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Belize see Central America--Visit to Canada

Bell Canada

>>Public Service, o.q., 8834-5
>>Supplemental pension plan, Confederation Life Insurance collapse, joint directors, failure to warn, fiduciary responsibility, o.q., 136
>>See also Broadcasting--Licences; Telephone service

Bell Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-57)--Minister of Industry (Manley)

>>First reading, 4415
>>Second reading, 5782-98, agreed to, 5798
>>Industry Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 5798
>>>Reported, 7088
>>Report stage, concurrence, third reading, 7591-602 passed.
>>Royal Assent, 8333, Chap. 3, S.C. 1997
>>See also Broadcasting--Licences

Bell Canada Act (amdt.--construction charges)(Bill C-227)--Mitchell

>>First reading, 392

Bell Helicoptère Textron see Aerospace industry

Bell Mediasphere

>>Establishment, Montreal, Que., location, economic growth, promoting, s.O. 31, 7707

Bell, Michael see Cyprus--Canadian Armed Forces peacekeeping role

Bell of Batoche see Metis

Bell Science Super-Expo see Science and technology

Bell, Tom

>>Former Member of Parliament, death, tributes, 6374-6

Bella Coola, B.C. see Highways and roads

Bellehumeur, Michel (BQ--Berthier--Montcalm)

>>Access to information, o.q., 6667
>>Air Canada, o.q., 7575, 7660
>>Air navigation services, 1154-6
>>Auto racing, S.O. 31, 2059-60
>>Break and enter, 3539
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1522
>>Cambodia, o.q., 10227-8
>>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6684-6
>>Canada Endangered Species Protection Act (Bill C-65), 10198-200
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 654-5, 669, 686-9, 2860, 3988-9, 4151-4
>>>o.q., 10227-8
>>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 7508-9
>>Child prostitution, 9409-10, 9642
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 5064, 9409-10, 9641-2
>>Child support payments, 4916-9, 6045-6, 6071-2, 6079, 6081-2, 6211
>>Child tax benefit, 4916
>>Children, o.q., 4071-2
>>China, o.q., 9600-1
>>Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (Bill C-20), 1154-6
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5862-4
>>Computer services, 3539-40
>>Constitution, 2858-9
>>>M. (Rock), 3247-50, 3264-6
>>>o.q., 1544, 2755-6
>>Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--rehabilitation programs)(Bill C-296), 8169-71
>>Credit cards, 3539-40, 9619
>>Crime, 2096, 3540, 5066, 9619-20, 10010, 10023-4
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9641-3
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal organizations)(Bill C-95), 10001-3, 10009-10
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4241-2, 4477-8
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--trespassing)(Bill C-247), 9508-9
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--Internet lotteries)(Bill C-353), 8113
>>Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--cumulative sentences)(Bill C-321), 7068-9
>>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), 5064-7
>>Criminal law, 10010
>>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 3539-41, 9424-5, 9618-20
>>Criminals, 5065
>>Dangerous/high risk offenders, 5064-7, 8866
>>>o.q., 4343
>>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 1188-9, 1192-3
>>Divorce, 6071
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 4916-9, 6045-6, 6070-2, 6079, 6081-2, 6211
>>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Rocheleau), 8963, 8966
>>Education, 3248-9, 3265-6
>>>o.q., 8012, 8394, 10064-5
>>Elections, 1522, 6685
>>>o.q., 5291g
>>Emergency Preparedness Canada, qu., 3568
>>Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12), 2377-8
>>Federal-provincial conferences, o.q., 3632
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 327-8
>>>o.q., 35-6, 132-3, 3632, 3709, 3819-20
>>>S.O. 31, 759
>>Federalism, o.q., 1586, 3002-3
>>Female genital mutilation (excision), 9641-3
>>Festivals, S.O. 31, 7879-80
>>Fisheries, 7198-9
>>Fisheries Act (Bill C-62), 7198-9
>>Forcible confinement, 3539
>>Forestry, 327
>>Forgery, 3539
>>Francophones outside Quebec, 3265
>>Gangs, 9424, 9618-9, 9643, 10001-3, 10009-10, 10022-4
>>>o.q., 8906, 9080-1, 9171-2, 9213-4, 9378-9, 9549
>>Goods and Services Tax, o.q., 3257-8, 4019, 7965
>>Government, 7509
>>Government contracts, 1188
>>Gun control/guns, 2096
>>>Statement by Minister (Rock), 6780-1
>>Harbours, wharves and breakwaters, 1188
>>>Petition, 2368, 3722
>>>S.O. 31, 1417
>>House of Commons, 6685
>>Hydro-electricity, o.q., 3003
>>Impaired driving, 3539-40
>>Job creation, 327, 329
>>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6432-5, 6438, 6440, 6811-3
>>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 10141-2
>>Justice system, 3539-41, 9619-20
>>Legislation, 326
>>>M. (H. Gray), 170-4, 191-3
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), S.O. 31, 5731
>>Mining industry, 327
>>National Parole Board, 5064
>>National unity, 327-8
>>>o.q., 2432, 2709, 2756
>>Newfoundland, 3247-8, 3266
>>Nuclear Safety and Control Act (Bill C-23), 8023-5
>>Oceans, 3645-6
>>Oceans Act (Bill C-26), 3645-6
>>Parent, references, 10235
>>Parole, 4241-2, 4477-8, 9619
>>>M. on supply (Ramsay), 8809, 8812-7, 8866-7
>>Penitentiaries, 5066, 7634-5
>>Police, 3539-40, 9619-20
>>Political parties, 6684-5
>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 7634-5
>>Private family trusts, 10127-8, 10130
>>>o.q., 4671
>>Privilege
>>>Bryden (rights of Members breached), 8911-2
>>>Duceppe (false/misleading statements), 6863
>>>False/misleading statements, 1193
>>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 652, 654-5, 669, 686-9
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 10001
>>>Decorum, 4671
>>>House do now adjourn, M., 10128
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 4152
>>>Member be now heard. M., 8025
>>>Question and comment period, 6830
>>>Questions on the Order Paper, 2817, 3015, 3498-9
>>>Quorum, 8023-4
>>>Sittings of the House, 6814
>>>Speeches, 2856, 5064, 10199
>>>Supply motions, 3109
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, 3988-9
>>>M. (Strahl), 4151-4
>>>M. (Zed), 4416
>>Public Accounts Standing Committee, M. (Guimond), 10127-30
>>Quebec distinct society status, 7509
>>>o.q., 1462, 1544, 1586, 7965
>>>S.O. 31, 355, 1458
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 2096, 6434
>>>M. (K. Martin), 3523-4
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 2856, 2858-60
>>>o.q., 35, 186, 2150, 2358, 2431-2, 2708-9, 2756, 2891, 3002-3, 6489, 8507-8
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 2858, 4153
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), o.q., 2807, 2891
>>Quebec Superior Court, o.q., 4500
>>Quebecers, o.q., 1463
>>Recreation, 327
>>Referendum on the Restoration of the Death Penalty Act (Bill C-261), 4523-4
>>Riel, Louis, 8816
>>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, o.q., 8450
>>Senate, 6813
>>>M. on supply (Gilmour), 3106-9
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 9424-5
>>Sexual assault/offences, 8911-2
>>Slaughterhouses, 7508
>>Social programs, o.q., 4071-2
>>Stalking, 9643
>>Statistics Canada, o.q., 1246
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 326-9
>>Tibet, o.q., 9601
>>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8460-1, 8712-5
>>Tobacco industry, 8460-1, 8713-5, 8963
>>>S.O. 31, 8583
>>Tobacco products, 8460-1
>>Training programs, o.q., 3709
>>Transportation, 327
>>Unemployment insurance, 2377-8
>>Unified Family Court, M. (Hayes), 8802-3
>>Victims of crime, M. on supply (R. White), 2084, 2093, 2096
>>Violence, 8813
>>Wildlife, 10198
>>Young offenders, 10141-2
>>Young Offenders Act, 7635

Bellemare, Christian see Education--Vocational training

Bellemare, Eugène (L--Carleton--Gloucester)

>>Air navigation services, 6244
>>Bellemare, references, S.O. 31, 2806
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 7822
>>Constitution
>>>M. (Rock), 3271-2, 3330-2
>>>M. (Rock), 6970-1
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9409-10
>>Deficit, 5863, 6244
>>Education, 3272, 3331-2
>>Election, S.O. 31, 10226
>>Food and Drugs Act (amdt.--ingredients in food sold in restaurants)(Bill C-309), 7212-3
>>Francophones, 5863
>>Francophones outside Quebec
>>>o.q., 9608
>>>S.O. 31, 6443, 8502
>>Francophonie, S.O. 31, 9170
>>Gasoline taxes, petition, 7523-4
>>Government, 6244
>>Government Operations Standing Committee, reports, 10142
>>Government programs and services, 6244
>>Health care system, 5863
>>High technology industries, 6245
>>Interest rates, 6244, 6246
>>Job creation, 6244
>>Justice system, 5862-3
>>Members of Parliament, 3989, 5862
>>National Capital Region, o.q., 7191
>>National unity, S.O. 31, 4797
>>North American Free Trade Agreement, S.O. 31, 5416
>>Official languages policy/bilingualism, 5863
>>Parliament of Canada Act (amd.--oaths or solemn affirmations)(Bill C-316), 3989, 6818-20, 6825-6
>>Private family trusts, S.O. 31, 5953
>>Procedure
>>>Committee reports, 10142
>>>Divisions, recorded, 10026
>>>Question and comment period, 6822
>>Public Service, 5863, 6244-5
>>References see Reform Party--Cowboys
>>Reform Party, 5862-3
>>Schools, S.O. 31, 6900
>>Sexual assault/offences, o.q., 7835
>>Sexual orientation, petition, 7524
>>Somalia, M. on supply (J. Leroux), 7822
>>Speakership, 5862-4
>>Taxation, 5863
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 6244-6
>>Trade, S.O. 31, 8444
>>Unemployment, 6245

Belleville, Ont. see Culture/arts--Quinte Ballet School

Belo, Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes see East Timor

Beltran, Walter see Immigration/immigrants--Criminals

Beluga whales see St. Lawrence River--Clean-up

Bennett, Kevin see Mining industry--Computer systems

Benoit, Leon E. (REF--Vegreville)

>>Abortion, M. (G. Breitkreuz), 2978-9
>>Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act (Bill C-19), 1312-5, 1332-3, 2698-701
>>Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act (amdt.)(Bill C-375), 8358, 10206-9, 10215
>>Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34), 3952-3, 9865-9
>>Agricultural producers/farmers, 9888
>>Agricultural products, 9865-8
>>>M. (Hermanson), 1619-20
>>Agriculture, 9865, 9889-90
>>>S.O. 31, 10175-6
>>Budget, 2990-1, 2993, 4637
>>Budget 1996, 2988-90
>>>M. (P. Martin), 812, 833, 835, 1436-7, 1439, 1473, 1489
>>Budget 1997
>>>M. for approval (P. Martin), 8332, 8334-5, 8340
>>>S.O. 31, 8303
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 2988-93
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 10082
>>Canada Endangered Species Protection Act (Bill C-65), 10200-2
>>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, 5345
>>Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-61), 5345-9
>>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 8534-5, 8543-4, 8549-51, 8895-9
>>Canada Pension Plan, M. on supply (Manning), 8677
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 665-6, 718-9
>>Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act (Bill C-60), 5362-3, 7441-2
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2150, 2198-9, 2497-8
>>Canadian National Railways, 9867
>>Canadian Wheat Board, 9866, 9869
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72), 8243-5, 10153-4, 10156
>>Capital punishment, 8821
>>Caregivers, M. (Szabo), 6031-2
>>Census (1996), M. (D. Grey), 7816-7
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, petition, 9997
>>Child support payments, 4915, 4952-4
>>Co-operatives, statement by Minister (Robichaud), 5332
>>Corporations, 3943
>>Crime, petition, 6013
>>Crime prevention, 9398
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3916, 4272-3, 4593, 4637-8
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46), 9362, 9366-70, 9398, 9405
>>Deficit, 1437, 1439, 1473, 1489, 2990-3, 3943-4
>>Discrimination and racism, 2198
>>Divorce, 4952-3
>>Divorce Act, 4953-4, 4962
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 4915, 4952-4, 4962
>>Economy, o.q., 6367
>>Education, 8335, 8340
>>Election, 9865-6
>>Elections, M. (Stinson), 1692-4
>>Energy Price Commission Act (Bill C-220), 2038-9
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7289-90, 7733-4, 7767-9, 7808-9
>>Exports, 5349
>>Family, 2198-9
>>Family income, 8335
>>>o.q., 6367
>>Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38), 9888-91
>>Financial institutions, 3943
>>Foreign policy, 6878
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 2038-9
>>Goods and Services Tax, 3943-4, 7289-90, 7733-4, 7767-8, 7808-9
>>>Petition, 7394, 9997
>>Government expenditures, 8332, 8334, 8340
>>Government revenues, 812
>>Grain marketing, 8244-5, 9868-9, 9889-90, 10153
>>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 4119-23
>>>M. (Thompson), 6341-3
>>>o.q., 2710-1, 2762, 2894-5
>>>S.O. 31, 3001, 7080
>>Grain transportation, 8534-5, 8543-4, 8550, 8895-9, 9867, 9890
>>>o.q., 7838
>>>S.O. 31, 9480
>>Gun control/guns, 4272, 6846, 6876, 8819-20, 9368, 9866, 9868
>>Health care system, 8334, 8340
>>House of Commons, 721, 6846, 6873, 6877-8, 8898
>>Hydro-electric power, 1313, 5346
>>>o.q., 4866
>>Income, 2990
>>Income tax, 3942-4
>>Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36), 3941-5
>>Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act (Bill C-37), 3979
>>Infrastructure program, 2989
>>Interprovincial trade, 1313-4, 1332, 2698-701, 2991-2, 5346-9, 7442, 7768-9, 8358
>>>o.q., 6011
>>>S.O. 31, 2429, 3309-10, 4665
>>Job creation, 2988-93, 7768
>>>S.O. 31, 3309-10
>>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6846, 6850, 6870, 6873, 6875-9
>>Justice system, 1693. 4637, 9366, 9368, 9370
>>Labour disputes, 8534-5, 8543-4, 8550-1, 8896-7
>>Labour mobility, 5346-7
>>Labour sponsored venture capital corporations, 3942
>>Legislation, 3916, 6876, 8820
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 6876
>>Members of Parliament, 720-1, 6873, 6876-7, 7808-9
>>Murder, 9366, 9368-70
>>National debt, 833, 1437, 1489, 2990, 4637
>>National Organ Donor Day Act (Bill C-202), 1732-3
>>National unity, 5347-8
>>Nelson House First Nation Flooded Land Act (Bill C-40), 3979
>>Nunziata, references, 6877
>>Official Opposition, 719
>>Old age pensions, 1473, 2990-1, 3942
>>Organ donation, M., 1733
>>Parole, 4272-3, 4636, 9370
>>>M. on supply (Ramsay), 8812, 8819-24, 8857, 8865
>>Patronage, 9890
>>Penitentiaries, 9370
>>Pensions, 1473
>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4647-50
>>Private family trusts, 3944-5
>>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 665-6, 718-21
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 3944-5
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 10215
>>>Documents, 1733
>>>Members' remarks, 8335
>>>Oral questions, 8279, 8840
>>>Points of order, 4593
>>>Private Members' Motions, 2979
>>>Sittings of the House, 6876
>>Property rights, M. (Gilmour), 4834-5
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 719
>>Referendums, 721, 6878
>>Reform Party, 9890
>>Registered retirement saving plans, 2989, 3942
>>Retail sales, 7290
>>Same-sex couples, 2198
>>Senate, 721, 6877-8, 9890
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 4638
>>Sexual assault/offences, 8820, 9362, 9367-9
>>Sexual orientation, 2150, 2198, 2498, 9866
>>>S.O. 31, 2178
>>Social programs, 147-8, 2989-91
>>Standard of living, 2990
>>Taxation, 2989, 2991, 3941-4
>>Tobacco industry, 8819
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 2991, 8332
>>Underground economy, 3943
>>Unemployment, 2989, 2992, 8332, 8340
>>United Parcel Service, 5346-7
>>Vegreville, Alta.
>>>o.q., 6796
>>>S.O. 31, 6443, 6786
>>Victims of crime, 4637-8, 8819-21, 9367-70
>>>M. on supply (R. White), 2047, 2086
>>Wildlife, 9368, 9868, 10167-8
>>Young offenders, 9369