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Friends, Following is a list of recently updated topical Hansard files available upon request. I have attempted, more so than in previous notices, to provide very brief blurbs indicating what the new content covers. I hope some of the following items may be of interest. mp Cheam First Nation: Reform accusations that the Cheam FN is inlawfully taking gravel from the Fraser River and that the government follows a double standard in its conservation law enforcement. Youth Criminal Justice Act, BQ quotes PQ Quebec Min. Of Justice speaking out “against the punitive character” of the federal Young Offenders Act. Together with continuing BQ exchanges on the punitive nature of new Youth Criminal Justice bill. Answer to a written question identifying contracts awarded for cleaning up environmental hazards at DEW line sites. Work Place Safety and Corporate responsibility, a private members’ motion to hold corporations liable for workplace safety under the Criminal Code Organization on Security & Cooperation in Europe, consensus statement by President of OSCE (representing 54 European countries from Russia to Britain) on the Kosovo crisis Coastal Fisheries Protection Act amendments to implement the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks. Extradition Act amendment, debate continued on April 23, 1999 b y Sen. Anne Cools with a critique of the role of Mme Justice Arbour as a prosecutor and the conflict between Arbour J’s role as a judge and her role as a advocate for the development of certain political positions, and between her role as an independent prosecutor and her public support for NATO. Kosovo NATO Intervention: * Debate continued with announcement of the introduction of ground troops and of NATO’s security guarantee to front line countries. * Naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea of oil shipments to Yugoslavia. * Addition to this file also includes Sen. Anne Cools’ critique of Justice Arbour’s allegedly conflicted roles as judge, prosecutor and political advocate on behalf of NATO. * Debate on motion of NDP Leader Alexa McDonough calling on “the government to intensify and accelerate efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Kosovo through the involvement of Russia and the United Nations.” Arms Export: Loss of Favoured Exemption from International Traffic in Arms Regulations - Possible Trade Dispute - Terms of Moratorium Budget Debate continued with particular discussion of Millennium Scholarship Fund The Canadian Blood Supply, periodic debate since October, 1998, including a recent PC resolution asking recommending compensation for all Canadians who contracted Hep C through the blood supply. C-49, The First Nations Land Management Act, with particular focus on attempts to accommodate non-Indian tenants and the concerns of women’s groups. Proceedings of the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples on the First Nations Land Management Act -- Michael W. Posluns, The StillWaters Group, First Nations Relations & Public Policy. Please note new address: mposluns@accglobal.net Phone 416 656-8613 Fax 416 656-2715 36 Lauder Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 3E3. We offer Canadian parliamentary debates available by topics and bills.
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