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Province of British Columbia
1st Session, 36th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 25, 1996 to March 24, 1997
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) Inc.
- Amalgamation with B.C. Trade Development Corporation and Westcoast Energy See IPC Group
Abbotsford, B.C.
- See also Abbotsford-Matsqui, B.C.
- Amalgamation with Matsqui (de Jong) 930
- Justice centre project (de Jong) 527-8 (Dosanjh) 527-8
- Murder case (de Jong) 316
Abbotsford constituency
- Issues and concerns (van Dongen) 172-4
Abbotsford-Matsqui, B.C.
- MSA hospital construction project, NDP government action (van Dongen) 173
- MSA hospital, planning stage, continuation (van Dongen) 388
Abbott, George (Shuswap)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 1807-8
- Adams Lake, blockade by Indian band 1807-8
- Adams Lake, blockade by Indian band, impact on area 155
- Adams Lake ferry service 1114
- Adams Lake ferry service improvements, petition tabled 123
- Airports, governance, transfer to municipalities 1743-4, 1950
- Ambulance service in Shuswap area 155
- Aquatic plant management program 725-6
- Assessment Appeal Board case backlog, review of board procedures 1779, 1781-2
- Assessment Authority of B.C., annual vs. three-year rolls 1779, 1781
- Beehive burners, phaseout 756-7
- Budget debate 154-6
- Building inspection, liability concerns 1702, 1732-3, 1950-1
- Chase Creek flooding 155
- Chase Creek flooding and erosion problems, petition tabled 807
- Chase, flood damage 754
- Columbia Basin Trust, facilities exempted from property tax 1034
- Columbia-Shuswap regional district, letter re wood-waste burning regulations 155
- Communities, unincorporated areas, restructuring 1737-8
- Construction industry, safety systems review 1702
- Dental care for income assistance recipients 637-8, 640
- Downtown revitalization program, funding 1735-6
- Downtown revitalization program, impact of capital funding projects freeze 78
- Elections, municipal elections, three-year cycle 1733
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1589-90, 1724, 1726
- Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1589-90, 1724, 1726
- Electoral districts, role of directors 1742
- Electoral representation based on population, 25-percent rule 1589
- Electric power, cogeneration facility in Kamloops, proposal 155, 757
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1657
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 725-6, 751-4, 756-8
- Eurasian milfoil, control 725-6, 751-2
- Eurasian milfoil control, funding 155, 607-8
- Eurasian milfoil, impact on environment and recreation 607-8
- Exports, competitiveness of B.C. exports 1777
- Federal-provincial municipal infrastructure program 1701
- Fishing licences, licensing process 756
- Flood protection, Environment ministry's goals 753
- Forest industry, employment 294-5
- Forest industry, value-added industry, expansion 294-5
- Forest industry, value-added industry, jobs 154-5
- Forest Renewal B.C. funds, use 632
- Forest Renewal B.C., watershed protection responsibilities 807
- Forest-dependent communities, future 632
- Government, provincial-municipal relationship, protocol development 1029
- Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act, amendments 1027-8
- Greater Vancouver sewerage and drainage district, power to impose development cost charges 1027-8
- Growth management planning, enforced planning 1737
- Growth management, regional initiatives 1736
- Health care facility in Chase 1896
- Health ministry, estimates debate 1896, 2070-1
- Healthy Kids program 638
- Highway 1, Shuswap area improvements 155
- Highway declassification within municipalities, capital rehabilitation program 1149
- Highways, capital rehabilitation program 1738
- Indian reserve land, applicability of provincial legislation 1734
- Indian reserve land, taxation of non-native leaseholders 1735
- Indians, self-government models 1734-5
- Islands Trust, incorporation of communities within trust 1740
- Kamloops cogeneration plant 155, 757
- Land use, development cost charges on construction projects 1027-8
- Legislation, consultation with affected municipalities and regional districts 1030
- Local government, autonomy 1698-700
- Local government, incorporation levels, local community stage 1739-40
- Local government, role in health care regionalization 2070
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1034, 1045-6
- Municipal Act amendments, purpose 1046
- Municipal Act, building inspection provisions 1702, 1732-3, 1950-1
- Municipal Act, provision for creation of electoral wards 1029
- Municipal Act, revision 1699-700
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates debate 1698-702, 1732-46, 1774-9, 1781-2, 1784-5, 1950-1
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, role of aboriginal liaison officers 1733-4
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, safety and standards department, funding reduction 79
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, staffing levels 1782
- Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 926-8, 1027-30
- Municipal Finance Authority Act, amendment 1028
- Municipal Finance Authority of B.C., board membership 1028
- Municipal Finance Authority of B.C., group leasing services 1700-1, 1950
- Municipal revenues, tax revenues, impact of railway property valuation changes 1744-6, 1774-7, 1950
- Municipalities, amalgamations and boundary changes 1738
- Municipalities and regional districts, group leasing 1700-1, 1950
- Municipalities, conditional grants, impact of capital funding projects freeze 78
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 2), amendments 1028
- Municipalities, role in school district elections 1045-6
- NDP election campaign statements 293-4
- NDP government, fiscal policies 155-6
- Ontario electoral representation, criteria 1589, 1726
- Provincial emergency program, relationship with Environment ministry's water management branch 753
- Railways, taxation 78
- Regional districts, establishment of airport commissions, assent of electors 1743-4
- Regional districts, licensing powers 1699-700
- Retail trade, hours of operation 1699
- Riverbank protection assistance program 753
- Riverbank protection assistance program reactivation, petition tabled 239
- School district amalgamation 67
- School district amalgamation, Liberal Party position 66
- School district amalgamation, transitional issues 1045-6
- School districts 21 (Armstrong-Spallumcheen) and 89 (Shuswap), amalgamation 65-6
- Sechelt Indian band, self-government model 1735
- Shuswap constituency, issues and concerns 154-6
- Sicamous, downtown revitalization program 1736
- Sicamous, incorporation 1737-8
- Social Services ministry, estimates debate 637-8, 640
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 65-7, 78-9
- Throne speech debate 293-5
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 1114, 1149
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, discussions with province re role of local government 1699-700
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, protocol re relationship between provincial and municipal governments 1029
- University Endowment Lands, governance 1740-3
- University of B.C., funding for fire protection 1741
- Vancouver Charter, authority of charter to introduce ward system 927
- Vancouver ward system, information process for citizens 1030
- Vancouver ward system referendum and determination of majority vote 926-7, 1029-31
- Vancouver ward system referendum and provincial government involvement, concerns 926-8, 1028-30
- Wages, fair-wage policy, impact 156
- Wood waste, use 757-8
Abe v. Abe
- Decision in restraining order case (Weisgerber) 505-6
Aboriginal Affairs, Ministry of
- Estimates, debate 1714-9, 1763-74, 1789-808, 1831-52
- Estimates, speakers (Abbott) 1807-8 (Cashore) 1714-9, 1764-74, 1789-808, 1831-52 (de Jong) 1715-9, 1763-74, 1789-98, 1808, 1839-49, 1852 (Gingell) 1845-6 (Hurd) 1798-801, 1831-5 (Krueger) 1807 (Penner) 1846-7 (Plant) 1803-7, 1849-51 (Thorpe) 1839-40 (Weisgerber) 1801-3, 1835-6 (Wilson, G.) 1836-9 (Zirnhelt) 1804
- Annual reports, 1994 and 1995, tabled (Cashore) 239
- Funding (Cashore) 1715
- Minister's relationship to Aboriginal Affairs committee (Cashore) 1717
- Responsibilities and goals (Cashore) 1714-5
- Role in Crown land activities consultation process (Cashore) 1801 (Weisgerber) 1801
- Special warrant debate 45-52
Aboriginals
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- (Bill 1) (Attorney General) 1R, 7
Adams Lake, B.C.
- Blockade of road by Adams Lake Indian band
- blockade (Abbott) 1807-8 (Cashore) 1807-8
- cost of alternative forms of transportation (Boone) 1114 (Symons) 1114
- impact on area (Abbott) 155
- transportation provisions for residents (de Jong) 52
- Ferry
- service (Abbott) 123, 1114 (Boone) 1114
- service, increased hours of operation (Barisoff) 1108 (Boone) 1108
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
- See Throne speech debate under Speech from the Throne
Adoption
- Adoptions by same-sex couples
- legal aid coverage (Neufeld) 2079
- regulations (Neufeld) 475-6 (Streifel) 475-6
- Adoptions since passage of new act (Neufeld) 475 (Streifel) 475-6
- New regulations, impact (Wilson, G.) 473
- Privacy regulations (Neufeld) 475 (Streifel) 475
- Support services, funding breakdown (Anderson) 477 (Streifel) 477
Adoption Act
- Proclamation date (Neufeld) 475 (Streifel) 475
- Public notice of changes, national advertising campaign (Neufeld) 475 (Streifel) 475
- Regulations
- implementation (Neufeld) 476 (Streifel) 476
- public input (Anderson) 477 (Streifel) 477-8
Agricultural Land Commission
- Administration, benchmarks (Evans) 655 (Thorpe) 655
- Annual report, 1994-95, tabled (Evans) 395
- Annual reports, content (Evans) 657-8 (van Dongen) 620-1, 657-8
- Appeal process on decisions (Evans) 656 (Thorpe) 656
- Auditor general's recommendations, implementation (Evans) 623, 660 (van Dongen) 623 (Weisbeck) 660
- Board appointments, criteria (Barisoff) 654 (Evans) 654
- Coldstream Ranch, land use discussions (Evans) 656 (van Dongen) 656
- Conservation covenants (Evans) 658 (van Dongen) 658-9
- Funding to administer forest land reserve (Evans) 659 (van Dongen) 659
- Iberg farm and B.C. Gas case, involvement of commission (Evans) 622 (van Dongen) 621-2
- Local government role (Evans) 658 (van Dongen) 658
- Mandate (Evans) 628 (Thorpe) 628 (Wilson, J.) 653
- Performance bonds and reclamation work (Evans) 621-2 (van Dongen) 621-2
- Policies
- direct-farm-marketing (Evans) 658 (van Dongen) 658
- farm wineries (Evans) 655 (Thorpe) 655
- homesite severances (Barisoff) 625, 654 (Evans) 625-6, 654
- no-net-loss/exclusion policy (Evans) 652-3 (Weisgerber) 652 (Wilson, J.) 653
- second dwellings on farmland (Barisoff) 654 (Evans) 622-3, 627-8, 654 (van Dongen) 622-3 (Wilson, J.) 627-8
- Powers (Wilson, J.) 653
- Regulations, regional needs (Evans) 621, 654-6 (Thorpe) 655 (van Dongen) 621 (Weisgerber) 1013-4 (Wilson, J.) 653-4
- Restrictive covenants, use (Evans) 659 (van Dongen) 659
Agricultural land development assistance program
- Cancellation of program (van Dongen) 665
Agricultural land reserve
- Changes (van Dongen) 623
- Dumping of pulp mill sludge, regulation (Evans) 692-3 (Hurd) 692-3
- Effectiveness (Barisoff) 233 (Weisbeck) 282
- Farmland covenants and homesite severance (Barisoff) 625
- Impact on land values (Evans) 627 (Thorpe) 626-7
- Indian land claims and reserve (Cashore) 1846 (Gingell) 1846 (Penner) 1846
- Land use
- schools and churches (Barisoff) 626 (Evans) 626
- woodlots vs. food production (Evans) 696 (Wilson, J.) 695-6
- Liberal Party MLAs' positions (Evans) 1015
- Protection (Evans) 624 (Wilson, G.) 623-4
- Reserve land sales to family members (Barisoff) 625 (Evans) 626
- Review (Evans) 659-60 (Weisbeck) 659-60
- Subdivisions, development rights on ancient subdivisions (Evans) 656-7 (van Dongen) 656-7
Agriculture
- Agricultural land banks (Wilson, G.) 624
- Agricultural leases
- definition of merchantable timber (Ramsey) 884
- hardwood valuation (Neufeld) 883-4 (Ramsey) 884
- Agrifood industry See Food industry
- Farmers in Peace River area, problems (Weisgerber) 1014
- Farming and urbanization (McKinnon) 244
- Forage seed initiative (Evans) 698-9, 1014 (Weisgerber) 698-9
- Green Plan, funding (Evans) 665 (van Dongen) 665
- Industry
- Abbotsford area operations (van Dongen) 172
- competitiveness (Evans) 598, 663 (van Dongen) 599-600, 663
- costs (van Dongen) 599
- costs, tax exemptions on input costs (Evans) 695 (Wilson, J.) 694-5
- environmental awareness (Wilson, J.) 764
- environmental issues (Evans) 664-5 (van Dongen) 664
- federal assistance (Evans) 664
- funding for improvements (Ramsey) 766 (van Dongen) 765-6
- impact of problem wildlife See Wildlife
- impact on water quality in Fraser Valley (van Dongen) 764
- issues, committee work (Ramsey) 765-6
- land available for commercial use (Wilson, J.) 548-9 (Zirnhelt) 549
- manure application in Fraser Valley, study (van Dongen) 765-6
- protection of industry (Evans) 598
- role in economy (Evans) 598
- subsidization (van Dongen) 663-4, 1014
- waste management (Ramsey) 764
- waste management assistance for small operators (Ramsey) 760 (van Dongen) 760
- waste management policies, development (Ramsey) 765
- Right-to-farm legislation, implementation (Evans) 664-5 (van Dongen) 664-5, 1014
- Sterile insect release program See name of program
- Sustainable farming groups, Agriculture ministry involvement (van Dongen) 665
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of
- Estimates, debate 598-603, 620-8, 651-65, 689-705, 1013-5
- Estimates, speakers (Barisoff) 625-6, 654 (Clark, C.) 703-4 (Evans) 598-603, 621-8, 651-65, 689-704, 1014-5 (Hurd) 692-4 (Symons) 696-8 (Thorpe) 626-8, 654-6, 699-704 (van Dongen) 599-603, 620-3, 651-2, 656-65, 689-92, 699, 705, 1014 (Weisbeck) 659-60 (Weisgerber) 652-3, 698-9, 1013-4 (Wilson, G.) 623-4 (Wilson, J.) 627-8, 653-4, 694-6, 704
- Accounting (Evans) 704 (Wilson, J.) 704
- Annual report, 1993-94, tabled (Evans) 395
- Auditing methods (Evans) 661 (van Dongen) 661
- Budget (Evans) 598
- Budget, grants and contributions (Evans) 660 (van Dongen) 660
- Corporate review, status (Evans) 662 (van Dongen) 662
- Dairy branch (Evans) 661-2 (van Dongen) 661
- Fish habitat responsibilities (Clark, C.) 83 (Ramsey) 83
- Funding (Evans) 33 (van Dongen) 32
- Funding for Forest Land Commission (Evans) 659 (van Dongen) 659
- Government program review, involvement of ministry (Evans) 34 (van Dongen) 34
- Minister's office, funding increase (Evans) 32-3 (van Dongen) 32-3
- Operating costs (Evans) 33, 660 (van Dongen) 33, 660
- Operations (Evans) 598
- Partners in Progress program See name of program
- Programs (Evans) 661-2 (van Dongen) 661-2
- Role in interministry committee on fishing allocation issues (Miller) 1861 (van Dongen) 1861
- Role in memorandum of understanding with federal government re fisheries (Evans) 696-7 (Symons) 696-7
- Special warrant debate 32-5
- Staffing (Evans) 661-2, 704 (van Dongen) 661-2 (Wilson, J.) 704
- Work with farmers on environmental issues (Evans) 662 (van Dongen) 662
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- AIDS strategy for B.C. (Stevenson) 281
- Conference in Vancouver (Pullinger) 185 (Sanders) 165-6, 186 (Stevenson) 165
- HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs for women (MacPhail) 1938, 1940 (Stephens) 1938
- Initiatives to combat (Pullinger) 185-7 (Sanders) 186
- Needle exchange programs for drug users (Hawkins) 1986 (MacPhail) 1986
- St. Paul's Hospital, work on AIDS (Pullinger) 186 (Sanders) 186
Air
- Greenhouse gas level, reduction (Ramsey) 904
- Quality in Fraser Valley
- carbon dioxide, sources (Clark, C.) 905 (Ramsey) 905
- emissions reduction (Clark, C.) 905-6 (Ramsey) 905-6
- improvement initiatives (Ramsey) 890, 947 (Stephens) 890
- photographs (Penner) 944, 947
- pollution problem (Clark, C.) 1152-3 (Ramsey) 1153
- quality (Clark, C.) 11, 904-5 (Coleman) 181 (Ramsey) 905, 947
- Quality level targets (Clark, C.) 904 (Ramsey) 904-5
Air transport assistance program
- Objectives (Barisoff) 997 (Boone) 997-8
- Projects (Barisoff) 998 (Boone) 998
AirCare program
- Auditing of program (Boone) 1144-5 (van Dongen) 1144-5
- Contract with Ebco-Hamilton (Boone) 1145-6 (van Dongen) 1145-6
- Effectiveness (Boone) 1145 (van Dongen) 1145
- Revenues, shortfall (Symons) 582
- Staff (Boone) 1175 (van Dongen) 1175
- Transfer to Insurance Corporation of B.C. (Boone) 674 (Wilson, G.) 674
- Vehicle inspection charge, increase (Boone) 1146, 1175 (van Dongen) 1146, 1175
Airports
- Airport authority, establishment (Clark, G.) 1961
- Alaska Highway airstrips, future (Miller) 1696 (Neufeld) 1695-6
- Community airports, governance and taxation (Gingell) 437, 532 (Petter) 15, 435, 520, 532
- Continued operation of small airports (Neufeld) 1960
- Emergency airstrips in Peace River North, responsibility for maintenance (Boone) 1123-4 (Neufeld) 1123-4
- Governance, transfer to municipalities (Abbott) 1743-4, 1950 (Clark, G.) 1961 (Miller) 1743-4
Alaska
- Fishery, impact on B.C. fishery (Robertson) 606
- Red Dog mine See name of mine
- Salmon fishery, industry practices (Evans) 199-200 (van Dongen) 200
Alaska Highway
Albany, John
Alberta
- Electoral representation, criteria (Neufeld) 1591 (Weisgerber) 1588
Alcan (Aluminum Co. of Canada) Ltd.
- Kemano power project See name of project
Alcohol
- Abuse/addiction
- mandatory treatment programs for family violence offenders (Dosanjh) 501-2 (Stephens) 501-2
- treatment programs, funding (MacPhail) 2061-2 (Symons) 2061-2
- Liquor industry, regulation (Dosanjh) 497 (Thorpe) 497
- Liquor revenues to province, losses from illicit sales (Dosanjh) 936
- Liquor taxes and fees (Dosanjh) 64, 493-4 (Thorpe) 63, 493-4
- Sale of diluted or adulterated liquor in licensed establishments (Dosanjh) 1039-40 (Farrell-Collins) 1039 (Plant) 1039-40
ALDA
- See Agricultural land development assistance program
All Together Now program
Allen, Doug (Deputy minister, Employment and Investment)
- Role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Farrell-Collins) 1570-2 (Miller) 1570-2
Allen, Robert
- Quoted re public debt (Randall) 229
Allied Shipbuilders Ltd.
- Contract for Century-class vessel (Miller) 1580 (Symons) 1580
Alouette River
- Generating station, B.C. Hydro performance (Ramsey) 841
- Water licence (Ramsey) 720-1
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
- Kemano power project See name of project
Ambulances
- Service in remote communities (Campbell) 26-7
- Service in Shuswap area (Abbott) 155
American Traffic Systems Canada
- See ATS (American Traffic Systems) Canada
Anderson, Val J. (Vancouver-Langara)
- Adoption Act regulations, public input 477
- Adoption support services, funding breakdown 477
- Adult guardianship legislation, implementation reviews 557-8
- Adult guardianship legislation, review and proclamation 1984
- Attorney General ministry budget, 1996-97 allocations for multiculturalism and immigration 468
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 462-70, 557-8
- Attorney General ministry, multiculturalism budget 466
- B.C. Benefits Appeal Board, appeals process 1074
- B.C. Benefits Appeal Board decisions, opportunity to appeal in court 1074-5
- B.C. Benefits Appeal Board decisions, public access 1075
- B.C. Benefits Appeal Board members, remuneration 958, 1074
- B.C. Benefits Appeal Board, membership 1074-5
- BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, debate 956-9, 1070-6
- BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, recommendation to stand bill down 959
- BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, tribunal, definition 1070
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, appellants, payment 1073-4
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, consolidation of appeals 1076
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, continuation of benefits 975
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, impact on disabled people 958-9
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, impact on reforms in B.C. Benefits package 958-9
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, need for legal representation 959, 1074
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, pending appeals, regulations 1075
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, supply of information 975-6
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, time limit to appeal 1071-2
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, tribunal system 956-9, 1071-2, 1075-6
- BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, debate 786-7
- BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, regulations 787
- B.C. Benefits, family bonus program 325-6
- B.C. Benefits, family bonus program, eligibility 336
- B.C. Benefits, family bonus program, residency requirement 405
- BC Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, applicant, definition 960-1
- BC Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, debate 871, 960-70, 972-8
- B.C. Benefits program, accountability 969
- B.C. Benefits program, benefit overpayments 336
- B.C. Benefits program, benefit recipients, consequences of accepting or not disposing of property 975
- B.C. Benefits program, benefits 961-5
- B.C. Benefits program, benefits for mentally handicapped 963-4
- B.C. Benefits program, comfort allowance 963
- B.C. Benefits program, eligibility, supply of information or verification 969
- B.C. Benefits program, employability programs for youth 968
- B.C. Benefits program, employment programs 967
- B.C. Benefits program, employment suitability and not searching for or accepting employment, criteria and consequences 970, 972-4
- B.C. Benefits program, family maintenance orders assigned to government 977
- B.C. Benefits program, financial assistance to service providers 967
- B.C. Benefits program, fraud and abuse prevention 969
- B.C. Benefits program, hardship assistance 963, 965-6
- B.C. Benefits program, job-hunting costs 962
- B.C. Benefits program, legislation 741
- B.C. Benefits program legislation, adequacy 871
- B.C. Benefits program, repayment of unemployment insurance advances 976
- B.C. Benefits program, shelter allowance 963-4
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, debate 740-2, 811-2, 815-6, 822, 829-30, 857
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, regulations 741
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, title 757
- B.C. Council of Human Rights, funding 466
- B.C. Mental Health Society, staff transfers 1981
- Budget, 1996-97 budget, middle-class focus 145-7
- Budget debate 145-7
- Child abuse, prevention programs elsewhere 636
- Child abuse, protocol for obtaining medical evidence 1987
- Child and Family Review Board, independence 734
- Child care programs, community involvement 787
- Child care subsidy program, information-sharing agreements, privacy issue 787
- Child deaths, referral to transition commissioner 734
- Child protection, changes to system, monitoring 637
- Child protection, child's right to timely decision 636
- Child protection, critical injury or death, review 730-1, 733
- Child protection, family conferences, Gove recommendation 634
- Child protection, Gove commission recommendations 147, 634-7
- Child protection, investigations, informing family and others of decisions 634
- Child protection, responsibility of legislators 610-2
- Child protection, transition commission, Health ministry role 2074
- Child protection, transition commissioner, position entrenched in legislation 637
- Child protection, transition commissioner, power to make changes 637
- Child protection, United Nations convention on the rights of the child as standard for provincial legislation 610-2
- Child, youth and family advocate, mandate 351
- Child, youth and family advocate, relationship to family court 635
- Children, access to advocacy 635
- Children, dental and optical benefits 414-5
- Children in government care, case reviews 635
- Children in government care, intake form 634
- Children, needs 147
- Children, parental consent for activities 636
- Children, programs and services, handling of complaints 635
- Children, separate ministry for children and youth 637
- Citizenship 463-4
- Democratic process in Canada 145
- Disability Benefits Advisory Council, establishment and functions 1069
- Disability Benefits Program Act, debate 937, 1048-9, 1069-70
- Disability Benefits Program Act, person with disabilities, definition 937, 1048
- Disability Benefits Program Act, regulations 937, 1069
- Disability benefits program, appeals process 1069
- Disability benefits program, bus passes 1048
- Disability benefits program, eligibility, assessment process 1048
- Disability benefits program, recipients' bank account limit 1049
- Disabled and handicapped persons, needs 147
- Disabled and handicapped persons, needs, recognition 937
- Education, capital project funding acquired by increasing provincial debt, Hon. Moe Sihota's request for written approval from MLAs 1544
- Education, Skills and Training ministry, estimates debate 1544-5
- English language training for immigrant professionals 467
- Families, financial assistance for low-income families 325-6
- Family maintenance, enforcement provisions in legislation 977
- Foster care, advance notice to foster parents of child's removal 636
- Foster homes and foster children, numbers 490
- Foster homes, licensing 635
- Government employee health services, ministerial responsibility 1981
- Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 146
- GAIN Act, replacement 871
- GAIN benefits, reduced benefits for family bonus recipients 325-6, 333-4
- GAIN program, caseloads 399, 413
- GAIN program, fraud convictions and recoveries 412-3
- GAIN program, handicap benefits, application procedure 487
- GAIN program, refugees 399-400
- GAIN program, residency requirement, federal funds withheld 400
- GAIN program, residency requirement, federal funds withheld, court case 400
- GAIN recipients leaving B.C. 405
- GAIN recipients' personal information shared with other ministries 337-8
- GAIN recipients, under-19-year-olds 400
- Handicapped, definition of term 487
- Hate propaganda on the Internet 1007
- Health care practitioners, change in eligible professions 1038
- Health care regionalization, review 146-7
- Health ministry, appropriation for 1996-97, revisions 1979-80
- Health ministry, estimates debate 1979-84, 1987, 2073-4
- Health ministry, program transfers 1980-1
- Healthy Communities program, ministerial responsibility 2073-4
- Home Owner Grant Act, person with disabilities, definition 1070
- Home Owner Grant Act, relative, definition 1070
- Hospital Act, definition of practitioner changed to include member of prescribed health profession 1038
- Human Rights Advisory Council, role 469
- Human rights complaints, B.C. Council investigations staff 470
- Immigrant settlement services for new arrivals 464-7
- Immigrants, business immigrants 63
- Immigrants in B.C., programs 468-9
- Immigration policy and funding 62-3
- Immigration policy, Quebec model 62
- Income assistance advisory council 965-6
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 325-6, 333-8
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, definitions 335-6
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, language of bill 326
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, privacy issues 337
- Income tax, federal-provincial sharing of tax information 326, 337-8
- Indian children, adoption and foster care, delay due to self-government issues 477
- Indians, residential historical abuse, ministerial responsibility for treatment program 1980
- Legislation, committee stage debate, preamble debated at end 960
- Legislation, regulatory amendment replacing legislative law-making 1038
- Magee Secondary School, capital project freeze 1544-5
- Mental health residential facilities, comfort allowance 488
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1038
- Motor Fuel Tax Act, person with disabilities, definition 1070
- Multicultural Advisory Council 463-4
- Multiculturalism, advancement of multicultural ideal, progress 462-3
- Multiculturalism, advancement of multicultural ideal within government 465
- Multiculturalism advisory committee, role 462-4
- Multiculturalism centre of excellence, purpose 465
- Multiculturalism, education initiatives in schools and colleges 464-5
- Multiculturalism, funding 62
- Multiculturalism, interministerial committee 463
- Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 931, 1032
- Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, use of word "if" in bill 1032
- Oakridge Centre community liaison office, immigration settlement services 466
- Open Learning Agency, funding for immigrant services 467
- Peak House Youth and Family Centre, downsizing 487
- Poverty, needs of poor people 145-7
- Poverty, support for the working poor 325-6
- Racial tolerance, generational differences 467
- Racism and discrimination, elimination 1006-7
- Riverview Hospital, residents' allowances 1982
- Riverview Hospital site, use for housing for former residents 1982-3
- Sales tax credit for children, elimination 326
- Social safety net, changes 325-6
- Social services, advocates between benefit recipients and aid workers 973
- Social services financial aid workers, training 972-3
- Social services funding, national standard 403
- Social services, issues 349-50
- Social Services ministry, audit process 635
- Social Services ministry, budget breakdown for child and family services 490
- Social Services ministry, estimates debate 399-400, 403, 405, 412-5, 477, 487-8, 490, 634-7, 730, 733-4
- Social Services ministry, letter to welfare recipients re family bonus 325-6, 333-4
- Social Services ministry, service providers, "unregulated" staff 636
- Social services offices, nature 973-4
- Social welfare, interministry work 961
- Social welfare legislation, nature of wording 972
- Social welfare, ministerial responsibility 962
- Social welfare system, caseload and funding 93
- Social workers, access to GAIN information 634
- Social workers, access to United Nations convention on the rights of the child 634
- Social workers, professional body 635
- Social workers, training 634
- Students, summer jobs 147
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 62-3, 93
- Taxation, federal child tax benefit, applicability 336
- Teachers, multiculturalism training 464-5
- Throne speech, content 349
- Throne speech debate 348-51
- Vancouver Community College, King Edward campus immigrant settlement program 464-5
- Vancouver ward system referendum and provincial government involvement, concerns 931
- Youth, employability 741
- Youth, jobs for young people 146-7
- Youth, summer work programs 740
- Youth Works program, appeals 822, 829-30
- Youth Works program, certification of completion 811
- Youth Works program, effectiveness 740-1
- Youth Works program, eligibility and dependents 811-2
- Youth Works program, employability programs 815-6
- Youth Works program, name of program 740, 857
- Youth Works program, process 822
Angus Reid Group Inc.
- Quoted re B.C. economy (Petter) 302
Animals
- Buffalo in Pink Mountain area, handling of herd (Neufeld) 796-7 (Ramsey) 796
Annacis Island
- Sewage treatment plant (Miller) 1202, 1251
Apex Mountain Resort Ltd.
- Alternative access road to resort (Boone) 1167 (Thorpe) 1167
- Environmental requirements, status (Ramsey) 948 (Thorpe) 948
- Future operations (Thorpe) 1430
- Loan to company (de Jong) 728-9 (Hansen) 1212 (Miller) 728-9, 1212 (Thorpe) 729
- Restructuring plan, Arthur Andersen and Co. report (Miller) 729 (Thorpe) 729
Apprentices
- Apprenticeship opportunities, early awareness (Dalton) 1713
- Apprenticeship programs
- business partnerships (Masi) 1542-3 (Sihota) 1542-3
- enrolment in K-to-12 programs (Sihota) 1541
- enrolment in secondary school programs (Dalton) 1712 (Masi) 1538
- funding (Dalton) 1713 (Sihota) 1713
- funding and coordinators (Masi) 1526 (Sihota) 1526
- funding for K-to-12 programs (Sihota) 1540
- ministerial responsibility (Dalton) 1713 (Sihota) 1538, 1713
- promotion (Masi) 1526 (Sihota) 1526
- scholarship program (Masi) 1538
- support (Miller) 138
- Number of apprenticeships (Dalton) 1713 (Sihota) 1711
- Provincial Apprenticeship Board See Provincial Apprenticeship and Training Board
- Skills training See Skills training
Aquaculture industry
- Environmental assessment review (Evans) 34 (van Dongen) 33-4
- Environmental impact report (Evans) 691-2 (van Dongen) 691-2
- Fish farm workers, unionization (Evans) 692 (van Dongen) 692
- Fish farming, moratorium (Ramsey) 876-7 (van Dongen) 877
- Foreshore leases
- application and renewal process (Ramsey) 876-8 (van Dongen) 876-8
- application process, Indians' input (Ramsey) 877 (van Dongen) 877
- owners' rights (Ramsey) 878 (van Dongen) 878
- Industry in B.C. (Evans) 599, 692 (van Dongen) 692
- Shellfish industry, water quality issues (van Dongen) 878
Aquifers
- See Groundwater under Water
Armed forces
- Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack
- closing, future of facility (Penner) 144-5
- lands claimed by Indian band (Cashore) 1847 (Penner) 1847
- Canadian Forces Bases, impact of closings on local economies (Miller) 1222
Armstrong, Martin
- Princeton Economic Institute report See Princeton Economics World Report
Armstrong-Spallumcheen school district
Asea Brown Boveri Inc.
- Amalgamation with B.C. Trade Development Corporation and Westcoast Energy See IPC Group
Ashnola, B.C.
- Alpine meadow transfer to Okanagan University College (Barisoff) 889-90
Asia Pacific Foundation
Assessment Appeal Board
- Annual report, 1995, tabled (Miller) 123
- Annual report quoted re appeals process (Abbott) 1779, 1781
- Case backlog, review of board procedures (Abbott) 1779, 1781-2 (Miller) 1779-82
Assessment Authority of British Columbia
- Annual report, 1994, tabled (Miller) 1994
- Assessments, annual vs. three-year rolls (Abbott) 1779, 1781 (Miller) 1779-80 (Reitsma) 1780
- Assessments, impact of property tax freeze (Gingell) 535 (Petter) 535
ATS (American Traffic Systems) Canada
- Contract to provide photo radar system (Barisoff) 1106 (Boone) 1106, 1229 (Campbell) 1229
Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration
- Estimates, debate 415-30, 455-70, 492-510, 521-8, 552-63, 1012-3
- division: motion to adjourn, negatived 508-9
- Estimates, speakers (Anderson) 462-70, 557-8 (de Jong) 527-8 (Dosanjh) 415-30, 455-70, 492-510, 521-8, 552-63, 1013 (Hurd) 555-6 (Krueger) 559-61, 563 (Neufeld) 561-3 (Plant) 417-28, 430, 455-62, 492-3, 507-10, 521-7, 552-4, 556-9, 1012-3 (Stephens) 498-504 (Symons) 508, 556, 559 (Thorpe) 430, 493-8 (van Dongen) 428-30 (Weisbeck) 528 (Weisgerber) 504-7, 1012
- Annual report, 1994-95, tabled (Dosanjh) 239
- Budget, 1996-97 budget (Dosanjh) 417
- Budget for multiculturalism and immigration (Anderson) 466, 468 (Dosanjh) 466, 468
- Coordinated law enforcement unit, work of unit (Dosanjh) 461 (Plant) 461
- Corrections branch
- call for review of operations (Plant) 355
- report on Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre issue tabled (Dosanjh) 620
- Gambling, ministry responsibilities (Dosanjh) 559-60, 563 (Krueger) 559-60, 563
- Gaming, audit and investigation function, funding increase (Dosanjh) 63 (Thorpe) 63
- Investigation, inspection and standards office, role (Dosanjh) 526-7 (Plant) 526-7
- Legal services branch
- aboriginal law and research group (Dosanjh) 425 (Plant) 424-5
- cost-effectiveness and client satisfaction (Dosanjh) 422-4 (Plant) 422-4
- funding increase (Dosanjh) 422 (Plant) 422
- Legal services provided to ministries, payment (Dosanjh) 53 (Plant) 53
- Liquor control and licensing branch
- inspection role re sale of diluted or adulterated liquor (Dosanjh) 1040 (Plant) 1040
- licences, J licences, number issued (Dosanjh) 497-8 (Thorpe) 497
- operations (Dosanjh) 497 (Thorpe) 497
- Liquor distribution branch
- annual report, 1994-95, tabled (Dosanjh) 239
- income from operations (Dosanjh) 495-6 (Thorpe) 495-6
- product markups (Dosanjh) 493-4 (Thorpe) 493-4
- product markups, freeze (Gingell) 534, 539 (Petter) 534, 539 (Thorpe) 537
- retail operations, private and public outlets (Dosanjh) 494-5 (Thorpe) 494-5
- revenue projections, shortfall (Dosanjh) 63 (Thorpe) 63
- staffing (Dosanjh) 496 (Thorpe) 496
- warehouse distribution program (Dosanjh) 494 (Thorpe) 494
- Minister's office, expenditure (Dosanjh) 418 (Plant) 418
- Residential tenancy branch, staff (Coleman) 78
- Sexual assault policy, new policy (Dosanjh) 501 (Stephens) 501
- Special warrant debate 52-64
Auditor general
- Annual audit for year ended March 31, , tabled (Speaker) 727
- Estimates approved 2049
- Quoted, cited, re tire recycling levy (Hurd) 791-2
- Quoted re government accountability (Dalton) 171
- Reports
- annual report, 1996, tabled (Petter) 1994
- Enhancing Accountability for Performance: A Framework and an Implementation Plan, April
1996, cited (Gingell) 101
- Enhancing Accountability for Performance: A Framework and an Implementation Plan, April
1996, tabled (Speaker) 264
- Enhancing Accountability for Performance in the British Columbia Public Sector, June
1995, cited (Gingell) 101
- No. 1, 1995-96, Report on the 1994-95 Public Accounts, Province of British Columbia, tabled (Speaker) 264
- No. 1, 1996-97, Management of Child Care Grants: Ministry of Women's Equality, Performance Audit, tabled (Speaker) 2083
- No. 2, 1995-96, Performance Audits: British Columbia Ferry Corporation, tabled (Speaker) 264
- No. 2, 1996-97, Crown Corporations Governance Study, tabled (Speaker) 2083
- No. 3, 1995-96, Compliance-with-Authorities Audits, tabled (Speaker) 264
- No. 3, 1996-97, Vancouver Island Highway Project: Planning and Design, Performance Audit, tabled (Speaker) 2083
- No. 4, 1995-96, Performance Audit: Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations Revenue: Verification for the Social Service Tax, tabled (Speaker) 302
- No. 4, 1996-97, Trucking Safety: Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Motor Vehicles Branch, Performance Audit, tabled (Speaker) 2083
- No. 5, 1995-96, Issues of Public Interest, tabled (Speaker) 302
- No. 5, 1996-97, A Review of Government Revenue and Expenditure Programs Relating to Alcohol, Tobacco and Gaming, tabled (Speaker) 2083
- Nos. 1-5 and Enhancing Accountability report referred to Public Accounts Committee (Petter) 357
- report on B.C. Ferries (Miller) 1616 (Symons) 1616
Auditor General Act
Austin, Gordon
- Possibility of laying of charges (Gingell) 2006
- Severance arrangement, review (Clark, G.) 2006 (Gingell) 2006
- Severance package (Hawkins) 1927 (MacPhail) 1927
Autism
- Programs for autistic children (Reid) 642
Automobiles
- Antique vehicles purchased for restoration, ownership and registration (Boone) 682-4, 686 (Coleman) 684 (Farrell-Collins) 682-6 (Neufeld) 682-3, 685-6 (Penner) 686 (Weisgerber) 683-4, 686
- Commercial vehicle safety inspections (Barisoff) 1179 (Boone) 1179
- Drivers' licences
- duration of licence (Boone) 674 (Jarvis) 674 (Wilson, G.) 674
- examination of licensees (Boone) 673 (Wilson, G.) 673
- fees (Boone) 674 (Penner) 674
- licences denied or suspended as result of indebtedness (Boone) 669-70, 678 (Farrell-Collins) 678 (Penner) 679 (Wilson, G.) 669-70, 677-9
- restrictions, authority to impose (Boone) 667-9 (Jarvis) 669 (Wilson, G.) 667-9
- testing, medical tests, security of information (Boone) 587-9 (Clark, G.) 588 (Gingell) 588-9 (Neufeld) 589 (Wilson, G.) 587-8
- Drivers, novice driving program, changes (Boone) 687 (Jarvis) 511-2 (Wilson, G.) 687
- Drivers' records, electronic storage (Boone) 687 (Symons) 512 (Wilson, G.) 687
- Electric vehicles
- availability (Ramsey) 939 (Symons) 939
- use by Environment ministry staff (Symons) 913, 939
- Emissions reduction in Fraser Valley (Clark, C.) 905-6 (Ramsey) 905-6
- Emissions testing
- buses and commercial vehicles (Ramsey) 939 (Symons) 939
- services on Vancouver Island (Clark, C.) 909
- Fuel See Fuel
- Impoundment of vehicles
- impounded and abandoned vehicles, costs (Barisoff) 1066 (Boone) 1065-6 (Stephens) 1065-6
- impoundments (Boone) 300
- mandatory impoundment for driving offences (Boone) 1065-6 (Stephens) 1065
- Insurance
- costs in B.C. (Weisgerber) 319
- no-fault insurance (Boone) 585 (Coleman) 585 (Gingell) 439, 538 (Neufeld) 443 (Petter) 538, 1239 (Weisgerber) 441, 1239
- premiums, cost discrepancies in province (Boone) 1059 (Krueger) 1059
- private insurers, access to B.C. market (Boone) 577 (Coleman) 582 (Jarvis) 577
- Motor vehicle and driver documentation, certification as evidence (Boone) 675-6 (Penner) 675-6 (Wilson, G.) 675
- Motor vehicle registration, proof of financial responsibility required (Boone) 586-7 (Symons) 586 (Wilson, G.) 586-7
- Motor vehicles deinsured as irreparable, future use (Barisoff) 684 (Boone) 684
- Photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- cameras, accuracy (Boone) 688, 1103 (Weisgerber) 688, 1103
- cameras, locations (Boone) 1178 (Symons) 1178
- criteria for use (Barisoff) 1105-6 (Boone) 1105-6
- effectiveness (Petter) 1238 (Weisgerber) 1238
- effectiveness in reducing accidents (Boone) 1104 (Weisgerber) 1104
- effectiveness in reducing driving offences (Boone) 517-8 (Neufeld) 516-7 (Wilson, G.) 512-6
- evidence, admissibility in court (Boone) 771-2 (Coleman) 771-2
- evidence, reliability (Boone) 748-50 (Weisgerber) 748-50
- fines, increase in amount (Barisoff) 1105 (Boone) 1105
- fines, payment responsibility and ownership of vehicle (Barisoff) 1106 (Boone) 688, 1106 (Weisgerber) 687-8
- implementation (Boone) 164-5, 292, 1229-30 (Campbell) 1229 (Dosanjh) 1231 (Weisgerber) 164, 1231
- implementation costs (Barisoff) 1107 (Boone) 1107
- Liberal Party position (Barisoff) 1947
- petition tabled (Weisgerber) 1231
- program, operation (Boone) 300
- prosecutions, cost (Dosanjh) 422 (Plant) 422
- revenues to province, projections (Barisoff) 1106-7, 1142-3 (Boone) 1107, 1143 (Weisgerber) 167
- serving of tickets (Jarvis) 512
- serving of tickets, process (Boone) 773-5 (Jarvis) 774-5 (Weisgerber) 773-4
- speed monitoring (Boone) 1948 (Weisgerber) 1947
- Sellers, fine for operating without licence (Symons) 1177-8
- Speed limits See Highways and roads
- Tire recycling program (Hurd) 791-2 (Ramsey) 791-2
- Tire recycling program, Kelowna complaint case (Hawkins) 793 (Ramsey) 793
- Traffic fines
- point system, penalty point increase (Barisoff) 1107 (Boone) 1107
- unpaid fines, revenue loss (Dosanjh) 460 (Plant) 460
- Traffic safety
- Vehicle damage records, information on resale (Petter) 1235-6 (Symons) 1235
- Vehicle fraud, stolen vehicles registered using identification numbers of irreparable and salvage vehicles (Barisoff) 512, 680-1 (Boone) 300, 511, 518, 680-1, 685 (Jarvis) 511 (Penner) 685 (Symons) 512
- Vehicle inspections, presentation requirement (Boone) 672-3 (Plant) 673
"Aviation Notice"
- Report quoted re automated lighthouses (Janssen) 1008
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