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Government Expenditures Restraint Act, 1993 (3rd Sess., 34th Parl.) see Unemployment insurance--Legislation, previous

Government Expenditures Restraint Act, 1993 No. 2 (3rd Sess., 34th Parl.) see Unemployment insurance--Legislation, previous

Government grants and subsidies see Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada; Canada Council; Canoe museum; Conflict of interest--Dupuy; Forestry--Federal-provincial jurisdiction; Job creation--Small business; Government programs and services--Grants and subsidies; Natural Resources Department; Telefilm Canada

Government motions see instead Motions--Special debates

Government Operations Standing Committee

>>Orders of reference
>>>Public Works and Government Services, estimates, 1994-1995, main, consideration, extension, M. (Bouchard), agreed to, 4586
>>>Privy Council, estimates, 1995-1996, main, consideration, extension, M. (Bouchard), agreed to, 12965
>>Reports, presented
>>>First (Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-52)), 7893
>>>Second (Public Service Staff Relations Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.)(Bill C-58)), 10080
>>>Third (Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65)), 10196
>>>Fourth (Royal Canadian Mint Act (amdt.)(Bill C-82)), 14094
>>>Fifth (National Housing Act (amdt.)(C-108), 16697
>>See also Government contracts; Government programs and services--Duplication and overlap; Postal rates--Review; Postal service--Regulations; Public Service--Annual report--Contracting out policy

Government Orders see Procedure

Government Organization Act (Federal Agencies)(Bill C-65)--President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister responsible for Public Service Renewal (Massé)

>>First reading, 9068
>>Second reading, 9267-71, 9284-311, 9348-55, 9435-6
>>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 9631-2
>>Government Operations Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 9631-2
>>>Reported, with amdts., 10196
>>Report stage, 14378-90, 14407-8
>>>Motions
>>>>(Bélisle), 14378, negatived, on recorded division, 14407
>>>>(Bellemare), 14379, agreed to, on recorded division, 14408
>>>>(Epp), 14386, 14388-9, negatived, on recorded division, 14408
>>>>(Fillion), 14378-9, negatived, on recorded division, 14407
>>>>(Godin), 14378, negatived, on recorded division, 14407
>>>>(Laurin), 14379, negatived, on recorded division, 14407
>>>>(Marchand), 14378-9, negatived, on recorded division, 14407
>>>>(Rocheleau), 14378, negatived, on recorded division, 14407
>>>Concurrence, M. (Massé), agreed to, on recorded division, 14408
>>Third reading, M. (Rock), agreed to, on division, 14497, passed
>>Senate passage, 14499
>>Royal Assent, 14500, Chap. 29, S.C. 1995
>>See also Government departments, board, agencies and commissions--Reorganization

Government policies

>>Auditor General commenting, 2817
>>Condemning, S.O. 31, 15965
>>Liberal-Conservative, similarities, 2142-3
>>Public consultation, 550-2, 1880, 2115
>>Reviews, Feb. 22/94 budget, precluding, 1784

Government procurement see Government contracts--Purchases

Government programs and services

>>18 new spending programs, Feb. 22/94 budget announcement, 1765-6, 1813, 1819, 2117, 3027
>>Accountability, 11385, 16497
>>>"Taxpayers' bill of rights", 9890-1
>>Aging society, 7003
>>Alberta share, 1057-8
>>>See also Government programs and services--Cost-shared programs
>>Audits and evaluations, 741-2, 749, 1158-9, 1173-5, 1265, 1267, 1881, 1886, 16489-90
>>>Auditor General 1993 report, recommendations, 2156-7, 2203, 2502-3, 16490
>>>"Departmental Outlooks" reports, 13379
>>>Public Accounts Standing Committee reviewing, 2815, 16491
>>>Relevancy and efficiency, Auditor General reports, value, 2810, 2814
>>>See also Aboriginal peoples; Government programs and services--Review
>>Basic services, national standards, provincial jurisdiction, infringement
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 1051-3, 13091-5, 13409-10
>>>International comparisons, 1051
>>>Transfer payments ceilings and cut-backs, impact, 1050-1
>>>See also Equalization payments--Objectives
>>British Columbia disadvantaged, per capita basis, 1131
>>Bureaucracy, growth, 5560
>>Commercialization/merging, 1333
>>Contracting out, 6507-8, 6529
>>>Private sector, unfair competition, 16845
>>>>Engineering/architectural organizations, opinion, 16845, 16847-8
>>>Treasury Board annual report, publication delay, S.O. 31, 12367
>>Cost-benefit analysis, 1140, 10416
>>Cost effectiveness, 708-9
>>>Legislation (Bill C-332), 13415
>>>Revolving fund, use, proposal, 7251
>>>S.O. 31, 1419-20
>>Cost-recovery, 13379, 13388, 13395-6
>>>See also Federal Business Development Bank--Counsellor Assistance for Small Enterprise; Government programs and services--User fees
>>Cost-shared programs
>>>Atlantic provinces, S.O. 31, 5335-6
>>>Environmental protection and enforcement, Alberta, S.O. 31, 4816
>>>Federal government opting out, impact, 1039, 1048, 1191, 2079, 11305
>>>Federal government spending power, invasion of provincial jurisdictions, 1039, 1152-5, 4443, 4446
>>>National standards, federal government imposing, 2079
>>>Provinces with larger fiscal capacity, favouring, 1039, 1050
>>>r.o., 11415
>>Costs of proposed programs, determining, 13374-5
>>>See also Program Cost Declaration Act (Bill C-332)
>>Decentralization, 2960-1, 7197, 16454-5, 16703
>>>Reform Party position, 16421
>>Declaration of quality service, 5042
>>Delivery
>>>Affordable and efficient manner, Liberal Party election promise, 5042, 6375, 6398, 6944-5, 6960, 6965, 6967-71, 6973-4, 7005, 7008, 7251, 7384, 16548
>>>Computerization, role, 16526
>>>Decentralization, 16496
>>>Electronic procurement and settlement system (EPS), 7252
>>>Fees, 16849-50
>>>Improvements, cost-savings, 5046, 6396, 6398, 6581-2, 7252-3, 13420-1, 16450, 16497, 16845-6, 16848, 16850-1
>>>Inefficient, 6451-2
>>>Lowest level possible, 4749, 6662, 8049-50, 8567, 8570, 16529
>>>Municipalities, 2096
>>>Streamlining, 11416-7, 16474
>>>System, cut-backs, 2101
>>>Technology use, 1169-73, 5044
>>Departmental review, 11385, 13330
>>Duplication and overlap, eliminating, 2062, 2502, 3614, 4145-6, 4310, 4561, 4565, 4669, 4787, 6117, 6119, 6128-31, 6157, 6161, 6165, 6168-9, 6189, 6229, 6239, 6375, 6395-6, 6398, 6450, 6481, 6505-6, 6508, 6531, 6538-40, 6573-5, 6578-9, 6761-2, 6809, 6811, 6956, 7006, 7156, 7246-7, 7249-52, 7258, 8320, 8365, 8772, 8774, 9269, 9284, 10727, 10964, 11391, 16553, 16703, 16844-5, 17716
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 4805, 13136
>>>>o.q, 6637
>>>Cost-savings, 6610-1, 7249, 7251, 8573, 13330, 14497
>>>Departmental reviews, 6609, 6618, 13314, 13330
>>>Federal-provincial centres, 5043
>>>Government Operations Standing Committee review, 2780
>>>Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Massé reviewing, 3017, 5941, 8056-7
>>>o.q., 5941, 6220, 6773, 9608-9, 9782, 10474, 15806-7, 16319
>>>Quebec proposal, 17749
>>>See also Government programs and services--Federal-provincial duplication
>>Effectiveness, Auditor General 1994 report, 9965-6
>>>S.O. 31, 8168
>>Expenditures
>>>.7% net increase, 5031
>>>$16.9 billion reduction over next three years, 11422
>>>1995-1998 growth rate, projections, 11276
>>>New initiatives, funding from exist budgets, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10098
>>>Over $250 million in 1993-94, qu., 4402
>>>Reduction, 1758, 6507, 13060, 13388-9
>>>>3.2%, Feb. 22/94 budget measures, 1759, 1873
>>>>7.3%, Feb. 27/95 budget measures, 11301, 13309
>>>>Finance Standing Committee recommendations, employment equity, retaining, S.O. 31, 8823-4
>>>>Reallocation to other programs, 1760
>>>>Reform Party position, 2112-3, 2209, 2231, 3019, 6609
>>>>To $108 billion from $120 billion by 1996-97, Feb. 27/95 budget statement, 10095, 10107, 10109, 11257, 11284, 11288, 11391, 11822, 13217, 13289
>>>>>o.q., 10147
>>>>Unemployment insurance programs, percentage, o.q., 17275-6
>>Federal-provincial duplication, 33, 38, 46, 51-3, 200, 240, 539, 551, 616-8, 684-5, 696, 725-6, 756, 761-4, 777, 808, 827, 840, 1111, 1152-5, 1162-3, 1165, 1167-9, 1176, 1191-4, 1198-9, 1202-3, 1205-6, 1209-10, 1212-3, 1225, 1244, 1257, 1266, 1269-70, 1280, 1284, 1759, 1780, 1789, 1821, 1825-6, 1848, 1880-1, 1884, 1926, 2093-4, 2599, 2877, 3744, 4913-4, 6573, 6629, 6661, 6704, 6725, 6727, 6800, 6838, 6990, 7079-80, 7254-5, 7280-1, 7620, 7637-8, 7641, 8500, 8502, 9664-5, 10238, 10636, 12804, 13114, 13119-20, 13408, 16454
>>>$1 billion cost, Quebec, 3018
>>>Costs, 2067, 2157-8, 11306, 11423-4, 13250-1, 16454
>>>>o.q., 14767
>>>>Treasury Board study, 7435
>>>Deficit reduction, hindering, 696, 1268, 6574
>>>Eliminating, 6684, 11333, 11418, 11593-4, 13258, 16490-1
>>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, measures, lack, 2048
>>>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, statement, 10102, 10104, 10109, 10116, 10118, 11385, 11388, 11398
>>>>>o.q., 10265-6
>>>>Cost savings, 6609, 6810, 7133, 8570, 13256-7
>>>>Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-96), role, 16520
>>>>o.q., 10659, 14766-8, 15218, 15287
>>>>Reform Party position, 5559
>>>Federal-provincial agreements, 12802
>>>>o.q., 9727-8
>>>o.q., 1914, 1918-9, 3234-5, 3387-8, 4387-8, 9725-7, 9946
>>>Parti Quebecois, negotiating, refusal, o.q., 15702
>>>Provincial jurisdiction, federal government withdrawal, transfer of tax points as compensation, 13297
>>>>o.q., 15806-7
>>>Quebec independence, cost-savings, re-investment, 2049, 2051
>>>See also Business--Competitiveness; Deficit; Small business--Assistance
>>French language services, 6422
>>>Francophones outside of Quebec, o.q., 11141
>>>Official Languages Commissioner's reports, o.q., 9729-30, 11755
>>Funding
>>>RRSPs, use, 7088
>>>Tax points, federal government transfer, 13242
>>Grants and subsidies, 15475, 15488, 15496, 15790
>>>Reduction, 5031, 6151-3, 13404, 13418-9
>>>S.O. 31, 15338, 15396
>>Individuals, eligibility, information access, 2515-7
>>Information, access, confidentiality, 6948-9, 6951-60, 6976, 6989-90, 6994, 7000-2, 7005-7
>>>Inmates, 6949, 6954, 6960, 6967, 6989, 7001
>>>RCMP, access, 6946, 6949, 6952-4, 6967, 6989, 6992, 6994, 7001
>>>War crimes, 6946, 6949, 6953-4, 6960, 6967, 7001
>>Information sources, 2814-5
>>Information system
>>>Blueprint for Using Information Technology in Renewing Government Services, o.q., 7184-5
>>>Government telecommunications and informatics service (GTIS), 7251-2
>>>Improvements needed, 1290-1
>>>Public Works and Government Service Department, condemning, 6572, 6574-6, 6583
>>>Technological/human face, o.q., 4828
>>>Voice mailbox, use
>>>>Discontinuing when dealing with senior citizens, 8584
>>>>>Petitions, 9068, 9070, 9475-6, 9537, 9660, 9785, 9957, 10393-4, 10520, 10959, 11066-7, 11255-6, 11354, 11619, 11685, 12420, 12727-8, 14412-3
>>>>Opposing, petition, 12259
>>Local community service centres, Quebec instituting and funding, 2079, 4671-2
>>Low-priority programs, eliminating, 2780
>>National standards, 8049, 13257-8, 16490, 16558
>>>Eliminating, 13297
>>>Imposing, without funding, 10104
>>>>o.q., 15646
>>>Maintaining, Feb. 27/95 budget measures, 13347-8
>>One-stop shopping, Feb. 22/94 budget proposal, 2051, 2067
>>Outdated programs, eliminating, 1789
>>Privatization/commercialization, 6507, 6529
>>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, statement, 10098, 10127, 10161, 10178, 10314
>>Public demand, response to election promises, 13342-3
>>Public input, Suggestion Award Program, 815
>>Reduction, 6919
>>Reform Party position, 7294
>>Reimbursement, provincial, municipal, 6960
>>Results oriented management, 16489-90
>>Review, 6149, 6425, 6830, 6835, 6867, 7192-3, 8500-1, 8567, 8588, 10313-5, 11422, 13314, 13379, 13387-9, 13403-6, 16491
>>>Annual report, Strengthening Government Review, tabled, 16489
>>>Bloc Québécois position, 2802, 16490
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94 statement, 5043
>>>Public consultations, 8573
>>>Statement by Minister (Eggleton), 16489-91
>>Senior citizen needs, reflecting, petition, 5585-6
>>Service-oriented, 1880
>>Service standards, establishing, 5042-3
>>Statutory expenditures, review, 7894, 11217-25
>>>See also Statutory Program Evaluation Act (Bill C-289)
>>Sunset clauses, including, 1902
>>Target, highest priority needs, 1879-80
>>Technology, 6965-7, 6973-5, 7005
>>Translation bureau, Public Works and Government Services Department, incorporation, 7249-50
>>>See also Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (Bill C-52)
>>User fees, increase, 10108-9
>>Waste, eliminating, 1267, 1280, 1760, 1882-3, 2050, 2073, 2158, 4673, 5636, 6529, 6727, 7163, 7294, 11361, 11422
>>>o.q., 10516
>>Women, impact, government considering, 1889, 15413
>>See also Regional development--Quebec; Science and technology; Senior citizens; Sustainable development--Environmental industry strategy

Government properties

>>Quebec, 9210
>>>r.o., 10013-4, 10114
>>See also Government accommodation/buildings

Government publications

>>Unilingual, in language of recipient, availability, 3174, 3177-9

Government regulations see Regulations

Government revenues

>>$6.5 billion unpaid taxes, Auditor General 1994 report, S.O. 31, 8168
>>1993-1994, $127 billion, 1813
>>$46.1 billion increase, Léo-Paul Lauzon study, 3036
>>Breakdown, 7954
>>Budget estimates, legislation
>>>Review, 2204, 6662-70
>>>See also Financial Administration and Auditor General Acts (amdt.--review of budget speech)(Bill C-245)
>>Decline, 2110
>>Growth, 1902
>>>$16.5 billion over three years, Reform Party proposal, 2059-60
>>>1982 recession/recovery, comparison, 2197
>>>1995-1998, forecasts, 11276
>>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, projections, 2102, 2143, 2197, 2204-5
>>>>o.q., 2790
>>GST revenues, decline, 3015, 8063
>>Increasing, 3804
>>>Economic activity, government encouraging, 1818
>>>Economic growth, relationship, 2074
>>>GDP, relationship, 743-4
>>>o.q., 945
>>National debt interest charges, impact, 11257, 11302
>>Parliamentary control, 7242
>>Sales taxes, stable source, 3286
>>Tax revenues
>>>$1.5-2 billion, Feb. 27/95 budget measures, 13060
>>>Decline, 3015
>>>See also Infrastructure program
>>Underground economy, impact, 8063
>>User fees, o.q., 1380-1
>>See also Deficit--Reduction; Government expenditures--Exceeding; Social security system; Taxation--Underground economy; Tobacco/cigarette smuggling--Government strategy; Unemployment

Government Services Department see Public Works and Government Services Department

>>Government subsidies see MacMillan Bloedel Ltd; Special interest groups; Subsidies

Government telecommunications and informatics system (GTIS) see Government programs and services--Information system

Government travel

>>Air travel, economy class, use, S.O. 31, 3039
>>Cost, LGen Scott Clément, o.q., 7509-10
>>See also Public Service

Government videos

>>Costs, 2842
>>>o.q., 573

Governor General

>>Appointment process, Serré proposals, S.O. 31, 9054-5
>>Electing
>>>Senate role, McWhinney proposal, 5001
>>>S.O. 31, 1912, 7419
>>Hnatyshyn, Right Hon. Ramon,
>>>Travel, Ottawa-Arizona return trips, Challenger Jet fleet use, cost
>>>>o.q., 1799-800, 1856-7
>>>>S.O. 31, 2168
>>>See also Multiculturalism--Canadian coat of arms
>>Income tax, exemption, fairness, 539, 8098
>>>o.q., 384, 9278
>>LeBlanc, Right Hon. Roméo, appointment
>>>First Atlantic Canadian and first Acadian, o.q., 8170
>>>Installation, Feb. 8/95
>>>>Installation addresses see Appendices to Hansard
>>>>o.q., 9419
>>>>S.O. 31, 9321, 9324, 9416
>>>Rescinding, requesting, o.q., 8170-1
>>>S.O. 31, 8115, 8240-1
>>>Statement by Minister (J. Chrétien), 8097-8
>>>"Unwise and inappropriate", Manning statement, 8097-8
>>Office budget, 2842
>>Pay and perks, review, 8098
>>>o.q., 1800
>>Position, abolishing, 4681, 9351, 12161
>>Residence, Rideau Hall, Christmas tree presentation, S.O. 31, 16826
>>Salary, freeze, two year period, Feb. 22/95 budget measure, 2779
>>Selection process
>>>Patronage, 9351
>>>>o.q., 8170-1
>>>Public consultation, 8098
>>See also Parliament--35th; Procedure--Oral questions; Throne Speech

Governor General's Act see Budget Implementation Act, 1994 (Bill C-17)

Governor General's Awards see Education, post-secondary--Environmental sciences; Women--Persons case

Governor General's Medal of Bravery

>>Goodridge, Scott Edward, recipient, S.O. 31, 13588-9

Governor in Council see Aboriginal land claims--Yukon Territory

Governor in Council appointments see Order in Council appointments/appointees

Governors Cup see Baseball--International League

Governors General see Lord Aberdeen

Governors Island accords see Haiti--Democratic government, restoring

Gowan, Howard see Mental health

Graham, Bill (L--Rosedale)

>>Aboriginal land claims, 17379
>>>M. on supply (Duncan), 17277-9
>>Aboriginal people, 17377-8
>>Agriculture, M. on supply (Marchand), 3670-2
>>AIDS
>>>o.q., 11142, 14998
>>>Petition, 17092
>>Bosnia-Herzegovina
>>>M. (Collenette), 11239-41
>>>M. (Collenette), 17165, 17184-6, 17188
>>>o.q., 2126
>>Budget, Feb. 22/94, M. for approval (P. Martin), 1781, 1822, 2111-4
>>Budget, M. on supply (Williams), 7196
>>Canadian Heritage Department, 7196
>>Child care, 873
>>Courts, S.O. 31, 16610
>>Crime, 6045
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 6045, 13935-8
>>Cruise missile testing, M. (Collenette), 404-6
>>Cuba, 16655-6
>>>o.q., 14023
>>Cultural industry, 14824-5
>>Cultural Property Export and Import Act, Income Tax Act and Tax Court of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-93), 15005-7
>>Culture, 16018-9
>>Deficit, 1781
>>Department of External Affairs Act (amdt.)(Bill C-47), 9203
>>Developing countries, 7331-2
>>Drug abuse, S.O. 31, 17700
>>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, S.O. 31, 4340-1
>>Economic recovery, 1822
>>Economy, o.q., 16837
>>Elections, 4017
>>Employment equity, 15224-5
>>Employment Equity Act (Bill C-64), 15224-5
>>Evergreen Foundation, S.O. 31, 3324
>>Excise Tax Act and Income Tax Act (amdt.)(Bill C-103), 14822-5, 16017-9
>>Exports, 7196
>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee, reports, 9203, 10836, 12726
>>Foreign affairs policy, M. (Ouellet), 2336-8
>>Forestry, 2337
>>Gatt, 3671, 7330-4
>>GDP, 2336
>>Government programs and services, 2112-3
>>Graham, references, 2111
>>Gun control/guns, 6549
>>>o.q., 6039
>>Health care, S.O. 31, 11983
>>Housing, 1822
>>Infrastructure program, 2113
>>International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 8933
>>International development, S.O. 31, 9272
>>International Human Rights Day, S.O. 31, 8932
>>International relations, 2336
>>Job creation, o.q., 16837
>>Justice system, 6045, 13935-8
>>Literacy, S.O. 31, 5654-5, 9775
>>MIddle EAst, S.O. 31, 14806
>>Multiculturalism, 7256-7
>>Municipal infrastructure, M. (Gilmour), 14305-6
>>National debt, 7196
>>National unity, 2114
>>Nuclear weapons, 404-5
>>Old age pensions, 1781
>>Peacekeeping, 2336
>>>M. (Ouellet), 5995-6
>>Penitentiaries, 6045
>>Political parties, M. (Plamondon), 4016-7
>>Procedure, question and comment period, 594
>>Publishing industry, 14822-3, 16019
>>Quebec
>>>M. (J. Chrétien), 17342-3
>>>M. on supply (Duceppe), 8804
>>References, 2113-4
>>>Maiden speech, 2111
>>Rosedale constituency, 2111-2, 7255-7
>>RRSPs, S.O. 31, 8166
>>Rwanda, 3979
>>>o.q., 3652
>>Same-sex couples, petition, 14024
>>Sexual orientation, 2112
>>>Petitions, 8760, 9114, 15222
>>>S.O. 31, 6379, 8823
>>Small business, 2112
>>Social security system, 2112
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 872-4
>>South China Sea, 2337
>>Sri Lanka, o.q., 17039
>>Textile and clothing industry, 7331
>>The Philippines, S.O. 31, 5149
>>Trade, 2337, 7331-4
>>>o.q., 4992
>>Training programs, 872-3, 2112
>>Unemployment, 873
>>Unemployment insurance, 2113
>>United Nations, 2336
>>United Nations Year for Tolerance, 8933
>>University research, S.O. 31, 7500-1
>>Women, M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 1973
>>World AIDS Day, S.O. 31, 8471, 17079
>>World Trade Organization, 2337
>>World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-57), 7330-4