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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

Zeballos, B.C.

Logging operations in area, future (Hurd) 15408-10 (Petter) 15409-10
Road to Tahsis (Pement) 14879

Zirnhelt, Hon. David (Cariboo South) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Abbotsford agriculture centre 15493, 15645, 15651
Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates 14371
Agricultural chemicals, use 15675-6
Agricultural Environmental Protection Council, farm practices standards 15681
Agricultural Environmental Protection Council, funding 15638
Agricultural fairs, funding 15643
Agricultural Land Commission, 1993-94 annual report tabled 13652
Agricultural Land Commission, 1994-95 auditor general's report 15556-7
Agricultural Land Commission, auditing methods 15557-8
Agricultural Land Commission, auditor general's recommendations, implementation 15595
Agricultural Land Commission, farm advisory committees, policy 15560
Agricultural Land Commission, farm wineries policy 15563
Agricultural Land Commission, funding 15491
Agricultural Land Commission, funding to administer forest land reserve 15594
Agricultural Land Commission, Harbours Board land, management 15564
Agricultural Land Commission, involvement in Iberg farm case 15564
Agricultural Land Commission, local government's role 15559
Agricultural Land Commission, mandate 15557
Agricultural Land Commission, policy on gravel removal from land reserve 15564
Agricultural Land Commission, policy on non-farm use 15561
Agricultural Land Commission, policy on non-farm use at Mount Thurston 15603
Agricultural Land Commission, policy on subdivision of agricultural land 15559
Agricultural Land Commission, regulations, regional needs 15559
Agricultural Land Commission, representation of Fraser Valley 15560-1, 15593-4
Agricultural Land Commission, subdivision of agricultural land, applications 15559-60
Agricultural Land Commission, work 15557
Agricultural land development assistance program, cancellation 15557, 15600, 15643
Agricultural land development assistance program, cost 15495
Agricultural land reserve, ancient subdivisions, development rights 15562-3
Agricultural land reserve and Indian land claims 15596
Agricultural land reserve, changes 13139
Agricultural land reserve, development rights of Okanagan farmers 15593
Agricultural land reserve, dumping of illegal fill 15650
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions 15558
Agricultural land reserve, farming in reserve 14313, 14641-2, 15674
Agricultural land reserve, farming outside reserve 15677, 15683-4, 15686-7
Agricultural land reserve, Land Owners' Rights Association, concerns 15592
Agricultural land reserve legislation, constitutional challenge by Okanagan farmers 15592
Agricultural land reserve, problems 15594
Agricultural land reserve, purpose 15558
Agricultural land reserve, review by Agricultural Land Commission 15558
Agricultural land reserve, transitional program in Okanagan 15595
Agricultural lands, access 15685
Agriculture, aerial spraying 15650
Agriculture, fisheries and food industries, employment 13239
Agriculture, fisheries and food industries, investments 13239
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, allocation of funds 15491-2, 15637
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, auditing methods 15557-8, 15672
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, budget 15672
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, budget, 1994-95 overrun 13137-40
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates 15491-501, 15556-64, 15592-610, 15635-52, 15671-2
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, funding for agriculture education 15641-2
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, loan guarantee programs 15497
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, memorandum of understanding with federal government re funding 15599-600
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, operations 15557
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, policy development, responsibility 15635
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, programs 15492-3
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, role 15491, 15640
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, special warrant funding 13137-40
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, staffing 15636
Agriculture, funding to commodity groups 15643-4
Agriculture industry 14682-3
Agriculture industry, barriers to entry 15642
Agriculture industry, competitiveness 15599-600, 15602
Agriculture industry development funds 13238-9
Agriculture industry, federal assistance to B.C. industry 13138-9
Agriculture industry, federal programs 15493
Agriculture industry, impact of new employment standards 15645
Agriculture industry, input costs, comparison with elsewhere 15600, 15602
Agriculture industry, input costs, tax exemptions 15638
Agriculture industry, public education 15492, 15672
Agriculture industry, revitalization 13139
Agriculture industry, role in economy 15491
Agriculture industry, sales tax exemption on energy products 15493, 15495, 15598
Agriculture industry, subsidization 15495, 15671
Agriculture industry, tax exemptions 15638
Agriculture industry, transition assistance program 13137-40
Agriculture Protection Act, replacement of act 14313, 14641
Agriculture, skills development 15641
Agrifood policy, development 15671
Agrifood policy, review 15493, 15599, 15603
Animal welfare, Agriculture ministry's role 15493
Animals, standards for humane treatment of food animals 15609-10
Aquaculture industry 13238, 15498, 15609, 15648
Aquaculture industry and government bureaucracy 15498-9
Aquaculture industry and scenic corridors 15648
Aquaculture industry, environmental impact 13238
Aquaculture industry, escapement of Atlantic salmon 15606
Aquaculture industry, fish-farm practices 15676
Aquaculture industry, fish-farming industry, development 13651
Aquaculture industry, job creation 15492
Aquaculture industry, licensing of tilapia farms 15608
Aquaculture industry, salmon farming 15493, 15604-5, 15607, 15672
Aquaculture industry, salmon farms, concerns re location 15606
Aquaculture industry, shellfish farming 15499-500, 15671
Aquaculture industry, use of antibiotics by fish farms, enforcement of regulations 15604
Aquaculture industry, use of seal scarers by fish farms, study 15606
B.C. Federation of Agriculture, farm practices standards 15683
B.C. Marketing Board, Farm Practices Board membership 14641, 14682, 15680-1, 15683
B.C. Marketing Board, funding 15492
B.C. Marketing Board policy development, Agriculture ministry responsibility 15635
B.C. Marketing Board, policy re appeal panels 15635
B.C. Marketing Board, role 15635
Broughton Archipelago, concerns re location of fish farms 15607
Broughton Archipelago, environmental review 15672
Budget, 1995-96 budget 13237-9
Budget debate 13237-9
Budget, public consultation 13237
Buy B.C. program, achievements 15492, 15672
Buy B.C. Program, evaluation 15643
Buy B.C. program, marketing of wines 13239
Cariboo area economy 13239
Cariboo area employment 13239
Cariboo, community health care funding 13239
Cariboo Memorial Hospital construction 13239
Cattle producers' participation in net income stabilization account program 15639
Colony Farm land use plan, Agriculture ministry involvement 15563
Columbia River Treaty downstream benefits, impact on agriculture industry 15602
Crime victims' rights 15763
Crown land activity permit approvals, allegations of unfair conduct 14371
Crown land, management 14066
Dairy industry, organic production standards 15646
Dairy industry, use of bovine growth hormone 15646
Debt as percentage of gross domestic product 13237
Debt, cap on cost of debt 13237
Debt management plan 13237
Dehr, Roma, medical treatment for daughter 13239
Elk, problems for agricultural community 15597
Family violence, incident cited 15763
Farm business management program extension 15637
Farm crop insurance 15493, 15495-6
Farm income insurance program fund, amount 14248
Farm operations, provincial standards 14642, 15681-2, 15687-8
Farm Practices Board, establishment 14313
Farm Practices Board hearings, closed hearings 15672, 15675-8
Farm Practices Board hearings, costs 15678-9
Farm Practices Board hearings on fish-farm practices 15676
Farm Practices Board, membership 14641, 14682, 15680-1, 15683
Farm Practices Board, powers 14641, 15681-3
Farm Practices Board, vice-chair issue 15681
Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act 14313-4, 14641-2, 14682-3, 15672-89
Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act, implementation costs 15688
Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act, need for bill 14682
Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act, penalty provisions 15684
Farm practices, regulation 14313, 14641-2, 14682, 15673-4, 15677, 15681-4, 15686-9
Farm produce, 1994-95 commodity prices 13137
Farm produce, direct farm marketing 15642
Farming, normal farm practices 14641
Farming, normal farm practices and change in use of property 15673-4, 15677
Farming, normal farm practices and pesticide use 15675-6
Farming, normal farm practices, liability issue 15684
Farming, right to farm 14313-4, 14641-2
Farming, right-to-farm legislation 14313-4, 14641-2, 15493, 15672
Farming, right-to-farm legislation, impact 15597
Farming, role in economy 14641
Farming, sustainable farming groups, Agriculture ministry involvement 15637
Farms, number of family farms 15491
Fish processing industry 15646
Fish Processing Strategic Task Force 15493
Fish Processing Strategic Task Force, recommendations 15646
Fish Processing Strategic Task Force recommendations, implementation 13238
Fish stocks, protection 13238
Fisheries, job protection 13238
Fisheries, provincial role in federal matters 13238
Fishing industry, diversification 13238
Fishing industry, labour-management relations 13238
Fishing industry, price-setting policy for salmon 15493
Fishing industry, Quickstart program, problems 15647
Fishing industry, resource management 15461
Fishing industry, role in economy 15491
Food industry, organic food, retail sales 15492
Food industry, role in economy 15491
Food production 14641
Forest licences, referral procedures for permits 14371
Forestry issues, NDP government action 13238
Fraser River commission by John Fraser, recommendations 13238
Fraser River, fisheries management 15607
Fraser Valley mushroom composting plant, concerns 15650
Grain from Peace River area, transport by B.C. Rail 15598
Grains and Oilseeds Revenue Protection Plan Trust Fund Act 14063, 14248-9
Grains and Oilseeds Revenue Protection Plan Trust Fund Act, repeal of act 14249
Grains and Oilseeds Revenue Protection Plan Trust Fund Act, retroactivity 14249
Grains and oilseeds revenue protection trust fund, accounting 14063, 14248
Grains and oilseeds revenue protection trust fund, amount 14248
Grains and oilseeds revenue protection trust fund, establishment 14063
Grains and oilseeds revenue protection trust fund, revenue 14248
Grazing enhancement 14253-4
Grazing enhancement and wildlife grazing needs 15597-8
Grazing enhancement, Forest Practices Code impact 14250
Grazing enhancement fund, allocation of funds 15640-1
Grazing enhancement fund, interministerial cooperation 15672
Grazing enhancement initiatives, local involvement 14064, 14066
Grazing enhancement proposals, Indians' sign-off 14250
Grazing enhancement proposals, public involvement 14254
Grazing enhancement special account, accounting 14249
Grazing Enhancement Special Account Act 14063-4, 14066-7, 14249-55
Grazing Enhancement Special Account Act, commencement date and expenditures made previously 14255
Grazing Enhancement Special Account Act, retroactivity 14254
Grazing enhancement special account, administration costs 14253
Grazing enhancement special account, amount 14066-7
Grazing enhancement special account, annual report, tabling in Legislature 14254
Grazing enhancement special account, applicants 14249-50, 14254
Grazing enhancement special account, application process 14250
Grazing enhancement special account, committee structure 14250-1
Grazing enhancement special account, establishment 14063-4, 14067, 14252
Grazing enhancement special account, funds distribution to regions 14250-1
Grazing enhancement special account, public review 14254
Grazing enhancement special account, purpose 14250
Grazing enhancement special account, technical committee, members 14067
Grazing in protected areas 14253, 15640
Grazing rights, impact of Indian land claims 14066
Green Plan, funding for agriculture 15637
Green Plan, sustainable practices program 15495
Hake industry in Ucluelet, jobs 13238, 15492, 15671
Health care funding 13239
Highway 97 improvements 13239
Highways, impact on agricultural land access 15685
Hog industry, government assistance to producers 15644
W.R. Holm and Associates, study on downstream benefits and agriculture entitlements 15602
Huffman, Grant, grazing enhancement special account, technical committee chair 14067
Indian land claims, impact on Crown lease applications 15500
Indian land claims, interministerial coordination 15640
Indian land claims, third-party issues 15639-40
Indians, interim measures agreements 15500-1
Job creation 13237
Kemano power project, federal approval, responsibility 13238
Land base for food production, protection 15671-2
Land Title Act, amendments 14313, 14642
Land use, rural land use 14313, 14641-2, 15673-4
Marketing boards, policy-making 15682
Municipal Act, amendments 14313, 14642
Natural Products Marketing Act, provisions 15682
Net income stabilization account program, application process 15497
Net income stabilization account program, federal government involvement 15599
Net income stabilization account program, funding 15493
Net income stabilization account program, regional equity 15600
Net income stabilization program 13137-8
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, 1994-95 annual report tabled 16405
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, assistance to growers 15603
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority budget, accountability 15601
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, Deloitte and Touche audit 15602
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, evaluation 15599
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, funding 15491-2
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, mandate 15600-1
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, midterm review 15602
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, program administration, cost-effectiveness 15601
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, transition assistance funding 13138
Pacific National Exhibition relocation 15642
Pacific National Exhibition relocation, Agriculture ministry involvement 15563
Pacific National Exhibition relocation, site options 15649
Pacific Salmon Treaty, federal government role 13238
Pacific Salmon Treaty, importance 15607
Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations 15671
Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations, status 15647
Partners in Progress program 13239
Partners in Progress program, projects 15492
Pesticide Control Act, powers 15675-6
Pesticide use, aerial spraying 15650
Pesticide use in farm operations 15675-6
Premier's Summit on a Strong and Secure Economy, committee's recommendations re debt-servicing costs 13237
Provincial emergency program, Agriculture ministry role 15595-6
Purchasing Commission, support for B.C. seed products 15637
Ranching industry, importance 14064
Range management training 14250
Range use plans, public input 14254
Rangeland resource enhancement 14063-4
Roberts Bank backup lands, impact of Indian land claims 15596-7
Seed production in Peace River area 15636-7
Sewage disposal on agricultural land, regulations 15652
Shellfish harvesting, impact on native traditional fishery 15609
South Chilcotin land use, presentation 13237
Special Measures Committee 13138
Sterile insect release program, status 15601
Subdivision development, impact on existing farm operations 15685-6
Summerland research station, funding 13138
Supply Act (No. 1) (1995) 13137-40
Tree fruit industry, assistance 13137-40, 15671
Tree fruit industry, concerns 15602-3
Tree fruit industry, consultation with growers 13139
Tree fruit industry in Fraser Valley, assistance 15600
Tree fruit industry, revitalization strategy 15603
Urban-farm interface 14642, 15677, 15689
Victims of Crime Act 15763-4
Waste Management Act, powers re farm practices 15676
Wildlife conservation regulations and farming 15597
Wildlife management, work of problem wildlife task force 15598
Williams Lake, skills training centre 13239
Wine industry and agricultural land reserve 13139
Wine industry, marketing 13239
Wine industry, Vintners' Quality Alliance program 15492
Zoning, buffer zones between farming and non-farming areas 15672, 15685-6, 15689
Zoning, buffer zones, responsibility to provide 15679
Zoning, urban-rural interface bylaws 15677

Zlotnick, Martin

Solicitation of political donations (Wilson) 13593

Zoning

Buffer zones between farming and non-farming areas (Fox) 15688 (Serwa) 15685-6 (Zirnhelt) 15672, 15685-6, 15689
Buffer zones, responsibility to provide (Gingell) 14667 (Serwa) 15679 (Zirnhelt) 15679
Urban-rural interface bylaws (Fox) 15677 (Zirnhelt) 15677

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