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<s> debates of the senate ( hansard ) </s>
<s> 2 nd session , 36 th parliament , </s>
<s> volume 138 , issue 42 </s>
<s> tuesday , april 4 , 2000 </s>
<s> the honourable gildas l. molgat , speaker </s>
<s> table of contents </s>
<s> senators ' statements </s>
<s> prime minister of japan </s>
<s> plight of street children </s>
<s> senegal </s>
<s> new government </s>
<s> cancer awareness month </s>
<s> new government </s>
<s> routine proceedings </s>
<s> internal economy , budgets and administration </s>
<s> seventh report of committee presented </s>
<s> scrutiny of regulations </s>
<s> question period </s>
<s> delayed answers to oral questions </s>
<s> agriculture and agri @-@ food </s>
<s> farm crisis in prairie provinces @-@ flooding problem in manitoba and saskatchewan @-@ request for response </s>
<s> environment </s>
<s> residency requirement for job applicants </s>
<s> export development canada </s>
<s> china @-@ influence of environmental policy in granting of funds to three gorges dam project </s>
<s> national defence </s>
<s> orders of the day </s>
<s> nisga'a final agreement bill </s>
<s> third reading @-@ debate continued </s>
<s> motion in amendment </s>
<s> in the quebec secession reference </s>
<s> second reading @-@ debate continued </s>
<s> business of the senate </s>
<s> fisheries </s>
<s> marine liability bill </s>
<s> second reading </s>
<s> referred to committee </s>
<s> national defence act </s>
<s> bill to amend @-@ second reading </s>
<s> referred to committee </s>
<s> canadian institutes of health research bill </s>
<s> second reading </s>
<s> referred to committee </s>
<s> payments in lieu of taxes bill </s>
<s> second reading @-@ debate adjourned </s>
<s> canada business corporations act </s>
<s> canada cooperatives act </s>
<s> bill to amend @-@ second reading @-@ debate continued </s>
<s> financing of post @-@ secondary education </s>
