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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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Hansard Sittings by Page Number

Cabinet ministers See Ministers under Government
Cabinet policy and communications secretariat See Premier, Office of the, and Ministry Responsible for Youth
Cain, Vincent See Task Force into Illicit Narcotic Overdose Deaths in British Columbia (Cain task force)
Calendino, Pietro (Burnaby North)
• Budget debate 158-61
• Burnaby commuter traffic 160
• Burnaby North constituency, CCF/NDP political tradition 158-9
• Burnaby North constituency, issues and concerns 159-61
• Burnaby North Secondary School, programs 159
• Education, government support 159-60
• Fisheries, Pacific salmon revitalization plan (Mifflin plan) 160
• Health care, regionalization review 160
• MLAs, Chinese Canadian MLAs elected for first time 158
• NDP government commitments 158
• Students, academic achievements of B.C. students 159
• West Coast Express, Burnaby service 160
• Working-time redistribution, benefits 160
Cameron, Duncan
• Authorship of fair-wage policy study (Dalton) 1711
Campbell, Gordon (Vancouver-Point Grey)
• Actions while mayor of Vancouver (Clark, G.) 202, 237
• Agriculture and Fisheries Committee, meetings 354
• Ambulance service in remote communities 26-7
• ATS Canada, contract to provide photo radar system 1229
• Auditor General Act, revision 1877-8, 1883, 1885
• Balanced Budget and Debt Reduction Act, debate 200-1
• Bears, Kermode bear habitat protection 885-6
• B.C. Hydro, debt during time of Hon. Glen Clark's responsibility 9
• B.C. Hydro International Ltd., capital from Columbia Estate Co. 1913
• B.C. Hydro, international projects, ethical standards issue 1375-7
• B.C. Hydro, international projects, future projects linked to success of Pakistan power project 1408-9
• B.C. Hydro, role in Pakistan power project 1345-6, 1428-9, 1498-501
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, choice of Pakistan for B.C. Hydro involvement 1495-7
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, ethical concerns re Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan 1535-6
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, investigation, collection of information 1908
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, offering memorandum, presentation to cabinet 1911
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, review team inquiry into events 1494-5
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, review team inquiry into events, testimony of witnesses 1565-6
• B.C.'s financial credibility 300-1
• B.C.'s role in national unity 2046-7
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts 95-6, 121, 163-4
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim 1905
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, revenue forecasts 201-2
• Budget, balanced-budget legislation 200-1
• Budget debate 274-6
• Budgeting process, truth in budgeting 274-5
• Child and Family Review Board, appointment of Joyce Rigaux 728
• Child and Family Review Board, power to investigate child fatalities 917-9
• Child deaths, number of cases reported 805
• Child deaths, referral of cases to Child and Family Review Board 727-8
• Child deaths, review of cases 728, 917-9, 1003, 1025
• Child deaths, Social Services ministry's knowledge of cases 1991-2
• Child protection, computerized tracking system for children 2004
• Child protection, Gove commission recommendations, implementation 2004-5
• Child protection, Gove commission report 728
• Citizens' assemblies 2047
• Civil service employees, political affiliation 1915
• Civil service, ethical conduct 2048
• Clark, Hon. Glen, statements while in opposition re government budgets 274-5
• Coglon, Richard, role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1565
• Commended for work as Liberal Party leader (Farrell-Collins) 284
• Constitutional reform, citizens' assembly 26
• Crown corporations, ethical standards policies 1565
• Debt and deficit 274-5
• Debt management plan 275-6, 2045-6
• Debt, reduction of base amount 2045
• Debt-reduction legislation 200-1
• Dix, Adrian, position as Premier's principal secretary 1907
• Dixon, Frank, hiring by B.C. Transit and subsequent firing 2048
• Education, designation as essential service 1905
• Election campaign statements (Lali) 143
• Elections, results of 1996 general election 23
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1581-2
• Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1581-2
• Electoral representation for non-urban areas 1582
• Eliesen, Marc, position with International Power Corp. 1912-3
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1374-7, 1407-10, 1493-501, 1564-6
• Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 872-5, 885-6
• Ethical standards issue in international business dealings 1375-7
• Field Sawmills Co. workers visited by Hon. Glen Clark during election campaign 265-6
• Fisheries, B.C. administration of Pacific fishery 26, 354
• Fisheries, memorandum of understanding with federal government re Pacific salmon fishery 354
• Forest productivity 25
• Forest Renewal B.C., board meetings 432
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting surplus to general revenue 393-4, 432, 529-30
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, use 1581-2, 2078
• Fraser Basin Management Board, dismantling 872-5
• Fraser Basin Management Board, funding from Environment ministry 872-4
• Fraser Basin Management Board, role 872-4
• Government, accountability 1875-8, 1884
• Government accountability, Premier's responsibility 2005-6
• Government accounting, financial reporting policies 201
• Government ministers, performance measurement 1886-7
• Government, performance measurement 1877
• Government, public trust 274-6
• G.R. Baker Hospital, impact of regionalization 26
• Gunton, Tom, role in Premier's Office 1915
• Gunton, Tom, role in preparation of 1996-97 budget 201-2
• Health care, NDP initiatives, impact 25-6
• Health care, standard care across province 2047
• Indians, treaty negotiations process 26
• International Power Corp., formation 1912
• International Power group, competition for projects 1913
• Investment, international investment policy 1910
• Law Society of B.C., action against John Laxton for activities while member 1564-5
• Law Society of B.C., action against Richard Coglon for activities while member 1565
• Laxton, John, dismissal from B.C. Hydro, continuing position on board 1909-10
• Laxton, John, involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1345-6, 1374-7, 1407-10, 1428-9, 1496-501, 1665
• Laxton, John, involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, professional conduct issue 1564-5
• Laxton, John, resignations from corporate positions 1495
• Legislative officers, reporting to House 1880-1
• Legislative reform 1880-1
• Liberal Party, election campaign 1876
• Liberal Party, policies 23
• Mahmood, Ali, role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1497-501
• Mahmood, Ali, shares received re B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1536, 1665-6
• McClellan Rubenstein and Parolin, role of firm in resignation of John Sheehan 1493-4
• MLAs, responsibilities 276
• Morton, Cynthia, work as transition commissioner for implementation of Gove commission report 2004-5
• NDP election campaign statements 24
• NDP election campaign statements re balanced budget 121
• NDP election campaign statements re capital projects 21
• NDP government, actions 1581-2
• NDP government, fiscal responsibility 274-6
• NDP government, performance 1905-6
• Normanna Rest Home, construction funding 21
• Parasiuk, Wilson, position with International Power group 1912-3
• Pathfinder Enterprises Ltd., role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1497
• Petter, Hon. Andrew, resignation as Finance minister 96
• Photo radar, implementation 1229
• Political integrity 274-6
• Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, estimates debate 1875-8, 1880-1, 1883-8, 1905-13, 1915-6, 2004-6, 2045-8
• Premier's Office and Treasury Board interaction 1887
• Premier's Office, organization 1906-7
• Princess Royal Island logging, fish habitat damage 886
• Public Accounts Committee recommendations, implementation 1876-8
• Recall and Initiative Act, use to recall Finance minister 164
• Ridley, Stan, involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1911
• Sheehan, John, resignation from all corporate positions 1493-5
• Smith, Brian, appointment as chair of B.C. Hydro and investigator of Pakistan power project, public expectations 1565
• Smith, Brian, appointment as investigator of B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1428-9
• Smith, Brian, handling of investigation into B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1407-10
• Smith, Brian, position as chair of B.C. Hydro and investigator of Pakistan power project, potential for conflict of interest 1907-9
• Smith, Brian, position as chair of B.C. Hydro, salary 1911
• Speaker, election 1
• Special warrants, use 1883-4
• Standards, provincial application of national standards 2047-8
• Tax cut commitment by NDP government 265-6
• Thomas, Elijah, cause of death, Social Services ministry's comments 1787-8
• Throne speech debate 23-7
• Truth in Budgeting Act, debate 201
• W.A.C. Bennett Dam, sinkhole, impact on B.C. Hydro revenue 9
• Wages, average take-home pay levels during NDP administration 27
• Williston Lake water level changes, impact on jobs 9-10
• Workers' Compensation Board, review of operations 25
• Youth employment in private sector, government support 25
• Youth employment opportunities 24-5
Campbell River
• Spawning channel, status (Hansen) 1319-21 (Miller) 1319-21, 1337
Campbell Valley Centre, Aldergrove, B.C.
• Chrisholme Society property (Coleman) 1747
• Program cancellation (Coleman) 483, 486
Canada
• 125th anniversary of B.C.'s entry into Confederation (Clark, G.) 605 (Farrell-Collins) 605
• Constitution See Constitution
• Future of Canada as a nation (Masi) 154 (Throne speech) 5 (Waddell) 177-8
• Indo-Canadians, contribution (McGregor) 106
• National symbols (Wilson, G.) 1955
• National unity
  • B.C. position (de Jong) 1199-1201 (Petter) 1199-1201
  • B.C.'s role (Campbell) 2046-7 (Clark, G.) 2046-7
• National well-being, measurement criteria (Miller) 1815
Canada Assistance Plan
• Federal transfer holdbacks, payments anticipated by B.C. (Gingell) 1081-2, 1088 (Petter) 1081-2, 1088
• Payments (Gingell) 98-9
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
• Social housing, provision (Coleman) 76 (Miller) 76
Canada-British Columbia Business Service Centre
• Funding (Chong) 1812, 1819 (Miller) 1812, 1819
• Information database (Miller) 1810
• Regional expansion (Chong) 1812 (Miller) 1813
Canada-British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
• Future of program (Miller) 1267-8 (Reid) 1267-8
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Comments on fair-wage policy (Sihota) 1448
• Quoted re Youth Works program (Penner) 1972
• Study on fair-wage policy (Dalton) 1710-1
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (federal)
• Tsatsu Shores development, non-application of act (Gingell) 803
Canadian Forces Bases See Armed forces
Canadian Injured Workers Society
• Concerns about workers' compensation (Reid) 1653, 1670-1 (Sihota) 1671
Canadian National Railway Company
• Grain-shipping rates (McElligott) 1691 (Neufeld) 1691
• Northern B.C. line, sale to B.C. Rail Ltd. (Miller) 1690 (Neufeld) 1690-1
Canadian Pacific Railway
• Infrastructure lease to West Coast Express See references to CP Rail under West Coast Express
Canamin Resources Ltd.
• Government loan for Huckleberry copper mine project (Hansen) 1270-1 (Jarvis) 1269 (Miller) 1252, 1268, 1270-1
Cancer
• Medications for cancer patients (MacPhail) 2055 (Reid) 2054-5
• Treatment wait-lists (Hawkins) 2021-2 (MacPhail) 2021-2
Canyon City, B.C. (Gitwinksihlkw)
• Bridge across Nass River (Miller) 136
Capital Regional District
• Light rapid transit system, study (Miller) 1874 (Symons) 1874
• Transit planning, ten-year plan (Miller) 1873-4 (Symons) 1873-4
Cariboo area
• Forest renewal revenues, reinvestment in area (Wilson, J.) 530 (Zirnhelt) 530
Cariboo North constituency
• Issues and concerns (Wilson, J.) 254-6
Cariboo South constituency
• Issues and concerns (Zirnhelt) 219
Carl Boyce Enterprises
• Drywall recycling program (Ramsey) 943 (Reid) 942
Carpentier, Jacques
• Meeting with Ron Wickstrom re Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society (Clark, G.) 2009-11 (de Jong) 2009-11
Carter, Stephen
• Author's book on integrity cited (Campbell) 274
Cartwright, Kenna
• Tribute (McGregor) 106
Cashore, Hon. John (Coquitlam-Maillardville) Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
• Aboriginal Affairs committee, establishment 1714-5
• Aboriginal Affairs Committee, mandate 1667-8
• Aboriginal Affairs committee, role in treaty negotiations process 1716-8
• Aboriginal Affairs committee, timing of hearings 1718
• Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 1994 and 1995 annual reports tabled 239
• Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 1714-9, 1764-74, 1789-808, 1831-52
• Aboriginal Affairs ministry, funding 1715
• Aboriginal Affairs ministry, minister's relationship to Aboriginal Affairs committee 1717
• Aboriginal Affairs ministry, responsibilities and goals 1714-5
• Aboriginal Affairs ministry, role in Crown land activities consultation process 1802
• Adams Lake, blockade of road by Indian band 1807-8
• Agricultural land reserve and Indian land claims 1846
• B.C., facing the future 116
• B.C. Treaty Commission, 1995-96 annual report and financial statements tabled 239, 302
• B.C. Treaty Commission, work 1668
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, content 312
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, goals 116
• Budget debate 115-6
• Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack, lands claimed by Indian band 1847
• Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency, description 311
• Crown land activities, consultation process 1799, 1801-3, 1832-3
• Crown land activities, identification of aboriginal rights 1798-800
• Crown land activities policy 1798-800
• Crown land activities policy, applicability to private land 1831-2
• Crown land activities, protocols 1805-7
• Families, benefits 312
• First Nations Summit, statements re treaty negotiations 1852
• Forests ministry, estimates debate 1399
• Gambling on Indian land 1807
• Gustafsen Lake, land dispute in area 1832
• Indian land claims and private property rights 1797
• Indian land claims, costs 1765
• Indian land claims, costs, Peat Marwick report 1765
• Indian land claims, current negotiations 1851
• Indian land claims, overlapping claims, resolution 1766
• Indian land claims, private property not on negotiating table 1832
• Indian land claims, third-party interests, expropriation and compensation 1800-1
• Indian land, development disputes, resolution 1845-6
• Indian land, leasing arrangements, tax assessment and deferment 1838-9
• Indian treaty negotiations, consultations 115-6
• Indian treaty negotiations, fisheries and wildlife management 1836
• Indian treaty negotiations, local input 47
• Indian treaty negotiations, participation 1851
• Indian treaty negotiations, politicization of negotiations 45-6
• Indian treaty negotiations process 47
• Indian treaty negotiations, progress 1714-6
• Indian treaty negotiations, public input 1668
• Indian treaty negotiations, regional approach to issues 1851
• Indian treaty negotiators, selection and number 46-7
• Indian treaty rights, constitutional status 1843
• Indian treaty settlements, land component, 5 percent figure 1851-2
• Indians, aboriginal rights and negotiated treaty rights 1764, 1769, 1801
• Indians, aboriginal rights, identification of rights 1799-801, 1805
• Indians, aboriginal rights, information 1833
• Indians, aboriginal rights, oyster harvesting operations 1837
• Indians, economic opportunities flowing from treaty-making process 1715
• Indians, entitlements under federal and provincial programs 1769-70
• Indians, interim measures agreements, Liberal Party position 51
• Indians, interim measures agreements, use 51-2
• Indians, resolution of historic issues 1764
• Indians, right to recourse outside band governance 1837-8
• Indians, Treaty 8 negotiations 1835-6
• Legislature, denial of leave to speak 311
• McLeod Lake Indian band, funding for settlement with band 52
• McLeod Lake Indian band, negotiations, status 1834-5
• McLeod Lake Indian band, Treaty 8 western boundary 1836
• Métis, Kelly Lake group, status of claim 1836
• NDP government performance, 1991-96 term 115
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle 1668
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, aboriginal title and interpretation of wording 1766
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, content of document 1718-9, 1851
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, definition of "Nisga'a artifact" 1851
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, document not legally binding 1767
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, negotiations 48-50
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, provision re entitlements under federal and provincial programs 1769-70
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, public education 115-6, 1668
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, public input 1668
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, signing of document 1715
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, timing of signing 46, 1716
• Nisga'a fishery entitlement, issues 1840-4
• Nisga'a land claim, mineral rights 1791
• Nisga'a land claim, overlapping claims, responsibility to resolve 1766-7
• Nisga'a land claim settlement, capital transfer payment 1850
• Nisga'a lands, expropriation powers of government 1793-5
• Nisga'a lands, non-Nisga'a residents 1849
• Nisga'a lands, ownership issues 1792, 1795-6
• Nisga'a lands, property purchase tax applicability 1792-3
• Nisga'a lands, provincial jurisdiction and applicability of Indian Act 1767-9
• Nisga'a lands, provincial land registry system, applicability 1792, 1797
• Nisga'a lands, third-party interests 1797
• Nisga'a lands, types of lands 1796-7
• Nisga'a people, access to non-Nisga'a land 1797-8
• Nisga'a people, resolution of historic issues 1764-5
• Nisga'a people, self-government as a treaty right 1849-50
• Nisga'a people, self-government, Charter of Rights applicability 1768-9
• Nisga'a people, self-government, impact on non-Nisga'a residents 1768-9
• Nisga'a people, self-government, levels of government 1796
• Nisga'a people, self-government model 1848-9
• Nisga'a people, treaty ratification 48
• Nisga'a settlement lands, access for non-Nisga'a 1848
• Nisga'a settlement lands, wildlife management area 1847-8
• Nisga'a treaty, amendment provisions 1770-1
• Nisga'a treaty, certainty provisions, federal government approval of legal text 1771-3
• Nisga'a treaty, final agreement and constitutional division of powers 1767
• Nisga'a treaty, impact on northern businesses, study by Aboriginal Affairs ministry 1851
• Nisga'a treaty, indemnity provisions 1773-4
• Nisga'a treaty, indemnity provisions, third-party rights 1789-91
• Nisga'a treaty, language used 49
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, compensation issues 1764-5
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, final agreement negotiations 1716-8
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, openness protocol 49-50, 1715, 1717-8
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, status 1851
• Nisga'a treaty rights, constitutional status 1849-50
• Nisga'a treaty, terminology used 1764, 1791
• Pacific M‚tis Federation, organizational activities 1833-4
• Penticton Indian band, status of Green Mountain situation 1839-40
• Plant, Geoff, critique of Nisga'a agreement-in-principle 1766-8
• Property rights, right of Crown to limit activities on private property 1831-2
• Protected-areas strategy, NDP government initiatives 1399
• Sto:lo treaty negotiations process, status 1846-7
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 45-52
• Throne speech debate 310-2
• Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, discussions re third-party interests 1800-1
• Tsatsu Shores development project 1808, 1844-6
• Wet'suwet'en people, treaty negotiation protocol 1805-6
Castlegar-Robson Bridge
• Environmental monitoring during construction (Coleman) 1056
Catamaran Ferries International Corp.
• Establishment and funding (Miller) 38 (Wilson, G.) 38
Cattle industry
• Financial assistance to producers (Evans) 694
• Grazing See Rangeland
• Issues (Ramsey) 764
Cavell Tire Sales Ltd.
• Tire recycling program complaint (Hawkins) 793
Celgar Pulp
• Dumping of sludge (Clark, C.) 767-9 (Ramsey) 767-9
• Dumping of sludge, testing of dumped sludge (Clark, C.) 788 (Ramsey) 788
Central Okanagan school district See School district 23
Chair and Deputy Chair
• Hartley, Bill, appointment as Deputy Chair 7
Chair and Deputy Chair, Rulings and statements
• Bills, committee stage
  • future policy not to be discussed 1030
  • latitude permitted during debate of definitions section 960, 1048
  • preamble debated at end 960
  • principle of bill not to be debated at committee stage 1030
• Committee of Supply
  • matters pertaining to or calling for legislation may not be raised in committee 476, 709
• Estimates
  • confining remarks to administrative responsibility of minister 1020, 1441, 1717, 1999
  • debate to be relevant 1532-3
  • discussion of future policy not in order 620, 1476, 1550
  • discussion of legislation not in order 1554, 1886, 1995
• Language
  • inappropriate language 1292
  • unparliamentary language 996
• Members
  • may not sit in public gallery 1120
  • must be in their designated seat to speak in Committee A 1063
  • use of exhibits not permitted in House 1971
  • withdrawal of member from House ordered 1314
Charbonneau, Arthur
• Commended for work as MLA (McGregor) 105
Charlottetown accord
• Liberal Party position (Weisgerber) 321
Chase and District Health Society
• Health care facility, impact of capital spending freeze (Abbott) 1896 (MacPhail) 1896
Chase, B.C.
• Flood damage (Abbott) 754
Chase Creek
• Flooding (Abbott) 155
• Flooding and erosion problems (Abbott) 807
Cheakamus River
• B.C. Hydro's water licence (Clark, C.) 720 (Ramsey) 720
• Fish stocks and B.C. Hydro activities (Clark, C.) 1338-40 (Miller) 1339-41
• Future of fish resource (Nebbeling) 133
• Salmon resource, damage (Ramsey) 846
Cheema, Gulzar
• Commended for political campaign (Waddell) 174
Chetwynd, B.C.
• Physician supply in community (Weisgerber) 1932
Chief electoral officer
• Letter of results of May 28, 1996, general election (Clerk) 6-7
• Report on statement of votes of May 28, 1996, general election tabled (Speaker) 2083
Child and Family Review Board
• Appointment of Joyce Rigaux (Campbell) 728
• Board (Stephens) 713 (Streifel) 713
• Establishment (de Jong) 731-2 (Streifel) 731-2
• Independence (Anderson) 734 (Streifel) 734
• Meetings (Coell) 730 (Streifel) 730
• Members (Coell) 730 (Neufeld) 650-1 (Streifel) 650-1, 730
• Power to investigate child fatalities (Campbell) 917-9 (Plant) 806 (Streifel) 805-6, 917-20
• Reporting (Streifel) 715
Child, Family and Community Services Act
• Amendments from B.C. Benefits legislation (Streifel) 867, 978 (Wilson, G.) 978
Child, youth and family advocate
• Annual report, 1995, tabled (Speaker) 239
• Mandate (Anderson) 351
• Power to appoint legal counsel (McKinnon) 616 (Streifel) 616
• Quoted re youth employment initiatives (Penner) 1971
• Relationship to family court (Anderson) 635
• Report
  • cited, quoted, re youth services (Reid) 1999-2000
  • quoted re Indian children and youth (Anderson) 477
  • quoted re social welfare system (Anderson) 350-1
• Reporting to MLAs (Campbell) 1880-1
Children
• Access by non-custodial parent (Symons) 643
• Advocacy, accessibility (Anderson) 635 (MacPhail) 635
• Care in early childhood, importance (MacPhail) 1940-1 (Stephens) 1940
• Child abuse
  • cases, investigation (McKinnon) 615 (Streifel) 615
  • prevention programs elsewhere (Anderson) 636 (Streifel) 637
  • protocol for obtaining medical evidence (Anderson) 1987 (MacPhail) 1987
  • regional consultants and child abuse teams (Streifel) 614
  • sexual abuse, support guide for parents and caregivers (Coell) 644
  • sexual exploitation, prevention (Dosanjh) 500 (Stephens) 500
• Child care
  • child care initiative (Sihota) 735
  • child care strategy (Hammell) 564-5
  • child care support program (Hammell) 567 (Stephens) 566
  • child care workers, wage supplement (Hammell) 566-7 (Stephens) 566-7
  • education system's role (Stephens) 1547
  • federal-provincial strategic initiative (Hammell) 565, 567, 589-90, 859 (Stephens) 565, 567, 589-90, 1011
  • funding (Hammell) 35-6, 564 (Stephens) 36
  • funding for non-profit organizations (Hammell) 590 (Stephens) 590
  • grants and subsidies (Hammell) 857, 863 (Stephens) 857, 863 (Whittred) 863
  • infant/toddler incentive, funding (Hammell) 566 (Stephens) 566
  • legislation See also BC Benefits (Child Care) Act (Hammell) 784
  • national child care program (Hammell) 565 (Stephens) 565 (Wilson) 785
  • NDP government action (Hammell) 784
  • programs, community involvement (Anderson) 787 (Wilson, G.) 862
  • programs, local-provincial partnerships (Coell) 859 (Hammell) 859
  • Provincial Child Care Council See name of council
  • regional delivery of services (Hammell) 565, 590 (Stephens) 566, 590
  • security at child care centres, person standing in for parent (Hammell) 858-9 (Stephens) 858-9
  • services (Hammell) 1012
  • services, one-stop access (Hammell) 565, 590 (Stephens) 565, 590
  • services, role in economy (Hammell) 630, 784 (Stephens) 784-5
  • spaces (Hammell) 564, 591 (Stephens) 591, 1011
  • spaces for infants and toddlers (Hammell) 566 (Stephens) 566
  • special needs children (Coell) 861-2 (Hammell) 590-1, 861-2 (Stephens) 590-1, 860-1 (Whittred) 862 (Wilson, G.) 859-62
  • subsidy program (Hammell) 591 (Stephens) 591
  • subsidy program, eligibility (Coell) 859 (Hammell) 787, 859 (Stephens) 860 (Wilson) 785-6
  • subsidy program, information-sharing agreements, privacy issue (Anderson) 787 (Hammell) 865 (Petter) 865 (Plant) 787 (Stephens) 864-5 (Wilson, G.) 785-6, 865-6
  • subsidy program, overpayments, repayments and assignments (Hammell) 864 (Stephens) 864
  • subsidy program, verification of child care providers' information (Hammell) 864 (Stephens) 863-4
  • support services for children with special needs (Streifel) 978 (Wilson, G.) 978
• Child poverty (Gingell) 323 (Petter) 322-3 (Sanders) 326-7
• Child prostitution See Prostitution
• Child protection
  • administration costs (McKinnon) 618
  • administrator's decision and child's views (McKinnon) 617 (Streifel) 617, 714
  • all-party committee (Coell) 612 (MacPhail) 733 (McKinnon) 613 (Streifel) 612-3
  • changes to system, monitoring (Anderson) 637 (Streifel) 637
  • child apprehensions, policy (Stephens) 407 (Streifel) 407
  • child protection workers, number (Sanders) 618 (Streifel) 618
  • child's right to timely decision (Anderson) 636
  • computerized tracking system for children (Campbell) 2004
  • confidentiality (McKinnon) 616 (Streifel) 616
  • critical injury or death, review (Anderson) 730-1, 733 (Coell) 638-9 (McKinnon) 731 (Sanders) 731 (Streifel) 616, 639
  • family conferences, Gove commission's recommendation (Anderson) 634
  • federal cuts to services to children (Smallwood) 611
  • funding (McKinnon) 612
  • Gove commission See Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry
  • interministry handbook (McKinnon) 618 (Streifel) 618
  • investigations, informing family and others of decisions (Anderson) 634 (MacPhail) 634
  • NDP government action (Smallwood) 611 (Streifel) 613-4, 731
  • responsibility of legislators (Anderson) 610-12 (Smallwood) 611
  • transition commission, Health ministry role (Anderson) 2074 (MacPhail) 2074
  • transition commissioner See also Morton, Cynthia (Streifel) 612-3, 638
  • transition commissioner, budget (McKinnon) 613 (Streifel) 613
  • transition commissioner, position entrenched in legislation (Anderson) 637
  • transition commissioner, power to make changes (Anderson) 637 (Streifel) 637
  • transition commissioner, recommendations (McKinnon) 613
  • transition commissioner, role (Streifel) 731
  • transition commissioner, special committee to monitor work of commissioner (MacPhail) 1994
  • United Nations convention on the rights of the child as standard for provincial legislation (Anderson) 610-12
• Child-minding, eligibility for child care grants (Hammell) 859 (Waddell) 859
• Children as witnesses in court See Child witness preparation program under Justice system
• Children in government care
  • caregivers, criteria (Reid) 641-2 (Streifel) 641-2
  • case reviews (Anderson) 635 (MacPhail) 635
  • federal funding (Stephens) 408 (Streifel) 408
  • intake form (Anderson) 634
  • monitoring of quality of care (Stephens) 407-8 (Streifel) 407-8
  • number (Symons) 643
• Children's centres (McKinnon) 616 (Streifel) 616
• Community support services (Chong) 715 (Streifel) 715
• Custody and access, link with maintenance obligations (Dosanjh) 500, 561-2 (Neufeld) 561-2 (Stephens) 499-500
• Custody rights of grandparents (Dosanjh) 500 (Stephens) 500
• Deaths
  • causes (Sanders) 731 (Streifel) 731
  • deaths since Gove commission (Coell) 639 (Streifel) 639
  • handling of cases (McKinnon) 616 (Streifel) 617
  • number of cases reported (Campbell) 805 (Streifel) 805
  • referral to transition commissioner (Anderson) 734
  • suicides (Reid) 641
• Deaths of children in care or known to Social Services ministry
  • Attorney General ministry involvement (Reid) 641 (Streifel) 641
  • call for independent review (Campbell) 728, 1003, 1025 (MacPhail) 1003-4 (Streifel) 1025
  • ministry knowledge of cases (Campbell) 1991-2 (Coell) 1993 (de Jong) 1993 (Hawkins) 1153 (Streifel) 1153, 1991-3
  • referral of cases to Child and Family Review Board (Campbell) 727-8 (de Jong) 732-3 (McKinnon) 728 (Plant) 806 (Streifel) 732, 806
  • review of cases (Campbell) 917-8, 918-9 (Coell) 639-40, 1152 (de Jong) 919-20 (McKinnon) 919 (Neufeld) 918 (Plant) 920 (Streifel) 639-40, 728, 733, 916-20, 1025-7, 1152 (Wilson, G.) 918
  • review of cases, report (Coell) 806 (McKinnon) 1152, 1788 (Streifel) 806-7, 1152, 1788
• Dental and optical benefits (Anderson) 414-5 (Streifel) 414-5
• Dental benefits (Coell) 414 (Sanders) 480 (Streifel) 414, 480
• Dental care for poor children (Gingell) 332
• Needs (Anderson) 147
• Parental consent for activities (Anderson) 636
• Programs and services
  • delivery (McKinnon) 616
  • funding (Streifel) 471
  • handling of complaints (Anderson) 635 (MacPhail) 635 (McKinnon) 617 (Streifel) 617
  • monitoring (McKinnon) 616 (Streifel) 616
• Separate ministry for children and youth (Anderson) 637
• Support payments, national guidelines (Dosanjh) 424 (Plant) 424
Children Who Witness Abuse program
• Program (Hammell) 594-5
Chilliwack, B.C.
• Courthouse replacement project (Dosanjh) 525 (Plant) 525
• Economy of area (Miller) 1222 (Penner) 1220-1
• Evans Road flyover proposal, status (Boone) 1066-7 (Penner) 1066-7
• History of area (Penner) 143-4
• Issues and concerns (Penner) 144-5
Chilliwack constituency
• MLA's "wish list" (Bowbrick) 366
Chilliwack River
• Gravel and silt buildup (Ramsey) 756 (van Dongen) 756
• Inclusion in Fraser Basin Management Board report (Ramsey) 755 (van Dongen) 755
Chilton, Chris
• Duties as special adviser to Health minister (Hawkins) 1893 (MacPhail) 1893
China
• Hydroelectric power projects, ten-year plan (Farrell-Collins) 1307
• Three Gorges project (Clark, G.) 1910 (Hurd) 1385 (Miller) 1385
Chisholm, Robert Malcolm (Bob)
• Ethanol-content requirement for gasoline, private member's bill (Penner) 947
Chong, Ida (Oak Bay-Gordon Head)
• Bankruptcies in B.C. 1814, 1819-20
• B.C. Arts Council, structure and operations 1867
• B.C. Film Commission, funding 80
• B.C. Film Commission, location of commission offices 1866-7
• B.C. 21 program, community projects, grant distribution 79
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim 357
• Business, small business assistance programs 1816-7, 1819
• Business, small business, definition 79
• Business, small business, one-stop project 1817, 1822
• Business, small business, tax freeze eligibility for unincorporated businesses 79
• Business, small business, taxation 1810-1
• Business, small businesses, access to capital 1816
• Business, White Paper on small business 1816
• Canada-B.C. Business Service Centre 1812, 1819
• Children, community support services 715
• Crown land, gravel pit lease, Lands branch handling 1862-3
• Culture program funding 80
• Disabled persons, severely handicapped in homes, funding 716
• Disabled persons, severely handicapped in institutions, cost 715-6
• Discover B.C. program, participation criteria for accommodation operators 1863
• Donation of Food Act, debate 631
• Economy of B.C. 357
• Education, examination marking, teachers marking grade 12 provincial exams, remuneration 68
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 1190-3
• Food banks, liability for injury from donated food 631
• Glendale Lodge closing, reallocation of funding 715
• Government agents 1812, 1822
• Heritage infrastructure program 1811
• Indians, economic development, microlending circles for Indian entrepreneurs 1816
• Indians, economic development projects 1814
• Job creation 1813-4
• Job creation programs for income assistance recipients 1815-6
• Motion picture industry, role in economy 1866
• Motion picture industry, Victoria film commissioner position 79-80
• Municipal Pension Board, role and activities 1191-2
• NDP government, fiscal management 357-8
• Oak Bay-Gordon Head constituency, description 358-9
• Pacific National Exhibition, relocation 1865-6
• Pensions, municipal pension plan, issues and concerns 1193, 1990-1
• Royal B.C. Museum, staff reductions 80
• Royal Jubilee Hospital, expansion 22
• Showcase B.C. Promotions Inc., use of government trademarks 82, 1864
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, administration, cost savings and recoveries 1810-1
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, budget monitoring 1867
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, community and regional development program, budget and operations 1811-2
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, estimates debate 1808-20, 1822, 1862-7, 1952
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, small business division, role and purpose 1812
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, staff reductions 80
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, tourism special operating agency 1809
• Social Services ministry, estimates debate 715-6
• Superannuation Commission, commissioner's role as Municipal Pension Board chair 1191
• Superannuation Commission, inflation adjustment account 1193
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 68, 79-80, 82
• Taxation of middle class 358
• Throne speech, content 358
• Throne speech debate 357-9
• Tourism industry advertising, rolling billboard program 1865
• Tourism industry advertising, "Stops of Interest" highway signs 1864
• Tourism industry, community tourism employment and training program 1815-6
• Tourism industry, funding 1952
• Tourism industry, growth 1809
• Tourism industry, investments in industry, impact of corporate capital tax 1820
• Tourism industry, marketing of B.C. 1809
• Tourism industry, private sector use of government trademarks 1864
• Tourism industry, regional tourist districts, funding formula 1865
• Tourism industry, revenues 1865, 1952
• Tourism industry, summer employment program 1813
• Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion proposal 1863
• Victoria General Hospital, pediatric services 267
• Victoria Line Ltd., service while company for sale 1864
• Whale-watching industry, regulation 1864-5
• Wine industry, estate wineries, restrictions on on-site marketing 1866
• Working Opportunity Fund 1811, 1817-9
• Yukon, anniversary of gold discovery, impact on B.C. tourism 1863-4
Chrisholme Society See Campbell Valley Centre
Christenson, Dale
• University applicant, case cited re lack of space (Wilson, G.) 109-10
Cigarettes See Tobacco
Cities and towns
• Downtown revitalization program
  • funding (Abbott) 1735-6 (Miller) 1735-6
  • impact of capital funding projects freeze (Abbott) 78 (Miller) 78
Citizenship
• Citizenship (Anderson) 463-4 (Dosanjh) 464
Civil disobedience
• Blockades of roads
  • blockades by Indians (Abbott) 1807-8 (Cashore) 1807-8
  • blockades by Indians, federal government role (Clark, G.) 2043
  • blockades by Indians, government crisis response plan (Boone) 1054 (Coleman) 1053-4
  • blockades by Indians, impact on rail operations (Miller) 1656 (Nettleton) 1656
Civil service
• Change (Hansen) 112
• Employees
  • political affiliation (Campbell) 1915 (Clark, G.) 1914-5 (Hurd) 1914-5
  • private use of government vehicles (Petter) 1160 (Reitsma) 1160
• Ethical conduct (Campbell) 2048
• Performance (Clark, C.) 983 (Ramsey) 983
• Public sector accountability (Gingell) 1993-4
• Reform (Gingell) 101-2
• Size (Weisgerber) 168
• Size, impact of motor vehicle branch and Insurance Corporation of B.C. merger (Barisoff) 453, 577 (Boone) 577 (Jarvis) 452, 586 (Weisgerber) 452
• Wage costs (Petter) 12
Clark, Christy (Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain)
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 703-4
• Air quality in Fraser Valley 11, 904-5, 1152-3
• Air quality level targets 904
• Automobile emissions, reduction in Fraser Valley 905-6
• Automobile emissions testing, services on Vancouver Island 909
• B.C. Hydro activities, impact on environment 719, 723
• B.C. Hydro, alternative sources of power 10
• B.C. Hydro, Environment ministry's enforcement of rules, potential lawsuits 849
• B.C. Hydro, Environment ministry's role 719, 723-4, 849, 1016
• B.C. Hydro, environmental mitigation funds 724
• B.C. Hydro, environmental protection policies and procedures 1337-41
• B.C. Hydro, purpose 721
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim 194
• Burnaby Lake cleanup, funding 84-5
• Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program, water issues study 910
• Burrard Thermal power station, baseline study of Burrard Inlet 909-11
• Burrard Thermal power station emissions, impact on Fraser Valley air quality 906-7
• Burrard Thermal power station, environmental assessment 724-5
• Burrard Thermal power station, environmental assessment of new technology installation 907-8
• Burrard Thermal power station, environmental damage, contingency funding 84
• Burrard Thermal power station, leaching of ammonia, potential 907, 909
• Burrard Thermal power station operations, environmental impact 1152-3
• Burrard Thermal power station operations, scaleback 982
• Burrard thermal power station, pollution concerns 195
• Burrard Thermal power station, transportation of hazardous goods 724, 907-8
• Burrard Thermal power station, use as alternative source of power 10-1
• Celgar, dumping of sludge 767-9
• Celgar, dumping of sludge, testing of dumped sludge 788
• Cheakamus River, B.C. Hydro's water licence 720
• Cheakamus River fish stocks and B.C. Hydro activities 1338-40
• Civil service, performance 983
• Commission on Resources and Environment, Vancouver Island report 85
• Dams, decommissioning 724
• Downton Lake, downstream water quality 723
• Downton Lake drawdown, B.C. Hydro's role 723, 845, 1321, 1336-41
• Electric power exports, Environment ministry role 981-2
• Electric power generation, environmental impact issues 1337-8
• Electrical systems operating review, inclusion of environmental impacts 845-7
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1321, 1336-41
• Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, consolidation of three ministries 83
• Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 719-25, 762-4, 767-9, 788-9, 832-5, 845-50, 872, 875-6, 904-11, 953-4, 980-2, 1016
• Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, follow-up on ministry announcements 909-11
• Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, legal services for B.C. Hydro matters 848
• Environment ministry, water management division, budget 847-8
• Environmental assessment office, ministerial jurisdiction and funding 980-1
• Environmental assessment office, transfer to Employment and Investment ministry 85
• Environmental assessment process 725
• Environmental assessment requirement, thresholds 981
• Environmental assessments 724
• Environmental assessments, number 981
• Environmental protection, enforcement of regulations, Environment ministry's role 722-3
• Environmental protection legislation 953-4
• Environmental protection, Liberal Party position 910, 983, 1016
• Fish habitat, government responsibilities 83
• Fish habitat, impact of B.C. Hydro activities 703-4
• Fish habitat, protection 832-3, 1016
• Fish habitat, urban salmon habitat program 833
• Fish habitat, urban salmon streams, protection and restoration 345-6
• Fish population data for B.C. Hydro reservoirs 845-7
• Fisheries, B.C. administration of Pacific fishery 83
• Fisheries, Pacific salmon fishery, bilateral review 703
• Fisheries, salmon enhancement, federal funding 872
• Fishing industry, future 719
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, use 632, 833
• Fraser Basin Management Board, dismantling 875-6, 1016
• Fraser Basin Management Board, funding from Environment ministry 849-50
• Fraser Basin Management Board, report on Fraser River pollution 189-90
• Fraser Basin Management Board, role 849-50
• Government initiatives, measurement of success 719
• Government, public expectations of government 1336
• Groundwater contamination, incidence 764
• Groundwater issues, significance 1016
• Groundwater legislation, priority 762
• Groundwater legislation, revision 767
• Groundwater quality in Fraser Valley 395
• Groundwater regulations, Liberal Party position 763
• Intalco Aluminum Corp., B.C. Hydro power export deal 982
• Land set aside for preservation, 12 percent figure 85
• Legislature, sitting schedule 83
• NDP election campaign statements 194
• Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain constituency, issues and concerns 194
• Pulp mills, dumping of sludge 767, 788
• Pulp mills, dumping on agricultural land, public notification 768-9, 788-9
• Salmon River, fish kill 846
• Scrap-It program 906, 909
• Stream restoration projects 849
• Stream restoration, trained workers 834-5
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 82-5
• Throne speech debate 193-5
• Vancouver Island land use plan, completion 85
• Water Act, revision 722
• Water comptroller, environmental priority 722
• Water, consolidation of government responsibilities 83
• Water, legislation to regulate usage 721
• Water licences, environmental provisions 720
• Water licences, environmental provisions, enforcement 722, 847
• Water licences, number 720
• Water licences, revision 722, 847
• Watershed restoration, Forest Renewal B.C. funding 833-4
• Well licensing, Environment ministry's position 763
• Well-licensing issue, public consultation 763
• Wells, fees 767
• Williston Lake, water level reduction and emergency preparedness 83-4
• Williston Lake, water level reduction, impact on fish 84
Clark, Hon. Glen David (Vancouver-Kingsway) Premier, President of the Council and Minister Responsible for Youth
• Actions as Premier (Hansen) 112-3
• Airport authority, establishment 1961
• Airports, governance, transfer to municipalities 1961
• Auditor General Act, revision 1878, 1883, 1885-6
• Austin, Gordon, severance arrangement, review 2006
• Automobile drivers' medical tests, security of information 588
• BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, debate 825-6
• B.C. Hydro activities, impact on environment 908-9
• B.C. Hydro International Ltd., capital from Columbia Estate Co. 1912
• B.C. Hydro, role in Pakistan power project 1347, 1428-30
• B.C. Hydro, Three Gorges project, environmental concerns 1910
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, investigation, collection of information 1908-9
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, offering memorandum, presentation to cabinet 1911
• B.C. Works program, spaces 1971
• B.C.'s 125th birthday 605
• B.C.'s financial credibility 301
• B.C.'s role in national unity 2046-7
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts 96, 121, 164
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, revenue forecasts 201-2
• Budget process 2035
• Budget process, handling of projected deficits 1921
• Budget process, revenue forecasting 1918
• Cabinet policy and communications secretariat, role and staff 1916-8
• Campbell, Gordon, actions while mayor of Vancouver 202, 237
• Capital spending, Liberal Party position 21-2
• Carpentier, Jacques, meeting with Ron Wickstrom re Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society 2009-11
• Child protection, Gove commission recommendations, implementation 2002, 2005
• Civil service employees, political affiliation 1914-5
• Conflict-of-interest commissioner, appointment 1883
• Conflict-of-interest commissioner, appointment of acting commissioner, Premier's role 2040
• Credit rating of B.C. 1902, 1904
• Crown corporations, accountability 2038
• Crown Corporations Committee, role 1880, 2037-9
• Crown corporations, Saskatchewan committee 2038-9
• Crown corporations secretariat 1921, 2038-9
• Debt management plan 2045-6
• Debt, reduction of base amount 2046
• Dix, Adrian, position as Premier's principal secretary 1907
• Duncan, Bruce, position in Crown corporations secretariat 1908-10
• Economic forecasts 301
• Economy, government role in directing economy 1954-5
• Economy of B.C. 238
• Education, post-secondary education funding 238-9
• Education, post-secondary tuition fees 1903-4
• Election Act, purpose 1900
• Eliesen, Marc, position with International Power Corp. 1912
• Environmental protection, funding 632
• Environmental youth teams 1967
• Ethanol as gasoline component 2040-1
• Federal funding and control issues 1956
• Federal-provincial relations, Premier's role 1954-5
• First Job in Science and Technology program 73, 1966-7
• First Job in Science and Technology program, spaces 2003
• Fisheries, B.C. administration of Pacific salmon fishery 353-4
• Fisheries, memorandum of understanding with federal government re Pacific salmon fishery 353-4
• Fisheries, provincial jurisdiction and international agreements 1959-60
• Forest industry harvest levels, role of Premier's Office 2016
• Forest industry, softwood lumber industry, impact of federal Liberal Party action 1901
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, allocation 1962
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, amount 1922-3
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting to general revenue, Doug McArthur's role 1919
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, surplus 1921-2
• Forest Renewal B.C. investments, pact of investment 1919-20
• Forest Renewal B.C., mandate 434
• Forest Renewal B.C., program review 434
• Forest renewal, Liberal Party position 433-4
• Fort Nelson airport, local administration 1961
• Fuel, alternative motor fuels, expiry of tax incentive 2041
• Gingell, Fred, travel on government business 2038
• Government, accountability 1875-8, 1885
• Government ministers, incentives for budget savings 2035-6
• Government ministers, performance measurement 1887-8
• Government, performance measurement 1877-8
• Government, political staff 2009, 2011
• Government, program review across government 434
• Government, review of program expenditures 1918
• Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 23
• Guarantee for Youth program 238
• Gunton, Tom, role in 1996 election campaign 237-8
• Gunton, Tom, role in budget process 1923
• Gunton, Tom, role in Premier's Office and during election campaign 1914, 1916
• Gunton, Tom, role in preparation of 1996-97 budget 201-2
• Hughes, Ted, position as acting conflict-of-interest commissioner 2040
• Indians, agreements with governments, Premier's role in federal government decisions 2042-3
• Indians' issues, federal government's role 2043
• Industrial Development Incentive Act, loans and investments, disbursements 75
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., access to drivers' medical records 588
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., dissolution of corporation 1920, 1925
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., performance 1925-6
• International Power Corp., formation 1912
• International Power Corp., government share and control 1912-3
• International Power group, competition for projects 1913
• Interprovincial trade barriers vs. keeping work in B.C. 1958-9
• Investment, international investment policy 1909-10
• Job creation 1902-4
• Job creation strategy 1966, 1997
• Job Fair, funding 1996
• Jobs and timber accord, administration 2014
• Jobs and timber accord, direction 1998
• Jobs and timber accord, penalties/incentives policy 2015
• Jobs for youth 238-9
• Kemano completion project, settlement agreement negotiations 1999
• Kemano completion project, settlement framework agreement 1998-9
• Laxton, John, dismissal from B.C. Hydro, continuing position on board 1909, 1911
• Laxton, John, involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1347, 1428-30
• Lefeaux-Valentine, Bill, B.C. representation to federal government on fisheries issues 1959
• Legislative officers, reporting to House 1881
• Legislative officers, reporting to House and questioning by MLAs 2043-4
• Legislative reform 1879-82
• Legislature, Committee of Supply, splitting into two sections 1879
• Legislature, estimates process 1879-80
• Legislature, free votes 1882-3
• Legislature, select standing committees, meeting during off-session 1877
• Legislature, select standing committees, size 1877
• Legislature, select standing committees, use 2037-8
• Liberal Party, criticisms of public servants 1900
• Lighthouses, destaffing 1959-61
• McArthur, Doug, role on Forest Renewal board 1918-9, 1922-3
• MLAs, role 2048-9
• Mining, NDP government policy 1924
• Mining projects 1924
• Mohawk Oil Co. Ltd., use of ethanol in gasoline 2040
• Morton, Cynthia, role as transition commissioner for implementation of Gove commission report 2002
• Morton, Cynthia, work as transition commissioner for implementation of Gove commission report 2004-5
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1996, debate 588
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, involvement of sitting MLAs, handling 2013-4
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, links to NDP 2011
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, public inquiry into money owed to charities 2010-3
• NDP election campaign donations, filing issue 2044-5
• NDP election campaign statements re balanced budget 121-2
• NDP government initiatives, Liberal Party position 1903-4
• NDP government, performance 1903-4
• NDP government, review of programs 2035
• NDP government, structural changes 2036-7
• Northern B.C., revenues produced by area returned to north 1965
• Northern B.C., road improvements 1963
• Opportunities '96 program 73, 238-9
• Parasiuk, Wilson, position with International Power group 1912
• Pensions, municipal pension plan payments 356
• Performance as Premier (de Jong) 2007
• Petter, Hon. Andrew, resignation as Finance minister 96
• Premiers' conference, agenda 1957
• Premiers' conference, defence of B.C. interests 1901
• Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, estimates debate 1875-88, 1902-26, 1954-73, 1996-2016, 2035-49
• Premier's Office and Treasury Board interaction 1887
• Premier's Office, organization 1907
• Premier's role 1956
• Premier's role as minister responsible for youth 2000-1
• Privacy of motor vehicle and driver information 588
• Public Accounts Committee recommendations, implementation 1877
• Public Accounts Committee, work of committee 2038
• Quoted re Social Credit government's fiscal policies (Gingell) 98
• Recall and Initiative Act, use to recall Finance minister 164
• Relationship with John Laxton (Farrell-Collins) 1572 (Miller) 1572
• Royal Oak Mines Inc., compensation arrangement for cancellation of Tatshenshini project 1964
• Select standing committees, appointment 7
• Smith, Brian, appointment as investigator of B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1347, 1428-30
• Smith, Brian, position as chair of B.C. Hydro and investigator of Pakistan power project, potential for conflict of interest 1908-9, 1911
• Smith, Brian, position as chair of B.C. Hydro, salary 1911
• Smith, Brian, position on board of ATS Canada 1536
• Social welfare system in Canada 1970
• Social welfare system, Liberal Party position 1972-3
• Social welfare system, NDP government action 825
• Speaker, election 1
• Special Committee on the Response to the Gove Report, meeting of committee 2001-2
• Special warrants, use 1884-5
• Statements while in opposition re government budgets (Campbell) 274-5
• Statements while in opposition re honesty in government (Neufeld) 207-8
• Student Summer Works program 238-9, 1996-7
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 73
• Tatshenshini area, land use decision 1964
• Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park, placer mines, expropriation values 1964
• Tax levels 2037
• Trade agreements, impact of international agreements 1959
• Vancouver International Airport, revenue to subsidize other B.C. airports 1961
• Weather stations in northeastern B.C. 1961
• Wickstrom, Ron, position in Premier's Office 2008-10
• Youth advisory council 2003-4
• Youth employment initiatives 73, 1966-70
• Youth issues, opposition's role 2004
• Youth secretariat, measurement of success of youth initiatives 2003
• Youth secretariat, role 1917
• Youth secretariat, staff 1965-6
• Youth services, government approach 2000-1
• Youth services, overlap and duplication 2000
• Youth unemployment 238-9, 1966
• Youth Works program 1970
• Youth Works program, consequences of not participating, minister's role 825-6
• Youth Works program, implementation 2000
• Youth Works program, private sector jobs created 1998
Clayoquot Sound
• Logging in area
  • impact of reduction in annual allowable cut (Hurd) 1401 (Nebbeling) 1360-2 (Zirnhelt) 1360-2
  • timber harvest levels (Hurd) 1401 (Zirnhelt) 1401
Clayton Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.
• Enrolment increase (McKinnon) 1539
Clearwater, B.C.
• Consultations re school district amalgamation (Krueger) 1046-7 (Sihota) 1046-7
• Health care facility (Krueger) 246
• Hub intersection project, status (Boone) 1059 (Krueger) 1059
• Seniors health care facility, impact of capital spending freeze (Krueger) 1977-8 (MacPhail) 1977-8
Clerk of the House
• Elections, results of 1996 general election 6-7
• Speaker, election 1
Closer to Home program See Regionalization under Health care
Cloverdale, B.C.
• Technical institute
  • construction project (Hurd) 1604-5 (McKinnon) 73 (Sihota) 1605
  • institute (Hurd) 203-4 (McKinnon) 203-4, 245 (Penner) 145
  • mandate (Hurd) 1605 (Sihota) 1605
CMHC See Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Coast Ferries Ltd.
• Service to coastal communities (Miller) 1612 (Symons) 1610-1
Cocke, Dennis
• Political career cited (Bowbrick) 178-9
Coell, Murray R. (Saanich North and the Islands)
• BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, debate 960, 1070, 1072-4, 1076
• BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, referral to all-party committee 960
• B.C. Benefits appeals process, avenues of appeal prior to tribunal stage 1076
• B.C. Benefits appeals process, cost-effectiveness 1072-4, 1076
• B.C. Benefits appeals process, impact on reforms in B.C. Benefits package 960
• BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, debate 859, 861-3
• B.C. Benefits, family bonus amount 398
• B.C. Benefits, family bonus program 122, 325
• BC Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, benefit, definition 961-2
• BC Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, debate 868, 961-7, 969-70
• B.C. Benefits program, benefits 961-2, 964-5
• B.C. Benefits program, benefits for mentally handicapped 964-5
• B.C. Benefits program, design and operational issues 331
• B.C. Benefits program, eligibility, supply of information or verification 969
• B.C. Benefits program, employment programs 967
• B.C. Benefits program, employment suitability and not searching for or accepting employment, criteria and consequences 970
• B.C. Benefits program, financial assistance to service providers 967
• B.C. Benefits program, hardship assistance 962-3
• B.C. Benefits program legislation, adequacy 868
• Child and Family Review Board, members 730
• Child care, local-provincial partnerships 859
• Child care, special needs children 861-2
• Child care subsidy program, eligibility 859
• Child deaths, review of cases 639-40, 1152
• Child deaths, review of cases, report 806
• Child deaths since Gove commission 639
• Child deaths, Social Services ministry's knowledge of cases 1993
• Child prostitution 644
• Child protection, all-party committee 612
• Child protection, critical injury or death, review 638-9
• Child protection, Gove commission recommendations, implementation 640, 734-5
• Child sexual abuse, support guide for parents and caregivers 644
• Children, dental benefits 414
• Disability benefits program 1049, 1069
• Disability Benefits Program Act, debate 937, 1047-9, 1069-70
• Disability Benefits Program Act, enactment 1069
• Disability Benefits Program Act, medical practitioner, definition 1048
• Disability Benefits Program Act, offence provisions 1069
• Disability Benefits Program Act, person with disabilities, definition 1047
• Disability Benefits Program Act, support for bill 1047
• Disabled and handicapped persons, needs, recognition 937
• Families, financial assistance for low-income families 325
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 1197-8
• First Nations Circle of Wellness program, funding and performance 712
• Glendale Lodge closing, staff reassignment 410
• GAIN Act, replacement 868
• GAIN benefits, reduced benefits for family bonus recipients 325
• GAIN benefits, reduced benefits for family bonus recipients, impact on single mothers 338
• GAIN program, caseload 399
• GAIN program, fraud, money owed to government 644
• GAIN program, fraud prevention 408
• GAIN program, fraud, recoveries 413-4
• GAIN program, moving of 18- to 24-year-olds to Youth Works program 478
• GAIN program, residency requirement 643
• GAIN program, residency requirement, exemption for refugees 712
• GAIN program, residency requirement, mentally handicapped returning home 644, 712
• Healthy Kids program 414
• Income assistance advisory council, members 965-6
• Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 325, 331, 338
• Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, Liberal Party support for bill 325
• Institutional care and services for handicapped, funding changes 91
• Job creation 868
• Kitimat Community Services Society, funding 645
• MLAs, role 303
• Mental health, deinstitutionalization, new group homes 488-90
• Mental health, group homes, funding 712
• Mental health institutions, conditions 398
• Mental health, support for former institutional residents 91-2
• Motor Fuel Tax Act, person with disabilities, definition 1070
• Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 932
• Prince Rupert Community Enrichment Society, program funding and performance 644, 712
• Provincial Child Care Council, member appointments and tenure 863
• Public Sector Employers' Council, staffing and operations 1198
• Public Service Appeal Board, staffing and operations 1197
• Royal Crescent Lodge, standards of care 1025-6
• Saanich North and the Islands constituency, description 303
• Sales tax credit for children, elimination 325, 331
• Seniors' care facilities, standards 1025-6
• Social safety net, changes 325
• Social Services ministry, budget breakdown 397
• Social Services ministry budget, monitoring 486
• Social Services ministry, budget savings, use 479
• Social Services ministry, communications budget 490-1
• Social Services ministry, estimates debate 397-9, 408-10, 413-4, 476-9, 488-91, 612, 638-40, 643-5, 712, 730, 734-5
• Social Services ministry, financial assistance workers 398
• Social Services ministry, management exclusions 398
• Social Services ministry, prevention, compliance and enforcement division 409-10
• Social Services ministry, recommendations from report on administrative error and fraud, implementation 92
• Social Services ministry, responsibilities, changes 937
• Social Services ministry, staffing 409-10, 490
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 91-3
• Thomas, Elijah, cause of death, Social Services ministry's comments 1788
• Thomas, Elijah, death, referral of case to Child and Family Review Board 1788
• Thomas, Elijah, death while in care of Social Services ministry 1152
• Throne speech debate 302-4
• Vancouver ward system referendum and provincial government involvement, concerns 932
• Youth Works program 478
Cogeneration of electricity See Electric power
Coglon, Richard
• Role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Campbell) 1565 (Miller) 1565
Cohen, Marjorie Griffin
• Authorship of fair-wage policy study (Dalton) 1711
• Position cited re foreign investment by B.C. Hydro directors (Smith) 1573
Coldstream Ranch (Vernon)
• Land use, Agricultural Land Commission discussions (Evans) 656 (van Dongen) 656
Coleman, Rich (Fort Langley-Aldergrove)
• Air pollution in Fraser Valley 181
• Automobile insurance, access of private insurers to B.C. market 582
• Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance in Canada 585
• Automobiles, antique vehicles purchased for restoration, ownership and registration 684
• Blockades of roads through Indian lands, government crisis response plan 1053-4
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, 1996-97 revenue projections 1630-3
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, awards for energy management 1630
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, business income 1638
• B.C. Buildings Corporation capital planning, use of outside sources for project financing 1627, 1634, 1637
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, dividend paid to government 1633
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, environmental services 1629
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, furniture storage 1635
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, housing management role for corporation 1628
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, land use planning expertise 1628-9
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, leasing management programs 1629
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, major projects completed during 1995-96 fiscal year 1624-5
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, performance requirements 1633-4
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, project management role for corporation 1628, 1634
• B.C. Buildings Corporation projects, own vs. lease 1626
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, property management services to public sector 1630
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, services to public sector 1627-8
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, strategic objectives 1636-7, 1639
• B.C. Housing Management Commission, operating costs 1747-9, 1756
• B.C. Housing Management Commission, rent supplements vs. subsidized housing 1756
• B.C. Housing Management Commission, role in housing project on legislative precincts land 1635
• B.C. Housing Management Commission, self-managed units, cost 76
• B.C. Housing Management Commission, structure of commission 1747
• B.C. Housing Management Commission, tenant policies 1748-52
• B.C. Hydro, role in Pakistan power project 1430
• Budget debate 181-3
• Campbell Valley Centre, program cancellation 483, 486
• Castlegar-Robson Bridge, environmental monitoring during construction 1056
• Chrisholme Society program 1747
• Corrections personnel, role 182
• Corrections services, cost per inmate 1636
• Crown corporations, accountability 581-2
• Crown corporations secretariat, report on B.C. Buildings Corporation 1627
• Crown corporations secretariat report on B.C. Buildings Corporation, recommendations 1634
• Disabled persons, application for assistance 646
• Disabled persons, funding for multiple disabilities, mental handicaps, ventilated quadriplegics 490-2, 645-7
• Disabled persons, group home design criteria 647-8
• Disabled persons, residential accommodation, design funding 647
• Education, protection of services 182
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1624-39
• Estimates debate, level of technical detail 1755-6
• Experience as police officer and position on photo radar 773 (Boone) 772-3
• Financial Institutions Act, licensing exemption for Insurance Corporation of B.C. agents 584-5
• Forensic Psychiatric Institute (Colony Farm), land use plans for site 1625-6
• Fort Langley constituency, issues and concerns 181-2
• Fort Langley fine arts school, completion 182
• Fraser Valley, groundwater quality 181
• Fraser Valley, transportation, 16th Avenue corridor 995
• Glendale Lodge, land use plan for site 1626
• Government accommodation costs 1636
• Government, provision of information by ministries 485
• Government purchasing, standardized tendering process 1629
• GAIN program, medical aids and equipment 646
• Health care, regional health boards, leasing arrangements with B.C. Buildings Corporation 1630-3
• Highway 1, 88th Avenue and 200th Street interchange 994-5, 997
• Highway 1A, upgrading of highway near Aldergrove 995
• Highway 99, South Surrey interchange project 995
• Highway declassification within municipalities 1056
• Highways, archaeological sites near highways 1055
• Highways, declassification of highways within municipalities 1056
• Highways, funding for landscaping 1055
• Highways, pullouts and rest areas 1055
• Highways, runaway lanes 1053
• Highways, use of sand on highways, prewetting technique 1055
• Homes B.C. program 1756
• Housing, affordable housing, New Options for Home Ownership projects 1752-5
• Housing, social housing, eligibility 76
• Housing, social housing eligibility, waiving of residency requirements for placements from transition houses 1752
• Housing, social housing, private-public partnerships 76-7
• Housing, social housing, subsidization 76-7
• Housing, special needs housing, wheelchair-accessible units 1756
• Housing supply issues 183
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., funding of motor vehicle branch operations 582
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., liability re actions of authorized agents 584-5
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., powers to regulate motor vehicles and drivers 581-3
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., retail sales 582
• Island Highway construction project, cutbacks 1052
• Island Highway construction project, local hiring 1056-7
• Laxton, John, involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1430
• Legislature, powers to examine activities of government agencies 582
• Lions Gate Bridge, environmental study 1056
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1996, debate 581-5
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1996, model for B.C. bill 585
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 684, 771-3
• Motor vehicle branch, transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C. 581-3
• Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates debate 1746-56
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society activities, NDP involvement 182-3
• Oaklands land, redevelopment project 1625
• Operation Go Home 484
• Parliament buildings, space utilization 1629-30
• Pearson Hospital, technical aids for disabled 491
• Penticton Indian band, road access through lands to Apex Mountain 1054
• Photo radar, evidence admissible in court 771-2
• Police personnel, role 182
• Port Mann Bridge 994
• Provincial Rental Housing Corporation 1626
• Provincial Rental Housing Corporation, operations 1746-7
• Rent controls 77-8
• Residential tenancy branch, staff 78
• Riverview Hospital, replacement project 1625-6
• Road sense program, funding priorities 1052-3
• Roads on Indian reserve lands, expropriation negotiations 1054-5
• Roads on Indian reserve lands, maintenance and enforcement jurisdiction 1055
• Savona Bridge, environmental monitoring during construction 1056
• School construction, project management vs. tender process 1628
• Schools, fine arts school construction, air quality concern 70
• Social Services ministry, budget breakdown 645-8
• Social Services ministry, estimates debate 483-7, 491-2, 645-8
• Societies, non-profit agencies as health care service providers 1631-2
• Societies, non-profit societies, management of B.C. Housing units 1747-52
• Street youth, services 483-6
• Streifel, Hon. Dennis, estimates debate responses 487
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 70, 76-8
• Traffic safety initiatives 1052-3
• Transition houses, second-stage housing 76
• Transportation and Highways ministry, consultation programs re highways and roads projects 1053
• Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 994-7, 1052-7
• Transportation and Highways ministry, research projects with UBC re berms and stormwater runoff 1055
• Transportation and Highways ministry, strategic business plan 1057
• Transportation plan for lower mainland 181
• Victoria accord, progress to date 1634-5
• Volunteerism 182-3
• Volunteerism, service clubs 1760-2
• Walnut Grove Secondary School, expansion 182
• Woodlands, land use plan for site 1626
• Youth, substance abuse treatment services 483-4
College and Institute Act
• Amendments (Petter) 15, 435
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
• Prescription review program, responsibility (MacPhail) 2053
• Statement of support for midwives (MacPhail) 2017
College of Teachers of British Columbia
• Handling of unethical conduct by teachers (Sihota) 1487
Colony Farm See Forensic Psychiatric Institute
Columbia Basin Trust
• Annual report, 1995-96, tabled (Evans) 395
• Establishment (Doyle) 1585
• Facilities exempted from property tax (Abbott) 1034 (Dosanjh) 935-6 (Evans) 1034
• Impact on Kootenay area (Conroy) 17
• Implementation (Doyle) 242
• Investments (Walsh) 211
Columbia Basin Trust Act
• Amendment (Dosanjh) 935-6
• Amount paid out under act, 1995-96 fiscal year (Gingell) 30 (Petter) 30
• Amount paid out under act, treatment as financing transaction (Gingell) 30-1 (Petter) 31
Columbia Estate Co. Ltd.
• Capital to B.C. Hydro International Ltd. See British Columbia Hydro International Ltd.
Columbia Power Corporation
• Facilities exempted from property tax See Columbia Basin Trust
Columbia River Treaty
• Downstream benefits
  • revenue considered as future income (Gingell) 98-9
  • revenue considered in 1995-96 budget (Gingell) 1135 (Hurd) 205 (Petter) 1135
  • revenue used to create jobs (Evans) 227-8
Columbia River-Revelstoke constituency
• Issues and concerns (Doyle) 239-43
• Time required for MLA to visit all areas of riding (Doyle) 1583-5
Columbia Valley
• Energy needs study (Doyle) 240
Columbia-Shuswap regional district
• Letter re wood-waste burning regulations (Abbott) 155
Colwood, B.C.
• Services provided to Royal Roads University (Gingell) 519-20 (Petter) 519-20
Cominco Ltd.
• Operations (Conroy) 18
• Red Dog mine See name of mine
Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry (Gove commission) See also Children
• Recommendations of commission
  • recommendations (Anderson) 147, 634-7 (de Jong) 1153 (MacPhail) 634-6 (Streifel) 1153-4
  • implementation (Campbell) 2004 (Clark, G.) 2002, 2005 (Coell) 640, 734-5 (McKinnon) 471 (Reid) 2002 (Streifel) 396-7, 471-2, 614-5
  • implementation, government's report to ombudsman (Campbell) 2004-5
• Report of commission
  • report (Campbell) 728
  • quoted re child fatalities (Campbell) 917
  • quoted re critical incident review policy (Anderson) 730, 733 (Coell) 639
  • quoted re welfare system (Anderson) 349-50
  • tabled (Streifel) 531
• Transition commissioner See Child protection under Children
Commission of inquiry into policing in British Columbia (Oppal commission)
• Recommendations (Dosanjh) 522 (Plant) 522
Commission of inquiry into the Vancouver Stock Exchange and securities regulation (Matkin commission)
• Recommendations, implementation (Gingell) 1187 (Penner) 1181, 1183 (Petter) 1181-3, 1187
Commission on Resources and Environment
• Vancouver Island report (Clark, C.) 85 (Ramsey) 85
Commitment to Small Business: A Discussion Paper
• Survey of small business issues (Miller) 1816
Committee of Supply See Legislature
Communities See also Local government
• Community-based crime prevention (Dosanjh) 416
• Social issues in small communities (Goodacre) 104
• Unincorporated areas
  • advisory committee role (Miller) 1700
  • restructuring (Abbott) 1737-8 (Miller) 1737-8, 1783 (Reitsma) 1782-3
Community Social Services Employers Association
• Task force on standards (MacPhail) 636
Comox Valley area
• Economy (Gillespie) 18-9
• Environmental protection, volunteers (Gillespie) 19
• Youth employment (Gillespie) 19
Comox Valley constituency
• NDP MLAs (Gillespie) 18
"Competitive and Tax Advantages of B.C."
• Document availability (Hansen) 1210 (Miller) 1210-1
Comptroller general
• Audits, internal audits, availability to MLAs (Gingell) 1136 (Petter) 1136
• Reports to Finance ministry (Farrell-Collins) 1083-6, 1090 (Gingell) 1079-81, 1087 (Petter) 1079-85, 1087, 1090
Condominiums
• Safety standards (Miller) 1732-3
Conflict-of-interest commissioner
• Appointment of acting commissioner, Premier's role (Clark, G.) 2040 (Weisgerber) 2040
• Appointment of new commissioner (Clark, G.) 1883 (Farrell-Collins) 1883 (Gingell) 1878 (MacPhail) 1994-5 (Weisgerber) 1882-3, 1994-5
• Estimates approved 2049
• Report of acting commissioner tabled re alleged conflict of Hon. Moe Sihota (Speaker) 2083
Conroy, Ed (Rossland-Trail)
• Columbia Basin Trust, impact on Kootenay area 17
• Cominco Ltd., operations 18
• Fishing industry, Liberal Party position 17
• Kootenay area, economy 17-8
• Kootenay area, impact of NDP government initiatives 17-8
• Throne speech debate 17-8
Conservation officers See Wildlife
Considine, Chris
• Role in investigation of B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Miller) 1412-3
Constitution See also Charlottetown accord
• Constitutional discussions (Throne speech) 5
• Constitutional reform
  • citizens' assembly (Campbell) 26
  • national unity and reform (de Jong) 1199 (Petter) 1199
  • negotiations, leadership role for B.C. (Wilson, G.) 108
• Wilson, Gordon, appointment as adviser on constitutional affairs (Petter) 31
Constitution Act
• Electoral issues and act (Dosanjh) 1729-30 (Plant) 1731 (Wilson, G.) 1729-30
Construction industry See also particular trades, e.g., Electricians
• Building inspections, liability concerns (Abbott) 1702, 1732-3, 1950-1 (Miller) 1732-3
• Kelleher-Ready report (Dalton) 1712 (Sihota) 1712
• Review panel, cost (Dalton) 1712 (Sihota) 1712
• Safety systems review (Abbott) 1702 (Miller) 1702
Consumers
• Consumer fraud, government actions (Dosanjh) 416
• Consumer protection legislation, changes (Dosanjh) 417
• Consumer protection, stolen vehicles registered using identification numbers of irreparable and salvage vehicles See Vehicle fraud under Automobiles
• Rate freeze on services
  • taxes and fees (Gingell) 536-7 (Kasper) 257 (Petter) 437-8, 444, 536-7 (Wilson, G.) 441
  • taxes and fees, applicability (Gingell) 539 (Petter) 539
  • taxes and fees, elimination of freeze (Neufeld) 443 (Weisgerber) 440-1
Coordinated law enforcement unit See Attorney General, Ministry of
Coquihalla Highway See Highway 5
Coquitlam River
• Salmon, impact of gravel pits (Farnworth) 287, 289
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency
• Description (Cashore) 311
Corporations
• Associated corporations, amalgamation to avoid real estate sales tax (Gingell) 532 (Petter) 435, 532
• Taxation
  • capital tax elimination, NDP statements (Hurd) 377
  • capital tax exemptions (Gingell) 446
  • capital tax, impact on investment (Hansen) 1210, 1253 (Hurd) 1207-8 (Miller) 1207-8, 1264-5 (Reid) 1264-5
  • capital tax, impact on small business (Wilson, G.) 449
  • capital tax, use of revenue (Kasper) 296
  • income tax on tariff rebates, payments anticipated by B.C. (Gingell) 1082, 1088 (Petter) 1082, 1088
  • information on capital taxes paid by B.C. companies, availability (Farrell-Collins) 448
Corrections branch See Attorney General, Ministry of
Corrections system
• Electronic monitoring of offenders (Dosanjh) 502, 525-6 (Plant) 525-6
• Expenditures (Dosanjh) 523 (Plant) 523
• Facilities See also facilities by name, e.g., Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre
  • capital funding projects review (Dosanjh) 54 (Plant) 54
  • emergency drill procedures (Dosanjh) 526-7 (Plant) 526-7
  • new facilities, freeze (Dosanjh) 523-4, 1013 (Plant) 523-4, 1013
  • site selection process, consultations (Dosanjh) 528 (Weisbeck) 528
• Mandatory treatment programs for substance abusers (Dosanjh) 502 (Stephens) 501-2
• Personnel, role (Coleman) 182
• Prisoners, adult inmate count (Dosanjh) 523 (Plant) 523
• Services, cost per inmate (Coleman) 1636 (Miller) 1636 (Truss) 1636
Corrigan, Derek
• Remuneration for work with B.C. Transit (Miller) 1869 (Symons) 1869
Costello, Michael (Interim President and Chief executive officer, B.C. Hydro and Power Authority)
• B.C. Hydro, 1996-97 revenue projections 1527-9
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, cost overruns, liability issues 1510-1
• B.C. Utilities Commission, directive re B.C. Hydro's allowed rate of return 1528
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1510-1, 1527-9, 1562
Cott, Don
• Role in government (Sihota) 1703
Cottons, Darcelle
• Quoted re benefits of child care (Stephens) 785
Cottonwood corridor See Highways and roads
Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia
• Back-country recreation policy, concerns (Reitsma) 1854
• Tourism industry funding reductions, council's knowledge of reductions (Miller) 1828-9 (Reitsma) 1828-9
Council of University Teaching Hospitals
• Role in funding of teaching hospitals (Hawkins) 1928 (MacPhail) 1928
Court of Appeal of British Columbia
• Judgments, Internet availability (Dosanjh) 421 (Plant) 421
Courthouses
• Chilliwack courthouse, replacement project (Dosanjh) 525 (Plant) 525
Creating a 21st Century Government
• Recommendations (Gingell) 101-2
Credit rating
• B.C. rating (Clark, G.) 1902, 1904 (Gingell) 100
Crime and criminals
• Child abuse and violence against women, charge approval policy (Dosanjh) 503
• Crime
  • causes and consequences, issues (Dosanjh) 417
  • criminal activities by organized gangs (Dosanjh) 506, 1013 (Weisgerber) 506, 1012
  • prevention (Dosanjh) 415-6 (Lali) 141 (Masi) 153 (Orcherton) 130 (Plant) 1012-3 (Reid) 118 (Throne speech) 5 (Weisbeck) 282-3
  • prevention programs targeting youth, effectiveness (Dosanjh) 460-1 (Plant) 460-1
  • statistics (Dosanjh) 461-2 (Plant) 461-2
• Criminals profiting from own crimes (Dosanjh) 507 (Weisgerber) 507
• Dangerous offenders, release from prison, public notification (Dosanjh) 729
• Dangerous-offender designations (Dosanjh) 459 (Plant) 459
• Escapees collecting welfare (Dosanjh) 1537 (Hansen) 1537
• Homicide, unsolved murders in B.C. (Dosanjh) 457-8 (Plant) 457-8
• Interprovincial return of criminals (Dosanjh) 1537 (Hansen) 1537
• Non-violent offenders, disposition (Dosanjh) 1013
• Stalking (Hammell) 596 (Stephens) 596
• Stalking, conviction rate (Dosanjh) 458-9 (Plant) 458-9
• Victim services
  • services (Dosanjh) 416-7
  • victim support workers (Dosanjh) 507-10 (Plant) 507-10
  • volunteers, role in provision of services (Dosanjh) 521-2 (Plant) 521-2
• Violent crime, incidence (de Jong) 316
• Violent crime linkage analysis system (VICLAS), participation (Dosanjh) 457, 507 (Plant) 457
Criminal Code of Canada
• Changes proposed by B.C. (Dosanjh) 416
Criminal Injury Compensation Act
• Annual report, 1995, tabled (Dosanjh) 239
• Entitlements, impact of Victims of Crime Act (Dosanjh) 509 (Plant) 509
• Workers Compensation Board responsibility (Dalton) 1714 (Reid) 1652 (Sihota) 1652, 1714
Crown corporations
• Access to information held by government (Boone) 578-88 (Weisgerber) 452-3 (Wilson, G.) 578-81
• Accountability (Clark, G.) 2038 (Coleman) 581-2 (Doyle) 242-3 (Hansen) 1949 (Hurd) 205 (van Dongen) 2038-9
• Boards, MLAs as members (Dosanjh) 1033 (Weisgerber) 1033
• Business plans (Hansen) 1301 (Miller) 1301
• Conflict-of-interest guidelines (Farrell-Collins) 1574 (Miller) 1574
• Ethical standards, policies (Campbell) 1565 (Miller) 1565
• Management, concerns (Farrell-Collins) 1567-9 (Miller) 1568-9
• Powers (Farrell-Collins) 678 (Penner) 678
• Saskatchewan committee (Clark, G.) 2038-9 (van Dongen) 2038
• Select standing committee See Select Standing Committee on Finance, Crown Corporations and Government Services
Crown Corporations Environmental Committee
• Work cited (Truss) 1629
Crown corporations secretariat
• Ministerial accountability (Clark, G.) 2039
• Report on B.C. Buildings Corporation (Coleman) 1627 (Truss) 1627
• Report on B.C. Buildings Corporation, recommendations (Coleman) 1634 (Miller) 1634
• Responsibilities (Hansen) 1301 (Miller) 1301
• Role (Clark, G.) 1921, 2038-9 (Hurd) 1921
• Role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Farrell-Collins) 1414-5, 1507-8, 1567-8 (Miller) 1414, 1507-8, 1567-8
• Staffing (Clark, G.) 2039 (van Dongen) 2039
Crown counsel See Justice system
Crown land
• Activities on Crown land
  • aboriginal rights, identification (Cashore) 1798-800, 1803-4 (Hurd) 1798-800 (Plant) 1803-4
  • consultation process, legal advice (Cashore) 1832-3 (Hurd) 1832-3
  • consultation process, third-party issues (Cashore) 1801-2 (Weisgerber) 1801-2
  • consultation process, time limits (Cashore) 1799, 1802-3 (Hurd) 1799 (Weisgerber) 1802-3
  • policy (Cashore) 1798-800 (Hurd) 1798-800
  • policy, applicability to private land (Cashore) 1831-2 (Hurd) 1831-2
  • protocols (Cashore) 1805-7 (Plant) 1805-7
  • user restrictions in innovative forest practices areas (Wilson, J.) 548-9 (Zirnhelt) 548-9
• Grants of land to communities (Neufeld) 883 (Ramsey) 883
• Lease for gravel pit, Lands branch handling (Chong) 1862-3 (Miller) 1863
Crown Land Activities and Aboriginal Rights: Policy Framework
• Cited and quoted (Hurd) 1798-9
Crown Proceeding Act
• Annual report, 1994-95, tabled (Petter) 2080
Cryptosporidium
• Outbreak in Okanagan, notification of visitors to area (MacPhail) 1788 (Weisbeck) 1788
Cull, Elizabeth
• Commended for work as Finance minister (Petter) 11
• Quoted while MLA re evening sittings of House (Symons) 508
Cullen, Mark
• Letter quoted re B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Miller) 1466-7
Culture
• Program funding (Chong) 80
Cycling
• Bicycle lanes on roads (Boone) 1109
• Cycling infrastructure grants (Barisoff) 987 (Boone) 987
• Cycling network program (Barisoff) 987 (Boone) 987
Cypress Provincial Park
• User fees and free access (Penner) 943-4 (Ramsey) 941, 943-4 (Symons) 941

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