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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

Criminal Code (amdt.--auto theft and trafficking in property obtained by crime)(Bill C-53)--Minister of Justice (Nicholson)

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

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

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

Criminal Code (amdt.--gender identity and gender expression)(Bill C-494)--Siksay

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)

Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial discretion)(Bill C-528)--Comartin

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

Criminal Code (amdt.--mass transit operators)(Bill C-489)--Wasylycia-Leis

Criminal Code (amdt.--means of communication for child luring)(Bill C-511)--Black

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

Criminal Code (amdt.--protection from sexual interference)(Bill C-486)--Smith

Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of children)(Bill S-209)--Jennings

Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of conscience rights in the health care profession)(Bill C-537)--Vellacott

Criminal Code (amdt.--public transportation workers)(Bill C-473)--Julian

Criminal Code (amdt.--right to die with dignity)(Bill C-562)--Lalonde

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

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)

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)

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

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

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