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St. James Lions see Basketball

St. John Ambulance

    >>115th year in Canada, Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 900th anniversary, tribute, S.O. 31, 14147-8(212:1400), 14314-5(215:1405)
    >>Millennium anniversary, community services, tribute, S.O. 31, 2866(46:1400)

St. John's, Nfld. see Harbours, wharves and breakwaters

St. John's Port Corporation see Ports

St. Joseph's Day

    >>March 19 feast day, S.O. 31, 13154(200:1055)

St-Julien, Guy (Lib.--Abitibi; Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavikas of June 18, 1998)

St. Lawrence Marine Park see National parks/marine conservation areas--Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park; Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act (Bill C-7)

St. Lawrence River

    >>Climate change/global warming, impact, 2333-4(38:2450-5)
    >>>o.q., 1050(19:1455)
    >>Dredging, environmental assessment, 5860-1(88:1845-50)
    >>>o.q., 5419-20(81:1450), 7814-5(118:1455)
    >>Management, federal government incompetence, etc., 4166(63:1505)
    >>Pollution, 15527(234:1640)
    >>St. Lawrence River Action Plan, environmental program
    >>>Federal-provincial co-operation, 9718(147:1620), 9720-1(147:1635-40), 9995(152:1250), 9999(152:1320), 10470(160:1025), 10479(160:1130), 10485-6(160:1215-20)
    >>>o.q., 7703(117:1440)
    >>See also Aircraft crashes--Pointe-Lebel; Bridges--Quebec City Bridge--Victoria Bridge; Empress of Ireland; Icebreaking--Eastern Canada; Marine transport--Pilotage; Oil spills; Water--Water levels

St. Lawrence River Action Plan see St. Lawrence River

St. Lawrence Seaway

    >>Administration, labour relations, o.q., 2500(41:1445-50)
    >>Capital expenditures, Canada port authorities contributions, 767(15:1015)
    >>Commercialization, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, not for profit corporation taking over, etc., 370(9:1025), 789(15:1215-20),2671-2(43:1650), 2818(45:1305)
    >>>Accountability, 2673-4(43:1655-700)
    >>>Audits and special examinations, 2673-4(43:1655-700), 2677(43:1720)
    >>>Code of conduct for board, officers, employees, conflict of interest factor, 2673(43:1655), 2677(43:1720)
    >>>Pensions, impact, etc., 2678-80(43:1720-35), 2790(45:1025), 2820(45:1320)
    >>>S.O. 31, 8568(129:1400)
    >>>United States seaway role factor, 2818(45:1305)
    >>>See also Canada Marine Act (Bill C-9)
    >>Locks system, operating costs, Canada paying majority, economic benefits favouring United States, re-balancing, 8415(126:1315)
    >>Profitability, 1% return on investment, grain transportation factor, 2669(43:1635)
    >>See also Ports--Commercialization, Canada port authorities

St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation see St. Lawrence Seaway--Commercialization

St-Louis, France see Hockey--Women's hockey

St. Mary's Children's Choir see Music

St. Mary's Indian Band see Indians/First Nations--Women

St. Norbert Foundation/Selkirk Healing Centre see Drug/substance abuse--Aboriginal peoples/communities

St. Patrick's Day

St. Paul University see Universities and colleges

St. Paul's constituency see Budget 1998--Public opinion

St. Pierre and Miquelon see Salmon--Atlantic

St. Thomas University se Universities and colleges

Stained glass windows see Canadian Armed Forces--CFB Cornwallis, N.S.

Stalin, Josef see Ukraine--Famine of 1932-1933

Stalking

    >>Criminal harassment, Criminal Code amendments, effectiveness, etc., o.q., 2802(45:1130-5)
    >>Victims, new identities, providing, o.q., 2802(45:1135)

Standard of living

Standards, national see Health care system

Standing Orders

    >>Amending re
    >>>Committees, Ms. (Boudria), agreed to, 12(2:1555), 337(8:1525)
    >>>Gender reference, modernizing, 5880(89:1155)
    >>>Joint committees see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Twenty-second
    >>>Private Members' Business
    >>>>S.O. 95(2), M. (Adams), agreed to, 4693(70:1615)
    >>>>Speeches, time limit, M. (Boudria), agreed to, 786(15:1200)
    >>>Private Members' Hour, M. (Boudria), agreed to, 10620(162:1505)
    >>>Voting, pairing see House of Commons--Votes
    >>Reprinted copies
    >>>June 1997, tabled, 30(3:1505)
    >>>September 1998, with amended index, tabled, 9229(139:1500)
    >>S.O. 56(1), government use, undemocratic, 5873-4(89:1115-20), 5877(89:1135), 5891(89:1315)
    >>S.O. 57 and 78(3) see Procedure--Motions pursuant to;
    >>See also House of Commons

Stanley Cup see Hockey--National Hockey League

Stanley Theatre see Arts and Culture

Star-Phoenix see Newspapers--Hollinger Inc./Conrad Black purchase

Star Wars see Strategic Defence Initiative (Star Wars)

Starlight, Bruce see Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department--Privacy Act violations

Starr, Hon. Michael

    >>Former Member of Parliament, tribute, S.O. 31, 8047(120:1355-1400)

START see Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

State of the Environment reports see Environmental protection/management

State of the parks report see National parks/marine conservation areas

Statement of reconciliation see Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples--Report, Government response

Statements by Ministers

    >>Crime, organized crime, annual statement to Parliament
    >>>(MacAulay), 10867-71(165:1525-50)
    >>>(Scott, A.), 2344-51(39:1010-55)
    >>Murder, Lang, Jason, victim, Shane Christmas wounded, W.R. Myers High School, Taber, Alta., shootings (Chrétien, Jean), 14599-600(220:1500-10)
    >>National security (Scott, A.), 6325-8(96:1005-25)
    >>Social union, Prime Minister/First ministers meeting, Ottawa, Ont. February 4, 1999, agreement (Dion), 11701-8(178:1500-45)
    >>Swissair, Flight 111 (New York-Geneva), crash, Peggy's Cove, N.S., September 2, 1998, 227 fatalities, tributes/messages of condolence (J. Chrétien), 8163-5(122:1500-10)
    >>Veterans, Veterans Week/Remembrance Day, November 11, honouring (Mifflin), 1663-6(29:1505-25), 9786-9(148:1505-25)
    >>Violence/violent offences, women, victims, National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, École Polytechnique, Montreal, Que., December 6, 1989 massacre anniversary (Fry), 2811-3(45:1220-30)
    >>Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of, Kosovo province, conflict, human rights violations, etc.,
    >>>North Atlantic Treaty Organization intervention, air strikes, Canadian role, etc., Air strikes of March 1999 (Axworty, L., Eggleton), 13442-8(203:1505-45)
    >>>Peace agreement, G-8 countries proposal accepted (Chrétien, Jean), 16195-201(242:1500-35)

Statistics Act see Bank Act and Statistics Act (amdt.--equity in community reinvestment)(Bill C-289)

Statistics Canada

    >>French language, data interpretation, unacceptable, Charles Castonguay, testimony, o.q., 6673(101:1455-1500)
    >>Operations, efficiency, envy of the world, 8640-1(130:1330-40)
    >>See also Census; Employment Insurance--Recipients Income tax--Increase--Privacy of information; Job creation--Government record--Stalled; Labour--Overtime; Productivity--Increase/improvement; Standard of living--Decline

Status of Persons with Disabilities Subcommittee see Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Standing Committee--Reports, Sixth

Status of Women see Women; United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Status of Women Canada see Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Commercial exploitation

Status of Women ministers see Violence/violent offences--Women, victims, National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Wometn

Statutes see Legislation--Plain language drafting

Statutes of Canada

    >>Electronic versions of statutes and regulations, official status, 9075(137:1205), 9629(146:1005)
    >>>See also Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Bill C-54)
    >>Proposals for a Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 1998 see Justice and Human Rights Standin Committee--Reports, Twenty-third
    >>Proposals to correct anomalies, inconsistencies and errors, etc., tabled, 9867(150:1005)
    >>See also Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 1999 (Bill C-84)

Statutory instruments

    >>Disallowance procedure, Scrutiny of Regulations Joint Standing Committee role, 973(18:1525)
    >>>See also Statutory Instruments Act (amdt.--disallowance procedure for statutory instruments)(Bill C-256)

Statutory Instruments Act (amdt.--disallowance procedure for statutory instruments)(Bill C-256)--Grewal

    >>First reading, 973(18:1525)
    >>References, sponsor change from White, T. to Grewal, 12186(185:1200)
    >>See also Statutory instruments--Disallowance procedure

Statutory Program Evaluation Act (Bill C-373)--Williams

Statutory release see Sentences (convicted criminals)

Stay-in-school programs see Education; Youth--Employment, Education

Steckle, Paul (Lib.--Huron--Bruce)

    >>Agriculture
    >>>M. to adjourn under S.O. 52 (Keddy), 10667-8(162:2035-45)
    >>>S.O. 31, 10552(161:1100-5)
    >>Broomball, S.O. 31, 4975(75:1355)
    >>Budget, 4544-5(69:1335-40)
    >>Budget 1998, M. for approval (Martin, Paul), 4544-7(69:1335-55)
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 4547(69:1355)
    >>Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO), S.O. 31, 8567(129:1400), 10424(159:1410)
    >>Canadian Wildlife Service, S.O. 31, 1402-3(25:1055-100)
    >>Child care, 4546(69:1350)
    >>Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20), 8275(123:1800)
    >>Competition Act (amdt.--negative option marketing)(Bill C-393), 12705-6(193:1840-5)
    >>Competition Act (amdt.--protection of those who purchase products from vertically integrated suppliers who compete with them at retail) (Bill C-235), 7309-11(110:1830-45)
    >>Constitution, S.O. 31, 16183(242:1355)
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, petitions, 5212(78:1505), 6784(103:1505), 15511(234:1505)
    >>Euthanasia
    >>>M. (Robinson), 5354-6(80:1740-5)
    >>>Petition, 7709(117:1510)
    >>Festivals, S.O. 31, 11051(168:1355)
    >>Fisheries
    >>>M. (Stoffer), 10587-9(162:1145-55)
    >>>o.q., 8465(127:1445)
    >>Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee
    >>>Reports, 9867(150:1005)
    >>Fishers' Bill of Rights (Bill C-302), 9370-2(142:1150-1200)
    >>Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act (Bill C-55), 12567(191:1710)
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, petitions, 4072(62:1530), 4408(67:1510), 4710(71:1520), 7125(108:1510), 9406(142:1515), 11176(171:1520), 13017(198:1510)
    >>Great Lakes, 7311-2(110:1850)
    >>>o.q., 5051(76:1450)
    >>Gun control/guns, petition, 15512(234:1505)
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 7694(117:1355), 9510(144:1410)
    >>Health care system, 4547(69:1355)
    >>Hockey, S.O. 31, 455(10:1055-1100), 5708(86:1410)
    >>Income tax, 4545(69:1345)
    >>Inflation, 4545(69:1345)
    >>Interest rates, 4545(69:1345)
    >>Library of Parliament, S.O. 31, 3725(57:1400)
    >>Millennium scholarship fund, 4545-6(69:1345-50)
    >>National debt, 4544-5(69:1340)
    >>Olympics, 1998 Winter Games (Nagano, Japan), S.O. 31, 4560(62:1410)
    >>Parolyn, Cindy, S.O. 31, 7002(106:1400)
    >>Procedure
    >>>Members' remarks, 12567(191:1710)
    >>Productivity, 4581(69:1740)
    >>Registered education savings plans, 4545(69:1345)
    >>Seals, o.q., 4219(64:1155)
    >>Student loans, 4545(69:1345)
    >>Sudan, S.O. 31, 12535(191:1400)
    >>Technology Partnerships Canada, S.O. 31, 5459(82:1100)
    >>Women, S.O. 31, 6024(91:1400)
    >>Young Offenders Act, petition, 7709(117:1510)
    >>Youth, 4545(69:1345)

Ste. Anne's Hospital see Hospitals

Steckling, Father Wilhelm see Universities and colleges--St. Paul University

Steel see Oil and gas pipelines--Sable Island, N.S.

Steel industry

    >>Exports to United States, 12568-9(191:1715-20)
    >>>United States investigation, effects, NAFTA protection, o.q., 9649(146:1155)
    >>Foreign imports, dumping prices, impact on Canadian steel industry
    >>>Government countermeasures, o.q., 8533(128:1445), 10388(158:1455), 10979(167:1440)
    >>>Grey, D., disparaging remarks, S.O. 31, 8569(129:1405)
    >>Imports
    >>>France, Romania, Russia, and Slovak Republic dumping, Stelco Inc. complaint, National Revenue Department preliminary decision, impact, o.q., 12448(189:1450)
    >>>United States dumping, countervailing duties requested, 8387(126:1015-20)

Stephenville, Nfld. see Hazardous waste--United States military sites in Canada

Sterilization see Blood--Blood supply system, Hepatitis C victims, Alberta

Stevie Wonder Vision Award see Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Stewardship see Environmental protection/management; Wildlife--Endangered species

Stewart, Bill

    >>British Columbia city councillor, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 15303(231:1400)

Stewart, Hon. Christine (Lib.--Northumberland; Minister of the Environment until Aug. 2, 1999)

Stewart, Hugh see Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Group--Vancouver, B.C., Summit, Security

Stewart, Hon. Jane (Lib.--Brant; Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; Minister of Human Resources Development as of Aug. 3, 1999)

Stikine River, B.C. see Salmon--Pacific, catches

Stinson, Darrel (Ref.--Okanagan--Shuswap)

Stock exchange see New York Stock Exchange; Toronto Stock Exchange

Stock market see Economy

Stock options see Corporations--Taxation

Stocking, Lawrence see Penitentiaries--Inmates, Drug abuse/smuggling

Stocks see Capital gains tax--Shares

Stoffer, Peter (NDP--Sackville--Eastern Shore; Sackville--Musquodoboit Valley--Eastern Shore as of March 12, 1999)

Stoew, Emily see Women--Women's History Month

Stojko, Elvis see Olympics, 1998 Winter Games (Nagano, Japan)--canadian team, Figure skating

Stolen goods see Customs officers--Peace officer powers, Possession of stolen goods

Sto:lo Fisheries Authority (SFA) see Fisheries--Aboriginal

Stone, Bert see Violence/violent offences--Women, Provocation defence

Stonehaven productions see Atlantic Groundfish Strategy--Post-strategy review

Stoney Creek Citizens of the Year see Volunteers

Stoney Point First Nation

    >>Ipperwash Provincial Park occupation, death of Dudley George, Ontario Provincial Police role, etc.
    >>>Public inquiry, petitions, 1191(22:1005), 1801(32:1010), 3194(50:1525), 6480(98:1505), 7933(119:1515)
    >>>Reform Party position, o.q., 14675(221:1440)
    >>>S.O. 31, 95(4:1410), 7352-3(111:1410)
    >>>United Nations referring to as extrajudicial killing, S.O. 31, 14269(214:1115)
    >>Meeting between Chief Irvin George, Bosanquet, Ont. Mayor Bill Graham and Member of Parliament Rose-Marie Ur, S.O. 31, 5633-4(85:1400)

Stony Indian Reserve

    >>Financial mismanagement/abuse, inquiry proposed by judge, Coopers & Lybrand managing band operations, KPMG conducting forensic audit, etc., 234(6:1710), 1249(22:1615), 10498(160:1340), 10992(167:1600)
    >>>o.q., 731-2(14:1455), 2241(38:1450), 10917-8(166:1140)
    >>>Petition, 3223-4(51:1010)
    >>>S.O. 31, 8831(133:1410)
    >>Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department official Frod Jobin allegedly misleading and withholding information from M. Thompson, confidential financial information factor, Access to Information and Privacy Acts application, etc., 293-5(7:1500-10), 367-70(9:1000-20), 687-9(14:1000-15)

Stopford, Warrant Officer Matt see Canadian Armed Forces

Stormont--Dundas constituency

    >>Name, changing to Stormont--Dundas--Charlottenburgh, 9230(139:1510)
    >>>See also Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (amdt.)(Bill C-445)
    >>See also Ice storm 1998--Assistance

Stornoway

    >>Open house, Reform Party holding, S.O. 31, 2026(35:1100)
    >>See also Manning--References

Story That Must be Told, A: The Canadian Merchant Navy and Its Veterans see National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth

Stoughton, Jeff see Curling--1999 Labatt Brier

Straddling fish stocks see Fisheries

Strahl, Chuck (Ref.--Fraser Valley)