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

Nanaimo, B.C.
• Impact of Duke Point ferry terminal project (Miller) 1580 (Symons) 1579-80
Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society
• Activities (Hurd) 205
• Activities, NDP involvement (Coleman) 182-3 (de Jong) 125 (Reid) 117
• Criminal activity (Dosanjh) 561 (Krueger) 561
• Investigation into activities (Farrell-Collins) 1305
• Involvement of sitting MLAs, handling (Clark, G.) 2013-4 (Hurd) 2013-4
• Links to NDP (Clark, G.) 2011 (de Jong) 2008-10
• Nemetz inquiry
  • cost (Farrell-Collins) 61
  • funding (Dosanjh) 58
  • funding, special warrant funding (Hurd) 58
  • inquiry and police investigation (Dosanjh) 58 (Hurd) 58
  • publication of report (Dosanjh) 59-60 (Farrell-Collins) 59-60 (Hurd) 58-9
  • terms of reference (Farrell-Collins) 60
• Parks report, findings cited (Hurd) 2012
• Police investigation, potential impact on MLAs (Dosanjh) 61-2 (Hurd) 61
• Public inquiry into money owed to charities
  • impact of criminal investigation (Hurd) 2013
  • inquiry (Clark, G.) 2010-1 (de Jong) 2010-2
  • reporting procedure (Clark, G.) 2013 (Hurd) 2012-3
  • terms of reference (Clark, G.) 2012 (Hurd) 2012
• Repayment of money to charities (Farrell-Collins) 60 (Hurd) 58
Nanaimo Daily Free Press
• Article quoted re Hon. Glen Clark's comments on Workers Compensation Board (Reid) 1648
• Article re lighthouse destaffing (Miller) 1694 (Reitsma) 1694
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
• Capital projects (MacPhail) 2034 (Reitsma) 2034
• Funding (MacPhail) 1789
• Funding, base funding (MacPhail) 2033 (Reitsma) 2033-4
National Centre for Advanced Wood Products Processing
• Work of centre (Doyle) 1758 (Miller) 1209-10
National Energy Board
• Jurisdictional authority (Gingell) 1190 (Petter) 1190
National Institute of Disability Management and Research
• Work (Miller) 42
Natural gas See Oil and gas industry
Natural resources
• Benefits for people of province (Evans) 227-8
• Integrated resource use (Nebbeling) 132
• Natural resource community fund (Hansen) 1224-5 (Miller) 1224-6
• Resource industries, revenue maximization (Hansen) 1209 (Miller) 1209
Nebbeling, Ted (West Vancouver-Garibaldi)
• BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, debate 783, 897-9, 925
• BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, forest worker, definition 897-8, 925
• B.C. Rail Ltd., privatization 1661-2
• B.C. Rail Ltd., profits and dividend paid to government 1663
• B.C. Rail Ltd., propane transport through residential areas 1663-4
• B.C. Railway Properties Ltd., commercial property development 1662-3
• Budget debate 131-4
• Cheakamus River, future of fish resource 133
• Daisy Lake Dam, impact on area fishery 133
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1584
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1661-4
• Experiences while mayor of Whistler 134
• Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, role in forecasting of forest revenues 1284, 1288-92, 1297
• Forest development plan, approval process 576
• Forest development plan, environmental approval requirement 575
• Forest district boundaries, electronic mapping system 573-4
• Forest industry, employment targets 1359
• Forest industry, impact of annual allowable cut reductions 1358-62
• Forest industry, job opportunities 783, 897-9
• Forest industry, job protection for existing forest workers 925
• Forest industry, revenue to province 202-3
• Forest industry salvage policy, eligible categories of timber 549
• Forest industry, salvageable timber, removal rights and responsibilities 549-51, 572-3
• Forest industry, timber sale licences, non-replaceable licences, extensions to compensate for reductions in harvest levels 541
• Forest industry, timber supply reviews 1246
• Forest Land Commission, role 1246
• Forest licences, non-replaceable licences, extensions to compensate for harvest level reductions 541
• Forest Practices Board, accountability 1275, 1324-5
• Forest Practices Board, audit staff 1247, 1325
• Forest Practices Board, auditing role 1247-8
• Forest Practices Board, budget 1250, 1275, 1323-4
• Forest Practices Board, complaints process 1247
• Forest Practices Board, complaints process, public involvement 1250
• Forest Practices Board investigations, reporting 1250
• Forest Practices Board, mandate 1247, 1325-6
• Forest Practices Board, meetings of board 1250-1
• Forest Practices Board, staffing of board 1251
• Forest Practices Code, compliance and enforcement, role of Forests ministry 1276-8
• Forest Practices Code, enforcement staff 1277
• Forest Practices Code, impact 132-3, 1246, 1279
• Forest Practices Code, implementation, responsibility 1275, 1278
• Forest Practices Code, implementation, role of Forest Practices Board 1249, 1275-6
• Forest Practices Code, provision re admissibility of documentary evidence 575-6
• Forest Renewal B.C. board, powers 898
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, allocation 86-7
• Forest Renewal B.C., funds for retraining forest workers 1362
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting surplus to general revenue 1362
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting to general revenue 394
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, transfer to Forests ministry 451
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, use 2078-9
• Forest Renewal B.C. projects, first-priority hiring for displaced forest workers 783, 897-9, 925
• Forest Renewal B.C., request for documents, handling 86-7
• Forest resource development agreement, funding 1246
• Forest resource, productivity improvements 543-4
• Forest roads, deactivation 575
• Forest roads, use permits 575
• Forest-dependent communities, future 132-3, 187-8
• Forestry, innovative forest practices agreements 543-4
• Forestry, woodlot licence holders, ineligibility to own or lease a wood-processing facility 540
• Forestry, woodlot licences, transfers 540
• Forests ministry, estimates debate 1246-51, 1275-9, 1284-5, 1288-92, 1296-7, 1323-6, 1358-62, 1396-400, 1403-5
• Forests ministry, estimates process 1284-5
• Forests ministry, fiscal challenges 1246
• Forests ministry, forecasting of forest revenues 1284-5, 1288-92, 1297
• Forests ministry, stumpage loss write-off or non-collection 1296-7
• Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 451, 540-1, 543-4, 549-51, 572-6
• Government, private sector activity 1662-3
• Government, role as creator of positive business environment 134
• Indian land claim negotiations, public concerns 133
• Indian land claims, impact on forest-related issues 1246
• Land use, protected-areas strategy, impact 133
• Natural resources, integrated resource use 132
• Perrault, Ray, commended for work as MLA 132
• Protected-areas committee, membership 1403
• Protected-areas committee recommendations, impact on timber supply areas 1403
• Protected-areas strategy, communities' role 87
• Protected-areas strategy, impact on timber supply areas 1404
• Reynolds, John, commended for work as MLA 132
• Silviculture operations, hiring requirements 897-9
• Softwood lumber agreement, provincial quotas 1246, 1396-400
• Spotted owl conservation areas, impact on timber supply areas 1279, 1404-5
• Spotted owl conservation areas, public input into report 1405
• Squamish shopping mall development, project financing 1662-3
• Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 86-7
• Water levels in Peace River region, impact on resource communities 10
• Watersheds, community watershed within forest development plan area 575
• West Vancouver-Garibaldi constituency, issues and concerns 131-4
• Whistler, investment by government 1662-3
• Williams, Allan, commended for work as MLA 132
• Williston Lake drawdown, Hon. Glen Clark's letter to community 10
Neighbourhood constituencies See Ward system under Vancouver, B.C.
Nelson, Chris (Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Investment)
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1224
• Employment and Investment ministry, multicultural responsibilities 1224
Nelson University Centre
• Courses accepted at other institutions (Hurd) 1608-9
Nemetz, Nathaniel T.
• Inquiry into charity funds given to NDP See Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society
Net income stabilization account program
• Replacement of program (Barisoff) 625 (Evans) 625
Nettleton, Paul (Prince George-Omineca)
• Blockades of roads by Indian bands, impact on rail operations 1656
• B.C. Rail Ltd. and Indian land claims 1656
• B.C. Rail Ltd., financial performance 1659
• B.C. Rail Ltd., joint-venture projects 1656
• B.C. Rail Ltd., labour issues 1654-5
• B.C. Rail Ltd., office complex in Prince George 1657
• B.C. Rail Ltd., privatization 1658-9
• B.C. Rail Ltd. revenues, percentage derived from forest products 1656-7
• B.C. Rail Ltd., role in northern economic development 1657-8
• B.C. Rail Ltd., summer job programs, targets 1653
• B.C. Rail Ltd., taxation issues 1658
• B.C. Rail Ltd., trucking operations 1657
• B.C. Railway Properties Ltd., real estate activities 1655-6
• Budget debate 225-6
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1585-6
• Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1585-6
• Electoral representation for non-urban areas 1585-6
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1258-9, 1653-9
• Forest industry, importance in northern B.C. 225
• Forest Renewal B.C. investments, allocation to local projects 225
• Health ministry, estimates debate 2018
• Highway 27, resurfacing plans 1173-4
• Hudson's Hope, hospital replacement 2018
• Kitimat, hospital replacement 2018
• NDP government, fiscal responsibility 226
• Northern B.C., needs and electoral representation 1585-6
• Oil and gas industry, role in economy of Peace River region 1258-9
• Peace River area, infrastructure maintenance and economic activity 1258-9
• Political integrity 225
• Prince George, commercial office space, availability 1657
• Prince George-Omineca constituency, issues and concerns 225-6
• Red Dog mine, current and future operations 1655
• Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 1173-4
• Vancouver Wharves Ltd., activities 1655
• WesTel Telecommunications Ltd. operations, current and future activities 1654
Neufeld, Richard (Peace River North)
• "A Better Way" cited re open government 207-8
• Adoption Act, proclamation date 475
• Adoption Act, public notice of changes, national advertising campaign 475
• Adoption Act regulations, implementation 476
• Adoption, privacy regulations 475
• Adoptions by same-sex couples, legal aid coverage 2079
• Adoptions by same-sex couples, regulations 475-6
• Adoptions since passage of new act 475
• Agricultural leases, hardwood valuation 883-4
• Airports, continued operation of small airports 1960
• Airstrips, emergency airstrips in Peace River North, responsibility for maintenance 1123-4
• Alaska Highway airstrips, future 1695-6
• Alaska Highway, tourist route to northern B.C. 1856-7
• Alberta electoral representation, criteria 1591
• Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 561-3
• Automobile drivers' medical tests, security of information 588-9
• Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance 443
• Automobiles, antique vehicles purchased for restoration, ownership and registration 682-3, 685-6
• Back-country recreation policy 884
• Bankruptcies in B.C. 1814
• BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, debate 959-60
• BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, referral to all-party committee 959-60
• B.C. Buildings Corporation, tendering guidelines for services procurement 1638-9
• B.C. Ferries, tourism advertising on ferries 1856
• BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, debate 899-900, 922-3
• B.C. Hydro rate freeze, impact on maintenance and rehabilitation projects 442-3
• B.C. Rail Ltd., charge for use of Sikanni Chief River rail bridge 1691
• B.C. Rail Ltd., Fort St. John area lands, future use 1692
• B.C. Rail Ltd., grain car acquisitions 1690-1
• B.C. Rail Ltd., traffic between Dawson Creek and Chetwynd 1689-90
• B.C. 21 program, review committee for community grants, membership and schedule 1856
• Budget, 1995-96 budget, deficit 207
• Budget debate 207-10
• Buffalo in Pink Mountain area, handling of herd 796-7
• Burrard Thermal power station, plant startup 1534, 1560
• Business, small business taxation 1951
• Canadian National Railway, grain-shipping rates 1691
• Canadian National Railway, sale of northern B.C. line to B.C. Rail Ltd. 1690-1
• Child and Family Review Board, members 650-1
• Child custody and access, link with maintenance obligations 561-2
• Child deaths, review of cases 918
• Children in care, residential facility for Fort Nelson 2060-1
• Clark, Hon. Glen, statements while in opposition re honesty in government 207-8
• Consumer rate freeze on services, taxes and fees, elimination of freeze 443
• Crown land, grants of land to communities 883
• Debt levels 207-8, 366
• Debt servicing costs 209
• Deer deaths in Fort St. John area 797
• Dinosaur Lake, landslide concerns 1561
• Disability Benefits Program Act, debate 938
• Disability benefits program, benefit recipients, property and asset ownership issues 938
• Disability benefits program, program separate from other forms of income assistance 938
• Education, post-secondary tuition fees, freeze 443
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, change to exempt ridings from population requirement 1729-31
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1590-1, 1723-4, 1729-31
• Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1590-1, 1723-4, 1729-31
• Electoral representation based on population, exemption for northern areas 1729-31
• Electoral representation for non-urban areas 1723-4
• Electric power sales, prices charged to different users 1560-1
• Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1534, 1560-1, 1638-9, 1689-92, 1694-8
• Employment, job creation 1814
• Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 796-7, 880-5, 945-6, 1015-6
• Environmental Appeal Board, membership from northern B.C. 880-1
• Expropriation of private property, mine expropriation case 562-3
• Fair-share program in northern B.C. 369
• Family justice centres, parent education program 562
• Family maintenance enforcement program, payments and visitation rights 561-2
• Fisheries and Oceans department, performance in fish management 880
• Fontas River Bridge, maintenance 1691
• Forest development plan, approval process 576
• Forest industry, job opportunities for local workers 899-900
• Forest industry, salvageable timber, removal rights and responsibilities 551-2
• Forest Renewal B.C., funds for northeastern B.C. 882
• Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting to general revenue 443
• Forest Renewal B.C., funds spent in northeastern B.C. 1962
• Forest Renewal B.C. projects, first-priority hiring for displaced forest workers 899-900, 922-3
• Forest worker agency, matching of jobs and eligible workers 922-3
• Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 551-2, 576
• Fort Nelson airport, need 1960
• Fort Nelson, cost of resource home 707-8
• Fort Nelson, Crown land acquisition 883
• Fort Nelson, ferry stored in Transportation and Highways ministry yard 1122
• Fort Nelson, weather station, decommissioning 1960
• Fort St. John, highway frontage case, land valuation 884
• Foster homes, capital costs 707-8
• Foster homes, number 707
• Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 209
• Grain transportation, shipment from Peace River area 1689-91
• GAIN program, moving of 18- to 24-year-olds to Youth Works program 478-9
• Guiding and packing regulations 884
• Health care, service in northern B.C. 367-8
• Health care services 209
• Health care, travel for treatment, costs 1762-3
• Health care, travel for treatment, Mission Air Transportation Network 368, 1762-3
• Health care, travel for treatment, travel points from civil servants' travel 368, 1762-3, 1899
• Health ministry, estimates debate 2032, 2058-61
• Highway district manager, North Peace district 1067-8
• Highway districts, restructuring 1067
• Highway speed limits, determination based on 85 percentile measure 771
• Highways, maintenance and traffic accident rate 517
• Highways, moving 16-wides on roads 369, 1068
• Highways, rehabilitation requirements 442
• Hudson's Hope, hospital replacement 2058
• Hudson's Hope medical treatment centre, construction freeze 367
• Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 333
• Indian land claims, negotiation 367
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., access to drivers' medical records 589, 676
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., premium freeze, impact on corporate operations 443
• Island Highway construction project, local hiring policies 900
• Justice system, charge approval process 562
• Kidney dialysis services in Fort St. John area 2061
• Land and resources management process in northeastern B.C. 881
• Legislature, per capita operating costs 1723-4
• Medical Services Plan, unpaid premiums and health care coverage 2032
• MLAs working together for the common good 207
• Milligan Creek Road, condition of road 1120-1
• Mining in Tatshenshini area, impact of park creation 1697
• Mission Air Transportation Network, transportation for medical treatment 368, 1762-3
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1996, debate 589, 675-6
• Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 515-7, 681-3, 685-6, 750, 771
• NDP government, fiscal management 442
• NDP government policy changes 208
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, applicability of environmental regulations 946
• Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, referendum 367
• Northern B.C., concerns 210
• Northern B.C., needs and electoral representation 1590-1, 1729-31
• Northern B.C., revenues produced by area returned to north 1962, 1964-5
• Northern B.C., road improvements 1962-3
• Northern B.C., services centred in southern B.C. 1961
• Parks branch, staffing levels, northeastern B.C. 881
• Peace River area, highway district manager, hiring process 1067-8
• Peace River area, resource revenues 368
• Peace River North constituency, issues and concerns 369
• Peace River North constituency, time required for MLA to visit all areas of riding 1590-1
• Peace River North roads, rehabilitation and maintenance 1120, 1947
• Peace River North roads, road bans 1122
• Peace River North roads, strategic plan for gravel road rehabilitation and maintenance 1120-2
• Peace River North roads, Upper Halfway road 1122
• Photo radar, effectiveness in reducing driving offences 516-7
• Physician supply and health care regionalization in Fort Nelson 2058-9
• Physician supply in northern and remote areas 367, 2059-60
• Pipeline Act, ministerial responsibility 1697-8
• Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, estimates debate 1960-5
• Privacy of motor vehicle and driver information 517, 589
• Railways, role in economic development 1691
• Real property tax freeze 443
• Reform Party of B.C., position, disability benefits legislation 938
• Resource road, definition 1120
• Royal Oak Mines Inc., agreement with province 1697
• Royal Oak Mines Inc., compensation arrangement for cancellation of Tatshenshini project 1963-4
• Rural Health Transportation Act, debate 1899
• Septic systems near lakes, water quality concerns 946
• Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road, maintenance 1119-20, 1696-7
• Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, estimates debate 1814, 1821, 1856-9, 1861, 1865, 1951-2
• Social Services ministry, estimates debate 475-6, 478-9, 648-51, 707-8
• Social Services ministry letter to welfare recipients re family bonus 333
• Social Services ministry, report on administrative error and fraud, recommendations, implementation 648-50
• Social Services ministry, staffing 651, 707
• Social welfare, community agencies initiative 650
• Social welfare, identification card, link with driver's licence 650
• Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park, land expropriated for park 1697
• Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park, placer mines, expropriation values 1964-5
• Tax and Consumer Rate Freeze Act, debate 442-3
• Tax collection from Alberta companies 1965
• Tax collection in northeastern B.C. 1965
• Tax freeze, three-year extension 443
• Taxpayer Protection Act, Social Credit government tax-freeze legislation 442
• Throne speech, content 369
• Throne speech debate 366-70
• Tourism industry, marketing themes for regions 1858
• Tourism industry, northeast B.C. as tourist destination 1856-9
• Tourism North, funding cost-sharing by Alaska, Yukon and B.C. 1858
• Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 1067-8, 1119-24, 1947
• Transportation and Highways ministry, highway rehabilitation projects, notice to MLAs 1067
• Trucking industry, grain shipments to Dawson Creek 1691
• Vancouver International Airport, revenue to subsidize other B.C. airports 1961
• W.A.C. Bennett Dam, sinkhole, compensation for property owners from any flooding 11
• W.A.C. Bennett Dam, sinkhole repair work, impact on electricity supplies 1534
• W.A.C. Bennett Dam, water comptroller's role 946
• W.A.C. Bennett Dam, water licence 885
• Watershed inventory in northeastern B.C., funding 882
• Weather stations in northeastern B.C. 1960-1
• Well authorities, approval timeliness in Fort St. John 885
• Wildlife conservation officers, workload 881
• Wildlife, problem wildlife, control 1015
• Wildlife, problem wildlife, fencing of dumps against "garbage bears" 882-3
• Wildlife, problem wildlife, impact on agriculture industry 797
• Williston Lake, water level 946
New Brunswick
• Legal aid services, comparison with B.C. (Dosanjh) 429 (van Dongen) 429
New Democratic Party
• "A Better Way" cited re open government (Neufeld) 207-8
• Corporate donations (Hurd) 2012
• Election Act disclosure provisions, compliance (de Jong) 1899-900
• Election campaign donations
  • filing issue (Clark, G.) 2044-5 (de Jong) 2044-5
  • filing issue, Brian Gardiner's explanation to chief electoral officer (de Jong) 2044-5
• Government
  • actions (Campbell) 1581-2
  • advertising, report by auditor general (Petter) 355-6 (Thorpe) 355 (Weisgerber) 355-6
  • commitments (Calendino) 158 (Farrell-Collins) 285-6 (Pullinger) 259, 261 (Reitsma) 271 (Sihota) 278-9 (Thorpe) 224 (Zirnhelt) 219
  • constituency briefing books (Gingell) 1138 (Petter) 1138
  • debt reduction plan (Randall) 229-30
  • decision to freeze automobile insurance premiums (Krueger) 453-4
  • election campaign statements (Abbott) 293-4 (Campbell) 24 (Clark, C.) 194 (Farrell-Collins) 285-6, 1314 (Gingell) 438, 538 (Miller) 1314 (Petter) 444, 538 (Symons) 43 (Weisgerber) 440-1
  • election campaign statements re balanced budget (Campbell) 121 (Clark, G.) 121-2
  • election campaign statements re capital projects (Campbell) 21 (Petter) 21
  • financial management (Chong) 357-8 (Hawkins) 135 (Neufeld) 442 (Reid) 117-8
  • fiscal policies (Abbott) 155-6 (de Jong) 125-6 (Jarvis) 114-5
  • fiscal policies, impact on poor (Stephens) 325
  • fiscal responsibility (Campbell) 274-6 (Nettleton) 226 (Thorpe) 223-4 (Weisbeck) 283-4 (Wilson, J.) 254-5
  • goals of second-term administration (Brewin) 253-4 (Smallwood) 151-2 (Wilson, J.) 256
  • initiatives, Liberal Party position (Clark, G.) 1903-4
  • management skills (Krueger) 247-8
  • patronage appointments (de Jong) 2008 (Farrell-Collins) 1093-7 (Petter) 1095
  • performance (Boone) 290-2 (Bowbrick) 364-5 (Campbell) 1905-6 (Cashore) 115 (Clark, G.) 1903-4 (Farnworth) 127-8 (Farrell-Collins) 302, 1313 (Giesbrecht) 213, 363 (Hartley) 383-5 (Hawkins) 388 (Janssen) 268-9 (Jarvis) 292 (Kasper) 256 (Lali) 140-2, 312-3 (McGregor) 105 (Orcherton) 383-5 (Ramsey) 249 (Reid) 370-1 (Sanders) 215 (Stephens) 390 (Symons) 192-3
  • policy changes (Neufeld) 208
  • priorities (McGregor) 106-7
  • projects, viability (Symons) 1478
  • public perception (Hawkins) 388
  • response to public's views (Petter) 13-4
  • review of programs (Clark, G.) 2035 (van Dongen) 2035
  • review of programs, debate in Legislature (van Dongen) 2036
  • structural changes (Clark, G.) 2036-7 (van Dongen) 2036
  • tax cut commitment (Campbell) 265-6 (Farrell-Collins) 266 (Petter) 266
  • vision (Farnworth) 287 (Throne speech) 3-6
New Directions in Health Care program See Health care
New Westminster constituency
• Capital projects (Bowbrick) 180
• Issues and concerns, NDP government action (Bowbrick) 364-5
• Political history, CCF/NDP tradition (Bowbrick) 178-9
New Westminster school district See School district 40
New Zealand
• Economic reform, impact (Pullinger) 260-1
Newbridge Networks
• Investment by government (Hansen) 1211-2 (Miller) 1211-2
Nicomen Island
• Dike, funding (Ramsey) 755 (van Dongen) 755
Nielsen, Jim
• Commended for work as MLA (Plant) 156
Nights Alive
• After-hours use of community facilities (Dosanjh) 416, 460-1, 502 (Plant) 460-1
• Community safety initiative (Orcherton) 130
NISA See Net income stabilization account program
Nisga'a people
• Access to non-Nisga'a land (Cashore) 1797-8 (de Jong) 1797-8
• Agreement-in-principle
  • agreement (Cashore) 1668 (Lali) 141 (Throne speech) 5 (Waddell) 177
  • applicability of environmental regulations (Neufeld) 946 (Ramsey) 947
  • content of document (Cashore) 1718-9, 1851 (de Jong) 1718-9 (Plant) 1851
  • definition of "Nisga'a artifact" (Cashore) 1851 (Plant) 1850-1
  • document not legally binding (Cashore) 1767 (de Jong) 1767
  • forest-related issues (Plant) 1354-8 (Zirnhelt) 1354-8
  • impact (Waddell) 1669 (Weisgerber) 1669
  • Liberal Party position (de Jong) 1668
  • negotiations staff (Cashore) 49 (de Jong) 48
  • provision re entitlements under federal and provincial programs (Cashore) 1769-70 (de Jong) 1769-70
  • public education (Cashore) 115-6, 1668 (Weisgerber) 1669 (Wilson, G.) 1670
  • public input (Cashore) 1668 (Weisgerber) 321
  • referendum (Neufeld) 367
  • signing of document (Cashore) 1715
  • status (Cashore) 48-50 (de Jong) 48-50
  • timing of signing (Cashore) 46, 1716 (de Jong) 45, 1715-6
  • voting provisions (Miller) 1734
• Fishery entitlement issues (Cashore) 1840-4 (de Jong) 1839-44
• Historic issues, resolution (Cashore) 1764-5 (de Jong) 1764-5
• Land claim
  • mineral rights (Cashore) 1791 (de Jong) 1791
  • overlapping claims, responsibility to resolve (Cashore) 1766-7 (de Jong) 1765-6
  • settlement, capital transfer payment (Cashore) 1850 (Plant) 1850
• Lands
  • expropriation powers of government (Cashore) 1793-5 (de Jong) 1793-5
  • non-Nisga'a residents on Nisga'a lands (Cashore) 1849 (de Jong) 1849
  • ownership issues (Cashore) 1792, 1795-6 (de Jong) 1791-2, 1795-6
  • property purchase tax applicability (Cashore) 1792-3 (de Jong) 1792-3
  • provincial jurisdiction and applicability of Indian Act (Cashore) 1767-9 (de Jong) 1767-9
  • provincial land registry system, applicability (Cashore) 1792, 1797 (de Jong) 1792, 1797
  • third-party interests (Cashore) 1797 (de Jong) 1797
  • types of lands, definitions (Cashore) 1796-7 (de Jong) 1796-7
• Negotiations, final agreement negotiations, legal advice (Dosanjh) 425 (Plant) 425
• Self-government
  • Charter of Rights applicability (Cashore) 1768-9 (de Jong) 1767-9
  • impact on non-Nisga'a living on Nisga'a land (Cashore) 1768-9 (de Jong) 1768-9
  • levels of Nisga'a government (Cashore) 1796 (de Jong) 1796
  • model (Cashore) 1848-9 (de Jong) 1848-9
  • self-government as a treaty right (Cashore) 1849-50 (Plant) 1849-50
• Settlement lands
  • access for non-Nisga'a (Cashore) 1848 (de Jong) 1848
  • wildlife management area (Cashore) 1847-8 (de Jong) 1847-8
• Treaty
  • amendment provisions (Cashore) 1770-1 (de Jong) 1770-1
  • certainty provisions, federal government approval of legal text (Cashore) 1771-3 (de Jong) 1771-3
  • impact on northern businesses, study by Aboriginal Affairs ministry (Cashore) 1851 (Plant) 1851
  • indemnity provisions (Cashore) 1773-4 (de Jong) 1773-4
  • indemnity provisions, third-party rights (Cashore) 1789-91 (de Jong) 1789-91
  • ratification (Cashore) 48 (de Jong) 48
  • terminology used (Cashore) 49, 1764, 1791 (de Jong) 49, 1764, 1791
• Treaty negotiations
  • compensation issues (Cashore) 1764-5 (de Jong) 1764-5
  • final agreement and constitutional division of powers (Cashore) 1767 (de Jong) 1767
  • final agreement negotiations (Cashore) 1716-8 (de Jong) 1716-8
  • openness protocol (Cashore) 49-50, 1715, 1717-8 (de Jong) 49, 1717-8
  • status of negotiations (Cashore) 1851 (Plant) 1851
  • Treasury Board input (de Jong) 50-1
• Treaty rights, constitutional status (Cashore) 1849-50 (Plant) 1849-50
Normanna Rest Home, Burnaby, B.C.
• Construction funding (Campbell) 21
North American Free Trade Agreement
• Agreement (Miller) 1212, 1226-7 (Penner) 1226-7
North Coast constituency
• Services (Miller) 136
North Island constituency
• Issues and concerns (Robertson) 272-3
North Shore health board
• Work on regionalization (Dalton) 309
North Thompson school district See School district 26
North Vancouver, B.C.
• Adult day care centre, impact of capital spending freeze (MacPhail) 1975 (Whittred) 1975
North Vancouver school district See School district 44
North Vancouver-Lonsdale constituency
• Issues and concerns (Whittred) 230-2
North Vancouver-Seymour area
• Fish population (Jarvis) 34-5
Northern B.C. See British Columbia
Northwest Community College
• Expansion (de Jong) 124

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