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Harbor masters see Ports

Harbours, wharves and breakwaters

>>Docking facilities see Ferry service--Islands
>>Sorel, Que., harbour, dredging operation, contaminated sediment, water pollution, concern, 1188, 1192
>>>Petition, 2368, 3722
>>>S.O. 31, 1417

Harding, Randolph

>>Former Member of Parliament, death, tributes, 431-2

Hardy, Hagood

>>Musician/composer, death, tribute, S.O. 31, 7571

Hargrave, Bert

>>Member of Parliament, former, death, tributes, 4867-8
>>>S.O. 31, 4797-8

Harmonization see Goods and Services Tax

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) see Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70); Goods and Services Tax

Harper, Ed (REF--Simcoe Centre)

>>Abortion, petition, 8870
>>Airports, 8968
>>Alberta, 8968
>>Bankruptcy and insolvency, 10080
>>Banks, 5841-2
>>>S.O. 31, 3198
>>Bruce--Grey constituency, S.O. 31, 4742
>>Budget, 462, 9147
>>>o.q., 2433
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 461-3
>>Budget 1997, 10079
>>>M. (P. Martin), 9147-9
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 2022-3
>>Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44), 9821
>>Canada, petitions, 5610, 7747
>>Canada Pension Plan, 8969, 9147-9
>>Canadian Coast Guard, 8968
>>Canadian flag, S.O. 31, 5678
>>Capital punishment, 9709
>>Child care, 4960-1
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, petitions, 277, 770, 1297, 1775, 2017, 2314, 2526, 2816, 3722, 4158, 4995, 5174, 5610, 5776, 6194, 6804, 7394, 7747, 8234, 8515, 8870, 9807, 10042
>>Child support payments, 4960
>>Children, 4961
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5839-42
>>Constitution, M. (Rock), 6942-4
>>Constitutional reform, 2901
>>Copps, references, o.q., 2249
>>Crime, petitions, 4150, 4996, 5174
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 5008
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--operation while impaired)(Bill C-201), 2918-20
>>Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205), 3236-7
>>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), 9708-9
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 9708-9
>>Deficit, 461, 463, 5839-40, 8967-8, 9147-8, 10078-9
>>>o.q., 2434
>>Department of Health Act (Bill C-18), 1725-6
>>Divorce, 4960-1
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 4960-2
>>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Rocheleau), 8967-71
>>Economy, 461-2
>>Education, 6942-4
>>Election (1993), 2901
>>Employment insurance, 8968-9
>>Ethics Counsellor, 7903
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7902-3
>>Family, 4960-2
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 2903
>>Fisheries, 8968
>>Goods and Services Tax, 462, 5839, 5841, 7902-3, 10077-81
>>>o.q., 1427, 2005-6, 2249-50, 2306
>>>Petition, 10042
>>>S.O. 31, 311, 6181
>>Government advertising, 463
>>Government expenditures, 462
>>>Petition, 1716
>>Gun control/guns, 9709
>>Harper, Ed, references, S.O. 31, 10178-9
>>Health care system, 1725-6
>>Highways and roads, petition, 8515
>>Hoouse of Commons, 10081
>>Howe, William Marvin, 4231
>>Impaired driving, S.O. 31, 34
>>Income, 8969, 10080
>>Infrastructure program, 8969-70
>>Interest rates, 5840, 8967, 8969, 8971, 9148, 10080-1
>>Interprovincial trade, 8970
>>Job creation, 461-2, 2901, 5839-40, 7902, 8967, 8971, 9147, 9149, 10079-80
>>>S.O. 31, 6181
>>Justice system, 2901, 9709
>>Legislation, 7902
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 5839, 7902-3, 8967, 9148, 10079-80
>>>o.q., 2306
>>>S.O. 31, 7139
>>Members of Parliament, 10081
>>Mirabel International Airport, 8967
>>Murder, S.O. 31, 817
>>National debt, 461-3, 5839-40, 8968, 9147-8, 10078-9, 10081
>>National unity, 2901-4
>>>o.q., 7239
>>Newfoundland, 2904
>>North American Free Trade Agreement, 5840, 7902, 10079
>>Nunziata, references, S.O. 31, 6782
>>Ontario, 461, 8968
>>Parole, 9708-9
>>Pearson International Airport, 5841, 8967, 8970
>>>o.q., 4180, 7147, 7578, 7788, 9799-800
>>>S.O. 31, 8189-90
>>Peters, Arnold, 4461
>>Ports, 8968
>>Postal service, 8968
>>Poverty, 8967
>>Prime Ministers, o.q., 7311
>>Public safety, 9708
>>Quebec, 2904
>>Quebec distinct society status, o.q., 7239, 7311-2
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 2900-5
>>>o.q., 2814
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 2901-2, 2904
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), 2901, 2904
>>References
>>>Retirement, S.O. 31, 10178-9
>>>See also Prime Ministers--French Canadians
>>Referendums, 10081
>>Registered retirement savings plans, o.q., 823
>>Roy, Jean-Robert, 7718
>>Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, 2901
>>Same-sex couples, o.q., 2564
>>Service clubs, S.O. 31, 1837
>>Sexual orientation, petitions, 277, 537, 770, 1297, 1716, 1775, 2017, 2314, 2525, 2816, 4158, 4995, 5173, 5610, 5776, 6194, 6804, 7394
>>Social programs, 5839, 8968
>>Somalia
>>>o.q., 2609
>>>S.O. 31, 8189
>>Speakership, 5839
>>Special olympics, S.O. 31, 7880
>>Spicer Commission (Citizen's Forum on Canadas Future), 2901
>>Suicide, petition, 1775
>>Taxation, 8969, 9147, 10080-1
>>Tobacco products, 10078
>>Toronto, Ont., S.O. 31, 6742
>>Unemployment, 8968-9, 8971, 9147-8, 10080
>>Veterans benefits, petition, 2851
>>Victims of crime, 9708
>>Violent offences, petition, 7747
>>Young offenders, 9709
>>Young Offenders Act, 9709
>>>Petitions, 537, 827, 4996, 5173, 5609-10, 5776, 6194, 7747

Harper, Elijah (L--Churchill)

>>Aboriginal land claims, 3963-4
>>Aboriginal peoples, o.q., 3489
>>AIDS, S.O. 31, 5107
>>Child poverty, S.O. 31, 7031
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, S.O. 31, 4495
>>Emergencies/disasters, o.q., 2611
>>Family violence, S.O. 31, 4069
>>House of Commons, statement by Minister (Irwin), 8955
>>Housing, o.q., 9175
>>Income tax, o.q., 9022
>>Indians/First Nations, S.O. 31, 9877
>>Manitoba, 289
>>Murder, S.O. 31, 4495
>>National unity, 288-91
>>Nisga'a land claim, 289
>>Northern Flood Agreement, 3963-6
>>Ports, S.O. 31, 230
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 290
>>References see House of Commons--Public gallery
>>Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, o.q., 7661
>>South Africa, S.O. 31, 1759
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 288-91
>>York Factory First Nations Flooded Land Act (Bill C-39), 3963-6

Harper, Stephen (REF--Calgary West; resigned Jan. 14, 1997)

>>Air Canada, 7526
>>>o.q., 3867-8, 3921-2
>>Budget, o.q., 479
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 463-4
>>Canada, 4712-3
>>Canada Day, 7523
>>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 5526-8, 6595-6, 6598-9, 6624-7, 6652-4, 6678, 6680-2, 6692-3, 6697, 6721-6
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 464
>>Canadian Airlines International, o.q., 6857, 6906
>>Canadian Armed Forces, petition, 3325-6
>>Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for United Nations Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-300), 6642-4
>>Children, petition, 2851
>>Constitution
>>>M. (Rock), 3266-9, 3275
>>>o.q., 138
>>Constitutional reform, o.q., 3421, 3820
>>Deficit, 463, 783
>>>o.q., 479
>>Economic development/renewal, 784, 789
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 5653-6, 5658-9
>>>M. on supply (Strahl), 783-9
>>Education, 3266-8, 3275
>>Election, 6725
>>Elections, 5526-8, 5713-4, 6598-9, 6625-7, 6653-4, 6680-2, 6692, 6721-6
>>>S.O. 31, 3863
>>Electoral boundaries, 6722
>>Employment, 464
>>Excise Tax Act (amdt.--small suppliers carrying on a taxi business)(Bill C-317), 3989
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7332-3
>>Federal-provincial conferences, o.q., 138, 3421-2
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, o.q., 3422
>>Federalism, 6692-3
>>>o.q., 137-8
>>Goods and Services Tax, 3989, 7332-3
>>>o.q., 3257, 3421
>>>Petition, 6671, 7432-3
>>Government advertising, r.o., 4240
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, M. (Williams), 2970-2
>>Government expenditures, 463-4
>>Highways and roads, petition, 7433
>>Holidays Act (amdt.)(Bill C-365), 7523
>>House of Commons, 6721
>>Hydro-electric power, 785-8
>>Job creation, 463-4
>>Judges, petition, 4714
>>Legislation, M. (H. Gray), 190
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 464
>>Liberal government (Trudeau), 5713-4
>>National debt, 463
>>National unity, 4711-2
>>>o.q., 2814
>>>S.O. 31, 5880
>>Nuclear energy, 3511
>>Old age pensions, 464
>>Ontario, S.O. 31, 916
>>Political parties, 6693, 6721
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 7329
>>>Divisions, recorded, 6507
>>>Oral questions, 3824
>>>Private Members' Motions for Papers, 7526
>>>Questions on the Order Paper, 7526
>>Program Cost Declaration Act (Bill C-214), 7538-40
>>Property rights, M. (Gilmour), 4830-2
>>Public Accounts, S.O. 31, 5107
>>Quebec, 5658-9
>>Quebec Contingency Act (Referendum Conditions)(Bill C-341), 5890
>>Quebec distinct society status, 2861-2, 6680
>>>o.q., 138, 2809
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, 6693
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 2860-4
>>>o.q., 2709-10, 4746
>>>Statement by Minister (Rock), 4711-3
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 2860-1, 2864, 4711-2
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), 2862-3, 4712, 5890
>>>o.q., 137-8, 2709, 4746
>>Queen's University at Kingston Act (Bill S-8), 4103
>>References see House of Commons vacancies--Calgary West; Quebec distinct society status--Reform Party position
>>Referendums, 6693
>>Research and development, M. on supply (Suzanne Tremblay), 3511-3
>>Same-sex couples, o.q., 2480
>>Senate, 6721
>>Social programs, 783
>>Taxation, 5656
>>Taylor, Hon. Senator Nick, S.O. 31, 422
>>Unemployment insurance, 463-4
>>Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-292), 3323

Harris, Dick (REF--Prince George--Bulkley Valley)

>>Air Canada, o.q., 3868-9, 3924
>>Borrowing Authority Act 1996-97 (Bill C-10), 1024, 1026, 1032, 1067-8
>>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 4207-8
>>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8341, 8379-81, 8422, 8427
>>Canada Communication Group, 1182
>>Canada Pension Plan
>>>o.q., 8312-3, 8446
>>>S.O. 31, 3864
>>Canadian Armed Forces, M. (B. Mills), 7343-4
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72), 8254-5
>>Capital punishment, 3911, 4254, 4619-20, 9464
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 1143-4
>>>S.O. 31, 816
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (J. Chrétien), 13-4
>>Corporations, M. on supply (Loubier), 901-2, 910-2
>>Crime, petition, 3721-2
>>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-234), 7427
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3909-13, 4253-4, 4574, 4619-20
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--operation while impaired)(Bill C-201), 93-4, 946-8, 4483-4
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46), 9393, 9398-401
>>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9463-4
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, M. (Meredith), 1142-4
>>Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-7), 1179-83
>>Estimates, M. (Massé), 4389-90, 4394
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7150-1, 7298-9, 7762-3, 7789-91
>>Finance Standing Committee, M. (H. Gray), 7268
>>Gasoline taxes, petition, 4266
>>Goods and Services Tax, 269, 988, 7150-1, 7298-9, 7762-3, 7789-91
>>>M. on supply (Solberg), 988
>>>Petition, 7433
>>Government advertising, o.q., 240
>>Government contracts, 1180-2, 1193
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, M. (Williams), 2967-8
>>Government expenditures, 1181
>>Government programs and services, 1178
>>Grain marketing, 8254
>>Gun control/guns, 9401, 9463-4
>>Health care system, petition, 2851
>>Highways and roads, 8422
>>>Statement by Minister (Anderson), 2948-9
>>Hockey, S.O. 31, 9479
>>Housing, 7151
>>Impaired driving, 93-4, 946-8, 2949, 3774, 3910-1, 9399-400
>>>M. 6929-31
>>>Petitions, 96, 2716, 2816, 3567, 3722, 4236-7, 4447, 7433
>>>S.O. 31, 129, 961, 2938, 8388
>>Income tax, 7298
>>Interprovincial trade, 269
>>Job creation, 268, 7268, 8341
>>>o.q., 7187, 8312-3
>>Justice system, 1143, 3910-2, 9400, 9463
>>Legislation, 7298-9
>>>M. (H. Gray), 205, 267-9
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 268-9
>>Liberal Party, S.O. 31, 4551
>>Members of Parliament, 9463
>>>Petition, 4266
>>>S.O. 31, 3864
>>Murder, 1142-3, 4619-20
>>>o.q., 1108-9
>>National debt, 4394
>>Negotiation Terms of Separation Act (Bill C-230), 4785-6
>>Nunziata, references, 3911
>>Parliament of Canada Act and Canada Elections Act (amdt.--confidence motions)(Bill C-250), 8471-4
>>Parole, 3909-13, 4200, 4253-4, 4619-20, 9400, 9463-4
>>Pearson International Airport
>>>M. (Gouk), 1129-30
>>>S.O. 31, 4744
>>Penitentiaries, 1143
>>Politicians, 7790
>>Pornography, S.O. 31, 7235
>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4639-42
>>Privilege, Ramsay (contempt of Parliament), 4200
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 2962, 7328
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 4521
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 7150, 7790
>>>Members' remarks, 7399
>>>Private Members' Motions, 6937
>>Property rights, 9464
>>Rail transportation/railways, 2949
>>Referendum on the Restoration of the Death Penalty Act (Bill C-261), 4520-1
>>Reform Party, S.O. 31, 3556
>>Regulations Act (Bill C-25), 3773-5
>>Salmon, o.q., 3636-7
>>Senate, 4390
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 3910, 9401
>>Sexual Assault/offences, 9393, 9398-401
>>Sexual orientation, petition, 3721
>>Small and medium business, 306-7
>>Standards Council of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4), 2962
>>Taxation, 269, 8380-1
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 125, 157, 306-8
>>Victims of crime, 3912, 4620, 9401
>>>Petition, 7433
>>Young offenders, 9401

Harris, Hon. Mike see Ontario

Harrison, Keith see Parole--Murderers, Nichols, John

Hart, Jim (REF--Okanagan--Similkameen--Merritt)

>>Africa, M. (L. Axworthy), 6381-4
>>Blood, S.O. 31, 2133
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 1523-5
>>Canada Steamship Lines Inc., 1524
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 80-1, 502, 557-8, 560, 562-5, 649, 671-2, 689-91, 4151, 6382-4
>>>o.q., 482, 819-20, 1052, 1106-7, 1659, 2438, 2481, 4455, 4800-1, 4938, 5059, 5242, 9178, 9276-7
>>>S.O. 31, 582
>>Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, o.q., 6314-5
>>Capital punishment, 4606-7
>>Collenette, references, o.q., 5164
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4606-7
>>Defence equipment, 502, 6383-4
>>>o.q., 481, 2481, 6488-9, 6561-2, 7189-90
>>Defence expenditures, 502-3, 6384
>>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, S.O. 31, 9211
>>Electric power, o.q., 6488
>>Employment insurance, petition, 6193
>>Environment, S.O. 31, 8647
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7328-9
>>Fisheries, Pacific, 502-3
>>Goods and Services Tax, 7328-9
>>>Petition, 7394
>>Haiti, 6384
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 80-1
>>>o.q., 482
>>Highways and roads, petition, 7394
>>Hijacking, S.O. 31, 3199-200
>>House of Commons, 14
>>Job creation, 1523-4
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 4607
>>Murder, 4607
>>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee, 564
>>National Defence Department, o.q., 3005-6, 3085, 3127, 3203-4, 3422-3, 4630-1, 4669-70, 4747-8, 4800-1
>>North American Aerospace Defence Command, M. (L. Axworthy), 501-3
>>Nuclear reactors, o.q., 6314
>>Parole, 4606-7
>>Privilege, contempt of Parliament, 557-60
>>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M., 562-5, 649, 671-2, 686, 689-92
>>Procedure
>>>Chair, impartiality, 8279
>>>Divisions, recorded, 8621, 8624
>>>Documents, 3427-8
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 4183, 8279
>>>Motions, 649
>>>Oral questions, 8279
>>>Petitions, 6191
>>>Private Members' Motions, 6330
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Strahl), 4151
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 563-4
>>Registered Retirement Savings Plans, 1524-5
>>Ringuette-Maltais, references, 13
>>Sedition, 671
>>Seniors benefit, 1525
>>>S.O. 31, 7460
>>Somalia, 4607, 6384
>>>o.q., 1465, 1545-6, 1588, 1659, 1707-8, 1955-6, 2140, 4181, 4225, 4304-5, 4341-2, 4455, 4499-500, 4503-4, 4554-5, 4938, 4983, 5059, 5164, 5242-3, 7314, 8198, 8508
>>>S.O. 31, 6259
>>Speakership, 13
>>Taiwan, S.O. 31, 522
>>Taxation, 1523
>>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8749-52
>>Tobacco industry, 8749-52
>>Unemployment insurance, 1524
>>Victims of crime, S.O. 31, 131
>>Welfare, 1524
>>World War II, S.O. 31, 6259
>>Young, references, o.q., 8277
>>Young offenders
>>>Petition, 7089
>>>S.O. 31, 3708
>>Young Offenders Act
>>>M., 6327-30
>>>S.O. 31, 3199-200
>>Yugoslavia (former), 80