation--West coast ports
>>Bradson Mercantile Inc., security guards, Parliament Hill site, lock-out, 6427
>>>o.q., 5686, 6134, 6796
>>>S.O. 31, 5676
>>Essential services, permanent settlement mechanism, need, 6416, 8893
>>>Economic considerations, including, 8890-1
>>Replacement workers, scab labour, use, 3753, 6426-9, 8546-7, 8552-4, 8880-1, 8885-6, 8894, 8923, 8928-30, 9491-2
>>>Air Canada, S.O. 31, 6901
>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 6419, 6421, 8546-9, 8551-2, 8886, 8894
>>>Government position, 6413
>>>Legislation, Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 6230-1, 6291-2, 6426, 8553-4, 8872, 8881
>>>>S.O. 31, 6125
>>>o.q., 2481, 6008
>>>>See also Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66)
>>>Quebec legislation, 6230-1, 6291, 8548-9, 8551-2, 8873, 8876, 8886, 8894-5, 8928-9
>>>Reform Party position, 8547-8, 8881-2
>>>See also Canada Labour Code (amdt.--scabs and essential services)(Bil C-338); Canada Labour Code--Phase l, Sims report
>>Right to strike
>>>Reform Party policy, 8535-6, 8539-41, 8923-4
>>>>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization, Labour disputes
>>Strikes, government provoking, 9494
>>>See also Air Canada--Regional carrier pilots; General Motors--Canadian Auto Workers strike; Grain transportation--Labour disputes--West coast ports; National Capital Region--OC Transpo; Ontario--Public Service strike; Penitentiaries--Inmates, Kruger, Michael

Labour force

>>Working mothers, statistics, 6550-1

Labour market

>>Efficiency, tax system bias, reducing, 6019-20

Labour market development agreement see Training programs--Jurisdiction, Alberta

Labour market training see Training programs

Labour mobility

>>Construction workers, Ontario-Quebec dispute, 5346-7
>>See also Employment; Wages and salaries--Minimum wage, Provinces

Labour relations

>>Bloc Quebecois policy, 6418-9
>>Canada Industrial Relations Board
>>>Composition, 8492-7, 8872, 8892, 8928
>>>Establishing, 6412-4, 6417, 6422, 6428, 6430, 8885, 9499
>>>Mandate/Role, 6413-5, 6418, 6423, 8872-3, 8880-2, 8885, 8892
>>Collective agreements, expiry, evergreen clause, provisions, maintaining, 8522-6, 8877
>>Collective bargaining
>>>Benefits, 6430
>>>Employer/employee rights, 6413, 6425, 8927, 9494
>>>Government commitment, lack, 4032-3, 7402-3
>>>Job security factor, 8926-7
>>>Legislation, Canada Labour Code (Bill C-66), S.O. 31, 6260
>>>Petition, 8694-5
>>>Process, 8527-8, 8530-1, 8912-3, 8916, 8927-8, 9499-500
>>>Strike/lockout action, 8530-2, 8886-7, 8892, 9499
>>>>72 hour notice, 8528-32, 8886, 8893, 9499
>>>>Federal jurisdiction, 8927
>>>See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police
>>Groupe RGR, Roland Veileux, owner, Quebec Sovereignty Referendum, results, negotiating tactic, use, S.O. 31, 129
>>Jurisdiction
>>>Federal-provincial overlap, transfer to provinces, 467-71, 1674-5, 8884
>>>>o.q., 3558
>>>>Quebec, 468-9
>>>Provinces, history, 5904
>>Nuclear plant workers, labour law, split jurisdiction, 465-6
>>>Canada Labour Code, Part I, Supreme Court of Canada ruling, 465-71
>>>>Gentilly II, Que., impact, 466
>>>>Ontario Hydro, impact, 465-6, 470-2
>>>>Point LePreau, N.B., impact, 466
>>>Legislation, Canada Labour Code (amdt.--nuclear undertakings)(Bill C-3), 1674
>>Process, 8894
>>Reform Party policy, 1637-8
>>Restructuring offers, employees, right to vote, 8555-8
>>>Canada Labour Code, amending, M. (Johnston) 9784-90, dropped from Order Paper, 9790
>>Successor rights, 8499, 8518-20, 8884, 8929
>>>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization, Employment conditions
>>Technological change, 8521-4
>>See also Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO); Flour mills

Labour side agreements see Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement; North American Free Trade Agreement

Labour sponsored venture capital corporations

>>Benefits, 1516
>>Confédération des syndicats nationaux fund, 796, 1515
>>>o.q., 524
>>Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québéc, 796-7, 1512, 1515-7
>>Investment incentives, reducing, Budget 1996 measure, 380, 797-8, 1440, 7759, 9517, 9519
>>>Federal tax credit rate, reducing from 20% to 15%, 796, 1512-3, 7297-8, 9534-5, 9537, 9922
>>>Job creation, impact, o.q., 524
>>>Maximum investment, reducing from $5,000 to $3,500, 796, 1512, 3942, 9534-5, 9922
>>>o.q., 429
>>>Quebec 1996 budget measure, comparison, S.O. 31, 2605
>>>Restoring to $5,000, Bloc Québécois proposal, 7949, 8321
>>Quebec regional funds, 1515
>>See also Job creation; Small and medium business

Labour standards see Imports

Labour unions

>>Mandate, power, regulating, 8919-23
>>>Wage increases non-unionized workers, impact, 8921-2

Labrador

>>Culture, 6455-6
>>Economy, 6456-8
>>Fisheries, importance, 6456
>>Heritage, Ben Powell Sr., contribution, S.O. 31, 6554
>>Separatist movement, 1802
>>Trans-Labrador highway, need, 6456, 6459
>>Youth, education, 6459
>>See also Economic development/renewal; Highways and roads--Trans-Labrador Highway; Hydro-electric power; Newfoundland--Name change

Labrador constituency see Elections--By-elections, Mar. 25/96

Labrador, Melissa see House of Commons--Public gallery

Lac Barrière Indian Band

>>Band Council of 1996 reinstated, S.O. 31, 10177
>>Financial mismanagement and child sexual abuse allegations, etc., S.O. 31, 815, 10177
>>Interim Band Council status, school closure, etc., o.q., 2311, 9084-5
>>>Judge Réjean Paul role, o.q., 9084-5

Lac-Saint-Jean constituency

>>Bloc Quebecois, Lucien Bouchard, roots, 1683
>>Opération Maillage, employment project, 10189
>>S.O. 31, 1541-2
>>See also Cycling--Bicycle paths; House of Commons vacancies

Lachine Canal see Canals

Lachute, Que. see Airports; Highways and roads--Quebec

Lacombe, Father Albert see Francophones outside Quebec--Alberta

Lacoursiére, Jacques see Culture/arts--National history society

Lacrosse

>>Canadian Lacrosse Association, funding, Sports Canada, ceasing, restoring, 3695-6
>>>o.q., 1171-2

Lahore, Pakistan see Pakistan--Terrorist bomb attack

Laissez Faire Club of Ottawa see Justice system--Reform Party position; Social conservatism

Lake Ontario

>>Colonel Sam Smith Park, waterfront facility, establishment, Great Lakes Clean Up Fund, relationship, S.O. 31, 3079-80

Lake Simcoe see Ferry service--Christian Island Reserve

Lake Winnipeg see Canadian Coast Guard

Lalime, Patrick see Hockey--National Hockey League

Lalonde, Francine (BQ--Mercier)

>>Abibiti-Consolidated Inc., o.q., 8508
>>Aboriginal peoples, 8262
>>Baseball, S.O. 31, 3001
>>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 875-7
>>Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7352
>>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8397-401
>>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6677-8
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 6255-6
>>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-61), 6110-3
>>Canada Labour Code (amdt.--minimum wage)(Bill C-35), 5904-6
>>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 6418-9, 8484, 8493, 8518-9, 8522-3, 8529-30, 8537-8, 8546-7, 8891-5
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 668, 693-5
>>Canadian Coast Guard, 3680-1
>>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 7506-7
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2573-6
>>Capital punishment, 4473-4
>>Child care, 8791
>>Child poverty, 8397-9
>>>o.q., 8390
>>Child support payments, 6047-8, 6074-5
>>Child tax benefit, 8400
>>Children, o.q., 8390
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (J. Chrétien), 15
>>Confederation, 2869-70, 2877
>>Constitution, 2869-71, 7092
>>>M. (Rock), 3341-4
>>>M. (Rock), 7091-4
>>Crime, 4472
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4471-4
>>Dairy products, 7506
>>Deficit, 6255
>>Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-11), 1352-3, 1360-1, 1630-4, 1674-5, 1679-80
>>Discrimination and racism, 2573-6
>>>S.O. 31, 3001
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 6047-8, 6074-5
>>Economic conditions, 6255
>>Economic development/renewal
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 5659-60
>>>o.q., 8508
>>Economy, 6255
>>Education, 3342-4, 7091-2
>>>o.q., 3820-1
>>Elections, 6677-8
>>Employment, 6255
>>Employment insurance, 8397-8
>>>o.q., 5292-3, 5370, 5477, 5684-5, 5956, 6366-7, 6447-8, 6490-1, 6751, 6857-8, 7036, 7081-2, 7141-2, 7283-4, 7518, 8087, 8832-3, 8951, 9174, 9449, 10066-7
>>>S.O. 31, 7654
>>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2215-6, 2318-9, 2386-7, 2599-600, 2626-7, 2729-33
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7158-9
>>Family, 2574, 8791
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 1360-1, 1630-1, 1633-4, 5384-5
>>>o.q., 2477, 3922-3
>>Flour mills, 8433
>>Francophones outside Quebec, 3341-2, 3840-1, 7092-3
>>>M. on supply (Marchand), 3839-41
>>Gasoline taxes, petition, 267
>>Goods and Services Tax, 7158-9
>>Grain transportation, 8537-8
>>House of Commons, S.O. 31, 2060
>>Human Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Act (Bill C-47), 6083-6
>>Human rights, M. (Copps), 7351-2
>>Income, 5905
>>>o.q., 5370
>>Indian Act Optional Modification Act (Bill C-79), 8262-3
>>James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, 8262
>>Job creation, 7158, 8400
>>>o.q., 7887-8, 9082
>>Kuwait, 7351
>>Labour, 1352-3
>>Labour disputes, 6419, 8546-7, 8893-5
>>Labour relations, 1674-5, 5904, 6418-9, 8493, 8518-9, 8522-3, 8529-30, 8892-4
>>Legislation, M. (H. Gray), 217-9
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 7158-9
>>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 6895-6
>>Meat, 7506
>>Middle East, 6111, 6113
>>Milliken, references, 5905
>>Montreal, Que., 5659
>>Murder, 4473
>>National debt, 8790
>>National unity, 2869, 6256
>>North American Free Trade Agreement, 6112
>>Oceans, 5232-3
>>Oceans Act (Bill C-26), 3680-1, 5232-3, 5384-5
>>Oil refineries, 6895-6
>>Parole, 4471-4
>>Peacekeeping, 7352
>>Political parties, 6677-8
>>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 668, 693-5
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 1634, 2215
>>>Divisions, recorded, 9297
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 2868
>>>Speeches, 2721
>>Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30), 4003-4
>>Quebec, 6252, 6256
>>Quebec distinct society status, 6252, 6256
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 6256
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 2868-71, 2877
>>>S.O. 31, 5878-9
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 693
>>>S.O. 31, 5878-9
>>Reproductive technologies, 6083-6
>>Ringuette-Maltais, references, 15
>>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 4003-4
>>Senior citizens, o.q., 2359-60
>>Sexual orientation, 2573-6
>>Social programs, 8790
>>Speakership, 15
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 158-60, 6252, 6254-6
>>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8743-5
>>Tobacco industry, 8743-5
>>Tobacco products, 8744-5
>>Trade, 6111, 7352
>>Training programs, 1631-3, 1679-80, 2386, 3166-7, 3840-1
>>>o.q., 920, 964-5, 1048-9, 2304-5, 2477, 3313-4, 3424, 3870-1
>>>Statement by Minister (Young), 3166-7
>>Transfer payments to the provinces, 5659-60
>>Unemployment, 7158
>>>o.q., 7887-8
>>Unemployment insurance, 217-9, 593-4, 2215-6, 2319, 2386-7, 2599-600, 2626-7, 2647-8, 2729-33, 6255
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 592-4
>>>o.q., 37, 234, 526, 583-4, 639-70, 819, 1841-2, 2185, 3202-3, 5684
>>>S.O. 31, 2706, 2754
>>Unemployment insurance account, 2386, 2731-2
>>>o.q., 526, 5370
>>Unemployment, o.q., 4340-1
>>Wages and salaries, 5904-5, 6047, 6075
>>Women
>>>M. on supply (Guay), 8790-1
>>>o.q., 8777-8
>>Workplace, statement by Minister (Gagliano), 3322

Lam, Bao Ngoc see Refugees--Criminals

LaMarsh, Hon. Judy see Canada Pension Plan; Health care system

Lamer, Right Hon. Antonio see Blood--Blood management system, Mandate; Supreme Court of Canada

Lamont, Christine see Brazil--Canadians imprisoned

Land claims see Aboriginal land claims

Land mines see Defence equipment

Land ownership see Ports--Commercialization

Land registration see Canadian International Development Agency--Lebanon project

Land Titles Act (amdt.--age of majority and definition of adult)(Bill C-431)--Harb

>>First reading, 10040

Lande, Constable Andre see Police--Deaths in line of duty

Landry, Bernard see Quebec

Landry, Jean (BQ--Lotbinière)

>>Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34), 5922-3
>>Agricultural products, 5922
>>>S.O. 31, 7138
>>Auto racing, S.O. 31, 521-2
>>Broadcasting, petition, 367
>>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 9645
>>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 5377-8, 7439-41, 7559-60
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72), 8241-2
>>Cranberry Interpretation Centre, S.O. 31, 5236
>>Dairy products, 5923, 7440
>>>o.q., 825
>>Economic development/renewal, S.O. 31, 636
>>Farm income, 5922-3
>>Grain marketing, 8242
>>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 4127-31
>>>M. (Thompson), 6340-1
>>Job creation, S.O. 31, 1163, 2132
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 2877-8
>>North American Free Trade Agreement, 7138
>>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 655
>>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 3744, 9414
>>Pulp and paper industry, S.O. 31, 4448
>>Quebec, 7559
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, M. on supply (Gauthier),2877-8

Landry, Hon. Senator Joseph P. (L--Village de Cap-Pelé; appointed Feb. 26, 1996)

>>References, Senate appointment, term expiring in eight months, 215

Lang, k.d.

>>Alberta singer-songwriter, Officer of the Order of Canada, S.O. 31, 9878

Langille, Margaret see Veterans--Veterans Week

Langlois, François (BQ--Bellechasse)

>>Air Canada, o.q., 3866-7, 7576
>>Birth control, 3858
>>Broadcasting, petition, 369
>>Canada Elections Act (amdt.--registration of political parties)(Bill C-276), 4055-6
>>Canada Elections Act (amdt.--reimbursement of election expenses)(Bill C-243), 2837-9
>>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 5525-6, 6595-8, 6601-2, 6621, 6625, 6648-9, 6654-5, 6678-80, 6690-2, 6715-21
>>Canadian flag, M. (Culbert), 5321-2
>>Canadian Security Intelligence Service, 2723-5
>>>o.q., 138-9, 645, 6958
>>Capital punishment, 8849
>>Census (1996), M. (Grey), 6774-5
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 5041
>>Child support payments, 4924-6
>>Committees, M. (Lee), 5827-8
>>Communications Security Establishment, 2725
>>Confederation, 6682
>>Constitution, 3052, 3054
>>>M. (Rock), 6986-8, 6992
>>>M. (Rock), 7093-4
>>Criminal Code (amdt--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3858-61, 4211-4, 4464-8
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings (Bill C-46), 7667-9
>>Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--cumulative sentences)(Bill C-274), 3452-3
>>Criminal Code, Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Department of the Solicitor General Act (amdt.--high risk offenders)(Bill C-55), 5041-3, 9706, 9757-9
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 5041-3, 9706, 9757-9
>>Divorce, 4925-7
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 4924-7
>>Education, 6986-8, 6992, 7093-4
>>Elections, 2837-9, 5525-6, 5711, 6596-8, 6648-9, 6654-5, 6678-80, 6691, 6715-21
>>>o.q., 6133, 7145
>>Electoral boundaries, 3055, 6597-8, 6715-7
>>Electoral Districts Name Change Act (Bill C-347), 6226, 6327
>>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2255-7
>>Estimates, M. (Massé), 4379, 4386-8
>>Family law, 4925-6, 6679
>>Financial Administration Act (amdt.--session of Parliament)(Bill C-270), 4104-5
>>Francophones outside Quebec, 7094
>>Goods and Services Tax, 3053
>>Government, 4386-7
>>Gray, H., references, 2723, 5525
>>Gun control/guns, o.q., 6369
>>Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments, S.O. 31, 816, 9209
>>House of Commons, 4386-7, 6717
>>Income tax, o.q., 2363
>>Justice system, 3858-9, 7667-9, 8849
>>Labour relations, S.O. 31, 129
>>Legislation, 3054-5
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 6597
>>Marriage, 4925-6
>>Migratory birds, o.q., 9451-2, 9653
>>Murder, 4466
>>>o.q., 5243
>>National security, statement by Minister (H. Gray), 2723-5
>>National Security Subcommittee, 2725
>>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 6987-8
>>Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--oaths or solemn affirmations)(Bill C-316), 6821-2
>>Parliament of Canada Act and Canada Elections Act (amdt.--confidence motions)(Bill C-250), 8470-1
>>Parole, 3858-61, 4211-4, 4464-7
>>>M. on supply (Ramsay), 8849-53
>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4320-2
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 6596
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 6326, 7495
>>>Debate, 6601, 6625, 9302
>>>Decorum, 6648
>>>Questions on the Order Paper, 2727
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, 6715
>>Public safety officers compensation fund, M. (Szabo), 8035-6
>>Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30), 3996-7, 4007-8
>>Quebec, o.q., 8274, 8395
>>Quebec distinct society status, 6691-2, 6719-20
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, M. on supply (Gauthier), 2909
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 3628
>>Referendums, 6691-2
>>Reproductive technologies, o.q., 8509-10
>>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 3996-7, 4007-8
>>>M. (Ménard), 5015-6
>>>o.q., 1250-1, 1844, 9173
>>Security Intelligence Review Committee, 2724
>>Senate, 4379, 4386-8
>>>M. (Crête), 4190-1
>>>M. on supply (Gilmour), 3052-5
>>>Petition, 6193
>>Senators, 3053-4
>>Sexual assault/offences, 7667-9
>>Sexual orientation, 3858
>>Standing Orders, M. (Jennings), 9299, 9302, 9470-1
>>Terrorism, 2724
>>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8720-1
>>Tobacco products, 8720-1
>>Unemployment insurance, 2256-7
>>United States, S.O. 31, 6182
>>Veterans, 5710-1
>>War crimes, o.q., 3205
>>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-13), 3642