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Crime prevention
>>Crime prevention initiatives, process/applications, r.o. Q-128 (Jennings), 339
(8555-392-128)
>>Social program budget cuts/violent crime rates, studies, r.o. Q-108 (Chow), 337
(8555-392-108)
>>See also National Crime Prevention Centre
Crimes against humanity see Holocaust Monument;Rwandan genocide
Criminal Code
>>Legislation see Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (amdt.)(Bill C-26);Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (amdt.--certificate and
special advocate)(Bill C-523);National Defence Act (amdt.)(Bill C-45);Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2);Unborn Victims of Crime Act (Bill C-484)
>>Petitions
>>>(Bélanger), (392-0531), 642, gr, 709
(8545-392-26-11)
>>>(Lunn), (392-0569), 693, gr, 739
(8545-392-26-12)
>>>(MacKenzie), (392-0240), 335, gr, 459
(8545-392-26-05); (392-0241), 335, gr, 511
(8545-392-26-06)
>>>(Mathyssen), (392-0855), 1022, gr, 1046 (8545-392-26-22)
>>>(Redman), (392-0232), 324, gr, 347
(8545-392-26-04)
>>>(Ritz), (392-0622), 747, gr, 807
(8545-392-26-13); (392-0797), 962, gr, 1046
(8545-392-26-22)
>>Section 25.3 see Law Enforcement Justification Provisions
>>Section 43 see Children--Correction/discipline
>>Sections 83.28-83.3 see Terrorism--Investigative hearings
>>Section 318 see Gender equality--Transsexual and transgendered persons
>>Section 718.2 see Gender equality--Transsexual and transgendered persons
Criminal Code (amdt.--abuse of pregnant woman)(Bill C-543)--St. Denis
>>1st r, 818
Criminal Code (amdt.--auto theft and trafficking in property obtained by crime)(Bill C-53)--Minister of Justice (Nicholson)
>>1st r, 700
Criminal Code (amdt.--bail for serious personal injury offence)(Bill C-519)--Batters
>>1st r, 497
>>2nd r, 684, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 684
Criminal Code (amdt.--credit for pre-sentencing custody)(Bill C-475)--Dykstra
>>1st r, 152
Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal procedure, language of the accused, sentencing and other amendments)(Bill C-13)--Minister of Justice (Nicholson)
>>1st r, 76
>>Deemed adopted at all remaining stages, with amdt., 76, passed
>>Senate passage, with amdts., 352-4
>>>Motion related to Senate amendments (Nicholson), 400, 702, 705-6, agreed to, 722-3
>>>>Amdt. (Murphy, B.), 400, division deferred, 706, negatived on recorded division (Division No. 90), 711-3
>>>Message from Senate, 815-6
>>Royal Assent, 874 (Chap. 18, S.C. 2008)
>>Note: previously Bill C-23, 1st Session, 39th Parliament
Criminal Code (amdt.--cruelty to animals)(Bill C-558)--Priddy
>>1st r, 913
Criminal Code (amdt.--cruelty to animals)(Bill S-203)--Hubbard
>>Senate passage, 220
>>1st r, after reinstatement under S.O. 86.2, 242
>>Deemed read second time, 242
>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 242
>>>Report, without amdt., 452
>>Report stage, 549, dropped to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 98(2), 549, 649
>>>Concurrence, M. (Hubbard), 682, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 86), 682-4
>>>Motion No. 1 (long title), (Nash), 549, division deferred, 649, further deferred, 649, negatived on recorded
division (Division No. 84), 679-80
>>>Motion No. 2 (Clause 1), (Nash), 549, division deferred, 649, further deferred, 649, negatived on recorded
division (Division No. 85), 680-2
>>3rd r, 684, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 87), 684
>>Royal Assent, 723 (Chap. 12, S.C. 2008)
>>Note: previously Bill S-213, 1st Session, 39th Parliament
Criminal Code (amdt.--emergency medical services workers)(Bill C-495)--Silva
>>1st r, 301
Criminal Code (amdt.--gender identity and gender expression)(Bill C-494)--Siksay
>>1st r, 291
Criminal Code (amdt.--identity theft and related misconduct)(Bill C-27)--Minister of Justice (Nicholson)
>>1st r, 185
>>2nd r, 351-2, agreed to, 360
>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 361
Criminal Code (amdt.--impaired driving)(Bill C-376)--Cannan
>>2nd r, after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 144, dropped to bottom of Order of
Precedence list under S.O. 93, 144
>>Order for second reading discharged and bill withdrawn, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 241
Criminal Code (amdt.--investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions)(Bill S-3)--Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
(Nicholson)
>>Senate passage, 541
>>1st r, 546
>>2nd r, 711, 723, 724, 727, 729
Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial discretion)(Bill C-528)--Comartin
>>1st r, 592
Criminal Code (amdt.--lottery schemes)(Bill S-213)--Coderre
>>Senate passage, 385
>>1st r, 423
>>2nd r, deemed read second time and referred to committee, 423
>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 423
>>Note: previously Bill S-211, 1st Session, 39th Parliament
Criminal Code (amdt.--luring a child outside Canada)(Bill C-512)--Black
>>1st r, 461
Criminal Code (amdt.--mass transit operators)(Bill C-489)--Wasylycia-Leis
>>1st r, 251
Criminal Code (amdt.--means of communication for child luring)(Bill C-511)--Black
>>1st r, 461
Criminal Code (amdt.--mischief against educational or other institution)(Bill C-384)--Freeman
>>2nd r, after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 717, dropped to bottom of Order of
Precedence list under S.O. 93, 711, agreed to, 821
>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 821
Criminal Code (amdt.--motor vehicle theft)(Bill C-343)--Scheer
>>Deemed introduced, read first time, read second time and referred to committee after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 3
>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 3
>>>Report, with amdts., 283
>>Report stage, 478
>>>Concurrence, as amended, M. (Scheer), 478, agreed to, 478
>>3rd r, 478, agreed to, 478, passed
Criminal Code (amdt.--motor vehicle theft)(Bill C-526)--Neville
>>1st r, 570
Criminal Code (amdt.--protection from sexual interference)(Bill C-486)--Smith
>>1st r, 187
Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of children)(Bill S-209)--Jennings
>>Senate passage, 1014
>>1st r, 1032
Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of conscience rights in the health care profession)(Bill C-537)--Vellacott
>>1st r, 710
Criminal Code (amdt.--public transportation workers)(Bill C-473)--Julian
>>1st r, 142
Criminal Code (amdt.--right to die with dignity)(Bill C-562)--Lalonde
>>1st r, 980
Criminal Code (amdt.--suicide bombings)(Bill S-210)--Rae
>>Senate passage, 1001
Criminal Code (amdt.--trafficking and transplanting human organs and other body parts)(Bill C-500)--Wrzesnewskyj
>>1st r, 384
Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--punishment and hearing)(Bill C-393)--Brown, G.
>>2nd r, after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 697-8, dropped to bottom of Order of
Precedence list under S.O. 93, 698, 865-6, division
deferred, 866, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 123), 903-5
>>Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 905
Criminal Code and Firearms Act (amdt.--non-registration of firearms that are neither prohibited nor restricted)(Bill C-24)--Minister of Public
Safety (Day)
>>1st r, 166
Criminal Code, Canada Evidence Act and Competition Act (amdt.--personal information obtained by fraud)(Bill C-299)--Rajotte
>>Deemed introduced, read first time, read second time and referred to committee, reported with amendments, concurred in at report
stage and read third time and passed after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 3
Criminal Records Act
>>Legislation see Criminal Code (amdt.--impaired driving)(Bill C-376);Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2)
Cross-border business and investment
>>Property dispositions
>>>Ways and Means No. 7, notice, tabled, 473 (8570-392-09)
>>>Ways and Means No. 10
>>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 598, agreed to on recorded division (Division No.
74), 598-9
>>>>Notice, tabled, 560 (8570-392-12)
>>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2008 (Bill C-50)
Crown Corporations and Other Corporate Interests of Canada
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2007 annual report, 345 (8560-392-476-01)
CRTC see Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Cruelty to animals
>>Petitions
>>>(Comartin), (392-0652), 795, gr, 858
(8545-392-40-07)
>>>(Holland), (392-0485 to 392-0522), 632, gr, 710 (8545-392-40-05)
>>>(Masse), (392-0070 to 392-0072), 122, gr, 299 (8545-392-40-01); (392-0456), 570, gr, 700 (8545-392-40-04); (392-0540), 656, gr, 837 (8545-392-40-06)
>>>(Moore, R.), (392-0098 to 392-0101), 150, gr, 346 (8545-392-40-02); (392-0284 to 392-0291), 378, gr,
460 (8545-392-40-03); (392-0727), 860, gr, 934 (8545-392-40-08)
>>Penalties see Criminal Code (amdt.--cruelty to animals)(Bill C-558);Criminal Code (amdt.--cruelty to animals)(Bill S-203)
>>See also Animal transportation;Electricity--Tsawwassen
Crystal meth see Methamphetamine
CSIC see Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC)
CSR see Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
CTO see Cells, Tissues and Organs (CTO) Regulations
Cultural Property Export and Import Act
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Canadian Heritage Standing Committee
>>>2006-2007 annual report, 719 (8560-392-16-01)
Currency see Functional currency;One cent coin
Currency Act and Royal Canadian Mint Act (amdt.--abolition of the cent)(Bill C-531)--Martin, Pat
>>1st r, 632
>>Reprint, clerical error corrected, document, tabled, 691
Customs Act
>>Legislation see Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-55);Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2)
Customs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43)--Minister of Public Safety (Day)
>>1st r, 451
Customs duties see Rivière Rouge - Mont Tremblant International Airport (YTM);Talal, Prince El Hassan bin;Travellers' exemption
Customs services
>>Border security measures, customs controlled areas see Customs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43)
>>See also Collingwood Regional Airport
Customs Tariff
>>Legislation see Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-55)
>>Ways and Means No. 9, notice, tabled, 473 (8570-392-11)
>>Ways and Means No. 10
>>>Concurrence, M. (Flaherty), 598, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 74), 598-9
>>>Notice, tabled, 560 (8570-392-12)
>>>See also Budget Implementation Act, 2008 (Bill C-50)
>>Ways and Means No. 11, notice, tabled, 983 (8570-392-13)
>>See also North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)--Rules of Origin
Cycling
>>Commuters, tax credit
>>>Petitions
>>>>(Chow), (391-1764), gr, 9 (8545-392-11-01)
>>See also Bicycles
Cyclone Nargis see Burma
D
Da Costa, Mathieu (-1607)
>>Black navigator and interpreter, commemorative day see Mathieu Da Costa Day Act (Bill C-501)
da Silva, Pedro
>>Postal service, first officially commissioned letter carrier, monument/national park see Pedro da Silva Recognition Act (Bill C-477)
Dangerous goods
>>Importation, handling and transportation, regulation/security and requirements see Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
(amdt.)(Bill C-56)
>>See also Canadian National Railway (CNR)
Dangerous offenders
>>Designation, burden of proof/reverse onus, Peace Bond provisions see Tackling Violent Crime Act (Bill C-2)
>>Petitions
>>>(Grewal), (392-0252), 360, gr, 559
(8545-392-68-01)
Darfur (Sudan)
>>Petitions
>>>(Atamanenko), (392-0419), 497, gr, 663 (8545-392-64-03)
>>>(Bagnell), (392-0344), 417, gr, 617
(8545-392-64-02); (392-0649), 795, gr, 1023
(8545-392-64-06); (392-0733), 881, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07); (392-0742), 887, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07); (392-0750), 897, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07); (392-0783), 946, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07); (392-0837), 994, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07); (392-0840), 1002, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Beaumier), (392-0117), 175, gr, 333
(8545-392-64-01), gr, 617 (8545-392-64-02)
>>>(Bélanger), (392-0843), 1022, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Boshcoff), (392-0826), 994, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Cotler), (392-0197 and 392-0198), 303, gr, 333 (8545-392-64-01); (392-0757), 914, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Dewar), (392-0832), 994, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Dhaliwal), (392-0650), 795, gr, 1010
(8545-392-64-05); (392-0760), 914, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Jaffer), (392-0309), 400, gr, 617
(8545-392-64-02)
>>>(Lalonde), (392-0860), 1026, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Marston), (392-0781), 946, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Mathyssen), (392-0853), 1022, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Murphy, S.), (392-0786 and 392-0787), 946, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Rajotte), (392-0910), 1033, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Sgro), (392-0830), 994, gr, 1055
(8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Sorenson), (392-0438), 539, gr, 663
(8545-392-64-03); (392-0597), 728, gr, 886
(8545-392-64-04)
>>>(Stanton), (392-0762), 914, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
>>>(Vellacott), (392-0858), 1026, gr, 1055 (8545-392-64-07)
Date rape drugs
>>Petitions
>>>(Moore, J.), (392-0040), 56, gr, 263
(8545-392-26-02); (392-0236), 334, gr, 459
(8545-392-26-05)
Daycare see Child care
Death penalty
>>Abolition, government policy, M. on supply (Cotler), 571, agreed to on recorded
division (Division No. 64), 571-3
>>Government policy, clemency/abolition, M-411 (Sgro), 368, division deferred, 368, agreed to on recorded division (Division No. 39), 397-8
>>Petitions
>>>(Silva), (392-0553), 673, gr, 837
(8545-392-85-01)
>>See also Kohail, Mohamed
Death with dignity see Euthanasia
Debt Management Report
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Finance Standing Committee
>>>2006-2007 annual report, 275 (8560-392-205-01)
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples see United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill C-569)--Keeper
>>1st r, 1013
Deer Lodge Hospital see Canadian Armed Forces--Health care, Medical files
Defence Construction (1951) Limited
>>Reports tabled and permanently referred to Government Operations and Estimates Standing Committee
>>>2006-2007 annual report, with Auditor General's report, 121 (8560-391-120-01)
Defence expenditures see Conscientious objectors;Victoria In-Service Support Contract (VISSC)
Defence policy
>>Document, "Canada First Defence Strategy - the four pillars", tabled, 827
(8525-392-23)
Deferred income plans see Investment
Delegated legislation (statutory instruments) see Legislative Instruments Re-enactment Act;Regulations;Statutory Orders and Regulations (SOR)
Deline, NT see Hockey
Democracy
>>International development see Foreign Affairs and International Development Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth--Reports from 1st
Session, Eighth
>>See also International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA);Kenya
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Act
>>Legislation see Corporate Social Responsibility of Mining Corporations Outside Canada Act (Bill C-565)
Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act
>>Legislation see Employment Insurance Act (amdt.--Employment Insurance Account and premium rate setting)(Bill C-357);Employment
Insurance Act (amdt.--establishment of Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund)(Bill C-480)
Departmental Answers to Questions About Government Responses (39th Parliament) see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports, Sixth
Depleted uranium (DU) weapons
>>Government policy/Canadian Armed Forces use, r.o. Q-126 (McDonough), 338-9
(8555-392-126)
Deportation
>>Family members, statistics, r.o. Q-106 (Chow), 336-7 (8555-392-106)
>>See also Immigrants--Undocumented workers;Singh, Laibar
Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole
>>Galipeau, Royal, election, M., agreed to, 25
Deputy Ministers
>>Tenure see Public Accounts Standing Committee--Reports from 1st Session, Nineteenth
>>See also Afghanistan--Meetings
Deregulation see Transportation
Desnethé--Missinippi--Churchill River constituency see Elections--Certificates of election;House of Commons--Vacancies
Detergent see Dishwasher and laundry detergents
Developing countries see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Donations--Generic medications;Foreign aid;Mining industry;National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries
Development Assistance Accountability Act (Bill C-293)--McKay
>>Deemed introduced, read first time, read second time and referred to committee, reported with amendments, concurred in at report
stage with further amendments and read third time and passed after reinstatement under S.O. 86.1, 3
>>Senate passage, with amdts., 717-8
>>>Concurrence, M. (McKay), 801, agreed to, 801
>>Royal Assent, 874 (Chap. 17, S.C. 2008)
Diapers
>>Children, cloth and disposable diapers and products designed for newborn children, Goods and Services Tax (GST), exemption see Excise
Tax Act (amdt.--children's diapers and products for newborns)(Bill C-544)
Digital technology see Copyright--Internet
Dion Proposes $1B Economic Aid Package see Manufacturing industry--Government measures, Document
Dion, Hon. Stéphane (Lib.--Saint-Laurent--Cartierville; Leader of the Opposition)
- >>References see Manufacturing industry--Government measures, Document
Directive to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Regarding the Health of Canadians see Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission--Reports
Director of Public Prosecutions
>>Saunders, Brian J., appointment, Justice and Human Rights Standing Committee referral (Government Business No. 6), motion deemed put
and division deemed deferred, M., agreed to, by unanimous consent, 476, agreed to on recorded
division (Division No. 45), 499-501
Director of Public Prosecutions Act
>>Legislation see Senate Appointment Consultations Act (Bill C-20)
Disabled and handicapped persons
>>Episodic disabilities see Canada Pension Plan (CPP)--Disability benefits
>>Petitions
>>>(McDonough), (391-1804), gr, 9 (8545-392-13-01)
>>See also Canada Pension Plan (CPP);Education, post-secondary--Canada Access Grants;Immigrants--Inadmissibility;Olympics and
Paralympics, 2008 Summer Games (Beijing);Olympics and Paralympics, 2010 Winter Games (Vancouver);Registered Disability Savings Plan;Singh,
Laibar;United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Discrimination and racism see Aboriginal people--Human rights protection;Chinese Head Tax;Gender equality;Komagata Maru incident (1914);Racial and religious profiling
Discussion Paper - Simplification Proposals for the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit see Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
Disease
>>Rare diseases and disorders, government measures, M-426 (Bell, D.), 699-700, dropped
to bottom of Order of Precedence list under S.O. 93, 700, 778-80, division deferred, 780, as amended, agreed to on
recorded division (Division No. 108), 790-2
>>>Amdt. (Goodyear), 779, agreed to on division, 779
>>See also Arthritis;Autism;Canada Pension Plan (CPP)--Disability benefits;Employment insurance--Sick benefits;HIV/AIDS;Occupational
disease registry;Ovarian cancer;Post-traumatic stress disorder