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

Dairy industry
• Regulations, role of local government (van Dongen) 765
Daisy Lake, B.C.
• Dam, impact on area fishery (Nebbeling) 133
Dalton, C. Jeremy (West Vancouver-Capilano)
• Adoptions to be governed by former regulations, petition tabled 239
• Apprenticeship, ministerial responsibility 1713
• Apprenticeship opportunities, early awareness 1713
• Apprenticeship programs, enrolment in secondary school program 1712
• Apprenticeship programs, funding 1713
• Apprenticeships, number 1713
• B.C. Human Resource Development Project report, action 1714
• Brown, Hans, appointment as vice-chair of Labour Relations Board 1643-5
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts 169-70
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, advertising 308
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim 308
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, projections 169-72
• Budget debate 169-72
• Capital funding projects, freeze 309-10
• Construction industry, Kelleher-Ready report 1712
• Construction industry, review panel, cost 1712
• Criminal Injury Compensation Act, Workers Compensation Board responsibility 1714
• Education, essential service designation 1643-4
• Education, funding formula, review 1516
• Education funding, technical distribution report 1516
• Education, governance, New Brunswick model 1517
• Education, non-instructional days and community interaction days 1445
• Education, school strikes issue 1643-4
• Education, Skills and Training ministry, administrative support to Labour ministry 1713
• Education, Skills and Training ministry combined with Labour ministry, impact on funding requirement 91
• Education, Skills and Training ministry, estimates debate 1445, 1516-7
• Education, Skills and Training ministry, minister's dual role as Labour minister 1445
• Employment Standards Act, impact on small business 1710
• Employment Standards Act, review 1646
• Fair Wage Act, changes 1710
• Fair Wage Act, purposes, monitoring 1711
• Fair-wage policy 1710-2
• Firefighters, arbitration in Vernon case, status of Allan Hope's decision 1704
• Fisheries, Pacific salmon fishery 308
• Government accountability 171-2
• Government advertising of 1996-97 budget 170
• Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 171
• Health care regionalization, review panel, membership 309
• Iron Workers' Memorial Bridge, completion of work on bridge 1060-1
• Labour Force Development Board 1713-4
• Labour ministry, estimates debate 1642-8, 1683, 1703-4, 1710-4
• Labour policy and program development branch, functions 1712
• Labour Relations Board, number of certifications 1646-7
• Labour Relations Code, impact and review of code 1704
• Labour Relations Code, review 1646
• Labour relations division, responsibilities 1703-4
• Labour relations, essential service designations 1703-4
• Labour services branch, mandate 1704
• Legal aid, funding 55
• Legal services tax, revenues 55
• Legislature, denial of leave to speak 307
• Liberal Party, B.C. party's association with federal party 308
• Lions Gate Bridge, future plans 1061-2
• Lions Gate Bridge, maintenance and costs 1061
• Lions Gate Bridge, rehabilitation or replacement 171
• Lions Gate Bridge, renewal planning, status 1061-2
• Lions Gate Bridge renewal project, freeze 309-10
• Lions Gate Bridge, status 94
• MLAs, "new role" 309
• North Shore health board, work on regionalization 309
• Overwaitea Foods strike, Labour ministry handling 1644
• Parental authority affirmed in law, petition tabled 239
• Politicians, public perception 170
• Provincial Apprenticeship and Training Board, members 1713
• School district 44 (North Vancouver), budget deficit 1517
• School district 44 (North Vancouver), firing of board, impact 1516
• School district amalgamation, cost savings 70
• Sihota, Hon. Moe, dual ministerial responsibilities 91, 1445, 1642-4, 1703-4, 1711
• Smith, Bob, report on school district 44 (North Vancouver) 1516-7
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 55, 70-1, 90-1, 94
• Tatchell, Mark, position as government liaison for Skills Development and Fair Wage Act 1711
• Teachers collective agreement, cost 71
• Teachers, collective bargaining, class size issue 1445
• Throne speech debate 307-10
• Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 1060-2
• Vancouver bridge crossings, adequacy 309-10
• Wages, minimum wage increase, impact 1647
• West Vancouver-Capilano constituency, issues and concerns 309-10
• Workers Compensation Board, ongoing review process 1683
• Workers Compensation Board, royal commission 308-9, 1643
Dams
• Decommissioning (Clark, C.) 724 (Ramsey) 724
Dawson Creek, B.C.
• 8th Street and 116th Avenue, traffic control light (Boone) 1174 (Weisgerber) 1174
• Role as grain-shipping terminal (Miller) 1659-61 (Weisgerber) 1659-61
• Seniors housing project, impact of capital spending freeze (MacPhail) 1932 (Weisgerber) 1932
• Tomography equipment, operational funding (MacPhail) 1932 (Weisgerber) 1932
Day care See Child care under Children
de Gelder, Neil
• Role in investigation of B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Miller) 1413
de Jong, Michael (Matsqui)
• Abbotsford justice centre project 527-8
• Abbotsford, murder case 316
• Abbotsford-Matsqui amalgamation 930
• Aboriginal Affairs Committee, establishment 1715
• Aboriginal Affairs Committee, mandate 1668
• Aboriginal Affairs Committee, role in treaty negotiations process 1716-8
• Aboriginal Affairs Committee, timing of hearings 1718
• Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 1715-9, 1763-74, 1789-98, 1808, 1839-49, 1852
• Adams Lake, blockade by Indian band, transportation provisions for residents 52
• Apex Mountain Resort, government loan 728-9
• Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 527-8
• B.C. Benefits program, implementation and ministerial responsibility 938-9
• B.C. Hydro, role in Pakistan power project 1334-5, 1347, 1430
• B.C.'s financial credibility 301-2
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, balanced budget 318
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts 123-4, 163
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim 318, 2007
• Budget, 1996-97 budget projections 125-6
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, revenue forecasts 202
• Budget debate 123-6
• Canada, national unity, B.C. position 1199-1201
• Carpentier, Jacques, meeting with Ron Wickstrom re Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society 2009-11
• Child and Family Review Board, establishment 731-2
• Child deaths, referral to Child and Family Review Board 732-3
• Child deaths, review of cases 919-20
• Child deaths, Social Services ministry's knowledge of cases 1993
• Child protection, Gove commission recommendations 1153
• Clark, Hon. Glen, performance as Premier 2007
• Committee of Supply, rules for sections A and B 265
• Constitutional reform and national unity 1199
• Debt levels 125
• Disability Benefits Program Act, debate 938-9
• Election Act disclosure provisions, NDP compliance 1899-900
• Electoral system, public confidence 123
• Electricians, licence renewal 1731-2
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1334
• Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 983
• Estimates of expenditures, Committee of Supply to sit in two sections 265
• Federal-provincial relations, alternatives to current system 317
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 1198-201
• First Nations Summit, statements re treaty negotiations 1852
• Forest industry, job loss 318
• Forest industry, revenue to province 124
• Forest industry revenue to province, shortfall, impact on budget 163
• Forest Renewal B.C. and Science Council of B.C., application by Silvacom Industries 1389
• Forest Renewal B.C., board issues 1362-3
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting surplus to general revenue 394-5, 432-3, 530, 1364-8
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, use 631-2
• Forest Renewal B.C., program objectives 1366-7
• Forests ministry, estimates debate 1362-8, 1389-90
• Gardiner, Brian, comments re Liberal Party's request for investigation into NDP compliance with Election Act disclosure provisions 1899-900
• Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 124-5
• Groundwater issues, significance 983
• GAIN program, fraud cases, decision to prosecute 411-2
• GAIN program, fraud prevention 410-2
• GAIN program, residency requirement, federal funds withheld 401-3
• Gunton, Tom, role in 1996 election campaign 237-8
• Health care regionalization review, consultation process 1231
• Highway 1, Abbotsford area, level crossing of freeway 996-7
• Highway 1, Mount Lehman interchange, cost 997
• Indian land claims and private property rights 1797
• Indian land claims, costs 1765
• Indian land claims, costs, Peat Marwick report 1765
• Indian land claims, overlapping claims, resolution 1766
• Indian land, development disputes, resolution 1845
• Indian treaty negotiations, cost 47-8
• Indian treaty negotiations, Liberal Party position 1715
• Indian treaty negotiations, local input 46-7
• Indian treaty negotiations, politicization of negotiations 45
• Indian treaty negotiators, selection and number 45-6
• Indian treaty settlements, costs 48
• Indians, aboriginal rights and negotiated treaty rights 1764, 1769
• Indians, agreements with governments, Premier's role in federal government decisions 2042-3
• Indians, entitlements under federal and provincial programs 1769-70
• Indians, interim measures agreements, Liberal Party position 51
• Indians, interim measures agreements, use 51
• Indians, resolution of historic issues 1764
• Indians, treaty negotiations, public input 1668
• Intergovernmental relations secretariat, mandate and staffing 1198-9
• Investments, government investment in NDP ridings 124-5
• Justice-related public facilities combined with private commercial space 527-8
• Kemper, Michelle, work for NDP 1900
• Kimberley child care facility 124
• Lacroix, Bryan, child protection case, coroner's recommendations 1153
• Laxton, John, involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1334-5, 1347, 1430
• Legislative Assembly Management Committee, meetings 316
• Legislative officers, reporting to House and questioning by MLAs 2043-4
• Legislature, select standing committees, use 1668
• McLeod Lake Indian band, funding for settlement with band 52
• Matsqui constituency, issues and concerns 316
• MLAs' voting opportunities, concerns 265
• Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates debate 1731-2
• Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 930-1
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society activities, NDP involvement 125
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, links to NDP 2008-10
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, public inquiry into money owed to charities 2010-2
• NDP election campaign donations, filing issue 2044-5
• NDP election campaign donations, filing issue, Brian Gardiner's explanation to chief electoral officer 2044-5
• NDP government, fiscal policies 125-6
• NDP government, patronage appointments 2008
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, content of document 1718-9
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, document not legally binding 1767
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, Liberal Party position 1668
• 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, timing of signing 45, 1715-6
• Nisga'a fishery entitlement, issues 1839-44
• Nisga'a land claim, mineral rights 1791
• Nisga'a land claim, overlapping claims, responsibility to resolve 1765-6
• Nisga'a lands, expropriation powers of government 1793-5
• Nisga'a lands, non-Nisga'a residents 1849
• Nisga'a lands, ownership issues 1791-2, 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, Charter of Rights applicability 1767-9
• Nisga'a people, self-government, impact on non-Nisga'a living on Nisga'a land 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, indemnity provisions 1773-4, 1789-91
• Nisga'a treaty, language used 49
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, compensation issues 1764-5
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, final agreement and constitutional division of powers 1767
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, final agreement negotiations 1716-8
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, openness protocol 49, 1717-8
• Nisga'a treaty negotiations, Treasury Board input 50-1
• Nisga'a treaty, terminology used 1764, 1791
• Northwest Community College, expansion 124
• Patronage appointments 2008
• Patterson, Robert, comments re NDP compliance with Election Act disclosure provisions 1900
• Peat Marwick report on Indian land claims costs 1765
• Plant, Geoff, critique of Nisga'a agreement-in-principle 1767
• Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, estimates debate 2007-12, 2042-5
• Privilege, reserving right to raise matter re Hon. Andrew Petter 2083
• Public safety, threats to national security 316-7
• Smith, Brian, appointment as chair of B.C. Hydro and investigator of Pakistan power project, concern re potential for conflict of interest 1536
• Smith, Brian, appointment as investigator of B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1347
• Smith, Brian, position on board of ATS Canada 1536-7
• Social services funding, national standard 403-4
• Social services ministers, meeting 404
• Social Services ministry, estimates debate 401-5, 410-2, 731-3
• Social welfare system, examination by standing committee 405
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 45-52
• Thomas, Elijah, death while in care of Social Services ministry 920
• Thomas, Elijah, release of mother's confidential medical data 1993
• Throne speech debate 316-9
• Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 996-7, 1121
• Tsatsu Shores development project 1808, 1844-5
• Vancouver ward system referendum and provincial government involvement, concerns 930-1
• Violent crime, incidence 316
• Wickstrom, Ron, involvement in Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society 2009
• Wickstrom, Ron, position in Premier's Office 2008-10
• Yale-Lillooet constituency, capital projects 22-3, 124
Debt, Public
• Capital expenditures and debt (MacPhail) 267
• Capital expenditures in health care and debt (Krueger) 1978 (MacPhail) 1978
• Debt and deficit (Campbell) 274-5
• Debt and deficit, control (Jarvis) 113-5 (Stephens) 205-6
• Debt and deficit since 1991, reductions (Petter) 444
• Debt and investment for future (Bowbrick) 180 (Miller) 137-9 (Sihota) 276-7
• Debt as percentage of gross domestic product (Gingell) 100
• Debt levels
  • debt-reduction legislation (Campbell) 200-1
  • impact for future (Hawkins) 135 (Reid) 117
  • increases to fund capital projects (Randall) 229-30
  • levels (de Jong) 125 (Neufeld) 207-8, 366 (Throne speech) 3
  • reduction (Petter) 14
  • reduction of base amount (Campbell) 2045 (Clark, G.) 2046
• Management of debt (Weisgerber) 166
• Debt management plan (Campbell) 275-6, 2045-6 (Clark, G.) 2045-6 (Gingell) 100-1, 1131-3 (Petter) 1131-2
• Debt management plan and spending levels (Gingell) 438-40
• Debt-servicing costs (Gingell) 532 (Neufeld) 209 (Petter) 532 (Thorpe) 224 (van Dongen) 173
• Deficit financing (Gingell) 1132-3 (Petter) 1132-3, 1140
• Deficit for 1995-96 fiscal year (Gingell) 98, 216-7
• Infrastructure needs and debt (Hansen) 1949
• Tax-supported debt (Gingell) 14, 360-1
Deer See Wildlife
Delgamuukw cases
• Decisions, hunting rights of out-of-area Indians (Weisgerber) 801
Delta, B.C.
• 72nd Avenue truck ban (Barisoff) 1141 (Boone) 1141
• East Ladner bypass (Boone) 997 (Gingell) 997
• NorDel completion project, status (Barisoff) 1141 (Boone) 1020-1, 1141 (Masi) 1020-1
Delta North constituency
• Issues and concerns (Masi) 152-3
Delta South constituency
• Issues and concerns (Gingell) 359
Democracy
• Democratic process in Canada (Anderson) 145
• Social democratic principles (Evans) 226-8
• Social democratic vision for B.C. (Stevenson) 280-1
Dental care
• Care for income assistance recipients See also Guaranteed Available Income for Need program
  • dentists' fees (Sanders) 480 (Streifel) 480-1
  • refusal by dentists (Abbott) 640 (Streifel) 640
  • reimbursement to dentists (Abbott) 640
• Dental care for children See Children
• Dentists' records, 30-year retention requirement (MacPhail) 1930 (Weisgerber) 1930
• Denturists, status as health professionals (Dosanjh) 1036 (Weisbeck) 1036
Derry v. Peek
• Fraud case decision quoted (Gingell) 216
Desan-Yoyo-Sierra road See Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road under Highways and roads
Development cost charges See Greater Vancouver sewerage and drainage district; Land use
• Legislation re powers to impose charges in Vancouver area See Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996
Dinosaur Lake
• Landslide concerns (Miller) 1561 (Neufeld) 1561
Disability Benefits Advisory Council
• Establishment and functions (Anderson) 1069 (Streifel) 1069
Disability benefits program
• Appeals process See also B.C. Benefits Appeal Board
• Appeals process, concerns (Anderson) 1069 (Coell) 1049, 1069 (Streifel) 1069
• Benefit recipients
  • bank account limit (Anderson) 1049 (Streifel) 1049
  • earnings exemptions (Coell) 1049 (Streifel) 1049
  • financial independence and guardianship issues (Wilson, G.) 955
  • property and asset ownership issues (Neufeld) 938 (Streifel) 1049 (Weisgerber) 1049
• Benefits, reduced benefits for recipients with other income (Coell) 1049 (Streifel) 1049
• Bus passes (Anderson) 1048 (Streifel) 1048
• Disability allowances and benefits (Coell) 1049 (Streifel) 1049
• Eligibility, assessment process (Anderson) 1048 (Streifel) 1048
• Legislation See Disability Benefits Program Act
• Program (Streifel) 629-30
• Program separate from other forms of income assistance (Neufeld) 938 (Priddy) 938 (Sihota) 937 (Streifel) 630
• Training opportunities for recipients (Coell) 1049 (Streifel) 1049 (Wilson, G.) 955
Disability Benefits Program Act
• (Bill 15) (Minister of Social Services) 1R, 629-30; 2R, 937-9, 955-6; C, 1047-9, 1069-70; RA, 1151
• Amdts: sec. 10 (Streifel) 1069, approved 1069; sec. 13 (Streifel) 1069, approved 1069
• Debate, speakers (Anderson) 937, 1048-9, 1069-70 (Coell) 937, 1047-9, 1069-70 (de Jong) 938-9 (Neufeld) 938 (Priddy) 937-8 (Sihota) 937, 956 (Streifel) 629-30, 1047-9, 1069-70 (Weisgerber) 1049 (Wilson, G.) 955
• Enactment (Coell) 1069 (Streifel) 1069
• Information-sharing provision (Streifel) 1069 (Wilson, G.) 955
• Medical practitioner, definition (Coell) 1048 (Streifel) 1048
• Offence provisions (Coell) 1069 (Streifel) 1069
• Person with disabilities, definition (Anderson) 937, 1048 (Coell) 1047 (Streifel) 1048
• Purpose of bill (Streifel) 629-30
• Regulations (Anderson) 937, 1069 (Streifel) 1069
• Support for bill (Coell) 1047 (Priddy) 938 (Wilson, G.) 955
Disabled and handicapped persons
• Achievements of athletes (Krueger) 342 (McGregor) 341
• Application for assistance (Coleman) 646 (Streifel) 646
• Benefits See B.C. Benefits program; Disability benefits program
• Benefits, legislation See Disability Benefits Program Act
• Contributions to community, importance (Priddy) 937-8
• Disability benefits program See name of program
• Funding for multiple disabilities, mental handicaps, ventilated quadriplegics (Coleman) 490-2, 645-7 (Streifel) 490-2, 645-7
• Group homes, design criteria (Coleman) 647-8 (Streifel) 648
• Handicapped, definition of term (Anderson) 487
• Institutional care and services for handicapped, funding changes (Coell) 91
• Needs (Anderson) 147, 937 (Coell) 937
• Parking places for disabled drivers (Boone) 300, 511, 518 (Jarvis) 511 (Symons) 512
• Residential accommodation, design funding (Coleman) 647 (Streifel) 647
• Severely handicapped in homes, funding (Chong) 716 (Streifel) 716
• Severely handicapped in institutions, cost (Chong) 715-6
Discover B.C. program
• Participation criteria for accommodation operators (Chong) 1863 (Miller) 1863
Discrimination and racism
• Elimination (Anderson) 1006-7 (Bowbrick) 1006-7
• Hate propaganda on the Internet (Anderson) 1007 (Bowbrick) 1006-7
• Sexual orientation as basis for discrimination (Stevenson) 281
• Tolerance of racial diversity, generational differences (Anderson) 467 (Dosanjh) 467
Disease
• Communicable diseases
  • monitoring (MacPhail) 1985 (Sanders) 1985
  • public advisory re exposure to tuberculosis (Hawkins) 1984 (MacPhail) 1984
  • public advisory re false-positive rubella test (Hawkins) 1985 (MacPhail) 1985
Divisions, Recorded
• BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, 2R approved 960; C approved 1076-7
• BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, 2R approved 787-8
• BC Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, 2R approved 872
• BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, 2R approved 748
• BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, 2R approved 784; amdts. to sec. 1 negatived 902-3, 925; sec. 2 approved 925-6
• Budget, amdt. to budget negatived 221; budget approved 286
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, 2R approved 1596
• Income Tax Amendment Act, 1996, sec. 1 approved 334; amdt. to sec. 6 as amended negatived 780-1
• Motion that the Chair do now leave the chair, negatived 489, 1091, 1121
• Motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again, negatived 472, 508-9, 1089, 1119, 1316-7
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1996, 2R approved 454; sec. 1 approved 584; sec. 29 approved 679; 3R approved 680
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996: 2R approved 518; sec. 1 approved 687; sec. 6 approved 773
• Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, 2R approved 935; 3R approved 1032
• Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, amdt. to vote 8 negatived 2006
• Speech from the Throne, amdt. negatived 351; motion approved 392
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, 2R approved 28; schedules 1 and 2 approved 94
Dix, Adrian
• Attendance at B.C. Hydro board meetings (Farrell-Collins) 1303-4, 1562 (Miller) 1304, 1562
• Position as Premier's principal secretary (Campbell) 1907 (Clark, G.) 1907
Dixon, Frank
• Hiring by B.C. Transit and subsequent firing (Campbell) 2048 (Symons) 2041-2
• Wrongful dismissal suit against B.C. Transit, court award (Miller) 1869 (Symons) 1869
Dixon, John v. Attorney General of British Columbia
• Electoral distribution case (Dosanjh) 1727 (Plant) 1583, 1727, 1731
Doctors See Physicians
Dominion Bond Rating Service
• Reaction to 1995-96 budget (Gingell) 99
• Report, "Provincial Overview Summary and Comparative Statistics," cited (Gingell) 102
Donation of Food Act
• (Bill M203) (Chong) 1R, 631
• Debate, speakers (Chong) 631
• Comments by Bill Burrill (Plant) 1788-9
Donnelly, Fin
• Fraser River swim (Waddell) 188-9
Dosanjh, Hon. Ujjal (Vancouver-Kensington) Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism
• Abbotsford justice centre project 527-8
• Adoptions by same-sex couples, legal aid coverage 2079
• Adult guardianship legislation, implementation reviews 556-8
• Alcohol, sale of diluted or adulterated liquor in licensed establishments 1039-40
• All Together Now, crime prevention program for youth 416, 460-1, 502
• Annual Report on Multiculturalism, 1994-95, tabled 1901
• Attorney General ministry, 1994-95 annual report tabled 239
• Attorney General ministry, 1996-97 budget 417
• Attorney General ministry budget, 1996-97 allocations for multiculturalism and immigration 468
• Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 415-30, 455-70, 492-510, 521-8, 552-63, 1013
• Attorney General ministry, gaming, audit and investigation function, funding increase 63
• Attorney General ministry legal services, funding increase 422
• Attorney General ministry, legal services provided to ministries, payment 53
• Attorney General ministry, minister's office, expenditure 418
• Attorney General ministry, multiculturalism budget 466
• Attorney General ministry, responsibilities re gambling 559-60, 563
• Attorney General ministry, sexual assault policy 501
• Beer bottles, refilling of used bottles by microbreweries 1039-40
• Beer, U-Brew operations 498, 559
• B.C. Council of Human Rights, funding 56, 466
• B.C. Council of Human Rights, self-governance 1788-9
• B.C. Forest Renewal Act, amendment 935
• B.C. International Commercial Arbitration Centre, future 554
• B.C. Police Commission, 1994-95 annual report tabled 239
• B.C. Trade and Investment Office, establishment 936
• B.C. Trade Development Corporation, closing 936
• B.C. Trade Development Corporation, winding-down process 1040
• Business, commercial arbitration services in B.C. 554
• Child custody and access, link with maintenance obligations 500, 561-2
• Child protection, prevention of sexual exploitation 500
• Child support payments, national guidelines 424
• Children, grandparents' custody rights 500
• Chilliwack courthouse, replacement project 525
• Columbia Basin Trust Act, amendment 935-6
• Columbia Basin Trust, facilities exempted from property tax 935-6
• Commission of inquiry into policing in B.C., recommendations 522
• Constitution Act and electoral issues 1729-30
• Consumer fraud, government actions 416
• Consumer protection legislation, changes 417
• Coordinated law enforcement unit, work of unit 461
• Corrections branch report on Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre issue tabled 620
• Corrections facilities, capital funding projects review 54
• Corrections facilities, emergency drill procedures 526-7
• Corrections facilities, new facilities, freeze 523-4, 1013
• Corrections facilities, site selection process, consultations 528
• Corrections system, adult inmate count 523
• Corrections system, electronic monitoring of offenders 502, 525-6
• Corrections system, expenditures 523
• Corrections system, mandatory treatment programs for substance abusers 502
• Court of Appeal judgments, Internet availability 421
• Crime, causes and consequences, issues 417
• Crime prevention, community-based prevention 416
• Crime prevention initiatives 415-6
• Crime prevention programs targeting youth, effectiveness 460-1
• Crime statistics 461-2
• Criminal activities by organized gangs 506, 1013
• Criminal Code of Canada, changes proposed by B.C. 416
• Criminal Injury Compensation Act, 1995 annual report tabled 239
• Criminals, charge approval policy re child abuse and violence against women 503
• Criminals, dangerous-offender designations 459
• Criminals, escapees collecting welfare 1537
• Criminals, interprovincial return 1537
• Criminals, non-violent offenders, disposition 1013
• Criminals profiting from own crimes 507
• Criminals, release of dangerous offenders from prison, public notification 729
• Crown corporations, MLAs as board members 1033
• Crown counsel services, government purchasing policies 456
• Crown counsel, workload and performance issues 456-7
• Crown counsel workload, impact of victim services legislation 508-9
• Denturists, status as health professionals 1036
• Disclosure courts, use 456-7
• Dixon, John v. Attorney General of B.C., electoral distribution case 1727
• Earthquake preparedness 556
• Elections, results of 1996 general election 7
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, purpose of 1989 legislation 1720
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1428, 1581, 1595-6, 1720-30
• Electoral Boundaries Commission, guiding principles 1727
• Electoral Boundaries Commission, power to increase number of electoral districts 1730
• Electoral Boundaries Commission, role 1428, 1581, 1595-6, 1723-4
• Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1428, 1581, 1595-6, 1720-5
• Electoral representation for non-urban areas 1727
• Emergencies, federal assistance in emergent situations 555-6
• Emergency preparedness, expenditures 556
• Employee Investment Act, amendments 936
• English language training for immigrant professionals 468
• Expropriation of private property, mine expropriation case 562
• Family justice centres, parent education program 561-2
• Family law, child support guidelines 424
• Family law, family court counsellors 429-30
• Family law, family justice centres 504
• Family law, restraining orders in cases of families without children 506
• Family maintenance enforcement program, interest charges on outstanding maintenance 499
• Family maintenance enforcement program, liens against personal property 504-5
• Family maintenance enforcement program, payment enforcement provisions 499
• Family maintenance enforcement program, payments and visitation rights 500, 561-2
• Forest Renewal B.C. board, inclusion of non-executive MLAs 935, 1033
• Gambling, addiction and problem gambling 560
• Gambling, auditing of gaming operations 560-1, 563
• Gambling on Indian land, concerns 561
• Gambling, revenues to government 561
• Government program review 496
• Government spending, capital spending freeze and review, impact on corrections facilities planning 523-4, 1013
• Health care practitioners, change in eligible professions 1034-9
• Health care records, legislative changes 506
• Homicide, unsolved murders in B.C. 457-8
• Hospital Act, amendments 936
• Hospital Act, definition of practitioner changed to include member of prescribed health profession 1034-9
• Hospital admitting privileges, eligibility 936, 1035-6
• Hospital admitting privileges, right of appeal when denied a permit to practise 1036-7
• Hospital appeal boards, number 1039
• Hospital medical staff bylaws, standardization 1038
• Human Rights Advisory Council, role 469
• Human rights complaints, B.C. Council backlog 469-70, 492-3
• Human rights complaints, B.C. Council investigations staff 470
• Human rights, protection measures 417-8
• Immigrant settlement services for new arrivals 464-7
• Immigrants in B.C., programs 468-9
• Immigration, federal-provincial cooperation 62
• Immigration, policy and funding 62-3
• Immigration policy, Quebec model 62-3
• Immigration, settlement grants 62
• Impaired driving, sentences and penalties for convicted drunk drivers 555
• Indians, legal assistance to government on aboriginal issues 425
• Indians, policing services 418-9
• Information and privacy commissioner, accountability 559
• Judges, sexual abuse sensitivity training 500-1
• Judicial appointments, 1996-97 fiscal year 421-2
• Justice system, alternative dispute resolution initiatives 553-4
• Justice system, charge approval process 562
• Justice system, child witness preparation program 501
• Justice system, court case backlogs, remedies 417, 420
• Justice system, court case volumes 456-7
• Justice system, court filing fees 421, 426
• Justice system, court registries, debit card pilot project 420-1
• Justice system, courtroom security 419-20
• Justice system, disclosure of facts in criminal cases 459-60
• Justice system, electronic access to court decisions 421
• Justice system, gender bias, elimination 503
• Justice system, role of investigation, inspection and standards office 526-7
• Justice system, sentencing in violence-against-women cases 502-3
• Justice system, technology use in courtrooms 422
• Justice-related public facilities combined with private commercial space 527-8
• Kitasoo policing project 418-9
• Law Reform Commission, funding 53-4
• Law Reform Commission, future 552-3
• Law reform, governance 553
• Laxton, John, involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1430
• Legal aid, eligibility 430
• Legal aid, expenditure per capita 56-7
• Legal aid, funding 54-5
• Legal aid funding, federal contribution 426
• Legal aid, mediation requirement 57
• Legal aid, review 56, 58
• Legal aid services provided by out-of-town counsel 430, 455-6
• Legal aid, use of staff lawyers 56
• Legal services branch, aboriginal law and research group 425
• Legal services branch, cost-effectiveness and client satisfaction 422-4
• Legal Services Society, 1994-95 annual report tabled 239
• Legal Services Society, Attorney General ministry's role 57
• Legal Services Society, deficit, 1995-96 fiscal year 426
• Legal Services Society, deficit reduction plan 428, 455
• Legal Services Society, expenditures on legal aid, federal-provincial cost-sharing agreement 430
• Legal Services Society, funding 55
• Legal Services Society, funding allocations 428-9
• Legal Services Society, funding increase, repayment 58
• Legal Services Society, hiring of out-of-town counsel, concerns 455-6
• Legal Services Society, independence 2079
• Legal Services Society, management review 58
• Legal Services Society, mediation services, availability 429
• Legal Services Society operations, evaluation 429
• Legal Services Society, operations management review 427, 455
• Legal Services Society, operations management review, public access to findings 430
• Legal Services Society, service agreement with Attorney General ministry 428
• Legal services, tax on services 558
• Legal services tax, revenues 56
• Legislation, regulatory amendment replacing legislative law-making 1036
• Legislative initiatives, appointment of petitions committee 1994
• Legislature, per capita operating costs 1721-2
• Lillooet, policing of Indian reserves in area 418-9
• Liquor Control and Licensing Act, amendments 936
• Liquor control and licensing branch, inspection role re sale of diluted or adulterated liquor 1040
• Liquor control and licensing branch, J licences 497-8
• Liquor control and licensing branch, operations 497
• Liquor distribution branch, 1994-95 annual report tabled 239
• Liquor distribution branch, income from operations 495-6
• Liquor distribution branch, product markups 493-4
• Liquor distribution branch, retail operations 494-5
• Liquor distribution branch, revenue projections, shortfall 63
• Liquor distribution branch, staffing 496
• Liquor distribution branch, Treasury Board's role 493-6
• Liquor distribution branch, warehouse distribution program 494
• Liquor industry, regulation 497
• Liquor revenues to province, losses from illicit sales 936
• Liquor taxes 493-4
• Liquor taxes and fees 64
• MLAs, cost per MLA 1721-2
• Midwifery, designation as prescribed health profession 1035, 1037-8
• Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 727, 935-6, 1033-40, 1047
• Multicultural Advisory Council 463-4
• Multicultural diversity of B.C. 417
• Multiculturalism, advancement of multicultural ideal, progress 462-3
• Multiculturalism, advancement of multicultural ideal within government 465
• Multiculturalism advisory committee, role 463-4
• Multiculturalism centre of excellence, purpose 465
• Multiculturalism, education initiatives in schools and colleges 464-5
• Multiculturalism, funding 62
• Multiculturalism, interministerial committee 463
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, criminal activity 561
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, Nemetz inquiry 58-60
• Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, police investigation, potential impact on MLAs 61-2
• New Brunswick legal aid services, comparison with B.C. 429
• Nights Alive, after-hours use of community facilities 416, 460-1, 502
• Nisga'a negotiations, final agreement negotiations, legal advice 425
• Oakridge Centre community liaison office, immigration settlement services 466
• Oatway, Bobby Gordon, dangerous offender case 729
• Office of the Public Trustee, 1994-95 review tabled 239
• Okanagan East constituency jail construction project, site selection process 528
• Ombudsman, accountability 559
• Open Learning Agency, funding for immigrant services 467
• Photo radar, implementation 1231
• Photo radar, prosecution costs 422
• Police, aboriginal policing 418-9
• Police, community policing 522
• Police, community policing, hiring and distribution of officers 54
• Police, coordination between agencies 507
• Police, municipal police forces, size and cost 523
• Police officers, new hirings 1231
• Police, provincial homicide squad 457-8
• Police, regionalization of area forces 507, 522
• Policing activities 416-7
• Political representation, model 1723
• Ports Canada police, elimination 416
• Provincial emergency program, funding for damaged property 64
• Provincial emergency program, tribute to volunteers killed during search 235
• Provincial treasury, revenues from liquor 493-6
• Public safety initiatives 54, 415-6
• Racial tolerance, generational differences 467
• Representation Agreement Act, review 557
• Revenue Canada, information access guidelines and family maintenance obligations 499
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police, number of officers in B.C. 523
• Sales, negative-option offers, legislation 559
• Saskatchewan domestic violence policies 501
• School Act, transitional provisions 936
• School districts, number 936
• Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives, appointment 1994
• Stalking, conviction rate 458-9
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 53-64
• Supreme Court judgments, Internet availability 421
• Teachers, multiculturalism training 464-5
• Trade Development Corporation Act, amendment 936
• Traffic fines, unpaid fines, revenue loss 460
• Uniform Law Conference of Canada, funding grant 53
• Vancouver Community College, King Edward campus immigrant settlement program 464-5
• Vancouver courthouse, security project 419
• Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act, amendment 936
• Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline project, financial restructuring 936
• Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre, emergency simulation incident 355, 526-7
• Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre, emergency simulation incident, corrections branch report tabled 620
• Venture capital, employee venture capital corporations, investor tax credit 936
• Victim services 416-7
• Victim services, victim support workers 507-10
• Victim services, volunteers' role in provision of services 521-2
• Victims of Crime Act, impact on other legislation 509
• Victims of Crime Act, purpose 416
• Violence against women in relationships, granting of restraining orders 506
• Violence against women, remedies 501-3
• Violence, family violence, central registry of protection orders and peace bonds 502
• Violence, family violence, procedures for handling of incidents 501-2
• Violent crime linkage analysis system (VICLAS), participation 457, 507
• Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of B.C., printing 7
• Wine, U-Brew operations 498
• Women, economic opportunities and equality 503
• Women, violence against women in relationships 501-3
• Working Opportunity Fund, investment tax credit reduction 936
• Young Offenders Act, revisions 460
• Youth crime, prevention 416, 460-1
• Youth, sexual exploitation of young people 500
Downton Lake
• Downstream water quality (Clark, C.) 723
• Drawdown
  • B.C. Hydro's role (Clark, C.) 723, 845, 1321, 1336-41 (Gingell) 102 (Miller) 10, 1336-42 (Ramsey) 722-3, 845-6
  • impact on fish (Ramsey) 720
• Water levels (Miller) 10
Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society
• Support guide for parents and caregivers of sexually exploited children and youth (Coell) 644
Downtown revitalization program See Cities and towns; particular cities, e.g., Prince Rupert, B.C.
Doyle, James E. (Columbia River-Revelstoke)
• Budget debate 239-43
• Columbia Basin Trust, implementation 242
• Columbia River-Revelstoke constituency, issues and concerns 239-43
• Columbia River-Revelstoke constituency, time required for MLA to visit all areas of riding 1583-5
• Columbia Valley, energy needs study 240
• Crown corporations, accountability 242-3
• Education funding, 1992-96 period 242
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1583-5
• Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1583-5
• Electoral representation for non-urban areas 1583-4
• Field, civic improvements 240
• Forest industry jobs, value-added jobs 1758
• Forest renewal investments 241
• Forestry, community forest for Revelstoke 240
• Forestry, value-added wood conferences 241-2
• Golden area economic activity 240
• Health care funding 242
• Highways system, improvements 243
• Kimberley, civic improvements 241
• Legislature, per capita operating costs 1585
• Mount Begbie Elementary School, improvements 240
• National Centre for Advanced Wood Products Processing, work of centre 1758
• Revelstoke civic improvements, 1992-96 period 240
• Science and technology, role of science in forestry sector and job creation 1758
• Vancouver, ward system for city 1584
• Wages, minimum-wage jobs 242-3
• Windermere Valley communities, civic improvements 240-1
• Wood waste, cogeneration plant 242
• Workers Compensation Board, royal commission, establishment 242
Drinking and driving See Impaired driving
Drugs
• Drug abuse/addiction
  • deaths due to drug use (Hawkins) 1986 (MacPhail) 1986
  • mandatory treatment programs for family violence offenders (Dosanjh) 501-2 (Stephens) 501-2
  • treatment programs, funding (MacPhail) 2061-2 (Symons) 2061-2
• Pharmaceuticals
  • company pricing policies (Miller) 1265
  • generic substitutions and reference-based pricing (Hawkins) 2021, 2049-50 (MacPhail) 2049-50
Drywall disposal See Waste management
Duncan, Bruce
• Position in Crown corporations secretariat (Clark, G.) 1908-10
• Role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Farrell-Collins) 1507-8, 1567-8 (Miller) 1507-8, 1567-8

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