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

Earthquakes
• Insurance coverage for automobiles (Gingell) 1242 (Jarvis) 1236 (Petter) 1236 , 1242
• Preparedness (Dosanjh) 556 (Symons) 556
Ebco-Hamilton Test Systems Ltd.
• AirCare program contract See AirCare program
Economy
• Capitalism and market ideology (Evans) 226-8
• Continentalization of economy (Wilson, G.) 869 , 871 , 1953 , 1958
• Economic expansion and jobs (Hansen) 1206 (Miller) 1201-2 , 1206-7
• Economic forecasts (Clark, G.) 301 (Petter) 301-2
• Economic projections, reliability (Hurd) 1272-3 (Miller) 1272-4
• Economy of B.C.
  • business climate (Miller) 1814
  • change from resource-based economy (Miller) 137 (Waddell) 175
  • economists quoted, cited (Clark, G.) 1902-4 , 1906-7
  • economy (Chong) 357 (Clark, G.) 238 (Janssen) 268 (MacPhail) 243-4 (Miller) 1252 (Sihota) 747
  • future opportunities (Hansen) 1949 (Miller) 1950
• Government role in directing economy (Clark, G.) 1954-5
• Limits-to-growth economic strategy (Wilson, G.) 109-10
• Protectionism vs. lower costs (Miller) 40-2
• Sustainability, benefits (Waddell) 176
• Trickle-down economic theory (Pullinger) 259-60
Eddie, Rae
• Political career cited (Bowbrick) 178
Education See also School boards/districts; Teachers; Universities, colleges and institutes
• Adult education, funding (Masi) 1524 (Sihota) 1524
• Basic reading and writing skills (Sanders) 1480 (Sihota) 1480
• Capital funding projects
  • announcement of list of frozen projects (Hurd) 71 (Sihota) 71
  • freeze, action at end of freeze (Sanders) 1521 (Sihota) 1521
  • freeze, selection of frozen projects (Sanders) 1520-2 (Sihota) 1520-2
  • funding acquired by increasing provincial debt, Hon. Moe Sihota's request for written approval from MLAs (Anderson) 1544 (Barisoff) 1554 (Sihota) 1476 , 1539 , 1544-5 , 1553 (Wilson, G.) 1476
  • funding from cancelled projects to remain in Education budget (Hurd) 71 (Sihota) 71
  • review and operating expenses (Sanders) 72 (Sihota) 72
• Career counselling skills (Sihota) 1546 (Stephens) 1546
• Child care spaces (Stephens) 1547
• Collective agreement with teachers, cost (Barisoff) 69 (Dalton) 71 (Sihota) 69 , 71
• Co-op education, benefits (Wilson, G.) 442
• Corporate sponsorship in the classroom (Sihota) 1475 (Wilson, G.) 1474
• Costs (Reid) 118
• Course materials (Barisoff) 1552 (Hurd) 1552 (Sihota) 1552
• Curriculum
  • business partnership program, number of placements (Masi) 69 (Sihota) 69
  • career and personal planning program (Masi) 1541 (Sanders) 1482-3 (Sihota) 1482 , 1541-2
  • career education, funding (Masi) 1541 (Sihota) 1541
  • career program, work requirement (Masi) 68-9 (Sihota) 69
  • career programs funding, impact of union agreements (Masi) 68 (Sihota) 68
  • change (Sihota) 1480
  • computer skills (Sanders) 1481 (Sihota) 1481
  • French immersion, funding (Sanders) 1555 , 1641 (Sihota) 1642
  • French instruction, enrolments (Sanders) 1555 (Sihota) 1555
  • health and nutrition (Sanders) 1482 (Sihota) 1481-2
  • introduction of new material (Sihota) 1477 (Wilson, G.) 1477
  • links with post-secondary education (Masi) 1524
  • needs of part-time and mature students (Sanders) 1482 (Sihota) 1482
  • physical education (Sanders) 1481-2 (Sihota) 1481-2
  • Programme Cadre, federal funding (Sanders) 1554-5 (Sihota) 1554-5
  • technology training (Miller) 138
  • women's issues (Sihota) 1546 (Stephens) 1545-6
• Days of instruction, comparisons with elsewhere (Barisoff) 1552-3 (Hurd) 1549 (Sihota) 1549 , 1552-3
• Distance education, enrolment (Sanders) 1486 (Sihota) 1486
• Dropout rate (Hurd) 1550
• Employment-based education (Sihota) 1597 (Wilson, G.) 1600
• Encouragement to stay in school (Hurd) 1550 (Sihota) 1550
• Encouragement to stay in school, Stay in School program (Sanders) 1556 (Sihota) 1556
• English-as-a-second-language program
  • funding (Hurd) 1472-3 (Sanders) 1485 (Sihota) 1472-3 , 1485
  • student-teacher ratio (Sanders) 1485 (Sihota) 1485
• Equity grants to schools (Sanders) 1485 (Sihota) 1485
• Essential service designation (Campbell) 1905 (Dalton) 1643-4 (Sanders) 1441 (Sihota) 1441 , 1643-4
• Evaluation of results (Sanders) 1479 (Sihota) 1480
• Examination marking, teachers marking grade 12 provincial exams (Chong) 68 (Sanders) 65 , 1483-4 (Sihota) 65 , 68 , 1483-4
• French school board (Sanders) 1555 (Sihota) 1555
• Funding
  • 1992-96 funding (Doyle) 242 (Janssen) 268
  • audited funding (Sanders) 1433 (Sihota) 1433
  • block funding (Sanders) 1432-3 (Sihota) 1432-3
  • carrying forward of school district budget surpluses (Barisoff) 1439 (Sihota) 1433 , 1439
  • determination of poor areas (Sanders) 1556-7 (Sihota) 1557
  • district-specific funding (Sanders) 1432-3 (Sihota) 1432-3
  • end-of-year enrolment as basis for funding (Hurd) 1550
  • formula funding and non-formula funding (Sihota) 1559 (Weisbeck) 1559
  • formula-funding system, adequacy (Wilson, G.) 1473
  • four-year-based funding (Wilson, G.) 1473
  • funding (Hawkins) 135 (Jarvis) 114 (Pullinger) 259 (Stephens) 391 (Throne speech) 4-5 (Wilson, G.) 109-10
  • funding alternatives in school district 38 (Richmond) (Symons) 1477
  • funding based on school enrolments (Barisoff) 1439 (Sanders) 1433 (Sihota) 1433-4 , 1439
  • funding formula (McKinnon) 72 (Sihota) 72 (Weisbeck) 69-70
  • funding formula, adequacy for high-growth districts (Sanders) 1433 (Sihota) 1433
  • funding formula, review (Dalton) 1516 (Sihota) 1600
  • funding in rural districts (Barisoff) 1439 (Sihota) 1439
  • funding needs in Okanagan area (Barisoff) 233
  • funding of public education during NDP administration (Ramsey) 249-50
  • funding per capita, comparison with elsewhere (Weisbeck) 1558
  • incentives for school districts to be under budget (Sanders) 1433
  • increase (Kasper) 256 (Petter) 12
  • learning-disabled students, assessment (Sihota) 1557 (van Dongen) 1557-8
  • per-pupil funding (McKinnon) 1538 , 1540 (Wilson, G.) 1473
  • per-pupil funding, K-to-12 (Sanders) 1432 (Sihota) 1432
  • property tax levy (Hurd) 1550
  • special education funding (Sihota) 1438
  • special needs funding, impact of school district amalgamation (Barisoff) 1438 (Sanders) 1490 (Sihota) 1438
  • special needs funding, overexpenditures (Hurd) 1472 (Sihota) 1472
  • special needs funding past age 18 (Reid) 1548 (Sihota) 1548
  • stepping formula (Barisoff) 1438 (Sihota) 1438
  • targeted funding (Sanders) 1432-3 (Sihota) 1432-3
  • technical distribution report in 1993 (Dalton) 1516
• Governance, New Brunswick model (Dalton) 1517 (Sihota) 1517-8
• Government support (Calendino) 159-60
• Home schooling program (Sanders) 1486 (Sihota) 1486
• Home schooling, quality, appeal process (Reid) 1547-8
• Independent schools
  • funding (Masi) 1446 (Sanders) 1554 (Sihota) 1446 , 1554
  • number and enrolment (Sanders) 1554 (Sihota) 1554
  • staff under Labour Code (Masi) 1446 (Sihota) 1446
• Indians, education for Indian students See Indians
• Inner-city school program (Sanders) 1556
• Mathematics and science, B.C. students' performance (Sanders) 1479-80
• Mature students, grants (Sihota) 1597 (Weisbeck) 1597
• Meals program (Sanders) 1485 (Sihota) 1485
• Non-instructional days (Hurd) 1549 (Sihota) 1549
• Non-instructional days and community interaction days (Barisoff) 1446 (Dalton) 1445 (Sihota) 1445-6
• Parent advisory councils, meetings with ministry (Sihota) 1547 (Stephens) 1547
• Parental involvement (Hurd) 1551
• Post-secondary education See also Universities, colleges and institutes
  • accessibility (Sihota) 1431
  • costs (Farnworth) 127
  • funding (Boone) 149-50 (Clark, G.) 238-9 (Lali) 141 (Sihota) 1901
  • funding shortfall (Sihota) 1558-9 (Weisbeck) 1558
  • grants and bursaries (Sihota) 1596 (Weisbeck) 1596
  • investment in facilities (Miller) 137-8
  • links to vocational programs on Indian reserves (Sihota) 1600 (Wilson, G.) 1600
  • participation rates (Ramsey) 250
  • private institutions, courses accepted elsewhere (Hurd) 1608-9
  • private institutions, performance (Hurd) 1604
  • tuition fees See Universities, colleges and institutes
• Private sector partnerships
  • commercially produced materials in classrooms (Sihota) 1487 (Whittred) 1487
  • labour sector's position (Masi) 1540 (Sihota) 1540
  • partnerships (Wilson, G.) 1474-5
  • pilot project in Burnaby (Sihota) 1475 (Wilson, G.) 1475
• Protection of services (Coleman) 182 (Masi) 153 (McGregor) 106 (Whittred) 231-2
• Report cards (Sanders) 1451 (Sihota) 1451
• School strikes issue (Dalton) 1643-4
• School technology plans (Sihota) 1479 (Symons) 1478
• Secondary education, graduation requirements (Masi) 1542
• Services in Kootenay area (Walsh) 211
• Services, protection (MacPhail) 243
• Site-based management (Hurd) 1550-1
• Special education
  • accountability and students moving to another district (Reid) 1548 (Sihota) 1548
  • enrolment (Sanders) 1485 (Sihota) 1485
  • funding, special purpose grants (Barisoff) 1553 (Sihota) 1553
• Special needs students, job training (Reid) 1548 (Sihota) 1548
• Standards, establishment of national standards, B.C.'s role (Sihota) 1474 (Wilson, G.) 1473-4
• Storefront schools, funding (Barisoff) 1553 (Sihota) 1553
• Studies, time required to implement recommendations (Sanders) 1480
• System, Liberal Party position (Sihota) 1436
• System, need for change (Hurd) 375
• Technology
  • funding (Sanders) 1451 (Sihota) 1451
  • funding and gender equity issue (Sanders) 1487 (Sihota) 1487
• Testing (Sanders) 1483 (Sihota) 1483
• Textbooks, tax-deductibility (Sanders) 1451
• Transferability of curriculum among provinces (Sihota) 1474 (Wilson, G.) 1474
• Year-round schooling (Hurd) 1549 (Masi) 1487 (Sihota) 1487-8
Education and Health Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
• Impact on future agreements with unions (Hurd) 1471-2 (Sihota) 1471
Education, Ministry of
• Minister's office combined with Labour ministry, impact on funding requirement (Dalton) 91 (Sihota) 91
Education, Skills and Training, Ministry of
• Estimates debate 1430-51 , 1471-93 , 1515-26 , 1538-59 , 1596-610 , 1641-2
• Estimates, speakers (Anderson) 1544-5 (Barisoff) 1437-9 , 1446 , 1552-4 (Bowbrick) 1492-3 (Dalton) 1445 , 1516-7 (Hurd) 1471-3 , 1548-52 , 1602-9 (Jarvis) 1515-6 (Masi) 1437 , 1446 , 1487-8 , 1492-3 , 1523-6 , 1538 , 1540-4 (McKinnon) 1538-40 (Penner) 1540 , 1609 (Reid) 1547-8 (Sanders) 1431-7 , 1439-47 , 1449-51 , 1479-92 , 1518-23 , 1545 , 1554-7 , 1641 (Sihota) 1430-51 , 1471-93 , 1515-26 , 1538-59 , 1596-609 , 1641-2 (Smallwood) 1434 (Stephens) 1545-7 (Symons) 1477-8 (van Dongen) 1557-8 (Weisbeck) 1558-9 , 1596-9 (Whittred) 1487 , 1601 (Wilson, G.) 1473-7 , 1599-601
• Administrative support to Labour ministry (Dalton) 1713 (Sihota) 1713
• Advertising and publications, budget (Masi) 1544 (Sihota) 1544
• Advertising expenses (Sanders) 1444 (Sihota) 1444
• Asset acquisitions, increase (Masi) 1543-4 (Sihota) 1544
• Budget
  • covering of shortfall (Sanders) 1518-20 , 1522 (Sihota) 1518-9
  • current ministry status (Barisoff) 1553 (Sihota) 1554
  • impact of federal off-loading of costs (Sanders) 1443-4 (Sihota) 1443-4
  • savings from freeze on capital projects (Sanders) 1442 (Sihota) 1442
• Building occupancy charges (Sanders) 1445 (Sihota) 1445
• Communication with school districts (Sanders) 1492 , 1641
• Debt-servicing contributions (Sanders) 1442 (Sihota) 1442
• Decentralization (Stephens) 1547
• Deputy and assistant deputy ministers (Sanders) 1483 (Sihota) 1483
• Efficiencies (Hurd) 1549-50
• Facilities review (Sihota) 1546 (Stephens) 1546
• Gender equity funding (Sihota) 1545 (Stephens) 1545
• Gender equity programs in Education ministry (Sanders) 1485-6
• Goals, measurement (Sanders) 1479 , 1641 (Sihota) 1479-80 , 1642
• Grants and contributions (Masi) 1543-4 (Sihota) 1543-4
• Learning resources branch, evaluation of course materials and technology (Hurd) 1551 (Sihota) 1552
• Mandate (Sanders) 1442
• Minister's dual role as Labour minister (Dalton) 91 , 1445 (Sanders) 1440 (Sihota) 1440-1
• Minister's office combined with Labour ministry, impact on funding requirement (Dalton) 91 (Sihota) 91
• Ministry office operations, budget (Sanders) 1441-2 (Sihota) 1441-2
• Ministry's relationship with teachers (Sihota) 1516
• Operating costs, breakdown (Sanders) 1443
• Sinking fund payment (Sanders) 1444 (Sihota) 1444
• Skills and training functions
  • connections with Labour ministry (Masi) 1523 (Sihota) 1523
  • organization (Masi) 1523-4 (Sihota) 1523-4
• Skills development branch, staff (Sanders) 1441
• Skills program funding (Sanders) 1442
• Special programs, budget (Sanders) 1484-5 (Sihota) 1485
• Special warrant debate 64-73
• Staff increase (Masi) 1543
• Staff increase and transfers (Sanders) 1441-2 (Sihota) 1441-2
• Standard objects of expenditure (Sanders) 1445 (Sihota) 1445
• Statistical information (Hurd) 1550-1
Educational Institution Capital Finance Act
• Report, 1995-96 , tabled (Petter) 149
Edwards, Anne
• Commended for work as Energy, Mines and Petroleum minister (Miller) 1268
• Commended for work as MLA (Walsh) 210
Election Act
• Disclosure provisions, NDP compliance (de Jong) 1899-900
• Purpose (Clark, G.) 1900
Elections See also Politics and Politicians
• 1996 general election, results (Campbell) 23 (Clerk) 6-7 (Dosanjh) 7
• Campaign contributions to B.C. Liberal Party (Janssen) 269
• Campaign spending limits on third-party advertising (Bowbrick) 340-1 (Plant) 339-41
• Candidates, homosexual candidates in 1996 campaign (Stevenson) 279
• Committee to review electoral boundaries, requirement to appoint (Farrell-Collins) 2083 (Speaker) 2083
• Electoral districts
• role of directors (Abbott) 1742 (Miller) 1742
• seats in House, number and fair representation for all areas of province (Abbott) 1589-90 , 1724 , 1726 (Campbell) 1581-2 (Dosanjh) 1428 , 1581 , 1595-6 , 1720-5 (Doyle) 1583-5 (Farnworth) 1588-9 (Farrell-Collins) 1724-5 (Goodacre) 1586-7 (Krueger) 1594-5 (Nettleton) 1585-6 (Neufeld) 1590-1 , 1723-4 , 1729-31 (Plant) 1582-3 , 1719-21 , 1727-8 , 1731 (Symons) 1730 (Weisgerber) 1587-8 (Wilson, G.) 1591-4 , 1722-3 , 1728-30
• Electoral freedom in democracies (Ramsey) 249
• Electoral representation
  • non-urban areas (Campbell) 1582 (Dosanjh) 1727 (Doyle) 1583-4 (Farrell-Collins) 1724-5 (Krueger) 1594-5 (Nettleton) 1585-6 (Neufeld) 1723-4 (Plant) 1719-20 , 1728 (Symons) 1730 (Weisgerber) 1587-8 (Wilson, G.) 1722-3
  • proportional representation (Wilson, G.) 1593-4
  • representation based on population, 25-percent rule (Abbott) 1589 (Farnworth) 1588-9 (Goodacre) 1586-7
  • representation based on population, exemption for northern areas (Neufeld) 1729-31
• Electoral system, public confidence (de Jong) 123 (Farrell-Collins) 285
• Issues in 1996 campaign (Bowbrick) 179 (Hammell) 183-4 (Waddell) 175
• Municipal elections
  • three-year cycle (Abbott) 1733 (Miller) 1733
  • voter registration (McKinnon) 1777 (Miller) 1777
• Ward system (Miller) 1029
• Ward system in Vancouver See Vancouver, B.C.
Elections B.C.
• Estimates approved 2049
Electoral Boundaries Commission
• Guiding principles (Dosanjh) 1727 (Plant) 1726-7 (Wilson, G.) 1728-9
• Power to increase number of electoral districts (Dosanjh) 1730 (Farrell-Collins) 1729-30 (Plant) 1731 (Wilson, G.) 1730-1
• Role (Dosanjh) 1428 , 1581 , 1595-6 , 1723-4 (Farnworth) 1589 (Farrell-Collins) 1724 (Plant) 1582-3 , 1719-21 (Wilson, G.) 1591-4 , 1723
Electoral Boundaries Commission Act
• Purpose of 1989 legislation (Dosanjh) 1720 (Plant) 1719-20
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996
• (Bill 19) (Attorney General) 1R, 1428 ; 2R, 1581-96 ; C, 1719-31 ; 3R, 1731 ; RA, 2082
• Amdts: to add new sec. 2 .1 (Neufeld) 1730-1 , negatived 1731
• Division: 2R approved 1596
• Debate, speakers (Abbott) 1589-90 , 1724 , 1726 (Campbell) 1581-2 (Dosanjh) 1428 , 1581 , 1595-6 , 1720-30 (Doyle) 1583-5 (Farnworth) 1588-9 (Farrell-Collins) 1724-5 , 1729-30 (Goodacre) 1586-7 (Krueger) 1594-5 (Nebbeling) 1584 (Nettleton) 1585-6 (Neufeld) 1590-1 , 1723-4 , 1729-31 (Penner) 1726 (Plant) 1582-3 , 1719-22 , 1724 , 1726-8 , 1731 (Symons) 1730 (Weisgerber) 1587-8 (Wilson, G.) 1590-4 , 1722-3 , 1728-31
• Change to exempt ridings from population requirement (Neufeld) 1729-31 (Plant) 1731 (Wilson, G.) 1731
• Purpose (Plant) 1727-8
Electric power
• Cogeneration
  • facility in Kamloops, proposal (Abbott) 155 , 757
  • market for electricity (Weisgerber) 758-9
  • plant (Doyle) 242
  • policy (Ramsey) 758-9 (Weisgerber) 759
• Cost of electricity (Ramsey) 759
• Electrical systems operating review (Ramsey) 721 , 723 , 832
• Electrical systems operating review, inclusion of environmental impacts (Clark, C.) 845-7 (Ramsey) 845-6
• Electromagnetic rays from power transmission lines, safety concerns (Miller) 1577 (Symons) 1577
• Exports, Environment ministry's role (Clark, C.) 981-2 (Ramsey) 982
• Independent power producers
  • market access (Jarvis) 114-5
  • power-generation costs, concerns (Hurd) 1387 (Jarvis) 1387 (Miller) 1387-8
  • projects (Miller) 1316 , 1342 (Weisgerber) 1316
• Kootenay area projects (Walsh) 211
• Power generation
  • costs in North America (Jarvis) 1342 , 1406-7 (Miller) 1342-3 , 1406-7
  • environmental impact issues (Clark, C.) 1337-8 (Miller) 1337-40
• Sales, prices charged to different users (Miller) 1560-1 (Neufeld) 1560-1
• Security of supply (Weisgerber) 759
• Supply, excess capacity (Miller) 1316 (Weisgerber) 1316
• Water licences
  • environmental provisions (Clark, C.) 720 (Ramsey) 720-1 , 722 , 885
  • environmental provisions, enforcement (Clark, C.) 722 , 847 (Ramsey) 722 , 847
  • number (Clark, C.) 720 (Ramsey) 720
  • revenue to government (Ramsey) 840
  • revision (Clark, C.) 722 , 847 (Ramsey) 722 , 847
• Wood waste, power generation (Weisgerber) 320
Electricians
• Licence renewal (de Jong) 1731-2 (Miller) 1732
Eliesen, Marcus
• Financial compensation from B.C. Hydro (Hurd) 1385 (Jarvis) 1385 (Miller) 1385
• Position with International Power Corp. (Campbell) 1912 (Clark, G.) 1912
• Position with International Power Corp., salary (Campbell) 1913
Elvish, Andy
• Article quoted re forestry job loss (de Jong) 318-9
Emergencies See also Provincial emergency program
• Earthquakes See Earthquakes
• Emergency operations and communications centre, Vancouver location for centre (Hawkins) 1894 (MacPhail) 1894-5
• Federal assistance in emergent situations (Dosanjh) 555-6 (Hurd) 555-6
• Preparedness
  • expenditures (Dosanjh) 556 (Symons) 556
  • funding (Ramsey) 753
Employee Investment Act
• Amendments (Dosanjh) 936
Employment and Investment, Ministry of
• Estimates, debate 1201-27 , 1251-74 , 1298-321 , 1333-43 , 1369-88 , 1406-25 , 1451-69 , 1493-513 , 1527-34 , 1560-80 , 1610-39 , 1653-64 , 1688-98 , 1949-50
  • division: motion that the committee rise, negatived 1316-7
• Estimates, speakers (Abbott) 1657 (Campbell) 1374-7 , 1407-10 , 1493-501 , 1564-6 (Clark, C.) 1321 , 1336-41 (Coleman) 1624-39 (Costello) 1510-1 , 1527-9 , 1562 (de Jong) 1334 (Farrell-Collins) 1301-14 , 1369-74 , 1377-84 , 1411-6 , 1451-2 , 1458-69 , 1493 , 1501-13 , 1561-3 , 1566-76 (Gingell) 1314 , 1316-9 , 1453-6 , 1468 , 1503 , 1511 , 1527-9 , 1567 , 1622 , 1632 , 1698 (Hansen) 1201-6 , 1209-15 , 1222-6 , 1251 , 1253-8 , 1270-1 , 1300-1 , 1319-21 , 1335-6 , 1452-3 , 1529-30 , 1532-4 , 1698 , 1949 (Hawkins) 1256-7 (Hurd) 1206-8 , 1271-4 , 1298-300 , 1385-7 (Jarvis) 1268-70 , 1336 , 1342-3 , 1373 , 1384-7 , 1406-7 , 1500 , 1529-33 (Krueger) 1334 (Lali) 1306 (McElligott) 1660 , 1691-2 (Miller) 1201-27 , 1251-74 , 1298-321 , 1333-43 , 1369-88 , 1406-25 , 1451-69 , 1493-513 , 1527-34 , 1560-80 , 1610-39 , 1653-64 , 1688-98 , 1949-50 (Nebbeling) 1661-4 (Nelson) 1224 (Nettleton) 1258-9 , 1653-9 (Neufeld) 1534 , 1560-1 , 1638-9 , 1689-92 , 1694-8 (Penner) 1215-22 , 1226-7 (Plant) 1501 (Redlin) 1224 (Reid) 1257 , 1259-68 (Reitsma) 1382 , 1615-6 , 1692-5 (Rhodes) 1622 (Smith) 1461-5 , 1493-4 , 1497 , 1501-3 , 1509 , 1564-7 , 1573 (Symons) 1416-22 , 1577-80 , 1610-24 (Truss) 1625-33 , 1635-9 (van Dongen) 1576-7 (Waddell) 1413 , 1415 (Weisgerber) 1314-6 , 1420-1 , 1659-61 , 1949 (Wilson, G.) 1422-5 , 1456-7 , 1688-9 , 1949 (Wilson, J.) 1637-8
• Annual report, 1993-94 , tabled (Miller) 1994
• Annual reports, timeliness (Hansen) 1223 (Miller) 1223
• Communications plan quoted re job creation (Hansen) 1206
• Estimates
  • debate, importance of minister's opening statement (Hansen) 1251 , 1253
  • preparation for debate (Hansen) 1336 (Jarvis) 1336 (Miller) 1335-6
  • questioning on B.C. Hydro issues (Farrell-Collins) 1415-6 (Jarvis) 1532 (Miller) 1415-6 , 1531-3
• Industrial incentive fund
  • cap increase (Gingell) 521 (Petter) 15 , 435 , 521
  • disbursements (Clark, G.) 75 (Hansen) 74-5 (Miller) 74-5
  • funded projects, cost-benefit analysis (Miller) 1267 (Reid) 1267
• Internet site (Hansen) 73
• Minister's role as champion of knowledge-based industries (Miller) 1260 (Reid) 1260
• Multicultural responsibilities (Hansen) 1224 (Nelson) 1224 (Redlin) 1224
• Policy branch, grants and contributions (Hansen) 1222-3 (Miller) 1222-3
• Responsibility for B.C. 21 projects (Hansen) 1214 , 1257-8 (Miller) 1214 , 1257-8
• Role in mine development process changeover (Hurd) 1271-2 (Miller) 1271-2
• Role in preparation of economic forecasts (Hurd) 1272-3 (Miller) 1272-3
• Role of ministry in job creation (Hansen) 1201-6 (Miller) 1201-6
• Salaries and benefits (Hansen) 1222 (Miller) 1222
• Science adviser, allocation (Miller) 1267 (Reid) 1267
• Special warrant debate 73-6
Employment and unemployment
• B.C. Works program, spaces (Clark, G.) 1971 (Penner) 1971
• Compressed workweeks (Hansen) 1710 (Sihota) 1709
• Employment standards (Kasper) 296-7
• Employment strategy for the future (Orcherton) 130-1
• First Job in Science and Technology program See name of program
• Global unemployment (Miller) 139
• Job creation
  • job creation (Bowbrick) 179-80 , 365 (Chong) 1813-4 (Clark, G.) 1902-4 (Coell) 868 (Evans) 227-8 (Gingell) 15 (Hansen) 112-3 , 1201-6 (Hartley) 218 (Janssen) 268 (Miller) 1201-6 , 1809 , 1813 (Neufeld) 1814 (Petter) 13 (Pullinger) 259 (Reid) 118 (Robertson) 272 (Sawicki) 196 (Sihota) 277 (Symons) 193 (Throne speech) 3-4 (Walsh) 211 (Zirnhelt) 219-20
  • job creation strategy (Clark, G.) 1966 , 1997 (Hansen) 1997 (McGregor) 106 (Penner) 1966
  • job growth measurement (Chong) 1814 (Miller) 1815
  • programs for income assistance recipients (Chong) 1815-6 (Miller) 1815-6
  • role of private sector (Miller) 73-4
  • role of small business (Petter) 445
• Job Fair, funding (Clark, G.) 1996 (Penner) 72 , 1540 , 1995-6 (Sihota) 72 , 1540
• Jobs and timber accord See Forest industry under Forests and forestry
• Jobs created during 1992-96 (Hurd) 1206-7 (Miller) 1206-7
• Jobs for youth (Clark, G.) 238-9 (Hansen) 238
• Jobs, skilled jobs (Weisbeck) 283
• Job-training programs, effectiveness (Hansen) 1255 (Miller) 1255
• Opportunities in Victoria area (Orcherton) 129-30
• Standards, enforcement and education (Kasper) 257-8
• Student summer works program See name of program
• Unemployment
  • causes (Wilson, G.) 871
  • statistics (Penner) 1966
  • unemployment rate (Hansen) 739 (Miller) 1813 , 1815
• Varied work schedules, impact on air quality (Hansen) 1709-10
• Working-time redistribution, benefits (Calendino) 160
• Youth employment See Youth
Employment Standards Act
• Administration of act (Hansen) 1708-9 (Sihota) 1708
• Changes (Hansen) 113
• Complaints, factors discouraging employee complaints (Miller) 1823
• Exemptions (Hansen) 1709 (Sihota) 1709
• Home work, regulation (Miller) 1823
• Impact (Krueger) 247 , 381 (Orcherton) 385
• Impact on small business (Dalton) 1710 (Hansen) 1708-10
• Minimum-wage requirement, impact on non-training facilities (Sanders) 1704-7
• Public input to bill (Sihota) 1710
• Purpose (Orcherton) 131 (Sihota) 1706
• Review (Dalton) 1646 (Sihota) 1646
• Review, minister's meeting with sectoral groups (Hansen) 1708 (Sihota) 1708
• Training programs, criteria (Sanders) 1705 (Sihota) 1706
• Variances of act (Hansen) 1708-9
• Work, definition (Sanders) 1704-7 (Wilson, G.) 1707
End Legislated Poverty
• Publication, The Long Haul, quoted re family bonus (Anderson) 325-6
Energy resources
• Energy market changes, impact on B.C. sales (Jarvis) 1406-7 (Miller) 1406-7
• Industries, current activities and jobs (Hansen) 1255-6 (Miller) 1255-6
English-as-a-second-language program See Education
Environment
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act See name of act
• Environmental assessment office, ministerial jurisdiction and funding (Clark, C.) 980-1 (Ramsey) 980-1
• Environmental assessments
  • assessments (Clark, C.) 724 (Ramsey) 724
  • number (Clark, C.) 981 (Ramsey) 981
  • process (Clark, C.) 725
  • requirement, thresholds (Clark, C.) 981 (Ramsey) 941 , 981
• Environmental protection
  • enforcement of regulations, Environment ministry's role (Clark, C.) 722-3
  • environmental protection (Goodacre) 104 (Lali) 141 (Orcherton) 130 (Stevenson) 281 (Throne speech) 4 (Wilson, G.) 110
  • funding (Clark, C.) 632 (Ramsey) 632
  • initiatives on northern Vancouver Island (Robertson) 273
  • legislation (Clark, C.) 953-4 (Ramsey) 953-4
  • Liberal Party position (Clark, C.) 910 , 983 , 1016 (Ramsey) 763 , 910
  • NDP government action (Ramsey) 717-8 , 910 , 1016-7 (Sawicki) 197
  • regulations, application to public sector projects (Ramsey) 940-1 (Symons) 940-1
  • standards (Sihota) 278
• Environmental technology jobs (Hansen) 1255-6 (Miller) 1255-6
• Environmental youth teams (Clark, G.) 1967
• Sustainable environment fund, use of funds (Hurd) 791-3 (Ramsey) 791-3
• Waste management permit holders, list of non-compliants (Hurd) 944-5 (Ramsey) 944-5
• Waste management permit holders, list of non-compliants, process for input on remediation measures (Hurd) 944-5 (Ramsey) 944-5
Environment, Lands and Parks, Ministry of
• Estimates, debate 717-26 , 751-69 , 788-803 , 831-50 , 872-91 , 904-13 , 939-54 , 979-83 , 1015-7
• Estimates, speakers (Abbott) 725-6 , 751-4 , 756-8 (Barisoff) 752 , 754-5 , 889-90 , 952-3 (Campbell) 872-5 , 885-6 (Clark, C.) 719-25 , 762-4 , 767-9 , 788-9 , 832-5 , 845-50 , 872 , 875-6 , 904-11 , 953-4 , 980-2 , 1016 (de Jong) 983 (Gingell) 802-3 , 831 (Hawkins) 793 (Hurd) 789-93 , 839-43 , 944-5 (Jarvis) 843-4 (Masi) 793-4 (Neufeld) 796-7 , 880-5 , 945-6 , 1015-6 (Penner) 886-9 , 943-4 , 947-8 (Ramsey) 717-26 , 751-69 , 788-803 , 831-50 , 872-91 , 904-13 , 939-54 , 979-83 , 1016-7 (Reid) 942-3 (Reitsma) 911-2 (Stephens) 760-2 , 890-1 (Symons) 913 , 939-42 (Thorpe) 948-52 (van Dongen) 755-6 , 759-60 , 764-6 , 795-8 , 839 , 876-80 , 979-80 (Weisgerber) 758-9 , 800-2 , 835-7 (Wilson, J.) 752 , 754 , 764 , 766-7 , 797-800 , 837-9 , 880 , 887
• B.C. Systems Corporation staff (Ramsey) 951 (Thorpe) 951
• Communications budget (Ramsey) 950-1 (Thorpe) 950-1
• Consolidation of three ministries (Clark, C.) 83 (Ramsey) 83
• Environment branch, budget, recoveries (Ramsey) 951-2 (Thorpe) 951
• Follow-up on ministry announcements (Clark, C.) 909-11 (Ramsey) 910
• Lands and water management department, recoveries (Ramsey) 86 (Wilson, J.) 86
• Legal services for B.C. Hydro matters (Clark, C.) 848 (Ramsey) 848
• Legislation impacting ministry (Ramsey) 950 (Thorpe) 950
• Library publications (Ramsey) 950-1
• Operations budgets, monitoring (Ramsey) 949 , 951 (Thorpe) 949 , 951
• Parks branch
  • annual report, inclusion of data on convictions and fine payments (Penner) 889
  • annual reports (Penner) 889 (Ramsey) 889
  • budget estimates, recoveries (Penner) 887-8 (Ramsey) 887-8
  • recoveries (Ramsey) 86 (Wilson, J.) 86
  • staffing levels (Penner) 886 (Ramsey) 886-7 (Wilson, J.) 887
  • staffing levels in northeastern B.C. (Neufeld) 881 (Ramsey) 881
• Performance (Ramsey) 717-8
• Policy, planning and legislation department, budget (Ramsey) 951 (Thorpe) 951
• Regional operations, performance measuring (van Dongen) 798
• Role in interministry committee on fishing allocation issues (Miller) 1861 (van Dongen) 1861
• Salaries and benefits (Ramsey) 951 (Thorpe) 951
• Special warrant debate 82-6
• Staffing levels (Ramsey) 949-50 (Thorpe) 949-50
• Water management division, budget (Clark, C.) 847-8 (Ramsey) 848
Environmental Appeal Board
• Annual report, 1995-96 , tabled (Ramsey) 203
• Legislation governing board, revision (Ramsey) 798 (van Dongen) 797-8
• Membership from northern B.C. (Neufeld) 880-1 (Ramsey) 881
Environmental assessment office
• Transfer to Employment and Investment ministry (Clark, C.) 85
EOCC
• See Emergency operations and communications centre under Emergencies
EPA Pilot
• Fuel operating systems for marine vessels (Miller) 1420 (Weisgerber) 1420
Esquimalt-Metchosin constituency
• Employability programs (Sihota) 819
Estimates of expenditures
• Committee of Supply to sit in two sections (de Jong) 265 (Farrell-Collins) 264-5 (MacPhail) 264-5 (Weisgerber) 265
• Debate
  • agreement of government and opposition in scheduling of officials (Hansen) 1534 (Miller) 1534
  • appropriate time to ask questions (Hansen) 1203 , 1257 (Miller) 1257
  • control of agenda and sequence of debate (Farrell-Collins) 1415 (Miller) 1415
  • level of technical detail (Coleman) 1755-6 (Miller) 1755-6
  • relevance of questioning (Chair) 1532-3 (Jarvis) 1532 (Miller) 1531-3 , 1620
• Estimates of ministries' expenditures See ministries by name
• Estimates process (Clark, G.) 1879-80 (Hansen) 1949 (Miller) 1949
Ethanol
• Ethanol as fuel ingredient See Fuel
• Sources (Clark, G.) 2040 (Weisgerber) 2040
Ethics
• Ethical conduct in public life (Reid) 117
• Ethical standards issue in international business dealings (Campbell) 1375-7 (Farrell-Collins) 1307-8 (Miller) 1307-8 , 1375-7
Eurasian milfoil See Aquatic plants under Plants
Evans, Hon. Corky (Nelson-Creston) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Agricultural Land Commission, 1994-95 annual report tabled 395
• Agricultural Land Commission administration, benchmarks 655
• Agricultural Land Commission annual reports, content 657-8
• Agricultural Land Commission, appeal process on decisions 656
• Agricultural Land Commission, auditor general's recommendations, implementation 623 , 660
• Agricultural Land Commission, board appointments, criteria 654
• Agricultural Land Commission, conservation covenants 658
• Agricultural Land Commission, direct-farm-marketing policy 658
• Agricultural Land Commission, funding to administer forest land reserve 659
• Agricultural Land Commission, homesite severance policy 625-6 , 654
• Agricultural Land Commission, local government role 658
• Agricultural Land Commission, mandate 628
• Agricultural Land Commission, no-net-loss/exclusion policy 652-3
• Agricultural Land Commission, performance bonds and reclamation work 621-2
• Agricultural Land Commission, policy on second dwellings on farmland 622-3 , 627-8 , 654
• Agricultural Land Commission, regulations, regional needs 621 , 654-6
• Agricultural Land Commission, restrictive covenants, use 659
• Agricultural land reserve, development rights on ancient subdivisions 656-7
• Agricultural land reserve, dumping of pulp mill sludge 692-3
• Agricultural land reserve, impact on land values 627
• Agricultural land reserve, land sales to family members 626
• Agricultural land reserve, land use, schools and churches 626
• Agricultural land reserve, land use, woodlots vs. food production 696
• Agricultural land reserve, Liberal Party MLAs' positions 1015
• Agricultural land reserve, protection 624
• Agricultural land reserve, review 659-60
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food minister's office, funding 32-3
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, 1993-94 annual report tabled 395
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, accounting 704
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, auditing methods 661
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, budget 598
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry budget, grants and contributions 660
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, corporate review, status 662
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, dairy branch 661
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 598-603 , 621-8 , 651-65 , 689-704 , 1014-5
• Agriculture, Fisheries and food ministry, funding for Forest Land Commission 659
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, involvement in government program review 34
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, mandate re rangeland 704
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, operating costs 33 , 660
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, operations 598
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, programs 661-2
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, staffing 661-2 , 704
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, work with farmers on environmental issues 662
• Agriculture, forage seed initiative 698-9 , 1014
• Agriculture industry, competitiveness 598 , 663
• Agriculture industry, environmental issues 664-5
• Agriculture industry, federal assistance 664
• Agriculture industry, protection 598
• Agriculture industry, role in economy 598
• Agriculture industry, tax exemptions on input costs 695
• Agriculture, right-to-farm legislation, implementation 664-5
• Agrifood policy, review 662-3
• Alaska salmon fishery, industry practices 199-200
• Aquaculture industry, environmental assessment review 34
• Aquaculture industry, environmental impact report 691-2
• Aquaculture industry in B.C. 599 , 692
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, goals 228
• Budget debate 226-8
• Buy B.C. program 689-90 , 698 , 1014
• Buy B.C. program, budget 660-1
• Buy B.C. program, evaluation 699 , 703
• Buy B.C. program, funding 34
• Buy B.C. program, status 689
• Buy B.C. program, use of logo by producers 689
• Capitalism and market ideology 226-8
• Cattle industry, financial assistance to producers 694
• Coldstream Ranch, land use, Agricultural Land Commission discussions 656
• Colony Farm, land use plans 651-3
• Columbia Basin Trust, 1995-96 annual report tabled 395
• Columbia Basin Trust, facilities exempted from property tax 1034
• Columbia River Treaty downstream benefits, revenue used to create jobs 227-8
• Democracy, social democratic principles 226-8
• Federal transfer payments to provinces, reduction 226-7
• Fish farm workers, unionization 692
• Fish habitat, impact of B.C. Hydro activities 694 , 703
• Fisheries, allocations 603
• Fisheries, bilateral agreement with U.S., inclusion of B.C. waters transit fee and Nanoose Bay test range lease in negotiations 698
• Fisheries ministry, role in memorandum of understanding with federal government 696-7
• Fisheries, Pacific salmon fishery, bilateral review 703
• Fisheries, Pacific salmon revitalization plan (Mifflin plan) 227 , 599 , 697
• Fisheries, Pacific salmon revitalization plan (Mifflin plan), review 599
• Fisheries, provincial and federal responsibilities 35
• Fisheries, provincial role in federal matters 598-9 , 602 , 1014-5
• Fisheries, resource management 601-2
• Fisheries, salmon fishery, protection 199-200 , 203
• Fisheries, salmon resource protection, interministry coordination 697
• Fisheries, sport fishing industry, support 33
• Fishery allocations for Indians and non-Indians, impact of land claims 698
• Fishery renewal, establishment of agency 602
• Fishing industry, role in economy 598 , 600-1
• Fishing industry, transition assistance for commercial fishers 33
• Food industry, role in economy 598
• 4-H Club, funding 661
• Fraser Valley College, agricultural land reserve exclusions 652
• Grazing enhancement special account, projects 689
• Grazing leases, cattle industry concerns 659
• Green Plan, agriculture funding 665
• Iberg farm, gas line on property, case 622
• Job creation 227-8
• Liberal Party MLAs, performance in opposition 1015
• Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1996 , debate 1034
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996 , debate 515
• Natural resources, benefits for people of province 227-8
• Net income stabilization account program 625
• Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, 1995-96 annual report tabled 395
• Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, budget 701-2
• Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, funding 34
• Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, market trends, involvement 699-700
• Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, programs 699
• Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, replant program 701
• Pacific Salmon Treaty, effectiveness 199-200
• Partners in Progress program 33 , 690
• Poverty and unemployment 228
• Quality wine and grape development program, funding 34
• Quoting of Vaclav Havel cited (Reid) 117
• Roberts Bank backup lands, farm leases 656
• Salmonid enhancement program 690
• Skeena River fish resource, allocation 603
• Sport fishing industry, management issues 690-1
• Sterile insect release program 664
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996 , debate 32-5
• Tree fruit industry, problems of orchardists 700
• Waste disposal on agricultural land, Environment ministry responsibility 693
• Wine, farm wineries 655
Exports and imports
• Competitiveness of B.C. exports (Abbott) 1777 (Miller) 1777 , 1951
• Forestry exports (Miller) 1219-20 (Penner) 1219-20
• International trade agreements, impact (Clark, G.) 1959
• Interprovincial trade
  • agreement on internal trade (Hansen) 1212-4 (Miller) 1212-3
  • agreements, protection of B.C. interests (Petter) 1165 (Reitsma) 1164-5
  • barriers (Wilson, G.) 1953 , 1958
  • barriers, elimination (Miller) 1226 (Penner) 1216 , 1226
  • barriers vs. keeping work in B.C. (Clark, G.) 1958-9
• Loan guarantee program (Miller) 1218 (Penner) 1218
• Role of B.C. exports in economy (Miller) 1216 (Penner) 1216
• Trade agreements, impact on social welfare (Wilson, G.) 869-71
• Trade offices, operational issues (Miller) 1218-9 (Penner) 1218-9
• Trade policies (Miller) 1217 (Penner) 1217
Expropriation Act
• Applicability of act to Nisga'a lands (Cashore) 1794 (de Jong) 1794
• Quoted re compensation requirement (Neufeld) 562
Expropriation of private property See Property rights

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