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

Labour See also Trade unions
• Displacement of workers, impact (Wilson, G.) 110-1
• Labour relations
  • climate (Lali) 142
  • essential service designations (Dalton) 1703-4 (Sihota) 1703
  • legislation, revision (Sihota) 1440
  • NDP government performance (Sihota) 1642-3
• Workers, death rate (Reid) 1676 (Sihota) 1676
• Workplace safety (Orcherton) 385
Labour Force Development Board See British Columbia Labour Force Development Board
Labour, Ministry of
• Estimates, debate 1642-53, 1670-88, 1703-14
• Estimates, speakers (Dalton) 1642-8, 1683, 1703-4, 1710-4 (Hansen) 1708-10 (Reid) 1648-53, 1670-80, 1683 (Sanders) 1704-8 (Sihota) 1642-53, 1671-88, 1703-4, 1706-14 (Symons) 1683-8 (van Dongen) 1680-2 (Wilson, G.) 1707
• Administrative support from Education, Skills and Training ministry (Dalton) 1713 (Sihota) 1713
• Labour policy and program development branch
  • functions (Dalton) 1712 (Sihota) 1712
  • role in Workers Compensation Board royal commission (Dalton) 1712 (Sihota) 1712
  • staff (Dalton) 1712
• Labour relations division
  • liaison with Labour Relations Board (Dalton) 1703 (Sihota) 1703
  • responsibilities (Dalton) 1703-4 (Sihota) 1703-4
• Labour services branch, mandate (Dalton) 1704 (Sihota) 1704
• Special warrant debate 90-1
Labour Relations Board
• "Certifications Granted by Size of Bargaining Unit" document (Sihota) 1651
• Communication with government (Sihota) 1703
• Number of certifications (Dalton) 1646-7 (Sihota) 1647
• Performance (Sihota) 1642
• Vice-chair position See Brown, Hans
Labour Relations Code
• Benefits (Giesbrecht) 213-4
• Impact and review of code (Dalton) 1704 (Sihota) 1704
• Review (Dalton) 1646 (Sihota) 1643, 1646
Labour services branch See Labour, Ministry of
Lacroix, Bryan
• Child protection case (McKinnon) 728
• Child protection case cited (McKinnon) 731
• Child protection case, coroner's recommendations (de Jong) 1153
• Homicide of infant known to Social Services ministry (Hawkins) 1027 (Sanders) 1026
Laidlaw Waste Systems Ltd.
• Contract for disposal of industrial batteries (Hurd) 791
Lakeview Heights, B.C.
• Group home, public notice re offender and handling of case (Hawkins) 709-10, 712 (Streifel) 710, 712
Lali, Harry Singh (Yale-Lillooet)
• Boston Bar sawmill 142
• B.C. Rail Ltd. privatization, Liberal Party position 315
• B.C. Rail Ltd., profitability 141
• Budget, 1996-97 budget, content 313
• Budget debate 140-3
• Campbell, Gordon, election campaign statements 143
• Crime prevention 141
• Education, post-secondary funding 141
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1306
• Environmental protection 141
• Eurasian milfoil control, funding 608
• Eurasian milfoil, impact on environment and recreation 608
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 1092
• Forest renewal plan 141
• Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 142-3, 314
• Health care funding 141
• Infrastructure investment 142
• Kozyniak, Sheryl, government appointments coordinator 1092
• Labour relations climate 142
• Liberal Party, policies 141, 143, 314
• NDP government, performance 312-3
• NDP government performance, 1991-96 term 140-2
• Nisga'a agreement 141
• Skills Now program 142
• Tax cuts 140-1
• Throne speech debate 312-5
• Yale-Lillooet constituency, capital projects 142-3
• Yale-Lillooet constituency, description 312-3
LAMC See Legislative Assembly Management Committee
Land and resources management process See Land use
Land use See also Agricultural land reserve
• Ashnola area alpine meadow, transfer to Okanagan University College (Barisoff) 889-90 (Ramsey) 889
• Development cost charges on construction projects (Abbott) 1027-8 (Miller) 1027-8
• Development on federal lands, local input (Gingell) 802-3
• Development projects, environmental concerns, intergovernmental cooperation (Gingell) 831 (Ramsey) 831-2
• Foreshore leases and licences (Ramsey) 979 (van Dongen) 979-80
• Land and resources management process in northeastern B.C. (Neufeld) 881 (Ramsey) 881
• Land set aside for preservation, 12 percent figure (Clark, C.) 85 (Miller) 138 (Ramsey) 85
• Land use planning, impact on communities (Zirnhelt) 1245
• Lease and licence, use of terms (Ramsey) 887 (Wilson, J.) 887
• Protected-areas strategy
  • communities' role (Nebbeling) 87
  • impact (Nebbeling) 133
• Subdivision of land, approvals (Kasper) 258
LandData B.C.
• Corporate catalogue of land-based information, funding (Ramsey) 718
Landfills See Waste management
Langara College
• Student spaces (Sihota) 1597 (Weisbeck) 1596
Langley, B.C.
• Railway crossings, safety concerns (Boone) 1064-5 (Stephens) 1064-5
• Transportation initiatives (Boone) 1064 (Stephens) 1064
Langley Developmental Preschool, Langley, B.C.
• Funding for integration of special needs children (Stephens) 860
Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley, B.C.
• Capital projects, funding (MacPhail) 1937 (Stephens) 1936-7
Language
• English language training for immigrant professionals (Anderson) 467 (Dosanjh) 468
• English-as-a-second-language program See Education
• Instruction in schools See Curriculum under Education
Law Clerk
• General election, May 28, 1996, results 6-7
Law Reform Commission of British Columbia
• Funding (Dosanjh) 53-4 (Plant) 53
• Future of commission (Dosanjh) 552-3 (Plant) 552-3
Law Society of British Columbia
• Action against John Laxton for activities while member (Campbell) 1564-5 (Miller) 1564-5 (Smith) 1564
• Action against Richard Coglon for activities while member (Campbell) 1565 (Miller) 1565
Lawyers and legal services
• Crown counsel See Justice system
• Legal aid See also Legal Services Society of British Columbia
  • Abbotsford case (Penner) 57 (van Dongen) 57
  • coverage for adoptions by same-sex couples (Dosanjh) 2079 (Neufeld) 2079
  • eligibility (Dosanjh) 430 (van Dongen) 430
  • expenditure per capita (Dosanjh) 56-7 (van Dongen) 56-7
  • funding (Dalton) 55 (Dosanjh) 54-5 (Plant) 54-5
  • funding, accountability measures (Dosanjh) 55 (Reid) 55
  • funding, federal contribution (Dosanjh) 426 (Plant) 426
  • mediation requirement (Dosanjh) 57 (van Dongen) 57
  • review (Dosanjh) 56, 58 (Penner) 58 (Plant) 56
  • services provided by out-of-town counsel (Dosanjh) 430, 455-6 (Plant) 455-6 (Thorpe) 430
  • staff lawyers and support staff (Plant) 56
  • use of staff lawyers (Dosanjh) 56
• Tax on legal services (Dosanjh) 558 (Plant) 558
• Tax on legal services, revenues (Dalton) 55 (Dosanjh) 56
Laxton, John
• Dismissal from B.C. Hydro, continuing position on board (Campbell) 1909-10 (Clark, G.) 1909, 1911
• Involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Campbell) 1345-6, 1374-7, 1407-10, 1428-9, 1496-501, 1665 (Clark, G.) 1347, 1428-30 (Coleman) 1430 (de Jong) 1334-5, 1347, 1430 (Dosanjh) 1430 (Farrell-Collins) 1309-13, 1346-7, 1369-74, 1377-84, 1410-3, 1429, 1458-68, 1503, 1505-8, 1569, 1572-4 (Gingell) 1317-9 (Hansen) 1335 (Miller) 1309-13, 1317-9, 1333-5, 1345-7, 1369-84, 1407-13, 1458-68, 1496-501, 1505-8, 1569, 1572-4 (Smith) 1461, 1503
• Involvement in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project, professional conduct issue (Campbell) 1564-5 (Miller) 1564-5 (Smith) 1564
• Pension entitlement (Jarvis) 1533 (Miller) 1533
• Resignations from corporate positions (Miller) 1495
• Resignations from corporate positions, timing (Campbell) 1495
Lefeaux-Valentine, Bill
• B.C. representation to federal government on fisheries issues (Clark, G.) 1959
Legal aid See Lawyers and legal services
Legal services branch See Attorney General, Ministry of
Legal Services Society of British Columbia
• Annual report, 1994-95, tabled (Dosanjh) 239
• Attorney General ministry's role (Dosanjh) 57 (Penner) 57
• Deficit, 1995-96 fiscal year (Dosanjh) 426 (Plant) 426
• Deficit reduction plan (Dosanjh) 428, 455 (Plant) 427-8, 455
• Expenditures on legal aid, federal-provincial cost-sharing agreement (Dosanjh) 430 (van Dongen) 430
• Funding (Dosanjh) 55 (Plant) 55
• Funding allocations (Dosanjh) 428-9 (van Dongen) 428
• Funding increase, repayment (Dosanjh) 58 (Penner) 57-8
• Hiring of out-of-town counsel, concerns (Dosanjh) 455-6 (Plant) 455-6
• Independence (Dosanjh) 2079
• Management review (Dosanjh) 58
• Mediation services, availability (Dosanjh) 429 (van Dongen) 429
• Operations
  • evaluation (Dosanjh) 429 (van Dongen) 429-30
  • management review (Dosanjh) 427, 455 (Plant) 426-7, 455
  • management review, public access to findings (Dosanjh) 430 (Plant) 430
• Service agreement with Attorney General ministry (Dosanjh) 428 (Plant) 428
Legislation
• See also Legislature
• Citizens' initiatives, appointment of select standing committee (Dosanjh) 1994
• Consultation with affected municipalities and regional districts (Abbott) 1030 (Miller) 1030
• Estimates approved 2049
• Regulatory amendment replacing legislative law-making (Anderson) 1038 (Dosanjh) 1036 (Farrell-Collins) 1036, 1044 (Miller) 1044 (Plant) 1038
Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act
• Annual report, 1994-95, tabled (Petter) 605
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
• Meetings (de Jong) 316
Legislature
• See also Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Parliamentary government
• Annual reports presented to Legislature, timeliness and quality (Krueger) 1885
• Authority to override contracts (Penner) 943 (Ramsey) 944
• Bills See also Legislation
  • advancement more than one stage in one day (Speaker) 2081
  • closing of estimates and final supply bill (Speaker) 2081
  • committee stage debate, preamble debated at end (Anderson) 960 (Chair) 960
  • procedure for supply bills (Speaker) 2081
  • referral of bills to Committee A, recording of votes precluded (Farrell-Collins) 264-5 (Weisgerber) 265
• Committee of Supply
  • motion to permit chairman of B.C. Hydro to reply to questions, approved 1451
  • rules for sections A and B (de Jong) 265 (Farrell-Collins) 264-5 (MacPhail) 264-5 (Weisgerber) 265
  • splitting into two sections, results (Clark, G.) 1879
• Denial of leave to speak (Cashore) 311 (Dalton) 307 (Wilson, G.) 304
• Estimates debate See Estimates of expenditures
• Fixed election date (Weisgerber) 1881
• Free votes (Clark, G.) 1882-3 (Weisgerber) 1787, 1881-2
• Legislative Library See British Columbia Legislative Library
• Legislative reform (Campbell) 1880-1 (Clark, G.) 1879-82 (Gingell) 1878 (Weisgerber) 1881
• Ministerial statements See individual statements under Ministerial statements
• Motions See Motions
• Night sittings (Symons) 489, 1124
• Officers
  • reporting to House (Campbell) 1880-1 (Clark, G.) 1881
  • reporting to House and questioning by MLAs (Clark, G.) 2043-4 (de Jong) 2043-4
• Operating costs, per capita costs (Dosanjh) 1721-2 (Doyle) 1585 (Neufeld) 1723-4
• Parliamentary calendar (Weisgerber) 1881-2
• Powers to examine activities of government agencies (Coleman) 582 (Weisgerber) 453, 583
• Private members' statements See also individual statements under Private members' statements
  • partisan remarks (Anderson) 611 (Bowbrick) 340 (Goodacre) 1763 (Neufeld) 1763
• Prorogation address 2083
• Reports submitted to Legislature, handling (Gingell) 1878
• Review of government performance (Gingell) 101
• Select standing committees See also names of particular committees, e.g., Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
  • appointment (Clark, G.) 7
  • meeting during off-session (Clark, G.) 1877 (Krueger) 1886
  • size (Clark, G.) 1877
  • use (Clark, G.) 2037-8 (de Jong) 1668
• Sitting schedule (Clark, C.) 83
• Televising of debate, benefits (Farrell-Collins) 265-6 (Weisgerber) 265
Lennard, Amanda
• Letter quoted re Venture Training program (Sanders) 1707
Liberal Party
• B.C. Liberal Party
  • association with federal Liberal Party (Dalton) 308
  • criticisms of public servants (Clark, G.) 1900
  • economic plan (Farrell-Collins) 285-6 (Hansen) 112 (Janssen) 268-9 (Krueger) 245, 248 (Pullinger) 261 (Ramsey) 250 (Randall) 228-30
  • election campaign (Campbell) 1876
  • election campaign statements (Giesbrecht) 364
  • performance in opposition (Evans) 1015
  • policies (Campbell) 23 (Lali) 141, 143, 314 (MacPhail) 243-4 (Stevenson) 280-1 (Weisbeck) 284
  • position on Indian treaty negotiations (de Jong) 1715
  • position on medicare system (Hawkins) 1890
  • position on photo radar use in automobile speed monitoring (Barisoff) 1947
  • position on post-secondary campuses (Wilson, G.) 1599
  • position on provincial debt (Sihota) 1522, 1545
  • role in making public John Laxton's connection to B.C. Hydro - Pakistan power project (Farrell-Collins) 1413-4
• Liberal governments in Canada, achievements (Smallwood) 151
• Liberal governments, record on social initiatives (Stephens) 325
• Liberal Party of Canada
  • actions, impact on Canada's reputation (Sihota) 1443
  • government, goals (Throne speech) 5
  • priorities and job creation (Hansen) 1203 (Miller) 1203-4
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Garde B. Gardom
• Prorogation address 2083
Lighthouses
• Automation
  • costs (Janssen) 1008
  • destaffing (Clark, G.) 1961 (Miller) 1026 (Wilson, G.) 1026, 1956
  • destaffing, provincial government response (Miller) 1692-5 (Reitsma) 1692-5
  • destaffing, public input (Clark, G.) 1959-60 (Wilson, G.) 1959-60
  • issues re marine and aviation safety (Janssen) 1008-9 (Reitsma) 1007-9
• Budget cuts by federal government (Janssen) 1009
• Decommissioned lighthouses, land for parks (Ramsey) 912 (Reitsma) 912
• Lightkeepers, history and value of service (Janssen) 1008 (Reitsma) 1007-9
• Proposals to save (Reitsma) 1009
• Race Rocks lighthouse area, Pearson College role (Ramsey) 912
Lillooet, B.C.
• Policing of Indian reserves in area (Dosanjh) 418-9 (Plant) 418-9
Lincoln, Abraham
• Quoted re role of labour (Giesbrecht) 214
Lions Gate Bridge
• Bridge renewal planning, status (Boone) 1061-3, 1118 (Dalton) 1061-2 (Symons) 1062, 1118
• Environmental study (Boone) 1056 (Coleman) 1056
• Future plans (Barisoff) 1947 (Boone) 1018, 1061-2 (Dalton) 1061-2 (Jarvis) 1018 (Symons) 1062
• Maintenance and costs (Boone) 1061 (Dalton) 1061 (Symons) 1062
• Rehabilitation or replacement (Dalton) 171 (Stevenson) 281-2 (Whittred) 231
• Renewal project, freeze (Dalton) 309-10
• Status (Dalton) 94
Liquor See Alcohol
Liquor Control and Licensing Act
• Amendments (Dosanjh) 936
Liquor control and licensing branch See Attorney General, Ministry of
Liquor distribution branch See Attorney General, Ministry of
Local government
• See also Municipalities
• Autonomy (Abbott) 1698-700 (Miller) 1698-700
• Federal-municipal relations (Gingell) 360
• Incorporation levels, local community stage (Abbott) 1739-40 (Miller) 1739-40
• Provincial government involvement, concerns (Abbott) 926-8, 1030 (Anderson) 931 (Coell) 932 (de Jong) 930-1 (Farrell-Collins) 929-30 (Gingell) 933-4 (Hansen) 928-9 (Miller) 1030 (Reitsma) 931-2 (Wilson, G.) 1031-2
• Provincial-municipal relationship, protocol development (Abbott) 1029 (Miller) 1029
• Role in health care regionalization (Abbott) 2070
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, Surrey, B.C.
• Enrolment increase (McKinnon) 1539
Lovick, Hon. Dale (Nanaimo) Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
• Commended for commitment to parliamentary process (Ramsey) 248
• Election as Speaker (Clerk) 1
Lower mainland See Fraser Valley
Lumber trade See Forests and forestry

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