1992 1st Session 35th Parliament

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Guide for Users

This index provides a detailed analysis of legislative debate. Entries are cross-referenced and alphabetically interfiled by:

a. Member

b. Subject

c. House business

 
SUBJECT

Subject headings are based on the Library of Congress subject headings list, with minor modifications.

“See” refers the user to the index term:

Doctors

See: Physicians

“See also” refers the user to related subjects:

Taxation

See also names of taxes, e.g. Income tax; Sales tax

 
HOUSE BUSINESS

House business entries include:

Address in Reply

Bills, Legislative

Budget debate

Chairman’rulings and statements

Divisions

Ministerial statements

Motions

Oral questions

Petitions

Private members’statements

Privilege

Speaker’rulings and statements

Speech from the Throne

All bills introduced during the session are listed in numerical order under “Bills, Legislative” as well as in a separate alphabetical list near the front of the book.

Estimates are listed according to name of ministry or name of legislative officer (e.g. Auditor-general).

 
FILING

Acronyms (e.g. SPEC) and proper names beginning with initials (e.g. W.A.C. Bennett Dam) are filed at the beginning of each letter.

Numbers and abbreviations are filed as if spelled out in full.

Subject entries, if subdivided into separate categories, are filed as in the following

EXAMPLE:

Canada

Canada -- Economic conditions

Canada. National Defence, Department of

Canada, Northern

Canada Assistance Plan

Names beginning with Mc are filed as if the prefix were spelled Mac,

EXAMPLE:

Mabbott, John

McHale, Douglas

Machiavelli, Niccolò

Machinery

McHugh, James

Madig Industries Ltd.

 
ABBREVIATIONS

Amdt	Amendment
Sec	Section
Q	Question
A	Answer
M	Motion
1R	First reading
2R	Second reading
3R	Third reading
C	Committee state
RA	Royal assent

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