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>>Multimedia product project, Montreal, Que., financial assistance
>>>o.q., 8836-7
>>>S.O. 31, 10064

Uganda see Africa--Great Lakes region, United Nations peacekeeping mission

Ukraine

>>Canada-Ukraine economic and commercial relationship, expansion, o.q., 5958-9
>>Democracy, democratic institutions, development, Canadian assistance, o.q., 5959
>>Energy needs, Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, international assistance, 2013
>>See also Air transportation--Canada-Ukraine route; Canada-Ukraine Income Tax Convention Act, 1996; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear weapons

Ultramar Canada see Oil refineries

Unborn child see Abortion

Underemployment see Unemployment

Underground economy

>>Clandestine work
>>>Discouraging, government initiatives, need, S.O. 31, 7832
>>>Necessity, Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, 9150
>>Combatting
>>>M. (Chamberlain), 8679-86, dropped from Order Paper, 8686
>>>Seven-point plan, 1481, 7268-9
>>>>$50 million expenditure, 3943
>>>>Results, o.q., 589
>>>>Szabo role, 6024
>>>>Taxes, $1 billion additional received, 6024
>>Goods and Services Tax, impact, 1553
>>>Harmonization with provincial sales tax, impact, 5607, 7050, 7063-4, 7322, 7760-1, 7795-6, 7975, 7986, 9253, 9255
>>Impact
>>>S.O. 31, 3418
>>>Tax avoidance/evasion, 6251
>>Taxation policies, impact, 7268
>>See also Crime--Organized crime

Unemployment

>>Atlantic provinces, 845
>>>Increase, o.q., 10188
>>>Reduction, o.q., 2614-5
>>Budget 1996 measures, impact, 401
>>Chicoutimi, Que. region, 7267, 9186-7
>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, attitude towards, statements and responses, Dec. 6/96, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Town Hall meeting, 7395-6
>>>"That's life" statement, o.q., 7464
>>Deficit, relationship, 1643
>>>o.q., 8779
>>>S.O. 31, 5285
>>Economic growth, high rate continuing during, 10049
>>Forecasts, Budget 1996, lack, 440
>>Global economy, impact, o.q., 3004-5
>>Government policies, impact, 7253
>>Hamilton, Ont., 810
>>Interest rate policy, relationship, 6532
>>>o.q., 2763
>>Level, 7218, 9255, 9535
>>>1.6 million, unacceptable, 5836, 5854, 5996, 7408, 8786, 9140, 9558, 9566, 10076, 10085-6
>>>>o.q., 5679, 10116
>>>>S.O. 31, 5555
>>>2 million, 5844
>>>Economy, impact, S.O. 31, 7381
>>>High
>>>>"Canadians having to live with", Prime Minister Chrétien statement, 2992
>>>>>o.q., 3003-4, 3083
>>>>Election, relationship, S.O. 31, 9646
>>>Inflation rate, relationship, 7226-7
>>>Keeping high, labour market imperfections, unemployment insurance, minimum wage rates and unionization, 7258-9, 7320-1
>>>Stable, not decreasing, 8968-9
>>>Unacceptable
>>>>Budget 1997 statement, 8290
>>>>o.q., 9275-6, 9649
>>>United States, comparison, 7218
>>Liberal government (Chrétien) fiscal policies, impact, 8334, 8339-40, 9260
>>Liberal government (Chrétien) record, o.q., 10229
>>Montreal, Que., 48, 2270, 6501, 9635
>>>Montreal-Nord, Zeller's warehouse closure, 9532
>>>Spanish-speaking community, 9532
>>National Capital Region, 6245
>>National debt, relationship, 401, 5865, 6254
>>Newfoundland, 2394, 4723
>>>Decline, recipients going on welfare/leaving province, 298
>>>o.q., 2365
>>>See also Unemployment--Youth
>>Niagara Region, Ont., 1530
>>Quebec, 302, 443, 796, 2867, 2874, 5688, 7250
>>>Separation/sovereignty threat factor, 348
>>>See also Unemployment--Youth
>>Rate, 795, 2630, 4723, 6015, 7323, 7948, 8332, 8361
>>>10%, 412, 5860, 6254, 6286, 7269, 7396, 7402, 9140
>>>>o.q., 6312, 7462
>>>12.5%, Conference Board of Canada estimate, o.q., 5108-9, 5368-9
>>>13%, including those no longer looking for work, 2989
>>>14%, 1989 labour force participation rate, o.q., 8831-2
>>>Below 10%, 2% reduction, 297
>>>>o.q., 3005, 3083, 10118
>>>Budget 1996 forecast, lack, 852
>>>Decline, 1483, 1490, 1511, 5851, 6016, 6253-4, 7158
>>>Fredericton, N.B., S.O. 31, 3683-4
>>>Increase since 1972, Liberal governments responsibility, 6288
>>>Other countries, Germany, United States, OECD, comparison, 5897-8, 7283
>>>>o.q., 3320, 7562-3, 7836, 7884, 7887-8
>>>Over 9%, 8786
>>>>Bank of Canada, anti-inflationary policies, factor, government adopting, S.O. 31, 8385
>>>>Duration, longest since Great Depression, etc., 9147-9, 10049, 10080, 10085-6
>>>>>o.q., 7884, 7887, 7968, 10118
>>>>o.q., 8308, 8778, 8949, 9275
>>>Reduction, 1518, 1521, 10080
>>>>o.q., 4989
>>>Regional breakdown, 7396
>>>Social programs, maintenance, relationship, S.O. 31, 3251
>>>United States, comparison, 1521, 6288, 8340
>>Reducing, government initiatives/targets, 9205-7
>>>Lack, 440, 8177
>>>>o.q., 5558, 5598, 7316, 7884, 7967-8, 9798, 9881-2, 10118
>>>>S.O. 31, 4549
>>Saskatchewan, reduction, New Democratic government policies, Liberal government (Chretien), following, 9205-6
>>>o.q., 7244
>>Social and health costs, 7402
>>Statistics, reliability, 1646
>>>Data collection process, Statistic Canada, reforming, S.O. 31, 6955
>>>Private sector, government blaming, 293
>>Structural, 7253, 8922-3
>>Taxation policies, impact, 2989, 3017, 7318, 9291-2, 10052, 10080
>>>o.q., 7836-7, 7966, 9018-20, 9215, 9742-4
>>Underemployment, 9147, 10085
>>>o.q., 10116-7
>>Women, 9531
>>Youth, 300-2, 401, 414, 448, 450, 601, 1441, 1479, 1536, 1629, 2989, 4723, 5844, 5996, 7267, 7408, 7895-6, 9531
>>>Hope, lack, 9293
>>>Newfoundland, decline, 297-8
>>>Quebec, 348
>>>Rate, 5860, 8971, 9027, 9140, 9147
>>>>o.q., 235, 4340-1, 9274
>>>S.O. 31, 8006
>>See also Bankruptcy and insolvency--Economic conditions; Child poverty; Corporations--Taxation; Women

Unemployment insurance

>>Abuse, 1646-7, 2384, 2740
>>Benefits
>>>Artists, cultural workers, excluding, 2293-4, 2769
>>>British Columbia, pay-outs, Penticton, 1524
>>>Contributions, Quebec, 1457
>>>Coverage, 2779
>>>>Expansion, 624, 2235, 2239-40, 2348
>>>Cut-back, Valcourt plan, Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney, Campbell), 602, 2779-80
>>>Family business, employees, eligibility, 2634
>>>Generosity, dependency, unemployment rate, relationship, 2267-8, 2739, 2748-50, 2777-8, 2780
>>>High income earners, 2218
>>>Immigrants, eligibility criteria, changing, 1912
>>>Recipients, eligible number, decline, 795-6, 9139
>>>Reduction, 284, 600-1, 610, 615, 1456, 1497, 1529, 2237, 2375-6, 6240
>>>>Quebec, 301, 600-1, 628, 795, 1440, 6255
>>>>>o.q., 5684-5
>>>>Voluntary quits, 2380, 2387, 2599-603, 2619
>>>>Weekly, $413 maximum, 1904, 1911, 1931, 2983
>>>>Women, 603-4
>>>>Youth see Welfare--Recipients
>>>Single parents/low-income families, 616, 625
>>>Unemployed collecting, statistics, o.q., 818
>>>See also Canadian Kenworth Company
>>Claimants
>>>Insurability, 1427
>>>Number, reduced, 1648-9
>>Eligibility, hours-based system, 218, 222, 575-6, 595, 597, 602-3, 605-6, 608, 615, 618, 630, 1281-2, 1532, 1646, 2219, 2221, 2226-7, 2234-6, 2244, 2259-60, 2271-2, 2296-7, 2300, 2319, 2322-3, 2326, 2343-4, 2346, 2374-6, 2378-9, 2381, 2387, 2389, 2617-20, 2624-6, 2629, 2650-1, 2730-1, 2736-7, 2739, 2746-8, 2764, 2770, 2774, 2787
>>>Gagnon, P., remarks, misleading, S.O. 31, 423
>>>Intensity rule, 575, 606, 1627, 2227-9, 2270-2, 2322, 2326, 2346, 2381-2, 2630, 2741, 2776
>>>>o.q., 187, 233
>>>Minimum hours, increasing
>>>>Maternity benefits, impact, o.q., 760-1
>>>>Part-time workers, women, impact, 615-7, 625, 629-30, 1644, 1650-1, 1698-9, 2226, 2229, 2234-5, 2294, 2299, 2325, 2370, 2375, 2381, 2391, 2618, 2624-5, 2649, 2743, 2746, 2768-71, 8673
>>>>>o.q., 761-2, 2185
>>>>Seasonal workers, impact, 575, 596, 602, 604, 618, 625, 630, 1699, 2226, 2243-4, 2259, 2262-3, 2266-7, 2271, 2320-1, 2344-5, 2352-3, 2371, 2381, 2383, 2390, 2393, 2617-8, 2649, 2737-9, 2743, 2769, 2776, 2931-2, 6242
>>>>Students, youth, impact, 571, 601, 620, 625-8, 1651, 1699, 2229, 2258-9, 2322, 2325, 2348-9, 2373, 2375, 2624-5, 2736-7, 2784
>>>New entrants, 2625
>>>>o.q., 764
>>>Number eligible, reduction, 9558-9
>>>o.q., 234, 763-4, 821
>>>Overtime hours, relationship, 2369, 2632
>>>Re-entry qualifications, changing, 592-3, 632, 2625, 2783
>>>>o.q., 761
>>>Weeks required, consecutive, calculation, review, 605-6, 618, 630, 2220-1, 2630, 2743, 2764m 2781
>>>>Gaps, permitting, 631-2
>>>Youth, impact, 301
>>Elimination, Reform Party position, 417
>>Employment insurance, renaming, 2217, 2224, 2229, 2233, 2239-40
>>Federal government withdrawal, transfer to provinces, compensation, o.q., 3920-1
>>Fraud, 2268, 2321-2, 2324-5, 2392, 2648, 2746-7, 2782-3, 4774
>>>Convictions, qu., 3014
>>Insurable earnings, maximum, reducing
>>>$750 weekly, 1904, 1911, 2983
>>>To $39,000 ceiling, 602, 1532, 1627, 1927, 2215-6, 2222, 2237, 2241, 2243, 297-8, 2325, 2344, 2380, 2386, 2390-2, 26322731-2, 2742, 2770
>>>>o.q., 234, 819, 820
>>Legislation, Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-12)
>>>Amending, consultations, committee study, 572-4, 577-8, 595, 605-6, 2219-20, 2224, 2263, 2269, 2316-7, 2325, 2345-6, 2350-1, 2375-7, 2384-5, 2387-8, 2390-1, 2393, 2600-1, 2616-8, 2627-32, 2728, 2737, 2740, 2743-6, 2774-6, 2783
>>>>Bloc Quebecois position, 593-4, 604, 1927, 1931, 2351-2, 2377, 2394, 2635
>>>>o.q., 639-70, 818-9, 2715
>>>>Reform Party position, 577, 595, 2628-9
>>>>S.O. 31, 1044, 2132
>>>Expediting passage, 2736, 3915
>>>Job creation, economic growth, 624-5, 632, 2216, 2221, 2236, 2241, 2273-4, 2351-3, 2379, 2620, 2625, 2635-6, 2727-8, 2764, 2766-7, 2771-2, 2775
>>>M. on supply (Gauthier), 569-79, 591-621, 624-33, negatived, on recorded division, 675-6
>>>>Amdt. (J. Brown), 591, negatived, on division, 674-5
>>>Small and medium business, supporting, 2242, 2385, 2781 -2
>>>Supporting, 608-9
>>>Withdrawing, demanding, 2263-4, 2272-3, 2296, 2301, 2350-1, 2632, 2767
>>>>Petition, 2726, 3722
>>>>S.O. 31, 1657
>>>>Unions, position, 2272-3
>>>Withdrawing, demonstration, Quebec, New Brunswick, 570-4, 603, 617-8, 629, 954-6
>>>>o.q., 526
>>>>S.O. 31, 523
>>>>White, Bob, Canadian labour Congress president, unemployed, exploiting, 573, 615, 620
>>>>Young, Human Resources Development Minister, comments re protesters, union leadership, 570-3, 595, 620-1, 954-6
>>>>>o.q., 583-4, 590, 639
>>>>>S.O. 31, 638
>>Legislation (Employment Insurance Act (Bill C-111)(1st Sess. 35th Parl.), 47-8, 454, 576
>>>Allmand concerns, 335
>>>Consultations, 199
>>>Finance Standing Committee, referral, 199, 217-8
>>>>o.q., 187, 233-4
>>>o.q., 37, 39, 187, 233
>>>o.q., 526
>>>Reinstatement, 50, 195-200, 203-4, 208, 217-9, 222-3, 228, 576, 592
>>>S.O. 31, 230
>>Maternity leave, adoptive parents, 15 fewer weeks, rationale, 2240, 2629
>>>Ontario court ruling, o.q., 3872-3
>>>o.q., 765
>>Payroll tax, 832, 2230, 2628, 2735
>>>o.q., 3559-60
>>Premiums, 1908
>>>Calculation, streamlining, 2781-2
>>>Employer contribution, reducing, Reform Party proposal, 5861, 5867, 6276
>>>Increase, 1529
>>>Maximum contribution, regressive measure, 1907
>>>Reducing, 595-6, 832, 1907-9, 2242, 2630, 7224, 7249
>>>>28%, Reform Party proposal, 5818, 7158, 7324
>>>>o.q., 822
>>>>See also Deficit--Reduction, Targets
>>>Source deduction payment, bankruptcies, secured creditors' obligation, Budget 1995 measure, 2994, 3937
>>>Tax grab, 2240-1
>>>>S.O. 31, 1415
>>>See also Job creation
>>Purpose, history, true insurance policy, 576-8, 591, 597, 607, 610-1, 2218-9, 2221, 2229, 2239, 2256, 2633-4, 2733-5
>>Reduction
>>>Quebec, Atlantic provinces, 219, 593-4
>>>Reform Party proposals, 463-4
>>>See also Deficit--Reduction
>>Reform, 1927
>>>Atlantic provinces, impact, 593, 607, 1627, 2216-7, 2224-5, 2234, 2266-7, 2269-70, 2320-1, 2370-1, 2597-8, 2730, 2745, 2765, 2768, 2779
>>>>S.O. 31, 32
>>>Bloc Quebecois, 2233, 2240, 2243, 2265-6, 2374-5, 2378, 2767-8
>>>>Alternative proposals, 618-9
>>>>>Lack, 597-8
>>>Canada Health and Social Transfer, cut-backs, relationship, 571
>>>Delay, government responsibility, 569-70, 592
>>>Gaspé Peninsula, Que., impact, 300, 2257
>>>>100 representatives, Prime Minister Chrétien meeting, request, 2730, 2741
>>>>>S.O. 31, 2558
>>>Gender equality, action plan, o.q., 39
>>>Government commitment, 598, 2387-8, 2746
>>>>Lack, 631
>>>Industrial sectors, impact, 302
>>>Information, $2 million government advertising campaign, o.q., 822
>>>Low-income recipients, guaranteed supplement, 612-3
>>>Need/support, 574, 595, 2346-7, 2351-2, 2392-3, 2764-5, 2782, 5278-9
>>>Opposing, 621, 630-1, 2231, 2347-8, 2382-3, 2729, 2731
>>>>o.q., 1841-2
>>>>Quebec, 2772-3, 2787
>>>>S.O. 31, 176, 2176-8, 2706, 2751, 2753-4
>>>Other countries, comparison, 2779-80
>>>Progressive Conservative government (Mulroney), proposals, Liberal Party, opposing, 2223, 2225-6, 2232, 2238, 2785-6, 5278-9
>>>>o.q., 2185, 2715
>>>Provinces, taxation, increase, 631
>>>Public opposition, demonstrations, 299-300, 2323-4, 2368, 2619, 2621-2, 2627, 2647, 2733, 2767, 2770
>>>>S.O. 31, 2246
>>>Quebec, impact, 628, 2729, 2733m 2743, 2767-8
>>>Reform Party, alternative proposals, lack, o.q., 597-8
>>>Reform Party position, 5861
>>>Regional equality, 2617-8, 2730-1, 2734, 2739, 2742, 2776-8
>>>>East-west confrontation, government provoking, o.q., 819
>>>Rural Canada, impact, 333
>>>Women, 616-7, 625, 1649, 2231, 2235, 2278, 2352, 2648-9, 2783-5
>>>Youth, 626-8, 2231, 2273, 2278, 2624-5, 2737-8
>>>See also Social programs; Training programs
>>Self-Employment Assistance program, 1647, 2392, 2621
>>Supplement, family income considered, 222, 625, 2235, 2295, 2325, 2346, 2649, 2784
>>Training programs, access, 2634
>>Weeks of benefits, maximum, reducing, 222
>>See also Child care--Expense deduction; Unemployment--Level, Keeping high; Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-292)

Unemployment insurance account

>>Contributions, 1996, $18.5 billion, 813
>>Deficit, $6 billion when government elected, 6286
>>Employers/employees managing, 331, 2262, 2370
>>Funds, federal government use, 1647-9, 1904, 1910, 2234, 2257-8, 2261, 2386, 2731-2, 2779, 2786-7, 3167, 7266
>>>o.q., 1294, 1889, 3207
>>>Other programs, legitimacy, 597, 2230-1, 2377
>>>Provincial jurisdiction, intrusion, 574, 576, 596
>>>>S.O. 31, 705-6
>>Government contribution, 1990, ending, 454, 570, 795, 801, 1456-7, 7249
>>Surplus, $5 billion by end of 1996, 832, 1648, 2227, 2265, 2630, 2786-7, 3167, 6015, 8670-1, 8674, 8961-2
>>>$12 billion by end of 1998, 8768, 8792, 10052
>>>Deficit reduction, relationship, 329-31, 406, 410, 453-4, 618-9, 795, 801, 803, 812, 814, 832-3, 841-2, 846-7, 849-50, 1436-7, 1439-40, 1455-7, 1496, 1515, 1517, 1643, 1908-9, 2234, 2240-1, 2296, 2368-9, 5279, 6018-9, 6240, 7061-2, 71097223, 7249, 7251, 7402, 9140, 9146-7, 9184, 9557, 9567, 9630, 10046-7, 10053, 10074, 10093
>>>>o.q., 233-4, 526, 570, 596, 599-600, 1293-4, 3921, 5367-8, 5370, 8085
>>>Employers, returning to, Reform Party position, 6276
>>>Hidden tax, 10046
>>>Increasing to $15 billion, o.q., 4939
>>>Job creation, utilizing for, 10053, 10055-7
>>>Use for other programs, 7223
>>>See also Job creation
>>See also Training programs--Jurisdiction

Unemployment Insurance Act see Income Tax Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-69)

Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-257)--Crête

>>First reading, 1427
>>See also Unemployment insurance--Claimants

Unemployment insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-292)--S. Harper

>>First reading, 3323

Unemployment insurance fund see Unemployment insurance account

Unemployment Workers' Health and Counselling Centre see Charitable organizations

Unfair trading practices see Canadian Wheat Board--United States unfair trading practices charges

Unfunded liability see Canada Pension Plan--Pension fund

Unger, Dr. Israel see Holocaust--Lecture

Unibrou Inc. see Beer

UNICEF

>>Canadian government contributions, r.o., 6523
>>See also Child labour; Developing countries--Health

Unified Family Court

>>Promotion, implementation, M. (Hayes), 8797-804, dropped from Order Paper, 8804
>>See also Child support payments--Determination; Divorce

Union Station see Railway stations--Winnipeg, Man.

Unions see Budget 1997 (Feb. 18/97); China; Collective bargaining; Labour unions; Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Collective bargaining rights"unionization; Turkey--Kurdish trade unionists; Unemployment--Level, Keeping high

Unisifflet see National unity--Great Canadian Whistle

United Auto Workers see General Motors--Canadian auto workers

United Empire Loyalists Land Reclamation Act see Godfrey-Milliken Act (Bill C-339)

United Kingdom

>>Canadian High Commissioner Roy Maclaren, appointment, 6674
>>Dunblane Primary School, Scotland, students murdered by Thomas Hamilton, Mar. 13/96, S.O. 31, 637, 704-5, 707, 9013
>>Parliamentary reform, 10059
>>See also Defence equipment--Ships, Submarines; World War II--Canadian volunteer radar technicians