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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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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Cabinet
- See Ministers under Government
Cabinet policy and communications secretariat
- See Finance and Corporate Relations, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Intergovernmental Relations
Cain, Vincent
- "Review of Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre," report quoted, cited (Plant) 2738
Calendino, Pietro (Burnaby North)
- Budget debate 2331-4
- Burnaby
- Hastings Street commercial development 2331
- technology programs in Burnaby schools 2332
- Burnaby North constituency, capital improvements 2331
- Debt, public debt and capital investment 2331-2
- Discrimination and racism
- teaching of tolerance 3057
- tolerance in B.C. society 2331
- Education funding 2332
- Employment issues 2333
- Families, importance of family in society 3057-8
- Family Day, purpose 3057-8
- Health care
- funding 2332-3
- medicare system, comparison with private systems 5618-20
- Liberal Party, policies and future of B.C. 2333
- Skills training programs in schools 2332
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, estimates debate 4293-4
- Tourism industry, marketing direction 4293-4
Cambodia
- Political situation (Penner) 5987-8 (Waddell) 5988
Cameron, Ken
- Quoted on future of B.C. economy (Nettleton) 4424
CAMP
- See Coordinated access management plan under Land use
Campbell, Gordon (Vancouver-Point Grey)
- Alberta, economic policies 6544
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., negotiation with government following cancellation of Kemano completion project 6565
- Ambulance service
- fees 2114
- response times and hospital emergency services 3857-8
- Armed forces, Nanoose Bay test range lease agreement with United States, notice of termination by B.C. 3632-3
- Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia Act, debate 6583
- Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance
- government plans 2117
- government plans, Insurance Corporation of B.C. memo 3379-80
- system 2098
- B.C. Federation of Labour, role in development of labour legislation 4788
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- maintenance of Vancouver Island-mainland ferry link 3440-1
- wildcat strike, disciplinary measures 3440-1
- B.C., future 6578
- B.C. Transit Corporation, bus driver absenteeism, level and cost 4143
- Budget
- 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts 2102
- 1996-97 budget, revenue forecasts 2102
- 1997-98 budget, projected deficit for 1997-98 period 2154
- balanced-budget legislation 2115
- special warrants, use 6572, 6574
- truth-in-budgeting legislation 2115
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2866-8
- Business
- advisory role re government policy-making 6540-6
- job creation by private sector, impact of government policies 6539-46
- taxation 6542
- Children
- child protection
- children in government care, infant injury case 2957-8
- Children and Families ministry
- regional operations, hiring of regional child protection managers 5402
- responsibilities, child protection responsibility 5132-3
- Civil service, merit employment 2114-5
- Coalition of B.C. Businesses, consultation with government on youth employment 6542-5
- Columbia River Treaty Downstream benefits, revenue considered in 1995-96 budget, advice to Finance Minister 2154
- Construction industry
- review panel report, position on sectoral bargaining 5809
- sectoral bargaining 4628
- Consumers
- tax and user fee increases 2867
- taxes and user fees during NDP administration 2116
- Credit rating, B.C. rating downgrade 3458-9
- Criminal-record checks of people who work with children, cost 2431
- Debt, public debt
- debt during NDP administration 2155
- debt management 2112
- Dixon, Frank, employment with B.C. Transit, dismissal 4143
- Economy of B.C.
- economy 2111
- economy during NDP administration 6578
- Education funding, per-student funding 2652-3
- Election Act
- drafting, consultations by NDP government 2913-4
- gag law provisions, impact on political activity 2097
- Elections, 1997 federal election, campaign role of ministry political staff 3729-30
- Employment and unemployment
- jobs for B.C. workers 2098
- jobs in B.C., impact of government policies 6545-6
- jobs strategy for B.C. 2505-6
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry funding needs, access to Forest Renewal B.C. revenues 3279-80
- Fisheries
- Pacific salmon fishery, protection and preservation of resource 3632-3
- Pacific Salmon Treaty, B.C. response to United States position on negotiation of new treaty (Motion without notice), debate 3632-3
- Flanders, Mavis, case
- accuracy of information provided to Hon. Penny Priddy by ministry staff 5132-3, 5243
- monitoring by Children and Families ministry 2221-2, 2250, 2361-2
- substance abuse counselling and Hon. Penny Priddy's comments 5016-7
- Forest industry
- employment levels 2390
- forest-dependent communities, future 4569-70
- government policies, impact on investments and jobs 3128
- industry during NDP administration 2116
- job creation, NDP government goals 4524-5, 4588
- job loss 4524-5
- job statistics 4588-9
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- need for changes 2116-7
- redirecting of funds to general revenue 2115
- redirecting of funds to non-forestry uses 2155, 3279-80
- Foster care
- government action on problems 2958
- standards of care in foster homes 3628
- Fraser Regional Correctional Centre
- drugs entering facility, prevention measures 6297-8
- incidents of illegal activity 6195
- Freedom of information, access opportunities 2097-8
- Fuel, propane use as motor fuel, expiration of tax exemption 2868
- Gambling
- addiction treatment program 6577
- expansion in B.C.
- Government
- accounting, off-budget recording of expenditures 2155
- consultations with business community 6540-6
- parliamentary government, role of opposition in parliamentary democracy 6583
- provincial-municipal relations 2866-8
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2154-6
- Health care
- Highway 97 construction project, costs 4427-8
- Housing, social housing, actions taken while mayor of Vancouver (Streifel) 4611, 4658
- Hughes, Ted, position while conflict-of-interest commissioner on use of constituency offices for partisan political activities 3729-30
- Hurd, Wilf, commended for work as MLA 2852
- Industrial Development Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6565
- Jobs and timber accord
- Knowles, Stanley, tribute 4035
- Labour Relations Code, proposed amendments 4904-5, 5909-10
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Legislature
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 4569-71
- legislative reform 6546-7, 6571-4
- opposition requests for recall of House 2155-6
- role of opposition 2852
- select standing committees, use for legislative business 4571
- Leskun, Ron
- preventive security role at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre 6195
- protection re case of drugs entering Fraser Regional Correctional Centre 6298
- MLAs
- constituency offices, use for political or election campaign purposes 3685
- participation of all members in House business 6546, 6572-4
- working together for the common good 3632-3
- workload 6572
- Municipalities
- authority to approve or restrict gambling within own boundaries 6577-8
- grants from provincial government 2116, 2155-6, 2868
- Murphy family, foster care for Indian child, information provided to Child and Family Review Board by Children and Families ministry 3501-2, 3627-8
- NDP government
- Parkland establishment, actions while mayor of Vancouver (Clark, C.) 5949, 5951
- Parliament Buildings, celebration of 100th anniversary 6587
- Patronage appointments by NDP government 2114-5
- Peat Marwick 1992 report recommendations to NDP government, NDP action 2154-5
- Petter, Hon. Andrew, call for resignation as Finance minister 3458
- Policing, cost to municipalities 2431
- Port Alberni, health care service 3954-5
- Premier's Business Advisory Committee on Youth Employment, work of committee 6540
- Premier's Office, estimates debate 6539-46, 6549, 6571-4, 6576-8
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter respecting comments by Hon. Penny Priddy on Mavis Flanders case 5017
- Pullinger, Hon. Jan, use of constituency office for federal election campaign 3685, 3729-30
- Quoted
- gambling (Miller) 2433
- role of government (Nettleton) 4424
- Real property tax
- deferments for people with disabilities, eligibility change 4227
- tax 2866
- Recovery houses, standard of care and security 6407-8
- School district 38 (Richmond), funding 2652
- Segal, Sydney, tribute 4787
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- recommendations, government response 6574
- work of committee 6546
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2154-6
- Taxation, tax rates in B.C. 6542
- Throne speech debate 2097-8, 2113-7
- Tourism industry, government assistance 2115
- Trade unions, sectoral bargaining 4628, 4788
- United States Coast Guard, rescue attempt of Canadian boaters 4145
- Vimy Ridge, tribute to Canadian troops on anniversary of wartime victory 2389
- Wages, fair-wage policy 4427-8
- Withdrawal from House ordered 2103
- Youth employment, job opportunities for young people 6539-46
- Youth, opportunities for B.C. youth 6587
Campbell, Larry W.
- Letter quoted on coroner's recommendations on ski-lift safety (Farnworth) 3710
Campbell River, B.C.
- Economy (Robertson) 2303-4
- Local funding responsibilities, letter from Hon. Michael Farnworth quoted (de Jong) 3073
- Sewerage project in area (Abbott) 3891-2 (Farnworth) 3891-2
Campbell Valley Centre, Aldergrove, B.C.
Campgrounds
Canada
- B.C.'s annual financial contribution (Wilson, G.) 2699
- Canadian culture, definition of term (Anderson) 2905 (Dosanjh) 2905
- Chinese Canadians, contribution (Chong) 5223-4 (Kwan) 5223-4
- Citizens' right to defence in international disputes (Clark, G.) 6555
- Cross-country trail See Trans Canada Trail
- Cultural diversity (Goodacre) 2096
- Economy
- globalization of national economy (Wilson, G.) 2435-8
- gross domestic product (Wilson, G.) 3615
- international competitiveness (Miller) 3621
- National unity
- issue (Petter) 3019-20, 3062-3 (Plant) 3019, 3062-3
- project to provide advice to government, Liberal Party involvement in process (Petter) 3443-4 (Plant) 3443
- project to provide advice to government, papers tabled (Wilson, G.) 6563
- project to provide advice to government, process and participants (Petter) 4790-3 (Plant) 4790-3
- work on issue (Petter) 4793 (Wilson, G.) 2123
- Sikh community in Canada, 100th anniversary (Hawkins) 5616 (Lali) 5615-7
Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Funding of university infrastructure (Miller) 4247 (Reid) 4246-7
Canada Health Act
- Principles (Sanders) 3353
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Lending and insurance roles (Coleman) 3727 (Farnworth) 3727
- Transfer of health care facility mortgages, charge (Coleman) 3394-5 (MacPhail) 3394-5
- Transfer of housing stock to province (Coleman) 3806-7 (Farnworth) 3807
Canada Pension Plan
- Benefit levels (Hammell) 2666-7
- Benefits for B.C. income assistance applicants and recipients (Coell) 4660-2 (Streifel) 4660-2
- Future of plan, discussions (Petter) 4541, 4543 (Plant) 4541, 4543
Canada-British Columbia Business Service Centre
- Establishment (Pullinger) 2528
- Intercultural nature (Pullinger) 4298
- Operations (Pullinger) 4354-5 (Thorpe) 4354-5
Canada-British Columbia Council of Fisheries Ministers
Canada-British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
- Allocation of funds (Abbott) 3585 (Farnworth) 3585
- Components and funding (Abbott) 3555 (Farnworth) 3555
- Consultation with municipalities (Abbott) 3556, 5997 (Farnworth) 3556 (Hansen) 2715
- Future of program (Abbott) 3557 (Farnworth) 3557
- Infrastructure 2, roads component (Abbott) 3681 (Farnworth) 3681-2
- Projects
Canada-United States free trade agreement
- Impact on Canada (Wilson, G.) 2124
Canadian Airlines International Ltd.
- Claims against liquor distribution branch (Dosanjh) 2987 (Thorpe) 2987
- Government assistance for company (Lali) 2254 (Stevenson) 2351
- Restructuring of company (Throne speech) 2085-6
Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
- Quoted on purpose of association (Neufeld) 4161
Canadian Association of Retired Persons
- Quoted on reference-based pricing for pharmaceuticals (Hawkins) 2760
Canadian Blood Agency
Canadian Cardiovascular Society
- Position on reference-based pricing of heart drugs (Hawkins) 3900-1 (MacPhail) 3900-1
- Study cited (Sihota) 2772-3
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, Ont.
- Analysis cited re multilateral agreement on investment (Weisgerber) 3623
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Equality provisions (Hammell) 2589 (Stephens) 2589
- Equality provisions for homosexuals (Plant) 5642 (Stevenson) 5648 (Wilson, G.) 5651-2
- Right to vote (Plant) 5553
- Society's responsibilities (Wilson, G.) 2589
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
- Merger proposal (Neufeld) 5497 (Zirnhelt) 5497
Canadian Grandparents Rights Association
Canadian Home Builders Association
- Work of association (Coleman) 3838
Canadian Iron, Steel and Industrial Workers Union
Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Article quoted on two-tier health care system (Calendino) 5620
Canadian Mental Health Association
- Report on accountability cited and quoted (MacPhail) 3472-3 (Sanders) 3472-4
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Forest Products Ltd.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
- Role in reduction of television violence (de Jong) 2386 (Sihota) 2381-2
Canadian Securities Administrators
- Activities (Gingell) 4507 (Petter) 4507
- Role in development of national regulatory regime (Petter) 4504, 4511
Canadian Wheat Board
Canamin Resources Ltd.
- Huckleberry copper mine project (Miller) 4123, 4146
Cancer
- Assessment services, availability (Sanders) 3354
- Breast cancer
- assessment and diagnostic partnership program (Hansen) 3789 (MacPhail) 3789
- biopsy surgery wait-lists (Hansen) 3787-9 (MacPhail) 3787-9
- programs and services (MacPhail) 3580-1 (Stephens) 3580-1
- Clinics
- expanded hours, impact on capital equipment (Hawkins) 3779-81 (MacPhail) 3779-81
- Kelowna clinic
- consultations (Hawkins) 3425
- support services (Hawkins) 3778-9 (MacPhail) 3778
- Victoria clinic
- Lung cancer among women (MacPhail) 3578-9 (Stephens) 3578-9
- Patients travelling to Bellingham for treatment (Chong) 3835 (Hawkins) 3779 (MacPhail) 3779, 3835
- Wait-lists for services (Anderson) 3823 (Hawkins) 3786 (MacPhail) 3786, 3823
Canfor
- See Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
CanWest Gas Supply Inc.
Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Brain Train program for commuters (de Jong) 5011 (MacPhail) 5011
Capital health region board
Capital region
- Bicycle trails, potential for major events (Pullinger) 4289 (Reitsma) 4288-9
- Parkland (Brewin) 3189-90 (Petter) 2844, 3187 (Sihota) 3189
- Transit funding, motor fuel tax increase (Dosanjh) 5675
- Water supply
Capital Region Water Supply and Sooke Hills Protection Act
Capital regional district
- Growth (Orcherton) 2450
- Municipal grant
- reduction (Chong) 3066 (Farnworth) 3067
- reduction and administrative efficiencies (Nebbeling) 2635 (Sihota) 2596
- reductions in area (Chong) 2720-1
- Regional water supply commission, membership (Coell) 3210 (Petter) 3210-1 (Sihota) 3189
- Role in regionalized health care system (Coell) 3399-400 (MacPhail) 3399-400
Capital regional health board
- See Capital health region board
CAPP
- See Career and personal planning under Education, Curriculum
Caregivers Association of British Columbia
Cariboo area
- Economy of area (Zirnhelt) 2246-7
- Health care facilities in Cariboo South (Zirnhelt) 2245-6
- Land use planing (Zirnhelt) 2247
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan
- Legislation of plan (Wilson, J.) 2732
- Plan (Wilson, J.) 5462-3
- Socioeconomic concerns (McGregor) 5844-5 (Wilson, J.) 5844-5
Carroll, Lewis
- Alice in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty quoted (Plant) 2423
Cartography
- Digital maps produced by government, access by non-government organizations (Clark, C.) 5770-1 (McGregor) 5771
- Maps B.C. See Environment, Lands and Parks, Ministry of
Cashore, Hon. John (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Minister of Labour
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- estimates debate 3264-5, 3267-8, 3303-18, 3328-37, 3361-77, 3403-18, 3430-8, 3451-5, 3480-99, 3524-6, 5995
- 1995-96 annual report tabled 4630
- aboriginal relations branch and ministry organizational change 3366
- advertising re treaty negotiations process, effectiveness 3330-2
- contracted services 3318, 3328-9, 3451-2, 3524-5
- cost recoveries from federal government 3336-7
- funding for line ministries re treaty negotiations work 3307-9, 3525
- funding for treaty negotiations and other initiatives 3315
- information systems and software development, costs 3334-5
- mandate and goals 3265, 3315-6
- mandates re provincial treaty settlements 3374, 3403-6, 3409-15, 3413
- mapping data for treaty tables 3332-3, 3451, 3525
- minister
- office equipment and furnishings 3335
- role of deputy ministers committee on aboriginal affairs 3316
- staff
- travel
- budget 3310-4, 3329
- costs, auditor general's recommendations 3310-4
- travel by minister, accounting method 3337
- travel card use by staff 3312, 3329
- vehicle leasing 3335
- videoconferencing as alternative to travel 3313-4
- Agriculture, applicability of employment standards legislation to farmers 3123-4, 3262
- Alberta companies operating in B.C., compliance with provincial laws 3220-2
- Apex Mountain Resort Ltd., alternative access road to resort 3481-2
- Apprenticeship
- apprenticeship information management system (AIMS) 3152-4
- apprenticeship system
- number of apprentices in B.C. 3162-3
- program credits, portability 3158
- programs
- responsibility shared between Labour and Education ministries 3049, 3151-5
- scholarships and bursaries 3161-2
- training institutes, accreditation 3159
- Automobiles, no-fault insurance, impact on Indians 3488
- Brant, Randy, termination of employment with Aboriginal Affairs ministry, severance arrangements 3363-6, 3452-3
- B.C. Cancer Agency, funding from Workers Compensation Board 3256
- B.C. Council of Film Unions, establishment 3046
- B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union, labour agreement 3163-4
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, labour disruption 3163-4
- B.C. Hydro, workers safety, fall-prevention standards 3219
- B.C. Labour Force Development Board, operations 3263
- B.C., northern B.C., industry needs in northeast 3222
- B.C. Provincial Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, restructuring issue and local-hire provision 3564
- B.C. Treaty Commission, 1997 annual report tabled 5404
- Budget debate 2382-5
- Business, small business
- consultations on employee wage rates 3050
- impact of employment standard regulations 3093-4
- Christian Labour Association of Canada, claims re pensions for workers on Island Highway construction project 3097
- Construction industry
- establishment of bureau 3087
- labour relations
- residential housing sector, unionization 5734
- review panel report 3050, 3089-92, 5733
- sectoral bargaining 4628
- Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency, capital improvements 2382-3
- Crown land activities
- consultation process 3375-7
- identification of aboriginal rights 3376-7
- policy 3435
- Douglas College, employee competencies project 3263
- Education
- funding 2383
- labour disruptions 3163
- secondary education credits, eligibility towards apprentice certification 3153-4, 3159-60
- transition from school to workplace 6394
- Education, Skills and Training ministry, role in apprenticeship initiatives 3049, 3151-5
- Employment and Investment ministry, role in labour initiatives 3087
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards
- compliance 3220-2
- information in the workplace 3125
- orientation initiatives 3092-4
- equity of opportunity 3159
- job creation 2383
- Employment Standards Act
- compliance vs. enforcement 3092-4
- exemptions and variances 3094-5, 3120-1, 3123, 3190
- information-posting requirements 3125
- judicial review provision 3118
- review of act 3123
- variances for oil and gas industry compared with forest industry 4737
- Employment Standards Tribunal
- activities during past year 3046
- cement-finishing subcontract case 3122
- current and completed cases 3121, 3190
- decisions, appeals 3123, 3157
- role 3101-4, 3117-8
- variances for oil and gas industry 3219
- Film industry
- animators, workers compensation coverage 3046
- consolidated collective agreement for industry workers 3046
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 4540
- First Citizens' Fund 3316-8, 3329, 3434-5, 3451
- First nations environment program, funding 3368-9, 3413
- Forest industry
- employment standards flexibility 4737
- logging truck operators, exclusion from employment standards legislation 3122-3
- Gambling
- Government
- executive compensation 3362-3, 3365-6
- provision of information by ministries and freedom-of-information process 3304
- spending, 1997-98 levels 2383
- Great Canadian Casino Co., payment to B.C. Liberal Party 2385
- Health care
- funding 2383
- health care workers, changes in collective bargaining structure 3046
- Highway 19, Island Highway construction project
- benefits to Island communities 3097
- fair-wage policy, extension to other projects 3101
- labour agreement 3100
- pension coverage for workers 3097, 3100
- Highway Constructors Ltd. employees, pension benefits 3097
- Highways and roads, high-occupancy-vehicle lanes on lower mainland roads 2382
- Hopkins, Peter, role as Workers Compensation Board ombudsman 3224
- Indians
- aboriginal heritage, language and culture program 3315, 3367-8, 3370-1, 3413
- aboriginal initiatives fund 3314-5, 3335-6, 3413
- economic development opportunities 3265, 3317-8, 3430-3, 3435-7
- employment, federal-provincial labour market development agreement 3416
- fisheries allocation issues 3370, 3493
- governance, historic responsibilities of federal government 3367
- government ministries liaison, funding 3308-9
- issues, federal government funding 3373-4
- land claims
- cost of settlements 3491-2
- overlapping claims, responsibility to resolve 3412-3
- private property, exclusion from negotiations 3483
- third-party interests, compensation 3411-3
- land management and land use planning 3411
- reserve land system, elimination 3483-4
- self-government
- concerns of Indian women 3496
- impact of self-government on federal funding obligations 3417
- issues 3403-6, 3495-6
- skills training, federal funding for off-reserve Indians 3415-6
- students, summer employment 3435, 3451
- treaties
- amendment provisions 3410
- certainty and finality 3408-10
- treaty negotiations
- access to information by Indian and third-party negotiators 3308, 3333
- future-oriented negotiations 2384
- incentives to expedite negotiations 3494, 3526
- process 3264-5, 3370, 3493-4, 5995
- process, government advertising 3332
- public consultation and information 3330-2
- regional advisory committees, operating costs 3309
- regional approach to issues 3404, 3408
- teachers' handbook on treaty process 3332-3, 3413
- Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, operating costs 3309
- treaty settlements
- cash and land components 3413-4
- cost 3264
- enrolled claimants 3415
- federal-provincial cost-sharing agreement 3414, 3525
- ratification process 3498-9
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Act
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- Justice Institute of B.C., suicide assessment and intervention training 3200
- Knowledge Network, "Learning a Living" program 3156, 3190
- Labour
- collective agreement arbitration bureau, mandate 3046
- issues, ministerial responsibility 3087
- labour initiatives, NDP performance 2383-4
- labour market development, federal-provincial agreement 3162-3
- labour relations climate 3046, 4788-9, 6001
- labour-management cooperation 3164-5
- workers
- advocacy 3093
- employee vs. contractor 3120-1, 3123
- pensions, benefit basis 3257
- permanent disability benefits 3261
- workers' rights, federal-provincial cooperation 3124
- workplace safety
- Labour Force Development Board mandate, transfer 3049, 3099
- Labour ministry
- estimates debate 3046-7, 3049-50, 3087-104, 3117-25, 3150-64, 3190, 3192-206, 3218-27, 3253-64, 6001
- 1995-96 annual reports tabled 6508
- advisers for workers and employers, workload 3194-6
- employment standards branch
- information request by member 3192
- management services expenditure 3151-2, 3154
- multicultural policies 3264
- operations 3046, 3049, 3093, 3095, 3097
- public consultation 3050
- role 6001
- Labour Relations Board
- 1995 and 1996 annual reports tabled 6563
- mediation services 3046
- role in trade union issues 3089-90
- Labour Relations Code
- impact on labour relations climate 3164
- proposed amendments re construction industry
- amendments 4787-8
- consultation by government 4904-5, 5639-40, 5733, 5910
- release of legislation to special interest groups prior to introduction in House 5134
- review of code 3050
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Legislature, estimates process, effectiveness 3098
- McLeod Lake Indian band, treaty 3489-92
- NDP government, hands-on approach to governing 2384-5
- Newspaper carriers, applicability of employment standards legislation 3095-6
- Nisga'a people
- agreement-in-principle
- land transfer process and public input 2294
- per-capita costs and number of enrolled members 3020
- provisions re gambling on Nisga'a lands 2222-3
- court system, cost 2914-5
- treaty
- certainty language 3406-9
- comparison to Yukon Indian treaty 3418, 3496-8
- final agreement negotiations 3264-5
- finalization of agreement, timetable and consultation 3129
- government mandates re Indian treaty settlements 3403-15
- negotiations, training for Nisga'a negotiators 3451
- use of lands as security for loans 3429-34
- Nuu-chah-nulth people, hunting of grey whales 3494-5
- O'Brien, Michael, role on Workers Compensation Review Board 3223-4
- Oil and gas industry
- employment standards flexibility 4737
- labour standards, jurisdictional issues 3220-2
- worker injury rates 3205-6, 3218-9
- Open Learning Agency, role in apprenticeship education 3156
- Osoyoos Indian band, Haynes claim and irrigation canal negotiations 3267-8, 3303
- Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism, role in tourism initiatives 3151
- Parker, Dale, role as chairs of B.C. Cancer Agency and Workers Compensation Board 3256
- Pension Benefits Standards Act, amendments 3097, 3150
- Pensions
- government's enforcement role 3098-9
- private plans, review by Labour ministry 3047
- Penticton airport, ownership of airport lands 3481
- Penticton Indian band
- relationship with Aboriginal Affairs ministry 3480-2
- road access through lands to Apex Mountain 3481-2
- Provincial Apprenticeship Board
- Quoted
- gambling expansion (Krueger) 2263
- Labour Relations Code review provisions (Dalton) 4628-9
- use of interim supply (Weisgerber) 2158
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, recommendations, government response 3371-4
- School district 43 (Coquitlam), capital projects 2383
- School district 44 (North Vancouver), one-day work stoppage 3163
- School districts, amalgamations 2383
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- designation 2537-8
- recommendation to allow free vote on treaties 5910-1
- recommendations, Aboriginal Affairs ministry response 6108
- role in treaty negotiations process 5995
- work commended 5995
- work of committee 2384
- Sihota, Moe, commended for work as Education minister 3156
- Sinixt Indian band land claim, status 3482
- Skills Development and Fair Wage Act
- Skills training 6394, 6396
- Taxi operators, exclusion from employment standards legislation 3094-5
- Teachers, exchange program participants, workers compensation coverage 3255, 3258
- Tourism industry, apprenticeship pilot project 3151
- Trade unions
- non-traditional unions 3088-9
- organizing of workers in non-industrial sectors 5639
- role in workers compensation system 3196
- sectoral bargaining 3263, 4628-9
- single bargaining units 3087-8
- Training for What? publication 3151-2, 3158
- Trucking industry, exclusion of interprovincial truckers from employment standards legislation 3094-5
- Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, education program for indigenous peoples 2384
- United Church of Canada, policy on gambling 2385
- Urbanovitch, Michelle, workplace injury case 3203-4
- Vimy Ridge, tribute to Canadian troops on anniversary of wartime victory 2389-90
- Violence, television violence 2382
- Wages
- fair-wage policy
- ministerial responsibility 3100
- policy 2854
- publicly funded construction projects 3047
- minimum wage, current and future rates 3049-50, 3125
- Westbank Indian band
- land transfer for road system improvements 3454
- reserve-land designation for Gallagher's Canyon land 3454, 3483-4
- Westview, flooding in village, health concerns 3489
- Wilson, Maxine, role on local school board 2383
- Women, employment, worksite issues re non-traditional trades training 3203-4
- Workers compensation
- claims
- automated information line 3227
- claimant representatives, single-rep pilot project 3227
- claimant suicides 3200
- claimants' litigation rights 3253-4
- disallowal criteria 3225-6
- electronic files 3226-7
- repeat and multiple claims 3202, 3253
- coverage
- concerns, case cited 3203-4
- out-of-country exchange program participants 3255, 3258
- volunteer workers 3260
- Workers Compensation Board
- 1996 activities 3047
- 1996 annual report tabled 2433
- adjudicators, qualifications and training 3198-200, 3253
- administrators
- appeals process 3261
- classifications 3256
- client satisfaction survey 3200-2, 3261
- funding for cancer research 3256
- governance structure 3198
- inventories and studies 3226
- investigators, qualifications 3257-8
- medical review panel, qualifications 3258-9
- number of fines 3204-5
- ombudsman's office 3224
- performance, accountability 3191-4, 3259
- policies and procedures, training programs 3196
- royal commission to review operations
- safety equipment requirements for working at heights 3205-6, 3218-9
- staff
- employee attitudes 3204
- performance appraisals 3261
- staffing levels and productivity 3261-2
- submission to Employment Standards Tribunal on oil and gas industry application 3219
- vocational rehabilitation services 3225, 3254
- Worksafe campaign 2855
- Workers Compensation Review Board 3223-4
- Worral, Ken, workers compensation pension reduction case 3256-7
- Yukon Indian treaty, amendment provisions 3410-1
Casino Management Council
- President's memo quoted on gambling changes (Wilson, G.) 2588, 2713
Cassiar Mining Corp.
- Future of mine (Miller) 4149 (Neufeld) 4149
Catamaran Ferries International Corp.
Cattle industry
Cawston, B.C.
- Toxic waste at local minesite See Metalex Products Ltd.
Celtic Shipyards (1988) Ltd.
Centra Gas B.C. Inc.
- Return-on-investment agreement with government (Miller) 4084 (Nebbeling) 4083-4
Central Coast school district
Central Guaranty Trust Co.
- Transfer of business to Toronto-Dominion Bank (Sihota) 4417
Central Okanagan school district
Centre Creek Youth Custody Centre, Sardis, B.C.
- Staff morale (Penner) 2900
Centre for Curriculum Transfer and Technology, Victoria, B.C.
Centre for Education Information Standards and Services, Victoria, B.C.
Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
- Position on reference-based pricing of heart drugs (MacPhail) 3900-1
- Quoted on Canadian Cardiovascular Society study (Sihota) 2772-3
Certified General Accountants' Association of British Columbia
Chair and Deputy Chair
- Grant, Alistair "Red," retirement 4914
- Hartley, William James, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (MacPhail) 2089
Chair and Deputy Chair, Rulings and statements
- Bills, committee stage
- amendments that put an obligation on the Crown not in order 6422
- Chair does not rule on whether sections are in or out of order 2415
- confining remarks to section under discussion 5775-6, 6207-8
- debate must be relevant 2409
- principle of bill not to be debated at committee stage 6411
- Chair
- role to acknowledge speakers 5336
- rulings are not debatable 4254, 4913, 5852, 6404
- rulings are not to be commented on 6356
- rulings may not be challenged 5366, 5807
- rulings on Liberal Party amendments (de Jong) 3032
- Committee of Supply
- deputy ministers permitted to respond to questions in Committee A 5339
- rules for sections A and B 2654
- two sections for Committee of Supply 5339
- Debate
- irrelevance and repetition in debate 2665, 3485, 3487, 4136, 4175, 4253-4, 4317, 4320, 4373, 4516, 4913, 5084, 5308-9, 5328, 5366, 5373, 5374, 5410, 5428, 5603, 5712, 6147
- matters before the courts not a subject for debate 5549, 5602
- may not read numerous letters into the record 4136
- time allotment to speakers 5338
- Documents
- quoting letters in full not in order 6293
- Estimates
- any minister of executive council can respond to questions during estimates 6549
- confining remarks to administrative responsibility of minister 2784, 2787, 4117, 4263, 4315, 4352, 5324, 6097, 6404
- confining remarks to agreed-upon area of discussion 5369
- confining remarks to amendment on the floor 2808-9
- confining remarks to current year's estimates 4254, 6179
- confining remarks to estimates debate 5319, 5364, 5544, 5807
- discussion of changing legislation not in order 5230
- discussion of future policy not in order 2787, 5698
- discussion of issues subject to examination by select standing committees not in order 6470
- discussion of legislation not in order 3597, 4105, 4176, 4583, 4927, 5698, 5844, 6233, 6293, 6468
- minister's prerogative to answer questions 2665, 2804
- other government members permitted to participate in debate 5374
- relevance of questioning 5043
- repetition of remarks from previous years to be avoided 5012
- should address remarks through Chair 5319
- Language
- Legislation
- legislation not a subject for debate 5437
- Legislature
- overview of committee process 6583
- Members
- adherence to standing orders 3487
- cannot move two motions at the same time 6174
- "editorial comments" not to be made 4117
- heckling to be done from member's own seat 5451
- must be in their designated seats to speak 6174
- must not question the rulings of the Chair 3073
- referring to absence or presence of other members not in order 5307, 5447
- referring to an individual member not permitted 4889
- referring to other members in the third person 5149
- should address remarks through the Chair 5358, 5363, 5802
- time allowed to speak 4995
- Member's request for Chair's withdrawal from the chair 5367
- Points of order
- to be directed through the Chair 5028
- Quorum
- bells rung at discretion of the Chair 5350, 5367
- Recess motions
- not to be moved by opposition members 5307
Chapin, Paul
- Severance package (Krueger) 2174-5
Chaps Enterprises
- Logging operation shutdown, case (Nebbeling) 5452-3 (Zirnhelt) 5453
Charbonneau, Arthur
- Commended for work as Education minister (Ramsey) 5977
Charities
- Alcoholic beverage sales, price schedule (Dosanjh) 3041 (Thorpe) 3041
- Commercial gambling, impact on charitable gaming (Krueger) 2264
- Role of service clubs as health care providers (Coleman) 3395-6 (MacPhail) 3349-50, 3395-6 (Whittred) 3349-50
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Chase, B.C.
- Courthouse closing, consultation (Abbott) 3034
- Health care facility (Abbott) 3461-2 (MacPhail) 3461
Cheakamus River
- Fish stocks, impact of B.C. Hydro activities (Clark, C.) 4329-30, 4872-4, 5047-8, 5546-9, 5602-3 (McGregor) 5546-9, 5602-3 (Miller) 4330, 4874-7, 4900-1, 5047-8 (Nebbeling) 4874-7
- Water licence issue (Clark, C.) 4874, 5047-8, 5966 (Miller) 4874, 5047-8
Chemainus, B.C.
- Land donation for health care facility, ownership (Hawkins) 5865-6
Cheng, John
- Letter quoted on spending and enrolment caps on career and English-as-a-second-language programs (Sanders) 6076
CHI program
- See Community housing initiative under Housing
Chief electoral officer
- Expenditures (Dosanjh) 2946 (Plant) 2946
- Report re May 28, 1996, general election tabled (Speaker) 6590
Chief forester
Chief investment officer
- Assets under administration (Gingell) 4531-2 (Petter) 4531-2
- Back-office functions (Gingell) 4534 (Petter) 4534
- Employees not covered by Public Service Labour Relations Act, legislative amendment (Petter) 3130
- Internal controls (Gingell) 4534 (Petter) 4534
- Investments
- Management fees expenditures (Gingell) 4532-3 (Petter) 4532-3
- Management of government-owned real estate holdings (Gingell) 4533-4 (Petter) 4533-4
- Use of derivatives (Gingell) 4534 (Petter) 4534
Child and Family Review Board
- Operations (Dosanjh) 2675 (Plant) 2675
- Role in child protection (Anderson) 2678 (Dosanjh) 2678
Child, Family and Community Service Act
- Principles (Priddy) 6486-7
- Purpose of legislation (Anderson) 2627
Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1997
Child, Youth and Family Advocacy Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 6240 (MacPhail) 6242
- Ministerial responsibility (Anderson) 2910 (Dosanjh) 2910
Child, youth and family advocate
- Annual report, 1996, tabled (Speaker) 3319
- Expansion of authority (Anderson) 6473 (Priddy) 6473
- Power to appoint legal counsel (Anderson) 2910 (Dosanjh) 2910
- Precedence of child's interests when in conflict with interests of adult family member (Dosanjh) 6240, 6341 (MacPhail) 6242 (Plant) 6341 (Wilson, G.) 6341
- Provision of legal services for children (Anderson) 2681 (Dosanjh) 2681
- Recommendations, implementation (Wilson, G.) 3967
- Reporting to Legislature (Wilson, G.) 3990
- Statements on child advocacy needs cited (Campbell) 3339 (Coell) 3340 (Penner) 3341 (Priddy) 3339-40
Children
- Apprehensions of children at risk
- appeals, funding (Coell) 6267
- appeals, mediation (Hawkins) 6532-4 (Priddy) 6532-4, 6538
- appeals, requirement to present information from parents' perspective (Anderson) 6538 (Priddy) 6538
- child apprehension cases (Anderson) 6474 (Hawkins) 6533
- levels of service (Anderson) 6473-5 (Priddy) 6474
- numbers (Hawkins) 6532-3 (Priddy) 6532-3
- process to determine readiness to return to the home (Hawkins) 6534 (Priddy) 6534
- Behaviour, impact of television (Sihota) 2380-2
- Child abuse See also Impact on children under Gambling
- abuse and neglect, investigations (Coell) 3340 (Priddy) 3340
- early intervention and abuse prevention (Priddy) 6570
- ministry handbook on case handling (McKinnon) 6468 (Priddy) 6468
- role of family court centre in assessment of abused children (Coell) 6445 (Priddy) 6445
- Child care
- child care services in public buildings (Coell) 6381 (Priddy) 6381
- child-staff ratios (McKinnon) 6332 (Priddy) 6332
- day care spaces in rental buildings (Coleman) 3801
- evaluation and licensing (Coell) 6382 (Priddy) 6382
- facilities and equipment grants program (Coell) 6380 (Priddy) 6380
- national child care benefit program (Streifel) 2358-9
- NDP government action (Gillespie) 2816
- Parksville alternate school-based child care program, funding for spaces (Ramsey) 6148 (Reitsma) 6148
- programs for teen parents (Coell) 6330 (Priddy) 6330
- spaces for low-income families (Walsh) 2240
- staff qualifications and training (Coell) 6380 (Priddy) 6380-1
- staff wage supplements (Coell) 6380 (McKinnon) 6332 (Priddy) 6332, 6380
- Victoria-based community project (Brewin) 2373
- weekend and 24-hour care (McKinnon) 6331 (Priddy) 6331-2
- Child care subsidies
- Child custody and access See Relationship breakdown under Families
- Child development centres
- mandate (Priddy) 6371
- physiotherapy services (Coell) 6435-6 (Priddy) 6435-6
- regional operations (Coell) 6445-6 (Priddy) 6445-6
- speech and language pathology services (Coell) 6435 (Priddy) 6435
- status of establishment of community-based centres (McKinnon) 6472 (Priddy) 6472
- Child poverty See Poverty
- Child prostitution See Prostitution
- Child protection
- abandonment of children by parents while gambling (Krueger) 4389
- child protection quality assurance plan (Coell) 6480 (McKinnon) 6470 (Priddy) 6470, 6480
- child protection workers See Child protection workers below
- complaint and appeal procedures for child protection orders (Coell) 6487, 6489 (Priddy) 6486, 6488-9
- complaints mechanism for delivery of child welfare services (Hawkins) 6532 (McKinnon) 6470 (Priddy) 6470, 6532
- conflict resolution in family conferences (Coell) 6487 (McKinnon) 6489 (Priddy) 6486, 6490
- cross-ministry legislation (Anderson) 3959
- file transfer policy and information sharing (McKinnon) 6469-70 (Priddy) 6469-70
- funding, adequacy (Campbell) 2249-50 (Coell) 2251
- Gove commission See Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry
- government action (Campbell) 5402 (Clark, G.) 5575 (Coell) 5402-3 (de Jong) 2536 (McKinnon) 2251, 2536 (Priddy) 2251, 2536-7, 5402-3, 6258
- information-sharing and right to privacy (Coell) 6488 (Priddy) 6485-6, 6488
- initiatives (Gillespie) 2253
- legislation See Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1997
- legislation, enactment (Wilson, G.) 3967
- ministerial and societal responsibility (Priddy) 6570
- national child-history database (McKinnon) 6469 (Priddy) 6469
- principle of family as preferred environment for rearing children (Coell) 6487 (Priddy) 6485
- resources needed to keep children safe (Campbell) 3018-9, 3339-40 (Priddy) 3018-9, 3339-40
- risk assessment (Coell) 2680 (Dosanjh) 2680 (Priddy) 2536-7 (Reid) 2537
- safety of high-risk children, reports (Coell) 6534 (Priddy) 6534
- supervision order time limits and procedures (Anderson) 6488-9 (Coell) 6487-9 (McKinnon) 6488 (Priddy) 3458, 6485, 6488-9
- transition commission for child and youth services (Coell) 3958 (Sanders) 2899
- transition commission for child and youth services, recommendations (Priddy) 6487
- Child protection workers
- Child support See Family maintenance under Families
- Children in government care See also Foster care
- continuing custody time limits and procedures (Coell) 6489 (Priddy) 6485, 6489
- infant injury case (Campbell) 2957-8 (Priddy) 2958-9
- investigation of mother's complaints re son in care (Coell) 2958 (Farrell-Collins) 2959 (Priddy) 2958-9
- rights, comparison with children not in care (Anderson) 2678 (Dosanjh) 2678
- staff memo cited and quoted on children's return home (Campbell) 2249-50 (Coell) 2251 (McKinnon) 2251 (Priddy) 2250-1
- suitability of placement (Stephens) 3962
- summer programs (Coell) 6379 (Priddy) 6379
- Child's rights and interests
- access to and knowledge of biological parents (Dosanjh) 5778 (Wilson, G.) 5778
- children's involvement in decisions that affect them (Anderson) 3959-61
- government as children's advocate (Wilson, G.) 6031-2
- legal representation (Anderson) 2200, 3960
- public policy re government's responsibility (Wilson, G.) 6031-2
- putting children first (Anderson) 2627-8 (Gillespie) 2628
- Complaints affecting children, review (Coell) 2679-80 (Dosanjh) 2679-80
- Complaints investigated, policy (Stephens) 3962
- Criminal-record checks of people who work with children, cost (Campbell) 2431 (Dosanjh) 2431, 2883 (Gingell) 2883
- Deaths
- fatality reviews, interview procedures (Dosanjh) 2675 (Plant) 2675
- investigation of all suspicious or unusual deaths (Anderson) 2677 (Dosanjh) 2677
- investigation of all suspicious or unusual deaths, Gove cutoff date (Anderson) 2681 (Dosanjh) 2681
- prevention, recommendations for future action by social workers (Anderson) 2678-9 (Dosanjh) 2676, 2679 (McKinnon) 2676
- Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome See name of condition
- Government commitment, "A Commitment to Children" quoted (Gillespie) 2628 (Priddy) 2453
- Grandparents' rights See Families
- Guardianship issues See Guardianship
- Legal services for children See Lawyers and legal services
- Legislation, use of phrase "child's best interests" (Stephens) 3962
- National child benefit, B.C. proposal (Coell) 4693 (Streifel) 4483, 4693
- Needs of B.C. children (Priddy) 2451-3
- Programs and services
- dental and optical care (Coell) 6376, 6446 (Priddy) 6376, 6446
- hearing assessment and devices for children (Coell) 6446 (Priddy) 6446
- need (van Dongen) 2307
- programs and services (MacPhail) 2118-9
- programs for infants and toddlers (Anderson) 6335 (Priddy) 6335
- proposed federal-provincial programs for early intervention and enrichment (McKinnon) 6471-2 (Priddy) 6471-2
- services provided by government, integration (Plant) 2681-2
- speech and language pathology services (Coell) 6446 (Priddy) 6446 (Ramsey) 5983 (Stephens) 5983
- Runaway children See also Street youth under Youth
- Children and Families ministry policy (Coell) 6536 (Priddy) 6536
- Special needs children See Adoption; Disabled and handicapped persons; Mental health
- Support payments from non-custodial parent See Family maintenance enforcement program
Children and Families, Ministry for
- Estimates
- debate 6257-74, 6286-95, 6322-40, 6365-82, 6399-406, 6432-46, 6467-84, 6532-8, Report 6569-70
- speakers (Abbott) 6478-9 (Anderson) 6262-3, 6270-4, 6288-90, 6323-4, 6333-6, 6338-9, 6472-8, 6538 (Chong) 6366-70 (Coell) 6259-68, 6272-4, 6287-8, 6290-2, 6322-3, 6325, 6330-40, 6365-6, 6374-82, 6399-403, 6434-8, 6443-6, 6479-84, 6534-6, 6538, 6569 (de Jong) 6439-43 (Hawkins) 6532-4 (Krueger) 6327-9, 6403-6, 6432-4 (McKinnon) 6268-70, 6292-3, 6325-7, 6331-2, 6467-72, 6536-7 (Priddy) 6257-74, 6287-95, 6322-40, 6365-82, 6399-406, 6433-46, 6468-84, 6532-8, 6569-70 (Sanders) 6370-4 (Wilson, G.) 6293-5
- Accountability and performance monitoring (de Jong) 2895 (Reid) 2894 (Sanders) 2899
- Adult mental health responsibility (Coell) 6336
- "B.C. Handbook for Action on Child Abuse and Neglect," publication (McKinnon) 6468 (Priddy) 6468
- "Building the Ministry for Children and Families," publication cited and quoted (Coell) 6480
- Consultation with anti-poverty groups (Anderson) 6335-6 (Priddy) 6336
- Consultations (Priddy) 6258-9
- Contract reform project
- Deputy minister, secondment out of ministry (Coell) 6538 (Priddy) 6538
- Establishment of ministry (Gillespie) 2253 (McKinnon) 2893 (Plant) 2891 (Priddy) 2451, 2874
- Establishment of ministry, Liberal Party position (Coell) 6487
- Goals (Priddy) 6258, 6570
- "Gove Recommendations and Current Status, Ministry for Children and Families, March 1, 1997," document cited and quoted (McKinnon) 6467-72
- Information systems
- compatibility of computer systems among staff (Coell) 6261, 6266 (McKinnon) 6327 (Priddy) 6262
- computerized information management system (McKinnon) 6468-9 (Priddy) 6271, 6468-9
- Mandate and role (Anderson) 2627-8 (Coell) 6569 (Gillespie) 2628, 5621-2 (Krueger) 2173-4 (MacPhail) 3664 (Priddy) 6371 (Stephens) 3664
- Mandate, status of mandate recommendations of Gove commission on child protection (McKinnon) 6472 (Priddy) 6472, 6569
- Ministerial responsibilities
- child protection responsibility (Campbell) 5132-3 (Priddy) 5131-4 (Weisgerber) 5132
- child protection responsibility and community protection (Plant) 2892-3 (Priddy) 2902 (Sanders) 2899
- community projects, funding and evaluation (Coell) 6374-6 (Priddy) 6374-6
- funding for adult programs and services (Sanders) 6370
- funding of substance-abuse treatment centres (Streifel) 4618
- gambling addiction programs (Krueger) 3672, 3674, 3688 (MacPhail) 3688
- responsibilities shared with Education ministry (Coell) 6378 (Priddy) 6378
- responsibilities shared with Health ministry (Coell) 6338, 6401, 6435-6, 6445 (Hawkins) 3520-1 (MacPhail) 3512-3, 3520-1 (Priddy) 6338, 6373, 6382, 6401, 6403, 6435-6, 6445 (van Dongen) 3512-3
- responsibilities shared with Human Resources ministry (Priddy) 6402, 6476-7
- transfer of programs and services from Attorney General ministry (Coell) 6260-2, 6264-6 (Dosanjh) 2216 (Plant) 2216 (Priddy) 6260-2, 6264-6
- transfer of programs and services from Education ministry (Coell) 6379 (Ramsey) 6071, 6102, 6235 (Sanders) 6235
- transfer of programs and services from Health ministry (Coell) 6266, 6399, 6436, 6446-7 (Priddy) 6266, 6373, 6399, 6446-7 (Sanders) 6373
- transfer of programs and services from other ministries (Coell) 4484-5, 4689-90 (Streifel) 4484-5, 4689-90
- transfer of programs and services from Social Services ministry (Coell) 6267, 6376 (Priddy) 6267
- transfer of programs and services from Women's Equality ministry (Coell) 6380 (Hammell) 2779 (Stephens) 2779
- transfer of youth probation officers from Attorney General ministry See Youth probation officers under Corrections system
- Minister's power to delegate responsibilities (Priddy) 3136, 3138
- Multiculturalism plan (Anderson) 6475-6 (Priddy) 6475-6
- Regionalized operations
- regional child protection managers, hirings (Campbell) 5402 (Coell) 5402-3 (Priddy) 5402-3
- regional community advisory committees (Abbott) 6479 (Anderson) 6336 (Coell) 6479-80 (Priddy) 6336, 6479-80
- regional offices, attitude of staff toward income assistance recipients (Anderson) 4515
- regional operating officers and advisory committees (Priddy) 2874
- Relationship with children's commissioner (Dosanjh) 2674-5, 2677 (McKinnon) 2677 (Plant) 2674-5, 2681-2
- Service delivery
- guiding principles (Coell) 6487 (Priddy) 6486-7
- multidisciplinary teams (Priddy) 6569-70
- Special committee to monitor work of ministry (MacPhail) 2753
- Staffing levels (Coell) 6325 (Priddy) 6325
- Work of ministry (Clark, G.) 5017
- Work on Indian issues (Priddy) 6258
- Youth corrections
- custody responsibilities (Dosanjh) 2739 (Plant) 2739
- integration with child protection responsibility (Coell) 2901 (Priddy) 2902
- integration with other government services in regional offices (McKinnon) 2893 (Reid) 2893 (Sanders) 2898-9
- transfer from Attorney General ministry See Corrections system
- Youth program committee, establishment at minister's discretion (Plant) 3138 (Priddy) 3138
- Youth team component of ministry (Priddy) 6536
Children Who Witness Abuse program
- Operations and ministerial responsibility (Hammell) 2669, 2779, 4449 (Stephens) 2669
Children's Commission
- Bureaucracy (Neufeld) 3969
- Children's access to services (Anderson) 3971-2 (Dosanjh) 3971-2
- Commissioner
- access to information (Dosanjh) 3997-8 (Plant) 3997-8 (Wilson, G.) 3997
- access to information in resolving complaints vs. child's privacy (Dosanjh) 3994 (Wilson, G.) 3994
- accountability (Anderson) 3994 (Dosanjh) 3994 (Wilson, G.) 3993
- annual and special reports, publication (Dosanjh) 4001 (Wilson, G.) 4001-2
- cabinet appointment vs. officer of the Legislature (Anderson) 3973 (Dosanjh) 3973, 3989-90 (Neufeld) 3989
- independence (Anderson) 3960, 3990 (Coell) 3958 (Dosanjh) 2672-4, 2676, 3973, 3990 (McKinnon) 2676, 3957, 3973 (Plant) 2672-4, 2681-2
- informing individuals of decisions (Anderson) 3999-4000 (Dosanjh) 3998-4001 (McKinnon) 3998 (Plant) 3998 (Wilson, G.) 4001
- investigation of child's death in Kelowna (Dosanjh) 2681 (Hawkins) 2681
- investigation powers, multidisciplinary team (Dosanjh) 3996-7 (McKinnon) 3996 (Wilson, G.) 3996-7
- mandate and powers (Anderson) 2677-9, 3972 (Dosanjh) 2677-9, 3458, 3957, 3972, 3993 (Krueger) 3964-5 (McKinnon) 3992-3 (Wilson, G.) 3993
- obligation to report (Dosanjh) 3998 (Plant) 3998-9 (Wilson, G.) 3999-4000
- potential conflict of interest (Dosanjh) 3994 (Plant) 3994
- recommendations from investigations (Dosanjh) 3993 (Wilson, G.) 3993
- remuneration (Anderson) 3961, 4004 (Dosanjh) 4004
- reporting directly to Legislature (Krueger) 3963 (Neufeld) 3968-9
- reporting publicly (Dosanjh) 3996 (Wilson, G.) 3996
- reporting to select standing committee (Anderson) 3989 (Coell) 3958 (Dosanjh) 3989
- role on Child and Family Review Board (Dosanjh) 2675 (Plant) 2675
- setting of standards for government (Anderson) 3994 (Dosanjh) 3994-5 (Plant) 3994-5 (Wilson, G.) 3994
- term of office (Dosanjh) 3972 (McKinnon) 3972 (Neufeld) 3972
- Complaint review process
- advocacy for child (Anderson) 4003 (Dosanjh) 4003
- complexity (Wilson, G.) 3968
- discretion to deal with complaint (Dosanjh) 3995 (Wilson, G.) 3995
- making a complaint (Dosanjh) 4002 (Wilson, G.) 4002
- no reprisals against complainants (Anderson) 4005 (Krueger) 3965 (Symons) 4004-5 (Wilson, G.) 4004
- process (Coell) 2679-80 (Dosanjh) 2679-80
- refusal and deferment of complaints (Anderson) 4002-3 (Dosanjh) 4002-3 (Wilson, G.) 4003
- rights of child in confinement (Anderson) 3996 (Dosanjh) 3996
- role of panel (Anderson) 4003 (Dosanjh) 4003-4
- Deputy commissioners
- number (Dosanjh) 3972 (McKinnon) 3972
- remuneration (Dosanjh) 4004 (McKinnon) 4004
- Effectiveness of commission (Wilson, G.) 3966
- Guiding principles
- child's best interests (Plant) 3992
- cultural and kinship ties (Anderson) 3992
- decisions about children, families' involvement (Anderson) 3992 (Coell) 3992 (Dosanjh) 3991-2 (Wilson, G.) 3990-1
- provision of services (Dosanjh) 3992 (McKinnon) 3992
- Investigation of other government agencies (Dosanjh) 3995 (Wilson, G.) 3995-6
- Memorandum of understanding with Children and Families ministry (Dosanjh) 2674-5 (Plant) 2674-5
- Privacy issues and families' direct intervention (Wilson, G.) 3968
- Regional issues and services in rural B.C. (Dosanjh) 3969, 3991-2 (Neufeld) 3969, 3991
- Review of decisions made by ministries (Anderson) 3995 (Dosanjh) 3995-6
- Staffing and workload (Coell) 2679 (Dosanjh) 2679
Children's Commission Act
- (Bill 23) (Attorney General) 1R, 3458; 2R, 3957-69; C, 3970-4, 3989-4007; 3R, 4007; RA, 4991
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Anderson) 3970, negatived 3970; sec. 8 (Wilson, G.) 3999, ruled out of order 4000-1; sec. 8 (Dosanjh) 4000, approved 4001; sec. 20 (Dosanjh) 4004, approved 4004; sec. 29 (Dosanjh) 4006, approved 4006
- Debate, speakers (Anderson) 3959-61, 3970-90, 3992, 3994-6, 3999-4000, 4002-5 (Coell) 3958-9, 3972, 3992 (Dosanjh) 3458, 3957, 3969-4007 (Krueger) 3963-6 (McKinnon) 3957-8, 3972-3, 3992-3, 3996, 3998, 4004, 4007 (Neufeld) 3968-9, 3972, 3989, 3991 (Plant) 3992, 3994-5, 3997-9 (Stephens) 3961-3 (Symons) 4004-5 (Wilson, G.) 3966-8, 3970, 3990-1, 3993-7, 3999-4007
- "Child," definition (Coell) 3972 (Dosanjh) 3970, 3972 (Wilson, G.) 3970
- "Child in care," inclusion of definition (Anderson) 3970 (Dosanjh) 3970
- "Continuing custody," definition (Anderson) 3971 (Dosanjh) 3970-1 (Wilson, G.) 3970
- Freedom-of-information and privacy provisions (Dosanjh) 4006-7 (Wilson, G.) 4006-7
- "Guardian," definition (Dosanjh) 3970 (Wilson, G.) 3970
- Offences under act
- no penalty for a child's false information (Dosanjh) 4006 (Symons) 4006
- penalties (Dosanjh) 4004-5 (Wilson, G.) 4004
- "Parent," inclusion of definition (Anderson) 3970-1
- Regulations (Dosanjh) 4006 (Wilson, G.) 4006
Chilliwack, B.C.
Chilliwack General Hospital, Chilliwack, B.C.
- Board, termination (Penner) 2197, 5682-3
- Board's dismissal of administrator, Health minister's response (MacPhail) 3388-91 (Penner) 3388-91
- Municipal grant reduction (Penner) 2719
- Representation on regional health board (MacPhail) 3387 (Penner) 3387
Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park
- Expansion of park boundaries (Penner) 5954-7 (van Dongen) 5958
Chilliwack River
- Claybank slides (van Dongen) 2307
- Flooding concerns (Penner) 5954-5 (van Dongen) 5957-8
Chilton, Chris
- Role as special adviser to Health minister (de Jong) 2853
China
- Human rights (Symons) 3275
- Hydroelectric power projects (Farrell-Collins) 4974-5, 4983 (Miller) 4975, 4983
- Hydroelectric power projects, B.C. involvement (Farrell-Collins) 5044-5 (Miller) 5044-5
Chiropractors
- Accreditation of foreign-trained practitioners (MacPhail) 3031 (Neufeld) 3030-1
- Chiropractic services
Chong, Ida (Oak Bay-Gordon Head)
- Alcohol, taxes and product markups 3012
- Assessment Authority of B.C.
- appeals process, transfer of operating costs from Municipal Affairs ministry 2720, 2923
- operations 2922, 3919-20
- Associate family program 6366-9
- Attorney General ministry
- estimates debate 3012-4
- liquor control and licensing branch, appeals process 3013-4
- liquor distribution branch, revenues 3012
- B.C. Arts Council, operations 4401-3
- B.C., celebration of 125th anniversary 4265
- B.C. Film Commission, funding and staff 4392-4
- B.C. Film Society, operations 4392-3
- B.C. Heritage Trust
- grants, amount available 4415
- report on heritage activities 4391
- B.C. Hydro, charitable contributions, corporate donation policy 4972-4
- B.C. Pavilion Corporation, operations and funding 4395-6
- B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, operation 4414
- B.C. 21 program, community projects program 4359, 4364-6
- Budget
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 2500
- use of interim supply 4841
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2720-2, 2922-4, 2927, 3035-6, 3066-7
- Business, self-employment statistics 4353
- Business, small business
- bankruptcies, number 4353
- incorporations since July 1996 tax reductions 4352-3
- sector statistics 4103
- services for small business 4324
- small business incentive program 4396
- taxation 4103, 4324
- Canada, contribution of Chinese Canadians 5223-4
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, projects and funding 5317-8
- Cancer
- patients travelling to Bellingham for treatment 3835
- Victoria clinic expansion 3834-5
- Children and Families ministry, estimates debate 6366-70
- Civil service, part-time workers 2924
- Commemoration Week, recognition of Canada's Chinese pioneers 5223-4
- Commended for role in food donor encouragement legislation (Brewin) 2462 (Goodacre) 2464 (Walsh) 2465
- Commonwealth Centre for Sport Development, role and funding 4413-4
- Construction industry, building inspections, selection of building and elevator inspectors 3601
- Corrigan, Derek, salary as part-time chair of B.C. Transit 3565
- Credit rating, B.C. rating downgrade 3231
- Crown corporations, charitable donations, tracking requirements 4973-4
- Cultural Foundation of B.C., operations and board representation 4400-2
- Culture
- government policy 4403-4
- harassment policy for arts and culture groups 4414-5
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- funding
- program for children needing 24-hour care 6366-9
- youth transition to adult programs 6367-9
- Economy
- economic development, ministerial responsibility 4320-2
- regional economic development offices 4322-3
- Education, student field trips elimination, museums' concerns 4392
- Elections B.C., funding and tasks 3597-8
- Employee share ownership program 4366
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 4972-4
- Film industry
- Culture ministry's role 4394-5
- film commissioner for Victoria 4392
- film industry advisory committee 5640-1
- funding from federal government 4395
- studios in Vancouver 4394
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 4633-6, 4718-22
- Fisheries
- habitat protection, urban habitat program 6027
- sport fishing industry
- angling fee revenues, disposition 6027
- ministerial responsibility 6358
- Fisheries Renewal Act, debate 6026-8, 6358-64
- Fisheries Renewal B.C.
- Food bank donors and distributors, liability issue 2465
- Food Donor Encouragement Act
- Forest Renewal B.C. funds, directing of funds to resource regions 2501
- Fuel, propane use as motor fuel, expiration of tax exemption 2722
- Gambling, concerns 2824
- Government
- accounting, disclosure of staff utilization 2924
- consultation among ministries impacted by same policies 4118
- provincial-municipal relations, protocol agreement re consultation 3035
- Government agent offices, closings 4299-300, 4318, 4320
- Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, addition to park 5952
- Greater Victoria water district, issues 3656-7
- Guardianship, adult guardianship legislation 3570
- Hammell, Hon. Sue, performance as Women's Equality minister 2824
- Harling Point Chinese cemetery, beautification funding for national historic site 4720-2
- Health care
- capital projects, funding 2208, 3862
- expenditures during NDP administration 2500
- Health ministry, estimates debate 3570-1, 3834-6, 3862-3
- Heritage
- heritage trails, designation target 4415
- special events in B.C., government role 4391-2
- Highway 19, Island Highway construction project, blasting, complaints from local homeowners 5271-3
- Highway 97, exits to restaurant and gas facility near Lac La Hache 5429
- Highways and roads
- construction projects, contractor responsibilities 5272-3
- maintenance, quality control and safety issues 5316-7
- Hotel room tax, refund overpayments, reassessments 2927
- Immigration, history of Chinese immigration to Canada 5223-4
- Infrastructure funding for arts and recreation facilities 4415
- Infrastructure Works 2 program, projects 5317-8
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., software development 4633-6
- International Business Machines Corp., fee-for-service agreement with Insurance Corporation of B.C. 4635-6
- Kwan, Jenny, position on gambling expansion while on Vancouver city council 2824
- Legislature
- bills, time for debate 4842-3
- document tabled 3731
- legislative calendar 4841-4, 4879
- sittings, days not sat during 1997 session 4843-4
- Liberal Party, performance during estimates debates 4351-2
- Libraries, operations 3676-7
- Liquor Appeal Board, role 3013-4
- Local government, accountability and autonomy 6089
- Local Government Grants Act amendments, inclusion of need for consultation 3035-6
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 6088-9
- MLAs
- contributions of former MLAs 6585
- NDP MLAs' statements while in opposition 4843
- Municipal Act revision, consultation through joint council process 6088-9
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry
- Municipalities
- amalgamation votes 3849-52
- elections, selection of regional board directors 3596
- electoral reform 3596-8
- grants from provincial government, 1994 debate, NDP MLAs' comments 2721
- Museums, operations 4391-2
- NDP government
- New Horizons program, funding 3570-1
- 911 emergency telephone system, cost and consultation 3592-3
- North American Indigenous Games, funding 4412-3
- Oak Bay Lodge, renovations 2500-1, 3863
- Oak Bay-Gordon Head constituency, care facility capital project, future 2208
- Pacific National Exhibition, relocation 4395
- Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism
- government role in board membership 4178-80
- mandate and funding 4178-80
- Park Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5952-3
- Parks
- land donations to municipalities for parks 5953
- urban parkland and green space 5952-3
- Parliament Buildings
- celebration of 100th anniversary 6585
- celebration of 100th anniversary, Tourism B.C. and Tourism ministry involvement 4265-6
- Provincial Capital Commission
- beautification grants, allocations and appeals 4719-22
- budgeted operations 4718-9
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health, programs and services 6367-8
- Real property tax, deferment program for seniors 3571
- Recreation
- fishing resorts, foreshore lease concerns 4261-2
- youth strategy 4414
- Resource industries, return of revenues to resource communities 2501
- Rojas, Lavinia, case re funding for parental care of disabled adults 6369
- Royal B.C. Museum, operations 4209-18
- Royal Jubilee Hospital, redevelopment project 3836, 3862-3
- Sales tax, provincial sales tax, rebates for foreign visitors 4117
- Seniors, federal areas of responsibility, issues and concerns 3570-1
- Seniors Health Promotion Network, funding 3570
- Shawnigan Lake area amalgamation, non-residents' concerns re voting 3848
- Showcase B.C. Promotions Inc., use of government trademarks 3248
- Signs on highways for services and attractions, issues 4118, 4136-7, 5427-9
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- estimates debate 4103-4, 4110-3, 4117-8, 4136-8, 4141, 4178-80, 4209-18, 4223-4, 4261-3, 4265-6, 4298-301, 4318, 4320-4, 4351-3, 4357-9, 4362-7, 4391-7, 4397-404, 4411-5
- advocacy role for small business 4322
- annual grants program 4362-3
- arts and culture division, consultation with arts groups 4414
- asset acquisition 4324
- budget and staff reductions 4299-300
- business plan 4298
- conferences and workshops 4357-8
- cultural services branch
- awards book, publication 4415
- staff reduction 4414
- expenditures for 1995-96 on highway signs 4137
- grants
- grants and contributions budget 4359
- number and types 4365
- heritage branch, activities 4391
- in-province travel program, target of young people 4363-4
- operations budget 4358-9
- policies to target "red tape" 4353
- role in special events 4264-6
- sports funding 4411-2
- staff reductions 4320
- Tourism ministry, operations 4141
- Sports
- Sunny Hill Hospital for Children, programs and services 6367-8
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2208-9
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4841-4, 4879
- Throne speech debate 2500-1
- Tourism B.C.
- board, operations 3141-2, 3242-3, 3252, 3742, 3745, 3915
- budget 3909, 4110-2
- consultation by agency 3251-2
- funding 3142-3, 3739, 3908-9
- incorporation of subsidiary corporations 3741
- job creation goal 3142
- mandate and powers 3244, 3248, 3250, 3738-9
- operations 3143, 3739-43, 3745-6, 3747-9, 3903-6, 3911
- transfer of property from Tourism ministry 3913
- transition to new board 3903
- Tourism British Columbia Act
- Tourism industry
- autonomy 3142
- industry in B.C., job creation 4223-4
- special operating agreement
- business plan 4110-2
- transfer of responsibilities to Tourism B.C. agency 3142
- use of "SuperHost" and "Super, Natural" trademarks by private sector businesses 3247-8
- visitor information centres
- highway signs responsibility 4137
- summer employment program 4224
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- Victoria
- Gordon Head youth activity park, funding 4364-5
- grants in lieu of property tax 3067
- Highlands parkland preservation 5952-3
- municipal grant reductions in Victoria area 2720-1, 3066
- Victoria Film Council
- agency 5641
- establishment and funding 4392
- Women's Equality ministry
- estimates debate 2824
- free-standing ministry, Liberal Party position 2824
- Working Opportunity Fund, operation of fund 4397-8
Chrétien, Jean
- Quoted on separatist government in Quebec (Wilson, G.) 3614
Chrisholme Society
- See Campbell Valley Centre
Christian Labour Association of Canada
- Claims regarding pensions for workers on Island Highway construction project (Cashore) 3097 (Reitsma) 3096-7
Churchill, Brian
- Letter on out-of-province contracting cited (Neufeld) 5499
Churchill, Winston
- Quoted on British government's political opposition (Calendino) 2333
Churn Creek properties
CISIWU
- See Canadian Iron, Steel and Industrial Workers Union
Cities and towns
- Downtown revitalization See also particular cities
Citizen (Ottawa)
- Article cited re Casino Rama in Orillia (Hawkins) 2752
Citizen (Prince George)
- Article quoted on matching grants program (Weisbeck) 5930
Citizens for Public Justice
- Position on equal rights for homosexuals quoted (Anderson) 5738
Citizenship
- Establishment of Canadian citizenship provisions, 50-year anniversary (Anderson) 3608-10 (Kwan) 3609
Civil service
- Employees
- compensation (MacPhail) 3564-5
- double dipping (de Jong) 5856-7
- early retirements, costs (Petter) 2212
- number of full-time-equivalents (Gingell) 4796-7 (Petter) 4796-7
- part-time workers (Chong) 2924 (Petter) 2924
- termination for cause (Gingell) 5696, 5893-4 (MacPhail) 5893-4
- visible minorities (Dosanjh) 2904-5
- Merit employment (Campbell) 2114-5
- Public sector
- changes in B.C. (Brewin) 2374
- employers councils, voluntary severance guidelines (MacPhail) 5860
- re-employment of terminated employee (Gingell) 5894 (MacPhail) 5894
- severance for non-executive employees (Weisgerber) 5858 (Whittred) 5858
- Public sector employment contracts, termination provisions for exempt employees, severance issue (Abbott) 5859 (Dalton) 5892-3 (de Jong) 5855-7, 5893 (Gingell) 5695-6, 5889-94 (Hawkins) 5859-60 (MacPhail) 3018, 5694-5, 5860, 5889-94 (Plant) 5890-1 (Weisgerber) 5857-8 (Whittred) 5858
- Public sector pension plans
- early retirement options (Gingell) 5928 (Petter) 5927
- legislation See Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- portability provisions (Petter) 5928
- Size
- 1996-97 objectives (de Jong) 2161
- downsizing, costs (Nettleton) 2286
- staff numbers (McKinnon) 2336 (Plant) 2422
- staff numbers, reductions (Symons) 2524
Clark, Christy (Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain)
- Agriculture, pest management on private and public lands 3446
- Air
- greenhouse gas levels
- quality
- monitoring and monitoring sites 5730-1
- NDP government policy and action 3080-1
- Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance
- Battery recycling 5710-2
- Brewin, Gretchen, response to alleged conflict of interest 4768
- B.C. Hydro
- Doran Lake project 5660
- environmental expenditures 5045-6
- fish and water flow policies 5048
- fish management program, environmental audit 5048
- fisheries habitat protection 4329-30
- information collection and storage methods 5047
- water licence issues 5545-9, 5602-4
- B.C., northern B.C., impact of government spending policies 2136
- Budget
- debate 2343-6
- 1995-96 budget, Treasury Board report and Finance ministry press release 2103
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 2345-6
- budget process, integrity 2343
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2858-61, 2934-7, 2960-1, 3079-82
- Burnaby, municipal grant reduction 2860
- Burrard Thermal power station, emissions, impact on lower mainland air quality 5731-2, 5755-6
- Campbell, Gordon, actions re establishing parkland while mayor of Vancouver 5949, 5951
- Campground reservation system, refund policy for cancellations 5839
- Cartography, digital maps produced by government, access by non-government organizations 5770-1
- Cawston area, toxic waste dump, removal 2293-4
- Cheakamus River
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4767-70
- selection of new commissioner 4767-70
- Consumers, taxes and user fees 2345
- Crown land sales, projected revenue 5772-3
- Dalton, Jeremy, letter on behalf of wife, conflict-of-interest concerns 4767
- Dams
- applications for bank-to-bank dams, current applications 6167, 6171-2
- prohibition of new dams on protected rivers
- impact 6172
- inclusion of tributaries 6168
- Debt, public debt
- debt during NDP administration 2345-6
- impact on public services 2137
- Destinations program training funds, corporate recipients 2470-1
- Divers Lake area as potential park 5837-8
- Economy during NDP administration 2403
- Education
- funding, capital projects released from freeze 2344-5
- post-secondary education funding 2345
- Elections, 1997 federal election, Hon. Glen Clark's role in NDP campaign 2854
- Employment and Investment ministry
- Employment, government role in job creation 2402
- Environment
- environmental protection
- environmental youth teams
- funding from Forest Renewal B.C. 6007
- placement with environmental organizations and potential conflict with government forest policies 5805-7
- teams 5515-7, 5831-2
- NDP government policies and actions 5845-6
- pollution abatement improvements tax exemption incentive 5724
- sustainable environment fund
- revenue from waste management fees 5724-5
- revenues and expenditures 5700-1
- use of funds 5710-2
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- estimates debate 5478-83, 5505-18, 5522-3, 5541-9, 5599-604, 5636-8, 5659-70, 5698-701, 5710-2, 5723-8, 5730-2, 5755-7, 5761-3, 5770-3, 5793-5, 5805-7, 5830-43, 5845-6
- annual operating plans for regional offices 5543
- budget
- environmental protection 5522-3
- reductions in regional and headquarters operations 5480-3
- changes to regulations and permitting system 5668-70
- funding allocations for regions 5481-3, 5513-4, 5543-5
- funding for youth employment 5515-7
- Lands branch, workload backlog 5507-9
- mapping branch, reorganization 5771-2
- minister's office budget 5544-5
- Parks branch, operations 5830-1, 5834-7
- pollution prevention officers, number 5510-1
- regional and headquarters operations, budget reductions 5505-14
- regional operations 5509, 5513-4
- reorganization
- resource stewardship branch, role 5514
- spending statistics on regulatory functions 5510
- staff reductions 5517-8
- work of ministry 5478-80
- Environment, Lands and Parks Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 3445-7, 5921-5
- Environment Week, celebration 3772
- Environmental Appeal Board
- appeal process for environmental legislation
- expertise of board 3446, 5923-5
- Fish Protection Act
- Fisheries
- fishing industry, freshwater fishery 2403
- habitat protection
- consultation with Union of B.C. Municipalities 5966
- designation of sensitive streams 6204-6
- legislation, overlap with federal policies 6206
- protection 5478-9
- protection "works," legislative definition 6209-10
- remediation sentencing for offences 5966
- urban salmon habitat program 5637-8, 5638, 5659-60
- protection of endangered stocks at B.C. Hydro facilities 5636-7
- protection of resource, managing hydro systems for fisheries values 4872-4
- sport fishing industry
- strategic fisheries study, participation 5048
- Fisheries and Oceans department (federal), minimum flow order for Cheakamus River 4329-30, 4874
- Fisheries Protection Act, impact on B.C. Hydro activities 4872-4
- Forest industry, job loss 2135-6
- Forest Renewal B.C. funding
- Fraser Valley, air quality 2860-1
- Fuel, propane use as motor fuel
- Gambling
- Gillespie, E., role in consultations with sport fishing industry 5665-6
- Government
- public trust 4768-70
- revenues
- funding sources 2137
- gambling profits used to fund government programs 2345
- Habitat conservation fund
- funding allocations, use 5541-2
- purpose and operation of fund and Habitat Conservation Trust fund 5660-1
- revenue from angling fees to trust fund 5662, 5664-5
- use of funds 2344
- Habitat conservation trust fund, use of funds 5950
- Hammell, Hon. Sue
- performance as Women's Equality minister 2811-2
- position on gambling expansion in B.C. 2803-4
- Hazardous products, spills, cost recovery from polluters 3446-7
- Hunting licence fees, revenue 5762
- Job Protection Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2402-3
- Job protection commissioner, temporary nature of position 2402
- Keenleyside Dam, water use plan 5047
- Lac du Bois Grasslands Park, establishment and allowable activities 5836
- Land use planning process 5773, 5793-4
- Legislature
- legislative calendar 4839-41
- select standing committees, use 4839-40
- sitting during summer months 4838-9
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4767-70
- MLAs, encouragement of women to run for office 4840
- Metalex Products Ltd.
- Meziadin Lake Provincial Park, campground construction, impact on fish habitat 5845
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government
- 1994 debate, NDP MLAs' comments 2859
- amount of grant in future, certainty 2960
- consultation 2935-7, 2960-1
- NDP government handling 2860
- reduction 2345, 2347, 2859
- reduction, announcement by provincial government 2860, 2935
- Nader, Ralph, position on no-fault insurance 2345
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society activities, NDP involvement 4767-8
- NDP government
- North American Free Trade Agreement, side agreement on environmental protection 5762
- Park Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5949-52
- Parks
- campgrounds
- access policy for disabled persons 5838-9
- construction 5841-2
- new and expanded parks and protected areas, funding for development and management 5949-52
- new parks
- classification 5833-4
- planning and management 5834-7
- resource tenure compensation 5794
- park rangers, number 5837
- Plant, Geoff, actions in response to possible conflict of interest 4767
- Politicians, ethical conduct of elected officials, public expectations 4768-9
- Power Smart program, expenditures 5046
- Pullinger, Hon. Jan, use of constituency office for federal election campaign 4769
- Recreation, back-country recreation, licences for hunting, guiding and fishing 5507-8
- Recycling
- beverage containers, deposit system 2457-8
- contractor services 5701
- Rivers and streams
- list of protected rivers in Fish Protection Act 6168-71
- stream flow protection 6209-11
- urban stream protection, NDP government action 5967
- School district 40 (New Westminster), budget 3166
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4767-70
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4838-41
- Throne speech debate 2135-7
- Tourism
- Tourism British Columbia Act, debate 3145-7
- Trans Canada Trail, establishment of national trail 4992
- University Endowment Lands, sale of land 5773
- Vancouver, Hastings Park, future 5949
- Venomous snakes, importation 5763
- Visit to Skeena constituency (Giesbrecht) 3169
- Waddell, Ian, comments during conflict-of-interest motion debate 4768, 4770
- Ward, Peter, water licence report findings 5047
- Waste Management Act, consequential amendments from Environment, Lands and Parks Statutes Amendment Act, 1997 3446-7
- Waste management, contaminated sites
- assessments 5723-4
- legislation and regulation, implementation 5699
- Water
- groundwater legislation, need 5599-600
- management, use and planning 5046-7, 5545-9, 6174, 6211
- quality, government action plan on water quality issues 5599-600
- water licences
- water systems used by B.C. Hydro, review by Peter Ward 5546, 5602-4, 5636, 5662
- Water comptroller
- office's performance of duties 5966
- power to attach conditions to licences 6204
- Weisgerber, Jack, proposal to select new conflict-of-interest commissioner concurrent with review of legislation 4770
- Western Canada Wilderness Committee, environmental youth team 5807
- Whistler Land Co., role in marketing of Crown land 5794-5
- Wildlife conservation officers
- Wildlife, endangered species 5762-3
- Women's Equality ministry
- estimates debate 2802-4, 2811-2
- mandate and responsibilities 2800
- mandate and responsibilities, review of government programs and policies 2802-4, 2812
- minister's role as champion for women's issues 2812
- policy, planning and evaluation branch, mandate and role 2802, 2812
- Workers Compensation Board
- concerns re agency 2136-7
- royal commission to review operations, role 2345
- Youth employment initiatives 5515-7, 5805, 5831-2
Clark, Hon. Glen David (Vancouver-Kingsway)
Premier and Minister Responsible for Youth
- Air quality, clean air standards 6387-8
- Alberta, economic policies 6552-3
- Armed forces, Nanoose Bay test range lease agreement with United States, notice of termination by B.C. 3630-2, 6554-5
- ASTEP for Youth Society, program funding 6527
- Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance, government plans 2136
- B.C. Benefits program, impact of program on low-income working people 6543
- B.C. Buildings Corporation mandate, expansion to include services to other government entities 5790
- B.C., northern B.C., issues and concerns 6528, 6551-3
- Budget
- 1995-96 budget, revenue forecasts 2102
- 1996-97 budget, revenue forecasts 2102
- use of interim supply, 1990-91 statements (Abbott) 2170 (Coleman) 2188 (Symons) 2191-2 (Weisgerber) 2158-9
- Business
- advisory role re government policy-making 6543-4
- consultation with government on labour issues 5640
- entrepreneurship, business startups by young people 6521-2, 6525-6
- job creation by private sector
- mentoring of youth 6522-3, 6526-7
- taxation 6542-3
- Canada, citizenship rights, right to defence in international disputes 6555
- Canada-B.C. Council of Fisheries Ministers, role 2585
- Child protection, government action 5575
- Children and Families ministry, work of ministry 5017
- Coalition of B.C. Businesses, consultation with government on youth employment 6543-4
- Coastal Community Network, support for B.C. position on Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations 3630
- Corrections system, youth probation officers, transfer to Children and Families ministry 5575
- Credit rating, B.C. rating downgrade 3230-1
- Crown corporations, Crown youth employment initiative 6529-30
- Education
- electronic learning network for schools 6528
- funding 2653
- post-secondary tuition freeze 2327
- Election Act drafting, consultations by NDP government 2913-5
- Elections
- 1997 federal election
- campaign role of ministry political staff 2853, 3731
- support for NDP 2854-5
- campaign advertising, limits on third-party advertising 2914
- campaign contributions, disclosure requirements 2913
- transition documentation 2854
- Eliesen, Marc, compensation 2587
- Employment, jobs in B.C. 6545
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, funding needs 2344
- Ethanol, use in motor fuel 6507
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, accounting policies 2103
- Fish Protection Act, purpose 3630
- Fisheries
- Canada-B.C. salmon fishery agreement 2585-6
- management for resource protection 6575
- Pacific salmon fishery
- dispute between United States and Canada 6554-6
- dispute between United States and Canada, Alaska ferry blockade, Hon. Glen Clark's position 6299
- protection and preservation of resource 3630-2
- Pacific Salmon Treaty, B.C. response to United States position on negotiation of new treaty (Motion without notice), debate 3630-2
- Fisheries Renewal Advisory Board, role 2585
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., establishment 3630
- Forest industry
- anti-logging protests, Liberal Party position 4525
- job creation, NDP government goals 4525
- role in capital investment in B.C. 6545
- Forests ministry
- estimates debate 5307-8, 5331-2
- participation in estimates debate (Farrell-Collins) 5332
- Fuel, stockpiling of MMT for use following imposition of federal restrictions 6507
- Gambling
- addiction treatment program 6577
- expansion in B.C.
- government policy 2113
- Government
- consultations with business community 6543-4
- federal-provincial relations
- alliances among Premiers 6556
- federal responsibility to act on behalf of provinces 6554
- public accountability 6548
- Guarantee for Youth, evaluation of initiative 6520-2
- Highway 1, Grandview to Cape Horn interchange, widening 5377
- Hurd, Wilf, commended for work as MLA 2851
- Indians
- treaty negotiations
- extinguishment language, federal and provincial positions 6576
- fisheries management 6575
- treaty settlements, ratification, free votes in Legislature 6576
- Insurance Corporation of B.C. powers, role as both insurer and licensing regulator 5970-1
- Internet access, issues and concerns 6526, 6528, 6531
- Job Start program 6521, 6523-5
- Jobs and timber accord, announcement 4525
- Knowles, Stanley, tribute 4035
- Labour relations, balance between worker and management rights 5909-10
- Labour Relations Code, proposed amendments, consultation by government 5640, 5909-10
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- impact on B.C. investment climate 6544
- withdrawal of bill 5909-10
- Lee, Paul, role as Chair of Premier's Business Advisory Committee on Youth Employment 6523, 6540
- Legislature
- Liberal Party
- campaign contributors 2913-4
- campaign funds from gambling interests 2113
- MLAs
- Mineral tenures, compensation for cancelled Tatshenshini projects 6553
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 5790
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 5970-1
- Motor vehicle branch, transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C. 5970-1
- Multilateral agreement on investment, B.C. participation 2363
- Municipalities, authority to approve or restrict gambling within own boundaries 6577-8
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle
- ratification, free vote in Legislature 6576
- referendum 6576
- Oliver, H.A.D., selection as conflict-of-interest commissioner 6564
- Opportunities '96 program 6521, 6523
- Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, role 2585
- Parliament Buildings, celebration of 100th anniversary 6587
- Premier's Business Advisory Committee on Youth Employment, work of committee 6523-4, 6540
- Premier's Office, estimates debate 6519-31, 6540-57, 6571-8
- Quoted
- balancing of budget (Farrell-Collins) 2125
- B.C.'s 1992-93 fiscal situation (Neufeld) 2259
- cabinet powers to appoint acting conflict-of-interest commissioner (Weisgerber) 4746
- compensation for mine operators (Neufeld) 6553
- concerns of northerners (Neufeld) 6551
- evaluation of youth employment initiatives (Clark, G.) 6521 (Hansen) 6521 (Penner) 6522
- gambling expansion (Clark, G.) 2264
- MLAs' work to review conflict-of-interest requirements (Coleman) 4754 (Farrell-Collins) 4741-2 (Jarvis) 4763 (Reitsma) 4772 (Sanders) 4757 (Thorpe) 4739 (Whittred) 4776
- Social Credit 1991 election loss (Symons) 2192
- youth unemployment (Penner) 6523
- Royal Oak Mines Inc., compensation arrangement with province 6553
- Schools, construction 3231
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- recommendations, government response 6575
- work of committee 6546
- Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings 6547-9
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, meetings 6547-9
- Student Summer Works program 6520-1, 6529-30
- Students, summer jobs 6520-2
- Taxation, tax rates in B.C. 6542-3
- Tobin, Brian, actions while federal Fisheries minister 6556-7
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 5377
- Williston Lake, water levels 2800-1
- Youth
- employment
- information web site 6530-1
- needs and concerns of young people 3063
- opportunities for B.C. youth 6586
- Youth and the Internet program 6526-7
- Youth business and entrepreneurship training program 6521-2, 6525-7
- Youth Mentorship program 6526-7
Clark, Peter
- Report on gaming See Peat Marwick and associated companies
- Role as Chair of lottery advisory committee (Miller) 4331-3 (Wilson, G.) 4331-3
- Statement on implementation of linked bingo (Wilson, G.) 4338
Clarke, Moffat
Clayton, Margaret
Clayton Secondary School, Surrey, B.C.
- Design and construction of new school (McKinnon) 6143 (Ramsey) 6143
Clean Air Day
- Celebration (McGregor) 3771
Clean Cartel, Surrey, B.C.
- Referrals to recovery house from corrections branch (Coleman) 6408 (Dosanjh) 6408, 6506
Clearwater, B.C.
Clipper Navigation Ltd.
- Acquisition of Victoria Line business operations (Miller) 4871-2 (Symons) 4871-2
- Seattle-Victoria car ferry service (Brewin) 2373
Cloverdale Heights Day Care Centre, Surrey, B.C.
Clyne, J.V.
- Royal Commission on Milk, 1954-55 See name of commission
CN Rail
- See Canadian National Railways
Coal industry
Coalition for Justice in Chilliwack and the Upper Fraser Valley
- Members' position on courthouse closings (Penner) 2785
Coalition of British Columbia Businesses
- Consultation with government on youth employment (Campbell) 6542-5 (Clark, G.) 6543-4
Coalmont, B.C.
- Connecting road to Princeton B.C., See Princeton
Coast Ferries Ltd.
- Dispute with B.C. Ferry Corporation (Miller) 4817-8 (Symons) 4817-8
Coastal Community Network
- Support for B.C. position on Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations (Clark, G.) 3630 (Evans) 3637
Cochrane Institute
Cocker, Ian
- Sexual assault conviction case (Dosanjh) 4328 (Plant) 4328
Coell, Murray R. (Saanich North and the Islands)
- Adoption
- fees 6322-3
- government policy changes 6291-2
- international adoptions, role of B.C. government 6325
- numbers of adoptions 6292
- special needs children, post-adoption support 6322-3
- Adoption Act, 1995 amendments 6291-2
- Alcoholics Anonymous, position on outside funding 6403
- Ambulances, use for alcohol- and drug-related cases 3866, 3874-5
- Appearance on "Voice of the Province" program (Streifel) 4624, 4651-2
- Arden Park youth ranch, abuse of teenage boys, compensation for victims 4229
- Assessment Appeal Board, operations 3919
- Attorney General ministry
- estimates debate 2679-80, 2703
- police services director, powers and responsibilities 5691
- Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance 2176, 2335
- Banking industry, policy on special accounts for income assistance recipients 4582-3
- Best Babies program 6376
- B.C. 21 program, child care expansion initiative 6381
- B.C. Ambulance Service, operations 3874
- BC Benefits Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- B.C. Federation of Foster Parent Associations, funding and independence 6290-1
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- ferries as extension of highway system 4829-30
- planning direction for ferry system 4830
- subsidization, future of current subsidy 4829-30
- vessels for service on minor routes 4830
- Budget
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2730-2, 3074
- Canada Pension Plan, benefits for B.C. income assistance applicants and recipients 4660-2
- Cancer clinics, Victoria clinic expansion project 3398
- Capital health region board
- Capital Region Water Supply and Sooke Hills Protection Act, debate 3188, 3210-1
- Capital regional district
- regional water supply commission, membership 3210
- role in regionalized health care system 3399-400
- water supply, closing of road in watershed 3188, 3211
- Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6487-9
- Children
- apprehensions of children at risk, funding for appeals of child apprehensions 6267
- child abuse
- abuse and neglect, investigations 3340
- assessment role of family court centre 6445
- child care
- evaluation and licensing 6382
- facilities and equipment grants program 6380
- fee subsidy program 6381
- programs for teen parents 6330
- services in public buildings 6381
- staff 6380
- subsidies, ministerial responsibility 4665
- child development centres, services 6435-6, 6445-6
- child protection
- complaint and appeal procedures for child protection orders 6487, 6489
- conflict resolution in family conferences 6487
- funding adequacy 2251
- Gove commission recommendations 4498
- Gove commission recommendations, implementation 2900-1, 6487
- government action 5402-3
- information sharing and right to privacy 6488
- principle of family as preferred environment for rearing children 6487
- quality assurance plan, description and implementation 6480
- risk assessment 2680
- safety of high-risk children, reports 6534
- supervision order time limits and procedures 6487-9
- transition commission for child and youth services 3958
- child protection workers
- children in government care
- continuing custody time limits and procedures 6489
- investigation of mother's complaints re son in care 2958
- summer programs 6379
- national child benefit, B.C. proposal 4693
- programs and services for early intervention and optimum health 6376, 6446
- review of complaints affecting children 2679-80
- runaway children, Children and Families ministry policy 6536
- Children and Families ministry
- estimates debate 6259-68, 6272-4, 6287-8, 6290-2, 6322-3, 6325, 6330-40, 6365-6, 6374-82, 6399-403, 6434-8, 6443-6, 6479-84, 6534-6, 6538, 6569
- community project funding and evaluation 6374-6
- contract reform project 6366
- deputy minister, secondment out of ministry 6538
- establishment of ministry, Liberal Party position 6487
- information systems, compatibility of computer systems among staff 6261, 6266
- mandate and role 6569
- program and service transfers from other ministries 4484-5, 4689-90, 6260-2, 6264-6, 6266-7, 6376, 6379, 6380, 6399, 6436, 6446-7
- regional operations
- hiring of regional child protection managers 5402-3
- regional community advisory committees 6479-80
- responsibilities
- adult mental health 6336
- integration of youth corrections and child protection responsibilities 2901
- sharing with other ministries 6338, 6378, 6401, 6435-6, 6445
- service delivery, guiding principles 6487
- staffing levels 6325
- Children's Commission
- commissioner, position 3958
- complaint review process 2679-80
- guiding principles, decisions about children, families' involvement 3992
- staffing and workload 2679
- Children's Commission Act
- Collection agencies, use to recover income assistance overpayments 4500, 4514-5
- Commended for role in food donor encouragement legislation (Brewin) 2462
- Commission into policing (Oppal commission), implementation of recommendations 5691
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4784
- selection of new commissioner 4784
- Correction Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2900-1
- Corrections system
- probation officers, youth probation officers 6260-2, 6401
- youth corrections, programs and services 6263-7, 6437
- Courthouse closings, concerns 2175-6, 4328-9
- Crime and criminals
- correlation between crime and hardship benefit payments 4572
- sex crimes, assessment and treatment for young sex offenders 6443-5
- youth crime, prevention 6264
- Cull, Elizabeth, contract with capital health region board 4737
- D. (Donaldson) v. British Columbia, foster care case 6288
- Debt, public debt during NDP administration 2334
- Disability Benefits Program Act, "disability," definition to include episodic illnesses 4583-4
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- group homes for youth 6268
- guide dog program 4665
- support services for children and families of special needs children 6436
- youth in nursing homes 6337-8
- Downtown Eastside Residents Association, work on social housing issues 4611
- Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, staff's position on disability benefits program 4655
- Education
- community schools 6378-9
- counsellors in schools 6264
- inner-city school programs, government funding and program development 6378
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 4829-30
- Employment, job creation 2334
- Families
- family maintenance
- assignment of maintenance rights 6163-6
- enforcement of court orders for income assistance recipients 6031, 6165-6
- support for B.C. families 6487
- Family Day, celebration 3444
- Family maintenance enforcement program, government's cost recovery fees 6030-1, 6164
- Flanders, Mavis
- case, accuracy of information provided to Hon. Penny Priddy by ministry staff 5133-4
- monitoring of case by Children and Families ministry 2222, 2362
- Morton report on case and Hon. Penny Priddy's statements 5015
- Foster care
- foster children
- number 6274, 6287
- number of special needs children available for adoption 6322
- review of high-risk children 6325
- violent children and youth 6273
- foster homes
- categories and number 6267
- standards of care 3628
- foster parents
- Foster Care 2000 document 6291
- Four Corners Community Savings, mandate 4582
- Gambling expansion in B.C., issues and concerns 2176, 2335
- Ganges courthouse, future 2175-6, 2703
- Glendale Lodge, closing 3398
- Government
- federal transfers to provinces, reduction 2730-1
- programs and services, program-effectiveness reviews 4659-60
- provincial-municipal relations
- public trust 4784
- responsibility to govern in best interests of all 2335
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2175-6
- G.R. Pearkes Centre for Children, coordination of services 6445-6
- Greater Victoria Hospice Society, funding 3398
- Greater Victoria water district, dissolution and transfer of assets to capital regional district 3211
- Gulf Islands
- fish habitat protection, legislation 5917
- roads, rehabilitation 2176
- Health care
- health care and hospital societies, asset transfers 3397
- regional health boards and community health councils, community participation 3397, 3398-9
- services, drug-related use of medical emergency services 3866-7
- system in B.C., changes 2334-5
- Health ministry
- Healthy Kids program 6376
- Healthy Saanich 2000 program 6436
- Healthy Schools program 6436-7
- Hospitals
- boards, replacement 2334
- capital funding, cost-sharing 5679
- community hospitals, impact of health care regionalization 2176
- emergency rooms, use for alcohol- and drug-related cases 3866-7
- Housing
- low-income housing and shelters 4612, 4614
- social housing, mental illness clients 3399
- Hughes, Ted, recommendations while conflict-of-interest commissioner on changes to legislation governing MLAs' conduct 4784
- Human Resources ministry
- estimates debate 4484-6, 4489-93, 4496-500, 4513-5, 4517-9, 4571-6, 4578-84, 4608-11, 4614-5, 4619-20, 4623-5, 4651-5, 4659-66, 4689-90, 4692-5, 5998
- budget 4492
- establishment of new ministry, mandate and goals 4498
- health services branch, role and staffing 4609, 4654-5
- income support programs, 1996-97 overexpenditures 2218-9
- minister's office
- staffing levels and workload 4695
- work of staff commended 5998
- prevention, compliance and enforcement division, operations 4499-500, 4660-3
- regional offices, staffing and operations 4490, 4515, 4517-8, 4581
- responsibilities shared with other ministries 4519, 4584, 4692-3
- transfer of programs and services from other ministries 4484-5
- Indians
- employment equity 6288
- programs for children and families 6287
- Islands Trust Act, trust council's responsibilities 5917
- Justice system, youth court services 6437, 6444-5
- Kids at Risk program 6378
- Lady Minto (Gulf Islands) Hospital, amalgamation with capital health region board 3396-7
- Legislature
- estimates process, timeliness in providing answers to members' questions 4665
- legislative calendar 4805
- Liberal Party, policies and role as official opposition 2335-6
- Library on alcohol and drug issues 6403
- Link program for street youth 6443-4
- Local government, operations 6088
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5917
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 6088
- Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, operations 6444-5
- Mayne Island ferry service
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4784
- Mental health services
- assessment of services 6337-40
- behavioral support programs for autistic children 6365-6
- detection and treatment of schizophrenia psychosis 6437-8
- funding for children and youth services 6438
- ministerial responsibility 3398
- program review 3399
- psychological services for young offenders 6266-7
- psychological services for youth, ministerial responsibility 6266
- respite services for caregivers 6365
- supported work programs, funding and wages 6374
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5715
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 5679-80
- Motivation to run for provincial office 6487
- Municipal Act revision, consultation through joint council process 6088
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates debate 3919
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government
- Murphy family, foster care for Indian child, case
- Children and Families ministry's handling of case 6107
- child's transfer to Indian birth uncle 3441
- foster parents' right to appeal 6487
- "gag" order against Murphys 4039
- information provided to Child and Family Review Board by Children and Families ministry 3502, 3627-8
- Narcotics Anonymous, position on outside funding 6403
- NDP government
- Nurses, public health nurses, services for children and youth 6446
- Oak Bay Lodge, renovations 3399
- Pelletier, Sean, suicide case 2537
- Physicians, role in assessing eligibility for disability benefits 4654-5
- Police Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5691
- Police and policing
- community policing 2175-6
- police boards
- Police complaints commissioner, complaint process procedures, uniformity across province 5691
- Politicians, ethical conduct of elected officials, public expectations 4784
- Prostitution, youth prostitution 3867, 4689-90
- Provincial emergency program, assistance to farming operations damaged by heavy snowfall 2176
- Queen Alexandra Hospital for Children, impact of health care regionalization 3396-7
- Recovery houses, government role 6408, 6561
- Regional hospital districts, boards' replacement by appointed administrator 5679-80
- Royal Jubilee Hospital, redevelopment project 3398
- Saanich North and the Islands constituency
- court facilities, closing 2703
- hospital governance 2334-5
- issues and concerns 2175-6
- Saanich Peninsula Hospital, future 3397
- Saltspring Island
- community issues and concerns 2175
- representation on capital health region board 3397
- transition house
- Salvation Army, position on outside funding 6403
- School meals program, government funding and community support 6377
- Sidney courthouse
- Skeleem Village treatment centre, children in government care as patients 6009
- Social welfare system
- financial assistance workers
- hardship benefits for people ineligible for income assistance 4571-3, 4665
- income assistance
- administration and operations 4492-3, 4496-9, 4500, 4513-4, 4519, 4572, 4576, 4578-81, 4661-4, 5998
- applicants 4496, 4660-2, 4692-4
- benefits and services 4573-4, 4581, 4609-10, 4623-5, 4651, 4664-6, 4692-5
- disability benefits 4608-10, 4651-5, 4659-60, 4666, 5998
- eligibility categories 6164
- recipients 4492-3, 4496-7, 4519, 4581-3
- number of offices 2219
- Social workers
- Substance abuse/addiction
- programs and services, coordination among ministries 4575
- residential treatment programs 4574-5
- services for intravenous drug users 3867
- treatment 6401-3
- treatment programs, wait-lists 2362
- youth prevention and treatment 6399-401, 6433-4
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2175-6, 2218-9
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4805-6
- Task Force on Safeguards for Children and Youth in Foster and Group Home Care, terms of reference 6273
- Tourism British Columbia Act, debate 3176
- Tourism B.C., autonomy and board member selection 3176
- Transportation, subsidization 4829-30
- Unity women's recovery house, case of resident with HIV 6561
- Vancouver
- Vaudreuil, Matthew
- case 2537
- role of case in development of Children and Families ministry 6569
- Victoria, construction of new arena, leasing agreement 5715
- Victoria Youth Custody Centre, expansion feasibility study 6266
- Welfare to Work program, caseloads 4692-3
- Willow Cottage, role as mental health assessment facility 6337
- Woodlands, living conditions at institution 6259
- Youth
- group homes, staff qualifications and training 6265
- programs and services
- multidisciplinary teams 6261
- programs 6334-5
- teen pregnancy, programs and services 6330-1
- transition to adult programs 6335
- street youth
- Youth Works program
- 1996-97 expenditures 2219
- impact on income assistance caseloads 4692-3
Cogeneration
Coglon, Richard
- Appointment as legal adviser for B.C. Hydro (Farrell-Collins) 5040-1, 5045, 5052 (Miller) 5040-1
- Search warrant executed on securities matter (Farrell-Collins) 4527-9 (Petter) 4527-9
Cohen, Marjorie
- Quoted on multilateral agreement on investment (Hansen) 3619
Coleman, Rich (Fort Langley-Aldergrove)
- Agriculture, mushroom industry, pollution issue 2376
- Attorney General ministry
- estimates debate 2949-51, 2981-6
- police services director, powers and responsibilities 5689-90
- residential tenancy branch
- Auditor general, statements re parliamentary approval of government spending 2187-8
- Automobiles, photo radar use in speed monitoring, cost 2376
- B.C. Buildings Corporation
- agreement with federal government on work with municipalities and local governments 5089
- financial operations
- corporate marketing plan 5089
- cost savings from health care regionalization 5087
- dividend paid to government 5087
- investment strategy 5087
- long-term debt 5090
- year-end cash position 5087
- information web site 5090
- mandate, expansion to include services to other government entities 5681-2
- projects 5086, 5088
- real estate assets, sales and acquisitions 5088
- services
- property construction and management 5086
- services to government ministries 5090
- B.C. Housing Management Commission
- annual report 3722
- assets monitoring 3726
- changes in operations and personnel 3765
- housing services and site acquisition, ministerial involvement 3712-3
- housing units built per year 3753
- insurance on housing 3725
- lending authority 3727
- operations and reviews 3715
- role 3514-5, 3765
- strategic plan 3764-5
- student tenant employment program 3722
- Western Management report on housing registry 3794-5
- B.C. Labour Force Development Board, operations 3263
- B.C. Non-Profit Housing Association, funding 3720-1
- B.C. Transit, collective agreement 4145
- Budget
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2689-90, 3036-7
- Campbell Valley Centre, status of property 3758, 3796
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- charge for transfer of health care facility mortgages 3394-5
- lending and insurance roles 3727
- transfer of housing stock to province 3806-7
- Canadian Home Builders Association, work of association 3838
- Charities, role of service clubs as health care providers 3395-6
- Clean Cartel, referrals to recovery house from corrections branch 6408
- Condominium Act, changes 4716-8
- Condominiums
- construction and governance, disclosure concerns 4717
- construction standards, leaky-condo syndrome 5989-90
- legislative proposals 3838
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4754-6
- selection of new commissioner 4754-5
- Corrections system, youth custody centres, planning costs for suspended capital projects 5089
- Corrigan, Derek
- severance payment from B.C. Transit 3564
- trip to Anaheim while chair of B.C. Transit 3565
- Courthouse closings 2189
- Crime, automobile theft 5584-5, 5852
- Debt, public debt during NDP administration 2375, 2377
- Douglas College, employee competencies project 3263
- Downtown Eastside Residents Association, housing services 3794-5
- Ebenezer Senior Home, order-in-council status 3712
- Elections, 1997 federal election, campaign role of ministry political staff 3687, 3730
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 5085-91
- Environmental protection, NDP government action 2689
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- estimates debate 4716-8
- responsibility for legislation governing condominiums 4716-7
- Forest and range resource program 5303-4
- Forest industry
- electric power costs, impact on industry 4966-7
- employment
- NDP government's job creation goals 4590
- number of direct jobs in B.C. 4961-2
- forest fire damage 5305
- forest land
- management and availability 4962
- recreational use 5305-6
- impact of environmental groups on public relations, government response 4965-6
- landscape units 5305
- remanufacturing industry, jobs and markets 4961-2
- role in economy 4962-3
- silviculture, work backlog 5304
- softwood lumber quota system 4966
- timber supply review, status 5304
- tree-planting by government and industry 4964
- Forest Practices Code
- guidebooks and information on code 4963-4
- regional guidelines 4963
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- funding 2377
- study on new resources of wood for remanufacturing industry 4964
- Forests ministry
- Fraser Valley
- air quality 2689, 5376
- pollution concerns re mushroom farms in area 2376
- Gambling
- addiction, costs and consequences 2820
- expansion in B.C.
- impact on women 2820
- NDP MLAs' positions 2376
- Glendale Lodge site, land use plan 5089
- Glenshiel Housing Society, seniors home operation 3766-7
- Government
- accommodation costs 5087
- assets, value of movable assets 2376
- parliamentary government, granting of supply by elected representatives 2187-8
- provincial-municipal relations, protocol agreement re consultation 2690
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2187-8, 2190
- Gunton, Tom, role in 1996-97 budget 2854
- Hammell, Hon. Sue, performance as Women's Equality minister 2820
- Health care
- facilities, lease transfers 3394-5
- health care and hospital societies, operations 3393-6
- regional health boards and community health councils
- membership 2189
- membership selection for boards 2375
- representation concerns 3393-4
- regionalization, impact on community fundraising 3395
- Health ministry, estimates debate 3393-6, 3504-5, 3513-5
- Homes B.C. program
- New Options for Home Ownership projects 3755
- program 3719-20, 3754
- project management by non-profit societies 3766
- Housing
- consolidation of government responsibilities 2986
- cooperatives 3755-7
- coordination of government and private activity 3713, 3768, 3795-6
- government policy, ministerial responsibility 4716-8
- housing costs 3837
- housing for homeless and at-risk people 3726
- housing registries 3713-4, 3794-5
- land costs 3803
- non-profit projects 3802
- protection of housing stock, use of covenants 6122-3
- rental housing
- arbitration of landlord-tenant disputes 2982-4
- availability of affordable stock 3804
- day care spaces in rental buildings 3801
- illegal suites 2986
- landlord's responsibility to store former tenant's possessions 2984-5
- rooming hotels, property management standards 6123
- secondary suites, government policy and role 3802-3
- self-contained units 3798
- single-room occupancies
- conversion process and registration of restrictive covenant on title 6122, 6237-8
- definition of term 6123
- design 6122
- need for legislation 6121
- NDP government policies 6123-4
- units 3797-8
- social housing
- availability 3715-6, 3718
- bursary program for residents 3721-2
- Canada-Saskatchewan agreement 3806
- duplication of service 3716
- group homes 3723-5, 3751-4
- income verification 3767
- mental illness clients 3750-1
- modernization and improvement, funding and tenants' role 3713-4
- non-profit operating agreement 3718
- non-profit societies, government subsidies and tenant selection 3717
- non-profit societies, monitoring 3718, 3720
- proposal calls 3722-3
- purpose 3710
- rent supplements 3718
- rents based on core need income threshold 2949-50
- service delivery cost and rent supplement 3716-7
- sponsoring society process and ministries' involvement 3719-20
- tenant association grants 3721
- tenants' handbook 3721
- urban needs 2376, 2633
- wheelchair-accessible stock 3714
- strategic plan, response to clients, flexibility and timeliness 3767-8
- supported housing for persons with mental illnesses 3514
- taxation during NDP administration 3837
- Hughes, Ted, recommendations while conflict-of-interest commissioner on changes to legislation governing MLAs' conduct 4754-5
- Human Resources ministry, Kelowna building, use 5089
- Indian land claim negotiations, private forest land 4968
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, role and responsibilities 3364
- Ishtar Transition House, community funding 3712
- Jackman Manor, future of facility 3396
- Kelowna, single-room-occupancy housing 6124
- Labour ministry, estimates debate 3120, 3263-4
- Labour Relations Code, proposed amendments, consultation by government 4906
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, impact of legislation 5734
- Land and resource management plans
- process, Indians' participation 5304
- status of regional plans 4964-5
- Land use
- development cost charges
- application-processing time 3802
- differences in neighbouring communities 3837
- land set aside vs. potential forest land 4962-3
- planning, Indians' role in process 4967
- protected-areas strategy, process 4967
- public input into land use plans 4965
- Langley Memorial Hospital, board membership 2188-9
- Langley, Willoughby residential area and potential freeway 5379
- Manufactured homes
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4754-6
- Miller, Hon. Dan, statements re NDP budgeting practices during 1972-76 administration 2187, 2190
- Mining industry, future in B.C. 3607-8
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 5681-2
- Mobile homes, residential tenancy, rent retroactivity legislation 3712
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5583-6, 5851-2
- Municipal Act, public hearings provisions 3801
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates debate 3710-27, 3750-9, 3764-8, 3794-9, 3801-7, 3810-1, 3836-8
- Municipalities
- code of conduct for elected municipal officials 4755
- grants from provincial government
- consultation with Union of B.C. Municipalities representatives 3036-7
- reduction 2689
- housing production targets 3801-2
- NDP government, financial management 2689
- Police Amendment Act, 1997
- Police and policing
- designated policing and law enforcement units, role 5689
- high-speed chases
- police complaints process, guiding principles 5690
- police officers, code of professional conduct 5690
- police officers' operation of photo radar program 2189
- Politicians, ethical conduct of elected officials, public expectations 4754-5
- Prince Rupert, social housing 3716
- Provincial Commission on Housing Options, recommendations 3801-3
- Provincial Rental Housing Corporation
- Recovery houses, standard of care and security 6506
- Regional districts, planning authority for capital and Vancouver regional districts 3801
- Residential Tenancy Act
- amendment to eliminate retroactive manufactured home park rent increases 2950-1, 2981-2
- purpose of legislation 2983
- Riverview Hospital
- downsizing, disposition of former patients 3514
- site, future use 3504-5, 3513-4
- site, land use plan 5088
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, policing role in B.C. 5689
- Safety systems review 3838
- St. Ann's Academy, restoration project 5088
- St. John Ambulance, work of organization 5990-2
- Schools
- capital funding projects, construction issues 2375-6
- construction management, cost 5681
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4754-5
- Seniors
- Sewage treatment technologies 2689-90
- Societies, housing societies, operating agreements 3514-5
- Squamish, seniors housing project, flood risk, liability issue 3710-1
- Substance abuse treatment programs, youth in adult recovery houses 6506
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2187-90
- Surrey, men's shelters program 3796-7
- Tanguay, Ren‚, arrest for drug possession 6408
- Transition houses, availability 3714-5
- Transportation
- links between Abbotsford International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Tsawwassen ferry terminal 5376-7
- traffic corridors, planning 5376-9
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 5376-9
- Unity men's recovery house, death at house 6506
- Unity women's recovery house, case of youth in adult recovery house 6506
- Urban renewal, impact 6121
- Vancouver
- Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 1997
- Vancouver Wharves Ltd., shipping contract for concentrates 5092
- Waste management, contaminated sites, retroactive legislation 3837
- Women's Equality ministry
- estimates debate 2820
- mandate and responsibilities of ministry 2820
- Woodlands site, land use plan 5089
Collection agencies
- Use by Human Resources ministry to recover income assistance overpayments (Coell) 4500, 4514-5 (Streifel) 4514
Collective agreement arbitration bureau
College and Institute Act
College Heights Secondary School, Prince George, B.C.
College of Midwives of British Columbia
College of Teachers of British Columbia
- Governing council members, equitable representation following reduction in number of school districts (Dosanjh) 6241
- Policy on certification of independent-school teachers (Sanders) 6077
- Power to discipline former members without certificates of qualification (Dosanjh) 6241-2
College-Institute Educators Association of British Columbia
- News release cited and quoted on Technical University of B.C. (Reid) 6410 (Weisbeck) 5945-6, 6276
Collins, Bob
- Quoted re farmers' concerns (van Dongen) 3927
Collins, Doug
- Human rights complaint case (Dosanjh) 2836 (Plant) 2836
Columbia basin fish and wildlife compensation program
Columbia Basin Trust
- Activities (Walsh) 2239
- Agency (Doyle) 2237
- Annual report, first annual report tabled (Evans) 4906
- Budget, transfer to Ministry of Agriculture (Barisoff) 5203 (Boone) 5203
- Project funding (Evans) 3931 (van Dongen) 3931
- Purpose (Doyle) 6383 (Evans) 3931 (van Dongen) 3931
- Symposium (Doyle) 2473
Columbia Power Corporation
Columbia River Treaty
- Downstream benefits
- revenue considered in 1995-96 budget, advice to Finance Minister (Campbell) 2154
- revenues from sale of B.C. portion accrue directly to Crown (Farrell-Collins) 6447 (Miller) 6447
- value (Farrell-Collins) 6453
- Downstream benefits entitlement agreement
- power returned to B.C. (Gingell) 5055 (Miller) 5055
- power returned to B.C., use for job creation See Power for Jobs program
Columbia River-Revelstoke constituency
- Capital improvements during past year (Doyle) 2237
Columbia View Lodge, Trail, B.C.
Columbia-Shuswap regional district
- Impact of municipal grant reduction (Abbott) 3034
- Weed control program (Abbott) 3979-80 (Evans) 3980
Cominco Ltd.
- Smelter viability (Miller) 2407
- Trail operations (Conroy) 2443-4
Commemoration Week
- Recognition of Canada's Chinese pioneers (Chong) 5223-4 (Kwan) 5222-4
Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry (Gove commission)
- Recommendations (Anderson) 6472-3, 6477-8 (Coell) 4498 (McKinnon) 2893, 6467-72 (Neufeld) 4488 (Priddy) 6258, 6277-8, 6467-73 (Streifel) 4488-9, 4519
- Recommendations, implementation (Coell) 2900-1, 6487 (de Jong) 2895 (McKinnon) 6489 (Priddy) 2536, 2874, 3458, 6485-7
- Transition commission for child and youth services See Child protection under Children
Commission of inquiry into policing in British Columbia (Oppal commission)
- Recommendations, implementation (Coell) 5691 (Dalton) 5692 (Wilson, G.) 5691
- Recommendations on high-speed police pursuits (Dalton) 2884-5, 5586-7 (Reitsma) 2885-6
Commission of inquiry into the public service and public sector (Korbin commission)
- Recommendations on contract reform See Contracts with outside service providers under particular ministries, e.g., Children and Families, Ministry for
- Report cited and quoted
- devolution of authority from Education ministry to school boards (Sanders) 6234
- provincial bargaining for B.C. teachers (Sanders) 6179-80
Commission of inquiry into the Vancouver Stock Exchange and securities regulation (Matkin commission)
- Findings and recommendations (Gingell) 4506-7 (Petter) 4507
Commission on Resources and Environment
- Mining zone designations (Miller) 4130-1 (Wilson, G.) 4130-1
- Process (Wilson, J.) 5462
Commissions
- See Agencies, boards and commissions under Government
Commonwealth Centre for Sport Development, Saanich, B.C.
Communities
- Community charters
- Community planning grants (Farnworth) 3846
- Incorporation and municipal grants (Farnworth) 2997-8
- Role in preservation of historical documents (Hansen) 4270-1 (Miller) 4270-1
Community Care Facility Act
- Regulations (Priddy) 6332
Community grants branch
- See Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Ministry of
Community health services societies
Community projects program
Community services fund
- Programs supported by fund (Anderson) 4520 (Streifel) 4520-1
Community Social Services Employers Association of British Columbia
- Role as bargaining agent for low-wage workers (Hammell) 2668
- Role in contract reform project (Hammell) 2660-1
- Training standards for support workers (Priddy) 6327
Comox Valley area
- Capital improvements (Gillespie) 2252-3
- Health care services (Gillespie) 2252
- Issues and concerns (Gillespie) 2471-2
Comox Valley Echo (Courtenay)
- Articles cited on school construction and renovation announcements (Sanders) 6178-9
Comox Valley Nursing Centre, Comox, B.C.
Comox Valley school district
Company Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 6241 (Weisgerber) 6242
- Quoted on powers and functions of company directors (Plant) 6518
Composting
- Composting in mushroom industry See Mushroom industry under Agriculture
- Worm composting See Waste management
Comptroller general
- Activities (Gingell) 4438 (Petter) 4438
- Audits, use of external auditors (Gingell) 4437 (Petter) 4437
- Independence of office (Gingell) 4437 (Petter) 4437-8
- Operations (Gingell) 4436-7 (Petter) 4436-7
- Opinion on valuation of government assets (Gingell) 4687-8 (Petter) 4687-8
- Reports
- interim financial statements for ten-month period ending January 31, 1997, tabled (Petter) 2104
- "Report on Accountability in the K to 12 Education System," cited and quoted (Gingell) 6078-83 (Ramsey) 6079-83, 6098-99, 6101 (Sanders) 6096-99, 6101, 6568
Condominium Act
Condominiums
- Construction and governance, disclosure concerns (Coleman) 4717 (Petter) 4717
- Construction standards, leaky-condo syndrome (Bowbrick) 5988-90 (Coleman) 5989-90
- Legislative proposals (Coleman) 3838 (Farnworth) 3838
Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia
- Article quoted on operation of Technical University of B.C. (Weisbeck) 6277
Conflict-of-interest commissioner
Conroy, Ed (Rossland-Trail)
- B.C., future 2444
- B.C. Hydro, privatization 2444
- Budget debate 2443-4
- Cominco Ltd., Trail operations 2443-4
- Economy, future of B.C.'s economic sovereignty 2444
- Electric power, Kootenay projects 2443
- Environmental protection initiatives 2444
- Hepatitis C, incidence 3054
- Kootenay area economy 2443-4
- Rossland-Trail constituency, investments 2443-4
- Transplantation, availability of donor organs 3054
- Water, United States access to B.C. water 2444
- Workers Compensation Board, role of royal commission to review operations 2443-4
Conseil Scolaire Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
- See Francophone Education Authority of British Columbia
Conservation officers
Constitution
- Constitutional reform
- Liberal Party participation in process (Petter) 3130
- local government recognition (Abbott) 3557 (Farnworth) 3557
- study by John Munro (Plant) 3129
Constitution Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 6241
Construction industry
- Building inspections
- Building inspectors
- building and elevator inspectors, selection (Chong) 3601 (Farnworth) 3601
- inspector and official, use of terms (Abbott) 6214-5 (Farnworth) 6086, 6214-5
- legislation (Abbott) 6217 (Farnworth) 6217-8
- professional association See also Building Officials' Association of British Columbia
- association (Farnworth) 3560
- legislation See Building Officials' Association Act
- membership requirement (Abbott) 6215 (Farnworth) 6215
- Building standards policy (Abbott) 3529
- Bureau, establishment (Cashore) 3087 (Dalton) 3087
- Construction costs, impact of NDP legislation (Barisoff) 2312
- Electrical and gas inspection services by municipalities (Abbott) 3651 (Farnworth) 3651
- Elevator inspections (Abbott) 3591 (Farnworth) 3591
- Holdbacks on payments to builders (Miller) 6051, 6429 (Plant) 6429
- Jobs (Throne speech) 2087
- Labour Relations Code proposed amendments See Labour Relations Code
- Liens
- liens on pipelines and wells (Miller) 6427-8, 6430 (Neufeld) 6427-30
- work and materials (Miller) 4588
- work and materials, minimum claim amount (Miller) 6429 (Plant) 6429
- Owner's responsibility to pay for unauthorized work (Plant) 6429
- Owners' trusts (Miller) 6427 (Plant) 6427
- Residential housing sector, unionization (Cashore) 5734
- Review panel report
- Sectoral bargaining (Campbell) 4628 (Cashore) 3087-8, 4628 (Dalton) 3087-8
- Skills development training (Orcherton) 2557
Construction Labour Relations Association
- Position on sectoral bargaining for industry workers (Dalton) 3087-8
Consumers
Contaminated sites
Continuing Care Act
Cooperatives
- Business cooperatives See Business
- Cooperative housing See Housing
Coquihalla Highway
Coquitlam school district
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency
- Capital improvements (Cashore) 2382-3
Corbett, Pat
- Cited and quoted on Tourism B.C. (Pullinger) 3180 (Reitsma) 4175-6
CORE
- See Commission on Resources and Environment
Cornerstone Manor, Langley, B.C.
- Residential addictions-treatment program (McKinnon) 4617-8 (Streifel) 4618-9
Corporation Capital Tax Act
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1997
Corporations
- See also Business
- Corporate registrations by government, policies and procedures (Nettleton) 4682-3 (Petter) 4682-3
- Taxation
- income tax, national collection system (Gingell) 4434 (Petter) 4433
- investment allowance deduction (Petter) 2872
- legislation, national standardization (Gingell) 3134-5 (Miller) 4095 (Petter) 3134-5 (Wilson, G.) 4095
- Taxation, capital tax
- calculation (Gingell) 3135
- elimination (Gingell) 2872-3 (Ramsey) 2369-70
- impact on businesses (Gingell) 3135-6 (Hansen) 2714
- impact on investment (Gingell) 2147-8 (Jarvis) 2229-30
- impact on mining industry (Jarvis) 4146 (Miller) 4146
- impact on small business (Whittred) 2353
- legislation See Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1997
- need (Petter) 2873
- rules for partnerships (Gingell) 3135 (Petter) 3135
Correction Act
Correction Amendment Act, 1997
- (Bill 4) (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations) 1R, 2110; 2R, 2874-5, 2891-902; C, 3136-40; 3R, 3140; RA, 3627
- Debate, speakers (Coell) 2900-1 (de Jong) 2895-6 (McKinnon) 2893 (Neufeld) 2896-8 (Penner) 2899-900 (Petter) 2110 (Plant) 2891-3, 3136-40 (Priddy) 2874-5, 2901-2, 3136-40 (Reid) 2893-4 (Sanders) 2898-9
- Commencement (Plant) 3140 (Priddy) 3140
- "Commissioner," removal of definition (Plant) 3136
- "Correctional centre," definition (Plant) 3137 (Priddy) 3137
- Transitional legislation (Plant) 2891
- "Youth custody centre," definition (Plant) 3137 (Priddy) 3137
Corrections branch
- See Attorney General, Ministry of
Corrections system
- Anger management programs (Priddy) 6374 (Sanders) 6373-4
- Attorney General's statutory responsibility (Plant) 3139
- Changes to current system (Dosanjh) 2738 (Plant) 2738
- Correctional facilities
- capacity shortfalls (Dosanjh) 2710, 2734-6, 6409 (Plant) 2710, 2734-6, 6409
- Prince George facility (Dosanjh) 3442
- staff training (de Jong) 2896
- Vancouver property currently used as shelter, disposition (Anderson) 5089 (Miller) 5089
- Incarceration alternatives
- diversion programs (Dosanjh) 2215-6, 2281-2, 2576, 2584, 2645, 2649, 2795 (Plant) 2215-6, 2578, 2584, 2645, 2648, 2795
- electronic monitoring program (Dosanjh) 2710, 2736-8 (Plant) 2710, 2736-8
- Inmate work program (Dosanjh) 2938 (Plant) 2938
- Low-risk offenders
- Prisoners, adult inmates, number (Dosanjh) 2215-6 (Plant) 2215-6
- Probation officers
- northern communities (Dosanjh) 2828 (Neufeld) 2828
- sharing between ministries (Dosanjh) 2739-40 (Plant) 2739-40
- training for handling children and youth (McKinnon) 2893
- younger children (Sanders) 2899
- youth probation officers (Anderson) 6262-3 (Coell) 6260-2, 6401 (Priddy) 6260-2, 6401 (Sanders) 2898-9
- youth probation officers, transfer from Attorney General ministry to Children and Families ministry (Clark, G.) 5575 (Coell) 6260-2 (Dosanjh) 5403-4 (Plant) 5403-4 (Priddy) 5575, 6260-2 (Wilson, G.) 5575
- Probation services, staffing (Plant) 2891-2
- Sex offenders
- assessment and treatment of young sexual offenders (Coell) 6443-5 (Priddy) 6443-5
- treatment program for young sex offenders (Coell) 6443-4 (Priddy) 6443-4
- Youth corrections
- custody centres (Coell) 6266 (Dosanjh) 2739 (Plant) 2739 (Priddy) 6266
- custody centres, planning costs for suspended capital projects (Coleman) 5089 (Dosanjh) 2213-6 (Gingell) 2216 (Miller) 5089 (Plant) 2214-6 (Wilson, G.) 2213-4
- director of youth corrections (Plant) 3140 (Priddy) 3140
- education services in institutions (Ramsey) 6037 (Sanders) 6037
- handling of young offender cases (Neufeld) 2897 (Priddy) 2874
- program effectiveness (Coell) 6263-4 (Priddy) 6263-4
- programs in residential and non-residential care (Coell) 6265-6 (Priddy) 6265-6
- psychiatric and psychological services (Coell) 6266-7, 6437 (Priddy) 6266-7, 6437
- public safety concerns (Priddy) 2874-5
- role of community service and recreation programs in rehabilitation (Anderson) 6263 (Priddy) 6263
- safety of youth in custody (Priddy) 6260
- transfer of responsibilities to Children and Families ministry (Dosanjh) 2739 (Plant) 2739, 3136, 3138, 3236 (Priddy) 2874, 2901-2
- youth bail hostels (Coell) 6264-5 (Priddy) 6264-5
- youth court services See Youth court
- youth in custody, temporary releases (Plant) 3138 (Priddy) 3138
- youth probation officers See Probation officers above
- youth services, legislation See Correction Amendment Act, 1997
Corrigan, Derek
- Anaheim trip while chair of B.C. Transit (Coleman) 3565
- Lease of vehicle while chair of B.C. Transit (Farrell-Collins) 3167 (MacPhail) 3167-8 (Symons) 3167, 3564
- Salary as part-time chair of B.C. Transit (Chong) 3565 (Symons) 2588
- Severance payment from B.C. Transit (Coleman) 3564 (MacPhail) 3460, 3564-5 (Symons) 3460
- Work and severance arrangements with B.C. Transit (MacPhail) 5167-8 (Symons) 5167-8
Costco Wholesale (Canada)
- Stores in B.C. (Orcherton) 2450
COTA
- See Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia
Côte d'Ivoire (Africa)
Cottonwood River
- Property on north side, land trade proposal (McGregor) 5838 (Wilson, J.) 5837-8
Cottonwoods Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.
- Funding needs (Hawkins) 3775-7
Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia
- Chair See Corbett, Pat
- Contract to provide job training for income assistance recipients (Ramsey) 2507
- Managing director See Mann, Jim
- Position on member selection for Tourism B.C. board (Reitsma) 4175-6
- Position on tourism industry funding (Reitsma) 4105
- Priorities (Pullinger) 4259
CounterAttack program
Court Order Enforcement Act
Court Rules Act
- Amendments See Traffic Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Changes to act (Dosanjh) 5675 (Plant) 5675
Courtenay Fish and Game Protective Association
Courthouses
- Courthouse closings
- access to justice concerns (Coell) 2175-6 (Dosanjh) 2580-1 (Plant) 2157, 2580-1
- closings (Abbott) 2234 (Coell) 4328-9 (Coleman) 2189 (Dalton) 2204 (de Jong) 2162 (Dosanjh) 2583, 2612-4, 2617, 2620, 4328-9 (Gingell) 2145 (Nebbeling) 2283 (Penner) 2513 (Plant) 2583, 2612-4, 2617, 2620 (Reid) 2180 (Reitsma) 2206-7
- consolidation of court services (Dosanjh) 2217
- consultation (Dalton) 2690-1
- consultation, prior consultation with judiciary (Dosanjh) 2683 (Plant) 2683
- consultation, public consultation (Dalton) 3050-1
- consultation with municipalities (Abbott) 3535-6 (Farnworth) 3535-6
- cost savings (Dalton) 2620-1 (Dosanjh) 2614-7, 2619-22, 2706-8 (Penner) 2706-8 (Plant) 2614-7, 2619, 2622
- future closings (Dosanjh) 2706 (Penner) 2706
- ownership of closed facilities (Dosanjh) 2615, 2644, 2683-4 (Plant) 2615, 2683-4
- role of affected community in decision process (de Jong) 2685-6 (Dosanjh) 2613-4, 2683, 2685-6 (Plant) 2613-4, 2683
Courts
- See Justice system; particular courts, e.g., Family court
Cowichan Indian tribes
- Tax revenues from on-reserve tobacco sales (Gingell) 6096 (Petter) 4427, 6095-6
Cowichan River
Cowichan Valley area
- Land use issues, community groups' work (Pullinger) 4260
- South Cowichan area
- incorporation (Abbott) 3848
- restructure request (Abbott) 3852-3 (Farnworth) 3853
- restructuring and municipal grant (Abbott) 2997 (Farnworth) 2997-8
Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency
- Constituency office, use for federal election campaign See Pullinger, Hon. Jan
Coyle, Rhianna
- Richmond special needs student (Plant) 2653
Coyote Creek Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.
- Construction of new school (McKinnon) 6144-5 (Ramsey) 6144
Crawley, David
- Spokesperson for church coalition against gambling expansion, letter quoted (Anderson) 2260
Cream Silver Mines Ltd.
- Compensation case re cancelled mining project (Jarvis) 4155 (Miller) 4155
Credit rating
Creston Valley Wildlife Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 6241
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Link to blood transfusions (Hawkins) 3692 (MacPhail) 3692
Crime and criminals
- See also Corrections system; Justice system
- Arrest warrants
- evasion of warrants (Anderson) 2839 (Dosanjh) 2839
- income assistance for people with outstanding arrest warrants See Income assistance, applicants under Social welfare system
- returnable warrants, interprovincial agreements (Streifel) 4468
- Correlation between crime and hardship benefit payments (Coell) 4572 (Streifel) 4572
- Crime
- Criminal injury compensation, review of program (Dosanjh) 2610-1 (Plant) 2610-1
- Criminal-record checks, cost (Gingell) 2146
- Criminal-record checks of people who work with children See Children
- Low-risk offenders See Corrections system
- Profits of criminal activity, forfeited crime proceeds special account (Dosanjh) 2938 (Plant) 2938
- Provincial offences
- Return of criminals to other provinces (Dosanjh) 2743-4 (Nebbeling) 2283-4 (Plant) 2743-4
- Sex crimes, sexual assault
- Armstrong case, dismissal on grounds of delay (Plant) 4328
- programs and services (Hammell) 2655, 2661, 2669-70 (Stephens) 2661, 2669
- programs and services, ministerial responsibility (Hammell) 2661 (Stephens) 2661
- right to privacy, disclosure of counselling records during criminal trials (Hammell) 2782, 4454 (Stephens) 4484 (Thorpe) 2782
- Sex offenders See Corrections system
- Stalking and criminal harassment
- Victim impact statements, use in sentencing hearings, designation enactment (Plant) 3563-4
- Victim services funded by surcharge levy on violation tickets issued for provincial offences See Provincial offences above
- Victims-of-crime special account
- Young offenders See Youth corrections under Corrections system
- Youth crime
- attitude of offenders (de Jong) 2895 (Neufeld) 2897
- crime rate (de Jong) 2895
- peer community panel model (Anderson) 6263 (Priddy) 6263
- penalties (Neufeld) 2897
Crimestoppers program
- Training program, funding (Dosanjh) 6562 (Plant) 6561-2
Criminal Code of Canada
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 2742-3, 2794 (Hammell) 2782 (Plant) 2742
- Bill C-41 amendments, links with B.C. family maintenance enforcement legislation (Wilson, G.) 5656-8
- Decriminalization of illegal drug use (Hawkins) 3645 (MacPhail) 3645
- Hate crime provisions (Dosanjh) 2796-7 (Plant) 2796-7
- Offences, recommended charges, projections (Dosanjh) 2645 (Plant) 2645
- Prostitution provisions, changes (Dosanjh) 2797-8
- Provisions for disposition of seized exhibits (Dosanjh) 3440, 4007 (Plant) 4008
Criminal Injury Compensation Act of British Columbia
- Annual report, 1996, tabled (Dosanjh) 3504
Critical Issues in Rural Obstetrics conference
Crown corporations
- Car allowances for executives (Krueger) 3565 (Symons) 3564
- Charitable donations policy, tracking requirements (Chong) 4973-4 (Farrell-Collins) 4973 (Miller) 4973-4
- Costs downloaded from provincial government (Nettleton) 2285, 2287
- Crown youth employment initiative (Clark, G.) 6529-30 (Penner) 6529
- Debt (McKinnon) 2336
- Dividends to government (Gingell) 2141 (Weisgerber) 2225-6 (Whittred) 2353
- Financial involvement in Four Corners Community Savings (Gingell) 6503 (Hansen) 6502 (Miller) 6502-3
- Governance (Gingell) 2143-4
- Powers (Barisoff) 6066-7 (Wilson, G.) 5970
- Role in economic and social development (Miller) 4040, 4087-8, 4094 (Penner) 4202-3 (Weisgerber) 5097 (Wilson, G.) 4094
- Select standing committee See Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations
- Vehicle-leasing policy (MacPhail) 3167, 3565
Crown Counsel Act
- Purpose of act (Dosanjh) 2748 (Plant) 2748
Crown land
- Activities on Crown land
- aboriginal rights, identification (Cashore) 3376-7 (Weisgerber) 3376-7
- consultation process, third-party issues (Cashore) 3377 (Weisgerber) 3377
- consultation process, time limits (Cashore) 3375-6 (Weisgerber) 3375-6
- policy (Cashore) 3435 (Nettleton) 3435
- Agricultural land, management (Evans) 4012 (van Dongen) 4012
- Crown land registry, transfer of responsibility for registry (McGregor) 3444, 3735-6 (Wilson, G.) 3449-50
- Improvements on leased land, transfer tax issue (Dosanjh) 5717-8 (Gingell) 5717-8
- Recreational use, tenure issue (Reitsma) 4110
- Regulation of timber harvesting on Crown land (Nebbeling) 5225-30
- Sales
- Unauthorized timber harvesting (Wilson, J.) 6511 (Zirnhelt) 6511
Crown Proceeding Act
- Annual report, 1995-96, tabled (Petter) 2317
Cruise ships
- Cruise ship tourism in Vancouver, impact of crime in Gastown area (Pullinger) 4291 (Reitsma) 4291
Cryptosporidium See Waterborne organisms under Water
CSSEA
- See Community Social Services Employers Association
Cull, Elizabeth
Cultural Foundation of British Columbia
- Grants through B.C. Arts Council See British Columbia Arts Council
- Operations and board representation (Chong) 4400-2 (Pullinger) 4400-2
Culture
- See also Heritage
- Achievements of B.C. citizens (Pullinger) 4102
- Funding
- funding for local arts councils (Pullinger) 4404-5 (Stephens) 4404
- reductions, petition tabled (Neufeld) 6563
- Government policy
- Harassment policy for arts and culture groups (Chong) 4414-5 (Pullinger) 4414-5
- Ministerial responsibility See Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Ministry of
- NDP government commitment to arts and culture (Pullinger) 4405 (Stephens) 4404-5
- Support for young talent (Pullinger) 4406 (Stephens) 4406
Cumberland, B.C.
- May Day celebrations (de Jong) 2848 (Gillespie) 2847-8
Cycling
- Cycling as form of transportation (Barisoff) 5212-3 (Boone) 5212-3
- Cycling network program
- federal funding (Barisoff) 5212-3 (Boone) 5212-3
- opportunities for smaller communities to participate (Boone) 5282-3 (Neufeld) 5282-3
Cypress Bowl Recreations Ltd.
- Water and sewer connections with West Vancouver municipality (Dalton) 6207
Cypress Provincial Park
- Activities permitted in park (Dalton) 4562-3, 5797-8 (McGregor) 5797-8
- Activities permitted in park, impact on streams (Dalton) 6207
- Deeks Lake area addition (Dalton) 5799 (McGregor) 5799
- Mount Strachan
- permit to cut old-growth trees in area (Dalton) 5798 (McGregor) 5798
- proposal for restaurant at summit (Dalton) 5799 (McGregor) 5799
- Park boundaries, setting of boundaries in legislation (Dalton) 5799, 5959 (McGregor) 5799
- Sewer and water connection to West Vancouver (Dalton) 5799 (McGregor) 5799
Cythera Transition House Society
- Letter quoted on court services in Maple Ridge (Plant) 2620
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