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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 35th 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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Saadi, Elvira see Olympics, Summer Games, 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia)--Canadian team

Sabian Ltd.

    >>Meductic, N.B., cymbal plant, expansion, 6284-5

Sable Island see Oil and gas exploration; Oil and gas pipelines

Sabril see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Research and development

Sacred assembly see National unity--Aboriginal peoples role

SADD see Students Against Drunk Driving

Safe homes, safe streets, program see Public safety--Liberal Party election promises

Safety see Air transportation; Airports; Farms; Ferry service--Government role; Hazardous products--Transportation; Health and safety; Highways and roads; Marine transport--Maritime claims for damages--Pilotage; Ports--Commercialization; Public safety; Rail transportation/railways--Derailments; Transportation; Workplace--Deaths

Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act (Bill C-78)--Minister of Canadian Heritage (Copps)

    >>First reading, 7423

Sahtu Dene and Métis land claim

    >>Agreement
    >>Implementation committee, annual reports for 1994-1995 and 1995-1996, tabled, 9804
    >>>Self-government, Constitution and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applying, 344

Saint-Bruno-de-Monatrville see Artists--Kieff

Saint-Come, Que. see Festivals

Saint-Damase, Que. see Telephone service--Saint-Pie-de-Bagot

Saint-Denis constituency see Youth Services Canada

Saint-Esprit, Que. see Slaughterhouses

Saint-Germain-de-Kamouraska, Que. see Economic development/renewal--Rural Canada

Saint Honoré, Que. see Canadian Armed Forces--Gliding school

Saint-Hubert, Que. see Canadian Armed Forces--Land force command headquarters; Education--Dictée des Amériques; Schools--École nationale d'aerotechnique

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society see Quebec--Patriot of the year

Saint-Jean constituency see Liberal government (Chrétien)--Public dissatisfaction

Saint-Jean-de-Richelieu, Que. see Canadian Armed Forces--Gliding school

Saint-Jean, Que. see Airports; Canada Customs; Canada Employment Centres; Military colleges--Collège militaire royal; Official languages policy/bilingualism--Language schools

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. see Airports--Regional airports

Saint John, N.B. see Air Canada--Reservation centre; Ferry service; Irish Canadians; Veterans--Hospitals

Saint John Shipyard see Shipbuilding

Saint-Laurent--Cartierville constituency

    >>Ethnic diversity, right to remain in Canada, etc., 2864
    >>See also House of Commons vacancies

Saint-Laurent, Que. see CAE Electronics Ltd.

Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Que. see Cranberry Interpretation Centre

Saint-Ludger-de-Milot, Que. see Mining industry--Woolastonite

Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long see Carrière Glendyne

Saint-Pie-de-Bagot, Que. see Telephone service

Sainte-Foy, Que, see Rail transportation/railways--Rail lines

Sainte-Thérèse, Que. see Canadian Kenworth Company

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que. see Rail transportation/railways--Derailments

Salaries see Wages and salaries

Sales and Marketing Resources Network see Small and medium business--Marketing strategies

Sales taxes

    >>Harmonization see Goods and Services Tax
    >>National sales tax
    >>>Liberal Party in opposition position, 7934, 9069-70
    >>>Reform Party position, 7914
    >>Reform, in conjunction with income tax, corporate tax and social welfare reform, 7948, 9256-7

Salmon

    >>B.C. Hydro, dams, river obstructions, fish habitat, impact, qu., 7194-5
    >>Chilean salmon products, dumping, impact on aquaculture industry, o.q., 7147
    >>Pacific fishery
    >>>British columbia, federal-provincial agreement, Apr. 16/97, signing
    >>>>o.q., 9801
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9794
    >>>Chinook salmon, sustainability, conservation program, commercial sport fishery participation, Oak Bay Marine Group, refusal, o.q., 4024
    >>>Fish stock management, aboriginal land claims, impact, 6121
    >>>Fraser River, stock depletion, mismanagement, 6135-7, 6152, 6468
    >>>>Fraser Report, recommendations, 6136-8, 7197-8
    >>>>>Fisheries and Oceans Department, response, evaluation document, conclusions, 6468-9
    >>>>>o.q., 1420, 2184
    >>>>o.q., 1424
    >>>Management treaty, Canada-United States negotiations, impasse, government position, 345, 4138-9
    >>>>Negotiations, renewal, o.q., 7714
    >>>>o.q., 480, 1295
    >>>>Stakeholders, participation, progress, S.O. 31, 9543-4
    >>>Nanaimo River salmon hatchery, possible closure, impact, 435
    >>>Revitalizing
    >>>>Fleet reduction, licence buy back, policy, 2520-1, 4138-9, 5219, 6121, 7205
    >>>>>Aboriginal fishing arrangements, catch allocation, relationship, 5220
    >>>>>>o.q., 2438-9, 2482, 2712, 2893, 3317, 3423-4, 3636, 3926-7
    >>>>>>S.O. 31, 2356
    >>>>>Licence stacking, moratorium, lifting, small fishermen, impact, S.O. 31, 7778
    >>>>>o.q., 1469, 1590-1, 1663, 1710, 1713-4, 1845, 2141-4, 2184-7, 2253, 2310, 2438-9, 2566, 2610, 2613, 2712, 3636-7
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 1541, 1656, 1704, 2884, 3865
    >>>>Government strategy, lack, o.q., 2253, 2893
    >>>>Nisga'a land claim agreement, commercial harvest, impact, o.q., 1591, 2067
    >>>>Throne Speech proposal, 4
    >>Spawning channels, deaths, wastage, o.q., 5562
    >>Sports fishery, British Columbia, importance, 5219-20
    >>>Campbell River, S.O. 31, 3815
    >>Stock depletion, 6121

Salmonid enhancement program see Fisheries, Pacific

Salon de l'invention et de l'innovation see Inventions

Salon des aine(e)s du Quebec see Senior Citizens--Tribute

Same-sex couples

Sanctions see Cuba--United-States Cuba relations; Myanmar (Burma)--Human rights violations; Nigeria--Human rights violations; Trade--Iran and Libya

Santa Claus see Peace--Encouragement

Saraguro, Rosa see Immigration--Visas, Visitors

Saro-Wiwa, Ken see Nigeria--Human rights violations

Saskatchewan

    >>Devine, Grant, former government, corruption allegations, Sen. Eric Berntson refusal to testify, invoking Parliamentary privilege
    >>>Charest position, S.O. 31, 5414
    >>>S.O. 31, 4933
    >>Distinct society, recognizing as, S.O. 31, 1761
    >>See also particular subjects

Saskatchewan Penitentiary see Penitentiaries--Inmates

Saskatoon December Memorial Committee see Violence--Women

Saskatoon Literacy Coalition see Volunteers

Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar constituency see Hermanson--References

Saskatoon, Sask. see Film and video industry--Tri Media Productions

Saskatoon Star-Phoenix see Newspapers--Saskatchewan

Satellite dishes see Telecommunications; Television

Satellite payload systems see Aerospace industry

Satellites see Spar Aerospace

Saudi Arabia see Shipbuilding--Saint John Shipyard Saugeen River

Saugeen River see Emergencies/disasters--Flooding

Sauvageau, Benoît (BQ--Terrebonne)

    >>Automobiles, o.q., 8953
    >>Broadcasting, o.q., 5560
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1437-9
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9157-8
    >>Business Development Bank of Canada, 1438
    >>Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, 5318
    >>Canada Employment Centres, 2350-1
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, 5315-8, 6095-9, 6102
    >>>o.q., 2364, 4345, 5480-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 8306
    >>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-61), 5315-8, 6095-9, 6102
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 721-4
    >>Child abduction
    >>>o.q., 9553, 9991-2, 10185
    >>>Petition, 10189
    >>Child poverty, 9538
    >>Chrétien, Jean, references, 721-3
    >>Corporations, 1437, 1439
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings (Bill C-46), 7680
    >>Cuba, 550, 4510
    >>Dairy products, 1438
    >>Defence equipment, S.O. 31, 2472
    >>Defence industry, 1437
    >>Deficit, 1437-9
    >>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 1193-7
    >>Drug trafficking, 550
    >>Economic conditions, 1438
    >>Economic development/renewal, 9539
    >>>S.O. 31, 6123
    >>Education, post-secondary, 1437, 1439
    >>Election, 9538-9
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2257-9, 2349-51
    >>Energy Price Commission Act (Bill C-220), 2037-8
    >>Environment, 9900-1
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7869-71
    >>Export Development Corporation, 1438
    >>Exports, 1438
    >>>Statement by Minister (Eggleton), 9222-4
    >>Foreign aid, 9158
    >>Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act, 4510-1
    >>Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 4509-11, 5206-7, 5301-3, 5310
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, 3804-57, 3812-3
    >>>M. on supply (Marchand), 3804-7, 3812
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 2037-8, 5248-52, 5255, 5720-1
    >>>o.q., 4672
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 369
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7869-71
    >>Government contracts, 1194-6
    >>Government expenditures, 1196-7
    >>Government programs and services, 1195, 1439
    >>Haiti, 550
    >>Immigration, S.O. 31, 3814
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9538-9
    >>International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act Order Act (Bill C-77), 9900-1
    >>Israel, 5316-7
    >>Job creation, 1437, 5315
    >>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5248-52, 5255, 5720-1
    >>Mascouche Board of Trade, S.O. 31, 1284
    >>Members of Parliament, 721-2
    >>Middle East, 6096-7, 6102
    >>New Brunswick, 7870
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command, M. (L. Axworthy), 549-51
    >>North American Free Trade Agreement, 5207
    >>>o.q., 2759, 4345
    >>Nuclear reactors, petition, 7723
    >>Official Opposition, 722-3
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 721-4
    >>Procedure
    >>>Documents, 5250
    >>>Dress code, 7680
    >>>Petitions, 10188
    >>>Question and comment period, 1193
    >>Quebec, 724
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 722
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 2867-8
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), 722
    >>References
    >>>Bloc Québécois candidate for Repentigny constituency, 9538
    >>>Constituents thanked, 9900
    >>Sauavageu, references, 9538, 9900
    >>Sedition, 723
    >>Senate, petitions, 7110, 7723
    >>Softwood lumber industry, 1438
    >>Steel industry, o.q., 2759
    >>Swimsuit manufacturing industry, 5318
    >>>o.q., 5480-1
    >>Taxation, 1438, 9539
    >>Textile industry, o.q., 2364
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 348
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8573-5
    >>Tobacco industry, 8573-5
    >>Tobacco products, 8574
    >>Trade, 550, 1438, 4509-11, 5206-7, 5301-3, 5310, 5315-6
    >>>o.q., 316, 357, 2565, 3485, 3927, 4022-3, 8653-4, 9745-6
    >>>S.O. 31, 6486, 9376
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, 1439
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2258-9
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 1437, 1439, 2257-8
    >>Violence, S.O. 31, 7183

Save the Children Canada

    >>Anniversary, 75th, S.O. 31, 2804

Savings and loan scandal see Financial institutions--United States savings and loan scandal

Sawatzky, Allison see Health--Necrotizing fasciitis

Sawatzky decision see Grain marketing--Exports

Scab labour see Canada Labour Code--Phase l; Canada Labour Code (amdt.--scabs and essential services)(Bill C-337); Labour disputes--Replacement workers

Scallop fishery see Fisheries

Scamurra, Sandy

    >>Mississauga, Ont., resident, community leader, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 32

Scarborough, Ont.

    >>200th birthday, S.O. 31, 3554

Scarborough School Board see Violence--Schools

Schep family see Dairy products--Cheese, Gouda

Schmidt, Werner (REF--Okanagan Centre)

    >>Aerospace industry, o.q., 5684, 5887-8, 5959, 6133
    >>Air Canada, r.o., 4240
    >>Airbus Industrie, r.o., 4240
    >>Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-5), 3033-6
    >>Banks, 9574-5, 9749-53
    >>Bell Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-57), 7596-601
    >>Bombardier Inc.
    >>>o.q., 5959
    >>>r.o., 4240
    >>Broadcasting
    >>>M. (Suzanne Tremblay), 1739-40
    >>>Petition, 6966
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 4532-3
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1447-50
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9314, 9317
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 9566
    >>Bus transportation system, 1449
    >>Canada Business Corporations Act (amdt.--qualification of directors)(Bill C-204), 1400-2
    >>Canada Foundation for Innovation, S.O. 31, 8443-4
    >>Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14), 1089
    >>Canadair, r.o., 4240
    >>Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission, 7600
    >>Capital punishment, 4279
    >>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 9426
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (J. Chrétien), 14
    >>Competition Act (amdt.--illegal trade practices)(Bill C-221), 1003-4
    >>Corporations, o.q., 5684
    >>Crime, petition, 6966
    >>Crime prevention, 9718
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--Internet lotteries)(Bill C-353), 8113-5
    >>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4277-9, 4545
    >>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), 9717-8
    >>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9425-7, 9432-3
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 9717-8
    >>de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd., r.o., 4240
    >>Deficit, 202, 1448-50, 3033
    >>Democracy, 1447
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, petition, 4236
    >>Economic conditions, 292
    >>Economic development/renewal, 334
    >>>o.q., 5684
    >>Economy, S.O. 31, 7380
    >>Education, 291
    >>>Petition, 3781, 6966
    >>Education, post-secondary, 291
    >>Employment, 9314
    >>Entrepreneurs, S.O. 31, 5950
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7287-9
    >>Farm equipment, 1003-4
    >>Figure skating, S.O. 31, 9320-1
    >>Financial institutions, 291
    >>Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-82), 9573-5, 9749-53
    >>Fisheries, Pacific, 9317
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 1448, 1450, 7288-9
    >>>Petition, 9807
    >>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, M. (Williams), 3848-9
    >>Greyhound Air, S.O. 31, 3201
    >>Health care system, petition, 277-8
    >>Housing, 7288
    >>Information highway, 7596-600
    >>Interprovincial trade, 203
    >>Job creation, o.q., 5888
    >>Justice system, 9426
    >>Legislation, M. (H. Gray), 200-3
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), M. on supply (Solberg), 3228-32
    >>Motor vehicles, 1003-4
    >>Murder, 4277-8, 9433, 9718
    >>National debt, 202, 1448-9, 3033
    >>>S.O. 31, 5365
    >>Nisga'a land claim, S.O. 31, 1161
    >>Oceans, 5194-5
    >>Oceans Act (Bill C-26), 5194-5
    >>Parole, 4277-9, 4545, 9432-3
    >>Patent Act (amdt.)(Bill C-311), 5275-7
    >>Penitentiaries, 4545, 9433
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 3381
    >>Public safety, 4279
    >>Quebec distinct society status, 291-2
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 292
    >>Rail transportation/railways, 1089
    >>Science and technology, 291
    >>sentences (convicted criminals), 9425-7
    >>Sexual orientation, petition, 6966
    >>Small and medium business, 291, 334
    >>Social programs, 3033
    >>Space program, S.O. 31, 3918
    >>Speakership, 14
    >>Technology Partnerships Canada, o.q., 5959
    >>Television, 7598-9
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 164-6, 291-2, 334
    >>Victims of crime, 9426, 9432-3, 9718
    >>Violent offences, 9443
    >>Water, petition, 5173
    >>Workplace, Statement by Minister (Gagliano), 3322-3