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Province of British Columbia
2nd Session, 36th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 24, 1997 to March 26, 1998
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
D. (Donaldson) v. British Columbia
- Foster care case (Coell) 6288 (Priddy) 6288
Dairy industry
Daisy Lake
- Dam, impact on area fishery (Miller) 4874-7 (Nebbeling) 4874-7
Dalton, C. Jeremy (West Vancouver-Capilano)
- Agriculture, applicability of employment standards legislation to farmers 3123-4
- Apprenticeship
- apprenticeship information management system (AIMS) 3152-3, 3155
- number of apprentices in B.C. 3162-3
- programs, ministerial responsibility shared between Labour and Education 3049, 3087, 3151-5
- system, changes 3048, 3099
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 2620-2, 2832-3, 2884-6
- Automobile insurance, KPMG review, cost 2296
- Automobiles
- photo radar operators, police officers vs. civilian technicians 2832-3
- traffic fines, sharing of revenues with municipalities 2622
- B.C. Building Trades Union, review of constitution 3099
- B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union, labour agreement 3163-4
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- Horseshoe Bay terminal, traffic volumes 4862-3
- labour disruption 3163-4
- B.C. Labour Force Development Board, studies 3150-1
- Brothers Creek, protection 6207
- Budget
- deficit budgeting 2203-4
- deficits during NDP administration 2295-6
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2690-3
- Burnaby Mountain multi-use school project 4079
- Business
- public-private partnerships 4080-3
- small business, consultations on employee wage rates 3050
- Canadian Iron, Steel and Industrial Workers Union 3088-9
- Civil service, public sector employment contracts, termination provisions for exempt employees 5892-3
- Commission into policing (Oppal commission)
- recommendations, implementation 5692
- recommendations on high-speed police pursuits 2884-5, 5586-7
- Conflict-of-interest concerns re letter on behalf of wife (Clark, C.) 4767 (Farnworth) 4775 (Waddell) 4764
- Construction industry
- establishment of bureau 3087
- review panel report and recommendations 3050, 3087-90, 3091
- review panel report, cost 3091
- sectoral bargaining 3087-8
- Courthouse closings
- Crime, automobile theft 5587
- Cypress Provincial Park
- activities permitted in park 4562-3, 5797-8, 6207
- Deeks Lake area addition 5799
- Mount Strachan restaurant proposal 5799
- permit to cut old-growth trees on Mount Strachan 5798
- setting of park boundaries in legislation 5799, 5959
- sewer and water connections with West Vancouver 5799, 6207
- Debt, public debt during NDP administration 2203
- Discrimination and racism, political correctness 4418-9
- Education
- co-op education, benefits 3091
- labour disruptions 3048, 3089, 3163
- secondary education credits, eligibility towards apprentice certification 3153-5
- Education, Skills and Training ministry
- estimates debate 6141-2
- regional coordinators, mandate and funding 6142
- role in apprenticeship initiatives 3049, 3087, 3151-5
- Employment and Investment ministry
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards information in the workplace 3125
- reduced workweek 3059
- Employment Standards Act
- Employment Standards Tribunal
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- estimates debate 5797-9
- minister's role in fish protection, potential conflict 6207
- Families
- importance of families and family values 5738
- marriage, heterosexual nature of marriage 5738
- Family maintenance enforcement program, effectiveness 4418
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 5738
- "in a marriage-like relationship," use of phrase 5738
- "spouse," definition 5738
- Fish Protection Act, debate 6207
- Forest industry, logging truck operators, exclusion from employment standards legislation 3122
- Forest Renewal B.C. funds, use 2296
- Gambling
- expansion in B.C., community consultation 2295
- gambling establishments on Indian land, expansion, public input 2295-6
- government policy 2295
- policing of gaming facilities, jurisdictional concerns 4389-90
- Government
- federal transfers to provinces, reduction 2204
- provincial-municipal relations, protocol agreement re consultation 2691
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2203-4
- Handsworth Secondary School, building upgrade 6141-2
- Health Authorities Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 6246-52
- "nurse," definition 6248
- repeal of health sector labour relations regulation 6249-51
- Health care
- health care workers
- collective bargaining 6248-51
- reassignment between unions 6251
- NDP government actions, impact 2297-8
- regionalization, effectiveness 6246-7
- Highway 11, highway interchange project near Mission 5311
- Highway 19, Island Highway construction project
- fair-wage policy, extension to other projects 3101
- labour agreement 3048, 3099-100
- pension coverage for workers 3100
- Highway 99, access to proposed Squamish shopping centre 5311
- Highways, maintenance funding 2204
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Act, debate 6396
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- Iron Workers Memorial Bridge, construction accident 2855
- Jeune, Paul, contract with Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry 5892-3
- Jobs and timber accord, announcement 4562
- Justice system
- reform, fiscal considerations 2620-2
- regional justice centres 2620, 2691
- Kadlec, Bob, "Building Partnerships" report 4079-80
- Knowledge Network, "Learning a Living" program 3156
- Labour
- employee vs. contractor 3120-1, 3123
- labour market development, federal-provincial agreement 3162-3
- ministerial responsibility for labour issues 3087
- number of workers killed or injured on the job 2855
- workers' rights, federal-provincial cooperation 3124
- Labour Force Development Board mandate, transfer 3049, 3099
- Labour ministry
- Labour Relations Board
- authority re provisions of Health Authorities Act 6248-52
- mediation services 3048
- role in trade union issues 3089-90
- Labour Relations Code, review 3050, 4628-9
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, withdrawal of bill 6251
- Langara College, 1974 labour dispute 3090
- Legislature
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 4559-63
- estimates process
- deputy ministers permitted to respond to questions 4561-2
- effectiveness 3098, 3100-1
- scheduling of debate on new bills 4561
- Lions Gate Bridge
- Local Government Grants Act, repeal of section guaranteeing municipal grants 2296
- Montroyal Elementary School, building addition 6141
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5586-7
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government
- 1994 debate, NDP MLAs' comments 2690, 2692
- consultation 2693
- deduction for highways maintenance 2690
- reduction 2296, 2690
- NDP government
- consultations with public and others 2690-2, 4390
- public relations activities 4562
- North Shore regional health board, work on regionalization 6246-7
- Notaries Act changes, petition tabled 5911
- Nurses, definition of term for bargaining purposes 6248
- Open Learning Agency, role in apprenticeship education 3154
- Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism, role in tourism initiatives 3151
- Park Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 5959, 6214
- amendment to correct spelling error in act 5959
- "Redrooffs," spelling in bill 5959, 6214
- Police Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5692
- Police and policing
- communications, centralized information system 2886
- high-speed chases
- police complaints process, disciplinary provisions 5692
- police officers, court attendance costs 2621
- Provincial Apprenticeship Board
- Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 5892-3
- termination provisions, applicability to contractual employment relationship 5892-3
- Rifkin, Jeremy, The End of Work, theories on future economy 3059
- Sargeant Bay Park, Redrooffs Road boundary, spelling of name in legislation 5959, 6214
- School construction projects, list of approved projects 2203-4
- School district 44 (North Vancouver)
- capital funding projects 6141-2
- funding needs 2203
- one-day work stoppage 3163
- technology program, funding 2298
- School district 45 (West Vancouver), capital funding projects 6142
- School district 91 (Nechako Lakes), long-distance learning initiatives 3155
- School districts, amalgamation and sharing of services between non-amalgamated districts 6141
- Sentinel Secondary School, building upgrade 6142
- Simon Fraser University, sexual harassment allegations case 4418
- Skills Development and Fair Wage Act, enforcement 3090
- Society, social injustice and inequality, elimination 4418-9
- Squamish nation, role in Lions Gate Bridge consultation process 5268
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2203-4
- Taxi operators, exclusion from employment standards legislation 3120
- Throne speech debate 2295-8
- Tobacco, ban on smoking in restaurants 3126
- Tolls
- tolls on bridges 2691
- use to recover capital costs 4081-2
- Tourism B.C. board, selection of members, handling of industry's suggestions 6396
- Tourism industry, apprenticeship pilot project 3151
- Trade unions
- Training for What? publication 3150-1
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 5215-6, 5267-70, 5311
- Vancouver
- trade and convention centre, construction project 4079
- Westview interchange project 2297
- Wages and salaries
- fair-wage policy
- effectiveness 3090
- ministerial responsibility 3100
- minimum wage, current and future rates 3049-50, 3125
- West Vancouver court facilities, closing 2297, 2620-2
- West Vancouver Secondary School, building upgrade 6142
- Workers Compensation Board, Worksafe campaign 2855
Dams
- Applications for bank-to-bank dams, current applications (Clark, C.) 6167, 6171-2 (McGregor) 6167, 6172
- Irrigation dams, restrictions (McGregor) 6170 (van Dongen) 6170
- Operation and maintenance, safety issues (Farrell-Collins) 4968-9 (Miller) 4968-70
- Prohibition on new dams on protected rivers
- impact (Clark, C.) 6172
- inclusion of tributaries (Clark, C.) 6168 (McGregor) 6168
- prohibition (McGregor) 6172
Dartnell, William
- Severance package (de Jong) 5856
Davies, Robert
- Writings quoted on provincial bargaining for B.C. teachers (Sanders) 6179
Davis, Victor
- Accident victim, organs used for transplant (Hawkins) 3054-5
Dawson Creek, B.C.
- Grain-handling facility proposal (Weisgerber) 5098
- Referendum on gambling (Farnworth) 3813 (Weisgerber) 3812-3
Dawson, Ross
- Report on safety of high-risk children (Coell) 6534 (Priddy) 6534
Day care
- See Child care under Children
de Jong, Michael (Matsqui)
- Abbotsford-Matsqui
- justice facilities, expansion 2701
- municipal grant reduction 2863-5
- transit services in Abbotsford 5009-11
- Aboriginal Affairs Committee
- report 5995
- report and recommendations on Indians and wildlife management issues 5763-5
- role in treaty negotiations process 3265-6
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- estimates debate 3265-6, 3304-14, 3318, 3329-37, 3362-70, 3407-9, 3429-32, 3451-3, 3487-9, 3492-6, 3498-9, 3525-6, 5994-5
- aboriginal relations branch and ministry organizational change 3366
- advertising re treaty negotiations process, effectiveness 3330-2
- contracted services 3318, 3329, 3451-2
- cost recoveries from federal government 3336-7
- funding for line ministries re treaty negotiations work 3307-9
- information systems and software development, costs 3334
- mapping data for treaty tables 3332-3, 3451
- office equipment and furnishings 3335
- staff 3304-7, 3329, 3362, 3366
- travel
- budget 3310-4
- costs, auditor general's recommendations 3310-4
- travel by minister, accounting method 3337
- travel card use by staff 3312
- vehicle leasing 3335
- videoconferencing as alternative to travel 3313-4
- Agriculture, crops and honeybee pollination 3605-6
- Atlin, court services for area 2685
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 2684-7, 2701-2, 2796, 2888-9
- Auditor general reports
- collection of personal information by Ministry of Health 5853-4
- severance practices in government ministries and Crown corporations 5696-7
- Austin, Gordon, severance package 5856
- Automobiles
- no-fault insurance, impact on Indian people 3488
- sales of used vehicles, damage disclosure requirements, applicability to private sales 2888-9
- Beekeeping industry, mite infestations, impact on honey production 3605-6
- Brant, Randy, termination of employment with Aboriginal Affairs ministry, severance arrangements 3363-6, 3452-3
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, hiring of summer students to introduce Club Keno in bars and pubs 4736-7
- B.C. Neurotrauma Fund Contribution Act, debate 3234, 3236-7
- Budget
- debate 2385-8, 2417-8, 2451-2
- 1996-97 budget
- balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 2387-8
- balanced-budget claim challenged as deliberate misleading of House 2092-3
- objectives 2160-2
- 1997-98 budget, objectives 2162-3
- balanced budgets 2386-7
- use of interim supply 4807-9
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2863-6, 3004-7, 3028-30, 3032, 3070-3, 3116
- Business, consultation with government on labour issues 5640
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, role in reduction of television violence 2386
- Capilano College, Brain Train program for commuters 5011
- Chair's rulings on Liberal Party amendments 3032
- Children
- child protection
- Gove commission recommendations, implementation 2895
- government action 2536
- Children and Families ministry
- estimates debate 6439-43
- accountability and monitoring of performance 2895
- Chilliwack, court services 2687
- Chilton, Chris, role as special adviser to Health minister 2853
- Civil service
- employees, double dipping 5856-7
- public sector employment contracts, termination provisions for exempt employees 5855-7, 5893
- size, 1996-97 objectives 2161
- Correction Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2895-6
- Correctional facilities, staff training 2896
- Courthouse closings
- closings 2162
- role of affected community in decision process 2685-6
- Crime and criminals
- victims-of-crime special account, uses and sources of funds 3236-7
- youth crime, attitude of offenders 2895
- Cumberland, May Day celebrations 2848
- Dairy industry, regulation of milk and milk production 3208
- Dartnell, William, severance package 5856
- Debt, public debt during NDP administration 2162-3, 2386-8, 2417
- Destinations program training funds, corporate recipients 2470
- Education
- funding
- funding 2417-8
- K-to-12 funding, 1996-97 objectives 2160-2
- per-pupil funding 2866
- post-secondary education, Passport to Education program, tuition reimbursement provisions 5577-8
- Elections
- 1997 federal election, campaign role of ministry political staff 2853
- electoral boundaries 5577-8
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1997
- Electoral Boundaries Commission, appointment of commission, timing requirements 5576-80
- Eliesen, Mark, severance package 5856
- Employment, job creation
- 1996-97 objectives 2160-2
- job creation during NDP administration 2404
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 5763-5
- Environment, pollution abatement improvements tax exemption incentive 3116
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997
- First nations environment program, funding 3368-9
- Fisheries, management for resource protection 6575
- Flanders, Mavis, case
- accuracy of information provided to Hon. Penny Priddy by ministry staff 5244
- monitoring by Children and Families ministry 2222
- Morton report and Hon. Penny Priddy's presence in House 5016
- Food bank donors and distributors, liability issue 2466
- Food Donor Encouragement Act
- debate 2466-7
- liability issue re donations of milk products 3208
- Forest industry
- Forests ministry
- estimates debate 5333-9
- aboriginal liaison officers in regional offices 5336, 5338
- information, accessibility by Indians 5337
- Fraser Regional Correctional Centre
- drugs entering facility, prevention measures 6298
- incidents of illegal activity 6193-4
- Fraser Valley
- education services 2418
- regional justice centre for area 2687, 2701
- Gambling
- Club Keno machines in bars and pubs 4736-7
- gambling on Indian land
- problem gambling, incidence among children and youth 2801
- Gasoline tax increase 4789
- Government
- communications, services for NDP MLAs 5574-5
- executive compensation 3362-3, 3365-6
- federal-provincial relations, federal responsibility to act on behalf of provinces 6575
- provision of information by ministries and freedom-of-information process 3304
- recoveries of unauthorized severance pay-outs 5857
- separation of church and state 5739
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2159-60, 2162-3
- spending levels not to exceed revenues 2386-7
- Health Authorities Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5868-9, 5895-8
- Health care
- costs, tobacco-related illness and disease 6311-6
- medicare system, comparison with private systems 5619-20
- regional health boards and community health councils
- appointment process 5895-8
- member selection, role of community 5868-9
- Health ministry
- estimates debate 5009-11
- minister's certificate as evidence of tobacco-related health care costs 6311-2
- Highway 1, Bradner Road sani-dump station, hours of operation 5429-31
- Highway 11, upgrading 5010
- Indians
- aboriginal heritage, language and culture program 3367-8
- aboriginal initiatives fund 3335-6
- fisheries allocation, issues 3370, 3492-3
- government ministries liaison, funding 3308-9
- loans and investment capital, ability of Indians to obtain financing 3429-32
- qualification for bank loans, need for land for security 5338-9
- self-government
- autonomy 3494-6
- concerns of Indian women 3495-6
- federal and provincial positions 6576
- treaties, certainty and finality 3408-9
- treaty negotiations
- access to information by Indian and third-party negotiators 3308, 3333
- extinguishment language, federal and provincial positions 6575-6
- fisheries management 6575
- Forests ministry input 5337
- incentives to expedite negotiations 3492-4, 3525-6
- negotiations process 3265-6, 3369-70, 5994-5
- negotiations process, government advertising 3332
- public consultation and information 3330-2
- regional advisory committees, operating costs 3309
- regional approach to issues 3407-8
- teachers' handbook on treaty process 3332-3
- treaty settlements
- ratification, free votes in Legislature 6576
- ratification process 3498-9
- Information, computerized information systems, auditing of access 5853-4
- Jeune, Paul, contract for communications services 5574-5
- Job Protection Amendment Act, 1997
- Job protection commissioner
- Jobs and timber accord, advertising costs 5486-7
- Justice system
- court services
- court facilities combined with private commercial space 2702
- judiciary's position on changes to services 2702
- public expectations 2684-6
- court sittings, evening and weekend sittings 2701-2
- evidence seized during execution of a search warrant, access by person with interest in thing detained 5596
- merging of Vancouver and Westminster judicial districts, cost to individuals 5680-1
- public perception 5681
- reforms to reduce cost to litigant and government 5680-1
- regional justice centres 2686-7
- Kelowna General Hospital, information database 5853-4
- Labour Relations Code, proposed amendments, consultation by government 5640
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, withdrawal of bill 5810-1
- Lali, Harry, comments re meeting with politically affiliated people 3070-1
- Legislature
- bills, time for debate 4808
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 4545-7
- legislative reform 4806-9, 5577, 5579
- Leskun, Ron, preventive security role at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre 6193-4
- Lighthouses, automation 2317-8
- Local government, balanced-budget requirement 2386
- McLeod Lake Indian band, treaty 3489, 3492
- MacPhail, Joy, responsibilities as government House leader 4546
- Man in Motion neurotrauma fund, contributions from victim surcharge special account 3236-7
- May Day, significance 2848
- Medical Services Plan, collection of overdue accounts 6319
- Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6319
- MLAs
- participation of all members in House business 4545-7
- roles and responsibilities in formation of public policy 5739-40
- Merritt, municipal grant reduction 3071
- Milk Industry Amendment Act, 1997, debate 3208
- Miller, Hon. Dan, comments on gambling 2866
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 5680-1
- Mission, municipal grant reduction 3006
- Mulchey, Ron, severance package 5855
- Municipalities
- grants from provincial government
- consultation 3029-30
- consultation, added expense to the Crown 3028, 3071-2
- reduction 2864-5
- reduction, announcement by provincial government 2863
- railway taxation revenues and municipal grants 3004-6
- Munro, Connie, severance package 5855-6
- Murphy family, foster care for Indian child, information provided to Child and Family Review Board by Children and Families ministry 3503
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, investigation team, change of leader 6562
- NDP government
- financial management 2417
- management of health care system 5868-9
- meetings with politically affiliated people 3070-1
- performance 2404
- record on executive severance pay-outs 5856
- trust issue 2387, 2417
- Nisga'a people
- agreement-in-principle, land transfer process and public input 2294
- treaty 3407-9
- treaty negotiations, training for Nisga'a negotiators 3451
- use of lands as security for loans 3429-31
- Nishimura, Erikka, tuition reimbursement case 5577-8
- Nuu-chah-nulth people, hunting of grey whales 3494-5
- Offence Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 5596
- Pelletier, Sean, suicide case, disposal of confidential documents 2535-6
- Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5853-4
- Politics and politicians
- behaviour 2403
- political parties, deregistration 2561
- political system, credibility 4807-9
- politicians, public perception 4808-9
- Premier's Office, estimates debate 6574-6
- Price Waterhouse, replacement as accountants for Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society investigation 6562
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter re Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs not being duly constituted 2277
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter respecting Hon. Joan Smallwood 6589
- Public Sector Employers Act, termination provisions, timeliness of proposed amendments 5856-7
- Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 1997
- Public Sector Employers Council, severance standards, incorporation of common-law practices 5857
- Randall, Fred, proposal to increase gasoline taxes 4789
- Rempel family, impact of 1997-98 budget 2388, 2417-8
- R.S. Group Home, investigation into operations 6439-43
- Safety, marine safety in B.C. 2317-8
- Schamborzki, Inge, severance package 5856
- School district 34 (Abbotsford)
- School district 40 (New Westminster), funding 3166-7
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- government response to recommendations 6574-5
- minority opinions in report 2538
- work of committee 2538
- Sihota, Moe, role in regional development policy-making 2363
- Student loans 2161
- Students' field trips, petition tabled 3612
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2159-63
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4806-9
- Taxation, sales tax, charitable donation case 5578
- Throne speech debate 2561
- Tobacco Damages Recovery Act
- debate 6310-6
- "tobacco related wrong," definition 6310
- Tobacco industry, liability for smoking-related health care costs, recovery of costs 6311-6
- Todd, Judy, medical needs case 5619-20
- Trade unions, non-unionized workers 2848
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 5429-31
- Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, operating costs 3309
- University College of the Fraser Valley, funding 2866, 3030
- Victims of Crime Act, victim surcharge levy provisions 3236-7
- Violence, television violence 2386
- Water, groundwater legislation and water quality issues 3063
- West Coast Express
- service, extension to area south of Fraser River 5009-11
- ticketing system 5011
- Wilson, Gordon, role as B.C. government's constitutional adviser 3020
- Workers Compensation Board, executive severance pay-outs 5856
- Wright, Ron, operation of group homes 6443
- Youth
Debt, Personal
- See also Bankruptcy
- Debtor assistance program (Dosanjh) 2911 (Plant) 2911
- Exemptions from seizure or sale of debtor's principal residence (Dosanjh) 5927 (Plant) 5927
- Exemptions from seizure or sale of debtor's property
- Family maintenance arrears, disclosure of information to credit-reporting agencies (Dosanjh) 6065 (Wilson, G.) 6065
- Process to recover money owed (Plant) 3939
Debt, Public
- Capital investment and debt (Calendino) 2331-2
- Debt
- current levels (Abbott) 5558 (Bowbrick) 2328 (Reid) 2244 (Wilson, G.) 2272
- direct debt (Gingell) 4722-3 (Petter) 4722-3
- direct debt, reduction measures (Gingell) 4793-4 (Petter) 4793-4
- reduction measures (Boone) 2228
- taxpayer-supported debt (Petter) 2105-6
- Debt as percentage of gross domestic product (Gingell) 2142 (Miller) 4043, 4081-2 (Petter) 4479-82 (Wilson, G.) 4092, 4479-81, 4825
- Debt during NDP administration (Abbott) 2169, 2232 (Barisoff) 2196 (Campbell) 2155 (Clark, C.) 2345-6 (Coell) 2334 (Coleman) 2375, 2377 (Dalton) 2203 (de Jong) 2162-3, 2386-8, 2417 (Farrell-Collins) 2125 (Gingell) 2141 (Hawkins) 2235-6 (Jarvis) 2185, 2187, 2229-31 (Neufeld) 2183, 2257-9 (Penner) 2198, 2346-7 (Plant) 2424 (Sanders) 2425-6 (Stephens) 2354-5 (Thorpe) 2193-4, 2438-40 (van Dongen) 2201 (Weisgerber) 2223-6 (Wilson, G.) 2435
- Debt management (Campbell) 2112 (Gingell) 2112 (Reitsma) 2550
- Debt management plan See also Fiscal planning and policies under Government
- Debt-servicing costs
- comparison with elsewhere (Orcherton) 2449-50
- costs (Petter) 2112
- Deficit, handling (Petter) 2105
- Impact of debt on public services (Clark, C.) 2137
- Provincial line of credit, rate paid (Gingell) 4444 (Petter) 4444
Debtor assistance program
Deer
Delcan Corp.
- Feasibility study for B.C. Transit (MacPhail) 5171 (Symons) 5171
Delta, B.C.
- East Delta bypass (Boone) 5432 (Gingell) 5432
- Farmland, repurchase by owners of expropriated land (Gingell) 2141
- Municipal grant reduction (Gingell) 2573
- Nordel completion project (Boone) 5207, 5433 (Gingell) 5433 (Masi) 5207-8
- Traffic volumes (Boone) 5432-3 (Gingell) 5432-3
Delta Hospice Society
- Programs and services (Gingell) 4422
Delta North constituency
- Issues and concerns (Masi) 2129
Delta school district
Democracy
- Democratic freedom (Anderson) 2199-200
- Freedom of speech in B.C. (Penner) 2197-8
- History (Anderson) 4802-5
- Right to free speech (Anderson) 2442 (Whittred) 2354
- Right to vote in Canada (Anderson) 3608-10 (Kwan) 3609
Denhoff, Eric
- Position with SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Farrell-Collins) 4977 (Miller) 4977
Dennison, John D.
- Challenge and Opportunity, quoted on post-secondary institutions in B.C. (Weisbeck) 5904
DERA
- See Downtown Eastside Residents Association
Desolation Sound Marine Park
- Protection of park (Wilson, G.) 5962-3
Destinations program
- Cull, Elizabeth, role in program (Hansen) 2506-7
- Ministerial responsibility (Pullinger) 4184
- Program effectiveness (Streifel) 4493
- Training funds, corporate recipients (Clark, C.) 2470-1 (de Jong) 2470 (Farrell-Collins) 2469-70 (Hansen) 2469 (Plant) 2471 (Ramsey) 2469-71
Development cost charges
Dial-a-ride service
Dikes
- Richmond mid-island dike (McGregor) 5604 (Plant) 5604
Disability Benefits Program Act
- Amendments (Streifel) 3954
- "Disability," definition to include episodic illnesses (Coell) 4583-4 (Streifel) 4583-4, 4652-3, 4656
- Provisions on income support for disabled persons (Streifel) 4498, 4516
- Purpose (Streifel) 4482-3
Disabled and handicapped persons
- See also Mental health
- Access to provincial campgrounds (Clark, C.) 5838-9 (McGregor) 5838-9
- Disability benefits See Income assistance, disability benefits under Social welfare system
- Funding
- funding for parental care of disabled adults (Chong) 6369-70 (Priddy) 6369-70
- group homes (Chong) 6368-70 (Priddy) 6368
- spinal cord research (Zirnhelt) 2245
- sports for the disabled (Masi) 4409 (Pullinger) 4409
- Legislation See Disability Benefits Program Act
- Ministerial responsibility (Ramsey) 5872
- Obligations of parents to adult disabled children (Dosanjh) 6054-6 (Plant) 6054, 6056
- Office for disability issues, operations (Ramsey) 6046-7 (Sanders) 6046-7
- Permanence of "handicapped" designation (Anderson) 4584 (Streifel) 4584
- Programs and services
- adult programs and services (McKinnon) 6326 (Priddy) 6326
- associate family program (Chong) 6367-9 (Priddy) 6367-9
- computer training (Anderson) 5886 (Ramsey) 5886
- guide dog program (Coell) 4665 (Streifel) 4665
- NDP government action (Anderson) 2498-9
- public transportation services (MacPhail) 5197-8 (Symons) 5197-8
- services for community living (MacPhail) 3546-7 (Whittred) 3546-7
- vocational rehabilitation services (Anderson) 5886 (Ramsey) 5872, 5886
- Property tax deferments for people with disabilities See Real property tax
- Special needs children
- access to equipment and services (McKinnon) 6326 (Priddy) 6326
- allowance to adoptive parents (Gingell) 2299
- consultation and funding (McKinnon) 6325 (Priddy) 6325
- education programs for blind and low-vision children (Ramsey) 6221-2 (Sanders) 6221-2
- fetal alcohol effect/syndrome See name of condition
- program for children needing 24-hour care (Chong) 6366-9 (Priddy) 6366-9
- regional portability of services (McKinnon) 6326 (Priddy) 6326
- services for adopted children (Krueger) 3965
- summer education programs for blind and deaf children (Priddy) 6372-3 (Sanders) 6372-3
- support services for children and families (Coell) 6436 (Priddy) 6436
- Support workers, qualifications and training standards (McKinnon) 6326 (Priddy) 6327
- Youth
Discovery Enterprises Inc.
- Winding down of operations (Gingell) 4535 (Petter) 4535
Discrimination and racism
- B.C. situation (Anderson) 2903-5 (Dosanjh) 2903-5
- Elimination (Reid) 3055-6 (Smallwood) 3055-6
- Elimination, work of community groups (Hammell) 2589
- Hate crimes
- definition (Dosanjh) 2281
- establishment of hate crime police unit (Dosanjh) 2281
- police action See Hate crimes unit under Police and policing
- Minority rights (Dosanjh) 5652-3 (Nebbeling) 5740
- Political correctness (Bowbrick) 4418-9 (Dalton) 4418-9
- Tolerance
- teaching of tolerance in schools See Education
- tolerance in B.C. society (Calendino) 2331
- tolerance of diversity (Brewin) 5644-5
Disease
- See also particular diseases, conditions, etc., e.g., Cancer
- Disease-causing substances, funding for testing (Krueger) 3604
- Heart disease among women (MacPhail) 3578-9 (Stephens) 3578-9
Divisions, Recorded
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997: 2R approved 2872; sec. 12 approved 2969; amdt. to sec. 13 negatived 3007; sec. 13 approved 3024; motion that the Chair do now leave the chair, negatived 3033; C approved 3133-4
- Budget: subamdt. negatived 2271; amdt. negatived 2348; budget approved 2453
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), motion approved 4785
- Family Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 1997: 2R approved 5658-9; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 6060; sec. 1 approved 6060
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997: 2R approved 5653; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 5747; sec. 1 approved 5780; sec. 2 approved 5782; sec. 6 approved 5783; motion to report progress approved 5790; sec. 16 approved 6056; title approved 6059; 3R approved 6109-10
- Forests ministry estimates: motion that the committee rise, negatived 5306; motion that the Chair do now leave the chair, negatived 5333; motion that the Forests minister's office budget allocation be reduced by $1, negatived 5382
- Health Authorities Amendment Act, 1997, 2R approved 5870
- Motion that the Chair do now leave the chair, negatived 5367
- Motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again, negatived 5327
- Speech from the Throne: subamdt. negatived 2491; amdt. negatived 2491; motion approved 2561
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997: 2R approved 2211; 3R approved 2219-20
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, 2R approved 4856
- Tourism British Columbia Act: 2R approved 3182; amdt. to sec. 11 negatived 3750
- Women's Equality ministry estimates: motion that the Women's Equality minister's office budget allocation be reduced to $1, negatived 2824
Divorce Act (federal)
- "Child of the marriage," definition and use of phrase (Dosanjh) 5755, 5775-7 (Wilson, G.) 5755, 5775-6
- Child support guidelines See Family maintenance
- Custody and maintenance provisions (Wilson, G.) 5656-8
Dix, Adrian
- Attendance at B.C. Hydro board meetings (Farrell-Collins) 5042-3
Dixon, Frank
- Employment with B.C. Transit, dismissal (Campbell) 4143
DNA Identification Act (federal)
Doerksen, George
- Tribute re bear habitat work (McGregor) 5701-2 (Neufeld) 5701-2
Dogwood Certificate
- See Graduation under Education
Domestic violence
- See Family violence under Violence
Domestic Violence Prevention Act
- (Bill M204) (Stephens) 1R, 2652
- Debate, speakers (Stephens) 2652
Dominion Bond Rating Service
- Cited re B.C. credit rating (Gingell) 3229 (Petter) 3229-30
- Cited re B.C. forests (Campbell) 3128
Don Christian Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.
- Revisions to school catchment area boundaries (Sanders) 6236
Donaldson case
- See D. v. British Columbia
Doney, Lee
- Work on land-based delivery model for Forest Renewal B.C. (Nebbeling) 5057-9 (Zirnhelt) 5057-60, 5156
Dorsey, James
- Facilitation of framework agreement for sectoral bargaining in post-secondary institutions (Ramsey) 5942 (Weisbeck) 5942
Dosanjh, Hon. Ujjal (Vancouver-Kensington)
Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration
- Abbotsford-Matsqui
- courthouse expansion 2217
- justice facilities, expansion 2701
- Accidents, neurotraumatic injuries, road and driving-related injuries 2493, 3185-6, 3216-7
- An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, debate 2088
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, livestock brand inspection role 2833
- Alcohol
- consumption of illicit and illegal products 3014-5
- liquor industry and sales
- government policy, review 2981
- regulation 3040-2
- revenues to province, losses from illicit sales 3040
- taxes and product markups 2987, 3012-3
- Alton, Kayla, investigation of death by children's commissioner 2681
- Anderson, Allan, investigation into incidents at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre 6194-5
- Arden Park youth ranch, abuse of teenage boys, compensation for victims 4229
- Ashcroft courthouse closing, impact on community 2619
- Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia Act, debate 6582, 6584
- Attorney General ministry
- estimates debate 2575-84, 2610-26, 2642-9, 2672-88, 2701-10, 2734-49, 2789-98, 2825-41, 2875-90, 2902-11, 2938-55, 2981-96, 3008-15, 3039-45, 5996
- 1995-96 annual report tabled 2292
- bad-debt allowance 2883-4
- budget, 1997-98 allocations 2578, 2580, 2582
- community liaison branch 2908
- corrections branch, probation officers, reclassification costs 2213, 2215-7
- gaming, audit and investigation office 2946-7, 2949, 2952
- legal services branch, provision of services to client ministries 2642-4
- liability for torts committed by police officers 5814
- liquor control and licensing branch
- liquor distribution branch
- multiculturalism and immigration budget 2906-7
- police services director, powers and responsibilities 5685, 5814, 5816-8
- relationship with B.C. Human Rights Commission 2841
- relationship with children's commissioner 2674, 2677
- reorganization 2582
- residential tenancy branch
- response time on inquiries 2578-9
- responsibility for protection of public 2579
- staff commended 5996
- staffing levels 2610
- statutory services expenditures 2749
- youth custody responsibilities, transfer 2739
- youth programs, transfer to Children and Families ministry 2216
- Auditor general, opinion re independence of officers of the Legislature 5820-1
- Automobiles
- photo radar use in speed monitoring
- film processing lab in receivership 2391-2
- implementation criteria 2831, 2882-3
- number of cases through system 2748-9
- operators, police officers vs. civilian technicians 2792, 2832-3
- trucks and trailers 2832
- sales of used vehicles, damage disclosure requirements, applicability to private sales 2888-9
- traffic fines
- sharing of revenues with municipalities 2622
- victim surcharge levy 2938
- vehicle ownership transfer to settle an estate 2830
- vehicle plates, special plates for dangerous drivers 2746
- Beer
- brewpub operations 2992
- U-Brew operations
- B.C. Board of Parole, future 2740-1
- B.C. Buildings Corporation
- mandate, expansion to include services to other government entities 5675
- properties, leasing of courthouse facilities 2615, 2644, 2682-3
- B.C. Buildings Corporation Act, amendments 5675
- B.C. Council of Human Rights, 1995-96 annual report tabled 2292
- British Columbia Ferry Corporation Act, amendments 6241
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, borrowing authority increase 6241
- BC Forest Renewal Act, amendments 6241
- B.C. Human Rights Commission, operations 2833-41
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, operations 2833-7, 2840
- B.C. Law Institute, work 2943-4
- B.C., leadership role in promotion of justice system reform 2577
- B.C. Neurotrauma Fund Contribution Act, debate 2493, 3185-6, 3214-7, 3232-8
- B.C. Police Commission
- 1995-96 annual report tabled 2292
- dissolution 5685
- B.C. Review Board, continuation 2945
- Burnaby, participation in lower mainland emergency communications system 6516
- Chief electoral officer, expenditures 2946
- Child and Family Review Board
- operations 2675
- role in child protection 2678
- Child, Youth and Family Advocacy Act
- amendments 6240
- ministerial responsibility 2910
- Child, youth and family advocate
- power to appoint legal counsel 2910
- precedence of child's interests when in conflict with interests of adult family member 6240, 6341
- provision of legal services for children 2681
- Children
- child deaths
- fatality reviews, interview procedures 2675
- investigation of all suspicious or unusual deaths 2677, 2681
- prevention, recommendations for future action by social workers 2676, 2679
- child protection, risk assessment 2680
- children in government care, rights, comparison with children not in care 2678
- review of complaints affecting children 2679-80
- Children and Families ministry
- relationship with children's commissioner 2674-5, 2677
- responsibilities, transfer of youth programs from Attorney General ministry 2216
- youth custody responsibilities 2739
- Children's Commission
- children's access to services 3971-2
- commissioner
- access to information 3994, 3997-8
- cabinet appointment vs. officer of the Legislature 3973, 3989-90
- independence 2672-4, 2676, 3973, 3990
- informing individuals of decisions 3998-4001
- investigation of child's death in Kelowna 2681
- mandate and powers 2675, 2677-9, 3458, 3957, 3972, 3993-7
- potential conflict of interest 3994
- recommendations from investigations 3993
- remuneration 4004
- reporting 3989, 3994, 3996, 3998, 4001
- term of office 3972
- complaint review process
- advocacy for child 4003
- discretion to deal with complaint 3995
- process 2679-80, 4002
- refusal and deferment of complaints 4002-3
- rights of child in confinement 3996
- role of panel 4003-4
- deputy commissioners 3972, 4004
- guiding principles 3991-2
- investigation of other government agencies 3995
- memorandum of understanding with Children and Families ministry 2674-5
- regional issues and services in rural B.C. 3969, 3991-2
- review of decisions made by ministries 3995-6
- staffing and workload 2679
- Children's Commission Act
- debate 3458, 3957, 3969-4007
- "child in care," inclusion of definition 3970
- definition of terms used in bill 3970-2
- freedom-of-information and privacy provisions 4006-7
- offences under act, penalties 4004-6
- regulations 4006
- Chilliwack court services 2615, 2618, 2686-8, 2705, 2706-8
- Civil service employees, visible minorities 2904-5
- Clean Cartel, referrals to recovery house from corrections branch 6408, 6506
- Cocker, Ian, sexual assault conviction case 4328
- College of Teachers
- governing council members, equitable representation following reduction in number of school districts 6241
- power to discipline former members without certificates of qualification 6241-2
- Collins, Doug, human rights complaint case 2836
- Company Act, amendments 6241
- Constitution Act, amendments 6241
- Corrections system
- changes to current system 2738
- correctional facilities
- incarceration alternatives
- inmate work program 2938
- low-risk offenders, handling 2281-2, 2576, 2710, 5996
- number of adult inmates 2215-6
- probation officers
- officers for northern communities 2828
- sharing between ministries 2739-40
- youth custody centres 2213-6, 2739
- youth probation officers, transfer to Children and Families ministry 5403-4
- CounterAttack program 2746, 3041
- Court Order Enforcement Act
- amendments 3938
- "value," definition 5625
- Court Rules Act, changes 5675
- Courtenay Fish and Game Protective Association, firearms permit renewal 2945-6
- Courthouse closings
- access to justice concerns 2580-1
- closings 2583, 2612-4, 2617, 2620, 4328-9
- consolidation of court services 2217
- cost savings 2614-7, 2619-22, 2706-8
- future closings 2706
- ownership of closed facilities 2615, 2644, 2683-4
- prior consultation with judiciary 2683
- role of affected community in decision process 2613-4, 2683, 2685-6
- Creston Valley Wildlife Act, amendments 6241
- Crime and criminals
- automobile theft 5852
- crime prevention studies 5817-8
- Crimestoppers training program, funding 6562
- criminal injury compensation, review of program 2610-1
- criminal-record checks of people who work with children, cost 2431, 2883
- criminals' evasion of arrest warrants 2839
- forfeited crime proceeds special account 2938
- high-risk and violent crime 2583
- interprovincial return of criminals 2743-4
- prevention initiatives 2647-8
- prevention programs targeting youth 2583
- property offences, incidence 2647
- provincial offences, investigations 3440, 4007
- provincial offences, ticketed amount comprising fine and victim surcharge levy 2493, 2938, 3186-7, 3212-4
- public safety issues 2579
- victims-of-crime special account 2938, 3216-7, 3232-7
- violent crime 2737
- Criminal Code
- hate crime provisions 2796-7
- legislative amendments 2742-3, 2794
- offences, recommended charges 2645
- prostitution provisions, changes 2797-8
- Criminal Injury Compensation Act, 1996 annual report tabled 3504
- Crown Counsel Act, purpose 2748
- Crown land, improvements on leased land, transfer tax issue 5717-8
- Culture, definition of Canadian culture 2905
- Debt, personal debt
- debtor assistance program 2911
- exemptions from seizure or sale of debtor's property 3938, 5923-7
- family maintenance arrears, disclosure of information to credit-reporting agencies 6065
- Disabled persons, obligations of parents to adult disabled children 6054-6
- Discrimination and racism, minority rights 5652-3
- Divorce Act (federal)
- "child of the marriage," definition and use of term 5755, 5775-7
- maintenance orders, child support guidelines 2887
- Drugs, illegal drugs, availability in north 2829
- Election Act
- constitutional validity of provisions 2747-8
- drafting, consultations by NDP government 2914
- gag law provisions, investigation of alleged breaches 2152-3
- investigations of alleged breaches of provisions 2747-8
- review 2875-7, 2946
- Elections B.C., budget and budgeting process 2946
- Elections, regulation of activities, fairness concerns 2875-6
- Electoral Boundaries Commission
- appointment of commission, timing requirements 2430, 5553, 5582, 5851
- authority to appoint a commission, legal action against government 5582
- services of retired judge, remuneration 2430, 5553
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, debate 2430, 5553, 5582, 5851
- Emergencies
- communications system for southwestern B.C. 4904, 6201-3, 6515-9
- operations and communications centre 2886-7, 5591
- radio system for emergency communications 6518-9
- Emergency Communications Corporations Act
- Emergency Preparedness Week, designation 3127
- Employee Investment Act, amendments 3938
- Employment and Investment ministry, responsibility for business immigrants 2907-8
- Enemark, Tex, review of liquor policy 2994-5
- Families
- adult children, obligation to support parents 6054-6
- assets, division 5658
- family maintenance
- child support 5751, 5754-5, 5775-9, 6053-6
- child support guidelines 2881-2, 2887, 2941, 3953, 5641-2, 5747-53, 6057-8
- non-exemption for debtors 5628
- payments, enforcement mechanisms 2889-90, 2941
- marriage as social institution 5652
- relationship breakdown
- Family court
- child custody reports, timeliness 2887-8
- counsellors' disclosure of confidential information 5780-2
- Family Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 1997, debate 3954, 5653, 5658, 6060-5
- Family maintenance enforcement program 5782
- child support guidelines 2881-2, 2887, 2941
- collection of unpaid balances
- claims, inclusion of liens for wages due to workers 6065
- enforcement of arrears against payer's personal or family corporation 3954, 5653, 6061-3
- payment procedures 6060-1
- default fees 5653, 6064-5
- effectiveness of program 5658
- enrolment process 2889
- payments, links with custody and access 2941-2, 5658
- Family Relations Act, maintenance orders, applicability of federal child support guidelines 2887
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 3953-4, 5641-2, 5652-3, 5744-55, 5775-89, 6051-9
- definition of terms used in bill 5652, 5745-7, 5753-5, 5775-6, 5778-9, 5783-7, 6051-6
- "in a marriage-like relationship," use of phrase 5753, 5784-8
- public opinion 5652
- Film classification office, agreement with Saskatchewan 2945
- Firearms
- amnesty, disposition of surrendered weapons 2794, 2825-6
- gun control legislation, implementation agreement with federal government 2826-7
- legal ownership and use 2826
- permit applications, backlog 2945
- registration 2879
- Flanders, Mavis, Morton report on case, publication 5015-6
- Food banks
- Food Donor Encouragement Act
- Forest industry, stumpage system, revenue stability if stumpage changes 6241
- Fort Mountain correctional centre, renovations 2735-6
- Fort Nelson, court and probation services 2828
- Fraser Regional Correctional Centre
- drugs entering facility, prevention measures 6297-9
- incidents of illegal activity 6193-5
- Fraser Valley, regional justice centre for area 2687, 2701, 2708-9
- Gakhal family, murder case 2878, 2881
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, treatment programs 2949, 2952
- casino applications, status 2947, 2951-2
- crime and gambling 2948-9, 4629-30, 5641
- delicensing of social clubs 4630
- expansion in B.C.
- impact on crime rate 5735
- impact on police and court resources 2947-9
- gambling by Indians 2953
- illegal gambling, funding of police and prosecution efforts 2582
- security against theft in gaming establishments 3281
- Ganges courthouse, future 2703
- Government
- cabinet's power to make orders in the public interest re emergency communications corporations 6519
- capital spending review, recommendations on correctional facilities planning 2734
- decision-making process, public consultation 2683
- programs, performance reviews 2954-5
- Government agents offices, role as receiving centre for land title applications 2682-3
- Guardianship, adult guardianship legislation, implementation review 2910-1
- Hansen, Rick, achievements 2493, 3185
- Hate crime, establishment of hate crime unit 2281
- Health Authorities Act, amendments 5675
- Health care
- community health services societies, tax exemptions 5675
- regional health boards
- appointment restrictions, discrimination concerns 2841
- legislative amendments 5675
- Highway Act, amendments 6241
- Highways and roads
- funding grants to municipalities 6241
- secondary highways, withdrawal of provincial funding 6241
- speed limits, determination based on 85 percentile measure 2831-2
- Hospital Act, amendment 3938
- Hospital District Act, amendments 5675
- Housing
- rental housing
- arbitration of landlord-tenant disputes 2954, 2982-4
- illegal suites 2986
- landlord's responsibility to store former tenant's possessions 2984-5
- record maintenance 2986
- rent levels and vacancy rates 2953
- source of income prohibited as grounds for refusing tenant 2835
- social housing, rents based on core need income threshold 2949-50
- Houston
- courthouse closing 2616-7
- emergencies and police presence 3381
- Human rights, arrest warrants as grounds for discrimination 2839
- Human Rights Code, provisions on tribunal access 2837
- Immigration, issues 2907-10
- Impaired driving, penalties and deterrents 2745-6
- Indians, governance changes 5814
- Insurance Corporation Act, amendments 6241
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- board members' remuneration, setting by cabinet 6241
- records storage, use of technology 6241
- Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act, amendments 6241
- International Commercial Arbitration Centre, funding 2582-3
- Internet, government web sites, monitoring of access 6561
- Investment in fast-growing B.C. businesses 3938
- Judges, itinerant judges for northern and rural regions 2827-8
- Justice system
- committee to examine Fraser Valley justice issues 2708-9
- cost-recovery levels 2644
- court services
- consolidation 2612-4, 2620
- court facilities combined with private commercial space 2702
- court facilities, population basis for location 2709
- judiciary's position on changes to services 2702
- Parksville-Qualicum area 2704-5
- public expectations 2684-6
- courts
- court reporters, replacement with audio technology system 2624-6
- disclosure courts, use 2645-7
- fines, collectibility 2883-4
- preliminary hearings 2743
- procedures for ticketable offences, first appearance to set date of hearing 4007-8, 5591-3
- role of benchers 2882
- sentencing, conditional sentences 2742
- sittings, evening and weekend sittings 2701-2
- sittings, frequency in northern and rural areas 2827-8
- criminal justice system
- cost of criminal trials 2940
- criminal trials, delay as grounds for staying of case 2747
- demands on system 2742, 2794-5
- Crown counsel workload and performance issues 2644-5
- dispute resolution, use in civil and family law cases 2577
- electronic technology, use 5675, 5793
- equal vs. equitable access to justice 2616
- evidence seized during execution of a search warrant
- family justice centres
- family law
- merging of Vancouver and Westminster judicial districts 5675, 5793
- reform of system
- regional justice centres 2619, 2686-7
- special prosecutors
- Labour Relations Code, amendments 3938
- Land Tax Deferment Act, amendments 6241
- Land Title Act, statement of citizenship requirement 2703
- Land title office
- office closings, cost savings 2682-3
- service delivery issue 2684
- Langley, courthouse closing 2613
- Law Courts Education Society courtwatching services, funding 2945
- Law Reform Commission, operating costs 2943
- Lawyers and legal services
- counsel for human rights work, cost to government 2836
- funding 4526
- legal aid
- aid for young offenders 2940
- billing numbers for lawyers 2939-40
- child support appeals 6058
- definition of term 6341-2
- services for children 2676, 2681, 2910
- Legal Services Society
- 1995-96 annual report tabled 2292
- board members' term of office 6342
- funding 5996
- governance, trustee provision 6241, 6342-3
- operations 2939-40
- relationship with government, auditor general's recommendations 2941
- Legislation, cross-references to other legislation 3970-1
- Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act, amendments 6241
- Legislative Assembly Management Committee Act, amendments 6241
- Legislature
- language used in House, unparliamentary language 2180
- officers of the Legislature, independence 2672-3, 2939, 5820-1
- officers of the Legislature, use 2676
- Leskun, Ron
- preventive security role at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre 6193-5
- protection re case of drugs entering Fraser Regional Correctional Centre 6298
- Liquor Appeal Board, role 3013-4
- Livestock industry, branding of livestock 2833
- Lotteries, resale of tickets outside B.C. 2743
- Man in Motion foundation
- audit requirements 3217
- neurotrauma fund
- operating guidelines 3214-5, 3233
- Manufactured home parks
- Marriage Act, authority to amend definition of "spouse" in provincial legislation 5744-7
- MLAs
- behaviour in Legislature 2281
- Chinese Canadians elected for first time 6584
- contributions of former MLAs 6582
- pensions, legislative amendments 6241
- roles and responsibilities in formation of public policy 5652
- Merritt
- Middleton, Steven, accidental release from custody 3441-2
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 3379, 3937-8, 5623-8, 5716-9
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4587, 5675, 5791, 5793
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1997, debate 6007, 6240-2, 6341-3
- Morin, Brian, appointment as chair of justice issues committee 2708
- Morton, Cynthia, appointment as children's commissioner 2673
- Motor fuel tax, increase for Victoria transit funding 5675
- Motor Vehicle Act, amendments 4036-7, 6241
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1997
- Multicultural Advisory Council
- Multiculturalism
- 1995-96 "Report on Multiculturalism" tabled 6109
- interministerial committee 2906
- multicultural diversity of B.C., issues and concerns 2902-5
- Municipalities
- population growth and policing responsibilities 2790-2
- provision of policing and law enforcement services 5812-3
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society
- investigation of activities 2744-5
- investigation team, change of leader 6562
- National Crime Prevention Centre, B.C. participation 2942
- National Parole Board hearings, presenting of evidence by victims 2740-1
- Nelson land title office, closing 2682-4
- New Westminster
- Connaught Heights area, prostitution 2798
- courthouse, future 2707
- North Vancouver court services 2620
- Offence Act
- amendments 5675
- "reasonably possible" to replace "practicable" 5593-4
- section 5 provisions, applicability to Police Act 5829-30
- Offence Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2493, 3186-7, 3212-4
- Offence Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 3440, 4007-8, 5591-7
- Office of the public trustee, expenditures 2939
- Pacific Press Ltd., legal action against company 2747-8
- Parksville courthouse, future 2704-5
- Pension Benefits Standards Act, amendments 3938
- Pensions, rationalization of pension legislation across Canada 5716
- Police Act, inclusion of term "law enforcement" 5813
- Police Amendment Act, 1997
- Police and policing
- communications, centralized information system 2886-7
- community policing, officers 2789-93, 3381
- complaint process
- compound complaints 5827
- guiding principles 5684-5, 5829-30
- internal discipline complaints 5827
- process 5818-9, 5821-2, 5828
- public trust complaints, investigation and disposition 5822-6
- scope of governance powers 5685
- service or policy complaints 5826
- transitional provisions for disposition of existing complaints 5849-50
- cost to municipalities for policing 2431
- court attendance costs 2616-7, 2621
- designated policing and law enforcement units 3017, 5685, 5812-4
- hate crime unit 2795-6
- high-speed chases
- information-sharing on violent offenders 2879
- investigation procedures in domestic violence cases 2878-9
- investigations of policing and law enforcement activities 5817-8
- officers
- police boards, membership 2703, 5815
- police officers
- code of professional conduct 5684-5
- training standards 5814
- use of force in performance of duties 5685, 5828-9
- Police complaints commissioner
- accountability 5820-1
- compensation, independence issue 5820
- office staffing 5819
- powers and duties 3017, 5684, 5819
- role in investigation of public trust complaints 5824
- status of office 2939
- term of appointment 5819
- Port Coquitlam, participation in lower mainland emergency communications system 6516
- Prince George correctional facility, renovations 2735-6
- Prince Rupert land title office, closing 2682-4
- Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 3938
- Property transfer tax, valuation of industrial improvements, legislative amendments 3938, 5717
- Prostitution
- Provincial emergency program
- Quoted
- gambling (Krueger) 2264, 4272
- Parksville courthouse closing (Reitsma) 2704
- Racism and discrimination, B.C. situation 2903-5
- Real Estate Act, amendment 3938
- Real property, rescission rights of real estate purchasers 5718
- Recovery houses, government role 6507
- Recreational injuries, liability of commercial operators 2944-5
- Recycling, returns of alcohol and beer containers 2992-4
- Residential Tenancy Act
- amendment to eliminate retroactive manufactured home park rent increases 2950-1, 2981-2
- changes 2953
- purpose of legislation 2983
- Resignation statement cited 2706 (Reitsma) 2706
- Richmond court services 2617-8
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- agreements for provision of policing services 2831
- applicability of B.C. policing standards 5685, 5829
- auxiliary and reserve constable programs, review 2793-4
- drug enforcement role in northern areas of province 2829
- policing role in B.C. communities 2789-91
- Saanich North and the Islands constituency court facilities, closing 2703
- Saltspring Island transition house, closing 2703-4
- Securities Commission, funding of securities fraud office 2883
- Securities industry
- personnel, training and licensing 2829, 2831
- securities fraud office, establishment 2883
- Sidney courthouse, future 2703, 4328-9
- Sir William Macdonald Elementary School, prostitution in area, bubble zone proposal 2798
- Ski industry, injury waivers 2944
- Small Claims Act, amendments 3938
- Small claims court, appeals, requirement for new trial in Supreme Court 3938
- Solicitor General (federal), discussions re B.C. police complaints process 5685, 5829
- Sorochan, Don, appointment as special prosecutor 2152
- Students, work of performing groups 2282
- Substance abuse, detox facilities in East Vancouver 2798
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2213-7
- Surrey
- courthouse closing 2613
- participation in lower mainland emergency communications system 6516-7
- Surrey Pretrial Services Centre, overcrowding 2735
- Tanguay, Ren‚, arrest for drug possession 6506
- Tax deferment program, accessibility by disabled homeowners 6241
- Teaching Profession Act, amendments 6241-2
- Thomson family, death of family member during high-speed police chase 2886
- Throne speech debate 2280-3
- Treasury Board, role in Liquor distribution branch operations 2989, 3044-5
- United Nations convention on the rights of the child, public awareness, government's role 2839-40
- Unity men's recovery house, death at house 6506
- Vancouver
- correctional facility at 222 Main Street, renovations 2735-6, 2739
- location for emergency communications centre 6202-3, 6515, 6519
- Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre, management and operations review 2738
- Velisek, Sharon, murder case 2881
- Victims of Crime Act, victim surcharge levy provisions 2493, 3186, 3212-3, 3216-7, 3232-7
- Victoria, construction of new arena, authority to enter into leasing agreements 3938
- Victoria regional transit commission, funding for improved service 5675
- Violence
- family violence
- interministry initiatives 2942
- training for police and justice personnel 2878-9
- no-violence policy for schools 2282
- violence against women
- prevention 2282-3
- risk assessment issue 2880-1
- violence against women in relationships, policy 2877-81
- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of B.C., printing 2089
- West Vancouver court facilities, closing 2612-3, 2617, 2619, 2620-2
- Wills, probate fee increase 2622-4, 2644
- Wine, U-vin operations
- Winfield correctional facility project 2741-2
- Women
- confidentiality of information kept by government-funded support groups 2942-3
- impact of courthouse closings 2708
- Wood, Josiah, report on police procedures in domestic violence cases 2881
- Workers Compensation Board, role in operation of criminal injury compensation program 2610-1
- Young Offenders (British Columbia) Act, fine exemption provisions, applicability 3213-4
- Youth
- gambling by young people 2948, 2952
- information web site 6561
- youth action teams, role in crime prevention 2583
Douglas College, New Westminster, B.C.
- Employee competencies project (Cashore) 3263 (Coleman) 3263
Douglas, T.C. (Tommy)
- Quoted on fiscal independence (Brewin) 2372
- Role in Cooperative Commonwealth Federation movement (Anderson) 2260-1
Doull, Lynn
- Letter quoted on changes to school catchment area boundaries (Sanders) 6236
Downtown Eastside Residents Association
- Forum on single-room occupancies (Anderson) 6126
- Housing services (Coleman) 3794-5 (Farnworth) 3794-5
- Work on social housing issues (Coell) 4611 (Streifel) 4611
Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Staff's position on changes to disability benefits program (Coell) 4655
Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society
- Report on prostitution cited (Stephens) 4460
Downtown revitalization program
- See also particular cities, e.g., Sicamous
- Funding (Abbott) 3842-3
- Successor program (Abbott) 3841-3, 3923 (Farnworth) 3841-3
- Termination of program (Abbott) 3527, 3841 (Farnworth) 3841
Downtown Revitalization Program Society
- Disposition of assets (Abbott) 3842
Doyle, Cassie (Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks)
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- Okanagan Mission, reclamation of gravel pit site for park use 5799-800
- Parks, visitor services, monitoring 5800, 5802-3
- Recreation, back-country recreation policy, review 5804
Doyle, James E. (Columbia River-Revelstoke)
- Budget debate 2237-8
- Columbia Basin Trust
- Columbia River-Revelstoke constituency, capital improvements 2237
- Education, protection of B.C. system 2237
- Employment, jobs strategy for B.C. 2237
- Evans Forest Products Ltd., government assistance 2237
- Field, hydro service 2237
- Fisheries, Pacific salmon fishery, dispute between United States and Canada 6384
- Forest Renewal B.C., job creation role 6383
- Gambling, Liberal Party position 2473
- Government
- federal transfer payments to provinces 6383
- responsibility to represent interests of the governed 6383-4
- Health care, protection of B.C. system 2237
- Liberal Party
- NDP government, commitment to represent B.C. interests 6383-4
- Throne speech debate 2473-4
- Water exports 6383
Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
Dranchuk, David
- Work on training programs for youth (Anderson) 5885, 6333-4
Drinking and driving
Drugs
- See also Pharmaceutical industry
- Abuse and addiction See Substance abuse/addiction
- Illegal drugs
- availability in north (Dosanjh) 2829 (Neufeld) 2829
- decriminalization of illegal drug use See Criminal Code of Canada
- Pharmaceuticals
- abuse of prescription medications (MacPhail) 3583 (Stephens) 3583
- costs (Brewin) 2770 (Hawkins) 2757 (MacPhail) 2754-5, 2777
- costs, impact of federal Bill C-91 (MacPhail) 3569-70 (Whittred) 3569-70
- federal drug-pricing legislation See Patent Act Amendment Act, 1992 (federal)
- generic substitutions for proprietary medications (Hawkins) 3898-902 (Krueger) 3572-3 (MacPhail) 3572-3, 3895-6, 3898-902 (Reid) 3895-6
- Haldon, comparison with olanzapine and risperidone (MacPhail) 3466-7 (Sanders) 3465-7
- imitation drugs (Hawkins) 2760-1 (MacPhail) 2754
- national drug program, B.C.'s role (MacPhail) 2753-4, 2757
- NDP initiatives (MacPhail) 2756
- patent protection (MacPhail) 2754-6
- policy, NDP government's methods (Farrell-Collins) 2765 (Hawkins) 2757-8
- prescription drug use, information database See PharmaNet computer system under Pharmacare program
- reference-based pricing (Gingell) 2147 (Hawkins) 2757-60, 3898-902 (Hurd) 2774 (Krueger) 3572-3 (MacPhail) 2755-6, 2776-7, 3572-3, 3895-6, 3898-902 (Nettleton) 2286 (Reid) 3895-6, 3899-900 (Sanders) 2766-9 (Sihota) 2772-3 (Stevenson) 2766 (Weisgerber) 2775
- reference-based pricing, impact on number of physician visits (MacPhail) 2217-8 (Reid) 2217-8
- reference-based pricing, research basis for policy (Reid) 2322-4 (Sihota) 2322-3
- research and development, need (Nettleton) 2286
- Urised, drug plan coverage See Pharmacare program
- use by elderly (MacPhail) 3477-8 (Whittred) 3477-8
- Research (Hawkins) 2761 (MacPhail) 2754
- Steroids, use (MacPhail) 3472 (Sanders) 3471-2
Duke's Air Service
- Application to operate back-country recreation facility (Neufeld) 5795-6
Dunant, Henry
- Role in establishment of Red Cross (Reitsma) 5221 (Walsh) 5222
Duncan, B.C.
- Mental health services (Hawkins) 3520
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