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The Hansard Index is the key to information about what is said by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons during the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. The subject entries will either provide reference to a page number or, a combination of page number followed by the issue sitting number and time checks in the daily Hansard.

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Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO)

    >>University of Saskatchewan facility, expansion, S.O. 31, 7908(129:1355)

Vaisakhi see Sikh community

Val-d'Or, QC

    >>Social Services Minkin, Abitibiwinni, Lac Simon, Kitcisakik communities, programs and services, qu., 1360(23:1550)

Valentines for Vets

Valeri, Tony (Lib.--Stoney Creek)

    >>Automobiles/motor vehicles, 2181(37:1125)
    >>Border, Canadian, 3954(67:1110-5)
    >>Budget 2003, M. for approval (Manley), 3953-5(67:1105-15)
    >>Capital gains tax, 3954(67:1105)
    >>Capital tax, 3954(67:1105)
    >>Contaminated sites, S.O. 31, 3417-8(57:1400)
    >>Corporate income tax, 3954(67:1105)
    >>Economy/economic conditions, 3953-4(67:1105)
    >>Energy, 2181(37:1125)
    >>Government expenditures, 3955(67:1115)
    >>Government on-line services (Internet), o.q., 5249(86:1455)
    >>Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee, 4453(74:1005)
    >>Government programs, 3955(67:1115)
    >>Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming), M. (Anderson, Hon. David), 2180-2(37:1120-35)
    >>Housing, 2181(37:1125)
    >>Income tax, 3955(67:1115)
    >>Municipal waste, 2181(37:1125)
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 4020(67:1905)
    >>Steel industry, 2182(37:1135)
    >>Tax reductions, 3955(67:1115)
    >>Taxation, 3955(67:1115)
    >>Trade, o.q. 2521(42:1500)
    >>Trade with United States, 3954(67:1110)
    >>Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act (Bill C-2), 4020(67:1905)

Valotech see Crossroads for Industrial Materials Innovation

Value-added products see Agriculture; Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute; Natural resource industries; Oil and gas industry

Vanclief, Hon. Lyle (Lib.--Prince Edward--Hastings; Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food)

Vancouver Agreement see Vancouver, BC--Downtown Eastside revitalization

Vancouver, BC

    >>Convention centre, federal-provincial funding, S.O. 31, 2421(41:1400)
    >>Downtown Eastside revitalization, Vancouver Agreement, federal-provincial-municipal agreement, o.q. 5712-3(93:1450)
    >>Owen, Philip, Mayor, tribute, role re drug abuse, etc., S.O. 31, 1449(24:1410)
    >>Transportation problems, federal facilities responsible, Vancouver port, Vancouver International Airport, etc., 7243-4(117:1755-800), 7245(117:1805)
    >>See also Arts and culture; Canadian Coast Guard; Chinese Canadians--Chinatown Memorial Square monument; Chinese Cultural Centre; Drug and substance abuse; Electoral boundaries--Redistribution; Food labelling--Cruise ship industry; Gangs; Grain transportation; Homelessness; International banking centres--Establishment; National Defence Department--Offices; On the Corner; Ports/harbours; Sex-trade workers (street prostitution); St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Street racing; Union of British Columbia Municipalities--Convention; VIA Rail Canada Inc.--Calgary, AB-Vancouver, BC; World Urban Forum

Vancouver Canucks see Hockey--Stanley Cup, National Hockey League championships

Vancouver East constituency see Rail transportation/railways--Noise pollution

Vancouver International Airport

    >>Canada Airports Act (Bill C-27), relationship, 5518(91:1010-5), 5519(91:1020), 5520(91:1030), 5523(91:1040-5), 5528(91:1115)
    >>Property taxes and airport taxes received by federal government, 259(4:1605)
    >>Search and rescue, Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft, adequacy, 1389-90(23:1915-25), 1414-5(23:2225-35)
    >>>o.q., 1351-2(23:1455-1500)
    >>Vancouver agreement, federal-provincial-municipal urban development agreement, 3992(67:1535)
    >>See also Air transportation security; Vancouver, BC--Transportation problems

Vancouver--Kingsway constituency see Computers for schools program--Nootka Elementary School; Multicultural Helping House Society

Vancouver Quadra constituency see Government expenditures--Order Paper questions

Vancouver South--Burnaby constituency see Government expenditures--Order Paper questions

Vanier Cup see Football

Varin, Claire see Literature--Authors

Vatican see Government contracts--Sponsorship program, Internal investigation

Vaudeville, Karine see French language--French literary writing contest

VCR Inc. see Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry Inc. (VCR Inc.)

V-E Day see Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day)

Vehicles see Automobiles/motor vehicles

Vellacott, Maurice (CA--Saskatoon--Wanuskewin)

Vendette, Daniel see Mercier constituency--Constituents

Venne, Pierrette (BQ--Saint-Bruno--Saint-Hubert; Ind.--Saint-Bruno--Saint-Hubert as of February 5, 2003; Ind. BQ--Saint-Bruno--Saint-Hubert as of February 7, 2003)

Venture capital see Farm Credit Canada--Government funding for venture capital investments; Pensions

Verbal Abuse Prevention Week Act (Bill C-320)--Murphy

Veritas DGC Inc. see Entrepreneurs/entrepreneurship--Awards

Verrier, Geneviève see Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec

Vertically integrated gasoline suppliers see Gasoline

Vessel replacement program see Fisheries--Newfoundland and Labrador

Veterans

    >>Definition, 8789(144:1635)
    >>>See also Veterans' benefits/pensions--Wartime service requirements
    >>Priority issues, government actions, o.q., 6087-8(100:1455)
    >>Recognition, 9232-3(152:1025-35), 9234-5(152:1040-5)
    >>>S.O. 31, 1342(23:1410)
    >>>See also Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation; Remembrance Day; Rideau Veterans Memorial Park; Veterans Week
    >>See also Cenotaphs; Clark, Samuel; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Healy, Richard; Iraq, United States pre-emptive attack--Criticism, Commonwealth war cemetery; Jewish war veterans; Kobolak, Joseph; Korean War; Memory Project; Merchant navy veterans; Merchant Navy Veterans Day; Métivier, Paul; Military memorial sites; Moar, Frederick Forrest; Peacekeeping--Book of Remembrance; Republic of Korea War Service Medal; Rideau Veterans Memorial Park; Royal Canadian Legion; Valentines for Vets; Volterman, Frank B.

Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

Veterans' benefits/pensions

Veterans Review and Appeal Board

Veterans Week

    >>2002 theme, "Remembering Our Past, Preserving Our Future"
    >>>S.O. 31, 623(10:1110), 1226(21:1405), 1297-8(22:1405), 1448(24:1400)
    >>>Statement by Minister (Pagtakhan), 1353-6(23:1505-30)
    >>2003 theme, "Canada Remembers the Korean War", Statement by Minister (Pagtakhan), 9232-5(152:1025-45)
    >>Postcards for Peace, Queen Elizabeth School, grade six students' project, S.O. 31, 2322(39:1355)
    >>See also Remembrance Day

Veterinary colleges

    >>Accreditation, retaining, o.q., 2518(42:1445)
    >>Government funding, Budget 2003 measure, 3733(62:1645), 3970(67:1310), 4048(68:1545), 4276(71:1710), 4879(80:1310)
    >>See also Atlantic Veterinary College; École de Médecine Vétérinaire de Saint-Hyacinthe

VIA Rail Canada Act see VIA Rail Canada Inc.--Legislation

VIA Rail Canada Inc.,

VIA Rail Commercialization Act (Bill C-255)--Gouk

    >>First reading, 919-20(15:1210)
    >>See also VIA Rail Canada Inc.--Privatization

Victim compensation see Biological and chemical weapons--Experiments; Blood system--Tainted blood

Victims of crime

    >>Funding, o.q., 1737(29:1450-5)
    >>Petitions, 520(8:1525)
    >>Restitution, civil enforcement, 8907(146:1540-5), 8981(147:1535), 6574-20(106:1910-20)
    >>Rights, protection, 4940(81:1710), 4941-2(81:1720-30), 5002(82:1550), 5565(91:1545-50), 5829(95:1740-5), 5921-2(97:1520-5)
    >>>Office of Victims Ombudsman of Canada role, 3873-4(65:1235)
    >>>See also Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--Office of Victims Ombudsman of Canada)(Bill C-402); Justice system--Accused/victims rights
    >>See also Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime; Domestic violence; Parole--Hearings; Provost, Noreen Edith

Victims of wrongful conviction see Dumont, Michel

Victoires de la musique (France)

    >>Lemay, Lynda, Natasha St-Pier, award winners, congratulating, S.O. 31, 3640-1(61:1400-5)

Victoria, BC see Ports/harbours

Victoria constituency see Government expenditures--Order Paper questions

Victoria Cross

    >>MacGregor, Lt. Col. John (Jock), Victoria Cross and war medals, export for sale, cultural property removal restrictions, qu., 8525(140:1020)
    >>See also Ricketts, Sergeant Thomas; Smith, Ernest Alvia (Smokey)

Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day)

Video game see Quebec separation/sovereignty

Video lottery terminals see Techlink International Entertainment Limited

Vidéotron Ltée

VIDO see Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO)

Vienna Convention see Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)--Reducing, Parliamentary resolution/ratification; Nuclear energy--Liability of industry

Vietnam see Canada-Vietnam Tax Agreement

Viking millennium celebration see Political parties--Financing, Byrne

Vimy Ridge battle (April 9, 1917)

Vimy Ridge Day Act (Bill C-409)(1st Sess., 37th Parl.)

    >>Reinstated as Vimy Ridge Day Act (Bill C-227)

Vimy Ridge Day Act (Bill C-227)--St. Denis

    >>First reading, deemed adopted, 548(9:1010)
    >>Deemed read a second time and referred to Canadian Heritage Standing Committee, 548(9:1015)
    >>Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 2291(39:1005)
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 3839(64:1700)
    >>Third reading, 3839-46(64:1700-50), agreed to, 3846(64:1750), passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 5129(84:1730). Chap. 6, S.C. 2003
    >>See also Vimy Ridge battle (April 9, 1917)--National day

Violence see Cruelty to animals; Discrimination and racism; Domestic violence; Gender violence; Immigrants; Schools; Television; Women; Workplace violence; YWCA Week Without Violence

Violent crime

    >>Conditional sentences, prohibition, 2853(48:1545), 4932(81:1605), 4940-1(81:1715), 9087(149:1555)
    >>>o.q., 5916(97:1455), 5984(98:1445-50)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--eliminating conditional sentencing for violent offenders)(Bill C-347)
    >>Consecutive sentences, 4922(81:1500)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--consecutive sentences)(Bill C-424)
    >>Firearm use, 4624(77:1020)
    >>Second offence, life imprisonment, 366(6:1510)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--violent crimes)(Bill C-213)
    >>Suspended sentences, 6594(106:2335)
    >>See also Gun control; Young offenders

Violent offenders

    >>Security classification, assigning, judicial discretion, 3874(65:1235)
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.) and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--judicial discretion to assign a binding security classification of maximum to high-risk violent offenders)(Bill C-403)
    >>See also Parole; Young offenders

Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation

    >>Aboriginal addiction treatment centre, Sagkeeng Reserve, funding, accountability
    >>>Dodge, David, former deputy minister, role
    >>>>Finance Standing Committee appearance as Bank of Canada Governor, questions restricted, 8636-8(142:1035-45)
    >>>>Public inquiry, o.q.,7819(127:1440), 8599(141:1435), 8604(141:1500)
    >>>Health Department officials, role, 7654(124:1800)
    >>>o.q., 3360(56:1455)
    >>>S.O. 31, 8029(131:1410)

Virtual child pornography see Child pornography

Virtual reality see Niagara College

Virtual university of the arctic see Aboriginal peoples/communities--Education, post-secondary

Visa see Credit cards--Moneris Solutions

Visages d'art see Semaine québécoise des personnes handicapées--Laval, QC

Visible minorities

    >>Richmond, BC, highest proportion, S.O. 31, 2792-3(47:1405)
    >>See also Unemployment

VisuAide see Corporations--50 Best Companies in Canada

Vitamins and supplements

    >>Medical expense tax credit/Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption, petitions, 8326(136:1515), 8356(137:1015)

Voices in the Wilderness Peace Team see Iraq, United States pre-emptive attack

Voisey's Bay, NL nickel mining project (Inco Limited)

    >>Economic benefits, 4800-1(79:1220)
    >>Federal government assistance, Throne Speech reference, 165(3:1805), 648(10:1400)

Voix Magiques

    >>Entertainment troop, La Tuque, QC, home, S.O. 31, 3419(57:1410)

Volleyball see Festival du volleyball benjamin

Volpe, Joseph (Lib.--Eglinton--Lawrence)

    >>Afghanistan, petitions, 3749(63:1510)
    >>Child pornography, petitions, 3749(63:1510)
    >>Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming), M. (Anderson, Hon. David), 2189-90(37:1230-40), 2191(37:1245)
    >>Interparliamentary delegations, 803(13:1540)
    >>Marriage, petitions, 8326(136:1515)
    >>Natural health products, petitions, 7146-7(116:1525)
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 8583(140:1805)

Volterman, Frank B.

    >>Veteran, 2003 Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation recipient, tribute, 5168-9(85:1415)

Volunteer organizations

    >>Government accord with voluntary sector, implementing, Throne Speech statement, 58(2:1510)
    >>See also Friends for Success Incorporated

Volunteerism

    >>Motivation, reasons, promoting, Canadian Volunteerism Initiative, etc., 6565-6(106:1805-10)
    >>See also Governor General's Performing Arts Awards--Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Volunteerism; National Volunteer Week; Paul Harris Fellowship Award--Rotary Club of Hamilton Mountain

Volunteers

    >>Calgary East constituents, tribute, S.O. 31, 3857(65:1055)
    >>Income tax deduction, voluntary work/dues to organizations, 320(5:1215), 1238(21:1510), 8182-3(134:1115-20)
    >>>See also Blood donors; Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO), International services, volunteers; Emergency response workers; Firefighters; Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-296); Income Tax Act (amdt.--volunteers)(Bill C-207)
    >>See also Canadian Coast Guard--Canadian Coast Guard auxiliary; Clark, Samuel; Engren, Peggy; Healy, Richard; Joseph, Francois; Latourelle, Lucie; National Volunteer Week; Thérèse Casgrain Volunteer Award

Voters list see Elections

Voyageur Colonial Limited

Voyeurism

    >>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and Canada Evidence Act (amdt.)(Bill C-20)
    >>Offence, 8821(145:1130), 8856(145:1550)
    >>See also Child Pornography--Internet access/distribution