"O Canada" (national anthem) see House of Commons
Oak Bay Marine Group see Salmon--Pacific fishery, Chinook
Oakville, Ont. see Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia)--Canadian team
OAS see Organization of American States
Oath of allegiance see Citizenship
Oath of Allegiance to the Flag of Canada Act (Bill C-302)--(Chamberlain)
>>
First reading, 3719
>>See also Canadian Flag
Oaths see Citizenship; Member of Parliament
Oaths of Office (Pro Forma)(Bill C-1)--Prime Minister (J. Chrétien)
>>
First reading, 1
Oatway, Robert see Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sex offenders/Pedophiles
Oberlander, Helmut see War crimes--Deportation
O'Brien, Lawrence D. (L--Labrador; elected in by-election March 25, 1996)
O'Brien, Pat (L--London--Middlesex)
Obscenity
>>
Criminal Code, amending re exploitation and glorification of horror, cruelty
and violence, o.q., 7186-7
>>See also Pornography
Obstructing persons see Loitering
OC Transpo see National Capital Region
Occupational Health and Safety see Workplace
Occupational Health and Safety Week see Workplace
Oceans
>>
Canada, coastline, Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, ecological diversity, 5190-1
>>Canadian jurisdiction, 3592-3, 3607, 3675-6, 5148-9, 5183, 5189-90, 5226
>>>Enforcement, 3657-61
>>Economic importance, 5191
>>Historical importance, 5191-2
>>International law of the sea, relationship, 3605-7
>>Management strategy, environment/ecosystem, 3591, 3594, 3597, 3603-4, 3612,
3615, 3620, 3643-4, 3648, 3655-6, 3676, 5145-50, 5157, 5180, 5183-5, 5188-90,
5193-5, 5218, 5221-2, 5227-8
>>>Aboriginal land claims, jurisdiction, 5153, 5193
>>>Enforcement, 5154
>>>Federal-provincial co-operation, 3601-2, 3616, 3619-22, 3643, 3648, 3740,
5183, 5189, 5193
>>>Legislation, Oceans Act (Bill C-26), Fisheries and Oceans Standing
Committee, study/consulting, 3643-8, 5144, 5153, 5222-3, 5227, 5229-30, 5231
>>>Quebec, provinces, jurisdiction, 3592, 3595-7, 3603, 3606-10, 3612-3,
3615-6, 3645-6, 3656, 5148, 5180-3, 5187, 5192-5, 5218-9, 5227, 5230-4, 5248
>>Pollution, 5221-2
>>Protected marine areas, establishing, 3594, 3651-2, 3677
>>See also Oceans Act (Bill C-26)
Oceans Act (Bill C-26)--Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Mifflin)
>>
First reading, 1593
>>Deemed read a second time, considered by Fisheries and Oceans Standing
Committee and reported with amendments, by House Order, 1593
>>Report stage, 3589-3626, 3642-63, 3674-93, 3724-51
>>>Motions
>>>>Bernier, Y., 3590; 3600; 3605; 3611; 3619; 3622; 3643; 3650; 3729;
3736; negatived, on recorded division, 3742-6, 3748-50
>>>>>Amdt. (M. Scott), 3593; 3603
>>>>Mifflin, 3590; 3598; 3611; 3623; 3650; 3657; 3662
>>>>>Agreed to, 3749
>>>>>>On recorded division, 3741-4, 3746-8
>>>>>Amdt. (M. Scott), 3603; negatived, on recorded division, 3743-4
>>>>Scott, M., 3662; 3736; negatived,
on recorded division, 3750-1
>>>Concurrence, M., 3751, agreed to, on recorded division, 3751
>>Third reading, 5144-59, 5180-200,
5215-35, 5248, 5384-6, agreed to, on
recorded division, 5516-7
>>>Amdt. (Bernier, Y.), 5152, negatived, on recorded division, 5318-9
>>Royal Assent, 7545. Chap. 31, S.C. 1996
O'Connor, Dr. Jake see Health care system--Physicians
ODA see Official Development Assistance
OECD see Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Offenders see Criminals; Dangerous/high-risk offenders; Young offenders
Office de la langue française see Quebec
Office des personnes handicapées du Quebec see Government programs and services--Duplication
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act see Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36); Financial Institutions Laws Amendment Act (Bill C-82)
Official Development Assistance see Foreign aid
Official languages Act see Air navigation services--Commercialization, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation--Francophone employees; French language services; Francophones outside Quebec--Assimilation--Funding; Information highway--Internet; Official Languages Act (amdt.--enforcement of the duties of the government)(Bill C-367); Official Languages Joint Standing Committee--Reports, Second; Ports--Commercialization Public Service
Official Languages Act (amdt.--enforcement of the duties of the
government)(Bill C-367)--Marchand
>>
First reading, 7722
Official Languages Commissioner
>>
Annual report
>>>(1995)
>>>>Official Languages Standing Joint Committee, referral, 2103
>>>>o.q., 2139-40
>>>>Tabled, 2103
>>>(1996)
>>>>Official Languages Standing Joint Committee, referral, 9417
>>>>Tabled, 9417
>>Tax free Ottawa apartment and chauffeur, 7611
>>>o.q., 2561
>>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Official languages policy/bilingualism;
National Parks--Prince Edward Island National Park
Official Languages Joint Standing Committee
>>
Membership see Procedure and House Affairs Standing Committee--Reports,
Fourth
>>Reports, presented
>>>First (Estimates, 1996-97, main), 2949
>>>Second (Official Languages Act--Part VII), 4082
>>>>Government response requested, 4082
>>>Third (National Capital Region), 10143
>>>>Minority report (Bloc Quebecois), 10143
>>See also Official Languages Commissioner--Annual report
Official languages policy/bilingualism
>>
Benefits, 336, 3787-8
>>Canadian Heritage Department, role, 3841-2
>>Canadian Women in communication, annual meeting, speeches, English only,
condemning, S.O. 31, 8442
>>Constitution/Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, provisions, 2906
>>English speaking Quebecers, access to services, etc., S.O. 31, 131
>>Federal institutions, 3804
>>>Report, tabled, 5021
>>>S.O. 31, 5054-5
>>French language
>>>Minority status in North America, Throne Speech statement, 5
>>>Preserving, federal government, responsibility, o.q., 7885
>>Importance, Canadian identity role, etc., Throne Speech statement, 5
>>International Development Research Centre, Explore magazine, English
only publication, government position, o.q., 364
>>Labelling/packaging, business cost, o.q., 8312
>>Language laws, imposition, 5122
>>Language school, Saint-Jean, Que., cutbacks, 1441
>>Linguistic segregation, Reform Party, Bloc Quebecois, advocating, S.O. 31,
3123, 3706
>>Manitoba, Manitoba Act, 6987-8
>>Minority language groups, assistance programs, national unity promotion,
Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne, opposing, o.q., 9324
>>Official languages training, anglophone Quebecers/francophones outside
Quebec, ratio, o.q., 5479-80
>>Ottawa, Ont., bilingual signs
>>>Gagnon, P. remarks, S.O. 31, 4856
>>>National Capital Commission, mandate, o.q., 6661
>>Reform Party position, 3791-4, 3803-4, 3829, 3997, 5863
>>>o.q., 3558, 5806
>>>S.O. 31, 7831-2
>>Success/failure, 3786-8, 3791, 3793, 3796-8, 3803, 3834-5, 8208
>>Toronto Board of Education, mandatory French courses, policy, S.O. 31, 5415
>>See also Air transportation--Safety;
Bilingualism bonus;
Canadian Armed Forces;
Manitoba--Laws;
Public Service;
Transport Standing Committee--Document
Official Opposition
>>
Bloc Québécois
>>>Canadian and Quebec electorate returning, 8337
>>>Chrétien, Prime Minister, position, 200, 702
>>>Government supporting rather than Reform Party, 226, 667, 719, 725, 730
>>>Role, Broadbent Ed, and British Columbia Tsilhquot'in Nation remarks,
S.O. 31, 33
>>>See also Procedure--Official Opposition
>>Coalition replacing Bloc Québécois, S.O. 31, 9211
>>Reform Party, designation, requesting, 16-20, 722-3, 728, 5748-9, 5751
>>>By-election, Mar. 25/96, relationship, 651, 661, 703
>>>Petitions, 1428, 1506
>>>Progressive Conservative Party leader Charest alliance proposal, 737
>>>Speaker, R., asking voters to express opinions to House of Commons Speaker,
744-5
>>See also Public Accounts Standing Committee--Chair;
Speakership--Junior Chair officers
Oil and gas exploration
>>
Leduc Number One well, Feb. 13/47 start up, 50th anniversary, S.O. 31, 8081
>>Sable Island, federal government regulating, o.q., 4558
>>See also Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement;
Goods and Services Tax--Harmonization, Atlantic provinces
Oil and gas industry
>>
Development, Liberal government (Chrétien) policies, impact, o.q., 7885-6
>>Environment protection, interests, 5267
>>Federal-provincial jurisdiction, control, legislation, 3875
>>>See also Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord Implementation Act (Bill C-50)
>>Flow-through shares, 60-day rule, extending to one year, Budget 1996
measure, 9517, 9923
>>Hibernia development project, federal government investment, 1609-10
>>Oil sands recovery projects
>>>Accelerated cost allowance rules, amendments, Budget 1996 measure, 380,
1451, 9923
>>>Borden line, 1963 decision, oil sold in Ontario must be from Western
Canada, Quebec economic impact, 9106
>>>Development, investment, job creation, etc., 1451, 6571-2
>>>Funding, job creation, Prime Minister Chrétien announcement, 9068, 9070
>>>>o.q., 3318
>>Royalties, reconfiguring. government extracting extra $100 million from
industry, 288
>>See also Income tax--Overseas employment tax credits
Oil and gas pipelines
>>
Alaska pipeline, United States proposal, Canadian 1969-1973 court challenge,
5213
>>Landowners, communications with, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
changes, S.O. 31, 1011
>>Sable Island, N.S., re-routing through Quebec, opposition
>>>o.q., 5419-20
>>>Petition, 6710, 6804, 6967, 7001, 7089, 8359, 8663, 10146
>>>S.O. 31, 9442
>>Stress corrosion cracking, National Energy Board hearings, Ontario Pipeline
Landowners Association participation, 1404-6
>>>o.q., 824-5
Oil and gas products
>>
Exports to United States, 519
Oil companies see Gasoline/automotive fuel--Price increase
Oil refineries
>>
East Montreal, decline, 4816-7, 4819, 6895-6
>>Prince George, B.C., Husky Oil, importance, 5265-6
>>Ultramar Canada, Eastern Passage, N.S. refinery, sale to Sharjah Refining,
United Arab Emirates, financing, Export Development Corporation assistance
>>>o.q., 8735
>>>qu., 8203
Oil sands recovery projects see Oil and gas industry
Oil spills see Marine transport--Maritime claims for damages
Oka, Que see Kanesatake, Que.--Federal government purchase of properties
Okanagan--Similkameen--Merritt constituency see Hijacking--School bus
Okimaw Ohic Healing Lodge see Penitentiaries
Old age pensions
>>
Cutbacks, Liberal government (Chrétien), 5866
>>Eligibility age, increasing, 284
>>Family income criterion, 803
>>>o.q., 135
>>>Women, impact, 8792
>>Guaranteed income supplement/spouse's allowance, new immigrants,
qualification period, extending, 2983
>>High income earners, tax claw-back, income threshold, 6276
>>>$53,215, withholding tax, Budget 1995 measure, 2995, 3021, 3937
>>>$54,000, Reform Party proposal, 435, 803
>>Income threshold, $53,000 per year, Reform Party position, 464, 2991
>>Long term viability, ensuring, o.q., 135
>>Reduction, $5 billion, Reform Party proposal, o.q., 9019
>>Reform, 9633
>>Universality, elimination, 464, 796, 803, 1473, 1514-5, 2990-1, 3942, 5032,
6276
>>See also Guaranteed income supplement
Old age security
>>
Benefits, fraudulent claims, o.q., 6615
>>Income replacement for those without retirement savings, 1512
>>Sustaining, 1536
>>>Seniors Benefit, impact, 800
>>>>S.O. 31, 6656
>>See also Seniors Benefit
Old Age Security Act see Income Tax Amendments Act, 1996 (Bill C-69); Income Tax Budget Amendment Act (Bill C-36)
Old growth forest see Temagami, Ont.
Oliviera, Roberto see Young offenders--Murderers, Hamilton, Ont. victims
Olson, Clifford see Murderers
Olson, Hon. Bud
>>
Pensions as Member of Parliament, Senator, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta,
3093-4
Olympic athletes see Sports
Olympics, 1996 Summer Games (Atlanta, Georgia)
>>
Canadian Heritage Department, $65,000 caviar cocktail party, CNN Centre, less
than 100 invited guests, o.q., 9656, 9744, 9803
>>Canadian team
>>>Biesenthal, Laryssa, rowing, bronze medal winner, 4218-9
>>>Child, John, beach volleyball, bronze medal winner, S.O. 31, 4794
>>>Congratulating, S.O. 31, 4218-9, 4934-5
>>>Korn, Alison, rower, silver medal winner, S.O. 31, 4857
>>>Limpert, Marianne, swimming, silver medal winner, S.O. 31, 4744
>>>Maxwell, Gavin, rowing, qualifying, S.O. 31, 2604
>>>Newfoundland members, Andy Crosby, Phil Graham, Maria Maunder, S.O. 31,
4449
>>>Oakville, Ont. residents, Donovan Bailey, Domenic Filane, Gavin Maxwell,
Eric Wohlberg, rally, S.O. 31, 4497
>>>Pelletier, Annie, diving, bronze medal winner, S.O. 31, 4298
>>>Saadi, Elvira, gymnastics, coach, S.O. 31, 5801
>>>Sweetnam, Nancy, swimming, qualifying, S.O. 31, 1703
>>>Tashlin, Lesley, track and field, qualifying, S.O. 31, 2751
>>>Tousek, Yvonne, gymnastics, finalist, S.O. 31, 5108
>>>See also House of Commons visitors--Canadian
>>Dion, Céline, opening theme song, performing, S.O. 31, 2001
Ombudsmen see Banks--Tied selling; Canadian Armed Forces; Canadian International Development Agency--Guatemala; Small and medium business--Banks and financial institutions; Taxation--Taxpayer-government disputes
Omnibus bills see Legislation
On the Take see Liberal government (Chretien)--Ministers
Ontario
>>
Deficit, reduction, benefits, 8968
>>Harris, Premier Mike see Deficit--Reduction, Ontario;
Quebec distinct society status--Constitutional
entrenchment
>>Liberal Party leadership, Dalton McGuinty victory, S.O. 31, 6955
>>Progressive Conservative government (Harris) agenda
>>>30% tax cut, election promise, implementation, 461, 8334, 8341, 8796
>>>Reform Party supporting, S.O. 31, 916
>>>See also Environment--Protection;
Health care system--Ontario;
Temagami, Ont.;
Victims of crime--Services
>>Public Service strike, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 349
>>referendum legislation, introducing, 10059
>>See also particular subjects
Ontario Association fo Community Development Corporations see Small and medium business--Capital
Ontario building code see Housing
Ontario Court of Appeal see Judges--Leaves of absence
Ontario Hydro see Labour relations--Nuclear plant workers
Ontario Legislative Assembly see Rollins, Clarke
Ontario Legislature see Armenia--Genocide of 1915
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission see Rail passenger service--Subsidies
Ontario Pipeline Landowners Association see Oil and gas pipelines--Stress corrosion cracking
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) see Ontario--Public Service strike
Ontario Special Olympics Provincial Spring Games see Special Olympics
Open Skies Agreement see Air transportation--Canada-United States Open Skies Agreement--Competition
Open systems interconnection (OSI) see Information highway--Electronic addresses
Opération Enfant-Soleil see Hospitals--Children's hospitals
Opération Maillage see Lac-Saint Jean constituency
Operation Respond see Fire-fighters/emergency response personnel--Hazardous substances
Opportunities fund see Disabled and handicapped persons
Opposition motions see Supply motions
Opposition parties see Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces Peacekeeping role; House of Commons--Reform; Legislation--Previous session; Official Opposition; Speakership--Junior Chair officers
OPSEU see Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Optimist clubs see Service clubs
Option Canada see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Federal government funding
Oral question period see House of Commons--Question period
Order in Council appointments/appointees
>>
Number, reducing, patronage factor, 5528
>>Tabled, 93, 1469, 3012, 4869, 5769, 6669, 7583, 7890, 8017, 8512, 9221,
9385, 10236
>>See also Interprovincial trade--Internal Trade Agreement
Order of Canada see Buckwold, Hon. Sidney; House of Commons visitors; Inkster, Norman; Marshall, Hon. Jack; McKinnon, Don; Podiluk, Walter
Order of Military Merit see Canadian Armed Forces
Orders in Council
>>
Use, abuse, 6845-6
>>See also Gun control/guns--Legislation;
International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act--Schedule;
Judges--Leaves of absence;
Legislation
Ordinary Canadians see Liberal government (Chrétien)
Ordre des infirmiéres et des infirmiers du Québec see Health care system--Nurses
O'Reilly, Cyril see Science and technology--Prime Minister's Awards
O'Reilly, John (L--Victoria--Haliburton)
Organ donation
>>
Cards
>>>295 for Members of Parliament provided by Kidney Foundation of
Canada, transferring to Table in House of Commons, M. (Benoit), agreed to
by unanimous consent, 1733
>>>Registering, importance, S.O. 31, 7961
>>National Organ Donor Day, April 21 proposal, 1726-34
>>Thunder Bay Regional Hospital, McKellar site, transplant team, success,
S.O. 31, 7961
>>See also National Organ Donor Day Act (Bill C-202)
Organic agriculture see Agriculture and Agri-Food Standing Committee--Reports
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) see Economy--Growth; Environment--Protection; Europe--Security; Foreign investment--Employment creation; Income tax--Conventions/protocols with other countries; Trade--Cuba, United States; Training programs--Funding; Unemployment--Rate, Other countries
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe see Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
Organization of American States (OAS)
>>
Canadian membership, 62298
>>See also Haiti--Canadian Armed Forces
peacekeeping role--Democracy;
Terrorism;
Trade--Cuba
Organized crime see Crime
Orléans, Ont. see Schools--École L'Odyssée
Oromocto, N.B. see Youth Internship Program--Partnership
Orphanages see China
Orphans see Armenia--Genocide of 1915
Osborne, Douglas James see Sex offenders
OSCE see Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSI see Open systems interconnection
Osteoporosis see Health
Osteoporosis Month see Health--Osteoporosis
Ottawa-Carleton Board of Trade see Chrétien, J.--References
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service
>>
Employment equity policy, homosexuals, including, 2538
Ottawa Congress Centre see Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--Montreal, Que. rally
Ottawa Declaration see Terrorism--Political Eight(P-8) countries counter-terrorism conference
Ottawa, Ont. see Air navigation services--Terminal control units; Banks; Fisheries and Oceans Department--Head office building; France--Juppé, Alain; Francophones outside Quebec; Highways and roads--Highway 416; Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-France Parliamentary Association; Marine transport--Pilotage; Official languages policy/bilingualism; Parliament--Montreal, Que.; Terrorism--Political Eight (P-8) countries counterterrorism conference; Veterans--Hospitals; Volunteer organizations--Canadian Fraternal Association
Ottawa-Vanier constituency see Elections--By-elections
Ottawa Youth Orchestra see Music
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso see Inter-parliamentary Delegations, reports--International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians
Ouellet, Hon. André see Canada Post Corporation; European Parliament--Delegation for Relations with Canada; House of Commons vacancies--Papineau--Saint-Michel constituency; Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995)--No side victory--Ouellet role
Ouellet, Pte Guillaume see Canadian Armed Forces
Ouellette, Rose
>>
"La Poune", death, tribute, S.O. 31, 4300, 4494
Outaouais region, Que. see Economic development/renewal
Ovarian cancer see Health--Cancer
Overseas employment tax credits see Income tax
Overtime see Employment
Owen, Mitchell see Murder--Cameron, Pamela
Owen Sound, Ont. see Festivals--Northern Lights Festival
Ozone depletion see Environment--Developing countries