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

Gabelmann, Colin
• Commended for work as MLA (Robertson) 271-2
Gambling
• Addiction and problem gambling
  • assistance programs (Krueger) 620 (Streifel) 620
  • incidence (Krueger) 619
  • issues (Dosanjh) 560 (Krueger) 560, 1196-7, 1979 (MacPhail) 1979 (Petter) 1196
• Auditing of gaming operations (Dosanjh) 560-1, 563 (Krueger) 560-1, 563
• Gambling on Indian land
  • concerns (Dosanjh) 561 (Krueger) 561
  • facilities, negotiations on types of facilities allowed (Krueger) 1195 (Petter) 1195
  • gambling on Indian reserves (Cashore) 1807 (Krueger) 1807
• Gaming policy project (Krueger) 1195-6 (Petter) 1195-6
• Revenues from gambling
  • revenues to government (Dosanjh) 561 (Krueger) 561, 1194 (Petter) 1194
  • revenues to government, use (Krueger) 620
Game farming
• Classification of bison as game vs. farm animals (Ramsey) 837 (Weisgerber) 837
Gang crime See Crime and criminals
Garden, Frank
• Commended for work as MLA (Kasper) 256
Gardiner, Brian
• Comments re Liberal Party's request for investigation into NDP compliance with Election Act disclosure provisions (de Jong) 1899-900
Gardom, Hon. Garde B. See Lieutenant-Governor
Gasoline See Fuel
Gee, Nigel
• Involvement in fast ferry design project (Miller) 1423 (Wilson, G.) 1423
Gerow, Jack
• Role in health care regionalization review (Farrell-Collins) 1230 (Hawkins) 2067-8 (MacPhail) 1230-1, 2067-8 (Sanders) 2071
Getty, J. Paul
• Quoted re role of labour (Giesbrecht) 214
Gibsons, B.C.
• Bypass (Boone) 990-2 (Wilson, G.) 990-2
Giesbrecht, Helmut (Skeena)
• B.C. Benefits, family bonus program 214
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, content 364
• Budget debate 212-15
• Business, small business tax rate 214
• Forest industry, importance in northern B.C. 212
• Forest industry jobs 213
• Kemano completion project, settlement agreement negotiations 212
• Kitimat, economy of area 212
• Labour Relations Code, benefits 213-4
• Liberal Party, election campaign statements 364
• NDP government, performance 213, 363
• Northern B.C., concerns 213
• Retail sales volume 362
• Skeena constituency, issues and concerns 212-3
• Taxation, NDP action 363
• Taxes during 1996-97 fiscal year 214
• Throne speech, content 363-4
• Throne speech debate 361-4
• Tourism industry in B.C. 362
• Youth, opportunities 212
Gillespie, Evelyn (Comox Valley)
• Comox Valley area, economy 18-9
• Comox Valley area, environmental protection, volunteers 19
• Comox Valley area, youth employment 19
• Comox Valley constituency, NDP MLAs 18
• Medicare system, protection of system 19
• Sports, B.C. games family 1005
• Sports, community sports, value 1005
• Throne speech debate 18-9
Gingell, Fred (Delta South)
• Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 1845-6
• Agricultural land reserve and Indian land claims 1846
• Airports, community airports, governance and taxation 437, 532
• Assessment Authority of B.C. assessments, impact of property tax freeze 535
• Auditor General Act, revision 1879
• Auditor General Act, revision, progress to date 1243
• Austin, Gordon, possibility of laying of charges 2006
• Austin, Gordon, severance arrangement, review 2006
• Automobile drivers' medical tests, security of information 588-9
• Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance 439, 538
• Bonds, B.C. savings bonds, rate of return 22, 99-100, 217
• B.C. Benefits, family bonus program 324, 377-8
• B.C. Benefits, family bonus program, eligibility appeals 336-7
• B.C. Benefits program, child care funding 332
• B.C. Benefits program, design and operational issues 330
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, dividend paid to government 1632
• B.C. Ferries Tsawwassen terminal, public access issues 1622
• B.C. Ferries vessels, fast ferries, construction in B.C. 40-1
• B.C. Ferries vessels, fast ferries, fuel and pollution concerns 40
• B.C. Ferries vessels, fast-ferries project, Liberal Party position 40
• B.C. Hydro, 1996-97 revenue projections 1527-9
• B.C. Hydro, dividends paid to government 102, 217, 537-8
• B.C. Hydro, earnings and dividends paid to government 1188-9
• B.C. Hydro, rate freeze 1189
• B.C. Hydro rate freeze, impact on maintenance and rehabilitation projects 439, 537-8
• B.C. Hydro, role in Pakistan power project 1318
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, Cayman Islands location for company 1317, 1566-7
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, cost overruns, liability issues 1511
• B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, share buyback 1319
• B.C. Securities Commission fraud office, establishment 1187
• B.C. Securities Commission, Policy Advisory Committee, advice re national securities regulatory regime 1186-7
• B.C. Securities Commission, revenues and expenditures 1187-8
• B.C. Systems Corporation, winding up 30
• B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, 1996-97 budget 993
• B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, accounting practices 14, 992-3
• B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, environmental evaluation of projects 993
• B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, funding from gasoline tax revenues 436, 531-2
• B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, loan to Finlay Navigation Ltd. 993
• B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, recording interest in capital projects 992-3
• B.C. Utilities Commission, directive re B.C. Hydro's allowed rate of return 1528
• B.C. Utilities Commission, relationship with B.C. Hydro 1188-9
• B.C. Utilities Commission, utility regulation initiatives 1190
• Budget, 1994-95 budget, inclusion of Vancouver Island pipeline settlement payments 1132-3, 1135
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, balanced-budget claim and election call 1081
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, claim of balanced budget challenged as deliberate misleading of House 95, 236
• Budget, 1995-96 budget results, chronology of events before media announcement of shortfall 1081
• Budget, 1995-96 budget results, knowledge of forestry revenues shortfall 1080-2, 1087
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts 96-7, 122, 215-6
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts and anticipated payments to province 1081-2, 1088
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts and projected surplus 98
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts, revision of forestry revenues 1080-1
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim 360-1, 1087
• Budget, 1996-97 budget projections 216-8
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, revenue forecasts, projected miscellaneous revenues 1140, 1165-6
• Budget debate 14-5, 97-102, 215-8
• Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1996, debate 436-7, 519-21, 531-4
• Burrard Thermal power station, environmental concerns 1527-8
• Business, small business, corporate income tax rate reduction and two-year tax holiday 445-6
• Business, small business, two-year corporate income tax holiday, incorporation requirement 776
• Business, unincorporated businesses, incorporation decision 446
• Canada Assistance Plan payments 98-9
• Child poverty 323
• Children, dental care for poor children 332
• Civil service, reform 101-2
• Columbia Basin Trust Act, amount paid out under act, 1995-96 fiscal year 30
• Columbia Basin Trust Act, amount paid out under act, treatment as financing transaction 30-1
• Columbia River Treaty downstream benefits, revenue considered as future income 98-9
• Columbia River Treaty downstream benefits, revenue considered in 1995-96 budget 1135
• Colwood, services provided to Royal Roads University 519-20
• Commended for work as chair of Public Accounts committee (Wilson, G.) 2080
• Commission of inquiry into the Vancouver Stock Exchange and securities regulation recommendations, implementation 1187
• Comptroller general, internal audits, availability to MLAs 1136
• Comptroller general, reports to Finance ministry 1079-81, 1087
• Conflict-of-interest commissioner, appointment 1878
• Consolidated revenue fund 1243
• Consumer rate freeze on services, taxes and fees 536-7
• Consumer rate freeze on services, taxes and fees, applicability 539
• Corporate capital tax exemptions 446
• Corporations, associated corporations, amalgamation to avoid real estate sales tax 532
• Creating a 21st Century Government, recommendations 101-2
• Credit rating, B.C. rating 100
• Debt as percentage of gross domestic product 100
• Debt management plan 100-1, 1131-3
• Debt management plan and spending levels 438-40
• Debt, tax-supported debt 14, 360-1
• Debt-servicing costs 532
• Deficit financing 1132-3
• Deficit for 1995-96 fiscal year 98, 216-7
• Delta, East Ladner bypass 997
• Delta South constituency 359
• Dominion Bond Rating Service, reaction to 1995-96 budget 99
• Downton Lake drawdown, B.C. Hydro's role 102
• Earthquakes, insurance coverage for automobiles 1242
• Education, post-secondary tuition fees, freeze 438
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1314, 1316-9, 1453-6, 1468, 1503, 1511, 1527-9, 1567, 1622, 1632, 1698
• Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 802-3, 831
• Families, financial assistance for low-income families 264, 323-4, 332-3
• Finance and Corporate Relations minister's office, funding reduction 29
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, cabinet policy and communications secretariat 1137-8
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 1078-82, 1087-89, 1131-40, 1158-60, 1162, 1165-6, 1185-90, 1192, 1198, 1240-3
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, minister's responsibilities 216
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, role in forecasting of forest revenues 1285-7
• Financial Administration Act, request for review 1243
• Fiscal and financial credibility of government 99-100, 216-8
• Fish habitat protection, funding 436-7
• Forest industry, revenue to province 217
• Forest industry revenue to province, shortfall, impact on budget 97-9, 122, 1080-1, 1087, 1287-8
• Forest industry revenues, year-end accrual patterns 1087
• Forest industry, stumpage billings, ministerial responsibility 1078-9
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting to general revenue 356
• Forest Renewal B.C., program objectives 437
• Forests ministry, estimates debate 1285-8
• Forests ministry, forecasting of forest revenues 1285-8
• Four Corners Bank, business plan, current and future objectives 1455-6
• Four Corners Bank, financial operations 1454-5
• Four Corners Bank, project capital costs 1453-4, 1632
• Gasoline tax revenues for highway construction 436, 531-2
• Gasoline tax revenues to Transportation Financing Authority, impact on general revenues 31
• Government accountability 101-2
• Government accounting methods 14
• Government accounting methods and debt reporting 1133-5
• Government accounting methods, corporate accounting system, implementation 30, 1136-7
• Government accounting methods, treatment of future expenses and revenues 98-9
• Government accounting methods, treatment of future revenues 1135
• Government bureaucracy 437
• Government, employee payroll system 1243
• Government, federal-municipal relations 360
• Government, local issues, MLAs' input 359
• Government, program review across government 29
• Government regulation and small business 446
• Government revenue forecasts, inclusion of future income 1081-2, 1088
• Government revenues, dedicated revenues 436-7, 534
• Government revenues, future and anticipated revenues 98-9
• Government revenues, future and anticipated revenues, inclusion in budget projections 216-7
• Government services affected by tax and consumer rate freeze, enumeration 537
• Government services as percentage of gross national product 438, 440
• Government services, user fees 536
• Government, special operating agencies 1138-9
• Government spending, future expenditures, impact of tax and consumer rate freeze 438-40
• Government spending, program expenditure growth 102
• Government vehicles, disposal by auction 1158-9
• GAIN benefits, reduced benefits for family bonus recipients 377-8
• GAIN benefits, reduced benefits for family bonus recipients, impact on single mothers 338
• GAIN program, medical aids, provision and cost 734
• GAIN program, welfare-to-work incentives 332-4
• Habitat Conservation Trust Fund, establishment 436-7
• Habitat Conservation Trust Fund, governance 534
• Health care funding, special warrant funding 90
• Homeowner grant phaseout threshold, increase 520
• Hospitals, maintenance of low-use facilities 90
• Income Tax Amendment Act, 1996, debate 445-6, 775-6, 780
• Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 323-4, 330, 332-4, 336, 338, 377-8
• Income tax revenues to province, 1996-97 estimate 330
• Income tax reductions 445
• Income tax reductions and entrepreneurship 775
• Indian land, development disputes, resolution 1846
• Indians, child maintenance and support payments, federal-provincial negotiations 1140
• Industrial development incentive fund, cap increase 521
• Information and privacy commissioner, role in Income Tax Act information-sharing provisions 780
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., financial reserves and rate stabilization fund 1241-2
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., funding responsibility re photo radar program 1240-1
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., operating losses 1240-1
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., powers to regulate motor vehicles and drivers 588-9
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., premium freeze 538-9
• Insurance Corporation of B.C. premium freeze, impact on corporate operations 439, 536
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., rate structure 1240
• Investment, advantages of B.C. as place to invest 445-6
• Jaccard, Mark, remuneration, double compensation 1189-90
• Job creation 15
• Land, development on federal lands, local input 802-3
• Land development projects, environmental concerns, intergovernmental cooperation 831
• Laxton, John, involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 1317-9
• Legislative reform 1878
• Legislative review of government performance 101
• Legislature, reports submitted to Legislature, handling 1878
• Liquor distribution branch, freeze on product markups 534, 539
• Mineral tenure compensation and claims, funding 32
• Montgomery, Ross, feasibility plan for community bank in downtown Vancouver 1455
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1996, debate 588-9
• Motor vehicle branch, transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C. 588-9
• Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 933-4
• Municipal services to post-secondary institutions, cost 436, 519-20
• National Energy Board, jurisdictional authority 1190
• Natural gas, pipeline taxes and royalties 537
• NDP claims re balanced budgets 95, 236
• NDP, constituency briefing books 1138
• NDP government, re-election campaign statements 438, 538
• NDP, Ontario government report on fair taxation 521
• Petter, Hon. Andrew, resignation as Finance minister 96
• Poverty, support for the working poor 324
• Power Smart program and residential consumption levels 1528
• Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, estimates debate 1878-9, 2006
• Privacy concerns and sharing of tax information between governments 780
• Privacy of motor vehicle and driver information 588-9
• Privilege, reserving right to raise matter re documents tabled by Hon. Andrew Petter 2083
• Privilege, reserving right to raise matter re NDP claims of balanced budget 95
• Province as property tax collector, impact on municipalities 520-1
• Provincial home acquisition account mortgages, value of loans outstanding 1166
• Public Accounts Committee, meetings during off-session 1879
• Public sector accountability 1993-4
• Purchasing Commission, end-of-year purchasing, "March madness" 1162-3
• Purchasing Commission, purchasing policies 1159-60
• Purchasing Commission, vehicle management services 1159
• Purchasing Commission, working capital account 1159
• Real estate sales tax, avoidance by associated corporations 532
• Real estate sales tax exemption for first-time homebuyers, qualifying value 532-3
• Real property improvements, impact on tax levels 536
• Real property tax, deferment for seniors 520
• Real property tax exemption for airport improvements 437, 532
• Real property tax freeze 439-40
• Real property tax freeze, administration 535-6
• Real property tax, school tax, freeze on average gross amount payable 535
• Research and development, commercialization of prototype property 436, 533
• Revenue Canada, role in administration of B.C. Benefits program 330
• Roberts Bank area, farmland expropriation, return of unused land to owners, Hon. Glen Clark's election campaign statements 802
• Roberts Bank, Vancouver Port Corporation terminal project, environmental review 831
• Royal Roads University, taxation issues 519-20
• Sales tax credit for children, elimination 324, 330, 332-4, 377-8
• Sales tax exemption for incorporated prototypes 436, 533
• School boards, purchasing practices 1165
• Securities industry, national regulatory regime, B.C. participation in discussions 1185-7
• Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, report 101
• Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, report tabled 1993
• Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, work of committee 1993-4
• Simon Fraser University, taxes and grants 519
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, estimates debate 1815
• Smith, Brian, appointment as chair of B.C. Hydro and investigator of Pakistan power project, concern re potential for conflict of interest 1317-9
• Social Credit Party, government fiscal policies, Hon. Glen Clark's comments when in opposition 98
• Social Services ministry, estimates debate 734
• Special warrants, use 27-8
• Special warrants, use by Social Credit Party administrations, NDP comments 27
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 27-32, 40-1, 90
• Tax and Consumer Rate Freeze Act, debate 438-40, 534-9
• Tax and Consumer Rate Freeze Act, use of term average in bill 535
• Tax freeze, three-year extension 438-40, 539
• Taxation, fairness issues 520-1
• Taxpayer Protection Act, Social Credit government tax-freeze legislation 438
• Throne speech debate 359-61
• Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 992-3, 997
• Transportation construction projects, funding from gasoline taxes 436, 531-2
• Travel on government business (Clark, G.) 2038
• Tsatsu Shores development project 359-60, 802-3, 1845-6
• Tsawwassen Indian band, Roberts Bank terminal project 831
• Universities, colleges and institutes, grants in lieu of property taxes 436, 519-20
• University of B.C., grants from province 520
• Vancouver Island Gas Co., financial settlement 101
• Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline project, liability settlement 29-30
• Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline project, settlement payments included in 1994-95 budget 1132-3, 1135
• Vancouver sewer and water district debt, assumption by Municipal Finance Authority 14
• Vancouver Stock Exchange, public governor as chair 1187
• Vancouver ward system referendum and provincial government involvement, concerns 933-4
• Warehouse borrowing program, recoveries 30
• Warehouse borrowing program, reporting in financial statements 22
• Wildlife habitat protection and enhancement, funding 436-7
Glaxo Wellcome
• Current activities (Reid) 1265
Glendale Lodge (Victoria)
• Closing
  • reallocation of funding (Chong) 715 (Streifel) 715
  • staff reassignment (Coell) 410 (Streifel) 410
• Former residents, support in communities (Streifel) 91
• Land use plan for site (Coleman) 1626 (Truss) 1626
Gold River, B.C.
• Economy of area, changes (Hansen) 1225 (Miller) 1225
Golden, B.C.
• Economic activity in area (Doyle) 240
Goodacre, Bill (Bulkley Valley-Stikine)
• Budget debate 103-5
• Bulkley Valley-Stikine constituency, issues and concerns 103-4
• Bulkley Valley-Stikine constituency, time required for MLA to visit all areas of riding 1586-7
• Communities, social issues in small communities 104
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1586-7
• Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1586-7
• Electoral representation based on population, 25-percent rule 1586-7
• Environmental protection 104
• Forest Renewal B.C., mandate 104
• Forestry issues in Bulkley Valley-Stikine area 104
• Health care regionalization, Closer to Home program 104
• Health care, travel for treatment, travel points from civil servants' travel 1763
• Indian treaty negotiations, participation of Bulkley Valley-Stikine constituency 103
• Indians and poverty 104
• Northern B.C., needs and electoral representation 1586-7
• Poverty, incidence 104
• Tourism in Bulkley Valley-Stikine area 104
Gove, Thomas J.
• Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry See name of commission
Government See also Civil service; Legislature; New Democratic Party
• Accommodation costs (Coleman) 1636 (Miller) 1636 (Truss) 1636
• Accountability (Campbell) 1875-8, 1884 (Clark, G.) 1875-8, 1885 (Dalton) 171-2 (Gingell) 101-2 (Sanders) 215 (van Dongen) 173-4
• Accountability, Premier's responsibility (Campbell) 2005-6
• Accounting
  • accounting methods (Gingell) 14
  • accounting methods and debt reporting (Gingell) 1133-5 (Petter) 1133-5
  • accounting methods for accruals (Petter) 1085-6
  • accounting methods, inclusion of public assets (Smallwood) 152
  • accounting methods, treatment of future expenses and revenues (Gingell) 98-9
  • auditing of public accounts, value for money (Wilson, G.) 1475
  • charge-off system for appointments coordination services (Hansen) 1097-100 (Petter) 1097-100 (Symons) 1099
  • corporate accounting system, implementation (Gingell) 30, 1136-7 (Petter) 30, 1136-7
  • financial reporting policies, legislative requirements (Campbell) 201
  • treatment of future revenues (Gingell) 1135 (Petter) 1135
• Advertising, guidelines to distinguish partisan and non-partisan advertising (Petter) 355-6 (Weisgerber) 355-6
• Advertising of 1996-97 budget (Dalton) 170
• Agencies, boards and commissions
  • appointees, remuneration (Petter) 1095-6
  • appointment and selection process (Farrell-Collins) 1091, 1094-7 (Petter) 1094-6
  • appointments coordinators, qualifications (Farrell-Collins) 1092-4 (Petter) 1092, 1094, 1099 (Symons) 1099
• Assets
  • computers, recycling program (Hansen) 1154-5 (Petter) 1154-5
• Bureaucracy (Gingell) 437 (Weisgerber) 168
• Bureaucracy, impact on business (Thorpe) 223
• Cost of government (Zirnhelt) 221
• Employee payroll system (Gingell) 1243 (Petter) 1243
• Federal-municipal relations See Local government
• Federal-provincial relations
  • agreements to share tax information See Income tax
  • alternatives to current system (de Jong) 317
  • B.C.'s role in national issues (Wilson, G.) 1960
  • federal funding and control issues (Clark, G.) 1956
  • federal off-loading of costs (Sanders) 1443-4 (Sihota) 1443-4
  • national standards, provincial application (Campbell) 2047-8
  • Premier's role (Clark, G.) 1954-5 (Wilson, G.) 1953-4, 1956-7
  • relationship between federal government and provinces (Wilson, G.) 1955-6
  • transfer payments to provinces, alternatives (Wilson, G.) 305-6
  • transfer payments to provinces, reduction (Evans) 226-7 (Robertson) 273 (Wilson, G.) 108
• Information
  • computerized recordkeeping (Boone) 580 (Wilson, G.) 580
  • provision by ministries (Coleman) 485
• Initiatives, measurement of success (Clark, C.) 719
• Intergovernmental relations
  • appointment of Gordon Wilson as adviser on constitutional affairs (Petter) 31 (Plant) 31
  • Premiers' conference, agenda (Clark, G.) 1957
• Intergovernmental relations office, ministerial responsibility (Anderson) 1980
• Local issues, MLAs' input (Gingell) 359
• Ministers
  • incentives for budget savings (Clark, G.) 2035-6 (van Dongen) 2035-6
  • performance measurement (Campbell) 1886-7 (Clark, G.) 1887-8
• Ministries, communication and cooperation among ministries (Krueger) 382
• Operations, federal-provincial duplication (van Dongen) 390
• Performance measurement (Campbell) 1877 (Clark, G.) 1877-8
• Political staff (Clark, G.) 2009, 2011
• Private sector activity by government (Miller) 1658-9, 1662-3 (Nebbeling) 1662-3
• Privatization of government-operated businesses (Miller) 158-9
• Program review across government (Brewin) 253 (Clark, G.) 434 (Dosanjh) 496 (Gingell) 29 (Hurd) 1918 (MacPhail) 243 (Petter) 29 (Thorpe) 496 (van Dongen) 173-4 (Zirnhelt) 219
• Provincial-municipal relations See Local government
• Public expectations of government (Clark, C.) 1336
• Public trust (Campbell) 274-6
• Purchasing
  • procurement process as economic development tool (Miller) 1260 (Reid) 1260
  • purchases from private sector businesses (Petter) 1163-4 (Reitsma) 1163-4
  • tendering on capital projects (Hansen) 1214 (Miller) 1214
  • tendering process (Weisgerber) 168
  • tendering process, standardization (Coleman) 1629 (Miller) 1628-9
• Regulation and small business (Gingell) 446
• Regulation, benefits (Pullinger) 260
• Responsibility to set standards of conduct (Reid) 117
• Revenues
  • dedicated revenues (Gingell) 436-7, 534
  • future and anticipated revenues (Gingell) 98-9
  • future and anticipated revenues, inclusion in budget projections (Gingell) 216-7
• Role of government
  • as creator of positive business environment (Nebbeling) 134
  • in economy (Miller) 1222
  • in job creation (Hansen) 1204-6 (Miller) 1204-6
  • role (Orcherton) 384
  • in welfare of citizens (Wilson, G.) 869-70
• Services
  • access (Smallwood) 151
  • impact of tax and consumer rate freeze (Gingell) 537 (Petter) 537
  • services as percentage of gross national product (Gingell) 438, 440
  • user fees (Gingell) 536 (Petter) 536
• Special operating agencies (Gingell) 1138-9 (Petter) 1138-40
• Spending
  • capital projects, list of "wasteful" projects (Sihota) 1477 (Wilson, G.) 1476-7
  • capital spending, consolidated plan (Miller) 1257-8
  • capital spending freeze (Dalton) 309-10 (Hurd) 374 (Petter) 531
  • capital spending freeze, impact on corrections facilities planning (Dosanjh) 523-4, 1013 (Plant) 523-4, 1013
  • capital spending freeze, impact on Women's Equality ministry (Hammell) 591 (Stephens) 591, 1011
  • capital spending freeze, review (Anderson) 146 (Boone) 93-4, 150, 291 (Bowbrick) 180 (Clark, G.) 23 (Dalton) 171 (de Jong) 124-5 (Farnworth) 126-7 (Hansen) 112 (Hurd) 203-5 (Kasper) 257 (Lali) 142-3, 314 (McKinnon) 245 (Neufeld) 209 (Orcherton) 385-6 (Petter) 13, 21-2, 444-5 (Plant) 157 (Randall) 229 (Sawicki) 196 (Sihota) 276-7 (Stephens) 206 (van Dongen) 173 (Waddell) 176 (Weisgerber) 168 (Zirnhelt) 221
  • capital spending freeze, review, list of frozen projects (Sihota) 64
  • capital spending, Liberal Party position (Clark, G.) 21-2
  • capital spending, public-private partnerships (Hansen) 1214-5 (Miller) 43, 1214-5, 1252 (Symons) 43-4
  • future expenditures, impact of tax and consumer rate freeze (Gingell) 438-40 (Petter) 444 (Weisgerber) 440-1 (Wilson, G.) 441
  • parliamentary approval (Weisgerber) 631
  • program expenditure growth (Gingell) 102
  • reductions (Petter) 12
  • revenues returned to northern B.C. (Clark, G.) 1965 (Neufeld) 1964-5
• Travel
  • bonus points or volume discounts, guidelines for use (Petter) 1156-7 (Reitsma) 1156
  • services provided by travel agencies (Petter) 1156 (Reitsma) 1156
• Vehicles
  • alternative-fuel and electric vehicles (Ramsey) 913, 939 (Symons) 913, 939
  • disposal by auction (Gingell) 1158-9 (Petter) 1158-9
Government agents
• Appointment process (Miller) 1821 (Thorpe) 1821
• Offices, number (Chong) 1812 (Miller) 1812
• Role in regional economic development (Chong) 1822 (Miller) 1822
Government Services, Ministry of See also Finance and Corporate Relations, Ministry of
• Annual reports, 1993-94 and 1994-95, tabled (Petter) 357
G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, Quesnel, B.C.
• Acute care services (Wilson, J.) 254-5
• Operational issues (MacPhail) 1934
• Regionalization, impact on hospital (Campbell) 26
Grain
• Grain transportation, Crow benefit cancellation, impact on freight costs (Miller) 1658
• Shipment from Peace River area (McElligott) 1660, 1691 (Miller) 1659-61, 1690-1 (Neufeld) 1689-91 (Weisgerber) 1659-61, 1949
Grazing See Rangeland
Greater Vancouver regional district
• Annacis and Lulu Islands treatment plants (Miller) 926
Greater Vancouver sewerage and drainage district
• Power to impose development cost charges on construction projects (Abbott) 1027-8 (Miller) 926, 1027-8
Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act
• Amendments (Abbott) 1027-8 (Miller) 1027-8
Greater Victoria school district See School district 61
Greater Victoria water district
• Review (Kasper) 258
Green Timbers Urban Forest Park
• Park (Hammell) 184
Greenhouse gas See Air
Groundwater See Water
Growth management
• Planning, enforced planning (Abbott) 1737 (Miller) 1737 (Reitsma) 1737
• Regional initiatives (Abbott) 1736 (Miller) 1736-7 (Reitsma) 1737
Guarantee for Youth
• Goals (Throne speech) 4-5
• Program (Clark, G.) 238 (Hansen) 238
Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act
• Replacement See also B.C. Benefits program
  • (Anderson) 871 (Coell) 868 (Streifel) 630, 866-7
Guaranteed Available Income for Need program See also B.C. Benefits program; Social welfare system
• Benefit recipients
  • children (McKinnon) 618 (Streifel) 618
  • children, visible minorities (McKinnon) 618 (Streifel) 619
  • number (Hansen) 111 (Hurd) 481 (Streifel) 481
  • number of "cycles" (Penner) 1970
  • recipients leaving B.C. (Anderson) 405 (Streifel) 405
  • recipient's personal information shared with other ministries (Anderson) 337-8 (Petter) 337-8
  • single employable males (Hurd) 481-2 (Streifel) 481-2
  • under-19-year-olds (Anderson) 400 (Streifel) 400-1
  • under-19-year-olds living independently (Stephens) 405-7 (Streifel) 406-7
• Benefits
  • reduced benefits for family bonus recipients (Anderson) 325-6, 333-4 (Coell) 325 (Gingell) 377-8 (Petter) 323, 329 (Sanders) 327
  • reduced benefits for family bonus recipients, impact on single mothers (Coell) 338 (Gingell) 338
• Case of student on welfare (Weisbeck) 708
• Caseload (Anderson) 399 (Coell) 399 (Streifel) 396, 399
• Caseload management (Anderson) 413 (Streifel) 413
• Child benefits (Streifel) 398-9
• Dental and optical benefits (Streifel) 481, 637
• Dental benefits
  • negotiations with dentists (Abbott) 637 (Streifel) 637
  • notification of reduction (Abbott) 637-8 (Streifel) 637-8
• Disabled benefits, legislation See Disability Benefits Program Act
• Fraud
  • cases, decision to prosecute (de Jong) 411-2 (Streifel) 411-2
  • convictions (Anderson) 412 (Streifel) 412-3
  • fraud (Hurd) 482-3 (Streifel) 483
  • incidence (Coell) 408 (Streifel) 650
  • money owed to government (Coell) 644 (Streifel) 644
  • prevention (Coell) 408 (de Jong) 410-2 (Streifel) 408-11, 648-50
  • recoveries (Anderson) 413 (Coell) 413-4 (Streifel) 413-4
• Gambling addiction as cause for need of welfare benefits (Krueger) 633
• Handicap benefits, application procedure (Anderson) 487
• Medical aids and equipment
  • knee brace case cited (Gingell) 734
  • provision and cost (Gingell) 734 (Streifel) 734
  • travel required from remote areas (Coleman) 646 (Streifel) 646
• Moving of 18- to 24-year-olds to Youth Works program (Coell) 478 (Neufeld) 478-9 (Streifel) 478-9
• Refugees (Anderson) 399-400
• Residency requirement
  • exemption for refugees (Coell) 712
  • federal funds withheld (Anderson) 400 (de Jong) 401-2 (Streifel) 400-2
  • federal funds withheld, court case (Anderson) 400 (de Jong) 401 (Streifel) 400-1
  • mentally handicapped returning home (Coell) 644, 712 (Streifel) 644
  • requirement (Sihota) 735
  • savings (Coell) 643 (Streifel) 643
  • transportation back home (Coell) 643 (de Jong) 402-3
• Seniors' supplement, veterans' benefit and exemptions (Whittred) 486-7
• Welfare-to-work incentives (Gingell) 332-4 (Petter) 322-3, 332-4, 378 (Weisgerber) 327-8
• Youth Works program See name of program
Guardian and ward
• Adult guardianship
  • legislation, implementation reviews (Anderson) 557-8 (Dosanjh) 556-8 (Plant) 556-7, 1013
  • legislation, review and proclamation (Anderson) 1984 (MacPhail) 1983-4 (Whittred) 1983
  • recommendations of task force on elder abuse (MacPhail) 1983 (Whittred) 1983
• Disability benefits program and guardianship issues (Wilson, G.) 955
Guide-outfitters See Outdoor recreation
Gulf Islands
• Governance See Islands Trust
Gunton, Thomas
• Request for tax information on B.C. corporations cited (Farrell-Collins) 448
• Role in 1996 election campaign (Clark, G.) 237-8 (de Jong) 237-8
• Role in budget process (Clark, G.) 1923 (Penner) 1923
• Role in government (Jarvis) 1923
• Role in Premier's Office (Campbell) 1915
• Role in Premier's Office and during election campaign (Clark, G.) 1914, 1916 (Hurd) 1913-6, 1918
• Role in preparation of 1996-97 budget (Campbell) 201-2 (Clark, G.) 201-2 (Hurd) 202
Gustafsen Lake, B.C.
• Land dispute in area (Cashore) 1832 (Hurd) 1831

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