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Heroin see Drugs and pharmaceuticals--Controlled drugs and substances

Herring see Fisheries--Native-only commercial fishery--Heiltsuk band

Herzegovina see Bosnia and Herzegovina

Heterosexuals see Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act

Hezbollah militia see Lebanon--Israeli attacks

Hibernia development project see Oil and gas industry

Hickey, Bonnie (L--St. John's East)

>>Boats/boating, S.O. 31, 3310
>>Canadian Coast Guard, S.O. 31, 3253
>>Constitution, M. (Rock), 3292-4, 3328, 3336, 3358, 3362
>>Crime, petition, 4461
>>Defence equipment, S.O. 31, 9015-6
>>Education, 3292-3, 3328, 3336
>>Gun control/guns, S.O. 31, 7138
>>Health, S.O. 31, 5366, 9987
>>Health Standing Committee, reports, 9804, 10143
>>International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, S.O. 31, 4933
>>Mining industry, S.O. 31, 5554
>>Neary, Steve, 3828-9
>>Newfoundland, S.O. 31, 918, 3708, 4070
>>Non-governmental organizations, petition, 4461
>>Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia), , S.O. 31, 4449
>>Ports, S.O. 31, 9320
>>Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, S.O. 31, 4624
>>Smallwood, Clara Isabelle, S.O. 31, 1838
>>Veterans benefits, petition, 4461
>>Veterans, S.O. 31, 6257-8
>>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 9648

High income earners see Income tax

High-risk offenders see Dangerous/high-risk offenders

High school students see Students

High schools see Schools

High speed trains see Mirabel International Airport; Rail passenger service; Rail transportation/railways

High technology industries

>>Capital needs, tax policy, relationship, S.O. 31, 6740
>>Employment opportunities, 6018
>>>Canadian workers, shortage, youth employment strategy, addressing, o.q., 9330
>>>Immigrants, high technology skills, encouraging, o.q., 9330
>>>Skills needs, S.O. 31, 9795-6
>>Investment costs, 1796
>>National Capital Region, 6245
>>>S.O. 31, 5677
>>See also Economic development/renewal

Highway 50 see Highways and roads--Quebec

>>Highway 401 see Highways and roads--Highway 416
>>Highway 416 see Highways and roads

Highways and roads

>>Aging, outdated, 8075, 8105-6
>>Alaska Highway, construction, incomplete, S.O. 31, 1457
>>Bella Coola, B.C., privately constructed, 5852
>>Construction and maintenance, federal government expenditure
>>>Percentage of gasoline tax revenues, dedicating to, 7165, 7280, 8048, 8071, 8106-7, 8421-2
>>>>o.q., 318
>>>>Petition, 2484, 3723, 8514-5, 8695, 9333, 9702, 9807, 10239
>>>>United States system, comparison, 8101
>>>Reform Party position, 4366
>>Federal expenditures, Quebec, 8961-2
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 8075, 8077, 8100, 8105-6, 8562, 8962
>>>Transferring completely to provinces, 8564
>>>>With portion of gasoline tax revenues, 8077-8
>>Government economic policies, relationship, 8976-8
>>Highway 416, Ottawa, Ont. to Highway 401, construction, 8105
>>National network, rehabilitation/upgrading
>>>Federal-provincial co-operation, necessity, 8105-6
>>>Federal-provincial study, 8105
>>>Federal responsibility, 8100
>>>Funding
>>>>Federal funding
>>>>>$392 million, 8052, 8075, 8105
>>>>>Federal-provincial agreements, 8052-3, 8075-6, 8100, 8105-6
>>>>>Infrastructure program, 8076
>>>>>Quebec share, 8080
>>>>Federal-provincial co-operation, 8562
>>>>>Petition, 277, 976, 1428, 6377, 6670, 7089, 7393-4, 7431-4, 7525, 7585-6, 7615, 7722-3, 7747-8, 7841, 7892-5, 7927, 8018-9, 8045, 8145, 8201-2, 8233-4, 8316-7, 8359, 8453, 8514-5, 8663, 8694-5, 8785, 8844, 8869-70, 8956, 9090, 9134, 9332-3, 9387-8, 9418, 9515, 9610, 9658-9, 9805-6, 9847, 9939-40, 9999, 10145, 10239
>>>>Long-term, stable, 8048
>>>>Public-private partnerships, shadow tolling, etc., 8048, 8071, 8075-7, 8106-7, 8561-4, 10055-6
>>>>Reform Party position, 8100
>>>>User fees, 8076-7
>>>Infrastructure program, establishing, petition, 9089
>>>o.q., 10232
>>>Pilot projects, Quebec, etc., 8057
>>>>Rivière-de-Loup, Que. to Edmundston, N.B., 8562-5
>>>Strategy, Transport Standing Committee report, 8057, 8071, 8075-7, 8104-6, 8562
>>>>Liberal Party rhetoric, contradicting witnesses, etc., 8048, 8050-2
>>>>Reform Party minority report, 8071
>>>>See also Transport Standing Committee--Reports, Sixth
>>National strategy, development, federal-provincial co-operation, petition, 8957
>>Ontario, Cochrane to Moosonee, construction, petition, 8233-4
>>Privatization, Reform Party position, 5846-7
>>Quebec, Highway 50, Mirabel-Lachute, second stage, 11 kilometre, $19 million project, S.O. 31, 231
>>Rural Canada/natural resource industries, importance to, Natural Resources Standing Committee study, 8075-7
>>Safety
>>>National Road Safety Week, statement by Minister (Anderson), 2947-9
>>>Road Safety Vision 2001 program, o.q., 5422-3
>>Saskatchewan, federal government funding, infrastructure program, etc., 8066, 8068
>>Tolls system, establishing, Reform Party position, 7281
>>Tourism, relationship, 8074-5, 8105, 8564
>>Trade, international, interprovincial, relationship, 8105
>>Trans-Canada Highway
>>>Construction between 1949 and 1971, 8075
>>>Saskatchewan, upgrading, funding, federal-provincial cost-share
>>>>o.q., 529
>>>>S.O. 31, 6606
>>>>Twinning, federal-provincial funding, 8100
>>>Substandard, 8100
>>>Twinning, Kenora, Ont. to Vancouver, B.C., S.O. 31, 5803
>>Trans-Labrador Highway,
>>>Churchill Falls to Goose Bay, cost-sharing agreement, o.q., 529
>>>o.q., 6449
>>>Private sector constructing, tolls, Reform Party position, 5845
>>Vancouver, B.C., freeway, outdated, 8073-4
>>See also Indians/First Nations--Powers; Nisga'a land claim--Agreement in principle

Hijacking

>>School bus by young offenders, Okanagan--Simalkameen--Merritt constituency, S.O. 31, 3199-200
>>See also Egypt Air

Hill Cam see Parliament Buildings

Hill, Grant (REF--Macleod)

>>Alcohol, 3431
>>Blood
>>>o.q., 586-7, 709-10, 768, 1172, 1425, 1550, 1846, 6370, 6447, 6751, 6793-4, 6907, 7036, 7085, 7143-4, 7240, 7579, 7662, 7714, 7785-6, 7835, 9747
>>>S.O. 31, 1164, 4220
>>Budget 1997, M. (P. Martin), 9192
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 740
>>Canadian Armed Forces, 738-40
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2405-6
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 9673
>>Committees, 740
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5750, 5755-8
>>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-8), 4166-7
>>Crime, petition, 4236
>>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-234), 7429-30
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--aiding suicide)(Bill C-304), 8761-2
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9673
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 4259-60
>>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), 5177-8
>>Department of Health Act (Bill C-18), 1388
>>Discrimination and racism, 2405
>>Drug/substance abuse, 4166-7
>>Drugs and pharmaceuticals, 4166-7
>>>o.q., 41, 9279, 9485-6
>>>Petition, 9807
>>>S.O. 31, 4855, 8584, 9268
>>Economic development/renewal, M. on supply (Strahl), 778-80
>>Education, post-secondary, 5757
>>Elections, S.O. 31, 4980
>>Francophones outside Quebec, o.q., 8590
>>Goods and Services Tax, petition, 8694
>>Gun control/guns, 779, 5178
>>Health
>>>o.q., 5424, 5957
>>>S.O. 31, 580
>>Health care system, 740, 5757-8, 9193-4
>>>o.q., 241, 427, 5736-7, 5957, 8509, 8590-1, 8654, 8731, 8780
>>Hemp, 4166-7
>>Hill, G., references, 2405
>>House of Commons, 740
>>Human Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Act (Bill C-47), 5965-6
>>Hydro-electric power, 778-9
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 5757
>>National Defence and Veterans Affairs Standing Committee, 738-9
>>Parliamentary Press Gallery, petition, 189
>>Parole, 4259-60
>>>Petitions, 189, 2189, 3721
>>Pornography, petition, 8694
>>Privilege, prima facie, contempt of Parliament, M. (Hart), 738-40
>>Procedure
>>>Decorum, 5756
>>>Divisions, recorded, 6505
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 5756
>>>Question be now put, M., 7124
>>Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee, M. (Boudria), 256-9, 264
>>Public safety, 5177
>>Quebec, 739-40
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 739
>>References
>>>Association with homosexual community, family members, etc., 2405
>>>See also HIV/AIDS--Contracting
>>Reform Party, 738-9, 5756
>>Reproductive technologies, 5966
>>Sexual assault, 2057
>>Sexual orientation, 2405-6
>>>Petition, 8694
>>Speakership, 5755-8
>>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 7121-4, 8436, 8579-80, 8706-8
>>Tobacco industry, 7122-3, 8436, 8706-8
>>>o.q., 6492, 6558
>>>S.O. 31, 6743
>>Tobacco products, 3430-1, 7123, 8579-80, 8706, 8708
>>>o.q., 6858, 9084, 9217
>>Tobacco Products Control Act (amdt.)(Bill C-24), 3430-1
>>Universities/colleges, 2406
>>Victims of crime, M. on supply (R. White), 2057-8
>>Volunteers, S.O. 31, 3417

Hill, Jay (REF--Prince George--Peace River)

>>Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (Bill C-34), 5920-1, 9864-5, 9868
>>Agricultural products, 5821, 5920-1, 9868-9, 9899
>>Agriculture, 9864, 9868, 9898-9
>>Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 416
>>Bishop of the Arctic of the Church of England in Canada Incorporation Act (amdt.)(Bill S-15), 9628
>>Bombardier Inc., 9899
>>Books, 9008-10
>>British Columbia, M. on supply (Duncan), 4841-2, 4844-5, 4874, 4889
>>Broadcasting Act (amdt.--broadcasting policy)(Bill C-216), 4531
>>Budget 1996, M. (P. Martin), 415-8, 447
>>Budget 1997, 9566
>>>S.O. 31, 8007
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1997 (Bill C-93), 9565-7
>>Business, 415, 7801
>>Cabinet Ministers, 7802
>>Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act (amdt.)(Bill C-63), 6737, 6763
>>Canada Foundation for Innovation, 9567
>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, 9567, 9951
>>Canada Pension Plan, 9951
>>>S.O. 31, 4663, 8503, 8589-90
>>Canadian Coast Guard, 5182, 5186, 5193
>>Canadian flag, o.q., 5112-3
>>Canadian Food Inspection Act (Bill C-60), 7565, 7567-8
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2454-5
>>Canadian Wheat Board, 9864-5, 9897-8
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.--audit)(Bill C-212), 3673-4
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-72), 8238
>>Capital punishment, 245, 2790-3, 3881, 4614-5, 6709, 9675, 9958
>>Census (1996), M. (Grey), 6776-8
>>Child prostitution, 9674
>>Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation, 5069, 5074, 5121
>>>S.O. 31, 30799
>>Child support payments, 5025-8, 5071, 6039-42, 6051-2, 6075-6, 6080, 6082, 8149-52
>>Committees, 5751
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5741, 5747-8, 5750-1, 5754, 5758, 5762, 5813, 5817-22, 5868
>>Copyright Act (amdt.)(Bill C-32), 9008-10
>>Corporations, 416
>>Crime prevention, 9675-6
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 9666-7, 9674-7
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal organizations)(Bill C-95), 9956, 9958
>>Criminal Code (amdt--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45), 3880-2, 3886, 4614-5, 4620, 5005-6
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--operation while impaired)(Bill C-201), 2923-4
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings (Bill C-46), 7677-80
>>Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--capital punishment)(Bill C-218), 245, 2790-3
>>Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--capital punishment)(Bill C-354), 6709
>>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), 5069, 5071-4, 5076, 5121, 5124
>>Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17), 9427-8, 9434-5
>>Criminals, 5073
>>Crop insurance, 5920
>>Dangerous/high-risk offenders, 5071-4, 5076, 5121
>>Deficit, 447, 9566, 9951
>>>S.O. 31, 8726-7
>>Department of Human Resources Development Act (Bill C-11), 1358-9
>>Divorce, 5023-7, 6041-2, 6076, 8127, 8149-51
>>>Petition, 8145
>>Divorce Act (amdt.--joint custody)(Bill C-242), 975
>>Divorce Act, Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and Canada Shipping Act (amdt.)(Bill C-41), 5023-8, 6039-42, 6051-2, 6075-7, 6080-2, 8127, 8149-50
>>Economic development/renewal, 416-7, 5999, 6015, 6020, 9951-2, 9954
>>>M. on supply (Rocheleau), 8966-7
>>Education, petition, 4236
>>Education, post-secondary, S.O. 31, 420
>>Elections, 6737, 6763
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7017, 7060-1, 7159-60, 7303-4, 7801-2, 7906-7, 7977-8, 7989-90
>>Family income, o.q., 9020
>>Farm Debt Mediation Act (Bill C-38), 9896-9
>>Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec, 8966
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, 1358-9
>>Female genital mutilation (excision), 9674
>>Food, 9896
>>Foreign aid, 6025-6
>>Gangs, 9958
>>Gasoline/automotive fuels, 5252, 5254, 5261, 5264-8, 5722
>>Gasoline taxes, petition, 267
>>Goods and Services Tax, 5820, 7017, 7060-1, 7160, 7303-4, 7801, 7906, 7977-8, 7989-90
>>>o.q., 7517-8
>>Government, 5821-2, 9567
>>Government expenditures, 415, 9951
>>Government grants/loans, 9952-3
>>Government programs and services, 9566, 9952
>>Government revenues, 447, 9533, 9951
>>Grain marketing, 5921, 9898
>>>M. on supply (Hermanson), 4126, 4133-5
>>Grain, S.O. 31, 5236
>>Grain transportation, 5921
>>Gun control/guns, 3882, 4614, 5072, 9428, 9434
>>Health care system, 9567
>>Highways and roads
>>>Petition, 7894-5, 8515
>>>S.O. 31, 1457
>>Income tax, 9533-4, 9566-7
>>>o.q., 9655-6
>>>S.O. 31, 1457
>>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9532-4, 9951-4
>>Infrastructure program, 8966
>>Job creation, 416-7
>>Justice system, 4614, 5006, 9427-8, 9675-7
>>Labour relations, M. (Johnston), 9786-7, 9790
>>Legislation, 5024, 5920, 7303, 7568, 9896-7
>>Liberal government (Chrétien), 7801-2
>>Lobbyists, 416
>>Manganese-based Fuel Additives Act (Bill C-29), 5252, 5254, 5261, 5264-8, 5722-3
>>Members of Parliament, 5750, 7801
>>Murder, 5006
>>>S.O. 31, 6052
>>National debt, 416, 447, 9566, 9951
>>National unity, 5751
>>Nisga'a land claim, S.O. 31, 6658
>>North American Aerospace Defence Command, M. (L. Axworthy), 515
>>North American Free Trade Agreement, 7801-2
>>Nunziata, references, 7160, 7304
>>Oceans Act (Bill C-26), 5181, 5186, 5193
>>Oil and gas industry, 5267
>>Oil refineries, 5265-6
>>Parole, 3880-2, 4614-5, 5005-6, 5024-5, 5071, 5073, 5076, 9434-5, 9674-5, 9958
>>>M. on supply (Ramsay), 8852, 8858-9, 8865
>>Penitentiaries, 5071, 5073, 7643
>>Politicians, 7802
>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4946-8, 7643
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 6075, 6081
>>>Bills, Private Members' Public, 2793
>>>Debate, 8566
>>>Dress code, 7680
>>>Members' remarks, 7062, 7129, 8865
>>>Minister's/Prime Minister's statements, 8148
>>>Oral questions, 8840
>>>Question and comment period, 5813, 5821-2, 6025, 8146, 9946-7
>>Promises, 5820
>>Propane, petition, 6955, 7040
>>Property rights, M. (Gilmour), 4835-6
>>Public safety, 5006, 9435, 9666
>>Public Service
>>>o.q., 8838-9
>>>S.O. 31, 3919-20
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, M. on supply (Gauthier), 2879, 2909
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 2879
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (post 1995), 2909
>>References see Canadian Wheat Board--Modernizing
>>Reform Party, 5750, 6737
>>>S.O. 31, 8901
>>Same-sex couples, 2455, 3881
>>Senate, 8152
>>Sentences (convicted criminals), 3881, 7643, 7679-80, 9427-8, 9434, 9666, 9675, 9677
>>>o.q., 6061-2, 9604
>>Sex offenders, 9666-7
>>Sexual assault/offences, 7677-80, 9427
>>Sexual orientation, 2454-5
>>Somalia, 7568, 8148
>>>o.q., 8091, 8136-7
>>Speakership, 5747-8, 5750-1, 5754, 5758, 5762, 5819-21
>>Stalking, 9674-5
>>Taxation, 9566, 9951
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Sheridan), 5999, 6015, 6020, 6025-6
>>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 8738-9
>>Tobacco industry, 7159-60
>>Tobacco products, 8739
>>Transfer payments to provinces, 7802, 9533
>>Unemployment, 9566
>>>o.q., 9020, 9881-2
>>Unified Family Court, M. (Hayes), 8803-4
>>Victims of crime, 7678, 7680, 9666, 9675-7, 9958
>>Violence, petition, 9807
>>Western Economic Diversification Program, 416-7
>>Young offenders, 245, 2790-3, 6709
>>>S.O. 31, 3079
>>Young Offenders Act, 3880-1
>>Young Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-228), 392

Hillsdale College see Universities/colleges