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Firearms Act

    >>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--cruelty to animals and firearms) andFirearms Act (amdt.)(Bill C-10);Criminal Code (amdt.--firearms) and Firearms Act (amdt.)(Bill C-10A)
    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
    >>>Regulations (JUS-601736, JUS-601739, JUS-601740, JUS-601741, JUS-602139, JUS-602140, JUS-602142, JUS-602143, JUS-602145, JUS-602241, JUS-603911, JUS-603925, JUS-603926, JUS-604687 and JUS-604688), 936-7 (8560-372-492-01)
    >>Search and seizure warrants see Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-32)

Firearms Act (amdt.)(Bill C-442)--Moore

Firearms registry (Canadian Firearms Program)

    >>Administration, transfer from Justice Department to Solicitor General Department, Statement by Minister (Cauchon), 448
    >>Administrative procedures, Raymond Hession, independent management consultant,report, P-31 (Hearn), ordered, 520 (8550-372-31)
    >>Cost overruns, disclosure, inadequate, Auditor General Report (2002),Chapter 10
    >>>Statement by Minister (Cauchon), 302
    >>>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Twenty-fourth
    >>Costs
    >>>Completion/maintenance, M. on supply (Breitkreuz), 548-9, 553-4
    >>>Statistics, Q-194 (Hill, J.)
    >>>>Deemed referred to Public Accounts Standing Committee, 787; r.o., 794(8555-372-194)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Anders), (372-1615), 819, gr, 953 (8545-372-42-04); (372-1803 and372-1804), 905, gr, 998 (8545-372-42-07)
    >>>(Breitkreuz), (372-1599), 799, gr, 944 (8545-372-42-05)
    >>>(Gallant), (372-1541 and 372-1542), 763, gr, 953 (8545-372-42-04);(372-1572), 793, 953 (8545-372-42-04); (372-1639 and 372-1640), 837, gr, 953 (8545-372-42-04); (372-1816 to 372-1819), 918, gr, 1048 (8545-372-42-08)
    >>>(Hill, J.), (372-1900), 945, gr, 1195 (8545-372-42-09)
    >>>(Kenney), (372-0568), 225, gr, 429 (8545-372-42-02)
    >>>(Mark), (372-2001 to 372-2015), 1002, gr, 1236 (8545-372-42-10);(372-2267), 1160; (372-2350), 1210
    >>>(Reid), (372-1228), 548, gr, 749 (8545-372-42-03); (372-1570), 783, gr, 953 (8545-372-42-04); (372-1870), 935, gr, 998 (8545-372-42-07); (372-2272), 1164
    >>>(Solberg), (372-0162), 85, gr, 261 (8545-372-42-01)
    >>>(Steckle), (372-1447 to 372-1450), 716, gr, 953 (8545-372-42-04);(372-1651 to 372-1655), 853, gr, 969 (8545-372-42-06); (372-1781 to 372-1786),905, gr, 998 (8545-372-42-07); (372-2023 to 372-2027), 1034, gr, 1236 (8545-372-42-10)
    >>Reports
    >>>"A Review of the Management and Administration of the Canadian Firearms Program", tabled, 359 (8525-372-11)
    >>>"Canadian Firearms Centre -- Report of Findings from the Performance of Specified Procedures", tabled, 359 (8525-372-12)
    >>>"Canadian Firearms Program Review: Business Case Assessment and Risk Analysis (Final Report)", tabled, 406 (8525-372-13)
    >>>Statement by Minister (Cauchon), 359
    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Justice and Human Rights Standign Committee
    >>>Notice of opinion concerning Regulations, 499 (8560-372-779-01)
    >>Suspension, public inquiry, M-387 (Venne), 723, dropped to bottom of Orderof Precedence list under S.O. 93, 723, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 234), 1078-9
    >>>Amdt. (Lanctôt), 723, division deferred, 1037, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 233), 1077-8
    >>See also Estimates, 2003-2004, Main--Justice;Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (A)--Solicitor General;Registrar of the Canadian Firearms Registry;Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat--Loans

Firefighters

    >>Criminal acts jeopardizing lives and safety of firefighters, offencessee Criminal Code (amdt.--firefighters)(Bill C-269)
    >>Murder of firefighter acting in course of duties, criminal offencesee Criminal Code (amdt.--murder of a firefighter)(Bill C-337)
    >>See also Automobiles--Definition;Canada Pension Plan (CPP)

First Nations

    >>Administration, auditor/ombudsman see First Nations Governance Review Act(Bill C-257)
    >>Economic development see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act(Bill C-19)
    >>Goods and Services Tax, Ways and Means No. 6
    >>>Concurrence, deemed moved and division deferred, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 546, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 65), 551-2
    >>>Notice, tabled, 517 (8570-372-10)
    >>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2003 (Bill C-28)
    >>See also Tecumseh

First Nations and Inuit Dental Health see Health StandingCommittee--Reports, Fifth

First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA)

    >>Legislation see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act(Bill C-19)

First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB)

    >>Legislation see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act(Bill C-19)

First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (Bill C-19)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Nault)

    >>1st r, 246
    >>2nd r, 345-6, 441, division deferred, 441, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 45), 459-60
    >>>Amdt. (Pallister), 346, deemed withdrawn, 440
    >>>Amdt. to amdt. (Grewal), 346, division deferred, 346, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 36), 365-7
    >>Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 460
    >>>Report, with amdts., 1033-4
    >>Report stage, 1250-2
    >>>Motion No. 52 (Clause 134), (Desjarlais), 1251
    >>>Motion No. 53 (Clause 134.1), (Desjarlais), 1251

First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act

    >>Ways and Means No. 6
    >>>Concurrence, deemed moved and division deferred, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 546, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 65), 551-2
    >>>Notice, tabled, 517 (8570-372-10)
    >>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2003 (Bill C-28)

First Nations Governance Act (Bill C-7)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Nault)

    >>1st r, 46
    >>Deemed referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources before second reading, 46
    >>Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 46
    >>>Report, with amdts., 819
    >>Report stage, 847-9
    >>>Motion No. 1 (preamble), (Comartin), 847
    >>>Motion No. 13 (Clause 4), (Nault), 847
    >>>Motion No. 14 (Clause 4), (Comartin), 847
    >>>Motion No. 21 (Clause 6), (Picard), 847
    >>>Motion No. 23 (Clause 7), (Pallister), 847
    >>>Motion No. 26 (Clause 10), (Nault), 848
    >>>Motion No. 27 (Clause 10), (Comartin), 848
    >>>Motion No. 28 (Clause 10), (Pallister), 848
    >>>Motion No. 29 (Clause 10), (Picard), 848
    >>>Motion No. 30 (Clause 11), (Pallister), 848
    >>>Motion No. 42 (Clause 16), (Pallister), 848
    >>>Motion No. 43 (Clause 16), (Pallister), 848-9
    >>>Motion No. 45 (Clause 16), (Comartin), 849
    >>>Motion No. 46 (Clause 17), (Picard), 849

First Nations Governance Act (Bill C-61)(1st Sess., 37th Parl.)

    >>Reinstated as First Nations Governance Act (Bill C-7)--Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Nault)

First Nations Governance Review Act (Bill C-257)--Thompson, M.

First Nations Land Management Act

    >>Legislation see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act(Bill C-19)

First Nations Statistics (FNS)

    >>Legislation see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act(Bill C-19)

First Nations Tax Commission (FNTC)

    >>Legislation see First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act(Bill C-19)

First Nations Veterans Compensation Act (Bill C-405)--Nystrom

FIS see Financial Information Strategy (FIS)

Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
    >>>Management Plan, 1254 (8560-372-837-01)

Fish farming see Aquaculture

Fisheries

    >>Committee of the Whole take note (Government Business No. 14), 479
    >>>Committee shall consider a motion, M. (Boudria), 451, agreed to, 452
    >>Fishing property or assets transfer within families, income tax, rolloverrelief see Income Tax act (amdt.)(Bill C-463)
    >>Management, fishers' right to involvement see Fishers' Bill of Rights(Bill C-310)
    >>Management fees
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Cummins), (372-1134), 436, gr, 481 (8545-372-22-08)
    >>Petitions
    >>>(Cummins), (372-1441), 716, gr, 933 (8545-372-22-11); (372-1442), 716, gr,834 (8545-372-22-10)
    >>Quotas, government policy, Canso, NS, negative economic impact
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(MacKay), (372-0086), 33, gr, 145 (8545-372-22-01)
    >>See also Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations;Aboriginal fishing rights;Aquaculture;Clams;Cod;Fraser River salmon fishery;Hunting and fishing;Salmon farming;Salmon, Pacific;Shrimp industry;Water--British Columbia-Alaska transboundary watersheds

Fisheries Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee
    >>>Fish habitat protection and pollution prevention administration and enforcement, 2000-2001 annual report, 332 (8560-372-325-01)

Fisheries Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43)--Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Thibault)

Fisheries and Oceans Department

    >>Canadian Coast Guard fleet, merger, Auditor General Report (2000), Chp. 31 see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Twenty-second
    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2001-2002, tabled, 176 (8563-372-37)
    >>>2002-2003, tabled, 1205 (8563-372-126)
    >>Estimates, 2002-2003, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee, 144
    >>Estimates, 2002-2003, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee, 472
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Main
    >>>Referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee, 474
    >>>Vote 1 see Estimates, 2003-2004, Main
    >>>See also Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee--Reports, Fifth
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee, 1006
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2003-2004, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Marine navigation;Privacy Act

Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee

    >>Estimates referred
    >>>2002-2003, Supplementary (A)
    >>>>Fisheries and Oceans, 144
    >>>2002-2003, Supplementary (B)
    >>>>Fisheries and Oceans, 472
    >>>2003-2004, Main
    >>>>Fisheries and Oceans, 474
    >>>2003-2004, Supplementary (A)
    >>>>Fisheries and Oceans, 1006
    >>Membership, 72-3, 179, 335, 370, 374, 570, 861, 1013
    >>Reports
    >>>First (Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services),375 (8510-372-34)
    >>>>gr, 938 (8512-372-34)
    >>>Second (Custodial Management Outside Canada's 200-Mile Limit), 547(8510-372-50)
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Hearn), 673
    >>>>gr, 964 (8512-372-50)
    >>>Third (The Federal Role in Aquaculture in Canada), 663 (8510-372-56)
    >>>>gr, 938 (8512-372-56)
    >>>Fourth (Aquatic Invasive Species: Uninvited Guests), 805 (8510-372-81)
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Hearn), 834
    >>>>>Procedure, "That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day", M. (Szabo), 834, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 174), 834-5
    >>>>gr, 1166 (8512-372-81)
    >>>Fifth (Main Estimates 2003-2004--Votes 1, 5 and 10 under Fisheries andOceans), 819 (8510-372-83)
    >>>Sixth (The 2001 Fraser River Salmon Fishery), 914 (8510-372-110)
    >>>>gr, 1263 (8512-372-110)
    >>>Seventh ("Atlantic Fisheries Issues: May 2003"), 1247 (8510-372-169)
    >>Reports from 1st Session, 37th Parliament
    >>>Ninth (request for a government response to the Seventh Report of the Committee[Management of Little Harbour Causeway Issue]), (8510-371-176), gr, 154 (8512-372-176)
    >>>Tenth (Foreign Overfishing: Its Impacts and Solutions), (8510-371-180)
    >>Reports permanently referred see Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act;Fisheries Act;Fisheries Development Act;Fisheries Improvement Loans Act;Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation;Marine Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime;Order in Council appointments
    >>Travel, authorization, 553, 814

Fisheries, Atlantic

    >>Grand Banks nose and tail, Flemish Cap, foreign overfishing, beyond 200 milelimit, management control
    >>>M-136 (Hearn), 1211, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list underS.O. 93, 1211
    >>>Petitions
    >>>>(Hearn), (372-0411), 153, gr, 310 (8545-372-22-03); (372-0455), 171, gr,310 (8545-372-22-03)
    >>>>(Stoffer), (372-0668), 247, gr, 344 (8545-372-22-05); (372-1432), 699, gr, 798 (8545-372-22-09)
    >>>See also Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee--Reports, Second--Reportsfrom 1st Session, Tenth--Reports
    >>See also Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act;Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee--Reports, Seventh

Fisheries Development Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee
    >>>2001-2002 report of operations, 253 (8560-372-292-01)

Fisheries Improvement Loans Act

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Fisheries and Oceans Standing Committee
    >>>2001-2002 annual report, 87 (8560-372-147-01)
    >>>2002-2003 annual report, 964 (8560-372-147-02)

Fishers' Bill of Rights (Bill C-310)--Thompson, G.

Fitness and Amateur Sport Act

    >>Legislation see Physical Activity and Sport Act (Bill C-12)

Flag see Canadian flag

Flemish Cap see Fisheries, Atlantic--Grand Banks

Flow-through shares see Mining industry

FMB see First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB)

FNFA see First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA)

FNS see First Nations Statistics (FNS)

FNTC see First Nations Tax Commission (FNTC)

Food

    >>Harmful to human beings/therapeutic claims, scientific evidence requirement see Food and Drugs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-422)
    >>Labels, mandatory information see Food and Drugs act (amdt.--foodlabelling)(Bill C-398)
    >>See also Acrylamides;Celiac disease;Dairy products;Genetically modified food;Horses;Indofoods;Packaging and labelling--British specialty food products

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    >>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee
    >>>2001-2002 annual report, 50 (8560-372-559-01)
    >>>2002-2003 annual report, 1095 (8560-372-559-02)

Food and Drugs Act

    >>Legislation see Patent Act and Food and Drugs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-56)

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-420)--Lunney

    >>1st r, 526
    >>2nd r, 674, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 674, 1129, division deferred, 1129, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 251), 1152-3
    >>Health Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 1153

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-422)--Hill, G.

Food and Drugs act (amdt.--food labelling)(Bill C-398)--Wappel

    >>1st, r, 439
    >>2nd r, 651-2, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 652

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--genetically modified food)(Bill C-448)--Caccia

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods)(Bill C-410)--Wasylycia-Leis

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--process for approval of new drugs)(Bill C-239)--Thompson, G.

Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--genetically modified food)(Bill C-220)--Caccia

    >>1st r, 39
    >>2nd r, 279, dropped from the Order Paper, under S.O. 96(1), 279

Food banks

    >>Donations, income tax deduction see Income Tax Act (amdt.--donations to foodbanks)(Bill C-371)

Food, Drugs and Natural Health Products Act (Bill C-465)--Bigras

Foreign affairs

    >>Canadians travelling abroad, protection see Arar, Maher;Kazemi, Zahra
    >>See also Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE);Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Third

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department

    >>Departmental Performance Report
    >>>2001-2002, tabled, 176 (8563-372-33)
    >>>2002-2003, tabled, 1204 (8563-372-122)
    >>Estimates, 2002-2003, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 144
    >>>Vote 10a see Estimates, 2002-2003, Supplementary (A)
    >>Estimates, 2002-2003, Supplementary (B)
    >>>Referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 472
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Main
    >>>Referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 474
    >>Estimates, 2003-2004, Supplementary (A)
    >>>Referred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, 1006
    >>See also Access to Information Act;Estimates, 2003-2004, Main--Reports on Plans and Priorities;Kyoto Protocol (1997)--Ratification;Privacy Act;Trade

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee

    >>Bills referred
    >>>Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act (Bill C-14), 86
    >>>Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2002(Bill S-2), 154
    >>Estimates referred
    >>>2002-2003, Supplementary (A)
    >>>>Foreign Affairs, 144
    >>>2002-2003, Supplementary (B)
    >>>>Foreign Affairs, 472
    >>>2003-2004, Main
    >>>>Foreign Affairs, 474
    >>>2003-2004, Supplementary (A)
    >>>>Foreign Affairs, 1006
    >>Membership, 335, 369-70, 434, 861, 1013-4
    >>>M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 57-8
    >>Reports
    >>>First (Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act (Bill C-14)), 169-70 (8510-372-4)
    >>>Second (Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2002(Bill S-2)), 208 (8510-372-5)
    >>>Third "Partners in North America: Advancing Canada's Relations with the United States and Mexico", 302 (8510-372-26)
    >>>>gr, 749 (8512-372-26)
    >>>Fourth (situation of Iraq), 476 (8510-372-38)
    >>>Fifth (request of Taiwan for observer status at the World Health Organization), 663 (8510-372-55)
    >>>>Concurrence, M. (Day), 732
    >>>>>Procedure, "That the debate be now adjourned", M. (Regan), 732, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 152), 732-3
    >>>Sixth (A Contribution to the Foreign Policy Dialogue), 763 (8510-372-76)
    >>>>gr, 1118 (8512-372-76)
    >>>Seventh (crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), 852 (8510-372-88)
    >>>Eighth (HIV/AIDS and the Humanitarian Catastrophe in sub-Saharan Africa),913 (8510-372-105)
    >>>>gr, 1258 (8512-372-105)
    >>>Ninth (detention of Canadian citizens in certain foreign countries), 1237(8510-372-164)
    >>>Tenth (case of Dr. Wang Bingzhang), 1259 (8510-372-174)
    >>>Eleventh (tension along the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia), 1259(8510-372-175)
    >>>Twelfth ("Reinvigorating Economic Relations Between Canada and Asia-Pacific"), 1259 (8510-372-176)
    >>Reports from 1st Session, 37th Parliament
    >>>Eighteenth (Conflict, Human Rights and Democracy in Colombia: A Canadian Agenda), (8510-371-155)
    >>>>gr, 21 (8512-372-155)
    >>>Nineteenth (Building an Effective New Round of WTO Negotiations: Key Issues for Canada), (8510-371-156)
    >>>>gr, 17 (8512-372-156)
    >>>Twenty-first (Securing Progress for Africa and the World: A Report on Canadian Priorities for the 2002 G8 Summit), (8510-371-171)
    >>>>gr, 150 (8512-372-171)
    >>>Twenty-second (Strengthening Canada's Economic Links with the Americas),(8510-371-189)
    >>>>gr, 120 (8512-372-189)
    >>Reports permanently referred see Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement;Canadian Commercial Corporation;Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in InternationalBusiness Transactions and Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act;Export and Import Permits Act;Export Development Canada (EDC);Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development;International Development Research Centre (IDRC);Order in Council appointments;Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission;Steel Import Permit Information;United Nations Angola Regulations;United Nations Liberia Regulations;United Nations Libya Regulations;United Nations Suppression of Terrorism Regulations
    >>Travel, authorization, 509, 723, 1058
    >>See also Border, Canadian--Submissions;Softwood lumber trade dispute