The Hansard Index is the key to information about what is said by Members of Parliament in the House of Commons during the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. The numbers following the subject entries refer to the issue sitting number and time checks in the daily Hansard. The Index is updated daily throughout the session.

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Where Does it All Come From see Agriculture--Video

Whips see Members of Parliament--Party discipline

Whistle-blowers see Competition Act (amdt.--protection of whistle-blowers)(Bill C-266); Consumers--Victimization; Public Service

Whistle-blowers Protection Act (Bill C-318)--de Savoye

>>First reading, 4086

Whistler Mountain, B.C. see Skiing

White, Bob see Unemployment insurance--Legislation (Employment Insurance Act)(Bill C-12), Withdrawing

White males see Employment equity--Discrimination; Reform Party--Membership

White papers see Banks; Defence policy; Financial institutions--Legislation; Foreign policy

White, Randy (REF--Fraser Valley West)

>>Aerospace, o.q., 5561, 5603
>>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 8425-7
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 2018-9
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 10060
>>Canada, petition, 6710
>>Canada Pension Plan, S.O. 31, 8191
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2412-3
>>Capital punishment, 2795-7
>>Child pornography, 1690, 6841
>>Child prostitution, 9665
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 6841
>>>o.q., 1171
>>>Petition, 4267
>>China, 2412
>>Competition Act (amdt.--protection of whistle-blowers)(Bill C-266), 5587-8
>>Constitution, M. (Rock), 3352
>>Cornwallis Park Development Agency, o.q., 767
>>Crime, 4600, 9664, 9667
>>>Petition, 4266
>>Criminal Code (amdt.-- arrest of those in breach of condition of parole or statutory or temporary release)(Bill C-379), 8662
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9664-7
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4268-70, 4589, 4592, 4599-602
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46), 9369-73
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--prohibiting certain offenders from changing their name)(Bill C-403), 9657
>>Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205), 4655-6
>>Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--capital punishment)(Bill C-218), 2795-7
>>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), 9709-11
>>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9437-8, 9440
>>Criminals, 9657
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 9709-10
>>Deficit, 3068, 10060
>>Discrimination and racism, 2412
>>Economic development/renewal
>>>o.q., 4458
>>>S.O. 31, 1886-7
>>Election, o.q., 10120
>>Elections, 6841
>>>M. (Stinson), 1689-91
>>>o.q., 10068
>>>S.O. 31, 3080
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7129, 7133-4
>>Family violence, 2043-4, 9372
>>Fry, references, 3067-8
>>Gangs, 1394
>>Gasoline taxes, petition, 8359
>>Goods and Services Tax, 7133-4
>>>o.q., 1769, 1891, 1959, 2010
>>>Petition, 10146
>>Government appointments, 5583
>>Government expenditures, 10060
>>Gun control/guns, 2044, 9667
>>>S.O. 31, 4626
>>Health care system, petition, 1330
>>Highways and roads, petition, 8359
>>House of Commons, o.q., 1769
>>Immigration and Refugee Board, 3068
>>Immigration/immigrants, 2412
>>Impaired driving, M. (Harris), 6933-4
>>Job creation, 5578
>>Judges Act (amdt.)(Bill C-42), 6839-43, 6849-50
>>Justice system, 1394, 2043-4, 4602, 9370, 9372, 9664, 9666
>>>o.q., 9448
>>Kidnapping, 1690, 6841
>>Legislation, 3352, 7133
>>Liberal Party, S.O. 31, 8649
>>Members of Parliament, 6850, 9664
>>Murder, 1690, 6840, 6842
>>>o.q., 1290-1
>>Nova Scotia, S.O. 31, 758
>>Nunziata, references
>>>o.q., 1769
>>>S.O. 31, 1838
>>Oil and gas pipelines, petition, 6710, 6804, 6967, 7001, 7089, 8359, 8663, 10146
>>Parole, 4268-70, 4599, 4601-2, 8662, 9370-2, 9438, 9664, 9666
>>>o.q., 1249-50, 1379
>>>S.O. 31, 356, 1286, 1838, 4018, 10064
>>Penitentiaries, 1690-1, 4269, 6841, 9666
>>>o.q., 2186, 2437, 9448, 9548, 10068, 10119-20
>>>S.O. 31, 1838, 3080
>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4322-5
>>Procedure
>>>Divisions, recorded, 6170
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 1250, 1891, 1894, 1959, 5603, 9550
>>>Members' remarks, 4589, 4592, 6850
>>>Minister's remarks, 1770
>>>Oral questions, 4454, 4459, 8279
>>>Quorum, 5581
>>>Speeches, 5579, 7131
>>Property rights, M. (Gilmour), 6174-5
>>References
>>>Named by Chair, 1894
>>>New haircut, 9374
>>>See also Immigration/immigrants--Criminals; Victims of crime--Rights
>>Reform Party, 4601
>>Same-sex couples, 2412
>>Senate, M. on supply (Gilmour), 3052, 3060, 3066-9, 3072
>>Senior citizens, S.O. 31, 6124
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 6839-41, 9370-1, 9437, 9664-5, 9667, 9710
>>>o.q., 9548, 9653, 9745, 10120
>>>Petitions, 9658, 10146
>>Sexual assault/offences, 1690, 2043, 4602, 6839-41, 9370-2, 9437-8, 9664-5, 9710
>>>o.q., 9483, 9548, 9653
>>>Petition, 9658
>>>S.O. 31, 6853-4
>>Sexual orientation, 2412
>>>o.q., 2064
>>>Petitions, 3013
>>Social engineering, 2412
>>Somalia, o.q., 1421
>>Victims of crime, 3068, 4269-70, 4601-2, 9370-3, 9438, 9664-7
>>>M. on supply, 2041-4, 2047, 2073, 2089
>>>o.q., 2064, 9379-80, 9448, 9548-9, 9653-4, 9745, 10068
>>>Petitions, 3013, 6967, 8359
>>>S.O. 31, 230, 2752, 9374
>>Violence, 9711
>>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-13), 1393-4
>>Young Offenders Act, 2044, 3068
>>>o.q., 3314-5
>>Young offenders, o.q., 3314-5

White Ribbon Campaign Against Pornography see Pornography

White, Rick see Sexual assault/offences--Fee, Tammy

White River, Ont. see Winnie the Pooh

White, Ted (REF--North Vancouver)

>>Administrative Tribunals (Remedial and Disciplinary Measures) Act (Bill C-49), 5578-9, 5583, 7609-11
>>Aerospace industry, 5766
>>Affirmative action, 10059
>>Alberta, 10059
>>Bombardier Inc., 9344, 10059-60
>>Books, 9000-1, 9025-6
>>Boudria, references, 5996-7
>>British Columbia
>>>M. on supply (Duncan), 4841, 4846, 4882-3, 4889-97
>>>S.O. 31, 2998-9
>>Budget, 419, 432, 3017-8, 3020
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 418-9, 432
>>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9144, 9149, 9160, 9162, 9199, 9316, 9319, 9336, 9343-6, 9347
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 10057-60
>>Business, 418
>>Cabinet Ministers, 5765
>>Canada Elections Act (amdt.--electronic voting)(Bill C-279), 2314
>>Canada Elections Act (amdt.--election expenses)(Bill C-285), 3168
>>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6737, 6757
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 5764
>>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 8915-9
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 682-3
>>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 5765
>>Canadian flag, 5127
>>>o.q., 5113-4
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2152
>>Capital punishment, 5007
>>Child poverty, 9162, 9199
>>Citizen-Initiated Referendum Act (Bill C-343), 5890
>>Committees, 6870-1, 9262
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5757, 5763-6
>>Conscientious objection act, petition, 394
>>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 9000-1, 9025-6
>>Corporations, 3018-9
>>Crime, 2086-7, 2094-7
>>>Petition, 5118
>>Crime, 5007
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 5006-8
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--refugee or immigrant applicants convicted of an offence on indictment)(Bill C-333), 5117
>>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), 5125-8
>>Culture/arts, 10058
>>Currency Act (amdt.--abolition on the one cent coin)(Bill C-288), 3169
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 5125
>>>Petition, 2188
>>Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.--gifts to the Crown)(Bill C-280), 2314
>>Defence expenditures, petition, 9999
>>Deficit, 419, 5996, 9260-1, 10057, 10066
>>Divorce, 8149
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 8149
>>Economic development/renewal, 3019-20
>>Election, 6737
>>>o.q., 10121
>>Election promises, 9261
>>Elections, 2314, 3168, 5711-3, 6757
>>Employment, 419
>>Employment equity, 5117
>>>M., 2274-7
>>Employment Equity Act (amdt.--elimination of designated group and numerical goals)(Bill C-332), 5117
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 9260-3, 9265-6
>>Exports, 9260
>>Fiscal Responsibility Act (Bill C-342), 5890
>>Fisheries, Pacific, 9316
>>Gangs, o.q., 9993-4
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 3019
>>Goods and Services Tax, 3019, 5764, 9261-2, 9265-6, 10058
>>>Petition, 8045-6
>>Government appointments, 5765-6, 7610
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, ro., 5523
>>Government expenditures, 419
>>>o.q., 9937
>>Graffiti, 2094, 2096
>>Grain transportation, 8916-8
>>Gun control/guns, o.q., 9993-4
>>Health, S.O. 31, 5878, 9015
>>Health care system, 5757, 5764, 5996, 6025
>>Highways and roads, 8073
>>>Petition, 8045
>>House of Commons, 682, 5764-5, 6870-1, 6873, 9262, 10059
>>Income tax, 3017, 4883, 5128, 10057-8
>>Income Tax Act (amdt.--political activities by charities receiving public funds)(Bill C-286), 3169
>>Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36), 3017-20
>>Indian Affairs and Northern Development Department, 418
>>Infrastructure program, 418, 3019, 8073-4, 10057
>>Interest rates, 6737, 9260
>>Interprovincial trade, 5765
>>Job creation, 418, 432, 3019-20, 5764, 8074, 10057
>>>S.O. 31, 757
>>Judges Act (amdt.) (Bill C-42), 6810, 6812-3, 6869-73
>>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 6872
>>Justice system, 5007, 5127, 6869
>>Labour disputes, 8916-9
>>Labour relations, 8916
>>Legislation, 5763-4, 6870, 9262
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 5764-5, 7609-11
>>>M. on supply (Solberg), 3181-6, 3214-5, 3217-8, 3225
>>>S.O. 31, 7570
>>Lumber, 6871
>>Martin, P., references, 10058
>>Members of Parliament, 418, 682-5, 5765, 9262-3
>>>S.O. 31, 706
>>Multiculturalism, 418
>>National debt, 418, 2314, 3018, 5007, 5764, 5996, 10060
>>New Zealand, 5764, 9265-6
>>North American Free Trade Agreement, 5765, 9260
>>Nunziata, references, 6871
>>Ontario, 10059
>>Parliament Buildings, 3183, 3185
>>Parliament Hill, S.O. 31, 9271
>>Parliament of Canada Act (amdt.--oaths or solemn affirmations)(Bill C-316), 6822-4
>>Parliament of Canada Act and Canada Elections Act (amdt.--confidence votes)(Bill C-250), 9965-6
>>Parole, 5006-8, 5123
>>>S.O. 31, 8900
>>Pearson International Airport, 8072-4
>>Penitentiaries, 5007, 5125-6, 6869
>>Petitions, 10059
>>Plain Language Act (Bill C-287), 3169
>>Politicians, 419
>>Ports, 8074
>>Prime Minister's Office, 10058-9
>>Privilege
>>>Bryden (rights of Members breached), 8912
>>>Gallaway (rights of Members breached), 9919-20
>>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 681, 685
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 6823
>>>Debate, 7999
>>>Divisions, recorded, 5872, 8994
>>>Members' remarks, 2277
>>>Motions, 7610
>>>Private Members' Motions, 2274
>>>Question and comment period, 6028, 6810, 9263
>>>Quorum, 8122
>>>Speeches, 4889, 4895
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Zed), 4422-4
>>Property rights, M. (Gilmour), 4837-8
>>Public Accounts, 5890
>>Public safety, 2094
>>Public Service, 418
>>Rail passenger service, 8072, 8074
>>References see Election--Government calling, Reform Party position; Privilege--Augustine
>>Referendums, 684, 5890
>>Reform Party, 5766, 6737
>>Refugees, 5117, 5126-8, 6871-2
>>>S.O. 31, 4979
>>Registered retirement savings plans, 3018
>>Regulations, 2313, 6872
>>Same-sex couples, petition, 3170
>>Senate, 6812-3, 6870, 7610, 8149
>>Sexual assault/offences, 8912
>>Sexual orientation, 2152
>>>Petition, 3170
>>Small and medium business, 3019
>>Social programs, 418
>>Speakership, 5763-5
>>Special interest groups, 418
>>Spring, 9260
>>Standing Orders, M. (Jennings), 7999-801, 9304-5
>>Statutes of Canada, 3169
>>Statutory Instruments Act (amdt.--disallowance procedure for delegated and subordinate legislation)(Bill C-278), 2313
>>Taxation, 3017, 6737, 9144
>>Taxpayers Protection Act, 3020
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 5996, 6025, 6028
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 10060
>>Transportation, M. on supply (Gouk), 8050, 8072-4
>>Unemployment, 3017, 5996, 9260
>>Unemployment insurance, qu., 3014
>>United Kingdom, 10059
>>Vancouver International Airport, 8073
>>Victims of crime, 6869
>>>M. on supply (R. White), 2086-7, 2094-7
>>>o.q., 9993-4
>>Young Offenders Act, 2095, 5007, 6869

Whitehead, Evan and Joan see Canadian Executive Services Organization

Whitehorse mining initiative see Mining industry

Whiteshell Laboratories see Atomic Energy of Canada

Whole farm income stabilization program see Farm income

Wife Assault Prevention Month see Family violence

Wildlife

>>Aboriginal peoples, respect for, traditions, etc., 10173-4
>>Animal parts, bear gall-bladders, etc., smuggling, enforcement measures, 3169, 4693
>>>o.q., 1468
>>>See also Bear Protection Act (Bill C-290)
>>Conservation, protection
>>>Porcupine Cariboo herd, calving grounds
>>>>Northern Cross Ltd., resource development proposal, impact, o.q., 9331
>>>>Yukon Territory/Alaska, protecting, Canada-United States 1987 agreement, 518
>>Endangered species, protection, 4693
>>>Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), 10161, 10169, 10190, 10203-4
>>>Compensation for landowners, lack, 9368
>>>Farmers, rural land owners, natural resource industries
>>>>Impact, 9868, 10203, 10205
>>>>Rights, 10164-5, 10167-70, 10197, 10201-2, 10206
>>>Flora and fauna, 826
>>>Government commitment, 6915, 10194-5
>>>Harming species, anonymous accusations, 9368, 10162, 10202
>>>International co-operation, 10161, 10195
>>>Legislation, Canada Endangered Species Protection Act (Bill C-65)
>>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 6916-7, 10163-5, 10168-9, 10195-6, 10199
>>>>Federal-provincial cooperation, 6406-7, 6918-9, 7107-8, 10161-2, 10167, 10194-5, 10201, 10203-4
>>>>>o.q., 5961-2
>>>>Government position, 10160-2, 10194-5
>>>>Interventionist, 9368
>>>>o.q., 5483, 5960-1, 9385
>>>>Petition, 3498, 5609-11, 5644
>>>>Quebec, jurisdiction, respecting, 6916, 10166, 10170-1, 10189-90, 10196, 10198-200, 10202-3, 10205
>>>>>o.q., 1172
>>>>Reform Party position, 6017-9, 10164-5, 10193-4, 10197-8, 10201
>>>>>S.O. 31, 9078
>>>>Scrapping, replacing, request, S.O. 31, 9013-4
>>>>Sierra Club of Canada report, o.q., 3716
>>>>S.O. 31, 1759, 10175
>>>>Strengthening, 7107
>>>>Task force recommendations, implementing, o.q., 5961
>>>>Throne Speech proposal, 4, 323
>>>National Accord for the Protection of Species of Risk, charlottetown, P.E.I., Oct.'96, 10161, 10163, 10170-1, 10175, 10195-8, 10200
>>>>See also Endangered and Threatened Species Act (Bill C-238)
>>>Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, legislation, 10164, 10166-7, 10175, 10205
>>Habitat, protection
>>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 6916-7, 10166-8, 10171, 10173-5, 10203-4
>>>Yukon Territory, 5461
>>Monarch butterfly, Mexico, habitat, decline, government action, o.q., 3872
>>National Wildlife Week, S.O. 31, 9443
>>Sale of wildlife or wildlife parts without permit, making Criminal Code offence, 2103
>>Spotted owl, 10172-3
>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--selling wildlife)(Bill C-277)
>>See also Caribou; Migratory birds; Peregrine falcons