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Spe.Sta
Speaking Out: A Portrait of Violence see Violence--Women
Special adviser on consular matters see Travel--Canadians travelling abroad
Special Cabinet Committee see National unity
Special Commission on the Restructuring of the reserves (Dickson Commission)
see Canadian Armed Forces--Reserves/militia
Special debates see Motions, government
Special forces (United States) see Somalia--Canadian Armed Forces
peacekeeping operation
Special Import Measures Act
Review, 7390
>>See also Finance Standing Committee--Reports, Sixth;
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Standing Committee--Reports, Fourth
Special interest groups
Government funding, elimination, 418, 1557, 7257, 7943-4
>>>Petition, 5117
>>See also Deficit;
Government subsidies;
Justice system--Courts ignoring justice--Liberal government (Chrétien)
Special Investigation Unit see National Defence Department
Special Joint Committees see Canada`s Defence Policy Review Special Joint
Committee (1st Sess., 35th Parl.);
Canada's Foreign Policy Review Special Joint Committee (1st Sess., 35th
Parl.);
Code of Conduct Special Joint Committee;
Divorce--Child access
Special Olympics
1977 World Winter Games, Toronto and Collingwood, Ont.
>>>Athletes, tribute, S.O. 31, 7569, 7571, 7879-80, 8005, 10062-3
>>>Bournival, Josée, bronze medal winner, skiing, S.O. 31, 8005
>>>Federal government support, o.q., 1549-50
>>>Volunteers, tribute, S.O. 31, 7880
>>Ontario Special Olympic Provincial Spring Games, Cornwall, Ont., S.O. 31,
2428
Special operating agencies see Penitentiaries--CORCAN
Special rights see Human rights--United Nations Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
Speed skating
World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Canadian Women's team,
winners, S.O. 31, 9375
Speller, Bob (L--Haldimand--Norfolk)
>>Abortion, petition, 3721
>>Canada Information Office, 8205
>>Canadian flag, 8204, 8207
>>Canadian Heritage Department, M. on supply (G. Leroux), 8204-6
>>Committees of the Whole House, M. (H. Gray), 5760
>>Crime, petitions, 3720 , 8453
>>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), 5084
>>Economic development/renewal, 9539
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act
and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7129-30
>>Farm Credit Corporation, 9539-40
>>Foreign aid, o.q., 2759
>>Fur industry, o.q., 7521
>>Goods and Services Tax, 7129-30
>>Gun control/gund, o.q., 2252
>>Highways and roads, petition, 8453
>>Income Tax Budget Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-92), 9539-40
>>Information highway, 9540
>>Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports, 1505, 4994, 7615
>>International Ploughing Match, S.O. 31, 4626
>>National unity, 8204-5
>>Post offices, o.q., 5246
>>Postal service, o.q., 5246
>>Procedure
>>>Debate, 7124
>>>Members' remarks, 5760
>>Studen loans, o.q., 8452
>>Suicide, petition, 3720
>>Taxation, 7129
>>Tobacco Act (Bill C-71), 7124, 8437-8, 8717-9, 8723-4
>>Tobacco farmers, 8724
>>Tobacco industry, 7128-9, 8717-8
>>Tobacco products, 7128-9, 8719,
8723, 9540
>>Tourism, 9540
Spencer, David see Brazil--Canadians imprisoned
Spicer Commission (Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future)
Recommendations, etc., 2901
Split runs see Magazines--Foreign
Sport shooting see Gun control/guns--Recreational use
Sporting events see Tobacco industry--Advertising
Sports
Amateur athletes
>>>Argenteuil--Papineau constituency, Émilie Cousineau, skier, Philip Devey,
baseball player, tribute, S.O. 31, 7777
>>Athlete assistance program, funding, o.q., 4989
>>Lou Marsh trophy, athlete of the year award, Donovan Bailey, 1996 winner,
S.O. 31, 7461
>>Olympic and Paralympic athletes, government receptions, costs, o.q., 9744
>>Rooney, Dr. Gerald, Humbolt and District Sports Hall of Fame, induction,
tribute, S.O. 31, 6000
>>Stadiums, box seats see Corporations--Taxation, Entertainment
Sports fishery see Salmon
Sports Illustrated see Magazines--Foreign
Spotted owl see Wildlife--Endangered species
Spousal support see Child support payments;
Divorce
Spouses see Gun control/guns--Registration system;
Murder--Self-defence
Spouse's allowance see Old age pensions--Guaranteed income supplement
Spragins, Franklin see Canadian Mining Hall of Fame--Inductees
Spring
Daffodils, British Columbia raised, 9260
>>Greetings, S.O. 31, 960
>>See also Parliament Hill
Squadron 630 see Canadian Armed Forces--Cadets
Squamish Indian Band
Membership, federal funding, etc., r.o., 5486
Sri Lanka
Tamils, conflict, petitions, 367, 976, 1174, 1775-6, 2951
>>See also Canadian Executive Service Organization;
Canadian International Development Agency
S.S. No. 14 see Schools
St. Boniface, Man. see Culture--Cercle Moliére;
Festivals--Voyageur festival
St. Catherines, Ont. see Multiculturalism--Culb Roma
St. Catherines Jaycees see Volunteer organizations
St. Denis, Brent (L--Algoma)
>>Bonds, 3023
>>Budget Implementation Act, 1996 (Bill C-31), 1929-30, 1996-7, 2815
>>Business, 3023
>>Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.)(Bill C-33), 2410-1
>>Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, S.O. 31, 705, 8727
>>Child care, 6572-4
>>>M. on supply (Hayes), 6572-4
>>Corporations, 3023-4
>>Crime, petition, 4159-60
>>Deficit, 3024
>>Dollar, exchange rate, 3024
>>Economic development/renewal, 3024
>>>S.O. 31, 6853
>>Economy, S.O. 31, 3199
>>Excise Tax Act, Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Income Tax Act
and Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act (amdt.)(Bill C-70), 7903-5
>>Finance Standing Committee, reports, 2815, 10124
>>Financial institutions, 3024
>>Fisheries, S.O. 31, 5055
>>Goods and Services Tax, 1929-30, 7903-5
>>Government expenditures, 3024
>>Government programs and services, 3023
>>Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36), 3023-4
>>Job creation, 3024
>>Mining industry, S.O. 31, 6555
>>Nuclear weapons, petition, 9847
>>Parole, S.O. 31, 2246-7
>>Private family trusts, 3023
>>Registered retirement savings plans, 3023-4
>>Same-sex couples, 2411
>>Sexual orientation, 2410-1
>>Taxation, 3023
>>Trade, o.q., 2011
>>Winnie the Pooh, S.O. 31, 10176-7
St-Hilaire, Claude see Canadian Executive Service Organization
St. James Church men's club see Volunteers
St. John's, Nfld. see Education--Minority language rights,
Federal-provincial agreement;
International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement;
Ports
St-Laurent, Bernard (BQ--Manicouagan; IND--Manicouagan as of March 5, 1997)
>>Broadcasting
>>>M. (Suzanne Tremblay), 1740-1
>>>Petition, 369
>>Canada Labour Code, 6427
>>Canada Labour Code (amdt.)(Bill C-337), 5521
>>Canada Labour Code (Part I) (amdt.)(Bill C-66), 6426-7
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--arrest without warrant)(Bill C-224), 3280-1
>>Dignard, Steve, S.O. 31, 3863
>>Information centres, o.q., 7386
>>Labour disputes, 6426-7
>>>o.q., 6796
>>Penitentiaries, 4310-2
>>>o.q., 182, 484
>>>S.O. 31, 1100
>>Police, 1392-3
>>Prisons and Reformatories Act (amdt.)(Bill C-53), 4310-2, 4325
>>Public safety, o.q., 181
>>Public Service Staff Relations Board Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Act (amdt.)(Bill C-30), 3997-9
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, S.O. 31, 128
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 4496
>>Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 3997-9
>>Television, o.q., 6614
>>Victims of crime, o.q., 181
>>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-13), 1391-3
>>Young offenders, S.O. 31, 6741
St. Lawrence River
Clean-up
>>>Protecting Beluga whale habitat, federal-provincial partnership, 323
>>>St. Lawrence Vision 2000, progress, S.O. 31, 4497
>>Shipbuilding, government support, relationship, 4790, 4794
>>See also Canadian Coast Guard--Navigational services;
Casinos;
Marine transport--Pilotage;
Smuggling
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada-United States co-ordination, 8096
>>Commercialization, establishing not-for-profit corporation, 4787-8, 4790,
4793-4, 4808, 4810, 8096, 9687, 9810, 9812-3
>>>See also Canada Marine Act (Bill C-44)
>>Construction, Montreal, Que., economic impact, 9106
>>Costs, pooling, $300 million adjustment fund, 1558
>>Dredging contracts, 8061
>>Future, 9816
>>Profitability, 1516, 9687
>>See also Grain transportation;
Ports--Montreal, Que.;
Transport Committee--Reports, Second
St. Lawrence Vision 2000 see St. Lawrence River--Clean-up
St. Michael's Choir School see Schools
St. Norbert, Man. see Historic/heritage buildings, sites and monuments
St. Norbert Arts and Culture Centre see Culture/arts
St. Patrick's Day
Celebrating, great potato famine, remembrance, S.O. 31, 9078
>>Quebec, celebrating, S.O. 31, 9077-8
St. Paul's College see Universities/colleges
St. Stephen High School see Youth--Youth Canada Day
St. Stephen, N.B.
125th anniversary, S.O. 31, 2883-4
>>See also Ganong Brothers Ltd.;
Youth--Youth Canada Day
St. Thomas, Ont. see Perkins, Jessica Lynn
St. Thomas University, see Universities/colleges
Stalin, Joseph see Family--Soviet Union
Stalking
Criminal harassment, Criminal Code amendments, 2046, 3547, 3550-1, 3577,
3582-4, 3586, 9641, 9643, 9662
>>>Federal-provincial justice ministers meeting support, 9641
>>>Murder committed while stalking, first degree murder, 3547, 3577, 3582-4,
5075, 9641, 9672, 9674-5
>>>o.q., 7193
>>>Restraining order/peace bond violations, aggravating factor re sentencing,
3547, 9641
>>>Women, victims, 3547, 3550-1
>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex
tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27)
>>See also Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Judicial restraint provisions;
Family violence--Assault by estranged husband;
Violence--Women, victims
Stand up for Canada see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Montreal, Que.
rally
Stand Up, Speak Out and Be Heard see Alcohol
Standard and Poor's see Quebec separation/sovereignty--Canada-Quebec
relations
Standard of living
Decline, Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, 7286
>>Improvements, public expectations, 2990
Standards
Canadian Standards Association, role, 3028
>>Role, 3027-9
>>Setting, voluntary consultations and consensus, 3027
>>Trade barriers, use, prohibition, 3029
>>See also Consumer safety;
Divorce;
Environment--Waste management;
Information highway--Open systems interconnection
Standards Council of Canada
Advisory committees, 3029
>>Chairperson and vice-chairperson, titles, 3029
>>Electronic meetings, 3029
>>Expenditures, 3030
>>Mandate, amending, 3027-9
>>>Legislation see Standards Council of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4)
>>Membership
>>>Private sector representatives, qualifications, 3029-30
>>>Reducing, 3029
Standards Council of Canada Act (amdt.)(Bill C-4)--Minister of Industry
(Manley)
First reading, 244
>>Second reading, 2962-3, 3027-30
>>>Agreed to, 3030
>>Industry Standing Committee
>>>Referral, 3030
>>>Reported, without amdt., 3497
>>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 3979
>>Third reading, 3990-5, agreed to, 3995, passed.
>>Royal Assent, 5575. Chap. 24, S.C. 1996
>>See also Consumer safety;
Standards;
Standards Council of Canada--Mandate
Standing committees see Estimates--1996-1997
Standing Orders
Amending, Private Members' Public Bills, committee reports, 9391-2
>>>M. (Jennings), 7994-8002, 9299-307, 9469-75, as amended, carried on
recorded division, 9504
>>>>Amdt. (Suzanne Tremblay), 7998, agreed to on recorded division, 9503-4
>>>>>Amdt. to amdt. (Langlois), 9299, negatived on recorded division, 9502-3
>>>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 8002, 9307
>>>S.O. 31, 9167
>>Reprinted copy with index, December 1995, tabled, 44
>>Time limits, S.O. 57 and S.O. 78, deleting, unanimous consent denied, 740
>>See also Legislation--Previous session
Stanton, Melvin see Murderers
Star wars see North American Aerospace Defence Command
Starlab see Education--Science
State of the country speech see Chrétien, J.--References
State of the Environment Report, 1996 see Environment
State of the World`s Children see Child labour--UNICEF report
State Trading Entities (STEs) see General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Statements by Ministers
Canada Pension Plan, reform, government measures (P. Martin), 8140-4
>>Capital gains tax, property/assets, transfer out of country (P. Martin),
4992-4
>>Children, National Child Day (L. Axworthy), 6495-8
>>China (Chan), 3383-5
>>Co-operatives, National Co-operative Week (Robichaud), 5331-2
>>Commonwealth
>>>Commonealth Day (C. Stewart), 8841-2
>>>(L. Axworthy), 532-5
>>Disabled and handicapped persons (Pettigrew), 6697-8
>>Discrimination and racism, International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination, anniversary of South Africa Sharpeville massacre, statement
by Minister (L. Axworthy), 1009-11
>>Education, Quebec denominational school boards, linguistic school boards,
replacing, Constitution, Section 93 amendment, Federal government,
constitutional amendment resolution, tabling (Dion), 10029-35
>>Environment
>>>Earth Day (Marchi), 1770-3
>>>Environment Week, June 1-9/96 (Marchi), 3493-6
>>Estimates, 1996-97, main (Massé), 385-91
>>Estimates, 1997-98, main (Massé), 8349-55
>>Exports, international business development programs (Eggleton), 9221-4
>>Financial institutions, White Paper, 1997 Review of Financial Sector
Legislation, Proposals for Change (Peters), 4080-2
>>Fire Prevention Week (Gagliano), 5171
>>Francophonie, Journeé internationale de la francophonie
>>>Statement by Minister (Boudria), 9263-4
>>>Statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 972-4
>>Goods and Services Tax, harmonization, Atlantic provinces
>>>Agreement (P. Martin), 1803-13
>>>Detailed agreements (P. Martin), 5605-8
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, Treasury Board,
President's annual report, "Getting Government Right: Improving Results
Measurement and Accountability with Departmental Performance Reports" (Masse),
5717-9
>>Gun control/guns, regulations under Firearms Act (Rock), 6798-805
>>Highways and roads, National Road Safety Week (Anderson), 2947-9
>>House of Commons, public gallery, Melissa Labrador, Micmac youth, Forum for
Young Canadians participant, refused entry with eagle feather, apologies
(Irwin), 8954-5
>>Immigration/immigrants, levels (1997) (Robillard), 5769-76
>>International development, international development week (Boudria), 7583-4
>>International security, Canadian policy (L. Axworthy), 3982-8
>>Israel, terrorist attacks on (L. Axworthy), 292-4
>>Multiculturalism, policy (Fry), 7745-7
>>National security (H. Gray), 2722-6
>>Nuclear power plants, accidents, breakdowns, Chernobyl, Ukraine, 10th
anniversary (L. Axworthy), 2013-4
>>Quebec separation/sovereignty, unilateral declaration, Supreme Court of
Canada referral (Rock), 4707-13
>>Training programs, jurisdiction, transfer of full responsibility to
provinces, government proposal, new partnership (Young), 3165-8
>>Veterans, Veterans Week (MacAulay), 5962-5
>>War crimes, deportation of alleged Nazi war criminals, trials, Johann Dueck,
Helmut Oberlander, Erichs Tobiass, Justice Department Assistant Deputy
Minister Ted Thompson meeting with Federal Court of Canada Chief Justice
Julius Isaac (Rock), 3137-40
>>Women
>>>International Women's Day (Fry), 487-90
>>>Women's History Month (Fry), 5294-7
>>Workplace
>>>Deaths, National Day of Mourning, April 28 (Gagliano), 2014-6
>>>Occupational Health and Safety Week (Gagliano), 3321-3
>>See also Procedure
Statistics Canada
Census commissioners/enumerators, Census (1996), hiring procedure
>>>Candidates, Members of Parliament submitting, o.q., 1243-8, 1592
>>>Priority list, Liberal Party association
>>>>Information note, Census 96, confirming, o.q., 1248-9, 1290
>>>>o.q., 1243-7, 1290
>>Employees, provincial distribution, National Capital Region, etc., 6282-3
>>FAMEX survey, intrusive, threatening, S.O. 31, 9209-10
>>See also Francophones outside Quebec--French;
Health care system--Sex lives;
Job creation--236,000 private sector jobs;
Unemployment--Statistics
Status of Women Canada see Women
Statutes of Canada
Enforcement, alternatives to Criminal Code provisions, Contraventions Act
establishing, 1407-10
>>>Court workloads, reducing, 1407
>>>Decriminalization of offences, 1407
>>>Legislation, Contraventions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-16)6865
>>>>Expediting, 1407, 1410
>>>>See also Contraventions Act (amdt.)(Bill C-16)
>>>Tickets system, fines, provinces administering, etc., 1407-10
>>Plain language use in statutes and regulations, 3169
>>>See also Plain Language Act (Bill C-287)
Statutory instruments see Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee
Statutory Instruments Act see Regulations
Statutory Instruments Act (amdt.--disallowance procedure for delegated and
subordinate legislation)(Bill C-278)--T. White
First reading, 2313
>>See also Regulations--Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee
Statutory Program Evaluations Act (Bill C-294)--Williams
First reading, 3324
>>See also Government programs and service--Statutory expenditures