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Colombia

    >>Social security agreement with Canada, Quebec, petition, 10146

Colonel Sam Smith Park see Lake Ontario

Colonization see Africa--Colonization/tribalism--Great Lakes region, Historical background

Columbia River Treaty Permanent Engineering Board

    >>1994-1995 annual report, tabled, 3640

COM DEV International see Aerospace industry--Satellite payload system

Commercial Alcohols Inc. see Gasoline/automotive fuels, Alternative fuels

Commercial investment credit see National Revenue Department

Commercial signs see Francophones outside Quebec--Ontario

Commercial water lot fees see Trent-Severn Waterway

Commercialization see Air navigation services; Canadian National Railways--Privatization/commercialization; Ferry service; Pearson International Airport; Ports; St. Lawrence Seaway

Committee of Ministers of Internal Trade see Interprovincial trade--Internal Trade Agreement

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) see Wildlife--Endangered species

Committees

    >>Chair, Vice-Chair or Co-Chair
    >>>Election process, 13, 200, 247-65, 4420
    >>>Opposition members holding, New Zealand example, 9262
    >>Chairs, Prime Minister Chrétien selecting, 6844, 6870-1
    >>Government controlling, changing rules, etc., 6844-5
    >>Mandate, right to send for persons, papers and documents, M. (Lee), 5824-32
    >>Membership
    >>>List, tabling, Reform Party refusing consent, 199-200
    >>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports
    >>Role, efficiency, reform, free votes, etc., 4416-9. 4421-4, 4429-31, 4436-8, 4679, 5833, 5837-8, 5934, 6767, 7994-6
    >>Vice-chairs, Bloc Québécois Members, Liberal Party Members supporting, 667, 701-3, 740, 4425-7, 4432, 4438-46, 5048, 5751, 5759-60, 5815, 6871
    >>>S.O. 31, 476, 918
    >>>See also National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee
    >>See also Economic development/renewal--Rural Canada; Law Commission of Canada--Members of Parliament; Sexual orientation--Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Special Joint Committees; Standing committees; Subcommittees and individual committees by name

Committees of the Whole House

    >>Assistant Deputy Chairman, P. Ringuette-Maltais, appointment, M. (J. Chrétien), 9-15, agreed to, on recorded division, 70-1
    >>>See also Privilege (by Member)--Epp
    >>Deputy Chairman,
    >>>Kilger, B., appointment, M. (J. Chrétien), 6-8, agreed to, on recorded division, 8-9
    >>>Milliken, P., appointment, M. (H. Gray), 5740-66, 5813-24, 5832-71, agreed to, on recorded division, 5870-1
    >>>>Amdt. (Strahl), 5743, negatived, on recorded division, 5869-70
    >>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Dalphond-Guiral), not in order, 5746
    >>>>Closure under S.O. 57, notice, 5762
    >>>>>M. (Peters), agreed to, on recorded division, 5812-3

Common law marriage see Same-sex couples--Spousal benefits

Commonwealth

    >>Canadian membership, value, reviewing, 535
    >>Canadian role, leadership, 534, 8841-2
    >>Commonwealth Day
    >>>Poem by Joseph Nancoo, S.O. 31, 8830
    >>>S.O. 31, 8944
    >>>Statement by Minister (C. Stewart), 8841-2
    >>Communications, non-governmental organizations and individuals roles, 8841-2
    >>Democracy and human rights, commitment, Auckland, New Zealannd 1995 summit, etc., 533-4
    >>Harare Declaration, Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, Canadian role, etc., 8841
    >>Partnerships, role, 532-3
    >>Quebec, independent, retaining membership, Bloc Québécois position, 534
    >>Statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 532-5
    >>Voluntary organizations, role, 533
    >>See also Child labour--Eliminating; Foreign aid--Role; Human rights--International; Nigeria--Human rights violations; South Africa--Apartheid

Commonwealth Day see Commonwealth

Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group see Commonwealth--Harare Declaration

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports

Communicating for purposes of prostitution see Prostitution--Penalties

Communications see Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement--Electronics; Internet; Middle East; Telecommunications

Communications Security Establishment (CSE)

    >>Annual report for 1996-1997, tabled, 10141
    >>Independent review mechanism, establishing, 2725, 6236-7
    >>>Commissioner, Claude Bisson, appointment, o.q., 4075
    >>>o.q., 2141

Communities in Bloom contest see Environment

Community Access program see Information highway--Internet--School Net program

Community Action Program for Children see Children

Community Credit Project see Small and medium business--Capital

Community Futures Development Corporations see Economic development/renewal--Quebec

Community Futures Program see Economic development/renewal--Rural Canada

Community policing see Police

Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act see Bankruptcy and insolvency; Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-5)

Competition

    >>Reform Party policy, 10243-5
    >>Strengthening, legislative improvements, Throne Speech statement, 3
    >>See also Banks

Competition Act

    >>Price discrimination and promotional allowances provisions, review, Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers position, o.q., 4026

Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-67)--Minister of Industry (Manley)

Competition Act (amdt.--gasoline pricing)(Bill C-267)--McTeague

    >>First reading, 1625
    >>Second reading, 5128-34
    >>>M. (McTeague), negatived, 5131
    >>>M. (Epp), agreed to, 5133
    >>>Agreed to, 5134
    >>Industry Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 5134
    >>See also Gasoline/automotive fuels--Price

Competition Act (amdt.--illegal trade practices)(Bill C-221)--Ur

    >>First reading, 246
    >>Second reading, 999-1007
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 1007
    >>See also Farm equipment--Dealers; Motor vehicles--Dealers

Competition Act (amdt.--protection of those who purchase products from vertically integrated suppliers who compete with them at retail)(Bill C-381)--McTeague

Competition Act (amdt.--protection of whistle-blowers)(Bill C-266)--Bonin

    >>First reading, 1625
    >>Second reading, 5583-91, 7206-7
    >>>Agreed to, 7207
    >>>Dropped to bottom of order of precedence on the Order Paper, 5591
    >>Industry Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 7207
    >>See also Consumers--Victimization; Gasoline/automotive fuels--Price fixing

"Competition and Culture on Canada's Information Highway: Managing the Realities of Transition" see Information highway

Competition Bureau

    >>Director, investigations see Gasoline/automotive fuel--Price increase

Competitiveness

    >>Decline, 9252
    >>Government taxation policies, discouraging, 9251, 9255
    >>Reliant factors, 9252
    >>See also Business; Economy; Small and medium business

Composting Environment--National Composting Awareness Week

Computer programs see Copyright

Computer services

Computers/computer systems

    >>Software conversion, research and development, IBM, CGI and Informission Group consortium, S.O. 31, 7461
    >>Year 2000, date change
    >>>Formal Systems Inc., adapting technology, developing, S.O. 31, 4495
    >>>o.q. 9887
    >>See also Acadia University; Foreign aid--Cuba; Police--Search and seizure powers; Schools

Computing Devices Canada see Defence equipment--Clothing--Land forces communications system

Comuzzi, Joe (L--Thunder Bay--Nipigon)

    >>Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44), 9690-4, 9699, 9821-2
    >>Children, M., 10041
    >>Constitution, M. (Rock), 3349-50
    >>Grain transportation, o.q., 967
    >>Marine transport, 9822
    >>McKinnon, Don, S.O. 31, 8648
    >>Ports, 9822
    >>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 8994, 9780, 10129
    >>Transport Standing Committee, reports, 5687

Concurrent sentences see Sentences (convicted criminals)

Conditional release see Parole

Conditional sentences see Sentences (convicted criminals)

Condoms see Penitentiaries--Inmates

Confectionery Manufacturers Association

    >>Annual confectionery caucus Hillowe'en party, S.O. 31, 5800

Confederation

    >>Colonial act, 2869-70, 2877
    >>Federal government, creation of provinces, 6692
    >>Two founding peoples, agreement between, 6228
    >>See also British Columbia; Federal-provinciial jurisdiction--Historical development; Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island; Quebec

Confederation Bridge see Bridges--Fixed link to Prince Edward Island; Prince Edward Island

Confederation Life Insurance see Bell Canada--Supplemental pension plan

Conference Board of Canada see Economy--Personal futures; Research and development--University-industry synergy research and development award

Conference of Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports

Conflict of interest

    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), Cabinet Ministers, allegations, examples, 4770-1
    >>See also Armenia--Genocide; Judges--Code of conduct--Pensions; Judges Act--Amendments; Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Grievance system; Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping operation

Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders see Cabinet Ministers

Conflicts see International conflicts

Confucianism see China--Democracy

Congo

    >>Canadian Armed Forces 1960-1964 peacekeeping role, 6386

Congrès International francophone sur la PME see Small and medium business

Connaught Laboratories see Research and development--University-industry synergy research and development award

Connors Brothers Ltd. see Fisheries, Atlantic--Processing plants

Conscientious objection act

    >>Enactment, petitions, 394, 493, 2615
    >>See also Income tax--Peace tax

Conscientious Objection Act (Bill C-404)--Robinson

    >>First reading, 9701
    >>See also Defence expenditures--Concientious objectors

Conscription

    >>Quebec opposition, 2867
    >>See also Quebec--Roux, Jean-Louis

Consecutive sentences see Sentences (convicted criminals)--Concurrent sentences

Conseil de la souveraineté du Québec see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Federal funding

Conseil des bio-industries du Quebec see Biotechnology

Conseil du patront de Québec

    >>Dufour, Ghislain, President, retirement, tribute, S.O. 31, 3864

Conservative government (Mulroney) see Unemployment insurance--Reform

Constituencies

    >>Name changes
    >>>Bonaventure--Gaspé--Îles-de-la-Madelaine--Paboc constituency, 6622-3
    >>>See also Electoral Districts Name Change Act (Bill C-347)
    >>Twinning with United States congressional districts, S.O. 31, 635
    >>See also Electoral boundaries

Constituents see Members of Parliament--Constituents

Constitution

    >>Amending, 3616-7, 6981-2
    >>>British Columbia Legislature approval, prior provincial referendum requirement, 343, 345
    >>>Difficulty, 3058
    >>>Quebec veto
    >>>>Constitutional entrenchment, o.q., 36, 3710
    >>>>See also Constitution--Amending, Regional veto; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--No side victory
    >>>Referendum, requiring, petition, 1111
    >>>Regional veto, 2878, 2882, 3059, 6278, 6292
    >>>>Bloc Québécois position, o.q., 9741
    >>>>British Columbia, including as region, 6278
    >>>>Constitutional amendment, preventing, 5998, 6250-1
    >>>>Constitutional entrenchment, Throne Speech statement, 5, 293, 5997-8, 6292-3
    >>>>>o.q., 138, 9880-1
    >>>>>Victoria formula, comparison, o.q., 138
    >>>>o.q., 4936-7, 5732, 5881, 7310-1, 9741-2
    >>>>See also Senate--British Columbia representation
    >>>Rights, protecting, 6983-5
    >>>Senate role, 3050, 3052, 3054, 3063
    >>>See also Constitutional reform
    >>Evolution, etc., 2897
    >>Notwithstanding clause see Aboriginal self-government--Constitution; Justice system--Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provisions
    >>Patriation in 1982
    >>>Chrétien, Jean, role
    >>>>o.q., 9879-81
    >>>>S.O. 31, 9878, 9986
    >>>Dion position, o.q., 1544
    >>>Quebec opposition/rejection of Quebec, 286, 2858-9, 2867, 2869-71, 2878, 6228, 7092, 8174, 9105
    >>>>Mulroney speech to Canadian Club, Apr. 14/97, re offer to Quebec, o.q., 9741-2
    >>>>o.q., 2755-6, 4667, 4745, 4799, 5881, 9879-81
    >>>>Quebec Members of Parliament supporting, Bloc Québécois alternative, S.O. 31, 9879
    >>>See also Federalism--Decentralizing; Quebec separation/sovereignty
    >>Quebec nationhood, right to protect, recognition, 9259-60
    >>Section 93 see Education--Quebec denominational school boards
    >>Terms of Union of Newfoundland with Canada, Term 17, amendment
    >>>M. (Rock), 3243-50, 3264-75, 3293-309, 3326-80, agreed to, on recorded division, 3379-80
    >>>>Amdt. (D. Mills), 3348, negatived, on recorded division, 3378-9
    >>>M. (Rock), 6938-46, 6951-2, 6969-94, 7091-6, agreed to, on recorded division, 7096
    >>>>Amdt. (D. Mills), 6970, negatived, on recorded division, 7094-5
    >>>See also Education--Newfoundland
    >>See also Aboriginal peoples--Aboriginal and treaty rights; Canada; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Canadian Human Rights Act; Education--Newfoundland--Quebec; Elections; Gangs--Motorcycle gangs, Legislation; Indians/First Nations--Powers; Interprovincial trade--Barriers; Judges--Appointments; Members of Parliament--Number--Oaths of allegiance; Nisga'a land claim--Agreement in principle; Official languages policy/bilingualism; Parole--Murderers, Olson, Clifford; Quebec distinct society status; Quebec separation/sovereignty--Legal right--Secession legislation--Unilateral declaration; Sahtu Dene and Métis land claim--Agreement

Constitution Act, 1867 see Property rights--Canadian Bill of Rights

Constitution Act, 1982

Constitution Act, 1996 (amdt.--balanced budget and spending limit)(Bill C-213)--Grubel

    >>First reading, 244
    >>Second reading, 2326-34
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 2334
    >>See also Deficit--Prohibition; Government expenditures--Limits

Constitution Act, 1997 (Representation)(Bill C-385)--O'Brien

    >>First reading, 8988-9
    >>See also Members of Parliament--Number

Constitutional amendments see Education--Newfoundland religion-based school system;

Constitutional court see Supreme Court of Canada

Constitutional reform

    >>Charlottetown Accord
    >>>Grey, D., position, o.q., 5806
    >>>Referendum, Oct. 26/96, rejection, 2417
    >>>>British Columbia 70% rejection, 343
    >>>>Quebec, 2900
    >>>>Status quo rejection factor, 2901
    >>>Reform Party position, o.q., 2812
    >>>See also Aboriginal self-government; Federal-provincial jurisdiction--Decentralization to provinces--Exclusive provincial jurisdiction; Members of Parliament--Quebec representation; Quebec distinct society status; Senate--Elected--Reform
    >>Chrétien, Prime Minister, refusal to discuss, 6254
    >>Constituent assembly, role, 344
    >>Debate, revival, Gauthier remarks re Prime Minister Chrétien responsibility, S.O. 31, 4857
    >>Ethnic communities, role, 344
    >>Federal-provincial conference before April 1997, 1607
    >>First Ministers conference, June 1996
    >>>Constitution Act, 1982, section 49 requirement re holding constitutional conference on amending formula, relationship, lack of public role, etc., o.q., 3632-3, 3709-10, 3820
    >>>Not discussing, provinces position, o.q., 3421
    >>Institutions, reform, 3058-9
    >>Meech Lake Accord
    >>>Bloc Québécois and Parti Québécois opposition, o.q., 5881
    >>>Chrétien, Jean, position at Liberal Party leadership convention
    >>>>o.q., 1543
    >>>>See also Quebec distinct society status--Chrétien, Prime Minister
    >>>Quebec five conditions, rejection, 6228
    >>>See also Quebec distinct society status--Charlottetown and Meech Lake Accords
    >>Quebec demands, Dion position, etc., S.O. 31, 1656
    >>Scope, 343-5
    >>Undertaking. appropriate timing, 343-4
    >>>By 2000, 344
    >>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, remarks following Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 343
    >>United States constitution, comparison, Thomas Paine, "generational responsibility", 6977-9
    >>See also Constitution--Amending; Quebec separation/sovereignty

Construction industry see Goods and Services Tax--Abolish; Income tax--Underground economy

Consultants see Cabinet Ministers; Canadian Food Inspection Agency--Contracts; Canadian International Development Agency; Immigration/immigrants

Consumer model see Education, post-secondary

Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (amdt.--nutritional value of food)(Bill C-209)--Wappel

    >>First reading, 95
    >>See also Food--Nutritional value

Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (amdt.--recombinant hormones)(Bill C-319)--Jennings

    >>First reading, 4086
    >>See also Food--Prepackaged