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Dubin, Hon. Charles see War crimes--Deportation

Dubois, Hon. Justice Jean-Guy see Quebec Superior Court

Dubuc, Martin see Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/pedophiles

Duceppe, Gilles (BQ--Laurier--Sainte-Marie; Leader of the Opposition as of March 15, 1997)

    >>Aboriginal peoples, o.q., 2710
    >>Aboriginal self-government, o.q., 6607
    >>Air Canada, o.q., 3817, 3926
    >>Air navigation services, 3398-402
    >>Air transportation, o.q., 4940, 6365, 6956
    >>Appropriation Act No. 4, 1995-96 (Bill C-21), 995
    >>Appropriation Act No. 3, 1996-97 (Bill C-68), 6585
    >>Appropriation Act No. 4, 1996-97 (Bill C-87), 8977
    >>Appropriation Act No. 1, 1997-98 (Bill C-88), 8979
    >>Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, o.q., 3006, 4024, 6003-4
    >>Auditor General, o.q., 4497-8
    >>Auto racing, o.q., 8728
    >>Bloc Québécois, S.O. 31, 3707
    >>Blood, o.q., 6750
    >>Business of the House, 140, 430
    >>Canada Foundation for Innovation, o.q., 10180
    >>Canada, o.q., 5881
    >>Canadian Airlines International, 3399, 6379-80
    >>>o.q., 6364-5, 6956
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 558-60, 564-5, 658-62, 4145-9
    >>>o.q., 1465, 4031
    >>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, o.q., 5994-5, 7311, 8132
    >>Canadian Coast Guard, o.q., 2004
    >>Canadian Security Intelligence Service, o.q., 1368
    >>Child poverty, o.q., 8389, 8444-5, 9649
    >>Children, 661
    >>Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20), 3398-402
    >>Collenette, references, o.q., 5163
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (J. Chrétien), 7, 9
    >>Constitution, o.q., 4745, 4799, 5881, 9741-2, 9879-80
    >>Copps, references, o.q., 2248-9
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, o.q., 2064-5
    >>Duceppe, references, o.q., 6059-60
    >>Economic conditions, o.q., 9648-9
    >>Economic development/renewal
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 5648-50
    >>>o.q., 5601, 5683
    >>Education, o.q., 9445, 9483-4, 9546-7, 9796-9
    >>Employment insurance, o.q., 6448-9, 7084, 7141, 7463
    >>Environment, o.q., 6789
    >>Equalization payments, 8389
    >>Federal-provincial conferences, o.q., 3631-2
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, o.q., 3631-2, 8195, 8389
    >>Forestry, o.q., 2561-2
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, o.q., 6660
    >>Gangs, o.q., 8949-50, 9080, 9171, 9213, 9377-8
    >>Goods and Services Tax, o.q., 2180, 2248-9, 2433, 4074, 7514-5
    >>Government advertising, o.q., 5557
    >>Government expenditures, 5649
    >>Government programs and services, o.q., 8389
    >>Hanger, references, 661-3
    >>House of Commons, 7470
    >>Housing, o.q., 5683
    >>Immigration/immigrants, o.q., 3082, 9480-1
    >>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports
    >>Israel, statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 242-3
    >>Job creation, o.q., 7463, 10115
    >>Legislation, 26
    >>Members of Parliament, 6271
    >>Mining industry, o.q., 2561-2
    >>Mirabel International Airport, 3398, 3400
    >>Montreal, Que., 5648
    >>National Advisory Board on Science and Technology, o.q., 708
    >>National unity, o.q., 4799
    >>Nuclear energy, o.q., 6003-4
    >>Nuclear reactors, o.q., 6004
    >>Official Opposition, 651
    >>Poverty, o.q., 9649
    >>Private family trusts, o.q., 4455, 4497-8, 4630
    >>Privilege
    >>>Brown, J. (rights of Members breached), 6271
    >>>Contempt of Parliament, 85f93-4
    >>>False/misleading statements, 6862-3
    >>>Hart (contempt of Parliament), 558-60
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 3010-1, 8840
    >>>Members' remarks, 4309-10
    >>>Minister's/Prime Minister's remarks, 6269
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 564-5, 658-63
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Government, 995, 997, 4409, 6585, 8977, 8979
    >>>Chair, 3011, 7126-7
    >>>Committee reports, 5749
    >>>Decorum, 8456
    >>>Divisions, recorded, 8995
    >>>Divisions, recorded, deferred, 613, 5965
    >>>Documents, 8594
    >>>Estimates, 8356
    >>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 646-7, 2868, 4183, 4460, 6863-4, 8279
    >>>Member be now heard, M. (Williams), 6503
    >>>Members' remarks, 663, 4031, 4940
    >>>Members' rights, 7337
    >>>Minister's remarks/Prime Minister's remarks, 6615-6
    >>>Motions, 26
    >>>Oral question period, 7470
    >>>Question and comment period, 565, 6830-1
    >>>Sittings of the House, 613
    >>>Speeches, 2855-7, 6503
    >>>Supply motions, 2866, 2883, 5657
    >>>Throne Speech, 45
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>M. (Boudria), 248-9
    >>>M. (Strahl), 4145-9
    >>>M. (Zed), 4421-2
    >>Public Accounts, o.q., 10180
    >>Quebec
    >>>M. to adjourn under S.O. 52, 6091
    >>>o.q., 6059-60, 6128, 6660, 8275
    >>>S.O. 31, 5728-9
    >>Quebec distinct society status, o.q., 5881, 9741
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 659-61
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 2855-7, 2866, 2868, 2883
    >>>o.q., 179-80, 2710, 3557, 4305-6, 4744-5, 4798-800, 5881-2
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), o.q., 4309-10, 5881, 9272-3, 9741
    >>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), o.q., 4747, 4799
    >>Rail passenger service, 3401
    >>References
    >>>Membership in Marxist-Leninist Workers' Communist Party, o.q., 6059-60
    >>>See also Bloc Québécois--Leadership vote; Board of Internal Economy--Members
    >>Research and development, o.q., 6004
    >>Ringuette-Maltais, references, 9
    >>Science and technology, o.q., 708
    >>Sedition, 659
    >>Somalia, o.q., 1418-9, 1465, 1546, 1763, 4174-5, 5163, 5290, 7659, 9016-7
    >>Speakership, 7. 9
    >>Statistics Canada, o.q., 1244-5
    >>Technology Partnerships Canada, o.q., 708
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 7126-7, 8456
    >>Tobacco industry, 8593-4
    >>>o.q., 8504-5, 8587-8, 8729
    >>Trade, o.q., 236
    >>Training programs, o.q., 1047, 1889-90, 2606-7, 3254-5
    >>Transfer payments to provinces, o.q., 7237, 8195, 8389
    >>Unemployment insurance
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 613
    >>>o.q., 760-1, 1889
    >>Violence, S.O. 31, 7185-6
    >>Women, o.q., 8776-7
    >>Young, references see Immigration/immigrants--Political opinions re Quebec separation
    >>Zaire, o.q., 9480

Ducharme, Patricia Grace see Murder

Ducks see Festivals--Brome Lake Duck Festival

Dueck, Johann see War crimes--Deportation

Dufour, Ghislain see Conseil du patronat de Québec

Duhamel, Ronald J. (L--St. Boniface)

    >>Aboriginal peoples, S.O. 31, 3917
    >>Adoption, petition, 8870
    >>Bombardier Inc., 7943-4
    >>Bourassa, Robert, S.O. 31, 5162-3
    >>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 4208-10
    >>Budget 1995, 3021
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 412-5, 797, 1439, 1447, 1456, 1570
    >>Budget 1997, 7406-7
    >>Cabinet, 339
    >>Canada, 8209-10
    >>Canada Day, S.O. 31, 3917
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 415
    >>Canada Labour Code (Bill C-3), 471
    >>Canada Pension Plan, S.O. 31, 8271
    >>Canada Transportation Act (Bill C-14), 1223, 1234-5
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 7137
    >>Canadian flag, 1447
    >>Canadian Heritage Department, M. on supply (G. Leroux), 8209-13
    >>Caregivers, M. (Szabo), 4820-2
    >>Charitable organizations, 7407-8
    >>Child care, 414
    >>Child poverty, 7407
    >>Child tax benefit, 7406-7
    >>Children, S.O. 31, 6495-6
    >>Commonwealth, S.O. 31, 8944
    >>Constitution, M. (Rock), 6974-9
    >>Constitutional reform, 6978-9
    >>Corporations, 3021
    >>Crime, petition, 8694
    >>Culture/arts, 8210-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 2133
    >>Deficit, 7406
    >>Disabled and handicapped persons, 7407
    >>Discrimination and racism, S.O. 31, 917
    >>Economy, S.O. 31, 6363-4
    >>Education, 4974, 6974-8
    >>>o.q., 4632
    >>>Petition, 3012, 3263, 4808, 6709, 6968-9
    >>>S.O. 31, 5878
    >>Education, post-secondary, 414, 7407
    >>Elections, 1223
    >>Emergencies/disasters, 4804
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2348-9
    >>Environment, 3021
    >>Estimates, 4392
    >>>M. (Massé), 4390-4
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7015-7, 7943-7
    >>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 413-4, 2877
    >>Federal-provincial partnerships, 2877
    >>Federalism, 2876
    >>Festivals, S.O. 31, 7880
    >>Film and video industry, 3021
    >>Finance Standing Committee, reports, 7390, 9701
    >>>M. (H. Gray), 7406-8
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, 3800-2, 8212
    >>>M. on supply (Marchand), 3800-5
    >>>S.O. 31, 2705, 3000, 5105-6
    >>Francophonie, S.O. 31, 1240-1
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 8694
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7015-7, 7943-7
    >>>Petition, 8694, 10042
    >>Government expenditures, 414
    >>Gun control/guns, 339
    >>Health care system, petition, 275
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 705
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 8202, 8694, 8870
    >>House of Commons, S.O. 31, 4740
    >>Immigration/immigrants, petition, 8019
    >>Income tax, 3021
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36), 3020-3
    >>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9701
    >>Information highway, 8211
    >>Infrastructure program, 3020
    >>Job creation, 414-5, 609, 797, 2349
    >>>S.O. 31, 130
    >>Labour, 609
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 2878, 4391-2, 7017
    >>Literacy Secretariat, 7407
    >>Members of Parliament, 339
    >>National unity, S.O. 31, 5677
    >>Nuclear energy, 471
    >>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 3803-4
    >>Old age pensions, 3021
    >>Pay equity, petition, 8870
    >>Pensions, S.O. 31, 130
    >>Pornography, petitions, 4995, 8694
    >>Private family trusts, 3021-3
    >>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 734, 736, 745
    >>Procedure, committee reports, 7390
    >>Quebec, S.O. 31, 3312, 7234
    >>Quebec distinct society status, 2876-7
    >>>S.O. 31, 1459
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, M. on supply (Gauthier), 2875-8
    >>Radio-Canada, o.q., 7969, 8688-9
    >>Rail transportation, 1223, 1234
    >>Reform Party, 4394
    >>>S.O. 31, 1760
    >>Registered education savings plans, 414
    >>Research and development, 3021, 7407
    >>Riel, Louis, 10236-7
    >>Saint-Jean Baptiste Day, S.O. 31, 3917
    >>Same-sex couples, petition, 2367
    >>Schools, S.O. 31, 9646
    >>Senate, 4390-1, 4393
    >>>Petition, 2188
    >>Seniors Benefit, petition, 976
    >>Sexual orientation, petitions, 2367, 2715, 3566, 4349
    >>Special Import Measures Act, 7390
    >>Special interest groups, 7943-4
    >>Students, S.O. 31, 3630
    >>Taxation, 414, 797
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 123-5, 339-40
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8714
    >>Tobacco industry, 8714
    >>Tobacco products, 8714
    >>>Petition, 1297
    >>Training programs, S.O. 31, 3251, 9987
    >>Unemployment, 414
    >>Unemployment insurance, 607-9, 2348-9
    >>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 607-10
    >>Unemployment insurance account, 1456
    >>Vacate the Conviction of Louis Riel Act (Bill C-440), 10236-7
    >>Victims of crime, 339-40
    >>Violence, S.O. 31, 7185
    >>Women, S.O. 31, 233, 8502

Duke of Connaught's Own Regiment see Canadian Armed Forces

Dumas, Maurice (BQ--Argenteuil--Papineau)

    >>Aerospace industry, S.O. 31, 6000
    >>Agriculture, S.O. 31, 6305
    >>Air Canada, S.O. 31, 3122
    >>Air navigation services, 2928-9, 3389-91
    >>Airports, 2928
    >>>S.O. 31, 9169
    >>Bridges, S.O. 31, 4977
    >>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9336-7
    >>Caregivers, M. (Szabo), 4819-20
    >>Child labour, S.O. 31, 3816
    >>Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20), 2928-9, 3389-92
    >>Cultural institutions, o.q., 9935-6
    >>Disabled and handicapped persons, 9337
    >>Education, S.O. 31, 5239
    >>Environment, S.O. 31, 7460
    >>Francophones outside Quebec, 3843-5
    >>>M. on supply (Marchand), 3803, 3843-5
    >>Francophonie, S.O. 31, 9076
    >>Health, S.O. 31, 7830
    >>Innu, o.q., 185
    >>Kanesatake Indian Band, o.q., 766
    >>Mining industry, 5434-7
    >>Mirabel International Airport, 2928-9, 3389-92
    >>>o.q., 1107, 8592
    >>>S.O. 31, 31-2, 8130, 9322, 9600
    >>Nuclear Liability Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249), 8159-60
    >>Old age security, o.q., 6615
    >>Papineau Family, S.O. 31, 4663
    >>Procedure, debate, 3390
    >>Radio-Canada, o.q, 9935-6
    >>References see Mirabel International Airport--Development
    >>Revoke the Conviction of Louis David Riel Act (Bill C-297), 6634-6
    >>Robert, Paul-Émile, S.O. 31, 9013
    >>Senior citizens
    >>>M. (Chamberlain), 5440-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 2134-5, 5108
    >>Sports, S.O. 31, 7777
    >>Students, 9337
    >>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8461-3
    >>Tobacco industry, 8461-3
    >>Tourism, S.O. 31, 2936
    >>Transportation, S.O. 31, 3122
    >>Violence, S.O. 31, 7184
    >>Women, S.O. 31, 8775
    >>Yukon Quartz Mining Act and Yukon Placer Mining Act (amdt.)(Bill C-6), 5434-7
    >>Yukon Territory, 5434

Dumont, Mario see Quebec separation/sovereignty

Dumping see North American Free Trade Agreement--Rules-based system

Dunblane Primary School see United Kingdom

Duncan, John (REF--North Island--Powell River)

    >>Aboriginal land claims, 7905
    >>>o.q., 3823-4
    >>Aboriginal peoples, 850-1, 9636-7
    >>>o.q., 1292
    >>>S.O. 31, 4171, 8501
    >>Air transportation, 7905
    >>Aquaculture
    >>>o.q., 9609
    >>>S.O. 31, 9599
    >>Books, 9028
    >>British Columbia, M. on supply, 4839-42, 4846-7, 4850-1, 4888-9
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 850-1
    >>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 9635-7
    >>Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44), 9685-6
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 4839
    >>Canadian Coast Guard, 4839, 6153-4
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.--Indian Act)(Bill C-225), 366
    >>Capital punishment, 8827
    >>Committees, 5759
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5758-61
    >>Competition Act (amdt.)(Bill C-67), 10242-5
    >>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 9003-4, 9007, 9028, 9037-8
    >>Cree, 5759
    >>Crime prevention, 8827
    >>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), 5080-2
    >>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 5080-2, 8825
    >>Elections, 8825, 8845
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7905-6
    >>Fisheries, 6151-5, 7204-5
    >>Fisheries Act (Bill C-62), 6151-5, 7204-5
    >>Fisheries, Atlantic, 6153
    >>Fisheries, Pacific, 4839-41, 7205
    >>>S.O. 31, 7079
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 7905-6
    >>Government expenditures, 7906
    >>Grain transportation, 4839
    >>Hate crimes, petition, 2189
    >>Highways and roads, 8071
    >>>Petition, 10239
    >>House of Commons, 3070, 5759-61
    >>Indian Act, 366
    >>Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department, 850, 9636
    >>Indians/First Nations, 851, 9636
    >>>qu., 3014
    >>Interprovincial trade, 7905
    >>Inuit, S.O. 31, 578
    >>Justice system, petition, 10239
    >>Lac Barriere Indian Band, S.O. 31, 815, 10177
    >>Legislation, 7905
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 5759
    >>Liberal Party, S.O. 31, 8131
    >>Lighthouses, 3070-1
    >>Members of Parliament, 3070
    >>Murder, 5081-2, 8826-7
    >>Murderers, 8826
    >>National debt, 850, 9636
    >>Nisga'a land claim, 851
    >>>o.q., 319, 526-7, 711, 1170, 1247, 1292
    >>>S.O. 31, 5729
    >>North American Aerospace Defence Command, S.O. 31, 7963
    >>Parole, M. on supply (Ramsay), 8824-8, 8845
    >>Penitentiaries, 8826-7
    >>Ports, 4839, 9685-6
    >>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Boudria), 261-2
    >>Procedure, language, inappropriate/improper, 8501
    >>Program for Older Worker Adjustment, S.O. 31, 7569
    >>Property rights, M. (Gilmour), 3533-4
    >>Quebec separation/sovereignty, M. on supply (Gauthier), 2907
    >>Rail passenger service, 8070, 8072
    >>Rail transportation/railways, 8070-1
    >>Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 850-1
    >>Salmon, 6152, 7205
    >>>S.O. 31, 3815
    >>Senate, M. on supply (Gilmour), 3069-72
    >>Sexual orientation, 3070
    >>Speakership, 5758-61
    >>Taxation, 850, 7906, 9636-7
    >>Tobacco products, 9635-7
    >>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8070-2
    >>Trucking industry, 8071
    >>Tsa-Kwa-Luten Lodge, qu., 3724
    >>VIA Rail Canada Inc., 8070, 8072
    >>Victims of crime, 8827
    >>Violent offences, 8827
    >>Waters, Hon. Sen. Stan, 3070
    >>Welfare, 9636
    >>Wildlife, S.O. 31, 9013-4
    >>Young Offenders Act, 8827

Duplessis constituency see Quebec

Dupuy, Hon. Michel (L--Laval-Ouest)

    >>Black Canadians, S.O. 31, 8503
    >>Francophonie, S.O. 31, 962
    >>Infrastructure program, o.q., 9606
    >>References see Cabinet Ministers--Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders
    >>Rwanda, S.O. 31, 7568-9
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 160-2

Duras, Marguerite

    >>French author, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 309

Durham Board of Education see Schools--Sinclair Secondary School

Durham County, Ontario see Agriculture

Durnford, Diane see Canadian Space Agency--Accounting practices

Durum wheat see Grain marketing--Exports

Duvalier, François see Haiti--Dictatorial regimes

Dye, Ken see Auditor General--Role