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Province of British Columbia
4th Session, 35th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 22, 1995 to April 25, 1996
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Labour
- Child labour (Anderson) 14743-4 (de Jong, M.) 14729 (Miller) 14745 (Serwa) 14822-3 (Streifel) 14732
- Disabled persons in the workforce (Hanson) 15611 (Miller) 15611
- Domestic workers (Miller) 14714 (Tyabji) 14803
- Domestic workers, employment contracts (Miller) 15621 (Wilson) 15621
- Industrial relations model for small and medium-sized business (Farrell-Collins) 14716-7 (Neufeld) 14752-3
- Labour disputes, education system and disputes (Stephens) 16745
- Labour laws, changes (Miller) 14273
- Labour relations
- arbitration (Hurd) 15549 (Miller) 15544
- climate (Miller) 14273
- collective bargaining legislation in past (Wilson) 15547
- fire and police services, legislation. See Fire and Police Services Collective Bargaining Act
- firefighters. See Labour relations under main heading Firefighters
- impact of Labour Relations Code (Farrell-Collins) 15617 (Miller) 15616
- labour disputes during NDP administration (Symons) 13064
- labour disputes, prolonged disputes (Hanson) 15554 (Mitchell) 15553
- mediation-arbitration process, one-third government cost-sharing provision (Gabelmann) 15001, 15198 (Tyabji) 15198
- police. See Labour relations under main heading Police and Policing
- Vernon dispute (Farrell-Collins) 15545 (Hanson) 15554-5 (Weisgerber) 15546, 15848
- NDP connection with organized labour (Jones, K.) 13252
- Newspaper carriers, standards of employment (Farrell-Collins) 14719-20, 15626-9, 15786 (Miller) 15626-8, 15786
- Regulated versus unregulated work (Wilson) 14754-5, 14757
- Regulation of labour market, impact on job creation (Hanson) 14722
- Skilled workers, demand (Miller) 14277-8
- Standards of work, regulation. See Employment Standards Act
- Trade unions. See Trade unions
- Women's participation in the workforce (Pullinger) 14726-7
- Work, definition (Wilson) 14738
- Workers' compensation. See Workers' compensation
- Workers, protection (Farrell-Collins) 15785 (Garden) 14741-2, 14750-1 (Kasper) 14801 (Miller) 15785, 15837-8 (Randall) 14826 (Serwa) 15785-6 (Sihota) 14798-9 (Streifel) 14732-4 (Tyabji) 14802, 14817, 15786 (Wilson) 14756
- Workers' rights and responsibilities (Miller) 14470, 14712-5, 14713-5 (Pullinger) 14727 (Serwa) 14824 (Streifel) 14732-3 (Wilson) 14737-40
- Workforce adjustments in health care sector (Ramsey) 14804-7 (Reid) 14804-7
- Workplace
- accidents (Warnke) 13799-800
- accidents, industry statistics (Streifel) 13799
- accidents, workers disabled on job (Miller) 14273
- accidents, workers killed, injured on job, day of mourning (Streifel) 13799 (Warnke) 13799-800
- changes, working at home (Tyabji) 13392
- definition (Miller) 15590-1 (Tyabji) 15590-1
- injuries, deaths (Warnke) 13799-800
- injuries, illnesses, social and economic costs (Streifel) 13799
- issues (Warnke) 16851-2
- on-the-job training for GAIN recipients (Miller) 14282-6, 15290 (Tanner) 14283-5
- practices, variances (Farrell-Collins) 15827-31 (Fox) 15829-30 (Miller) 15827-31
- private home as principal workplace (Farrell-Collins) 15621-2 (Hanson) 15622 (Miller) 15621-2
- safety at work (Streifel) 13799 (Warnke) 13799-800
- safety for women (Priddy) 13619
Labour Adjustment Agency. See Healthcare Labour Adjustment Agency
Labour Force Development Board. See British Columbia Labour Force Development Board
Labour Relations Board
- Annual report, 1994, tabled (Miller) 13243
- Review committee (Farrell-Collins) 15616-7 (Miller) 15616-7
Labour Relations Code
- Advisory committee to review progress of code (Farrell-Collins) 16913-4
- Amendments (Gabelmann) 15001
- Benefits (Lali) 13128
- Essential services, inclusion of fire and police services (Farrell-Collins) 15849
- Grievance procedures (Farrell-Collins) 15795 (Miller) 15795
- Impact on business investment (Sihota) 14797
- Impact on small and medium-sized business (Farrell-Collins) 14716, 14718, 15617 (Garden) 14741
- Picketing, definition (Jones, K.) 16018, 16166-7 (Ramsey) 16166-7
- Picketing, definition quoted (Jones, K.) 16018, 16166
- Powers re Access to Abortion Services Act (Mitchell) 16010 (Ramsey) 16167, 16181 (Wilson) 16005, 16166, 16181
- Review provisions (Farrell-Collins) 15616-7 (Miller) 15616-7 (Tyabji) 15617
Labour Relations Code Advisory Committee Act
- (Bill M223) (Farrell-Collins) 1R, 16913-4
- Speakers (Farrell-Collins) 16913-4
Ladysmith Intermediate School, Ladysmith, B.C.
- Upgrading (Pullinger) 13326
Ladysmith Secondary School, Ladysmith, B.C.
- Upgrading (Pullinger) 13326
Lake Koocanusa, B.C. See Koocanusa Lake, B.C.
Lakewood Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.
Lali, Harry Singh (Yale-Lillooet)
- Address in Reply 13331-4
- Ashcroft, funding for capital projects 13129
- Assault charge (Neufeld) 13278
- Avino-Bralorne-Pioneer Mine, mining certificate granted 13333
- B.C. Council of Human Rights, advocacy role 16068-9
- B.C., population growth 13331
- Budget, 1995-96 budget 13127
- Budget, balanced budget 13130
- Budget debate 13127-30
- Business activity 13331
- Business taxation 13333
- Cache Creek, funding for capital projects 13129
- Cache Creek, water reservoir 13334
- Capital tax reduction, Liberal Party position 13333
- Civil service, size 13128
- Collettville, funding for capital projects 13129
- Collettville, water and sewer infrastructure 13334
- Cycling accidents 15976
- Cycling, helmet use by cyclists 15975
- Cycling, helmet use by cyclists, exemption for turban-wearers 15976
- Cycling, safe cycling program for children 15975
- Cycling safety, public education 15975
- Debt management plan 13127-8
- Discrimination and racism, Reform Party position 16068
- Economy of B.C. 13128, 13331
- Education, post-secondary funding increase 13128
- Education, post-secondary student spaces 13332
- Employment equity during NDP administration 16068
- Federal transfer payments, reductions 13332
- Forest industry during Social Credit Party administration 13332
- Forest industry, timber supply review 13332-3
- Forest land reserve, purpose 13332
- Forest Practices Code 13332
- Forest renewal plan 13333
- Forest renewal plan funds, investments 13128
- Fraser-Hope Bridge, rehabilitation 13334
- Government expenditures, Liberal Party position 13333
- Government, reduction in cost of government 13128
- Government spending per capita, reduction 13127
- Health care, community-based care 13128
- Health care, core services 13332
- Health care, funding increase 13128
- Health care, two-tier system 13332
- Hope, funding for capital projects 13129
- Hope, pool-library complex 13334
- Human Rights Amendment Act (1995) 16067-9
- Human Rights Amendment Act, 1995, implementation costs 16068
- Human rights, complaints backlog, reduction 16067
- Infrastructure, funding for regions during Social Credit Party administration 13332
- Infrastructure investments in regions 13332, 13334
- Investment climate for business 13331
- Job creation 13128, 13331-2
- Labour Relations Code, benefits 13128
- Land use planning process 13332
- Liberal Party of B.C., policies 13129-30
- Lillooet, downtown revitalization 13334
- Lillooet, funding for capital projects 13129
- Logan Lake, funding for capital projects 13129
- Lytton bridge 13129
- Lytton Lumber Ltd., loan guarantee 13129
- Manning, Preston, health care policy 13332
- Medicare system, protection 13331-2
- Merritt, funding for capital projects 13129
- Merritt Secondary School upgrading 13334
- Missezula Lake, electrification project 13129
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2) (1995) 15975-6
- NDP government, fiscal policies 13127-8
- NDP government initiatives, benefits 13129-30
- NDP government vision 13127, 13331
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, student spaces 13128, 13332
- Parkland, percentage of land base 13128
- Princeton sheltered housing project 13334
- Princeton Sheltered Housing Society, funding 13129
- Skills Now program, funding to school districts 13128
- Skills training initiatives 13128
- Tax levels 13333
- Whipsaw Creek bridge project, funding 13129
- Yale-Lillooet constituency, capital projects 13334
- Yale-Lillooet constituency, funding for capital projects 13129-30
Lam, Hon. David See-Chai. See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. David See-Chai Lam
LAMC. See Legislative Assembly Management Committee
Lamothe, Gilberta
- Injury compensation case cited (Tyabji) 15768
Lampert, Jerry
Land. See Crown land; Land use; Real property
Land Act
- Amendments (Edwards) 13883
- Extraction of rock and natural substances, regulation (Edwards) 15202-4 (Hurd) 15204-5 (Wilson) 15202-3
Land and resources management process. See entries under Land use
Land Owners' Rights Association
- Agricultural land reserve, concerns (van Dongen) 15592 (Zirnhelt) 15592
Land tax deferment account. See entries under Finance, Public
Land Title Act
Land use. See also Growth management
- Conflicts (Jarvis) 13122-3
- Decisions, consultation with resource-based communities (Sihota) 16686
- Development cost charges (Marzari) 15465
- Development cost charges, impact (Fox) 14961 (Serwa) 14962-3
- Development cost charges, Urban Development Institute position (Marzari) 15465 (Tanner) 15465
- Emerging issues (Edwards) 15485 (Mitchell) 15485
- Issues, Liberal Party position (Petter) 15528
- Issues, resolution (Petter) 13350
- Land and resource inventory of province (Wilson) 14100-1
- Land and resources management process in Peace River area, Lands branch representative (Neufeld) 15536 (Petter) 15536-7
- Land and resources management process, Lands branch participation (Cull) 16195-6 (Neufeld) 16195-6
- Land and resources management process, participants (Edwards) 15443 (Neufeld) 15443
- Land for agricultural use (de Jong, M.) 13371
- Land set aside
- agricultural land banks (Wilson) 13744-5, 14677
- compensation costs (Hurd) 16712-4
- impact on employment (Sawicki) 16890
- land set aside for parks and wilderness (Harcourt) 16670
- land set aside for preservation (Harcourt) 13457-8 (Neufeld) 13829-30 (Sawicki) 16889-90
- land set aside for preservation, 12 percent figure (Cashore) 14542 (Cull) 16539, 16687, 16689, 16720, 16887-8, 16900, 16902 (de Jong, M.) 16690 (Evans) 16701 (Perry) 16691 (Pullinger) 13324 (Serwa) 16714-5 (Tyabji) 16711 (Weisgerber) 16698, 16900 (Wilson) 16695, 16698
- land set aside for school sites (Serwa) 13911
- Land use planning
- Land use plans. See also specific plans, e.g., Vancouver Island land use plan
- designations (Hurd) 15118 (Petter) 15118-9
- enshrining of plans (Throne speech) 12990
- impact (Neufeld) 13263 (Symons) 13064
- impact on local communities (Neufeld) 14922-3 (Petter) 14925-6
- implementation, compensation costs (Hurd) 14919
- implementation costs (Hurd) 16712
- need (Petter) 15530-1
- opposition's positions (Petter) 13350
- plans for province (Sawicki) 13320
- socioeconomic impact (Petter) 15530
- Land use strategy
- Local groups' purchase of land for facilities (de Jong, M.) 13371
- Lower mainland situation (Petter) 15742-3
- Management and planning secretariat (Wilson) 14065
- Mine development and land use planning (Edwards) 14166-7 (Jarvis) 14166-7
- Multiple users, non-exclusive rights (Edwards) 16573-4 (Jarvis) 16573-4
- NDP government action (Jackson) 13372
- Peat Marwick recommendations re resource revenues (Hurd) 16893
- Policies, legacy for future (Cull) 16689 (de Jong, M.) 16689
- Preservation of green spaces (Sihota) 13961
- Protected areas
- 13 percent figure for Vancouver Island (Petter) 13350
- amount of land to be protected (Petter) 15525-6
- boundaries set on Vancouver Island (Hurd) 13350 (Neufeld) 13350 (Petter) 13349-50
- legacy for future (Cashore) 16717
- protected areas (Krog) 13016 (Perry) 13308
- strategy (Cull) 16888 (Hurd) 16888 (Neufeld) 16888
- strategy, goal for year 2000 (Cull) 16539
- strategy, impact on mining industry (Edwards) 14166-7 (Jarvis) 13262, 14166-7
- strategy, support in B.C. (Hurd) 16712
- Rangeland. See Rangeland
- Resource development and land use planning (Edwards) 14156, 14164-5 (Neufeld) 14167
- Rural land use (Beattie) 14643-4 (Fox) 15673-4, 15676-7 (Marzari) 14097 (Tanner) 14097 (Tyabji) 14678 (Zirnhelt) 14313, 14641-2, 15673-4
- Rural-urban conflict (Serwa) 14099
- School sites on high-value land (Charbonneau) 13877 (Hurd) 13876-7
- Subdivision of land
- Urban sprawl and agricultural land (Farnworth) 13776 (Serwa) 13772, 14098-9
- Vancouver Island plan. See Vancouver Island land use plan
Landlord and tenant
. See also Rental housing
- Consultation re rent increases (Smallwood) 13977-8
- Disputes
- Landlord's expenses, limit (Dalton) 13977
- Legislative amendments (Smallwood) 13975, 14111
- Rent protection formula (Dalton) 13977 (Smallwood) 13977-8
- Rentalsman's office (Dalton) 13976-7 (Smallwood) 13976
- Tenants' rights in shared-interest conversions (Schreck) 13900-1, 14177 (Smallwood) 13903-4
Landry, Paul
- Radar camera use, letter quoted (Pement) 15998
Langford, B.C.
- Priory hospital, construction of new facility (Sihota) 13198
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers (Gabelmann) 13602 (Kasper) 13602-3
Langley, B.C.
- Ambulance service (Jones, K.) 14771-2 (Ramsey) 14771-2
- Aquifer contamination (Stephens) 16204
- Farm operations, importance (Stephens) 14647
- Transportation issues (Pement) 14883-4 (Stephens) 14882-4
Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley, B.C.
Language
- English language training for professional purposes (Anderson) 16517 (Dosanjh) 16517
- Examinable languages in schools (Charbonneau) 13751, 13848 (Symons) 13848
- French language instruction (Stephens) 13794
- Indian language instruction in schools (Charbonneau) 13848
- Instruction. See also entries under Curriculum under main heading Education
- Instruction of other languages in schools (Charbonneau) 13848 (Sihota) 13848
- Japanese language instruction in schools (Charbonneau) 13848 (Sihota) 13848
- Mandarin language instruction in schools (Charbonneau) 13848 (Sihota) 13848
Lanigan, Troy
Latimer Road Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.
- Construction, sod-turning (Charbonneau) 13795 (Jones, K.) 13795
Law and Equity Act
- Plaintiffs' compensation, amendment (Dalton) 15083-4
Law Foundation of Ontario
- Financial assistance for class proceedings (Mitchell) 15073-4
Law Reform Commission of British Columbia
- Annual report, 1994-95, tabled (Gabelmann) 15221
- Class proceedings legislation, consultations (Dalton) 15070
- Funding (Dalton) 13672 (Gabelmann) 13672
- Recreational injuries report (Mitchell) 13702
Law Reform Commission of Ontario
- Class action legislation, recommendations (Dalton) 15071, 15382 (Gabelmann) 15077, 15382 (Wilson) 15074-5
- Class proceedings legislation, cost provisions, position (Dalton) 15387-8
Law Society of British Columbia
- Class proceedings legislation, consultations (Mitchell) 15074
- Sihota, Hon. Moe, activities while member (de Jong, M.) 14038 (Harcourt) 14038-9 (Hurd) 14038
Lawson Lundell Lawson and McIntosh
- Advisory role in Columbia River negotiations cited (Hurd) 14425
- Work on negotiations with Bonneville Power Administration, cost (Clark) 16025 (Hurd) 16030 (Jarvis) 16025
Lawyers and legal services
- Legal aid. See also Legal Services Society of British Columbia
- Buller, Marion, report on legal aid services for Indians (Gabelmann) 13536
- eligibility (Fox) 13154 (Gabelmann) 13154
- overexpenditures (Fox) 13154
- system, mixed model, implementation costs (Gabelmann) 13141
- system reform (Gabelmann) 13538, 13661
- Non-lawyers practising law (Wilson) 13653
- Social Services clients, ministerial responsibility (Anderson) 14617 (MacPhail) 14617
- Tax on legal services (Dalton) 13146 (Gabelmann) 13146-7, 13153 (Tyabji) 13153
- Tax on legal services, Attorney General ministry expenditure (Gabelmann) 13140, 13150 (Jones, K.) 13150
- Tax on legal services, revenue from tax (Dalton) 13710
- Use of services (Tyabji) 13136
Laxton, John
N.D. Lea Consultants Ltd.
- Good Roads Cost Less report. See name of report
- Pavement management project (Symons) 14864
Leask, Peter
- Investigation of John Gossage case, files to College of Physicians and Surgeons (Dalton) 13675 (Gabelmann) 13675
- Special prosecutor role in Burrard Inlet dumping case. See Dumping under main heading Greater Vancouver Regional District
Leffler, Mark
- Labour relations, letter re final-offer selection (Miller) 15852
Legal Professions Act
- Collection agency provisions (Gabelmann) 13652 (Wilson) 13652
- Remuneration provisions, inclusion in class actions legislation (Wilson) 15388-9
Legal Services Society of British Columbia
- Annual reports, 1992-93 and 1993-94, tabled (Gabelmann) 13047
- Attorney General ministry role (Gabelmann) 13154
- Cost overruns (Gabelmann) 13141 (Serwa) 13135 (Tyabji) 13136
- Funding (Anderson) 16524 (Dosanjh) 16524
- Funding, special warrant funds (Dalton) 13142 (Gabelmann) 13141-2
- Implementation of reforms to legal aid system (Gabelmann) 13538
- Transition to mixed model, funding (Gabelmann) 13154 (Tyabji) 13154
- Victims of crime, legal representation, role (de Jong, M.) 15930 (Gabelmann) 15930-1 (Jones, K.) 15930-1
Legislation
- Estimates 16512
- Amendments to second reading of bills (Mitchell) 16550
- Bills not read second time before printing of bill (Tyabji) 16917
- Changes to acts by order-in-council (Symons) 16964
- Information on Internet (Schreck) 15810
- Initiative legislation (Serwa) 13388
- Initiatives, application to become opponent of an initiative (Gabelmann) 16886 (Weisgerber) 16885-6
- Legislative program of NDP administration (Garden) 13061-2
- Miscellaneous statutes amendment bills, use at end of session (Mitchell) 17012
- Miscellaneous statutes bills, use (Mitchell) 16725-6
- Numbering of sections (Mitchell) 14089
- Omnibus bills, splitting a section from bill for separate consideration (Mitchell) 16729 (Speaker) 16750
- Preambles, nature (Mitchell) 13511 (Warnke) 13532
Legislation
- Private members' bills (Mitchell) 16741
- Private members' bills, progress (Farrell-Collins) 16740
- Referral of bills to select standing committees (Mitchell) 16550
- Retroactivity (Dalton) 13605-6 (Gabelmann) 13606 (Mitchell) 15022
Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act
- Amendments (Gabelmann) 16721
- Amendments, potential conflict of interest for MLAs (Mitchell) 16729
- Amendments, potential conflict of interest for MLAs, ruling on point of order (Speaker) 16750
- Letter to conflict-of-interest commissioner tabled (Mitchell) 16729
Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act, Part 2
- Annual report, 1993-94, tabled (Cull) 13314
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- Annual report, 1994-96, tabled (Speaker) 17017
- Committee (Farrell-Collins) 16975-6
- Meetings (Weisgerber) 16976
- Review of MLAs' compensation (Weisgerber) 16976-7 (Wilson) 16974
- Work (Wilson) 16974
Legislative Library. See British Columbia Legislative Library
Legislature. See also Legislation
- Adjournment delay to allow printing of bills (Farrell-Collins) 16917 (Speaker) 16917 (Tyabji) 16917
- Adjournment motions (Speaker) 16917-8 (Warnke) 16809
- Adjournment pending Speaker's ruling (Clark) 13072 (Farrell-Collins) 13072
- Committee A
- Committee of the Whole House
- Concurrent sittings in House and Committee A (Farrell-Collins) 14426-7 (MacPhail) 14426 (Speaker) 15490-1 (Tyabji) 15460 (Warnke) 14426 (Wilson) 15459
- Debate (Lovick) 13222
- Direct delegation (Wilson) 13012
- Disturbance during 1993 throne speech (Evans) 16701
- Estimates debates, staff available to answer questions (Dosanjh) 16526, 16528-9 (Jones, K.) 16512, 16526, 16528
- Estimates debates, subject matter (Jones, K.) 16528-9 (Schreck) 16529
- Executive federalism (Warnke) 16509
- Fixed budget day (Tyabji) 13213
- Free speech in debate (Tyabji) 16278-9
- Free votes (Campbell) 13007 (Chisholm) 13380 (Schreck) 13301 (Serwa) 13388
- Government House Leader, responsibilities (Speaker) 16918
- Language used in House (Edwards) 14732 (Farrell-Collins) 13415 (Gingell) 14732 (Mitchell) 14820 (Serwa) 13415 (Speaker) 13415 (Streifel) 14732
- Legislative calendar. See Parliamentary Calendar Act, 1995
- Legislative precincts study (Weisgerber) 15220
- Legislative process, reform (Farrell-Collins) 16742 (Sawicki) 16742-3 (Schreck) 16744 (Tyabji) 16547-8 (Warnke) 16743-4 (Weisgerber) 16742 (Wilson) 16743
- Legislative process, reform of standing orders (Warnke) 16744
- Legislative process reforms, non-partisan representation (Tyabji) 13392
- Legislative process reforms, Progressive Democratic Alliance Party position (Tyabji) 13213
- Legislative process, rules, request for leave (Mitchell) 13055 (Serwa) 13055 (Tyabji) 13055 (Wilson) 13055
- Legislative workload, scheduling (Chisholm) 13381
- Length of sittings (Symons) 15272
- MLAs bringing matters before House under standing orders (Mitchell) 16809
- Member's place in debate (Clark) 13055 (Farrell-Collins) 13055
- Ministerial statements, leave for independents to respond, Liberal Party's actions (Mitchell) 16024
- Ministerial statements, nature (Serwa) 13458
- Night sittings (Tyabji) 16547-8
- Night sittings, NDP government use (Symons) 16724
- Officers of the House, remuneration (Gabelmann) 16621-2 (Neufeld) 16621-2 (Wilson) 16621
- Operating costs (Evans) 16978
- Opposition MLAs, support for rights of private members (Mitchell) 13054
- Opposition, role (Gingell) 13091 (Hagen) 13024 (Lovick) 13035, 13037 (Perry) 13234
- Powers (Gabelmann) 16729
- Private members' bills, purpose (Tyabji) 16547
- Private members' statements. See also Private members' statements (Anderson) 13307, 14234 (Clark) 13005 (de Jong, M.) 13403 (Deputy Speaker) 13307 (Farrell-Collins) 13005-6 (Hurd) 13028 (Janssen) 13005 (MacPhail) 13028 (Mitchell) 13005 (Serwa) 13028 (Tyabji) 13004-5 (Wilson) 13028
- Private members' statements, 1992 Speaker's decision quoted (Speaker) 15490
- Private members' statements, Liberal Party position (Wilson) 13012
- Private members' statements, partisan remarks (Anderson) 13307, 14234 (Clark) 13005 (de Jong, M.) 13403 (Deputy Speaker) 13307 (Farrell-Collins) 13005-6 (Hurd) 13028 (Janssen) 13005 (MacPhail) 13028 (Mitchell) 13005 (Serwa) 13028 (Speaker) 15295, 15490 (Tyabji) 13004-5 (Wilson) 13028
- Privilege matters, reserving right until later time (Farrell-Collins) 15661 (Speaker) 15661
- Prorogation 17017
- Question period
- bills as subject in question period (Clark) 16541 (Deputy Speaker) 15040 (Farrell-Collins) 15016, 16541 (Mitchell) 15016, 15018
- conduct of question period (Farrell-Collins) 13930 (Lovick) 13930 (Speaker) 15472 (Tyabji) 16280, 16548 (Weisgerber) 15472
- purpose of question period (Mitchell) 13187 (Speaker) 13378
- questions in question period. See Oral questions
- Questions on notice (Tyabji) 16547
- Quorum (Speaker) 15461 (Wilson) 15461
- Select standing committees. See also names of specific com- mittees, e.g. Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- Sessions, fixed schedule (Farrell-Collins) 16742 (Mitchell) 13044-5, 16741 (Tyabji) 13213 (Wilson) 13012
- Sessions, fixed schedule and budget approval process (Farrell-Collins) 13133 (Mitchell) 13134 (Serwa) 13135 (Weisgerber) 13131-2 (Wilson) 13132-3
- Sessions, fixed schedule, cost-effectiveness (Mitchell) 16741
- Sessions, out-of-session time (Tyabji) 13209-10, 13213
- Sitting adjournment time, agreements (Neufeld) 15106
- Staff thanked (Farrell-Collins) 17014 (Gabelmann) 17014 (Serwa) 17014 (Speaker) 17014-5
- Standing orders. See Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Strangers, presence on floor of House (Farrell-Collins) 16666 (Mitchell) 16665 (Speaker) 16665-6 (Tyabji) 16666 (Wilson) 16665
- Unanimous consent requirement (Mitchell) 13054
Lehman Bros. and Kuhn Loeb Inc.
- Quoted re budget (Charbonneau) 13123 (Sihota) 13196
Lennon, John
- Rolls-Royce, location (Jones, K.) 16092-3
Leontowicz, Peter
- Prospecting contract, case cited (Jarvis) 15175
Leopold, Aldo
- Cited re stewardship of land (Perry) 16691
Lewis, Brian
- Quoted re 1995-96 budget (Tanner) 13205
Lewis, Gerald and Eleanor
- Columbia River Treaty impact on property (Simpson) 13530
Lewis, Stephen
- Quoted re work of United Nations (Dosanjh) 16119
Leyne, Les
- Article re Hon. Colin Gabelmann quoted (Jarvis) 16542
- Publication of political poll results, article quoted (Neufeld) 16567-8
Lheit Lit'en nation
- Interim measures agreement with Forests ministry (Cashore) 14317 (Warnke) 14317
Libby Dam
- Impact on Keenleyside Dam (Hurd) 13347
- Runoff, impact on power generation (Clark) 16031-2 (Hurd) 16031-2
- Water levels (Hurd) 14406
Libel and slander
- Fair comment defence for publishers (de Jong, M.) 16741 (Gabelmann) 16740 (Krog) 13027
- Legislation. See Libel and Slander Amendment Act, 1995
Libel and Slander Act
- Amendments (Gabelmann) 16740
Libel and Slander Amendment Act, 1995
Liberal Party
- Governments in Canada (Warnke) 13309
- Philosophy (Warnke) 13309-10
Liberal Party of British Columbia
- Abbotsford by-election campaign manager, conflict-of-interest allegation (Schreck) 13410
- Abbotsford by-election campaign spending (Gabelmann) 16789, 16817 (Mitchell) 16777-8, 16789
- Budget policy, position (Cull) 15222-3
- Candidate, Malahat-Juan de Fuca constituency (Kasper) 13190
- Coalition with Reform Party (Randall) 13335
- Corporation capital tax, position (Cull) 15140-2, 15222-3 (Gingell) 15140-2 (Lali) 13333
- Economic policies (Pullinger) 14725-8 (Sihota) 14798-9
- Education, position (Stephens) 13327
- Election campaign spending (Gabelmann) 16779 (Wilson) 16779
- Environmental issues, position (Sihota) 14687-8
- Federal post-secondary funding cuts, position (Miller) 15253-4
- Federal transfer payments, position on reductions (Lovick) 13036 (MacPhail) 13038
- Fiscal policies (Cull) 13297-8 (Giesbrecht) 13258 (Miller) 13292
- Forest Practices Code, position (Mitchell) 14913 (Petter) 14915-6 (Warnke) 14913
- Forestry issues, position (Pullinger) 13324-5
- Former Social Credit Party workers, involvement in Liberal Party (Wilson) 16291
- Funding sources (Schreck) 16562
- Fundraising, tax-deductible donations (Wilson) 13593
- Government expenditures, position (Lali) 13333
- Health care policy (Ramsey) 14346-7, 14350, 14464-5
- Health care, private services, position (Barlee) 13059 (Beattie) 13286-7 (Boone) 12996 (Janssen) 13291 (Jones, B.) 13281 (Lord) 13246-8 (Pullinger) 13273
- Housing policies, position (Smallwood) 14112-3
- Indian treaties, position re affordability (Chisholm) 14322-3
- Indian treaty negotiations, policies (Cashore) 13934, 13941, 14005, 14320-1 (Chisholm) 14320 (Warnke) 13813-4
- Interim measures agreements with Indians, position (Cashore) 13965, 14213, 14318 (Warnke) 13965-6
- Kemano completion project, poll (Neufeld) 14222
- Labour policies (Garden) 14750 (Wilson) 14756
- Leadership campaign funding (Schreck) 16561
- Links with business community (Wilson) 14928
- Links with federal Liberal Party (Lortie) 13192 (Symons) 13330-1
- Medicare system, position (Cull) 13298 (Farnworth) 13318 (Giesbrecht) 13257 (Jarvis) 13121 (Jones, K.) 13251 (Miller) 13293-4 (Tanner) 13321 (Warnke) 13229
- MLAs (Cull) 13385
- MLAs, spending proposals (Cull) 13298
- Performance as opposition (Beattie) 13365-6
- Philosophy (Farnworth) 13317-8 (Lovick) 13224 (MacPhail) 13038 (Neufeld) 13039
- Plan for province (Schreck) 13116, 13118
- Policies (Anderson) 13176 (Beattie) 13365-6, 13367 (Campbell) 13221-2, 16410 (Cashore) 13269-70 (Garden) 13063 (Harcourt) 16507 (Krog) 13016-7, 13102 (Lali) 13129-30 (Miller) 13207-9, 13293-4 (Perry) 13068-9 (Petter) 15535 (Tyabji) 13213
- Political ideology (Miller) 14281, 14291 (Schreck) 14291
- Position paper on legislative reform (Wilson) 16289-90
- Rent controls, position (Dalton) 13977
- Tobacco products, accessibility, position (Mitchell) 15057 (Wilson) 14970-1
- University for South Fraser area, position (Hammell) 13307
- Workers' Compensation Board advisers (Farrell-Collins) 15210 (Jones, K.) 15251-2 (Miller) 15209, 15251
Liberal Party of Canada
"Liberating Our Children, Liberating Our Nation"
Lidstone, Don
- Work for Columbia River Treaty Committee (Clark) 13502
Lieutenant-Governor
- Office, selection of new incumbent (Mitchell) 13051
- Rights of office cited by Hon. David See-Chai Lam (Perry) 13067
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. David See-Chai Lam
- Retirement statements cited (Jones, B.) 13281
- Speech from the Throne 12989-91
- Tribute (Mitchell) 13051 (Perry) 13067
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Garde B. Gardom
Life sciences fund
Lillooet, B.C.
- Downtown revitalization (Lali) 13334
- Funding for capital projects (Lali) 13129
Lillooet News, Lillooet, B.C.
- Quoted re infrastructure grants for area (Lali) 13334
Limitation Act
- Civil litigation provisions cited (Gabelmann) 15231
Lindstrom, Marcy
- Mentally handicapped residential placement case (Fox) 14653-4
Ling, Victor
Link program
- Federal funding (Dosanjh) 13169
Linton, Jamie
- Economics of water export, article quoted (Tyabji) 14435-6
Lions Gate Bridge
Liquor Control and Licensing Act
Liquor control and licensing branch
- Reform (Tyabji) 16727
- Revenue from fees (Gabelmann) 16990
- Role (Gabelmann) 16989
- Staff (Gabelmann) 16990
Liquor Distribution Act
- Amendments (Gabelmann) 15001
Liquor distribution branch
- Annual report, 1994, tabled (Gabelmann) 13047
- Confidentiality of third-party business information (Gabelmann) 15001
- San Francisco marketing meeting (Dalton) 15017 (Gabelmann) 15017-8
- Staff training video (Dalton) 14906-7 (Farrell-Collins) 14907 (Gabelmann) 14906-7
Livingstone, Gary
Local Elections Reform Act
- Campaign contribution provisions (Dalton) 16678-80
Local government
- Accountability (Tyabji) 13212-3
- Autonomy in growth management (Hanson) 13765 (Marzari) 13736 (Mitchell) 13762 (Sawicki) 13781 (Wilson) 13744
- Capital planning agreements with school boards (Charbonneau) 14960, 15168-70 (Fox) 15169 (Reid) 14964, 15167, 15172 (Stephens) 14960-1
- Crown land activity decisions, role (Cashore) 14330-2 (Wilson) 14330-2
- Franchise agreement expenditures (Fox) 15759 (Marzari) 15759
- Growth strategies, implementation agreements with provincial government (Marzari) 13736
- Growth strategies, relationship with provincial government (Marzari) 13459
- Indians, issues, role (Marzari) 14109-10
- Legal action against local government, extension of time limitations (Gabelmann) 16721
- Planning (Marzari) 13459, 13735
- Planning, duplication of administration (Tanner) 13738
- Planning, regional coordination (Marzari) 13735
- Services for mountain resort communities (Clark) 13434 (Mitchell) 13435
- Ward system (Tyabji) 13212
Locke, Dean
- Archeological impact assessment of Tsawwassen Beach site (Barlee) 13514-6 (Gingell) 13514
Loewen, Ernie. See Loewen Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.
Loewen Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.
- Towing of farm equipment (van Dongen) 15098-9
Logan Lake, B.C.
- Funding for capital projects (Lali) 13129
Charles E. London Junior Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.
- Fire damage (Warnke) 13842
Lonsdale, Corinne
- Municipal consultation re railway tax assessment, letter to Hon. Michael Harcourt quoted (Mitchell) 16926
Lord, Margaret (Comox Valley)
- Budget debate 13247-8
- Communities, land trust legislation 13693
- Community Land Trust Act 13693
- Health care, private services, Liberal Party position 13246-8
- Health care system, two-tier system 13247-8
- Health ministry, estimates 14339-41
- Medicare system in Canada, history 13246
- Medicare system, Liberal Party of Canada position 13247-8
- Medicare system, NDP position 13246, 13248
- Medicare system, protection 13246, 13248
- Mental health services, community-based services 14340
- Mental health services, crisis psychiatric beds 14339-40
- Mental health services, public awareness 14340-1
- Work on adoption legislation review panel (MacPhail) 16123, 16380 (Tyabji) 16380
Lortie, Norman (Delta North)
- Alex Fraser Bridge, upgrading 13192, 13573
- Annacis Island sewage treatment project 13573
- Back-bench MLAs, role 15212
- Budget, 1995-96 budget and opposition MLAs 13192
- Budget debate 13192-3
- Burns Bog, preservation 13192
- Debt management plan 13193
- Debt, public debt, comparisons with elsewhere 13574
- Dogs and farming 14648
- Economy and infrastructure investment 13573
- Economy of B.C. 13193
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates 13958
- Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act 14647-8
- Farming, right to farm 14648
- Farming, role in economy 14647-8
- Fraser Valley, post-secondary facilities 13192, 13573
- Government borrowing, sustainability 13574
- Greenhouse operations in Delta 14648
- Infrastructure expenditures, impact on local economies 13573
- Infrastructure investments 13192-3, 13573
- Infrastructure needs 13574
- Investment climate, role of infrastructure 13573
- Liberal Party, links with federal Liberal Party 13192
- NDP government, priorities 13192-3
- NDP government vision 13191
- Reform Party policies, comparison with Social Credit Party 13192
- Roberts Bank backup lands, farm leases, negotiations 13958
- South Fraser perimeter road construction project 13573
- Tsawwassen Indian band, Roberts Bank land claim 13958
- University for south of Fraser River 13192
- Urban-farm interface 14647-8
Lotteries. See also Gambling
- American Indian lottery program (Dosanjh) 16351 (Gabelmann) 13707 (Jones, K.) 13706-7, 16351
- Conference of lottery groups (Dosanjh) 16459-60 (Jones, K.) 16459-60
- Offshore ticket sales (Jones, K.) 13705-6
- Offshore ticket sales, Government Services minister's announcement quoted (Jones, K.) 13703
- Offshore ticket sales, legislation, enforcement (Gabelmann) 13704 (Jones, K.) 13676, 13703-5
- Resale of lottery tickets outside B.C. (Dosanjh) 16345, 16350-1, 16525-6 (Jones, K.) 16345, 16350-1, 16525-6 (Mitchell) 16350
- Revenues (Dosanjh) 16349 (Mitchell) 16349
- Revenues into general revenue (Hanson) 16788
- Revenues to Indian bands (Dosanjh) 16357-8 (Jones, K.) 16357-8
- Video lottery terminals. See entries under Gambling
Lottery Corporation Act
- Enforcement, police investigation (Gabelmann) 13704-6 (Jones, K.) 13704-6
- Quoted re lottery ticket resales (Jones, K.) 13703-4
Louisiana Pacific Corp.
- Oriented strand board plant in Dawson Creek, level of harvest (Weisgerber) 15810-4
- Oriented strand board plant in Dawson Creek, level of harvest and pulpwood agreement (Petter) 15811-4
Love, Susan
- Cited re breast cancer (Reid) 13172
Lovelace, J.C.
- Report on Vancouver hospitals cited (Ramsey) 14395 (Reid) 14453
Lovick, Dale (Nanaimo)
- Abortion, access zones 16015
- Abortion, anti-abortion protests 16014-5
- Abortion, anti-abortion protests, use of court injunctions 16015
- Access to Abortion Services Act 16014-5
- Address in Reply 13034-7
- Article re deficit and debt 13226
- Artificial reefs, promotion as tourist attraction 13036
- Bennett, W.A.C., infrastructure borrowing 13224
- B.C. population growth, impact 13740-1
- Budget debate 13222-6
- Budget, impact on families 13223
- Campbell, Gordon, budget debate participation 13222-3
- Civil service, size 13740
- Coquihalla Highway, construction wages 13224-5
- Corporation capital tax, removal 13223
- Debt load 13223
- Debt management plan 13036-7
- Debt, Treasury Board recommendations 13223
- Deputy Speaker, election (Clark) 12991
- Deputy Speaker, role 13034
- Economic change, impact on B.C. communities 13035
- Federal funding cutbacks, Liberal Party position 13036
- Government spending and public debt 13035-6
- Grass-roots democracy 13034-5
- Growth Strategies Statutes Amendment Act (1995) 13740-2
- Health care, private service clinics 13225
- Health care workers labour accord, cost savings 13224
- Highway construction, fair-wage policy 13224-5
- Infrastructure projects, borrowing 13224
- Investments during NDP administration 13225-6
- Island Highway construction project agreement 13225
- Islands Trust, funding 13740
- Job creation strategy 13034
- Land use planning, public consultation process 13034-5
- Legislature, debate 13222
- Liberal Party ideologies 13224
- Medicare system, protection 13034, 13224
- Nanaimo, investments in area projects 13225
- New Brunswick, incentives to companies to relocate in province 13741
- NDP government performance 13037
- NDP philosophy 13224
- Opposition, role 13035, 13037
- Oral questions, conduct of question period 13930
- Political philosophies, differences 13035
- Reform Party of Canada, position on federal debt 13036
- Reform Party policies 13225
- Regional growth strategies, dispute resolution mechanism 13741
- Rights and freedoms of Canadians 16015
- Social Credit Party government, commission on health care 13224
- Wages, fair-wage policy 13224-5
- Wages, NDP government action on fair wages 13223
- Welfare fraud, NDP government action 13225
Lower mainland. See Fraser Valley, B.C.
Lower Mainland Nature Legacy
Lower Mainland Purpose Society
- Youth programs (Hagen) 13173
LRMP. See Land and resources management process under main heading Land use
Lucerne, B.C.
- School construction, project management (Evans) 13755
Lumber trade. See entries under Forests and forestry
Lunney, Robert
- Quoted re gambling (Jones, K.) 13578-9
Lytton, B.C.
Lytton Lumber Ltd.
- Loan guarantee (Lali) 13129
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