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Province of British Columbia
2nd Session, 36th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 24, 1997 to March 26, 1998
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
ABB (Asea Brown Boveri)
- Amalgamation with Westcoast Energy and B.C. Trade Development Corporation See IPC Group
Abbotsford, B.C.
- See Abbotsford-Matsqui, B.C.
Abbotsford constituency
- Boundaries (van Dongen) 5582
Abbotsford school district
Abbotsford-Matsqui, B.C.
- Abbotsford courthouse expansion (Dosanjh) 2217 (Penner) 2217
- Justice facilities, expansion (de Jong) 2701 (Dosanjh) 2701
- MSA Hospital See MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C.
- Municipal grant reduction (de Jong) 2863-5 (van Dongen) 2717
- Railway taxation revenue and municipal grant (de Jong) 3004, 3006
- Transit services (de Jong) 5009-11 (MacPhail) 5009-11
Abbotsford-Mission highway
Abbott, George (Shuswap)
- Adams Lake, bridge and road access 5319-20
- Agriculture
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 3979-80
- Airports
- legislative amendments for municipal authority 3839-40
- operation by local government 6087, 6216
- A.L. Fortune Secondary School, renovation 6223-4
- Ambulance response times and hospital emergency services 3859
- Assessment Appeal Board
- budget 2921
- case backlog and office reorganization 3917
- members, appointment 2920
- Assessment Authority of B.C.
- annual reports, filing with Clerks of the House 3916
- appeals process, transfer of operating costs from Municipal Affairs ministry 2918-21
- assessment manuals for major industries 3916
- courts of revision, appointments 2920
- revenue sources 2922
- Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia Act, debate 6583
- Austin, Gordon, severance package 5859
- Automobiles, photo radar use in speed monitoring, consultation with municipalities 3807-10, 3922, 5997
- Better Teamwork, Better Care model for health care services delivery 3298-9
- Big White Ski Resort, regional district boundary issue 3881
- Bolean Creek erosion problems, petition tabled 2223
- B.C. Rail Ltd., grants in lieu of property taxes, status 3854
- B.C. Transit Corporation, transfer to Greater Vancouver regional district, negotiations 3887-9
- B.C. 21 program, community projects program 4360-2
- Budget
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997
- debate 2564-8, 2918-22, 2928-33, 2961, 2964-5, 2969-80, 2997-3002, 3004, 3007, 3024-6, 3033-4, 3075, 3114-6, 3131-2
- transitional provisions 3132
- Building Officials' Association
- statutory recognition 6085
- training and certification of members 6215
- Building Officials' Association Act
- debate 6085, 6214-5
- provisions for inquiry, discipline and appeals 6215
- Building standards branch, elimination 3559-61
- Burnaby, maintenance costs of declassified roads 3889
- Business licensing powers in Municipal Act and Vancouver Charter 3843
- Campbell River area, sewerage project 3891-2
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program
- allocation of funds 3585
- consultation with municipalities 5997
- Infrastructure 2, roads component 3681
- program 3555-7
- Chase
- courthouse closing
- health care facility 3461-2
- Children and Families ministry
- estimates debate 6478-9
- regional operations, regional community advisory committees 6479
- Civil service, public sector employment contracts, termination provisions for exempt employees 5859
- Columbia-Shuswap regional district
- impact of municipal grant reduction 3034
- weed control program 3979-80
- Community charters
- Community health services societies, role 3297, 3319-20
- Constitutional reform, local government recognition 3557
- Construction industry
- building inspections
- building inspectors
- inspector and official, use of terms 6214-5
- professional association, membership requirement 6215
- building standards policy 3529
- electrical and gas inspection services by municipalities 3651
- elevator inspections 3591
- Courthouse closings 2234, 3535-6
- Cowichan Valley, South Cowichan area
- incorporation 3848
- restructure request 3852-3
- restructuring and municipal grant 2997
- Debt, public debt
- current levels 5558
- debt during NDP administration 2169, 2232
- Downtown revitalization program
- Economy
- economic development commissions, funding 3527
- "Joe Stalin" economics 4556
- Education, Skills and Training ministry, estimates debate 6223-5
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996, purpose 5558-9
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5557-9
- Electoral Boundaries Commission, appointment of commission, timing requirements 5557-9
- Electric power, cogeneration facilities and production subsidies 5301-2
- Elk Valley area, representation on community health council 3327
- Elkford, declassification of area road 5395
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 4703
- Employment, reduced workweek 4555
- Enderby
- representation on regional health board 3326
- water extension project 3892
- Enderby and District Credit Union, contribution toward construction at A.L. Fortune Secondary School 6224
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 5607-8, 5610-4, 5670-2, 5728, 5833
- Environment, Lands and Parks Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Environment, pollution abatement improvements tax exemption incentive 3114-5, 3131
- Eurasian milfoil, control 2976-7, 5610-3
- Evans Forest Products Ltd.
- cost of timber extraction 5339-43
- financial situation 6156-7
- government intervention in financial problems 2399-401
- Farnworth, Hon. Michael, work as Municipal Affairs and Housing minister 3528
- Fire commissioner, Nanaimo office closing 3529
- Fish Protection Act, debate 6211-3
- Forest industry
- community forests, number and application requirements 5348-9
- cut size adjustment for times of low pulp prices 5344-5
- Golden timber supply area
- government role 6156
- logging costs 2401
- mechanization in mills 5349
- "Repap proposal" for pulp logs 5341
- revenue to province, shortfall, impact on 1995-96 budget 2233
- Salmon Arm forest district, not satisfactorily restocked area 5343
- silviculture, role in industry 5346-7
- tax assessments for sawmills 2326
- wood residue, use 2456
- Forest Practices Code
- impact on timber extraction costs 6156-7
- Liberal Party position on bill 6155-6
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 5300-2, 5307, 5339-49
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6155-7
- Gambling on Indian land 3680-1
- Golden, railway taxation revenue 3885-6
- Goodgame, Bob, cardiac surgery wait-list case 2250
- Government
- federal transfers to provinces, reduction 2566
- parliamentary government, history 4800
- provincial-municipal relations
- consultation 3033, 3807-8
- impact of changes to municipal grant legislation 3004
- joint council process 2931-2, 2970, 2973, 3025, 3554-5, 5997, 6088
- joint council process and confidential Treasury Board discussions 3534-5
- protocol agreement 2930-1, 3541-2, 3553, 3809
- provincial obligation to consult 3534
- relations 2565-7, 3025
- timing of protocol agreement and grant reductions 3553
- purchasing, green purchasing policy 5672
- responsibility to represent interests of the governed 6384
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2168-71
- Government agent offices, closings 4319-20
- Growth management strategies 3845-7
- Health Authorities Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5867-8, 5895, 6243-5, 6247
- Health care
- access to medical services 6201
- accountability framework, performance measures 3298-9
- capital projects planning 3295-6, 3299-300
- facilities, operational funding 3299-300
- governance structure
- amalgamations of old boards and councils, asset and liability issues 6245, 6247
- roles and relationships 3295-9, 3324-5
- health care societies, role in regionalized system 3296-7
- health care workers
- employment relationships under regionalization 3320, 3324-5
- labour relations 5868
- medicare system, universality principle 6201
- New Directions program, review and modification of health care model 3297-8
- regional health boards and community health councils
- regionalization
- consultation 3462, 5558-9
- models used in other jurisdictions 3301
- representation by area 5867-8
- termination pay-outs for redundant employees 5859
- Health Employers Association, role in regionalized health care system 3320
- Health ministry
- Highways and roads
- capital rehabilitation program for newly incorporated municipalities 5321
- consultation between provincial government and municipalities re highways 6351
- declassification of roads 3538-9, 3888-90, 3923, 5393-5
- funding grants to municipalities 6351-2
- maintenance of secondary roads, bylaw requirement 3888-9
- Homeowner grant, strata developments and undivided interest issue 3921-2
- Hospitals, capital funding, conflicts between investing bodies 5677-8
- Improvement districts, governance 3655-6, 3659-60
- Indians
- non-Indian tenants on Indian land, voting rights 3680
- role in regionalized health care system 3325
- self-government 3679
- service agreements with municipalities or regional districts 3678
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., board members' remuneration, setting by cabinet 6353
- Islands Trust Act, trust council's responsibilities 5917
- Jeune, Paul, contract for communications services 5575
- Job Protection Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2399-401, 2409
- Job Protection Commission
- extension of commissioner's mandate 2409
- work of commission 2399
- Jobs and timber accord
- announcement 4554
- impact on annual allowable cut in Shuswap forest district 5345-6
- Kerley, Douglas, commended for work as job protection commissioner 2400-1
- Kin House, closing of youth group home in Salmon Arm 6479
- Knapweed control, funding 3979-80
- Knowles, Stanley, achievements 4420-1
- Labour Relations Code changes, B.C. Road Builders Association's position 5811
- Lakemount Estates development, homeowner grant issue 3921-2
- Land use
- landscaping requirement for environmental purposes 5921
- protection of riparian areas 5915-6, 5918-9
- subdivision for relatives' housing 3847
- Legislature
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 4553-6
- cooperation between government and opposition 4799-802
- estimates process, minister's presence 5307
- legislative calendar 2170, 4798-801
- legislative reform 4798-802
- private members' bills, recognition 4801
- select standing committees, use 4801
- Libraries
- Local government
- agreements with province 5559
- autonomy 3530-1, 3533-4, 5916
- conformity between community or land use plans and local water or improvement district's services 3660-1
- elimination of need for provincial government approval 6087
- exercise of powers through comprehensive bylaw or "code" 6216-7
- joint exercise of powers with other municipalities, council requirements 6216
- lease financing by Municipal Financing Authority 6087
- local communities form of governance 3652
- planning authority 3657
- public approval for projects 3682-4
- responsibilities 2972-3
- Local Government Grants Act, purpose of act 2233-4
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 6087-8, 6215-7
- Lumby, representation on regional health board 3325
- Medical Services Plan
- non-participation option 6319
- withdrawals and cancellations 6201
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6201, 6319
- MLAs
- contributions of former MLAs 6583
- number 5559
- role 4798-9
- working together for the common good 4553-4
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 3943, 5715-6
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 5677-9, 5791-2
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1997, debate 6351-3
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge Ltd., management contract 5833
- Mount Ida, logging proposal for area 5344, 5349
- Mulchey, Ron, severance package 5859
- Municipal Act
- revision
- consultation through joint council process 6087
- need for amendments to permit long-term public-private partnerships 3943, 5715-6
- need for revision 3527, 3531, 3540-1, 3923
- subdivision provisions 3847
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry
- estimates debate 3527-42, 3553-62, 3585-96, 3598, 3602, 3650-2, 3654-7, 3659-61, 3675-84, 3807-10, 3839-48, 3852-4, 3879, 3881-93, 3916-7, 3921-4
- aboriginal affairs manager position 3602, 3678
- budget reduction 3528
- goals for 1997-98 period 3530
- programs and services, reduction 4802
- relationship with water, irrigation and improvement districts 5913
- staff and operations changes 3528-30
- Municipal Finance Authority, legislation re group leasing 3558
- Municipalities
- electoral reform 3593-4
- grants from provincial government
- 1994 debate, NDP MLAs' comments 2567-8
- administration of grants 3024-5
- amount of grant in future, certainty 2931-3, 2961, 2979, 2998, 3004, 6087
- annual unconditional grants, consultation 3024-6
- conditional grants 3891
- consultation 2565-7, 2980, 3033-4, 3527
- deduction for highways and bridges 2964
- determination of amount 2565, 2970-2, 2978-9
- general grants 2930, 5559
- grants during Social Credit Party administration 2976
- grants for incorporated municipalities 3854
- grants for sewer and water projects 3682, 3891
- municipal equalization grants 3890-1
- reduction 2170-2, 2233-4, 2564-6, 2929, 2964-5, 3075
- reduction, announcement by provincial government 2929
- reduction, exemption for small communities 2971
- small community protection grants 3890
- unconditional grants, allocation 3890
- lease of land 2977
- long-term leasing arrangements 3558-9
- municipal authority and provincial funding 2974-7
- municipal elections, voter identification 3594-6
- public-private partnerships, long-term leases and use of Municipal Enabling and Validating Act provisions 3844-5
- railway taxation revenues and municipal grants 2999-3002, 3007
- requirement for provincial approval 3531-2
- restructuring
- revenues, calculation of total 2998-9
- revenues from traffic fines 2974, 2976, 3539-40
- site contamination regulatory role 6217
- transfer of responsibilities from provincial government, funding allocation 3536-7
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act, scope and intent 3558
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 2) Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5912-3
- Munro, Connie, severance package 5859
- Naramata, irrigation district dispute 3657, 3660-1, 5912-3
- NDP government
- commitment to represent B.C. interests 6384
- consultations with public and others 3540
- management of health care system 5867-8
- 911 emergency telephone system, provincewide service 3592-3
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, self-government model 3679
- North Enderby Timber Ltd., permit to burn latex paints 5728
- North Okanagan regional health board
- Placer Mining Club, gold-panning operations, concern re legislation on tailings 6212-3
- Plants, purple loosestrife, control 5611
- Policing costs, community contribution 3892-3
- Political diplomacy 6384
- Public health inspectors, transfer 3297
- Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 5859
- termination provisions, effectiveness 5859
- Railways, property valuation and taxation 3882-6
- Real property
- assessment categories, rate cap 3887
- assessment value, inclusion of goods and services tax 3921
- Recycling
- incentive plans for regional districts 5671-2
- plastic products, government standards and specifications 5320-1, 5672
- Regional districts
- Regional hospital districts
- Revelstoke
- consultations on health care regionalization 3462
- municipal grant reduction 2965
- railway taxation revenue and municipal grant 3034
- snow disposal in Columbia River 5728
- Rifkin, Jeremy, theories on future economy 4555
- Rivers and streams
- riverbank protection 5607-8
- streamside protection by municipalities, provincial directives 6211-2
- Safety
- private sector role 3587
- safety authority, establishment 3586-7
- safety compliance responsibility 3585-6
- safety registration system, establishment 3591
- safety systems review
- Salmon Arm, municipal grant reduction 3034
- Salmon River, restoration work 5916
- Sayward, declassification of area roads 3889, 5394-5
- School district 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)
- amalgamation, progress and impacts on collective agreements 6225
- capital funding projects 6223-5
- school accreditation process 6225
- Schools
- efficiencies and cost-reduction strategies, extended school days 6223-4
- site acquisition, legislation 3840-1
- Sechelt Indian band, provincial grants 3680
- Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program, transfer of responsibility to B.C. Housing Management Commission 3529-30
- Shuswap area
- forest industry in area 5339
- representation on regional health board 3325-8
- Shuswap Junior Secondary School, building renovation 6224
- Sicamous
- consultation with provincial government 3034
- downtown revitalization 3843
- Main Street resurfacing 5321
- railway bridge, tax revenue 3885
- water systems authority 3661
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- Social workers, caseloads in Shuswap area 6479
- Sorrento Elementary School, sewage disposal and storm drainage upgrade 6225
- Sorrento Wellness Council 3462
- Spallumcheen, consultation with provincial government re policing grants 3033
- Stockell, David, court case 2232-3
- Strata developments, tax deferment for seniors 3922
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2168-72
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4798-802
- Thomas, Martin, commended for work on downtown revitalization program 3841-2
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 5319-21, 5393-5
- University Endowment Lands, governance study and issues 3654
- Vancouver ward system referendum, determination of majority vote 3553
- Vancouver-Richmond regional health board, size of board 3301
- Vernon, representation on regional health board 3326
- Victoria
- authority to enter into leasing agreements 3943
- construction of new arena, leasing agreement 5715
- Victoria accord, status 3844
- Walk the Talk Communications, contract for services 5575
- Waste Management Act, "protected person," definition 6217
- Waste management plans by regional districts 5671
- Watersheds
- pollution of "flow," municipal responsibility and enforcement 5919-20
- restoration projects, Forest Renewal B.C. funding 3062
- runoff control, disposal and paving provisions 5921
- Wedley, William, property assessment case 3921
- Westbank area, restructuring 3847
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., cogeneration proposal 2455, 5301-2
- Wood waste, beehive burner phase-out program 2455-6, 5300-2
- Youth, group homes, guidelines for community consultation prior to establishing new facilities 6478-9
- Zebra mussels, spread in B.C. 5614
- Zirnhelt, Hon. David, performance during Forests ministry estimates debate 5307
Aboriginal Affairs, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 3264-8, 3303-18, 3328-37, 3361-77, 3403-18, 3429-38, 3451-5, 3480-99, 3524-6, Report 5994-5
- speakers (Anderson) 3314-8 (Barisoff) 3266-8, 3303-4, 3434, 3481-2 (Cashore) 3264-5, 3267-8, 3303-18, 3328-37, 3361-77, 3403-18, 3430-8, 3451-5, 3480-99, 3524-6, 5995 (de Jong) 3265-6, 3304-14, 3318, 3329-37, 3362-70, 3407-9, 3429-32, 3451-3, 3487-9, 3492-6, 3498-9, 3525-6, 5994-5 (Gingell) 3415-6 (Hansen) 3416 (Hawkins) 3453-4, 3488-9 (Jarvis) 3484 (Krueger) 3437, 3484-7 (Nettleton) 3432-7 (Thorpe) 3480-2 (Weisbeck) 3454-5, 3483-4 (Weisgerber) 3370-7, 3403-7, 3409-18, 3489-92, 3496-8
- Aboriginal initiatives fund (Anderson) 3314-5 (Cashore) 3314-5, 3335-6, 3413 (de Jong) 3335-6
- Aboriginal relations branch and ministry reorganization (Cashore) 3366 (de Jong) 3366
- Advertising re treaty negotiations process, effectiveness (Cashore) 3330-2 (de Jong) 3330-2
- Annual report, 1995-96, tabled (Cashore) 4630
- "B.C.'s Approach to Treaty Settlements," ministry report quoted (Weisgerber) 3406, 3409, 3411
- Contracted services
- Cost recoveries from federal government (Cashore) 3336-7 (de Jong) 3336-7
- Deputy ministers committee on aboriginal affairs, role (Anderson) 3316 (Cashore) 3316
- Funding for line ministries for treaty negotiations work (Cashore) 3307-9, 3308-9, 3525 (de Jong) 3307-9, 3308-9
- Funding for treaty negotiations and other initiatives (Anderson) 3315 (Cashore) 3315
- Information provision by ministry and freedom-of-information process (Cashore) 3304 (de Jong) 3304
- Information systems and software development, costs (Cashore) 3334-5 (de Jong) 3334
- Mandate and goals (Anderson) 3315-6 (Cashore) 3265, 3315-6
- Mandates re provincial treaty settlements (Cashore) 3374, 3403-6, 3409-15, 3413 (Weisgerber) 3374-5, 3403-7, 3409-15
- Mapping data for treaty tables (Cashore) 3332-3, 3451, 3525 (de Jong) 3332-3, 3451
- Minister
- advocacy role (Cashore) 3433
- travel, accounting method (Cashore) 3337 (de Jong) 3337
- Office equipment and furnishings (Cashore) 3335 (de Jong) 3335
- Staff
- Vehicle leasing (Cashore) 3335 (de Jong) 3335
- Videoconferencing, use as alternative to travel (Cashore) 3313-4 (de Jong) 3313-4
Aboriginals
Abortion
- Government policy (Nettleton) 2287
- Liberal Party MLAs' positions (Bowbrick) 2823 (Kwan) 2814 (Priddy) 2821-2
Academy Awards
- 1997 winners, analogy with NDP government (Reid) 2178
Accidents
- Carbon monoxide poisoning (Hartley) 3610
- Neurotraumatic injuries
- road and driving-related injuries (Dosanjh) 2493, 3185-6, 3216-7 (Penner) 3186 (Plant) 3186, 3216-7
- services, funding from surcharge levy on violation tickets issued for provincial offences See Provincial offences under Crime and criminals
- Traffic accidents See Accidents under Automobiles; Trucking industry
- Workplace accidents See Labour
An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (production of records on sexual offence proceedings) (federal)
- Provisions on disclosure of sexual-assault counselling records (Hammell) 2783, 4454 (Stephens) 4454
An Act to Amend the Highways and Vehicles Statutes Amendment Act (Saskatchewan)
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- (Bill 1) (Attorney General) 1R, 2088-9
- Debate, speakers (Dosanjh) 2088
Adams Lake, B.C.
- Bridge and road access
- progress (Abbott) 5319-20
- work of George Abbott commended (Boone) 5320
- work of Transportation and Highways ministry commended (Abbott) 5319-20
- Ferry service (Boone) 5367-8 (Symons) 5367-8
Address from the Bar of the House
- Morton, Ashley
- Moved (Clark, G.) 6586, seconded (Penner) 6586, approved 6586
- Rose, Mark
- Moved (Janssen) 6584, seconded (Weisgerber) 6584, approved 6584
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
- See Throne speech debate under Speech from the Throne
Adoption
- See also Foster care
- Adoption agencies, public and private agencies (Anderson) 6324 (Priddy) 6293, 6322, 6324
- Adoption fees (Anderson) 6324 (Coell) 6322-3 (McKinnon) 6293 (Priddy) 6293, 6322-4
- Adoptive parents, pre-adoption education and counselling (Anderson) 6323 (Priddy) 6323
- Birth parents
- impact on adoptive families of birth mothers revoking consent (Priddy) 6294 (Wilson, G.) 6293-4
- openness and visitation (Anderson) 6324 (Priddy) 6324
- Disabled adult adoptees, identification of birth parents, prevention by adoptive parents (Krueger) 6329 (Priddy) 6329
- Government policy, changes (Coell) 6291-2 (Priddy) 6291-2, 6327
- International adoption
- costs of home studies and adoptions (McKinnon) 6292-3 (Priddy) 6293
- Hague convention on intercountry adoption
- B.C. compliance (Priddy) 6324-5
- cited (Priddy) 6478
- letter quoted (McKinnon) 6292
- process (Anderson) 6323-4
- role of B.C. government (Coell) 6325
- Legislation See Adoption Act
- Numbers of adoptions (Coell) 6292 (Priddy) 6292
- Special needs children See also Foster children under Foster care
- Time required to finalize adoptions (Anderson) 6323 (Priddy) 6323
Adoption Act
Adult guardianship
Advanced Education Council of British Columbia
- Report quoted on funding for post-secondary education (Weisbeck) 5908
Advertising
- Signs See Signs and signage
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies (and Service Agencies) of British Columbia
- Internet program grant allocation (Hammell) 4457
Affirmation: The AIDS Odyssey of Dr. Peter See Gawthrop, Dan
Agencies
- See Agencies, boards and commissions under Government
Aghtai, Kassem
- Company's role in Vancouver Woodward store redevelopment project See Woodward Stores Ltd.
Agreement on Internal Trade
Agricultural Credit Act
Agricultural Land Commission
- See also Agricultural land reserve
- Annual report, 1995-96, tabled (Evans) 2392
- Growth management strategies, commission's services to municipal and regional governments (Evans) 4012-3 (Thorpe) 4012-3
- Role in regional district decisions (Evans) 4013 (Wilson, J.) 4013
Agricultural land reserve
- See also Agricultural Land Commission; Land use
- Exclusion requests (Evans) 4010 (van Dongen) 4010
- Local and provincial government role in planning (Farnworth) 3839 (Thorpe) 3839
- Use for specialty food farming (Evans) 4072
- Use of farmland (van Dongen) 3984
Agriculture
- See also Fruit and vegetables
- Agricultural fairs, funding (Evans) 3949-50 (van Dongen) 3949
- Agricultural land development fund
- administration of program (Wilson, J.) 2916
- applications (Wilson, J.) 2916
- loans outstanding (Gingell) 2915-6 (Petter) 2915-6 (Wilson, J.) 2916
- special account, elimination (Gingell) 2915 (Petter) 2563, 2915-6 (van Dongen) 2716-7 (Wilson, J.) 2732
- termination of program (Petter) 2916-7
- Agricultural land held by Crown, management (Evans) 4012 (van Dongen) 4012
- Agriculture industry
- animal health and sanitary conditions during 1950s (van Dongen) 3183-4
- changes (van Dongen) 3927
- conservation practices (van Dongen) 4031
- crops and honeybee pollination (de Jong) 3605-6 (Lali) 3605-6
- employment in industry (Evans) 3925
- future (van Dongen) 2306
- importance in rural communities (Zirnhelt) 2246
- Indians' involvement in industry (Anderson) 4071-2 (Evans) 4071
- issues and concerns (Weisbeck) 2209
- price-setting on commodities (Evans) 3982-3 (van Dongen) 3982-3
- regulations (Neufeld) 2542
- role in economy (van Dongen) 3928 (Weisbeck) 2445
- Agrifood industry See Food industry
- Agritourism See Tourism
- Crop damage in Peace River area See Peace River area
- Designation of regulated areas, concerns (Evans) 5721 (van Dongen) 3790-1, 5720
- Farms and farming
- additional dwellings on farm property (Evans) 4010-1 (van Dongen) 4010
- complaints, number and process (Evans) 3951-2 (van Dongen) 3951-2
- computer use by farmers (Barisoff) 3951 (Evans) 3950-1
- farm management training for Indians See First nations farm management training program
- farmers' concerns (van Dongen) 3927
- farmland in Surrey-North Delta area (Masi) 4014-5
- farmland vs. urbanization, real estate agents' disclosure requirements (Evans) 4019 (van Dongen) 4019
- farmworkers, applicability of employment standards legislation (Cashore) 3123-4, 3262 (Dalton) 3123-4 (van Dongen) 3262
- land-clearing by farmers and marketing of logs (Neufeld) 5494 (Zirnhelt) 5494
- manure management (Evans) 4018-9 (McGregor) 5709-10 (Neufeld) 5709-10 (van Dongen) 4018-9
- municipal bylaws, standardization (Evans) 5721 (van Dongen) 5721
- nuisance issues, complaint process (Evans) 4017
- number and size of farms (Evans) 4021 (van Dongen) 4021
- on-site sewage regulations (Evans) 4020 (van Dongen) 3733, 4019-20
- organic farming, certification (Evans) 4067-8 (van Dongen) 4067
- regulations (Evans) 4020 (van Dongen) 4020-1
- right-to-farm legislation, purpose (van Dongen) 4017
- subsidization (van Dongen) 3928, 3947
- sustainable farming, studies (van Dongen) 4019
- tax refund for farmers' motor fuel (Petter) 2564
- utilities crossing farmland, Agricultural Land Commission involvement (Evans) 4011-2 (van Dongen) 4011-2
- Feeder association loan guarantee program (Evans) 4067 (van Dongen) 4067
- Grain See Grain
- Green Plan, termination (Evans) 4019
- Greenhouses, siting issues (Evans) 4017-8 (van Dongen) 4017-8
- Horticulture See Horticulture
- Insurance
- Mushroom industry
- Pest control
- School programs (Evans) 3949 (van Dongen) 3949
- Seeds
- forage seed initiative (Weisgerber) 3980
- patenting, food hybridization issue (Wilson, G.) 2437
- seed distributors, requirement to purchase B.C.-produced seeds (Evans) 3980-1 (Neufeld) 3981 (Weisgerber) 3980
- Weather damage to crops, government response (Evans) 3975
- Weed control
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 3924-32, 3944-52, 3974-88, 4008-25, 4061-77, Report 5993-4
- speakers (Abbott) 3979-80 (Anderson) 4071-2 (Barisoff) 3950-1 (Evans) 3924-6, 3928-32, 3944-52, 3974-88, 4008-25, 4061-77, 5994 (Gingell) 4072-3 (Masi) 4014-5 (Neufeld) 3981 (Stephens) 4015-6 (Thorpe) 4012-3, 4069-70 (van Dongen) 3926-32, 3944-52, 3981-8, 4008-12, 4014, 4016-22, 4067-9, 4073-7, 5993-4 (Weisbeck) 4012 (Weisgerber) 3974-80 (Wilson, G.) 4061-7 (Wilson, J.) 4013, 4022-5
- Advertising (Evans) 3932 (van Dongen) 3932, 3947
- Agriculture ministry
- Annual report, 1995-96, tabled (Evans) 2392
- Budget reduction (Evans) 3948, 5994 (van Dongen) 3927, 3948, 5993
- Commodity business plans (Evans) 3944-5 (van Dongen) 3944-6
- Corporate services budget (Evans) 3928-32 (van Dongen) 3928-32
- Deputy minister, qualifications (Evans) 3949 (van Dongen) 3949
- Effectiveness reporting and performance management (Evans) 3930 (van Dongen) 3930
- Leased vehicles (van Dongen) 3929-30
- Livestock brand inspection role (Dosanjh) 2833 (Wilson, J.) 2833
- Multiculturalism program and awareness (Anderson) 4071 (Evans) 4071
- Program funding (van Dongen) 2202
- Role of ministry in ensuring safety of milk supply (Evans) 3182-3, 3207-9 (van Dongen) 3184-5, 3207-9
- Rural offices, role (Barisoff) 3951
- Staffing issues (Evans) 3930, 3949 (van Dongen) 3930, 3948-9
- Strategic priorities (Evans) 3926, 3944 (van Dongen) 3944
- Work of ministry (Evans) 3924-6 (van Dongen) 3926-7
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- (Bill 11) (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 1R, 2652; 2R, 3789-94; C, 5719-22; 3R, 5811-2; RA, 6414
- Amdts: sec. 17 (Evans) 5720, approved 5720; sec. 19 (Evans) 5721, approved 5721
- Debate, speakers (Evans) 2652, 3789-90, 3794, 5719-21 (Stephens) 3792-3 (Symons) 3793 (van Dongen) 3790-1, 5719-21 (Wilson, G.) 3793-4 (Wilson, J.) 3791-2
Agrifood industry
Agritourism
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- Day centre for persons living with AIDS (Stevenson) 5992-3
- Financial assistance for people with AIDS and HIV infection See Income assistance, disability benefits under Social welfare system
- Funding to support AIDS-related work (Stevenson) 2351
- HIV/AIDS programs and services for women (MacPhail) 3581-2 (Stephens) 3581-2
- Incidence (Sanders) 5993
- Intravenous drug use and AIDS See Substance abuse/addiction
- Provincial AIDS strategy (Hawkins) 3645-6, 3691 (MacPhail) 3643-6, 3691 (Sanders) 3643-4 (Stephens) 3646
- Provincial AIDS strategy, role of Women's Equality ministry (Hammell) 4461 (Stephens) 4461
Air
- Air quality
- clean air standards (Clark, C.) 6387-8 (Sihota) 4993-4 (Weisbeck) 4993-4
- monitoring and monitoring sites (Clark, C.) 5730-1 (McGregor) 5730
- NDP government policy and action (Clark, C.) 3080-1
- pollution (Coleman) 2689
- pollution prevention (McGregor) 5476-7
- Greenhouse gas levels
- levels in lower mainland (Clark, C.) 5755-7 (McGregor) 5755-6
- reduction (Clark, C.) 5479, 5725-8, 5730-2, 5756-7, 5761-2 (Gingell) 5702-6 (McGregor) 5702-6, 5725-8, 5730-2, 5756, 5762 (Neufeld) 5702-3, 5706
Air Canada
- Claims against liquor distribution branch (Dosanjh) 2987 (Thorpe) 2987
- Services in north (Weisgerber) 3623
Air transport assistance program
AirCare program
- Expansion of program (Gingell) 5704 (McGregor) 5704-5
- Testing requirement, exempting of newer cars (Gingell) 5705 (McGregor) 5705
Airports
- Legislative amendments for municipal authority (Abbott) 3839-40
- Operation by local government (Abbott) 6087, 6216 (Farnworth) 6216
- Penticton airport, ownership of airport lands (Cashore) 3481 (Thorpe) 3481
A.L. Fortune Secondary School, Enderby, B.C.
Alaska
- Fisheries policy (Wilson, G.) 3634
Alaska Highway
Alberni constituency
- Forest industry in area (Janssen) 4926 (Nebbeling) 4926
Alberni school district
Alberni Valley Times (Port Alberni)
- Quoted re NDP government (de Jong) 3071
Alberta
- Companies operating in B.C., compliance with provincial laws (Cashore) 3220-2 (Neufeld) 3220-2
- Cooperation agreements with B.C. (Miller) 4088
- Debt elimination, impact on taxpayers (Walsh) 2521
- Economy
- Electoral division criteria (Weisgerber) 5560-1 (Whittred) 5563-4
- Forest industry investment (Hansen) 3629 (Zirnhelt) 3629-30
- Government purchasing policy, preferential treatment for Alberta companies (Petter) 4678-9 (Reitsma) 4678-9
- Heritage Fund, purpose (Miller) 4249 (Reid) 4249
- Investment in province (Hansen) 6015-6
- Links with northeastern B.C. (Neufeld) 5101
- Oil and gas industry (Neufeld) 4159
- Partners in Compliance program to promote truck safety standards (Barisoff) 5467-8 (Boone) 5467-8
- Work with B.C. on rail transport strategy (Miller) 5097-9
Alberta Securities Commission
- Initiative with B.C. on shared registration procedures (Gingell) 4503 (Petter) 4503
Alcohol
- Abuse and addiction See Substance abuse/addiction
- Alcoholic beverages
- availability in gambling establishments (Krueger) 4309-10 (Miller) 4309-10
- consumption of illicit and illegal products (Dosanjh) 3014-5 (Thorpe) 3014-5
- mandatory warning/advisory labelling of products (MacPhail) 3664-5 (Stephens) 3664-5
- Alcohol-related traffic injuries and deaths
- incidence See Impaired driving
- legislation See Motor Vehicle Amendment (Substance Abuser Rehabilitation) Act
- Fetal alcohol syndrome See Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome
- Liquor control and licensing See Liquor control and licensing branch under Attorney General, Ministry of
- Liquor distribution, regulation See Liquor distribution branch under Attorney General, Ministry of
- Liquor industry and sales
- government policy, review (Dosanjh) 2981 (Sanders) 2981
- regulation (Dosanjh) 3040-2 (Gingell) 2299 (Thorpe) 3040-2
- revenues to province, losses from illicit sales (Dosanjh) 3040 (Thorpe) 3040
- sales by charities and service clubs See Charities
- taxes and product markups (Chong) 3012 (Dosanjh) 2987, 3012-3 (Thorpe) 2987, 3012-3
- Select standing committee for alcohol issues (Wilson, G.) 2122-3
Alcoholics Anonymous
- Position on outside funding (Coell) 6403 (Priddy) 6403
Allan, John
- Report of independent power producers review panel, cited and quoted (Clark, C.) 5731, 5756 (McGregor) 5732
Allen, Douglas
- Report on Insurance Corporation of B.C., cost (Jarvis) 4592, 4605 (Petter) 4605
Allen, Richard
- Quoted re B.C. economy (Campbell) 2114
Alouette River
- Fish hatchery, interpretive centre construction project (Hartley) 2342
Alouette River Management Society
- Water agreement with B.C. Hydro (Hartley) 2342
Alton, Kayla
- Death, investigation (Dosanjh) 2681 (Hawkins) 2681
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
- Kemano power project See name of project
- Negotiation with government following cancellation of Kemano completion project (Campbell) 6565 (Ramsey) 6564
- Role in Kitimat economy (Giesbrecht) 6565
- Settlement with government following cancellation of Kemano completion project, legislation See Industrial Development Amendment Act, 1997
Aluminum smelting industry
- Operations in B.C. (Farrell-Collins) 6012 (Miller) 6016
Ambulance service
American Public Transit Association
- Award to B.C. Transit (MacPhail) 5129
Anderson, Allan
- Investigation into incidents at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre (Dosanjh) 6194-5
Anderson, Val J. (Vancouver-Langara)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- Adoption, issues 6323-4
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry
- estimates debate 4071-2
- multiculturalism program and awareness 4071
- Agriculture, Indians' involvement in industry 4071-2
- Assessment Authority of B.C., appeals process, transfer of operating costs from Municipal Affairs ministry 2640
- ASTEP for Youth Society
- pre-apprenticeship mechanic training 6333-4
- program funding 6527
- Attorney General ministry
- Banking industry, policy on special accounts for income assistance recipients 4582
- B.C. Benefits program
- adoption by government of NDP convention resolutions 4515
- appeals, staff requirement 2499
- disabled benefits program, eligibility changes 2443
- program 2441
- BC Benefits Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- B.C. Centre for Disease Control, languages used by centre 3669
- B.C. Human Rights Commission, operations 2837-9
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal complaints, disposition 2837
- B.C., multicultural history 4297
- Budget debate 2260-2, 2440-3
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2640-2
- Business
- public-private partnerships, "harnessing" the private sector 2498
- small business, intercultural issues 4298
- Canadian culture, definition 2905
- Cancer, wait-lists for services 3823
- Child and Family Review Board, role in child protection 2678
- Child, Family and Community Service Act, purpose of legislation 2627
- Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6488
- Child, Youth and Family Advocacy Act, ministerial responsibility 2910
- Child, youth and family advocate
- expansion of authority 6473
- power to appoint legal counsel 2910
- provision of legal services for children 2681
- Children
- apprehensions of children at risk 6473-5, 6538
- child deaths 2677-9, 2681
- child poverty 2260, 2463
- child protection
- cross-ministry legislation 3959
- Gove commission, recommendations 6472-3, 6477-8
- supervision order time limits and procedures 6488-9
- child protection workers 6472-3, 6476
- children in government care, rights, comparison with children not in care 2678
- child's rights and interests
- children's input into decisions that affect them 3959-61
- legal representation 3960
- putting children first 2627-8
- legal representation of child's rights and interests 2200
- programs and services 6335
- Children and Families ministry
- Children's Commission
- children's access to services 3971-2
- commissioner
- accountability 3994
- cabinet appointment vs. officer of the Legislature 3973
- independence 3960, 3990
- informing individuals of decisions 3999-4000
- mandate and powers 2677-9, 3972
- remuneration 3961, 4004
- reporting to select standing committee 3989
- setting of standards for government 3994
- complaint review process
- advocacy for child 4003
- no reprisals against complainants 4005
- refusal and deferment of complaints 4002-3
- rights of child in confinement 3996
- role of panel 4003
- guiding principles 3992
- review of decisions made by ministries 3995
- Children's Commission Act
- Citizenship, establishment of Canadian citizenship provisions, 50-year anniversary 3608-10
- Commended for role in food donor encouragement legislation (Brewin) 2462 (Chong) 2465 (Walsh) 2465
- Community services fund, programs supported by fund 4520
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4781-4
- selection of new commissioner 4782-4
- Corrections system
- Vancouver correctional facility property currently used as shelter, disposition 5089
- youth probation officers 6262-3
- Crime and criminals
- criminals, evasion of arrest warrants 2839
- young offenders 6263
- Democracy
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- computer training program 5886
- permanence of "handicapped" designation 4584
- services for disabled persons, NDP government action 2498-9
- vocational rehabilitation services 5886
- Douglas, Tommy, role in Cooperative Commonwealth Federation movement 2260-1
- Downtown Eastside Residents Association, forum on single-room occupancies 6126
- Dranchuk, David, work on training programs for youth 5885, 6333-4
- Education
- community-schools initiative 6071
- English-as-a-second-language program 6070-1
- funding
- language instruction, accessibility of English-language materials 4297
- mandatory second-language instruction 5887-8, 5901
- principals and vice-principals, reductions in job number and time spent on administrative duties 6072
- programs for children living in poverty 6072
- programs for youth 5902-3
- Education, Skills and Training ministry
- Employment and Investment ministry
- Employment programs, refusal and appeals 2499
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- Families
- family maintenance
- assignment of maintenance rights 6163, 6166
- enforcement of court orders for income assistance recipients, appeal of decisions 6166
- government's recovery of income assistance provided in place of maintenance 6165-6
- grandparents' rights and involvement as caregivers 6475
- Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, amendments 6166
- Family maintenance program, work of Human Resources ministry with Attorney General ministry 6165-6
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 5737-8
- public opinion 5737-8
- "spouse," replacement with term "domestic partner" 5738
- Federated Anti-Poverty Groups of B.C.
- relationship with Children and Families ministry 6335-6
- welfare joke book 6538
- First Citizens' Fund 3316-8
- Fisheries, government policy on Indians' involvement 4072
- Food banks
- activities 2461
- donors and distributors, liability issue 2467
- use by children living in poverty 6475
- use by those in need 2463
- Food Donor Encouragement Act
- debate 2462-4, 2467
- implementation guidelines for food bank workers 2467
- Food industry, development of ethnic food industry 4072
- Forests ministry
- estimates debate 5500-1
- "Forest Service Guiding Principles," availability of document 5501
- multicultural initiatives 5500-1
- Foster care
- foster children
- advance-notice requirement before transferring children to another caregiver 6477-8
- educational and support services for youth leaving care 6271
- impacts of removal from long-term placement 6288-9
- number 6270-1
- weighting of cultural heritage in determining best interests of the child 6273-4, 6477
- foster parents
- Fuel, propane use as motor fuel, expiration of tax exemption 2641
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling
- costs and consequences 2260-2
- treatment programs 4384
- expansion in B.C.
- basis for decision to expand 4386
- interministerial activities 4384
- Liberal Party position 4386
- social and economic impacts 4382-3, 4385-6
- jurisdictional authority of province 4383, 4385
- morality and gambling 4383-4
- Government
- government accounting, shifting of costs to other areas 2642
- provincial-municipal relations, protocol agreement re consultation 2640-1
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2201
- Guardianship
- adult guardianship legislation, implementation review 2910
- regionalization of authority to decide issues of guardianship 6472
- Health Authorities Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5895
- Health care
- multicultural health needs 3668-9
- regional health boards and community health councils, community participation 6200
- system in B.C., changes 6199-201
- travel for treatment 3823
- Health ministry
- Healthy Communities program, role in regionalized health care system 3666-8
- Housing
- affordable housing, availability 3270-1
- cooperative housing, maintenance and repairs 3800
- emergency housing and shelters 4612
- site selection 3799-800
- suitability for children 3799-801
- Hughes, Ted, recommendations while conflict-of-interest commissioner on changes to legislation governing MLAs' conduct 4782-4
- Human Resources ministry
- estimates debate 4486-8, 4492-3, 4495, 4515-7, 4519-21, 4576-80, 4582, 4584-6, 4611-3, 4615, 4655-9, 4669, 4690-2, 4695
- assistance for people ineligible for existing social welfare programs 4520
- attitude of regional office staff toward income assistance recipients 4515
- client confidentiality and release of information 4655-6
- multiculturalism plan 4691
- performance measurement unit, mandate and operations 4517
- regional offices, breakdown of client types and numbers 4492
- Human rights, arrest warrants as grounds for discrimination 2839
- Immigration
- advisory committee on immigration issues 2909
- eligibility of immigrants in B.C. for hardship benefits 4691-2
- immigrant entrepreneur program, ministerial responsibility 2907-8
- policy 2908-9
- services for new immigrants 2908-10
- settlement programs, funding 2907
- Indians
- aboriginal heritage, language and culture program, status 3315
- aboriginal initiatives fund 3314-5
- business development fund 3317
- development of social policies 6289-90
- lending circles 3318
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., road safety responsibilities transferred from Transportation and Highways ministry 2642
- Internet training for women, grant program 4457
- Kingsley, Cherry
- Labour ministry
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legislation
- cabinet's role in law-making 2442
- cross-references to other legislation 3970-1
- Legislature
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 4566-8
- free votes 2199, 2442
- legislative calendar 4804-5
- public input on issues 4804
- Literacy, role of Human Resources ministry in illiteracy detection and referral 4612
- Looking After Children program (Newfoundland), B.C. involvement 6335
- Magee Secondary School
- capital project freeze 2199
- school reconstruction project 6175
- Marpole Shelter, operations 4612
- Medical Services Commission, orders against practitioners, appeals process 6200
- Medical Services Plan, withdrawals and cancellations 6200
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6199-201
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4782-4
- MLAs, roles and responsibilities in formation of public policy 5738-9
- Mental health services, youth transition to adult programs 6338-9
- Morton, Cynthia, commended for work as transition commissioner for child and youth services 3961
- Multicultural Advisory Council
- Multicultural B.C., health services delivery project 3668-9
- Multiculturalism
- diversity of B.C., issues and concerns 2902-5
- interministry committee 2906, 3599-601, 4457
- multifaith calendar, use in ministries 3600, 3669, 4457, 4459, 4695, 5391, 5501, 5570, 5902, 6476
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates debate 3599-602, 3799-801
- Municipalities
- authority to approve or restrict gambling within own boundaries 4383, 4385
- grants from provincial government
- NDP
- democratic nature of party 2498
- government actions, role of "the plan" 2441-3
- principles and policies 2200, 2260-1
- Peak House Youth and Family Centre
- mandate and funding by government 4690-1
- youth alcohol recovery program 6334
- Physicians, physician supply plan, purpose 6200-1
- Picasso Cafe, pre-employment program for youth 5885-6, 6333
- Politics and politicians
- ethical conduct of elected officials, public expectations 4782-3
- political will 2200
- Poverty
- being poor in Canada 2463
- children living in poverty 6475
- life of the economically disadvantaged 2260
- Premier's Office, estimates debate 6527
- Public health, handling of food bank donations 2463
- Racism and discrimination, B.C. situation 2903-5
- Riverview Hospital
- Roosevelt Hotel, closing 4658-9
- School district 39 (Vancouver)
- capital construction projects 6175
- English-as-a-second-language program 6176
- funding 6071, 6074, 6175-6
- microwave towers, policy re placement on school buildings 6175
- programs for children living in poverty 6072
- Schools
- security concerns 6072-3
- technology and equipment acquisition 6073-4
- Segal, Sydney, tribute 4802
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4782-3
- Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, capital funding project, assessment and planning 6175
- Skills training, vocational agriculture programs 5887
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- estimates debate 4295-8
- multiculturalism, work of ministry 4296-8
- Social welfare system
- emergency social services program, operations 4516-7
- financial assistance workers
- hardship benefits for people ineligible for income assistance 4691-2
- income assistance
- administration and operations 4493, 4519-20, 4576-80, 4612
- applicants 4584, 4669, 4690
- benefits and services 4458, 4495, 4516, 4586, 4612, 4615, 4657-9
- caseloads 4493
- disability benefits 4458-9, 4584-6, 4656-7
- recipients 4584
- Social workers, role under former Social Services ministry 4521
- Society
- compassion for the less fortunate in society 2443
- malaise in B.C. society 2260-2
- Substance abuse, youth treatment programs 6334
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2198-201
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4802-5
- Throne speech debate 2498-500
- Tourism British Columbia Act, debate 3170-1
- Tourism B.C. board members, selection 3170
- Tourism industry
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- estimates debate 5390-1
- multiculturalism, activities and programs 5390-1
- United Nations convention on the rights of the child
- B.C. participation 2200
- public awareness, government's role 2839-40
- Urbanovitch, Michelle, workplace injury case 3202-4
- Vancouver
- Gastown area crime, impact on tourism 4295
- housing needs in downtown area and feeling of community 6126
- inner-city service project, reviving 1967 project model 4613
- low-income housing 4611-3, 4658-9
- municipal grant reduction 2640-1
- Raymur housing project, children's safety 3799
- Woodward's redevelopment project 2441, 3270-1
- Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6126-7
- Vancouver Food Runners program 2463
- Vancouver-Richmond regional health board, inaugural health plan 3669
- Volunteerism, social benefits 2460-1
- Walter Moberly Elementary School, capital funding project 6175
- Women
- employment, worksite issues re non-traditional trades training 3203-4
- perception of women as victims 2781
- Women's Equality ministry
- estimates debate 2779-82, 4455-60
- mandate and responsibilities, review of programs and policies of government 2781
- multiculturalism plan 4455-7
- work with other ministries 2781-2
- Workers compensation coverage, concerns, case cited 3203-4
- Youth
- Youth Works program
- caseloads 5885
- eligibility and exemption 5885-6
- language and literacy services 5887
- mandate and goals 4521
Anglican Church of Canada
- Position on Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997 (Dosanjh) 5652 (Stevenson) 5744
Angus Reid Group Inc.
- "Canada's Aboriginal Leaders: Perspectives from the Inside" report (Cashore) 3451, 3524-5 (de Jong) 3451
- Polling of Workers Compensation Board clients See Client satisfaction survey under Workers Compensation Board
- Polls on gambling expansion (Krueger) 4283-4, 4728 (Miller) 4283-4, 4728
- Quoted on economy (Miller) 2559
- Report for B.C. Lottery Corporation cited and quoted on gambling and family violence (Miller) 2713 (Stephens) 2712 (Whittred) 2712
- Shakedown quoted on entrepreneurship (Reid) 2511
Animal Disease Control Act
- Amendments (Evans) 2652 (van Dongen) 5719
- Change in provisions (Evans) 3210 (van Dongen) 3210
- Exemption for personal use of animals (Evans) 5720 (van Dongen) 5720
- Regulation-making authority (Evans) 5720 (van Dongen) 5720
Animals
- Livestock See Livestock industry
- Wild animals See Wildlife
Annieville Elementary School, Delta, B.C.
- Capital funding project, assessment of needs (Ramsey) 6177
Annis Bay area
- Lakemount Estates See Lakemount Estates development under Sicamous
APEC (Asia-Pacific economic cooperation)
- B.C. as host of 1997 conference (Kwan) 2093 (Throne speech) 2085
Apex Mountain Resort Ltd.
- Alternative access road to resort (Barisoff) 3481-2 (Cashore) 3481-2
Apprenticeship
- See also Trades
- Apprenticeship information management system (AIMS) (Cashore) 3152-4 (Dalton) 3152-3, 3155
- Apprenticeship system
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission See name of commission
- Legislation See Industry Training and Apprenticeship Act, 1997
- Number of apprentices in B.C. (Cashore) 3162-3 (Dalton) 3162-3 (Masi) 3162
- Programs
- apprenticeship scholarship program (Masi) 5877 (Ramsey) 5877
- expansion into new occupations (Ramsey) 5873
- funding allowances for regional coordinators (Masi) 5876-7 (Ramsey) 5876-7
- ministerial responsibility, sharing between Labour and Education (Cashore) 3049, 3151-5 (Dalton) 3049, 3087, 3151-5
- portability of program credits (Cashore) 3158 (Masi) 3158
- scholarships and bursaries (Cashore) 3161-2 (Masi) 3161
- secondary school program (Masi) 5876-7 (Ramsey) 5876-7, 5972, 5977
- training institutes, accreditation (Cashore) 3159 (Masi) 3159
Apprenticeship Act
Aquaculture industry
- Environmental assessment, review panel report (Evans) 4061, 4074 (van Dongen) 4074 (Wilson, G.) 4061
- Fallow sites (Wilson, G.) 4066
- Finfish aquaculture
- government control (Wilson, G.) 4061
- impact on market price of wild salmon (Evans) 4063 (Wilson, G.) 4062-3
- net-pen aquaculture, environmental impact (Evans) 4062 (Wilson, G.) 4061
- Fish farms
- feed fish for farmed salmon (Wilson, G.) 4066
- siting (Wilson, G.) 4064, 4066
- use of seal scarers, impact on cetaceans (Wilson, G.) 4064
- Impact on commercial and sport fishing sectors (Evans) 4073 (van Dongen) 4073
- Inspection and regulations (Evans) 4065-6 (Wilson, G.) 4065
- Job creation (Wilson, G.) 4063-4
- New species, tenures and licences (Evans) 4075 (van Dongen) 4075
- On-land aquaculture (Wilson, G.) 4066
- Role in economy (Wilson, G.) 6025 (Wilson, J.) 6023
- Salmon aquaculture moratorium, petition tabled (Wilson, G.) 6508
- Shellfish aquaculture, oyster culture as aboriginal right and leases on hold (Evans) 4066-7 (Wilson, G.) 4066-7
- Tenure auctioning (Evans) 4075 (van Dongen) 4075
- Tourism potential (Pullinger) 4261 (van Dongen) 4261
Aquasource Ltd.
- Water licence, future (McGregor) 5567 (Thorpe) 5567
Aquatic plants
Aquifers
- See Groundwater under Water
Arden Park youth ranch
- Abuse of teenage boys, compensation for victims (Coell) 4229 (Dosanjh) 4229
Armed forces
Armstrong, B.C.
- Bus service between Armstrong and Vernon (MacPhail) 5197 (Symons) 5197
Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia
- Government funding for ship sinkings (Pullinger) 4115 (Reitsma) 4115
- Sinking of HMCS Saskatchewan See name of ship
Arts
Asea Brown Boveri
- Amalgamation with Westcoast Energy and B.C. Trade Development Corporation See IPC Group
Ashcroft, B.C.
- Courthouse closing, impact on community (Dosanjh) 2619 (Plant) 2618-9
Asia-Pacific region
- Asia Pacific Initiative, funding (Streifel) 4495
Askov (Elijah) v. the Queen
- Criminal law procedure case cited (Dosanjh) 2746-7 (Plant) 2746-7
Assessment Appeal Board
- Annual report, 1996, tabled (Farnworth) 2433
- Budget (Abbott) 2921
- Cases
- backlog and office reorganization (Abbott) 3917 (Farnworth) 3917
- case statistics (Farnworth) 3917 (Gingell) 3917
- locations of hearings (Farnworth) 3918 (Gingell) 3918
- time to write decisions (Farnworth) 3918-9 (Gingell) 3918
- Commissioners, consultants and staff (Coell) 3919 (Farnworth) 3918-9 (Gingell) 3918
- Complaints (Farnworth) 3919 (Gingell) 3919
- Funding process (Coell) 3919 (Farnworth) 3919
- Members, appointment (Abbott) 2920 (Farnworth) 2920
- Services, monitoring (Farnworth) 3917 (Gingell) 3917
Assessment Authority Act
Assessment Authority of British Columbia
- Annual reports
- 1995 report tabled (Farnworth) 3956
- filing with Clerks of the House (Abbott) 3916 (Farnworth) 3916-7 (Gingell) 3916-8
- Appeals process See also Assessment Appeal Board
- cost, impact on local governments (Reitsma) 2922
- transfer of operating costs from Municipal Affairs ministry
- Assessment manuals for major industries (Abbott) 3916 (Farnworth) 3916
- Assessment of managed forest lands (Nebbeling) 5224-5, 5231-2, 5246-7 (Zirnhelt) 5224-6, 5246-7
- Board of directors (Chong) 3919-20 (Farnworth) 3919-20
- Budget
- budget (Farnworth) 2918
- budget surpluses (Chong) 2922 (Farnworth) 2922
- Courts of revision
- appointments (Abbott) 2920 (Farnworth) 2920
- courts (Chong) 3920 (Farnworth) 3920
- Revenue sources (Abbott) 2922 (Farnworth) 2917 (Gingell) 2917
Assessor of Area No. 08, North Shore-Squamish Valley, v. International Paper Industries Ltd.
Associate family program
- See Programs and services under Disabled and handicapped persons
Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia
- Purpose of association (Rose) 6585
Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia Act
Association of Neighbourhood Houses of Greater Vancouver
- Pre-employment program for immigrant women (Streifel) 4521
ASTEP for Youth Society
- Automotive service training and employment project (Anderson) 6333-4
- Program funding (Anderson) 6527 (Clark, G.) 6527
Atira Transition House, Surrey, B.C.
- Residential program for women (Hammell) 2662-4 (Reid) 2663-4
Atlin, B.C.
- Court services for area (de Jong) 2685
Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration
- Estimates
- debate 2575-84, 2610-26, 2642-9, 2672-88, 2701-10, 2734-49, 2789-98, 2825-41, 2875-90, 2902-11, 2937-55, 2980-96, 3008-15, 3039-45, Report 5995-6
- speakers (Anderson) 2677-9, 2681, 2837-40, 2902-11 (Chong) 3012-4 (Coell) 2679-80, 2703 (Coleman) 2949-51, 2981-6 (Dalton) 2620-2, 2832-3, 2884-6 (de Jong) 2684-7, 2701-2, 2796, 2888-9 (Dosanjh) 2575-84, 2610-26, 2642-9, 2672-88, 2701-10, 2734-49, 2789-98, 2825-41, 2875-90, 2902-11, 2938-55, 2981-96, 3008-15, 3039-45, 5996 (Gingell) 2615, 2794, 2882-3 (Hansen) 2908, 2944-5 (Hawkins) 2681 (Jarvis) 2703 (Krueger) 2946-9, 2951-3 (McKinnon) 2676-7 (Neufeld) 2827-32, 2840 (Penner) 2706-9, 2840-1 (Plant) 2578-84, 2610-20, 2622-6, 2642-9, 2672-5, 2681-4, 2705, 2709-10, 2734-49, 2789-98, 2826, 2830-7, 2839, 2883-4, 2887-9, 2911, 2937-41, 2943-6, 2953-5, 5995-6 (Reitsma) 2704-6, 2885-6, 2953 (Sanders) 2981 (Stephens) 2877-82, 2889-90, 2941-3 (Symons) 2745-6 (Thorpe) 2981, 2986-96, 3008-15, 3039-45 (Weisbeck) 2741 (Weisgerber) 2825-7, 2875-7, 2985-6 (Wilson, J.) 2833
- Annual reports
- 1995-96 report quoted on double-bunking in correctional facilities (Plant) 2734
- 1995-96 report tabled (Dosanjh) 2292
- Bad-debt allowance (Dosanjh) 2883-4 (Gingell) 2883 (Plant) 2883-4
- Budget
- Community liaison branch (Dosanjh) 2908 (Hansen) 2908
- Corrections branch
- Director of police services
- Estimates briefing binders, availability (Plant) 2675
- Funding needs (Penner) 2197-8
- Gaming, audit and investigation office (Dosanjh) 2946-7, 2949, 2952 (Krueger) 2946-7, 2949, 2952
- Inquiries, response time (Dosanjh) 2578-9 (Plant) 2578
- Land title branch
- office closings, cost savings (Dosanjh) 2682-3 (Plant) 2682-3
- service delivery issue (Dosanjh) 2684 (Plant) 2684
- Legal services branch
- Crown counsel services See Justice system
- provision of services to client ministries (Dosanjh) 2642-4 (Plant) 2642-4
- Liability of ministry for torts committed by police officers (Dosanjh) 5814 (Plant) 5814
- Liquor control and licensing branch
- Liquor distribution branch
- business plan (Dosanjh) 2988-9, 3015 (Thorpe) 2988-9, 3015
- capital expenditures, return on investment (Dosanjh) 3010-1 (Thorpe) 3010-1
- financial management (Dosanjh) 3008 (Thorpe) 3008
- listings management (Dosanjh) 2990 (Thorpe) 2990
- operations, coordination with licensing and control branch (Dosanjh) 3041 (Thorpe) 3041
- retail operations (Dosanjh) 2990-3, 2995, 3008-10 (Thorpe) 2990-3, 2995, 3008-10
- revenues (Chong) 3012 (Dosanjh) 2987-8, 3012-3 (Thorpe) 2987-8, 3012-3
- revenues, other income (Dosanjh) 3011-2 (Thorpe) 3011-2
- sales volumes (Dosanjh) 2993-4 (Thorpe) 2993-4
- Minister's role (Plant) 3138-9
- Relationship with B.C. Human Rights Commission (Dosanjh) 2841 (Penner) 2841
- Relationship with children's commissioner (Dosanjh) 2674, 2677 (McKinnon) 2677 (Plant) 2674
- Reorganization (Dosanjh) 2582 (Plant) 2581-2
- Residential tenancy branch
- arbitration services (Coleman) 2982-4 (Dosanjh) 2982-4
- arbitration services, telephone/fax submissions (Dosanjh) 2985-6 (Weisgerber) 2985-6
- Kamloops office (Coleman) 2982 (Dosanjh) 2982
- operations (Dosanjh) 2954-5 (Plant) 2954-5
- role in resolving disputes between landlords and tenants (Streifel) 4620 (van Dongen) 4620
- Responsibility for protection of public (Dosanjh) 2579 (Plant) 2579
- Special warrant debate 2213-7
- Staff commended (Dosanjh) 5996 (Plant) 5995
- Staffing levels (Dosanjh) 2610, 2612 (Plant) 2610-2
- Statutory services expenditures (Dosanjh) 2749 (Plant) 2749
- Transfer of programs and services to Children and Families ministry See Children and Families, Ministry for
- Web site, monitoring of access (Dosanjh) 6561 (Penner) 6561
- Youth corrections and probation, transfer of responsibility to Children and Families ministry See Corrections system
- Youth programs and services, transfer of responsibility to Children and Families ministry See Children and Families, Ministry for
Auditor general
- Audit for year ended March 31, 1997, tabled (Speaker) 5811
- Opinion on independence of officers of the Legislature (Dosanjh) 5820-1 (Plant) 5820-1
- Quoted
- information to use as basis for financial reporting (Weisgerber) 2224
- use of special-warrant funding (Abbott) 2170-1 (Weisgerber) 2159
- Recommendations on mental health services (MacPhail) 3467 (Sanders) 3467
- Reports
- 1995-96 public accounts, report tabled (Speaker) 2855
- B.C. Ferry Corporation (Miller) 4859-60, 4863 (Symons) 4858-60, 4863
- B.C. Transit (MacPhail) 5129-30, 5160, 5162 (Symons) 5121, 5129, 5160, 6570
- Build B.C. (Hansen) 4195-6 (Miller) 4195-6
- collection of personal information by Ministry of Health (de Jong) 5853-4 (MacPhail) 5854
- "Enhancing Accountability for Performance in the British Columbia Public Sector," tabled (Speaker) 6590
- gambling report quoted (Krueger) 2949
- "Members' Office Mail: Liberal Caucus, January 1997 Provincewide Mailing" (Speaker) 5582
- No. 1, 1997-98, "Earthquake Preparedness" and summary tabled (Speaker) 6590
- No. 2, 1997-98, "Report on the 1996-97 Public Accounts," tabled (Speaker) 6590
- No. 3, 1996-97, "Vancouver Island Highway Project: Planning and Design -- Ministry of Highways, Performance Audit," cited and quoted (Barisoff) 5201
- No. 3, 1997-98, "A Review of Governance and Accountability in the Regionalization of Health Services," tabled (Speaker) 6590
- No. 7, 1996-97, "Management of Travel: Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations, Performance Audit"
- No. 8, 1996-97, "Executive Severance Practices: Government Ministries and Crown Corporations, Performance Audit"
- No. 9, "B.C. Transit: Managing Operator Productivity" and "B.C. Transit: Its Success as a Market-Focused Organization," tabled (Speaker) 3958
- No. 10, 1996-97 compliance audits tabled (Speaker) 5811
- No. 11, "Follow-up of Performance Audits Issued November 1993 to December 1995," tabled (Speaker) 6563
- severance practices in government ministries and Crown corporations (de Jong) 5696-7 (Gingell) 5695-6, 5889 (MacPhail) 5695
- trucking safety (Barisoff) 5467 (Boone) 5467
- Statements re parliamentary approval of government spending (Coleman) 2187-8
- Study of 1990-95 severance packages (MacPhail) 5168
Austin, Gordon
- Severance package (Abbott) 5859 (de Jong) 5856
Automobiles
- Defective or unsafe vehicles (Boone) 5361 (Neufeld) 5361 (Symons) 5364
- Drivers
- determination of person's fitness to drive (Barisoff) 6282 (Petter) 6282-3 (Plant) 6282-3
- medical records, disclosure (Barisoff) 5969 (Boone) 5969
- records, access (Barisoff) 6067 (Boone) 6067
- Driver's licences
- application by drivers from other jurisdictions (Petter) 6280-1 (Plant) 6281
- cancellations and short-term licences, appeal provision (Petter) 6285 (Plant) 6285
- graduated licensing system (Petter) 6090-1, 6280-2 (Plant) 6280-2
- licence denied or suspended as result of indebtedness (Petter) 6283 (Plant) 6283
- licence issued for term of less than one year (Barisoff) 6066-7 (Boone) 6066-7
- measurement of applicants' experience, skills and other qualifications (Barisoff) 6281 (Petter) 6282 (Plant) 6281-2
- minimum age (Krueger) 3965
- person driving under learner's licence, requirement to drive insured vehicle (Petter) 6281 (Plant) 6281
- remedial driver training as condition of licensing (Petter) 6282-3 (Plant) 6282-3
- Drunk driving See Impaired driving
- Impoundment of vehicles
- disposition procedures for unclaimed vehicles (Barisoff) 6067-8 (Boone) 6067-8
- mandatory impoundment for driving offences (Boone) 2548
- release of stolen vehicles to owners (Petter) 6284 (Plant) 6284
- Insurance
- fraud, penalties (Petter) 6091
- government plans (Boone) 2547-8 (Campbell) 2117 (Clark, C.) 2136 (Gingell) 2298 (Jarvis) 2476, 4763 (MacPhail) 4763 (Weisbeck) 2523
- government plans, Insurance Corporation of B.C. memo (Campbell) 3379-80 (Petter) 3379-80
- impact on Indian people (Cashore) 3488 (de Jong) 3488
- KPMG review, cost (Dalton) 2296
- need for changes to current system (Plant) 2480 (Sihota) 2483
- NDP MLAs' positions (Farrell-Collins) 2127
- no-fault insurance for B.C. (Farrell-Collins) 2127 (Jarvis) 4591 (Krueger) 4601 (Neufeld) 4648-9 (Petter) 4648-9
- no-fault insurance for B.C., costs incurred on advance advertising of option (Jarvis) 4605-6 (Krueger) 4597-8 (Petter) 4597-8, 4605-6
- no-fault system (Campbell) 2098 (Clark, C.) 2345 (Coell) 2176, 2335 (Jarvis) 2186-7, 2476-8 (Plant) 2478-80 (Sanders) 2168 (Stephens) 2532
- no-fault system, impact on women See Women
- penalties for bad drivers (Petter) 6090
- petition tabled (Symons) 2654
- private insurers, access to B.C. market (Jarvis) 4673 (Petter) 4673
- public consultation (Plant) 2479
- review of current system (Petter) 6090
- Trial Lawyers Association questionnaire cited (Plant) 2478
- Intersection safety cameras, use (Barisoff) 6284 (Jarvis) 6092 (Petter) 6090, 6283-5 (Plant) 6283-5
- Photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- consultation with municipalities (Abbott) 3807-10, 3922, 5997 (Barisoff) 3771 (Farnworth) 3771, 5997
- cost of program (Coleman) 2376 (McKinnon) 2336
- effectiveness (Reitsma) 2551 (Stephens) 2532 (Weisgerber) 2502
- film processing lab in receivership (Barisoff) 2391-2 (Dosanjh) 2391-2
- funding for police officers (Dosanjh) 2433
- implementation criteria (Dosanjh) 2831, 2882-3 (Gingell) 2882 (Plant) 2831
- mandatory use, minister's comments (Weisgerber) 3812
- number of cases through system (Dosanjh) 2748-9 (Plant) 2748-9
- offence to interfere with cameras (Petter) 6285 (Plant) 6285
- operating costs (Thorpe) 2193
- program operators, number of police officers hired (Barisoff) 2392 (Dosanjh) 2392
- program operators, police officers' services needed elsewhere in community (Coleman) 2189
- program operators, police officers vs. civilian technicians (Dalton) 2832-3 (Dosanjh) 2792, 2832-3 (Plant) 2792
- serving of tickets, method used (Jarvis) 4672 (Petter) 4672
- trucks and trailers (Dosanjh) 2832 (Neufeld) 2831-2
- use (Jarvis) 6092 (Weisgerber) 3860
- Recreational vehicles, braking system requirements (Boone) 5397 (Wilson, G.) 5397
- Sales of used vehicles, damage disclosure requirements, applicability to private sales (de Jong) 2888-9 (Dosanjh) 2888-9
- Scrap It program, number of vehicles scrapped (Gingell) 5705 (McGregor) 5705-6 (Neufeld) 5706
- Speed limits See Highways and roads
- Theft See Auto-theft reduction measures under Insurance Corporation of British Columbia; Crime and criminals; High-speed chases under Police and policing
- Traffic accidents
- accident and crash rates in B.C. (Jarvis) 4607 (Petter) 4523, 4607, 6090-1
- alcohol-related traffic incidents See Impaired driving
- compensation paid to accident victims (Jarvis) 6092 (Petter) 6091, 6308 (Plant) 6094, 6308
- mechanical failure as cause (Jarvis) 4673 (Petter) 4673
- prevention (Jarvis) 4591 (Petter) 4592-3
- Traffic fines
- changes (Barisoff) 5436-7 (Boone) 5436-7
- collecting out-of-province fines (Barisoff) 5473-4 (Boone) 5473
- legislation See Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1997
- revenues (Barisoff) 5436 (Boone) 5436
- revenues, sharing with municipalities (Abbott) 3539-40 (Dalton) 2622 (Dosanjh) 2622 (Farnworth) 3539-40
- speeding offences (Petter) 6090, 6285 (Plant) 6285
- victim surcharge levy (Dosanjh) 2938 (Plant) 2938
- Traffic safety See also Road safety program under Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- establishment of traffic safety commission (Petter) 4524, 6091, 6285-6 (Plant) 6094, 6285-6
- initiatives (Barisoff) 3860 (Boone) 3859-60, 5200 (Gingell) 2144 (Krueger) 2553
- initiatives, NDP government performance (Plant) 6093-5
- programs, consolidation under single administrative body (Boone) 4524, 5969 (Wilson, G.) 5970
- programs in elementary schools (Krueger) 3966
- Traffic violations, tickets for offences, dispute mechanism (Petter) 6301-2 (Plant) 6301-2
- Vehicle ownership transfer to settle an estate (Dosanjh) 2830 (Neufeld) 2829-30 (Plant) 2830
- Vehicle plates, special plates for dangerous drivers (Dosanjh) 2746 (Symons) 2746
- Vehicles, alternative-fuel vehicles (Gingell) 5702-4 (McGregor) 5702-4 (Neufeld) 5702-3
- Wrecked or stolen vehicles, monitoring program (Barisoff) 5474 (Boone) 5474
Automotive Retailer
- Article quoted on commercial applications for hydrogen fuel cell technology (Reid) 2630
Avcorp Industries Inc.
- Apprenticeships (Reid) 4238
- Contract for fast ferries interior design (Miller) 4866 (Symons) 4866
- Government investment in company (Miller) 4240, 6499 (Reid) 4240
- Skills program (Reid) 6391
Avenor Inc.
- Gold River mill situation (Nebbeling) 5259 (Zirnhelt) 5259
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