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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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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
W.A.C. Bennett Dam See also British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Current water level (Jarvis) 843 (Ramsey) 843
- Downstream fish habitat damage (Ramsey) 885
- Drawdown, authorization (Ramsey) 841-2
- Fish kill (Hurd) 841-3 (Ramsey) 841-2, 845
- Sinkhole
- compensation for property owners from any flooding (Miller) 11 (Neufeld) 11
- impact on B.C. Hydro revenue (Campbell) 9 (Miller) 9-10
- repair work, impact on electricity supplies (Miller) 1534 (Neufeld) 1534
- test drilling (Miller) 1315 (Weisgerber) 1314-5
- Water comptroller's role (Neufeld) 946 (Ramsey) 946
- Water licence (Neufeld) 885 (Ramsey) 885
Waddell, Ian (Vancouver-Fraserview)
- Aboriginal Affairs Committee, mandate 1669
- BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, debate 859
- B.C.'s future 175, 177-8
- Budget debate 174-8
- Business, small business tax rate 176
- Canada's future as nation 177-8
- Child-minding, eligibility for child care grants 859
- Economic sustainability, benefits 176
- Economy, change from resource-based economy 175
- Education, post-secondary tuition fees, freeze 175-6
- Election issues in 1996 campaign 175
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1413, 1415
- Federalism, cooperative federalism 176-7
- Fisheries, salmon fishery protection, federal-provincial cooperation 176-7
- Forest industry revenue to province, shortfall, impact on budget 176
- Fraser Basin Management Board, report on Fraser River pollution 188-90
- Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 176
- Homeowner grant phase-out threshold, increase 176
- Indians, justice for first nations peoples 177
- Kenney Dam release facility 177
- Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 928
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle 177
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, impact 1669
- Political reality 174-5
- Position as chair of Aboriginal Affairs Committee (Wilson, G.) 1669
- Princeton Economics World Report, call for tabling 315, 339
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter re tabling of Princeton Economic Institute report 339
- Taxes during 1996-97 fiscal year 175
- Vancouver ward system referendum and determination of majority vote 928
- Vancouver-Fraserview constituency, capital projects 176
- Vancouver-Fraserview constituency, nature of community 174
Wages and salaries
- Average take-home pay levels during NDP administration (Campbell) 27
- Fair-wage policy
- Minimum wage See also Employment Standards Act
- Pay equity for women See Women
Walnut Grove Secondary School, Langley, B.C.
Walsh, Erda (Kootenay)
- Budget debate 210-2
- Columbia Basin Trust, investments 211
- Education services in Kootenay area 211
- Electric power, Kootenay area projects 211
- Fernie aquatic centre 211
- Forest industry jobs, value-added jobs 211
- Forest Renewal B.C., investments 211
- Health care services in Cranbrook area 210-1
- Job creation 211
- Kootenay constituency, issues and concerns 210-2
- Mining industry in B.C. 211
Walsh, John
- Role at Royal Roads University (Hurd) 1606 (Sihota) 1606-7
War
- Canadians killed in World War II (Bowbrick) 180-1
- Liberation of Holland by Canada in 1945 (Reitsma) 269-70
Ward, Peter
- Review of water systems used by B.C. Hydro cited (Ramsey) 720
Ward system See Elections; Vancouver, B.C.
Warehouse borrowing program
- Financial reporting (Petter) 1134-5
- Recoveries (Gingell) 30 (Petter) 30
- Reporting in financial statements (Gingell) 22 (Petter) 22
Warnke, Allan
- Commended for work as MLA (Plant) 156
Waste management
- Contaminated sites
- legislation (Ramsey) 843-4
- list of sites (Ramsey) 940 (Symons) 940
- Drywall disposal
- letters quoted (Reid) 942
- recycling program (Ramsey) 943 (Reid) 942
- Facilities, monitoring (Hurd) 789 (Ramsey) 789
- Landfills, monitoring of contents (Hurd) 790 (Ramsey) 790
- Permit holders See Waste management permit holders under Environment
- Septic systems
- regulations, interministry coordination (van Dongen) 662
- systems near lakes, water quality concerns (Barisoff) 953 (Neufeld) 946 (Ramsey) 946
- Special waste, disposal standards (Hurd) 789 (Ramsey) 789
- Standards (Hurd) 789-90 (Ramsey) 790
- Toxic sites, future use of sites (Jarvis) 843-4 (Ramsey) 844
- Waste disposal on agricultural land, Environment ministry responsibility (Evans) 693
- Waste management plans
- Okanagan-Boundary area plan, tax impact on small communities (Barisoff) 952-3 (Ramsey) 952-3
- single plan for province (Barisoff) 953 (Ramsey) 953
Water
- Clean water legislation (Ramsey) 395
- Consolidation of government responsibilities (Clark, C.) 83 (Ramsey) 83
- Groundwater
- contamination, incidence (Clark, C.) 764
- issues, significance (Clark, C.) 1016 (de Jong) 983
- legislation, implementation (Ramsey) 765 (van Dongen) 765
- legislation, priority (Clark, C.) 762 (Ramsey) 762
- legislation, revision (Clark, C.) 767 (Ramsey) 761
- management (Ramsey) 761-2 (Stephens) 761-2
- quality and clean water legislation (Ramsey) 395
- quality in Fraser Valley (Clark, C.) 395 (Coleman) 181-2 (Ramsey) 760 (Stephens) 760
- regulations (Ramsey) 760 (Stephens) 760
- regulations, Liberal Party position (Clark, C.) 763 (Ramsey) 762-3
- Legislation
- public input (Ramsey) 760 (Stephens) 760
- regulation of usage (Clark, C.) 721 (Ramsey) 721-2
- Levels in Peace River region, impact on resource communities (Miller) 10 (Nebbeling) 10
- Management of resource (Ramsey) 832
- Protection of resource (Ramsey) 761
- Quality in Fraser Valley, impact of agriculture industry (van Dongen) 764
- Quality standards (van Dongen) 765
- Report on water quality (Ramsey) 944, 946
- Stream restoration, trained workers (Clark, C.) 834-5 (Ramsey) 834-6 (Weisgerber) 835
- Water licences for hydroelectricity See Electric power
- Watersheds
- community watershed within forest development plan area (Nebbeling) 575 (Wilson, J.) 574-5 (Zirnhelt) 574-5
- damage caused by logging (Barisoff) 754-5 (Ramsey) 754
- inventory in northeastern B.C., funding (Neufeld) 882 (Ramsey) 882
- restoration, Forest Renewal B.C. funding (Barisoff) 754-5 (Clark, C.) 833-4 (Ramsey) 752-3, 832-5 (Wilson, J.) 752
- restoration projects (Clark, C.) 849
- restoration projects, contracts (Ramsey) 838
- Wells
- drillers, certification (Stephens) 761
- fees (Clark, C.) 767
- licensing (van Dongen) 764
- licensing, Environment ministry's position (Clark, C.) 763
- licensing, public consultation (Clark, C.) 763 (Ramsey) 763
- well authorities, approval timeliness in Fort St. John (Neufeld) 885 (Ramsey) 885
- well record system (Ramsey) 761 (Stephens) 761
Water Act
Water comptroller
- Environmental priority (Clark, C.) 722
Weather
- Weather stations in northeastern B.C. (Clark, G.) 1961 (Neufeld) 1960-1
Wedmore Investments
- Ownership (Farrell-Collins) 1414 (Miller) 1414
Weisbeck, John (Okanagan East)
- Agricultural Land Commission, auditor general's recommendations, implementation 660
- Agricultural land reserve, effectiveness 282
- Agricultural land reserve, review 659-60
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 659-60
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 528
- B.C. Labour Force Development Board, Training for What? publication 1597
- Budget debate 282-4
- Central Okanagan school district, budget shortfall 69-70
- Central Okanagan School District, funding 282
- Colleges, funding 1558
- Corrections facilities site selection process, consultations 528
- Crime prevention 282-3
- Cryptosporidium outbreak in Okanagan, notification of visitors to area 1788
- Denturists, status as health professionals 1036
- Education, formula funding and non-formula funding 1559
- Education, funding formula 69-70
- Education, funding per capita, comparison with elsewhere 1558
- Education, mature students, grants 1597
- Education, post-secondary education, grants and bursaries 1596
- Education, post-secondary funding, shortfall 1558
- Education, post-secondary tuition fees, freeze 1558-9, 1596
- Education, Skills and Training ministry, estimates debate 1558-9, 1596-9
- Fisheries, salmon fishery, Kokanee salmon stocks, decrease 283
- Fripp Fibreforms plant relocation to B.C. 283
- GAIN program, case of student on welfare 708
- Health care regionalization 282
- Highway 97 corridor improvements, Kelowna area 1148-9
- Jobs, skilled jobs 283
- Kelowna, transportation plan for city 282
- Langara College, student spaces 1596
- Liberal Party, policies 284
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1036
- NDP government fiscal responsibility 283-4
- Okanagan East constituency, issues and concerns 282-3
- Okanagan East constituency jail construction project, site selection process 528
- Okanagan University College, campuses and funding 1597
- Okanagan University College, Cathedral Lakes Lodge purchase 1598-9
- Social Services ministry, estimates debate 708-9
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 69-70
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 1148-9
- Universities, colleges and institutes, business community input re job availability 1597
- Universities, colleges and institutes, efficiency of operation 1597
- Universities, colleges and institutes, number of campuses 1597-8
- Universities, colleges and institutes, private sector funding 1559
- Universities, colleges and institutes, student spaces 1559
- Universities, colleges and institutes, technical and vocational programs 283
- University colleges 1599
- Vancouver downtown east side job creation program 284
- Winfield, correctional facility site 282-3
Weisgerber, Jack (Peace River South)
- Abe v. Abe, decision in restraining order case 505-6
- Aboriginal Affairs Committee, independence 1669
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 1801-3, 1835-6
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, role in Crown land activities consultation process 1802
- Agricultural Land Commission, no-net-loss/exclusion policy 652-3
- Agricultural Land Commission, regulations, regional needs 1013-4
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 652-3, 698-9, 1013-4
- Agriculture, forage seed initiative 698-9
- Alberta electoral representation, criteria 1588
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 504-7, 1012
- Automobile insurance costs in B.C. 319
- Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance 441, 1239
- Automobiles, antique vehicles purchased for restoration, ownership and registration 683-4, 686
- Beehive burners, phaseout, impact on industry of small mill closings 758-9
- B.C. Benefits, family bonus program, funding 167
- B.C. Benefits program, design and operational issues 327-8, 331-2
- B.C. Ferries vessels, fuel consumption, testing of new technology 1420
- B.C. Ferries vessels, suitability of fast ferries 1421
- BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, debate 782, 895-7, 901, 921-2, 925
- BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, eligibility criteria 782, 901
- B.C. Hydro, power-generation capacity and future requirements 1316, 1949
- B.C. Hydro rate freeze, impact on maintenance and rehabilitation projects 440-1
- B.C. Rail Ltd., closing of Dawson Creek office 1661
- B.C. Rail Ltd., competitiveness 321
- B.C. Rail Ltd., grain car acquisitions 1660
- B.C. Rail Ltd., grain transport from Peace River area 1659, 1949
- B.C. Rail Ltd. headquarters, Prince George location 321
- B.C. Rail Ltd., privatization 320-1
- Budget, 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts 167
- Budget, 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim 319
- Budget, 1996-97 budget, projections 166-8
- Budget debate 166-9
- Charlottetown accord, Liberal Party position 321
- Civil service, size 168
- Colony Farm, land use plans 653
- Committee of Supply, rules for sections A and B 265
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner, appointment 1882-3
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner, appointment of acting commissioner, Premier's role 2040
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner, appointment of new commissioner 1994-5
- Consumer rate freeze on services, taxes and fees, elimination of freeze 440-1
- Criminal activities by organized gangs 506, 1012
- Criminals profiting from own crimes 507
- Crown corporations, access to information held by government 452-3
- Crown corporations, MLAs on boards 1033
- Crown land activities, consultation process 1801-3
- Dawson Creek, 8th Street and 116th Avenue, traffic control light 1174
- Dawson Creek, role as grain-shipping terminal 1659-61
- Debt management 166
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions, hunting rights of out-of-area Indians 801
- Dentistry records, 30-year retention requirement 1930
- Disability Benefits Program Act, debate 1049
- Disability benefits program, recipients, property and asset ownership issues 1049
- Education, post-secondary tuition fees, freeze 441
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1587-8
- Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1587-8
- Electoral representation for non-urban areas 1587-8
- Electric power cogeneration, market for electricity 758-9
- Electric power, cogeneration policy 759
- Electric power, independent power producers, projects 1316
- Electric power supply, excess capacity 1316
- Electric power, wood waste, power generation 320
- Electricity, security of supply 759
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1314-6, 1420-1, 1659-61, 1949
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 758-9, 800-2, 835-7
- EPA Pilot, fuel operating systems for marine vessels 1420
- Estimates of expenditures, Committee of Supply to sit in two sections 265
- Ethanol as gasoline component 2040
- Family law, restraining orders in cases of families without children 505-6, 1012
- Family maintenance enforcement program, liens against personal property 504-5, 1012
- Farmers in Peace River area, problems 1014
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 1236-9
- Financial Administration Amendment Act, 1996, debate 631
- Fisheries, B.C. administration of Pacific salmon fishery 354-5
- Fisheries, memorandum of understanding with federal government re Pacific salmon fishery 354
- Fisheries, provincial role in federal matters 1014
- Fishing industry practices, impact on fishery 896
- Forest industry, job opportunities for local workers 895-7
- Forest industry, job opportunities for youth and Indians 782
- Forest industry, job protection for existing forest workers 925
- Forest industry revenue to province, shortfall, impact on budget 166-7
- Forest Renewal B.C. board, inclusion of non-executive MLAs 1033
- Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting to general revenue 440
- Forest Renewal B.C. projects, first-priority hiring for displaced forest workers 781, 895-7, 901, 921-2, 925
- Forest worker agency, matching of jobs and eligible workers 901, 921-2
- Free Votes Enabling Act, debate 1787
- Fuel, alternative motor fuels, expiry of tax incentive 2041
- Game farming, classification of bison as game vs. farm animals 837
- Government advertising, guidelines to distinguish partisan and non-partisan advertising 355-6
- Government bureaucracy 168
- Government purchasing, tendering process 168
- Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 168
- Government spending, future expenditures, impact of tax and consumer rate freeze 440-1
- Government spending, parliamentary approval 631
- Grain transportation, shipment from Peace River area 1659-61, 1949
- GAIN program, welfare-to-work incentives 327-8
- Habitat conservation fund, use of funds 836
- Health care, equal access 320
- Health care records, legislative changes 506
- Health care, travel for treatment, travel points from civil servants' travel 320
- Health ministry, estimates debate 1930-2
- Heritage Highway, speed limit 1105
- Highway 49, realignment of highway at Pouce Coupe River bridge 1174
- Highway speed limits, determination and assessment 1104-5, 1947
- Highways, day labour contracting, issues 1102
- Highways maintenance, day labour contracting 1102
- Highways, moving 16-wides on roads 321-2, 1100-1
- Highways, rural grid road system, maintenance 322
- Hunting, horn configuration requirements for bull moose hunting 800-1
- Hunting, Peace River area hunting season 800
- Hunting season and crop protection 800
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 1996, debate 775
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 327-8, 331-2
- Income tax reductions, eligibility 775
- Indian treaty negotiations, fisheries and wildlife management 1836
- Indians, employment and training opportunities 782, 895
- Indians, hunting by Indians 801
- Indians, hunting by Indians from other provinces 801-2
- Indians, hunting out of season 1666
- Indians, issues, NDP action 321
- Indians, Treaty 8 negotiations 1835-6
- Indians, treaty negotiations, public input 1668-9
- Indians, treaty settlements, impact 1668-9
- Indians, welfare rates for B.C. Indians living on reserves 331-2
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., funding of road maintenance projects 1236-7
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., funding responsibility re photo radar program 1237-8
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., government role 319
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., powers to regulate motor vehicles and drivers 452-3, 583
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., premium freeze, impact on corporate operations 441
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., privatization 319-20
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., products and services, changes 1239
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., rate structure 1238-9
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., responsibility for road and traffic safety 583-4
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., safety programs in schools 1237
- Legislative reform 1881
- Legislature, bills referred to Committee A, recording of votes precluded 265
- Legislature, fixed election date 1881
- Legislature, free votes 1787, 1881-2
- Legislature, parliamentary calendar 1881-2
- Legislature, powers to examine activities of government agencies 453, 583
- Legislature, televising of debate, benefits 265
- McLeod Lake Indian band, Treaty 8 western boundary, definition 1836
- MLAs, eligibility for B.C. Benefits family bonus 328
- MLAs, number 168-9
- MLAs' voting opportunities, concerns 265
- M‚tis, Kelly Lake group, status of claim 1836
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1033
- Mohawk Oil Co. Ltd., use of ethanol in gasoline 2041
- Motor Carrier Commission, response time on commercial applications 1176-7
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1996, debate 452-3, 583-4
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 683-4, 686-8, 748-50, 773-4
- Motor vehicle branch, transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C. 452-3, 583-4
- NDP government advertising, report by auditor general 355-6
- NDP government, re-election campaign statements 440-1
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, impact 1669
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, public education 1669
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, public input 321
- Northern B.C., issues and concerns 319-22
- Northern B.C., needs and electoral representation 1587-8
- Northern B.C., resource revenues 322
- Oatway, Bobby Gordon, dangerous offender case 729
- Ontario electoral representation, criteria 1588
- Peace River area revenues, return to area 169
- Peace River South constituency, issues and concerns 169
- Peace River South constituency, time required for MLA to visit all areas of riding 1587-8
- Peace River South roads, maintenance and rehabilitation responsibilities 1101-2
- Photo radar 164, 1947
- Photo radar, accuracy of cameras 688, 1103
- Photo radar, effectiveness 1238
- Photo radar, effectiveness in reducing accidents 1104
- Photo radar, implementation 1231
- Photo radar, petition tabled 164
- Photo radar, reliability of evidence 748-50
- Photo radar, responsibility for payment of fines 687-8
- Photo radar, revenues to province 167
- Photo radar, serving of tickets 773-4
- Physician supply in northern and remote areas 1930-2
- Police, coordination between agencies 506-7
- Police officers, new hirings 1231
- Police, regionalization of area forces 507
- Police services, funding 321
- Policing activities 1012
- Position as member of Aboriginal Affairs Committee (Wilson, G.) 1669
- Poverty, support for the working poor 327-8
- Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, estimates debate 1881-3, 2040-1
- Prince Rupert, role in export shipping of grain 1659
- Privacy of motor vehicle and driver information 452-3
- Provincial emergency program, tribute to volunteers killed during search 235
- Revenue Canada, role in administration of B.C. Benefits program 327-8
- Roads on Indian reserve lands, maintenance of right-of-way 1102-3
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, authority to select new conflict-of-interest commissioner 1994-5
- Seniors housing project in Dawson Creek, impact of capital spending freeze 1932
- Social safety net, changes 327-8
- Speaker, election 1-2
- Special warrants, abolition 631, 1881
- Stream restoration, trained workers 835
- Tax and Consumer Rate Freeze Act, debate 440-1
- Tax freeze, three-year extension 441
- Throne speech, content 319-22
- Throne speech debate 319-22
- Tomography equipment in Dawson Creek, operational funding for equipment 1932
- Traffic safety initiatives, administration 452, 583-4
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 1100-5, 1174, 1176-7, 1947
- Transportation and Highways ministry, responsibility for safety of transportation system 583-4
- Truck weigh scale, Alberta-Montana joint operation 1177
- Truck weigh scale at Pouce Coupe 1177
- Trucking industry, grain shipments to Dawson Creek 1661
- Trucks, long combination vehicles 1177
- Violence against women in relationships, granting of restraining orders 506
- W.A.C. Bennett Dam sinkhole, test drilling 1314-5
- Wages, fair-wage policy, impact 168
- Williston Lake water levels, drawdown targets 1314-6, 1949
- Wolfe, Frank, hunting out of season, dismissal of case 1666
Welfare See Social welfare system
Welfare to Work program
Wells See Water
West Coast Express
- Amortization period for capital costs (Sihota) 1685 (Symons) 1685
- Arrangement for trackage (Symons) 39
- Benefits (Hartley) 219
- Budget (Sihota) 1683 (Symons) 1683
- Burnaby service (Calendino) 160
- Costs
- capital costs, infrastructure usage fees paid to CP Rail (Sihota) 1686 (Symons) 1686
- capital costs, land acquisition and station construction (Sihota) 1687 (Symons) 1687
- capital costs, reporting (Symons) 1687
- comparison with other forms of transit (Sihota) 1686 (Symons) 1686
- debt-servicing costs (Sihota) 1685 (Symons) 1684-5
- operating costs (Symons) 1684-5
- operating costs and debt-servicing costs, government share (Miller) 1867-8 (Symons) 1867-8
- Establishment, B.C. Transit's proposal (Symons) 1684
- Financing of service by taxpayers (Symons) 1686-7
- Impact of service (Hartley) 387
- Impact on road traffic (Symons) 42
- Impact on Vancouver regional transit system and on private sector (Symons) 1687
- Infrastructure lease, length and renegotiation (Symons) 1687
- Losses cited (van Dongen) 173
- Ministerial responsibility (Symons) 1683
- Operating budget (Sihota) 1688 (Symons) 1688
- Ridership (Sihota) 1683-4 (Symons) 1683-4
- Route (Symons) 43
West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.
- Operating rooms, number of rooms (Reitsma) 2034
West Vancouver-Capilano constituency
- Issues and concerns (Dalton) 309-10
West Vancouver-Garibaldi constituency
- Issues and concerns (Nebbeling) 131-4
Westbank area
- Water availability for fire protection (Ramsey) 531 (Wilson, G.) 531
Westcoast Energy Inc.
- Amalgamation with Asea Brown Boveri and B.C. Trade Development Corporation See IPC Group
WesTel Telecommunications Ltd.
- Operations, current and future activities (Miller) 1654 (Nettleton) 1654
Wet'suwet'en people
Weyerhauser Canada Ltd.
- Cogeneration facility in Kamloops, proposal (Abbott) 757
Whales
- Whale-watching industry, regulation (Chong) 1864-5 (Miller) 1865
Whistler, B.C.
- Investment by government (Miller) 1662-3 (Nebbeling) 1662-3
- Nebbeling, Ted, experiences while mayor (Nebbeling) 134
Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver-Lonsdale)
- Adult guardianship legislation, review and proclamation 1983
- BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, debate 786, 862-3, 866
- BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, regulations, powers of Women's Equality minister 786
- BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, title 866
- B.C. Benefits, family bonus program, benefit payee 336
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, debate 813, 816, 827-8, 857
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, youth, definition 813, 857
- Budget debate 230-2
- Child care grants and subsidies, dispensation 863
- Child care, special needs children 862
- Child care subsidy program, eligibility 786
- Education, protection of services 231-2
- Education, Skills and Training ministry, estimates debate 1487, 1601
- Education-private sector partnerships, commercially produced materials in classrooms 1487
- GAIN program, seniors' supplement, veterans' benefit and exemptions 486-7
- Health care, family caregivers, respite services 1975
- Health care, home care support services, funding and needs assessment 1974-5
- Health care, regional health boards, funding and funding formula 2072
- Health care workers labour accord, costs and implementation 2072
- Health ministry, estimates debate 1898, 1942-5, 1973-6, 1983-4, 2072
- Health ministry, office for seniors, mandate and budget 1942-4
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 336
- Lions Gate Bridge, rehabilitation or replacement 231
- North Vancouver-Lonsdale constituency, issues and concerns 230-2
- Pacific Marine Training Institute, status 1601
- Political integrity 232
- Seniors' community-based programs, federal funding 1983
- Seniors, health care needs, continuing care services 1944-5, 1973-6
- Seniors, health care needs, impact of capital spending freeze 1898, 1975
- Seniors' security, interministry coordinating committee 1943-4
- Social Services ministry, estimates debate 486-7
- Teen mothers, programs 486
- Youth Works program, employability programs 816
Wickstrom, Ron
- Involvement in Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society (de Jong) 2009
- Position in Premier's Office (Clark, G.) 2008-10 (de Jong) 2008-10
Wildlife
- Bears, Kermode bear habitat protection (Campbell) 885-6 (Ramsey) 886
- Chief predator control officer in Williams Lake area (Ramsey) 799-800 (Wilson, J.) 799
- Conservation officers
- Control, Environment ministry action (Ramsey) 795-6 (van Dongen) 795
- Deer
- deaths in Fort St. John area (Neufeld) 797
- winter habitat for mule deer (Wilson, J.) 543 (Zirnhelt) 543
- Habitat conservation fund See name of fund
- Habitat protection and animal protection (Wilson, J.) 86
- Habitat protection and enhancement, funding (Gingell) 436-7 (Petter) 15, 435-6 (Ramsey) 534
- Management (Wilson, J.) 797
- Problem wildlife
- control (Neufeld) 1015
- elk herd in Skookumchuck area (Ramsey) 799 (Wilson, J.) 798
- fencing of dumps against "garbage bears" (Neufeld) 882-3 (Ramsey) 882-3
- impact on agriculture industry (Neufeld) 797 (Ramsey) 795 (van Dongen) 795-6 (Wilson, J.) 798-9
- mule deer in Cariboo-Chilcotin area (Ramsey) 799 (Wilson, J.) 799
Wildlife Act
Williams, Allan
- Commended for work as MLA (Nebbeling) 132
Williams, Brian
- Workers Compensation Board criminal injury case (Reid) 1652
Williston Lake
- Data on fish population (Ramsey) 845
- Environmental mitigation (Ramsey) 721
- Water levels
- changes, impact on jobs (Campbell) 9-10
- drawdown, Hon. Glen Clark's letter to community (Nebbeling) 10
- drawdown targets (Miller) 1315-6 (Weisgerber) 1314-6, 1949
- level (Neufeld) 946 (Ramsey) 946
- reduction and emergency preparedness (Clark, C.) 83-4 (Ramsey) 84
- reduction, impact on fish (Clark, C.) 84
Wilson, Gordon F. (Powell River-Sunshine Coast)
- Aboriginal Affairs Committee, mandate 1670
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 1836-9
- Adoption, new regulations, impact 473
- Agricultural land reserve, protection 623-4
- Agriculture, agricultural land banks 624
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 623-4
- AirCare program, transfer to Insurance Corporation of B.C. 674
- Appointment as adviser on constitutional affairs (Petter) 31 (Plant) 31
- Automobile drivers' licences denied or suspended as result of indebtedness 669-70, 677-9
- Automobile drivers' licences, duration of licence 674
- Automobile drivers' licences, examination of licensees 673
- Automobile drivers' licences, restrictions, authority to impose 667-9
- Automobile drivers' medical tests, security of information 587-8
- Automobile drivers, novice driving program 687
- Automobile drivers' records, electronic storage 687
- Blyth, T.G., involvement in fast ferry design project 1423
- BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, debate 959
- BC Benefits (Appeals) Act, referral to all-party committee 959
- B.C. Benefits appeals process, tribunal system 959
- BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, debate 785-6, 859-62, 865-6
- BC Benefits (Child Care) Act, regulations, powers of Women's Equality minister 785-6
- B.C. Benefits, family bonus program 328-9
- BC Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, consequential amendments to Child, Family and Community Services Act 978
- BC Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, debate 868-71, 971-2, 974-8
- B.C. Benefits program, cost 744
- B.C. Benefits program, design and operational issues 331
- B.C. Benefits program, employment suitability and not searching for or accepting employment, criteria and consequences 971-2, 974-5
- B.C. Benefits program, family maintenance orders assigned to government 976-7
- B.C. Benefits program, fraud and abuse prevention 871
- B.C. Benefits program legislation, adequacy 869
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, debate 743-6, 807-9, 814, 816-8, 823-30, 852-3, 855-6
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, dependents, use of word in bill 809, 855
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, employability program, definition 807-8
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, regulations, minister's powers 744-6, 808-9
- BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act, youth, definition 808-9
- B.C. Ferries, capital plan 1424
- B.C. Ferries, Comox-Powell River service 1424-5
- B.C. Ferries, fare structure, issues and concerns 1425, 1949
- B.C. Ferries vessels, construction of catamarans, aluminum purchase 38
- B.C. Ferries vessels, fast ferries construction project, contractual issues 1422-4
- B.C. Ferries vessels, Queen of Sidney replacement 1424
- BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, change re priority hiring for workers "from within the local area" 900-2
- BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, debate 900-2
- B.C. Rail Ltd., North Vancouver terminal lands and Indian land claim 1688-9
- B.C. regions as basis for electoral representation 1593-4
- B.C. regions as generators of wealth 110
- B.C. urban triangle of Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo 1592
- Budget, 1996-97 budget, revenue projections, accuracy 306
- Budget debate 107-11, 254-6
- Budgeting process, four-year-based financing 306, 441-1
- Business, small business, corporate income tax rate reduction and two-year tax holiday 449-50
- Business, small business development bonds 449
- Canada, national symbols 1955
- Capital projects, list of "wasteful" projects 1476-7
- Catamaran Ferries International, establishment and funding 38
- Child care, national child care program 785
- Child care programs, community involvement 862
- Child care, special needs children 859-62
- Child care subsidy program, eligibility 785-6
- Child Care subsidy program, information-sharing agreements, privacy issue 785-6
- Child care subsidy program, information-sharing agreements, privacy issue 865-6
- Child care, support services for children with special needs 978
- Child deaths, review of cases 918
- Constitution Act and electoral issues 1729-30
- Constitutional negotiations, leadership role for B.C. 108
- Consumer rate freeze on services, taxes and fees 441
- Corporate capital tax, impact on small business 449
- Crown corporations, access to information held by government 578-81
- Disability Benefits Program Act, debate 955
- Disability Benefits Program Act, information-sharing provision 955
- Disability Benefits Program Act, support for bill 955
- Disability benefits program, recipients, financial independence and guardianship issues 955
- Disability benefits program, training opportunities for recipients 955
- Economy, continentalization of economy 869, 871, 1953, 1958
- Economy, limits-to-growth economic strategy 109-10
- Economy, Premier's leadership role 1953-4, 1958
- Education, capital projects, funding acquired by increasing provincial debt, Hon. Moe Sihota's request for written approval from MLAs 1476
- Education, co-op education, benefits 442
- Education, corporate sponsorship in the classroom 1474
- Education curriculum, introduction of new material 1477
- Education, employment-based education 1600
- Education funding 109-10
- Education funding, formula-funding system, adequacy 1473
- Education funding, four-year-based funding 1473
- Education funding, per-pupil funding 1473
- Education, post-secondary education, links to vocational programs on Indian reserves 1600
- Education, post-secondary tuition fees, freeze 442
- Education, Skills and Training ministry, estimates debate 1473-7, 1599-601
- Education standards, establishment of national standards, B.C.'s role 1473-4
- Education, transferability of curriculum among provinces 1474
- Education-private sector partnerships 1474-5
- Education-private sector partnerships, pilot project in Burnaby 1475
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, change to exempt ridings from population requirement 1731
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, debate 1590-4, 1722-3, 1728-31
- Electoral Boundaries Commission, guiding principles 1728-9
- Electoral Boundaries Commission, power to increase number of electoral districts 1730-1
- Electoral Boundaries Commission, role 1591-4, 1723
- Electoral districts, number of seats in House and fair representation for all areas of province 1591-4, 1722-3, 1728-30
- Electoral representation for non-urban areas 1722-3
- Electoral representation, proportional representation 1593-4
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1422-5, 1456-7, 1688-9, 1949
- Employment Standards Act, work, definition 1707
- Environmental protection 110
- Federal transfer payments to provinces, alternatives 305-6
- Federal transfer payments to provinces, reduction 108
- Federal-provincial relations, B.C.'s role in national issues 1960
- Federal-provincial relations, Premier's role 1953-4, 1956-7
- Federal-provincial relations, relationship between federal government and provinces 1955-6
- Fisheries, memorandum of understanding with federal government re Pacific salmon fishery 354
- Fisheries, Pacific salmon fishery reduction, impact on coastal communities 304-5, 307
- Fisheries, Pacific salmon revitalization plan (Mifflin plan) 304-5
- Fisheries, provincial jurisdiction and international agreements 1959
- Fisheries, salmon fishery, protection 108-9, 203
- Fishing industry, centralization 354
- Forest industry, job opportunities for local workers 900-2
- Forest industry, salvageable timber, access by independent contractors 570
- Forest industry, salvageable timber, removal in advance of harvest 569-70
- Forest industry, salvageable timber, removal rights and responsibilities 552
- Forest industry, softwood lumber industry, impact of federal Liberal Party action 1901
- Forest industry, tenure reform 109
- Forest Renewal B.C., correspondence re agency tabled 2080
- Forest Renewal B.C., funding for Chapman Creek-Gray Creek watershed restoration project 1390-1
- Forest Renewal B.C., funding priorities for local employment projects 1389-91
- Forest Renewal B.C. funds, redirecting surplus to general revenue 1368
- Forest Renewal B.C., local employment projects 1368
- Forest Renewal B.C., local resource management plans 1368
- Forest Renewal B.C. projects, first-priority hiring for displaced forest workers 900-2
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 1368, 1389-91
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 552, 569-70
- Four Corners Bank, financial operations 1456-7
- Gee, Nigel, involvement in fast ferry design project 1423
- Gibsons bypass 990-2
- Gingell, Fred, commended for work as chair of Public Accounts committee 2080
- Government accounting, auditing of public accounts, value for money 1475
- Government information, computerized recordkeeping 580
- Government, role in welfare of citizens 869-70
- Government spending, future expenditures, impact of tax and consumer rate freeze 441
- Highway 101 bypass 110
- Highway 101, removal of dangerous corner north of Powell River 1060
- Highway 101, Saltery Bay-Powell River section 1060
- Highway maintenance contracts and highway pit closings 1060
- Highways, banners across roads, policy 1059-60
- Highways maintenance and traffic accident rate 514
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 1996, debate 449-50
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 328-9, 331
- Income tax, collection by province 442
- Income tax deductions for interest on first mortgage 449
- Indian children in mental health institutions, delay in placement 473-4
- Indian land, leasing arrangements, tax assessment and deferment 1838-9
- Indians, aboriginal rights, oyster harvesting operations 1837
- Indians, right to recourse outside band governance 1837-8
- Indians, vocational training programs 1600
- Industry, competitiveness of B.C. industry 1689
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., access to drivers' medical records 587-8
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., authority to direct theseizure of licence number plates 585-6
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., powers, impact on rights of law-abiding citizens 512-6
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., powers shared with superintendent of motor vehicles 671-2
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., powers to certify documents as evidence 675
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., powers to refuse to issue a licence 669-70
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., powers to regulate motor vehicles and drivers 577-80, 584, 586-7, 667-9, 673, 677-9
- Insurance Corporation of B.C. revenues, funds advanced in anticipation of photo radar income 674-5
- Interprovincial trade barriers 1953, 1958
- Investment opportunities, government role 870-1
- Labour, displacement of workers, impact 110-1
- Labour ministry, estimates debate 1707
- Legislature, denial of leave to speak 304
- Liberal Party, position on post-secondary campuses 1599
- Lighthouses, destaffing 1026, 1956
- Lighthouses, destaffing, public input 1959-60
- Local government, provincial government involvement, concerns 1031-2
- Malaspina College, Powell River campus, funding for skills training 1599
- MLAs, working together for the common good 107-8, 111
- Mortgages, deductibility of first mortgage for primaryresidence 306
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1996, debate 578-81, 584-8, 667-75, 677-9
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1996, debate 512-6, 687
- Motor vehicle and driver documentation, certification as evidence 675
- Motor vehicle branch, transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C. 578-80, 586, 667-70, 673
- Motor vehicle registration, proof of financial responsibility required 586-7
- Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 932-3, 1031-2
- NDP government, goals of second-term administration 256
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, public education 1670
- Northern B.C., needs and electoral representation 1731
- Pender Harbour, district municipality status and area highway upgrading and maintenance 1060
- Photo radar, effectiveness in reducing driving offences 512-6
- Polar Design Associates, role in fast ferry design project 1422-3
- Political representation, model 1723, 1729
- Politicians, public perception 107
- Ports, B.C. coastal facilities 1688-9
- Poverty, support for the working poor 328-9
- Powell River, capital projects, impact of funding freeze 1476
- Powell River, development as deep-sea port 1688-9
- Powell River-Sunshine Coast constituency, time required for MLA to visit all areas of riding 1592-3
- Powell River-Sunshine Coast constituency, unemployment rate 814
- Powell River-Sunshine Coast constituency, youth unemployment 743
- Premiers' conference, defence of B.C. interests 1901
- Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, estimates debate 1953-60
- Premier's role 1956-7
- Privacy concerns and sharing of tax information between governments 449
- Privacy of motor vehicle and driver information 512-6, 578-81, 587-8
- Provincial emergency program, tribute to volunteers killed during search 235-6
- Pulp mills, effluent discharge 766-7
- Quebec's withdrawal from Canada, referendum, impact of Yes vote 307
- Quesnel, Norwood Road access proposal, petition tabled 920
- Railways, role in economic development 1689
- Rental housing, income deduction allowance 306
- School district 23 (Central Okanagan), funding 1473
- School district amalgamation 1476
- School districts, audits of accounts 1475
- Schools, capital funding projects, impact of funding freeze 1473
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, work of committee 2080
- Shipping, deservicing of federal docks, impact on coastal communities 1026
- Skills training, government role 743-4
- Skills training programs, cost 826
- Smoking as legal activity 513
- Social safety net, changes 328-9
- Social services, community-based organizations, core funding 971-2
- Social services legislation, Offence Act application to acts 853
- Social Services ministry, estimates debate 473-4
- Social welfare, need for assistance, causes, elimination 869-71
- Social welfare, role of government 868-71
- Social welfare system, fraud 868
- Social welfare system, handling of young people 868-9
- Social well-being 110-1
- Softwood lumber agreement, impact on B.C. communities 108-9
- Sookinchute Utility Corporation, use of water, fire protection concerns 531
- Speaker, election 2
- Squamish nation land claim, impact on B.C. Rail Ltd. 1688-9
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 38
- Tax and Consumer Rate Freeze Act, debate 441-2
- Tax freeze, three-year extension 441
- Taxation, integrated federal-provincial tax 305-7, 442, 449
- Teachers, upgrading education through U.S. universities 1958
- Throne speech debate 304-7
- Trade agreements, impact on social welfare 869-71
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 990-2, 1059-60
- Unemployment, causes 871
- Universities, colleges and institutes, co-op programs 1600-1
- Universities, colleges and institutes, number of campuses 1599
- Universities, colleges and institutes, satellite campuses, funding formula 1600
- Universities, colleges and institutes, student spaces 109-10
- Universities, graduate programs, student spaces 1601
- Vancouver ward system referendum 1032
- Vancouver ward system referendum and determination of majority vote 932-3
- Vancouver ward system referendum and provincial government involvement, concerns 932-3
- Waddell, Ian, position as chair of Aboriginal Affairs Committee 1669
- Watersheds, community watershed within forest development plan area 574-5
- Weisgerber, Jack, position as member of Aboriginal Affairs Committee 1669
- Westbank area, water availability for fire protection 531
- Wilson, Jim, involvement in fast ferry design project 1423
- Youth Works program, allowances and benefits, interface program 823
- Youth Works program, appeals 816
- Youth Works program applicants, assets 744
- Youth Works program applicants, disposal of property 745-6
- Youth Works program, community training programs, funding 814
- Youth Works program, consequences of not disposing of assets 828-9
- Youth Works program, consequences of not participating 823-5
- Youth Works program, designation of minister's powers and duties 830
- Youth Works program, effectiveness 745
- Youth Works program, employability programs 814, 816-7
- Youth Works program, impact on dependents 744
- Youth Works program, individuality issue 808
- Youth Works program, information from applicant 829
- Youth Works program, information-sharing agreements, protection of privacy 852
- Youth Works program, personal freedoms issue 743-5, 817
- Youth Works program, repayment agreements 830
- Youth Works program, rules, strictness 743-4
Wilson, Jim
- Involvement in fast ferry design project (Miller) 1423 (Wilson, G.) 1423
Wilson, John (Cariboo North)
- Agricultural Land Commission, mandate 653
- Agricultural Land Commission, no-net-loss/exclusion policy 653
- Agricultural Land Commission, policy on second dwellings on farmland 627-8
- Agricultural Land Commission, powers 653
- Agricultural Land Commission, regulations, regional needs 653-4
- Agricultural land reserve, land use, woodlots vs. food production 695-6
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, accounting 704
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 627-8, 653-4, 694-6, 704
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, staffing 704
- Agriculture industry, environmental awareness 764
- Agriculture industry, land available for commercial use 548-9
- Agriculture industry, tax exemptions on input costs 694-5
- BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, change re priority hiring for workers "from within the local area" 902
- BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, debate 781, 893-5, 902-4, 923-4
- BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, eligibility criteria 923-4
- BC Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1996, forest worker, definition 893-4
- B.C. Rail Ltd., land donation in Kersley in exchange for parcel of equal value 887
- Cariboo area, forest renewal revenues, reinvestment in area 530
- Cariboo North constituency, issues and concerns 254-6
- Cattle industry, financial assistance to producers 694
- Crown land activities, user restrictions in innovative forest practices areas 548-9
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1637-8
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 752, 754, 764, 766-7, 797-800, 837-9, 880, 887
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, lands and water management department, recoveries 86
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, Parks department, recoveries 86
- Eurasian milfoil, control 764
- Fish hatcheries, status 880
- Fisheries and Oceans department, role in fish hatcheries 880
- Forest Act, forest practices provisions 545
- Forest development plan, environmental approval requirement 574-5
- Forest district boundaries, electronic mapping system 574
- Forest district managers, delegation of powers and duties 574
- Forest industry, annual allowable cut increases 548
- Forest industry, Chezacut supply block, future harvestlevels 543
- Forest industry, harvesting guidelines 1293-4
- Forest industry, impact of tariffs 1393
- Forest industry, job opportunities 781, 893-5
- Forest industry, job protection for existing forest workers 924-5
- Forest industry, participation in innovative forest practices program 547-8
- Forest industry, revenue to province 1292, 1392-3
- Forest industry, salvage operations on woodlots 1394-5
- Forest industry, salvage operations policy 1393-5
- Forest industry, salvageable timber, access by independent contractors 571
- Forest industry, salvageable timber, removal in advance of harvest 570-1
- Forest industry, small operators, logging truck permits 1172
- Forest industry, stumpage rates, calculation 1295-6
- Forest industry, stumpage revenues, calculation 1294-5
- Forest licences, timber sale licences, non-replaceable licences, extensions to compensate for harvest level reductions 542-3
- Forest Practices Code, administrative requirements 255
- Forest Practices Code, impact 1326
- Forest Practices Code, penalties 1278-9
- Forest Practices Code, penalties, appeal process 1279-80
- Forest Renewal B.C., budget for contracted programs 1327-8
- Forest Renewal B.C., budget for silviculture programs 1326-7
- Forest Renewal B.C., contract with Ministry of Environment, funding 1392
- Forest Renewal B.C., funds for retraining forest workers 894, 1391
- Forest Renewal B.C., funds remaining in Environment ministry, breakdown 887
- Forest Renewal B.C. funds, use 1392
- Forest Renewal B.C., loan guarantee program 1391
- Forest Renewal B.C. projects, contracting process 837-8
- Forest Renewal B.C. projects, first-priority hiring for displaced forest workers 781, 893-4, 902-4, 923-4
- Forest Renewal B.C. projects, independent contractors 839
- Forest Renewal B.C., staffing 1327
- Forest Renewal B.C., staffing and administration costs 838-9
- Forest Renewal B.C., staffing in Forests ministry 1392
- Forest renewal plan, incrementality provisions 544
- Forest resource, productivity improvements 544, 547-9
- Forest resource, productivity improvements, salvage incentives 571-2
- Forest resource, productivity improvements, yield increase projections 548-9
- Forest roads, use permits 575
- Forest worker agency, matching of jobs and eligible workers 903-4, 923-4
- Forest worker agency, size 895
- Forestry, innovative forest practices agreements 544, 547-9
- Forestry, innovative forestry practices 1395
- Forestry, woodlot licences, transfers 540-1
- Forests ministry, allocation for range development program 1292-3
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 1278-80, 1292-6, 1326-8, 1391-5
- Forests ministry, forecasting of forest revenues 1292
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, debate 540-4, 547-9, 570-2, 574-5
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1996, special forest products, use of term 570
- G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, acute care services 254-5
- Habitat protection and animal protection 86
- Highway 1, Spences Bridge area, S-curves in highway 1171
- Highway 97, Quesnel bypass 255, 1170
- Knapweed, control 752
- Lease and licence, use of terms 887
- Mining industry in B.C. 255
- Miocene area, right-of-way access to private property, case cited 1171
- Motor Carrier Commission, funding 1172
- NDP government, fiscal responsibility 254-5
- Parks branch, staff numbers 887
- Provincial emergency program, jurisdiction 754
- Quesnel, flood damage case 754
- Quesnel, highway bypass, impact of capital funding projects review 93
- Quoted re Frank Garden (Lali) 314
- Rangeland, impact of innovative forest practices program 549
- Rangeland, ministerial responsibility 704
- Silviculture commitments 255
- Silviculture operations, hiring requirements 893-4, 923-5
- Social Services ministry, leasing of building in Quesnel 1637-8
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 86, 93
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 1170-3
- Truck licences, H plates, change in allotment policy 1172
- Truck licences, interprovincial hauling licence 1171
- Truck weigh scales, weighing system for logging trucks, case cited 1171
- Trucking industry, dead bunks issue, report 1172-3
- Watershed restoration, Forest Renewal B.C. funding 752
- Wildlife, chief predator control officer in Williams Lake area 799
- Wildlife conservation officers, duties 799-800
- Wildlife management 797
- Wildlife, problem wildlife, elk herd in Skookumchuck area 798
- Wildlife, problem wildlife, impact on agriculture industry 798-9
- Wildlife, problem wildlife, mule deer in Cariboo-Chilcotin area 799
- Wildlife, winter habitat for mule deer 543
Windermere Valley
- Civic improvements for valley communities (Doyle) 240-1
Wine industry
- Estate wineries, restrictions on on-site marketing (Chong) 1866 (Miller) 1866
- Farm wineries (Evans) 655 (Thorpe) 655
- Quality wine and grape development program See name of program
- U-Brew operations (Dosanjh) 498 (Thorpe) 498
Winfield, B.C.
- Correctional facility site (Weisbeck) 282-3
Witte, Peggy
- Negotiations for Royal Oak Mines Inc. Tatshenshini project compensation (Clark, G.) 1964
Wolfe, Frank
- Hunting out of season, charges, dismissal of case (Ramsey) 1666 (Weisgerber) 1666
Women
- AIDS/HIV education and prevention programs (MacPhail) 1938, 1940 (Stephens) 1938
- Businesswomen's advocate (Miller) 1822-3
- Economic equality (Hammell) 597, 1012 (Stephens) 597, 1011
- Economic opportunities and equality (Dosanjh) 503 (Stephens) 503
- Education and training (Hammell) 597-8 (Stephens) 597-8, 1011
- Female lone-parent families, needs (Sanders) 327 (Stephens) 325
- Gender equity in government appointments (Miller) 1824
- Health care costs (MacPhail) 1939 (Stephens) 1938-9
- Issues, NDP action (Hammell) 563-4
- Pay equity in private sector, legislation (Hammell) 597 (Stephens) 597
- Services for seniors (Hammell) 596 (Stephens) 596
- Transition houses See Transition houses
- Violence against women See Violence
- Women in business (Miller) 1822-5 (Stephens) 1822-5
- Women's health bureau, role in assisting victims of violence (MacPhail) 1939
Women's Equality, Ministry of
- Estimates, debate 563-7, 589-98, 1011-2
- Estimates, speakers (Hammell) 563-7, 589-98, 1012 (Stephens) 564-7, 589-98, 1011
- Annual report, 1994-95, tabled (Hammell) 302
- Importance of ministry (Orcherton) 131
- Mandate (Hammell) 35 (Stephens) 35
- Ministry operations, funding (Hammell) 36 (Stephens) 36
- Performance (Stephens) 1011
- Program evaluation (Hammell) 565 (Stephens) 565
- Regional program coordinators (Hammell) 566 (Stephens) 566
- Report on health care costs for women (Stephens) 1938-9
- Role (Hammell) 563-4
- Special warrant debate 35-6
- Spending in April 1996 (Reid) 35-6 (Stephens) 35-6
- Travel and publications budgets (Hammell) 566 (Stephens) 566
- Work with other ministries (Hammell) 566-7, 591-2, 595-7, 1012 (Stephens) 566, 597
Women's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- AIDS/HIV research and treatment, funding (MacPhail) 1938 (Stephens) 1938
Wong, Darrel
- Quoted re use of Forest Renewal funds (Hurd) 633
Wood waste
- Beehive burners
- phaseout (Abbott) 756-7 (Ramsey) 757-8
- phaseout, impact on industry of small mill closings (Weisgerber) 758-9
- Cogeneration of electricity See Electric power
- Permits for disposal in landfills (Ramsey) 759-60 (van Dongen) 759-60
- Use (Abbott) 757-8 (Ramsey) 757-9
- Use in power generation (Hurd) 1387 (Miller) 1387
- Wood waste in rivers, handling (Ramsey) 942 (Symons) 942
Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.
- Former residents, support in communities (Streifel) 91
- Land use plan for site (Coleman) 1626 (Miller) 1626
Work Plus program
- Federal program (Symons) 642-3
Workers See Labour
Workers' compensation
- Claimants, suicide rate (Reid) 1676
- Claims, time until receipt of first payment (Reid) 1679 (Sihota) 1679
- Criminal injuries, qualification for compensation (Reid) 1652 (Sihota) 1652
- Disability awards and employability (Reid) 1671 (Sihota) 1671
- Job placement rate of consultation services agencies (Reid) 1678
- Long-term disability
- cases (van Dongen) 1680
- cases, decision-making process (Sihota) 1681 (van Dongen) 1681
- Monitoring process, Saskatchewan model (Reid) 1672
- Stress-related injuries, compensability (Reid) 1680 (Sihota) 1680
Workers Compensation Board
- Accountability (Reid) 1648
- Adjudicators
- decision-making powers (van Dongen) 1682
- qualifications and selection (Reid) 1677-8 (Sihota) 1677-8
- Administration costs (Reid) 1679 (Sihota) 1679
- Annual report, 1995, and statistics tabled (Sihota) 531
- Appeal division (Reid) 1676
- Appeals process (Reid) 1653, 1671 (Sihota) 1653
- Appointments, recent appointments (Reid) 1651 (Sihota) 1651
- Assessment premiums (Reid) 1679
- Back pain claims, handling (Reid) 1672-3 (Sihota) 1672-3
- Budget (Sihota) 1671
- Changes made by NDP government (Sihota) 1649
- Client complaints (Reid) 1648, 1652-3 (Sihota) 1648, 1653
- Communication with public (Reid) 1653 (Sihota) 1653
- Customer surveys (Sihota) 1681-2 (van Dongen) 1681-2
- Death of workers, handling (Reid) 1676-7 (Sihota) 1676-7
- Determination of disability (Reid) 1673-4 (Sihota) 1673-4
- Electronic file process (Reid) 1679 (Sihota) 1679
- Ergonomic regulations (Reid) 1680 (Sihota) 1680
- Financial statement, cash payouts (Sihota) 1682 (van Dongen) 1682
- Government role (Reid) 372-3
- Health and safety regulations process, public input (Reid) 1679-80 (Sihota) 1679-80
- Internal ombudsman (Reid) 373, 1652 (Sihota) 1652
- Job search and retraining (Reid) 1672 (Sihota) 1672
- Legislature's responsibility (Reid) 1648
- Liberal Party's recommendations (Reid) 1648
- Medical review panel
- appointment of members (Reid) 1674-5 (Sihota) 1675
- appointment of members, evaluation process (Reid) 1675-6 (Sihota) 1676
- Monitoring process (Reid) 1672
- Nature of offices (Reid) 1678 (van Dongen) 1682
- Occupational Safety and Health in British Columbia: An Administrative Inventory
- cited (Reid) 1648
- quoted re workers' deaths (Reid) 1676
- Recommendations for board's improvement, implementation (Reid) 1648 (Sihota) 1649
- Reporting process (Reid) 1651
- Reports on board, cost (Reid) 1649
- Request for auditor general to conduct performance audit (Reid) 1650-1 (Sihota) 1651
- Reviews
- ongoing review process (Dalton) 1683 (Reid) 1679 (Sihota) 1672, 1679
- operations review (Campbell) 25 (Hurd) 375 (Orcherton) 385 (van Dongen) 388-9
- Royal commission
- appointments (Reid) 1648-50 (Sihota) 1648-50
- establishment (Boone) 292 (Dalton) 308-9, 1643 (Doyle) 242 (Kasper) 257 (Orcherton) 131 (Reid) 119 (Robertson) 272 (Sihota) 1643 (Throne speech) 5
- pre-royal commission panel, term of office (Reid) 1678-9 (Sihota) 1678-9
- recommendations, implementation (Reid) 1671-2 (Sihota) 1672
- recommendations, responsibility for implementation (Reid) 1650
- recommendations, timeline (Reid) 1650
- study of existing reports (Reid) 1649-50
- Service level at different offices (Reid) 1679 (Sihota) 1679
- Service quality (Sihota) 1680-1 (van Dongen) 1680-1
- Small business project, status (Sihota) 1682 (van Dongen) 1682
- Staff
- length of terms (Reid) 1651-2 (Sihota) 1651
- performance, measurement (Sihota) 1681-2 (van Dongen) 1681
- staff (van Dongen) 389
- Terms of reference (Reid) 1671
- Vision statement quoted (Sihota) 1681
- The Workers Compensation System of B.C.: Still in Transition quoted (Reid) 1649
Working Opportunity Fund
- Investment tax credits, reduction (Dosanjh) 936 (Miller) 1034 (Plant) 1034
- Investments (Chong) 1817-9 (Miller) 1817-9
- Monitoring of fund (Chong) 1811 (Miller) 1811
Workplace safety See Labour
World Bank
Wyman, Bob
- Pension entitlement (Jarvis) 1533
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