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Reed, Ryan see Dangerous driving

Reel Hatred see Violence--Women

Referendum Act see Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63)

Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-377)--Ablonczy

    >>First reading, 8513
    >>See also Referendums--Citizen initiated referendums

Referendum on the Restoration of the Death Penalty Act (Bill C-261)--Ringma

    >>First reading, 1470
    >>Second reading, 4519-27
    >>>M. (Ringma), negatived, 4250
    >>>M. (Harris), negatived, 4521
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 4527
    >>See also Capital punishment--Reinstating, Referendum

Référendum Prise deux/Take 2 see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)

Referendums

    >>Citizen initiated referendums, 5890, 8513
    >>>New Zealand example, adopting, 684
    >>>Reform Party proposal, 3073, 5528, 5861, 6878, 7900, 10081
    >>>See also Citizen-Initiated Referendum Act (Bill C-343); Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-377)
    >>Elections, during, 721, 6767
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), attitude, 6752
    >>Provincial referendum results overriding, 6692
    >>Regions approving holding of, and wording of question, requiring, 6691-3
    >>See also Abortion--Federal funding--National referendum; Affirmative action--California program; Belarus; Capital punishment--Reinstating; Constitution--Amending; Constitutional Reform--Charlottetown Accord; Education--Newfoundland religion-based school system; European Union--Maastricht accord; Newfoundland--Confederation; Nisga'a land clam--Agreement in principle; Ontario; Quebec--Confederation; Quebec distinct society status--Constitutional entrenchment; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995); Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995); Senate--Abolition

Reform Party

    >>1995 alternative taxpayers budget see Budget 1995
    >>1997 alternative "fresh start" budget see Budget 1997--Alternative
    >>Attitude and tactics, deploring, 4394
    >>>S.O. 31, 1416
    >>Canadian history, knowledge, 5863
    >>Caucus disarray, dissent, 728, 733, 738-9
    >>Caucus resignations, Members not seeking re-election, 6737
    >>Club R, rewards, S.O. 31, 581
    >>Convention, June 1996, Vancouver, B.C.
    >>>Manning remarks re controlling extremists, S.O. 31, 3484
    >>>S.O. 31, 3554-6
    >>>See also Discrimination and racism--Reform Party position
    >>Cowboys, Bellemare remarks, 5862-3
    >>Election nominations, women, 10090
    >>Election platform, "fresh start", 5765-6, 5817-8, 5844, 5860-2, 5866-7, 6022, 6276, 6734, 6737-8, 7321, 7324, 9890, 9895
    >>>o.q., 10229-31
    >>>Phrase "fresh start" used in Shepherd 1993 campaign, 9560
    >>>S.O. 31, 6000, 6056, 8901
    >>>See also Budget--Balanced; Family--Reform Party position; Federal-provincial jurisdiction--Duplication; Justice system--Reform Party position
    >>Election promises
    >>>Broken, 5749-50
    >>>Keeping, 5756
    >>Election prospects, 227
    >>Extremism, Liberal Party allegations, 4601, 4621, 5815-6, 5835, 5849, 5858, 5861, 5864, 5867
    >>>B'nai Brith Canada statement, S.O. 31, 6003
    >>Homosexual caucus members, hypothetical, Manning position, 2583
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), alternative, S.O. 31, 5472-3
    >>Liberal Party and Progressive Conservative Party, differences from, 5864-6
    >>Membership, lack of diversity, older white males dominating, 2416, 5867
    >>National/regional party, 1488-9
    >>Negative focus, 9295
    >>Official Opposition status request see Official Opposition; Procedure--Official Opposition status
    >>Platform, 804
    >>Policies, contradictory, 8065-6
    >>Progessive Conservative Party, relationship, 8333-4
    >>Public opinion, support, 4596, 5845-6, 5850, 6739
    >>>o.q., 7464
    >>>S.O. 31, 1163, 1657, 1760
    >>Quebec knowledge, role see Quebec
    >>Right wing positions, dissidents, treatment, 2453
    >>Role in House of Commons, 6872
    >>Staff paid with public money, political appointments, Stephen Green and Line Maheux, o.q., 4747-8
    >>Youth conference, Feb. 7-9/97, Ottawa, Ont., 7841
    >>>S.O. 31, 7882
    >>See also particular subjects

Refugees

    >>Canadian Council for Refugees, S.O. 31, 6556
    >>Claimants/claims
    >>>Abuse, 5775
    >>>>Petition, 7841
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4495
    >>>Acceptance level, Quebec/Ontario, proportion, 5772
    >>>>Quebec government, cost sharing proposal, 5281-2
    >>>>>o.q., 3005, 3262
    >>>Algerian nationals
    >>>>Citizenship and Immigration officials, intimidation, harassment, allegations, 7500-1
    >>>>>o.q., 6748-9
    >>>>Temporary deportation suspensions, Bloc Quebecois, requesting, 3043-4, 7500-1
    >>>>>o.q., 361, 2066, 6749, 8731-2
    >>>Backlog, 75% increase, 9510-1
    >>>>o.q., 7887, 7969
    >>>Humanitarianism, government commitment, 5772-3
    >>>Social assistance while waiting for appeals, limiting, M. (Hanger), 8475-82, dropped from Order Paper, 8482
    >>Countries of origin, returning to
    >>>United States-Canada proposed agreement
    >>>>Moral responsibility, ignoring, S.O. 31, 1198, 1414
    >>>>o.q., 1104-5
    >>Criminals, 6847
    >>>Ashrafinia, Siamak, passport forgery charges, etc., 6871
    >>>Deporting rather than imprisoning, 5117, 5127, 6871-2
    >>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--refugee or immigrant applicants convicted of an offence on indictment)(Bill C-333)
    >>>Garcia, Dennis, American, dangerous offender, 5775
    >>>>o.q., 4863, 4984-5
    >>>Iranian cases, Abdul Nasser Taher Azar cocaine trafficking case, passport forgery case, deportation order appeals, etc., 5126-7
    >>>Lam, Bao Ngoc, deportation, delay, release, o.q., 2944
    >>>Rejecting outright, S.O. 31, 4979
    >>>Vancouver, B.C. case, drug trafficking and home invasion, 6872
    >>>Vietnam, deportation agreement, o.q., 2944
    >>>White, T., remarks, 5126-8
    >>>Williams, Hugh, drug trafficking, 6871-2
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--refugee or immigrant applicants convicted of an offence on indictment)(Bill C-333)
    >>Fees, convention refugees, exempting, petition, 1427
    >>Gender discrimination criteria, 7357
    >>Hearings, privacy factors, 9365
    >>HIV/AIDS tests, requiring, 9846
    >>>See also Criminal Code, Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Immigration Act (amdt.--spread of HIV and AIDS)(Bill C-406)
    >>Régalado, Victor, Salvadoran national, deportation order, fairness, 4330-2
    >>>o.q., 2478-9
    >>Resettlement policy, 5771
    >>>o.q., 8908
    >>Rwandans, youth, Environmental Video Exchange, participation, 6394
    >>Somalis, determination process, delay, o.q., 2811
    >>Status, determination, Plaut report, 5500
    >>Terrorists, convicted/alleged
    >>>Immediate deportation, no appeal process, o.q., 239
    >>>McAllister, Malachy, 1988 deportation order, remaining in Canada, o.q., 239
    >>Women, S.O. 31, 474
    >>Worldwide, extent, number, 1863, 6396
    >>Zaire, expulsion, government policy, o.q., 8276, 8731-2
    >>See also Africa--Great Lakes region; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Canadian International Development Agency--Somalia; Guatemala; Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role; Lebanon--Israeli air raids and artillery fire; National Refugee Awareness Day Act (Bill C-306); War criminals--Bosnian war criminals in Canada; Zaire--Civil war

Régalado, Victor see Refugees

Regan, Geoff (L--Halifax West)

    >>Air transportation, 8103
    >>Airports, 8102-4
    >>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, o.q., 4179-80
    >>Bedford Junior High Band, S.O. 31, 2706
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 852-3
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8365-7
    >>Canada Foundation for Innovation, 8365-6
    >>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 6427-9
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2128, 2144
    >>Chambers, Bob, S.O. 31, 1416-7
    >>Child poverty, 8366
    >>Child tax benefit, 852, 8366
    >>Deficit, 852-3
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 5555
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2216-8
    >>Entrepreneurs, S.O. 31, 5951
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, o.q., 318
    >>Francophonie, S.O. 31, 919
    >>Genocide, 2128
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 8366-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 8084
    >>Impaired driving, petitions, 3497, 5609
    >>Information highway, S.O. 31, 3198
    >>Job creation, 106
    >>>S.O. 31, 3482
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 3556
    >>Ports, 107
    >>Radioactive Waste Importation Act (Bill C-236), 5989-91
    >>References, taking Chair as Acting Speaker, 10204
    >>Sexual orientation, 2128, 2144
    >>>Petition, 2526
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply M. (Sheridan), 68-9, 106-8
    >>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8102-4
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2217-8
    >>Wildlife, petition, 5609
    >>Women, S.O. 31, 3919

Regina Leader-Post see Newspapers--Saskatchewan

Regina, Sask. see Charitable organizations--Unemployment Workers' Health and Counselling Centre; Farm Credit Corporation--Head office; Human Resources Development Department--Income securities branch; New Democratic Party--Convention; Young Offenders Act--Amending

Regional Development Banks

    >>Canada participation, 1995 report, tabled, 8784

Regional economic development see Economic development/renewal--Regional

Regions see Air navigation services--Commercialization; Constitution--Amending; Employment insurance--Legislation; Government contracts--Procurement process; Senate

Registered charities see Charitable organizations

Registered domestic partnerships see Family--Definition

Registered education savings plans (RESPs)

Registered retirement savings plans (RRSP)

    >>Budget 1996 measures, 9527
    >>>Tax grab, dismantling program, 2989
    >>>>o.q., 823
    >>>See also Registered retirement savings plans--Contributions--Self-directed;
    >>Contributions
    >>>Age limits, reducing to 69 from 71, Budget 1996 measure, 380, 402, 447, 852-3, 1476-7, 3942, 9229, 9518, 9521, 9525-6, 9921
    >>>>o.q., 1468
    >>>Carry forward provisions, seven year limit, elimination, Budget 1996 measure, 380, 447, 800, 841, 853, 1482, 9516, 9568, 9921
    >>>>o.q., 430, 823
    >>>LImit, $8,000 reduction, 9632
    >>>Limits, $13,500 per year, freezing until 2003, increasing to $15,500 by 2005, Budget 1996 measure, 380, 447, 841, 852-3, 1476, 1482, 2994-5, 3018, 3936, 3942, 9921
    >>>>Income tax increase, 4725
    >>>o.q., 429
    >>>Over-contributions, without monthly tax penalty, reducing to $2,000, Budget 1995 measure, 2995, 3936
    >>Death, transfer to spouse tax free, Reform Party proposals, 7409
    >>Estate planning, use, limits, 9521
    >>Foreign investment option, 20% limit, 796, 1524-5
    >>>See also Job creation
    >>Funds, use, 9525-6
    >>Income tax deduction, changing to tax credit, 7424
    >>>Bloc Quebecois position, 8142-3
    >>>See also Income Tax Act (amdt.--change RRSP deduction to a tax credit)(Bill C-364)
    >>Income tax savings, 8674
    >>Low income earners, extending to, 7409
    >>Retirement allowances, tax free transfer, gradual elimination, 3936
    >>Retirement savings product, February 1997 introduction, o.q., 6964
    >>Self-directed, administration fee, deductibility, eliminating, Budget 1996 measure, 852-3, 3942
    >>>o.q., 823
    >>Seniors Benefit, taxation rates, discouraging investment, o.q., 5168
    >>Super RRSP style plan, Chile example, 3018
    >>Turner, Garth, promoting, 9568
    >>See also Canada Pension Plan; Canada Savings Bonds; Employment RRSP; Income tax--Children under 18; Members of Parliament--Pensions; Pensions--Replacing; Registered education savings plan--Unused portions

Regulations

    >>Electronic registry, establishing, 3769
    >>Incorporation by reference of standards, 3768-9, 3771-2
    >>Legislation, Regulations Act (Bill C-25), 6865
    >>>Background, previous legislation, Regulatory Efficiency Act (Bill C-62)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), Regulations Act (Bill C-84)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.), subcommittee study, etc., 3769-70, 3773
    >>>Committee study, 6872
    >>>Complexity, 3773-4
    >>>Provisions, overview, 3768
    >>>See also Regulations Act (Bill C-25)
    >>Modernizing, streamlining, economy, competitiveness, employment, etc., relationship, 3767-9, 3773
    >>Privatized entities, relationship, 3771
    >>Public review, Parliamentary overview, 3768, 3770-1
    >>Registration, publication, exemptions, 3772-3
    >>Regulatory reform, interdepartmental and intergovernmental co-ordination, 3
    >>Role, importance, process, 3769-70
    >>Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee role, 3768-9, 3774
    >>>Disallowance powers, providing, 2313, 3774-5
    >>>See also Statutory Instruments Act (amd.--disallowance procedure for delegated subordinate legislation)(Bill C-278)
    >>Statutory Instruments Act, role, 3767-70
    >>Treasury Board role, 3770
    >>See also Air navigation services--Commercialization, Airspace management; Corporations; Deregulation; Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy; Financial institutions; Gun control/guns; Mining industry; Pesticides; Prostitution--Legalizing; Small and medium business; Statutes of Canada--Plain language use

Regulations Act (Bill C-25)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 1110
    >>Second reading, 3767-75
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 4046-7
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 4047
    >>>Reported, with amdts., 6912
    >>See also Regulations

Regulations Act (Bill C-84)(1st Sess. 35th Parl) see Regulations--Legislation

Regulatory Efficiency Act (Bill C-62)(1st. Sess, 35th Parl.) see Regulations--Legislation

Rehabilitation see Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy; Murder--Sentences; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Sentences (convicted criminals)--Purpose; Victims of crime; Young offenders--Diversion--Rehabilitation/punishment

Religion

    >>World Day of Prayer, South Korean women role, etc., S.O. 31, 8773
    >>See also Education--Newfoundland; Gender equality--International; Pakistan; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act; Universities/colleges--University of Alberta

Remediation see Bankruptcy and insolvency

Remembrance see Call to Remembrance Program

Remembrance Day see Veterans--Veterans Week

Renaissance Montréal see Youth Services Canada--Saint-Denis constituency projects

Renewable energy see Energy industries

Renewable energy strategy see Energy

Renewing Youth Justice see Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Thirteenth

Repentigny constituency see Sauvageau--References

Repentigny, Que. see Canada Employment Centres--Joliette, Que.

Replacement workers see Labour disputes

Replica handguns see Gun control/guns

Representational allowances see Judges

Repressed memory syndrome see Sexual assault/offences--Accused access to medical and therapeutic records

Reproductive technologies