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Hirter, Maj see Canadian Armed Forces--MacKinnon, Cpl

Hispanic community see Immigration/immigrants

Heritage buildings/sites

    >>Windermere House, Windermere, Ont., fire, destruction, S.O. 31, 421

Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments

    >>Capitol Theatre, Chatham, Ont., restoration, Chatham Capitol Theatre Association, tribute, S.O. 31, 8192
    >>Carleton County Court House, Upper Woodstock, N.B., Mrs. Dees Homer, Carleton County Historical Society, tribute, S.O. 31, 3309
    >>Grosse-Ile Isle, Que., Irish immigrants, quarantine station, 1847 typhoid/cholera epidemic, monument, S.O. 31, 816, 1044, 9209
    >>Parc de l'aventure basque en Amérique, Trois-Pistoles, Que., S.O. 31, 4068-9, 9738
    >>Province House, Charlottetown, P.E.I., 150th anniversary, S.O. 31, 7963
    >>Radar Hill, British Columbia, renaming, Kap'Yong Hill, opposition
    >>>Korean conflict, service, commemorating, o.q., 9330-1
    >>>S.O. 31, 8772-3
    >>Southern New Brunswick Railway Company station, McAdam, N.B., tourism role, 6285
    >>St. Norbert, Man., Trappist monastery, restoration, community involvement, S.O. 31, 8830
    >>See also Heritage; Parks Canada

History see Canadian history

Hitler, Adolf see Armenia--Genocide of 1915

HIV/AIDS

    >>Clinical trial network, funding, extension, o.q., 9220
    >>Contracting, lifestyle, relationship, G. Hill comments, condemning, 2583
    >>>S.O. 31, 2558
    >>HIV/AIDS tests see Immigration/immigrants; Penitentiaries--Inmates; Refugees; Sexual assault/offences--Victims right to know

HIV/AIDS Sub-Committee

    >>Report (Compassionate access to investigational therapy), tabled, 5297
    >>Travel, authorization, M. (Zed), agreed to, 2483

HIV contaminated blood see Blood--Blood management system

HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) see Penitentiaries--Inmates

HMCS Athabaskan see Canadian Armed Forces

HMCS Preserver see Defence equipment--Ships

Hobart, Australia see Australia--Murder

Hockey

    >>CIAU national tournament
    >>>Acadia Axemen, champions, congratulating, S.O. 31, 520-1
    >>Gravenhurst Cubs, mid-Ontario Junior C championship, winners, S.O. 31, 9212
    >>Kemptville '73s, Junior "B" champions, S.O. 31, 10114
    >>Memorial Cup, Grandby Prédateurs, 1996 major junior champions, 2998
    >>Montreal Forum, closure, S.O. 31, 581-2
    >>National Hockey League
    >>>Canadian players, excellence, S.O. 31, 2135
    >>>Florida Panthers, Stanley Cup finalists, Doug MacLean, coach, congratulating, S.O. 31, 4016
    >>>Hamilton, Ont., expansion bid, rejection, condemning, S.O. 31, 8442-3
    >>>Lalime, Patrick, goaltender, success, tribute, S.O. 31, 7831
    >>New Liskeard Cubs, Ontario AAA Midget hockey champions, S.O. 31, 9599
    >>Ottawa Silver Seven
    >>>1903-1906 Stanley Cup champions, Dey's skating rink, Ottawa, Ont., home arena, commemorating, S.O. 31, 9272
    >>>1905 Stanley Cup series, Dawson City Nuggets, opponents, re-enactment, S.O. 31, 9272, 9323-4
    >>Western Hockey League, Prince George Cougars, S.O. 31, 9479
    >>Women's World Hockey Championships, Team Canada, winners, S.O. 31, 9374-5, 9443
    >>World University Hockey Championship, Team Canada, winners, S.O. 31, 9442

Hodgkin's disease see Health--Cancer, Cuccione

Hoechst Marion Roussel Canada see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Research and development

Hoeppner, Jake E. (REF--Lisgar--Marquette)

    >>Access to Information Act (amdt.)(Bill C-211), 188
    >>Administrative Tribunals (Remedial and Disciplinary Measures) Act (Bill C-49), 5929, 5936-7
    >>Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34), 9861-5
    >>Agricultural producers/farmers, 3961, 9864, 9895
    >>Agricultural products, 1560, 9861-4, 9895-6, 9899
    >>Agriculture, 226-7, 3961, 9863, 9893, 9895, 9899
    >>Bankruptcy and insolvency, 811
    >>Bombardier Inc., 9899
    >>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 1070
    >>Budget, 4587-8
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 800, 811, 847, 1560
    >>Canada, 9862
    >>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 8541-2
    >>Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44), 9822
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, S.O. 31, 960
    >>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 5359-60, 7450-1
    >>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2457-8
    >>Canadian Wheat Board, 3960, 6287, 7451, 9440, 9865
    >>>o.q., 715, 825-6
    >>>qu., 2951-2, 7587
    >>>S.O. 31, 523, 5364
    >>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.--audit)(Bill C-212), 188, 3666-8
    >>Capital punishment, 4587-8
    >>Child care, M. on supply (Hayes), 6574-7
    >>Committees, 5815
    >>Committees of the Whole House
    >>>M. (H. Gray), 5813-6
    >>>M. (J. Chrétien), 15
    >>Criminal Code, 4580, 4586-9
    >>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9439-40
    >>Defence equipment, 7452
    >>Deficit, 800
    >>Democracy, 2457
    >>Economic conditions, 811
    >>Emergencies/disasters, S.O. 31, 1886, 9927
    >>Employment, 2783
    >>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2780, 2783
    >>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7322-3
    >>Family, 2456, 6274, 6575-6
    >>>Petition, 9939
    >>Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38), 3960-1, 9893-6, 9899
    >>Farm equipment, 9864
    >>Farm income, 6574-7
    >>Farm Support and Adjustment Measures, 3960
    >>Food, 9895
    >>Gasoline taxes, petition, 9940
    >>Gasoline/automotive fuels, petition, 7431
    >>Goods and Services Tax, 5814, 7322
    >>Government appointments, 5929, 5936-7
    >>Grain, 9864
    >>Grain marketing, 3961, 5814, 6287, 6575, 9861, 9863-4
    >>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 4107-11, 4124
    >>>o.q., 2361, 3873, 7315, 7520
    >>>S.O. 31, 1953, 5055
    >>Grain transportation, 847, 8541-2, 9861-3, 9865, 9894
    >>>o.q., 9936-7
    >>Grainews, 9863
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    Gross Domestic Product, 6248
    >>Gun control/guns, 2457
    >>Harvard, 6289-90
    >>Hemp, 6287
    >>Highways and roads, petition, 9940
    >>Housing, 1173
    >>Income Tax Act (amdt.--deduction of interest on mortgage loans)(Bill C-244), 1173
    >>Inflation, 6248
    >>Justice system, 9439-40
    >>Legislation, M. (H. Gray), 226-7
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 2457, 9440
    >>>S.O. 31, 5730
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien), 226
    >>Members of Parliament, 227, 5815
    >>Murder, 4586
    >>National debt, 268-9, 4586, 4588
    >>Official Opposition, 226
    >>Parole, 4580, 4586-7, 9439
    >>Pornography, petition, 7431
    >>Procedure
    >>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 3668
    >>>Members' remarks, 2567
    >>>Speeches, 4107, 5071
    >>Promises, 5813-4
    >>Public safety, 4587
    >>References see Grain transportation--Barley; Promises; Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals
    >>Reform Party, 227, 5815-6, 9895
    >>>S.O. 31, 5472-3
    >>Sentences (convicted criminals), 4586, 4588
    >>Sexual orientation, 2457-8
    >>Speakership, 15, 226, 5814-6
    >>Taxation, S.O. 31, 8500
    >>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 6248, 6250, 6274, 6287
    >>Unemployment insurance, 2780
    >>Victims of crime, 6250, 9440
    >>Violent offences, 4586-8
    >>Waterhen Indian Reserve, o.q., 9443

Hogs

    >>Exports to United States, countervail duty, Commerce Department repealing, refunding duty paid, o.q., 5293

Holidays see Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day

Holidays Act (amdt.)(Bill C-365)--S. Harper

    >>First reading, 7523

Hollinger Inc. see Newspapers

Holmes, Brian see Impaired driving--Deaths caused

Holmes, Linda LeBreton see Impaired driving--Deaths caused

Holocaust

    >>Commemorating, April 15, 1814, 1819
    >>Denial, misrepresentation of history, 1848
    >>German government recognizing moral responsibility, 1817
    >>Historical background, description, etc., 1821, 1847, 1859, 1863, 1866
    >>Lecture by Dr. Israel Unger, "Childhood Survivors' Memoir of the Holocaust", S.O. 31, 1414
    >>Nuremberg international war crimes tribunal, 1826, 1828-9, 1856
    >>>Canadian role, Bruce J.F. Macdonald, prosecutor, 6866
    >>Shoa, terminology, 7358

Holy Bible

    >>King James version, 2421
    >>Moral standard, return, petitions, 536, 2485
    >>See also Penitentiaries--Inmates, Bible

Holyk, Walter see Canadian Mining Hall of Fame--Inductees

Home care see Health care system

Home copying charge see Audio and video tapes--Blanks; Taxation--No increase

Home heating fuel see Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization

Home invasions see Break and enter; Refugees--Criminals

Home security systems see Break and enter--Increase; Crime prevention

Homeless people see Chrétien, Jean--References

Homer, Mrs. Dees see Heritage buildings--Carleton County Court House

Homesteads see Bankruptcy and insolvency--Property exempt from seizure

Homolka, Karla see Murderers--Bernardo, Paul

Homophobia see Sexual orientation--Homosexuality/homosexuals

Homosexuality/homosexuals see Sexual orientation

Hong Kong

    >>Chinese takeover in 1997
    >>>Canadians, permanent residents, retaining status, 3383-4
    >>>>o.q., 4806
    >>>Human rights, demonstration rights, etc., impact, o.q., 9995-6
    >>>Residents, visitor visa requirement, exemption, o.q., 9279
    >>>Temporary legislative counsel, establishing, 3383
    >>>Vietnamese, expulsion, Canada, accepting, o.q., 3822
    >>>See also Citizenship and Immigration Department

Hood, Justice Sherman see Sexual assault/offences--Judges remarks

Hopkins, Leonard (L--Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke)

    >>Abortion, petition, 4160
    >>Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, 808-9
    >>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 807-9
    >>Canada, 10237
    >>>S.O. 31, 1835-6
    >>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 807
    >>Canadian Armed Forces, 89-90
    >>>M. (B. Mills), 5637-9
    >>>o.q., 483
    >>>S.O. 31, 8128
    >>Capital gains tax, 4766-7
    >>Caribbean, 88-9
    >>Committees of the Whole House, M. (J. Chrétien), 14-5
    >>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, petition, 10238
    >>Economic development/renewal, 809
    >>Emergencies/disasters, 5638
    >>Government, 5638-9
    >>Haiti
    >>>M. (L. Axworthy), 88-90
    >>>S.O. 31, 7879
    >>Hees, George, 3932
    >>Hopkins, references, S.O. 31, 10179
    >>House of Commons, 14-5
    >>Howe, William Marvin, 4231
    >>Hungary, 5638
    >>Income Tax Act, 4767
    >>Interest rates, 809
    >>Knowles, Hon. Stanley, S.O. 31, 1540
    >>Korean conflict, 5638
    >>National debt, 809
    >>Neary, Steve, 3828
    >>Nuclear Liability Act (amdt.)(Bill C-249), 8163-4
    >>Peacekeeping, 90
    >>Persian Gulf War (1991), 5638
    >>Private family trusts, M. on supply (Loubier), , 4766-8
    >>Railton, Dr. Victor, 4232
    >>References
    >>>Retirement, S.O. 31, 10179
    >>>Taking Chair as Acting Speaker, 5642
    >>>See also Board of Internal Economy--Members; Members of Parliament--Celebrating
    >>Ringuette-Maltais, references, 14
    >>Roy, Jean-Robert, 7718
    >>Science and technology, 808
    >>Seniors Benefit, 807
    >>Speakership, 4183
    >>Taxation, 4767
    >>Territorial Protection Act (Bill C-441), 10237
    >>United Nations, 5638
    >>Veterans, S.O. 31, 76183
    >>World War I, S.O. 31, 9647

Hormones see Bovine growth hormones

    >>Horror see Obscenity--Criminal Code

Horseshoe pitching

    >>1997 world championships, Kitchener-Waterloo Khaki Club, co-sponsoring, S.O. 31, 6742

Hospice Association of Ontario see Health care system--Home care

Hospitals

    >>Ambulatory care, efficiency improving, 1782
    >>Charles-Lemoyne Hospital Foundation, "Ral-lit" bed race, fundraising event, S.O. 31, 5161
    >>Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals Foundation, administrator, severance package, fundraising efforts, impact, S.O. 31, 6000
    >>Children's hospitals, Children's Hospital Foundation fundraising telethon
    >>>Children's Miracle Network Champions
    >>>>Harrold, Sierra, S.O. 31, 3201
    >>>>Schweigert, Tonya, S.O. 31, 3252
    >>>>Stephens, Chris, S.O. 31, 3201
    >>>Opération Enfant-Soleil, S.O. 31, 3310-1
    >>Montfort Hospital see Francophones outside Quebec--Ontario
    >>Research see Canada Foundation for Innovation
    >>Women's College Hospital, women's health concerns, leadership role, S.O. 31, 6954
    >>See also Elections--Right to vote; Goods and Services Tax--Municipalities, universities, schools and hospitals; Health care system--Funding, Cut-backs; Interprovincial trade--Internal Trade Agreement; Penitentiaries--CORCAN; Sexual assault/offences--Accused acces to medical and therapeutic records; Veterans

Hostage-taking see Niger--L'Archer, Serge

House Business see Business of the House

House Management Standing Committee see Speakership--Junior Chair officers

House of Commons

    >>Broadcasting/televising, Speaker identifying Members by name and reading for visually-impaired viewers, S.O. 31, 9076
    >>Costs, operating, 682
    >>Debate, quality, decline, 7736-7
    >>Decorum, restoring
    >>>Reform Party hypocrisy, Charest statement, 10-11, 14-5
    >>>Reform Party role, 7398-9
    >>>>o.q., 2359
    >>>S.O. 31, 8304, 9737
    >>Democracy, lack, Cabinet controlling, Reform Party reform proposals, 3073-4, 3104, 5755, 5759-61, 5833-4, 6767, 6846, 6870-1, 6873, 6877-8, 7640, 8898
    >>E-mail system see Marchand--References
    >>Employees
    >>>Reform Party breakfast, S.O. 31, 9740
    >>>Tributes, 9630, 10251
    >>>>S.O. 31, 10227
    >>>See also Public Service--Collective bargaining, Binding arbitration
    >>Estimates
    >>>1996-97 Expenditure Plan, tabled, 391
    >>>1997-98 Expenditure Plan, tabled, 8349
    >>>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Sixty-third
    >>Expenditures, financial control, 3070
    >>Moments of silence, 244, 488, 1873, 1953, 2016, 2058
    >>"O Canada", singing, Liberal Party Members opposing, 666-7, 740
    >>Oral question period see House of Commons--Question period
    >>Pages and Parliamentary interns, S.O. 31, 4740
    >>Pages, tributes, 3825-6, 10122
    >>>S.O. 31, 7380
    >>Parliamentary Sibling Day, Members of Parliament, Big Brothers/Big Sisters Associations of Ottawa-Carleton, co-sponsoring, S.O. 31, 5952
    >>Party discipline see Members of Parliament--Party discipline
    >>Pledge of allegiance see Canadian flag
    >>Postal system, use to distribute anonymous material, Board of Internal Economy investigating, 2566-7
    >>Printing Bureau
    >>>Compliance with order from Prime Minister's Office not to complete printing order, 211-2
    >>>Printing requests from Members of Parliament, informing Prime Minister's Office, 43-5
    >>Proceedings, broadcasting, Parliamentary Channel, northern Ontario access, 1508
    >>Public gallery, Melissa Labrador, Micmac youth, Forum for Young Canadians participant, refused entry with eagle feather, apologies, 8946
    >>>Eagle feather presented to Speaker Gilbert Parent by Elijah Harper, 8955
    >>>Statement by Minister (Irwin), 8954-5
    >>Quebec representation, 4386-7
    >>>25% minimum, establishing, 6685, 6717, 6721
    >>>See also Members of Parliament--Quebec representation
    >>Question period, 6752
    >>>Chair determining participation, role changing, 7472-3
    >>>o.q., 7710-1, 7713, 7834-5
    >>>Reform Party
    >>>>Attitude, etc., 5837-8, 5842, 5849
    >>>>Making deal with independent Member to share time, 7470-2
    >>>S.O. 31, 6741
    >>>See also Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports, Sixty-first
    >>Reform, opposition Members powers, etc., Liberal Party election promises, 225
    >>Reform Party behaviour, 10152
    >>>o.q., 7574
    >>Seating, Progressive Conservative Party Members moved, Reform Party Members rude treatment factor, 3100
    >>Standing Orders see Standing Orders
    >>Votes
    >>>Cross party voting, New Zealand, 9262
    >>>Free votes, 331, 721, 3073-4, 5764 , 6873, 6877, 10059
    >>>>Liberal Party 1993 election promise, 13, 1800, 5765, 5847, 9056-7
    >>>>>o.q., 1765, 1768-9, 1840-1, 2063, 2758
    >>>>Reform Party position/election promise, 5861, 7900, 10081
    >>>>>o.q., 2813, 10117
    >>>>See also Capital punishment--Reinstating; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Legislation; Victims of crime--Bill of Rights, Supply motion
    >>>Non-confidence votes, o.q., 1764, 1768-9, 1841
    >>>Proxy, New Zealand, 9262
    >>See also Cabinet Ministers--Absence; Canadian Armed Forces--Peacekeeping role; Committees; Defence equipment--Purchases; Foreign policy; Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions--Auditor General's reports; Members of Parliament--Impeachment; Organ donation; Parliament; Peacekeeping--Canadian role; Reform Party--Role in House of Commons; Senate--Powers; Standing Orders

House of Commons vacancies

    >>Calgary West (resignation of Stephen Harper), 7547
    >>Etobicoke North (resignation of Hon. Roy MacLaren), 6
    >>Hamilton East (resignation of Hon. Sheila Copps), 2175
    >>Humber--Sainte Barbe--Baie Verte (resignation of Hon. Brian Tobin), 6
    >>Joncquière (death of André Caron), 7615
    >>Lac-Saint-Jean (resignation of Hon. Lucien Bouchard), 6
    >>Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (resignation of Hon. Warren Allmand), 8475
    >>Nunatsiaq (resignation of Jack Iyerak Anawak), 9741
    >>Papineau--Saint-Michel (resignation of Hon. André Ouellet), 6
    >>Saint-Laurent--Cartierville (resignation of Shirley Maheu), 6