casketed body [ casketed dead body | casketed corpse | casketed cadaver ]

laid-off employee [ laid-off worker | dismissed employee ]

threatened | at risk | endangered

mid-term paper

engineering model | integration model

mid-term review [ midterm review ]

midterm review

semi-hard cheese

half-time | half-time break | interval at half-time

subacute | somewhat acute

With respect to each of the programs for children (from infants to youth) delivered by federal departments and agencies, can the government indicate: (a),the year the program was introduced; and (b) since 1989: (i) a complete breakdown of the funding allocated for each fiscal year; (ii) the mechanisms established to evaluate the program's effectiveness; (iii) the follow-up and changes made to the program as a result of these evaluations; (iv) the annual administrative costs for the program's management; and (v) the mechanism(s) that the federal government has established to ensure these different programs are coordinated?

Now, in respect of Mi'gmaq inherent aboriginal and treaty rights, and contrary to the Canadian Constitution and case law, the Government of Canada, through the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, has acted to severely diminish the honour of the crown in several ways: first, because the Government of Canada did not in the least either by any act or by thought of consideration even consult the Mi'gmaq at the strategic planning level of its decision-making framework; second, through this April 6 decision, by ignoring the fact that the Mi'gmaq interest in snow crab has priority over non-aboriginal interests in the snow crab fishery; third, ...[+++] not having consulted and considered Mi'gmaq a priority, the Government of Canada has failed to uphold its fiduciary obligations to the Mi'gmaq, wherein the crown is duty bound to ensure priority allocation.

(Return tabled) Question No. 425 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the current pandemic of new influenza A (H1N1): (a) who is at the top of the pandemic organizational chart for the country; (b) what gaps still exist in the government’s overarching plan, recognizing that it is an ever-evolving plan, and by what date will identified gaps be addressed; (c) what money remains from the $400 million contained in the budget of 2006 as ‘to be set aside as a contingency to be accessed on an as-needed basis’; (d) what funds have been spent since the start of the pandemic in Canada to address response, specifically, (i) what government departments have tested their pandemic plan, (ii) what departments operationalized their plans or part of their ...[+++]plans in the spring, and updated their plans since the lessons learned from the spring; (e) should there be an election, what is the pandemic preparedness plan for Elections Canada, both to protect the health and well-being of its employees and Canadians; (f) what are the outstanding issues among medical personnel in terms of preparedness, and how are these issues being addressed; (g) what was the process for monitoring swine herds prior to April 24, 2009, and how has it increased since that date; (h) what is the purpose behind the absence of a Canadian notifiable swine influenza surveillance system; (i) what is known of the clinical spectrum of the disease at this time, and what are the possible long-term impacts on lungs, and other organs, and potential long-term costs to the healthcare system; (j) by what date are provincial and territorial vaccine distribution plans to be in place, what oversight exists to ensure they are in place, and will they be made public; (k) what contingency plans are being put in place should Canadian distributors run out of stock of N95 masks; (l) will there be a compensation package should there be challenges with the vaccine; (m) what recommendations are being made to those with chronic con ...

Mi'kmaq Education established by the 13 Mi'kmaq first nations hired three Mi'kmaq people to consult with the Mi'kmaq community members and the general public.