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"O Canada" (national anthem) see House of Commons

Oak Bay Marine Group see Salmon--Pacific fishery, Chinook

Oakville, Ont. see Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia)--Canadian team

OAS see Organization of American States

Oath of allegiance see Citizenship

Oath of Allegiance to the Flag of Canada Act (Bill C-302)--(Chamberlain)

    >>First reading, 3719
    >>See also Canadian Flag

Oaths see Citizenship; Member of Parliament

Oaths of Office (Pro Forma)(Bill C-1)--Prime Minister (J. Chrétien)

    >>First reading, 1

Oatway, Robert see Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/Pedophiles

Oberlander, Helmut see War crimes--Deportation

O'Brien, Lawrence D. (L--Labrador; elected in by-election March 25, 1996)

    >>Air transportation, 3118
    >>>o.q., 2943
    >>Constitution Act, 1997 (Representation)(Bill C-385), 8988-9
    >>Education, petition, 3324
    >>Fisheries Act (Bill C-62), 6455-9
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, petitions, 7748
    >>Highways and roads, o.q., 6449
    >>Labrador, 6455-7, 6459
    >>>S.O. 31, 6554
    >>Members of Parliament, 8988-9
    >>Mining industry, 6457
    >>References
    >>>Introduction in House, 1461
    >>>Maiden speech, 6455

O'Brien, Pat (L--London--Middlesex)

    >>Africa, S.O. 31, 6442-3
    >>Artists, 3447
    >>Broadcasting, 3448
    >>Canada Council, S.O. 31, 9270
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2584-5
    >>Constitution
    >>>M. (Rock), 3371
    >>>M. (Rock), 6989-92
    >>Copyright, 3447
    >>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 3446-8
    >>Crime, 5048-50
    >>>Petition, 3990
    >>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), 5048-50
    >>Criminals, 5049
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 5048-50
    >>Education, 3371, 6989-92
    >>>S.O. 31, 2753-4, 5363-4
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, S.O. 31, 1837
    >>Goods and Services Tax, petition, 6226
    >>Hate crimes, 2584
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 8303-4
    >>Health care system, 4351
    >>>S.O. 31, 6953
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 7747
    >>Housing, 8430-1
    >>>o.q., 8090-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 6852-3
    >>Marriage, petition, 6226
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 918
    >>Nuclear energy, 5329-30
    >>>o.q., 4987
    >>Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia), S.O. 31, 4219
    >>Paralympic Games (Atlanta, Georgia), S.O. 31, 4741
    >>Penitentiaries, 5049
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 692
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 6973-4
    >>Robertson, Lloyd, S.O. 31, 2887
    >>Same-sex couples, 2584
    >>Senate, 6973-4
    >>>M. (Crête), 5915-6
    >>Seniors Benefits, 9794
    >>>o.q., 10122
    >>Sexual orientation, 2584-5
    >>>Petitions, 2485, 2526
    >>UNICEF, r.o., 6523

Obscenity

    >>Criminal Code, amending re exploitation and glorification of horror, cruelty and violence, o.q., 7186-7
    >>See also Pornography

Obstructing persons see Loitering

OC Transpo see National Capital Region

Occupational Health and Safety see Workplace

Occupational Health and Safety Week see Workplace

Oceans

Oceans Act (Bill C-26)--Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Mifflin)

O'Connor, Dr. Jake see Health care system--Physicians

ODA see Official Development Assistance

OECD see Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Offenders see Criminals; Dangerous/high-risk offenders; Young offenders

Office de la langue française see Quebec

Office des personnes handicapées du Quebec see Government programs and services--Duplication

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act see Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36); Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-82)

Official Development Assistance see Foreign aid

Official languages Act see Air navigation services--Commercialization, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--Francophone employees; French language services; Francophones outside Quebec--Assimilation--Funding; Information highway--Internet; Official Languages Act (amdt.--enforcement of the duties of the government)(Bill C-367); Official Languages Joint Standing Committee--Reports, Second; Ports--Commercialization Public Service

Official Languages Act (amdt.--enforcement of the duties of the government)(Bill C-367)--Marchand

    >>First reading, 7722

Official Languages Commissioner

    >>Annual report
    >>>(1995)
    >>>>Official Languages Standing Joint Committee, referral, 2103
    >>>>o.q., 2139-40
    >>>>Tabled, 2103
    >>>(1996)
    >>>>Official Languages Standing Joint Committee, referral, 9417
    >>>>Tabled, 9417
    >>Tax free Ottawa apartment and chauffeur, 7611
    >>>o.q., 2561
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Official languages policy/bilingualism; National Parks--Prince Edward Island National Park

Official Languages Joint Standing Committee

    >>Membership see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth
    >>Reports, presented
    >>>First (Estimates, 1996-97, main), 2949
    >>>Second (Official Languages Act--Part VII), 4082
    >>>>Government response requested, 4082
    >>>Third (National Capital Region), 10143
    >>>>Minority report (Bloc Quebecois), 10143
    >>See also Official Languages Commissioner--Annual report

Official languages policy/bilingualism

    >>Benefits, 336, 3787-8
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, role, 3841-2
    >>Canadian Women in communication, annual meeting, speeches, English only, condemning, S.O. 31, 8442
    >>Constitution/Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, provisions, 2906
    >>English speaking Quebecers, access to services, etc., S.O. 31, 131
    >>Federal institutions, 3804
    >>>Report, tabled, 5021
    >>>S.O. 31, 5054-5
    >>French language
    >>>Minority status in North America, Throne Speech statement, 5
    >>>Preserving, federal government, responsibility, o.q., 7885
    >>Importance, Canadian identity role, etc., Throne Speech statement, 5
    >>International Development Research Centre, Explore magazine, English only publication, government position, o.q., 364
    >>Labelling/packaging, business cost, o.q., 8312
    >>Language laws, imposition, 5122
    >>Language school, Saint-Jean, Que., cutbacks, 1441
    >>Linguistic segregation, Reform Party, Bloc Quebecois, advocating, S.O. 31, 3123, 3706
    >>Manitoba, Manitoba Act, 6987-8
    >>Minority language groups, assistance programs, national unity promotion, Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne, opposing, o.q., 9324
    >>Official languages training, anglophone Quebecers/francophones outside Quebec, ratio, o.q., 5479-80
    >>Ottawa, Ont., bilingual signs
    >>>Gagnon, P. remarks, S.O. 31, 4856
    >>>National Capital Commission, mandate, o.q., 6661
    >>Reform Party position, 3791-4, 3803-4, 3829, 3997, 5863
    >>>o.q., 3558, 5806
    >>>S.O. 31, 7831-2
    >>Success/failure, 3786-8, 3791, 3793, 3796-8, 3803, 3834-5, 8208
    >>Toronto Board of Education, mandatory French courses, policy, S.O. 31, 5415
    >>See also Air transportation--Safety; Bilingualism bonus; Canadian Armed Forces; Manitoba--Laws; Public Service; Transport Standing Committee--Document

Official Opposition

    >>Bloc Québécois
    >>>Canadian and Quebec electorate returning, 8337
    >>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, position, 200, 702
    >>>Government supporting rather than Reform Party, 226, 667, 719, 725, 730
    >>>Role, Broadbent Ed, and British Columbia Tsilhquot'in Nation remarks, S.O. 31, 33
    >>>See also Procedure--Official Opposition
    >>Coalition replacing Bloc Québécois, S.O. 31, 9211
    >>Reform Party, designation, requesting, 16-20, 722-3, 728, 5748-9, 5751
    >>>By-election, Mar. 25/96, relationship, 651, 661, 703
    >>>Petitions, 1428, 1506
    >>>Progressive Conservative Party leader Charest alliance proposal, 737
    >>>Speaker, R., asking voters to express opinions to House of Commons Speaker, 744-5
    >>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Chair; Speakership--Junior Chair officers

Oil and gas exploration

    >>Leduc Number One well, Feb. 13/47 start up, 50th anniversary, S.O. 31, 8081
    >>Sable Island, federal government regulating, o.q., 4558
    >>See also Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement; Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization, Atlantic provinces

Oil and gas industry

    >>Development, Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, impact, o.q., 7885-6
    >>Environment protection, interests, 5267
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, control, legislation, 3875
    >>>See also Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord Implementation Act (Bill C-50)
    >>Flow-through shares, 60-day rule, extending to one year, Budget 1996 measure, 9517, 9923
    >>Hibernia development project, federal government investment, 1609-10
    >>Oil sands recovery projects
    >>>Accelerated cost allowance rules, amendments, Budget 1996 measure, 380, 1451, 9923
    >>>Borden line, 1963 decision, oil sold in Ontario must be from Western Canada, Quebec economic impact, 9106
    >>>Development, investment, job creation, etc., 1451, 6571-2
    >>>Funding, job creation, Prime Minister Chrétien announcement, 9068, 9070
    >>>>o.q., 3318
    >>Royalties, reconfiguring. government extracting extra $100 million from industry, 288
    >>See also Income tax--Overseas employment tax credits

Oil and gas pipelines

    >>Alaska pipeline, United States proposal, Canadian 1969-1973 court challenge, 5213
    >>Landowners, communications with, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association changes, S.O. 31, 1011
    >>Sable Island, N.S., re-routing through Quebec, opposition
    >>>o.q., 5419-20
    >>>Petition, 6710, 6804, 6967, 7001, 7089, 8359, 8663, 10146
    >>>S.O. 31, 9442
    >>Stress corrosion cracking, National Energy Board hearings, Ontario Pipeline Landowners Association participation, 1404-6
    >>>o.q., 824-5

Oil and gas products

    >>Exports to United States, 519

Oil companies see Gasoline/automotive fuel--Price increase

Oil refineries

    >>East Montreal, decline, 4816-7, 4819, 6895-6
    >>Prince George, B.C., Husky Oil, importance, 5265-6
    >>Ultramar Canada, Eastern Passage, N.S. refinery, sale to Sharjah Refining, United Arab Emirates, financing, Export Development Corporation assistance
    >>>o.q., 8735
    >>>qu., 8203

Oil sands recovery projects see Oil and gas industry

Oil spills see Marine transport--Maritime claims for damages

Oka, Que see Kanesatake, Que.--Federal government purchase of properties

Okanagan--Similkameen--Merritt constituency see Hijacking--School bus

Okimaw Ohic Healing Lodge see Penitentiaries

Old age pensions

    >>Cutbacks, Liberal government (Chrétien), 5866
    >>Eligibility age, increasing, 284
    >>Family income criterion, 803
    >>>o.q., 135
    >>>Women, impact, 8792
    >>Guaranteed income supplement/spouse's allowance, new immigrants, qualification period, extending, 2983
    >>High income earners, tax claw-back, income threshold, 6276
    >>>$53,215, withholding tax, Budget 1995 measure, 2995, 3021, 3937
    >>>$54,000, Reform Party proposal, 435, 803
    >>Income threshold, $53,000 per year, Reform Party position, 464, 2991
    >>Long term viability, ensuring, o.q., 135
    >>Reduction, $5 billion, Reform Party proposal, o.q., 9019
    >>Reform, 9633
    >>Universality, elimination, 464, 796, 803, 1473, 1514-5, 2990-1, 3942, 5032, 6276
    >>See also Guaranteed income supplement

Old age security

    >>Benefits, fraudulent claims, o.q., 6615
    >>Income replacement for those without retirement savings, 1512
    >>Sustaining, 1536
    >>>Seniors Benefit, impact, 800
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6656
    >>See also Seniors Benefit

Old Age Security Act see Income Tax Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-69); Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36)

Old growth forest see Temagami, Ont.

Oliviera, Roberto see Young offenders--Murderers, Hamilton, Ont. victims

Olson, Clifford see Murderers

Olson, Hon. Bud

    >>Pensions as Member of Parliament, Senator, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, 3093-4

Olympic athletes see Sports

Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia)

    >>Canadian Heritage Department, $65,000 caviar cocktail party, CNN Centre, less than 100 invited guests, o.q., 9656, 9744, 9803
    >>Canadian team
    >>>Biesenthal, Laryssa, rowing, bronze medal winner, 4218-9
    >>>Child, John, beach volleyball, bronze medal winner, S.O. 31, 4794
    >>>Congratulating, S.O. 31, 4218-9, 4934-5
    >>>Korn, Alison, rower, silver medal winner, S.O. 31, 4857
    >>>Limpert, Marianne, swimming, silver medal winner, S.O. 31, 4744
    >>>Maxwell, Gavin, rowing, qualifying, S.O. 31, 2604
    >>>Newfoundland members, Andy Crosby, Phil Graham, Maria Maunder, S.O. 31, 4449
    >>>Oakville, Ont. residents, Donovan Bailey, Domenic Filane, Gavin Maxwell, Eric Wohlberg, rally, S.O. 31, 4497
    >>>Pelletier, Annie, diving, bronze medal winner, S.O. 31, 4298
    >>>Saadi, Elvira, gymnastics, coach, S.O. 31, 5801
    >>>Sweetnam, Nancy, swimming, qualifying, S.O. 31, 1703
    >>>Tashlin, Lesley, track and field, qualifying, S.O. 31, 2751
    >>>Tousek, Yvonne, gymnastics, finalist, S.O. 31, 5108
    >>>See also House of Commons visitors--Canadian
    >>Dion, Céline, opening theme song, performing, S.O. 31, 2001

Ombudsmen see Banks--Tied selling; Canadian Armed Forces; Canadian International Development Agency--Guatemala; Small and medium business--Banks and financial institutions; Taxation--Taxpayer-government disputes

Omnibus bills see Legislation

On the Take see Liberal government (Chretien)--Ministers

Ontario

    >>Deficit, reduction, benefits, 8968
    >>Harris, Premier Mike see Deficit--Reduction, Ontario; Quebec distinct society status--Constitutional entrenchment
    >>Liberal Party leadership, Dalton McGuinty victory, S.O. 31, 6955
    >>Progressive Conservative government (Harris) agenda
    >>>30% tax cut, election promise, implementation, 461, 8334, 8341, 8796
    >>>Reform Party supporting, S.O. 31, 916
    >>>See also Environment--Protection; Health care system--Ontario; Temagami, Ont.; Victims of crime--Services
    >>Public Service strike, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 349
    >>referendum legislation, introducing, 10059
    >>See also particular subjects

Ontario Association fo Community Development Corporations see Small and medium business--Capital

Ontario building code see Housing

Ontario Court of Appeal see Judges--Leaves of absence

Ontario Hydro see Labour relations--Nuclear plant workers

Ontario Legislative Assembly see Rollins, Clarke

Ontario Legislature see Armenia--Genocide of 1915

Ontario Northland Transportation Commission see Rail passenger service--Subsidies

Ontario Pipeline Landowners Association see Oil and gas pipelines--Stress corrosion cracking

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) see Ontario--Public Service strike

Ontario Special Olympics Provincial Spring Games see Special Olympics

Open Skies Agreement see Air transportation--Canada-United States Open Skies Agreement--Competition

Open systems interconnection (OSI) see Information highway--Electronic addresses

Opération Enfant-Soleil see Hospitals--Children's hospitals

Opération Maillage see Lac-Saint Jean constituency

Operation Respond see Fire-fighters/emergency response personnel--Hazardous substances

Opportunities fund see Disabled and handicapped persons

Opposition motions see Supply motions

Opposition parties see Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces Peacekeeping role; House of Commons--Reform; Legislation--Previous session; Official Opposition; Speakership--Junior Chair officers

OPSEU see Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Optimist clubs see Service clubs

Option Canada see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Federal government funding

Oral question period see House of Commons--Question period

Order in Council appointments/appointees

Order of Canada see Buckwold, Hon. Sidney; House of Commons visitors; Inkster, Norman; Marshall, Hon. Jack; McKinnon, Don; Podiluk, Walter

Order of Military Merit see Canadian Armed Forces

Orders in Council

    >>Use, abuse, 6845-6
    >>See also Gun control/guns--Legislation; International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act--Schedule; Judges--Leaves of absence; Legislation

Ordinary Canadians see Liberal government (Chrétien)

Ordre des infirmiéres et des infirmiers du Québec see Health care system--Nurses

O'Reilly, Cyril see Science and technology--Prime Minister's Awards

O'Reilly, John (L--Victoria--Haliburton)

    >>Adams, references, S.O. 31, 5675
    >>Africa, M. (L. Axworthy), 6398-400
    >>Agri-food industry, o.q., 3008
    >>AIDS, petition, 4236
    >>Artists, S.O. 31, 5475
    >>Binney and Smith (Canada) Limited, S.O. 31, 474
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9317
    >>Canada, petitions, 5485, 7585 , 8234
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 5878
    >>Credit cards, o.q., 9936
    >>Crime, petition, 3387
    >>Dairy products, o.q., 1108
    >>Donoghue, Gerry, S.O. 31, 8585
    >>Drug trafficking, 516-7
    >>Education
    >>>Petition, 4088
    >>>S.O. 31, 5804, 6126
    >>Entrepreneurs, S.O. 31, 9014
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7303
    >>Fire Prevention Week, S.O. 31, 5414
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 9940
    >>Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments, S.O. 31, 1044
    >>HIV/AIDS Sub-committee, report, 5297
    >>House of Commons, S.O. 31, 7380
    >>Impaired driving, petitions, 2315, 2485, 3014
    >>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6874
    >>Minden, Ont., S.O. 31, 6603
    >>National Defence Department, 516-7
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command, M. (L. Axworthy), 516-7
    >>Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia), S.O. 31, 1703, 2751
    >>Procedure, Members' remarks, 8364
    >>Senior citizens, M. (Chamberlain), 5445
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 2568
    >>Swimming, S.O. 31, 8190
    >>Tourism, S.O. 31, 7964

Organ donation

    >>Cards
    >>>295 for Members of Parliament provided by Kidney Foundation of Canada, transferring to Table in House of Commons, M. (Benoit), agreed to by unanimous consent, 1733
    >>>Registering, importance, S.O. 31, 7961
    >>National Organ Donor Day, April 21 proposal, 1726-34
    >>Thunder Bay Regional Hospital, McKellar site, transplant team, success, S.O. 31, 7961
    >>See also National Organ Donor Day Act (Bill C-202)

Organic agriculture see Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee--Reports

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) see Economy--Growth; Environment--Protection; Europe--Security; Foreign investment--Employment creation; Income tax--Conventions/protocols with other countries; Trade--Cuba, United States; Training programs--Funding; Unemployment--Rate, Other countries

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association

Organization of American States (OAS)

    >>Canadian membership, 62298
    >>See also Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role--Democracy; Terrorism; Trade--Cuba

Organized crime see Crime

Orléans, Ont. see Schools--École L'Odyssée

Oromocto, N.B. see Youth Internship Program--Partnership

Orphanages see China

Orphans see Armenia--Genocide of 1915

Osborne, Douglas James see Sex offenders

OSCE see Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

OSI see Open systems interconnection

Osteoporosis see Health

Osteoporosis Month see Health--Osteoporosis

Ottawa-Carleton Board of Trade see Chrétien, J.--References

Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service

    >>Employment equity policy, homosexuals, including, 2538

Ottawa Congress Centre see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Montreal, Que. rally

Ottawa Declaration see Terrorism--Political Eight(P-8) countries counter-terrorism conference

Ottawa, Ont. see Air navigation services--Terminal control units; Banks; Fisheries and Oceans Department--Head office building; France--Juppé, Alain; Francophones outside Quebec; Highways and roads--Highway 416; Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-France Parliamentary Association; Marine transport--Pilotage; Official languages policy/bilingualism; Parliament--Montreal, Que.; Terrorism--Political Eight (P-8) countries counterterrorism conference; Veterans--Hospitals; Volunteer organizations--Canadian Fraternal Association

Ottawa-Vanier constituency see Elections--By-elections

Ottawa Youth Orchestra see Music

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso see Inter-parliamentary Delegations, reports--International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians

Ouellet, Hon. André see Canada Post Corporation; European Parliament--Delegation for Relations with Canada; House of Commons vacancies--Papineau--Saint-Michel constituency; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--No side victory--Ouellet role

Ouellet, Pte Guillaume see Canadian Armed Forces

Ouellette, Rose

    >>"La Poune", death, tribute, S.O. 31, 4300, 4494

Outaouais region, Que. see Economic development/renewal

Ovarian cancer see Health--Cancer

Overseas employment tax credits see Income tax

Overtime see Employment

Owen, Mitchell see Murder--Cameron, Pamela

Owen Sound, Ont. see Festivals--Northern Lights Festival

Ozone depletion see Environment--Developing countries