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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
Fair-wage policy
Fama Holdings Ltd.
- Proposal for redevelopment of Vancouver Woodward's store See Woodward's redevelopment project under Vancouver, B.C.
Families
- Adult children, obligation to support parents (Dosanjh) 6054-6
- Assets, division (Dosanjh) 5658 (Wilson, G.) 5656, 5658
- Caregivers, unpaid care provided by women (MacPhail) 3548, 3577 (Stephens) 3577 (Whittred) 3548
- Child custody and access
- common-law and same-sex relationships (Brewin) 5645 (Dosanjh) 3953, 5642 (Neufeld) 5647 (Plant) 5643-4 (Stevenson) 5648
- enforcement orders (Dosanjh) 5782 (Wilson, G.) 5782
- joint custody (Plant) 6057
- ministerial responsibility for custody and access issues (Hammell) 4459 (Stephens) 4459
- rights of step-parents (Dosanjh) 5754-5 (Wilson, G.) 5754-5, 5775-80
- Family maintenance See also Family maintenance enforcement program; Family maintenance program
- assignment of maintenance rights (Anderson) 6163, 6166 (Coell) 6163-6 (Streifel) 6164-6
- child custody and access See Relationship breakdown below
- child support, accountability of custodial parent (Dosanjh) 5751 (Wilson, G.) 4640, 5751
- child support, enforcement of court orders for income assistance recipients (Anderson) 6166 (Coell) 6031, 6165-6 (Streifel) 3954, 6029-30, 6165-6 (Wilson, G.) 6031-2
- child support guidelines (Dosanjh) 2887, 2941, 3953, 5641-2, 5658, 5747-53, 6057-8 (Plant) 2887, 5643, 5752-3 (Stephens) 2941 (Wilson, G.) 5650, 5747-52, 6057-9
- child support guidelines, use in joint custody cases See Relationship breakdown, child custody and access below
- government's recovery of income assistance provided in place of maintenance (Anderson) 6165-6 (Streifel) 6165-6
- legal requirements See Family Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 1997; Family maintenance enforcement program
- legislation See BC Benefits Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- non-exemption for debtors (Dosanjh) 5628 (Plant) 5628
- obligation to adult children (Dosanjh) 6053-6 (Plant) 6053-6 (Wilson, G.) 6054-6
- obligations of step-parents (Dosanjh) 5754-5 (Wilson, G.) 5754-5, 5775-80
- system in B.C. (Streifel) 6029-30
- Financial assistance for low-income families (Gillespie) 2253 (Walsh) 2240 (Zirnhelt) 2245
- Grandparents
- grandparent-grandchild relationship (Randall) 3272-3 (Reid) 3271-3, 5485
- rights and involvement as caregivers (Anderson) 6475 (Priddy) 6475
- Importance of families and family values (Bowbrick) 5645-6 (Dalton) 5738
- Importance of family in society (Calendino) 3057-8 (Coell) 3444 (Priddy) 3444 (Sanders) 3056-8
- Marriage
- heterosexual nature of marriage (Dalton) 5738
- marriage as sacrament (Wilson, G.) 5650-1, 5742-3
- marriage as social institution (Dosanjh) 5652
- Needs of B.C. families (Goodacre) 2097 (Priddy) 2451-3 (Throne speech) 2086-8
- Relationship breakdown
- division of pension assets, extraprovincial pensions (Dosanjh) 5783-4 (Plant) 5783 (Wilson, G.) 5783
- division of pensions and property from common-law and same-sex relationships (Dosanjh) 3954, 5642, 5784-9, 6052-3 (Neufeld) 5647 (Plant) 5643-4, 5784-6, 5788-90, 6052 (Stevenson) 5648 (Wilson, G.) 5786-7, 5790, 6052-3
- Responsibility for well-being (Neufeld) 3968-9 (Wilson, G.) 3967
- Same-sex spousal relationships (Plant) 5654
- Services for B.C. families (Brewin) 2372 (Coell) 6487 (Kasper) 2338-9 (van Dongen) 2307
- Single parents, government benefits (Streifel) 6030
Family and Child Service Act
- Guidelines on fostering of Indian children (Priddy) 2853
Family bonus program
- See B.C. Benefits program
Family Coalition Party
- Deregistration (de Jong) 2561
Family court
- Child custody reports, timeliness (Dosanjh) 2887-8 (Plant) 2887-8
- Counsellors' disclosure of confidential information for research purposes (Dosanjh) 5780-2 (Plant) 5781 (Wilson, G.) 5780-3
- Proposal (Stephens) 2881
Family Day
Family Maintenance Enforcement Act
- Amendments (Anderson) 6166
- "Debtor," definition (Plant) 5654
Family Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 1997
- (Bill 32) (Attorney General) 1R, 3954; 2R, 5653-9; C, 6059-65; 3R, 6066; RA, 6414
- Amdt: sec. 1 (Plant) 6059, negatived 6060
- Divisions: 2R approved 5658-9; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 6060; sec. 1 approved 6060
- Debate, speakers (Dosanjh) 3954, 5653, 5658, 6060-5 (Plant) 5653-6, 6059-65 (Wilson, G.) 5656-8, 6060, 6062, 6064-5
- "Corporation," definition (Wilson, G.) 6062
- "Spouse"
Family maintenance enforcement program
- Collection of unpaid balances
- claims, inclusion of liens for wages due to workers (Dosanjh) 6065 (Wilson, G.) 6065
- enforcement of arrears against payer's personal or family corporation (Dosanjh) 3954, 5653, 6061-3 (Plant) 5655, 6061-3 (Wilson, G.) 5657, 6062
- payment procedures (Dosanjh) 6060-1 (Plant) 6060-1
- Default fees (Dosanjh) 5653, 6064-5 (Plant) 5655, 6063-4 (Wilson, G.) 6064-5
- Effectiveness of program (Dalton) 4418 (Dosanjh) 5658 (Plant) 5655-6 (Wilson, G.) 5656-7
- Enrolment process (Dosanjh) 2889 (Stephens) 2889
- Government fees for cost recovery (Coell) 6030-1, 6164
- Payments
- Program (Dosanjh) 2881-2, 5753, 5782 (Plant) 5753 (Stephens) 2881-2 (Streifel) 6030 (Wilson, G.) 5782
Family maintenance program
- Program (Streifel) 6029-30
- Work of Human Resources ministry with Attorney General ministry (Anderson) 6165-6 (Streifel) 6165
Family Relations Act
- Amendments re grandparents' rights (Reid) 5485
- Custody and maintenance provisions (Wilson, G.) 5656-8
- Maintenance orders, applicability of federal child support guidelines (Dosanjh) 2887 (Plant) 2887
- Provisions for arrangements after family breakdown (Bowbrick) 5645 (Plant) 5642
- "Spouse," definition (Plant) 5753
Family Relations Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997 (Grandparents' Rights)
- (Bill M208) (Reid) 1R, 5485
- Debate, speakers (Reid) 5485
Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997
- (Bill 31) (Attorney General) 1R, 3953-4; 2R, 5641-53; C, 5735-55, 5775-90, 6051-9; 3R, 6109-10; RA, 6414
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Plant) 5735, negatived 5747; sec. 22 (Dosanjh) 6051, approved 6052
- Divisions: 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
- Debate, speakers (Anderson) 5737-8 (Bowbrick) 5645-6 (Brewin) 5644-5 (Dalton) 5738 (de Jong) 5739-40 (Dosanjh) 3953-4, 5641-2, 5652-3, 5744-55, 5775-89, 6051-9 (Farrell-Collins) 5741-2 (Nebbeling) 5740 (Neufeld) 5646-8 (Plant) 5642-4, 5735-7, 5745-6, 5752-4, 5781, 5783-90, 6052-4, 6056-7 (Sihota) 5740-2 (Stevenson) 5648-9, 5743-4 (Wilson, G.) 5649-52, 5741-3, 5746-52, 5754-5, 5775-83, 5786-7, 5790, 6051-9
- "Child"
- "Child of the marriage," definition See Divorce Act (federal)
- "Extraprovincial plan," definition (Dosanjh) 5783 (Plant) 5783
- Free vote in Legislature (Plant) 5644
- "In a marriage-like relationship," use of phrase (Dalton) 5738 (Dosanjh) 5753, 5784-8 (Plant) 5643, 5736-7, 5745-6, 5753, 5784-7 (Wilson, G.) 5650-1, 5743, 5786-7
- "Marriage," definition (Dosanjh) 6051-2 (Plant) 6052 (Wilson, G.) 6051-2
- "Parent" and "step-parent," definitions (Dosanjh) 5753-5, 5778-9 (Plant) 5643, 5736, 5753-4 (Wilson, G.) 5742-3, 5754-5, 5778-9
- Public opinion
- "Spouse"
- definition (Bowbrick) 5646 (Dalton) 5738 (de Jong) 5739 (Dosanjh) 5746-7, 5784-7 (Nebbeling) 5740 (Neufeld) 5647-8 (Plant) 5642-4, 5654, 5754, 5784-7, 6052, 6059-60 (Stevenson) 5648, 5743-4 (Wilson, G.) 5650-1, 5657, 5742, 5778, 6058-9, 6060
- definition to include same-sex partner (Ramsey) 6230-1 (Sanders) 6230-1
- replacement with term "domestic partner" (Anderson) 5738 (Bowbrick) 5646 (de Jong) 5739 (Dosanjh) 5652, 5745 (Plant) 5644, 5735-6, 5745-6 (Sihota) 5741 (Stevenson) 5649, 5744 (Wilson, G.) 5743
Family Services of Greater Vancouver
- Services for youth (Streifel) 4521
Farm Practices Board
- Appeals process (Evans) 3790 (van Dongen) 3790
- Rulings, impact on farm practices (Evans) 4017 (van Dongen) 4017
Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act
- Amendment re municipal bylaws for farmland use (Evans) 4016 (Stephens) 4016
- Amendments (Evans) 3790
- Implementation of act and three-year review by local government (Evans) 3790, 5721 (van Dongen) 3790-1, 5721 (Wilson, G.) 3793-4
- Proclamation (Evans) 4015 (Stephens) 4015
Farmers, farmland, farms, etc.
Farnworth, Hon. Michael (Port Coquitlam)
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- Agricultural land reserve, local and provincial government role in planning 3839
- Airports, operation by local government 6216
- Assessment Appeal Board
- 1996 annual report tabled 2433
- case backlog and office reorganization 3917
- issues 3917-9
- members, appointment 2920
- Assessment Authority of B.C.
- 1995 annual report tabled 3956
- annual reports, filing with Clerks of the House 3916-7
- appeals process, transfer of operating costs from Municipal Affairs ministry 2918-23
- assessment manuals for major industries 3916
- board of directors 3919-20
- budget 2918
- budget surpluses 2922
- courts of revision 3920
- courts of revision, appointments 2920
- revenue sources 2917
- Automobiles
- photo radar use in speed monitoring
- consultation with municipalities 3808-10, 5997
- implementation, consultation with local governments 3771
- traffic fines, revenue-sharing with municipalities 3539-40
- Brewin, Gretchen, response to alleged conflict of interest 4774
- B.C.
- northern B.C., revenues remaining in the north 3021
- population growth 3526-7
- B.C. Housing Management Commission
- 1995-96 annual report tabled 2654
- 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 3726
- lending authority 3727
- operations and reviews 3715
- role 3765-6
- strategic plan 3765
- student tenant employment program 3722
- B.C. Non-Profit Housing Association, funding 3720-1
- B.C. Rail Ltd., grants in lieu of property taxes, status 3854
- B.C. Transit Corporation, transfer to Greater Vancouver regional district, negotiations 3888-9
- Budget debate 2434-5
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997
- debate 2917-23, 2930-7, 2960-8, 2970-80, 2997-3006, 3021-30, 3032, 3036-9, 3065-71, 3073-4, 3130-2
- transitional provisions 3132
- Building Officials' Association
- Building Officials' Association Act
- Building standards branch, elimination 3559-61
- Business licensing powers in Municipal Act and Vancouver Charter 3843
- Campbell River area, sewerage project 3891-2
- Campbell Valley Centre, status of property 3758
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- lending and insurance roles 3727
- transfer of housing stock to province 3807
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program
- allocation of funds 3585
- Infrastructure 2, roads component 3681-2
- program 3555-7
- Celtic Shipyards Ltd., assessment appeal case 3917-9
- Communities, incorporation and municipal grants 2997-8
- Community housing initiative 3794-5
- Condominiums, legislative proposals 3838
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4774-5
- selection of new commissioner 4774-5
- Constitutional reform, local government recognition 3557
- Construction industry
- building inspections
- building inspectors
- building and elevator inspectors, selection 3601
- inspector and official, use of terms 6086, 6214-5
- professional association 3560
- professional association, membership requirement 6215
- elevator inspections 3591
- Courthouse closings, consultation with municipalities 3535-6
- Cowichan Valley, South Cowichan area
- restructure request 3853
- restructuring and municipal grant 2997-8
- Dalton, Jeremy, letter on behalf of wife, conflict-of-interest concerns 4775
- Dawson Creek, referendum on gambling 3813
- Downtown Eastside Residents Association, housing services 3794-5
- Downtown revitalization program 3841-3
- Ebenezer Senior Home, order-in-council status 3712
- Education spending in B.C. 2288
- Elections B.C., funding and tasks 3598
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5562
- Electrical and gas inspection services by municipalities 3651
- Fire commissioner, Nanaimo office closing 3529
- Fish habitat protection, local government's role and powers 3440, 5915
- Forest industry, tax assessments for sawmills 2326
- Fort St. John, municipal grant reduction 3021
- Gambling
- expansion in B.C.
- number of casinos in B.C. 3603
- revenue-sharing between local and provincial governments 3604
- Glenshiel Housing Society, seniors home operation 3766-7
- Gordon, Peter, report on ski-lift accident, recommendations 3710
- Government, provincial-municipal relations
- joint council process 2931, 2936, 2968, 2970-1, 3025, 3029-30, 3036-9, 3074, 3534-6, 3541-2, 3554-5, 3924, 5997
- joint council process and confidential Treasury Board discussions 3534-5
- protocol agreement re consultation 2930-1, 3029, 3032, 3038, 3065, 3541-2, 3553
- protocol agreement re consultation, timing of agreement, grant reductions 3553
- relations 3526, 3530
- Greater Victoria water district, issues 3656-7
- Growth management strategies 3526-7, 3803, 3845-7
- Highways and roads
- declassification of roads 3538-9, 3888-90
- maintenance of secondary roads, bylaw requirement 3889
- Homeowner grant, strata developments and undivided interest issue 3922
- Homes B.C. program
- New Options for Home Ownership projects 3755
- program 3720, 3754, 3759-60
- project management by non-profit societies 3766
- Housing
- availability in lower mainland and capital regional district 3763
- cooperatives 3755-7, 3800
- coordination of government and private activity 3768, 3795-6
- costs 3837
- housing for homeless and at-risk people 3726
- housing suitable for children 3799-801
- land costs 3803-4
- protection of housing stock, use of covenants 6128
- registries 3713-4, 3764, 3795
- secondary suites 3761, 3802-3
- self-contained units 3798
- single-room occupancies
- conversion process and registration of restrictive covenant on title 6237-8
- need for legislation 6129
- units 3797-8
- site selection 3799-800
- social housing
- strategic plan, response to clients, flexibility and timeliness 3767
- Improvement districts 3655-6, 3659-60
- Indians
- non-Indian tenants on Indian land, voting rights 3680
- self-government 3679-80
- service agreements with municipalities or regional districts 3678
- Islands Trust Act, trust council's responsibilities 5917
- Lake Country area amalgamation, signage issue 3854-5
- Lakemount Estates development, homeowner grant issue 3922
- Land use
- development cost charges
- application-processing time 3802
- differences in neighbouring communities 3837
- setting of charges 3532-3
- land use plans, status after municipal restructuring 3880
- landscaping requirement for environmental purposes 5921
- protection of riparian areas 5915, 5918-9
- Legislature, members
- non-partisan work on issues 5917
- references to presence or absence of other members 5562
- Liberal Party, expenditure for photograph of Liberal MLAs 2434-5
- Libraries, issues 3675-8
- Local government
- autonomy 3530-1, 3533
- conformity between community or land use plans and local water or improvement district's services 3660
- elimination of need for provincial government approval 6086
- exercise of powers through a comprehensive bylaw or "code" 6216-7
- joint exercise of powers with other municipalities, council requirements 6216
- local communities form of governance 3652, 3655
- planning authority 3657
- public approval for projects 3683-4
- responsibilities 2972-3
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4587, 6086-7, 6089, 6215-8
- MacDonald family, son's ski-lift death 3710
- Manufactured homes, issues 3810-2, 3836
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4775
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 3943-4, 5715-6
- Multiculturalism, interministry committee 3600-1
- Municipal Act
- amendments, consultation 2974
- charivaries provision 3532
- need for amendments to permit long-term public-private partnerships 3944, 5715-6
- public hearings provisions 3801
- revision 3530-2, 3541, 3811
- revision, consultation through joint council process 4587, 6086-7, 6089
- subdivision provisions 3847
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry
- estimates debate 3526-42, 3553-62, 3585-604, 3651-60, 3675-84, 3710-27, 3750-68, 3794-813, 3836-55, 3879-93, 3916-24, 5997-8
- aboriginal affairs manager position 3602, 3678
- annual report for year ending June 30, 1997, tabled 6409
- budget reduction 3528
- employment equity 3598-9
- goals for 1997-98 period 3530
- hiring complaint 3601
- role 3526
- staff and operations changes 3528-30
- staffing 3598-9
- Municipal Finance Authority, legislation re group leasing 3558
- Municipalities
- amalgamation 3848-52, 3854
- authority to approve or restrict gambling within own boundaries 3602-3
- electoral reform 3593-4, 3596-7
- grants from provincial government
- administration of grants 3024-5
- amount of grant in future 2960-1
- amount of grant in future, certainty 2931-3, 3022
- annual unconditional grants, consultation 3024-5
- conditional grants 3891
- consultation 2935-7, 2960-1, 2980, 3023
- consultation, added expense to the Crown 3026-8, 3036
- deduction for highways and bridges 2963-4
- determination of amount 2970-2, 2978-9, 3023-4, 3069
- equalization grants 3890-1
- general grants 2930
- grants for incorporated municipalities 3854
- grants for sewer and water projects 3682, 3891
- grants in lieu of taxes, impact on municipal grants 3002-3
- purpose 2966
- reduction 2933-4, 2965, 2967-8, 2971
- reduction, announcement by provincial government 2935
- small community protection grants 3890
- unconditional grants, allocation 3890
- lease of land 2977
- legislative changes 2975
- long-term leasing arrangements 3558-9
- municipal authority and provincial funding 2974-7
- railway taxation revenues and municipal grants 2999-3002, 3004-6
- requirement for provincial approval 3531-2
- restructure planning grants 3847-8
- restructuring process 3652, 3853, 3879-81
- revenues
- calculation of total 2999
- revenue from traffic fines 2974, 2976
- revenue through public-private partnerships 3537
- selection of regional board directors 3596
- site contamination, regulatory role 6217
- transfer of responsibilities from provincial government, funding allocation 3537-8
- voter identification 3594-6
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act
- local government authority 3530
- scope and intent 3558
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 2) Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 4417, 5911-4
- "boundaries of the irrigation district," definition 5914
- Naramata
- irrigation district dispute 3657-9, 4417, 5911-4
- irrigation district dispute, NDP government response 5914
- NDP government, meetings with politically affiliated people 3071
- 911 emergency telephone system
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle, self-government model 3679
- North Vancouver, consultation with Municipal Affairs minister 3066
- Oaklands, operations 3799
- Oil and gas industry, tax increase proposal, revenues for northern infrastructure 3022
- Okanagan area, water management plan 3839
- Policing costs, community contribution 3892-3
- Port Coquitlam constituency
- issues and concerns 2287-8
- school construction 2434
- Port Coquitlam, description 3854-5
- Prince Rupert, social housing 3716
- Provincial Rental Housing Corporation, operations 3796
- Railway taxation
- Real property
- assessment value, inclusion of goods and services tax 3921
- Real property, assessment
- assessment categories, rate cap 3887
- Regional districts
- authority to vary tax rates 6217
- boundary changes 3881-2
- Residential Tenancy Act, revision 3812
- Resource industries, resource-based communities, housing availability 3764
- Revelstoke, municipal grant reduction 2965
- Richmond, recovery of back taxes on leased federal property 3845
- Rivers and streams, protection of urban streams, government role 5915
- Safety
- compliance responsibility 3585-6
- private sector role 3587
- registration system, establishment 3591-2
- safety authority, establishment 3586-7
- safety systems review
- Schools
- capital funding projects 2434
- site acquisition, legislation 3840-1
- Sechelt Indian band, provincial grants 3680
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4774-5
- Seniors
- Shawnigan Lake area amalgamation, non-residents' concerns re voting 3848
- Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program
- income limit 3763
- ministerial responsibility 3130
- transfer of responsibilities to B.C. Housing Management Commission 3130-1
- transfer of responsibility to B.C. Housing Management Commission 3530
- Squamish, seniors housing project, flood risk, liability issue 3711
- Surrey, men's shelters program 3796-7
- Thomas, Martin, commended for work on downtown revitalization program 3842
- Throne speech debate 2287-9
- Trades, women in trades 3598-9
- Transition houses, availability 3715
- University Endowment Lands
- governance study and issues 3653-4
- Municipal Affairs deputy minister's role 3652-3
- Vancouver
- changing demographics 6119-20
- downtown east side, social services in area 6119-20
- housing
- legislative powers of city 6128
- regulation of conversion and demolition of single-room-occupancies 5615, 6119-20
- single-room occupancies 6237-40
- Woodward's project 3804-6
- Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 1997
- Vancouver Island, central island communities, Municipal Affairs minister's consultation 3068-9
- Victoria
- construction of new arena, authority to enter into leasing agreements 3943-4
- grants in lieu of property tax 3067
- municipal grant reduction 3067
- Waste Management Act, "protected person," definition 6217
- Wastewater management 3839
- Water, pollution of "flow" 5919-21
- Watersheds, runoff control, disposal and paving provisions 5921
- Wedley, William, property assessment case 3921
- Westbank
- irrigation district concerns, local decision 3655-6
- restructuring of area 3848
- Work as Municipal Affairs and Housing minister (Abbott) 3528
Farrell-Collins, Gary (Vancouver-Little Mountain)
- Aluminum smelting operations in B.C. 6012
- Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia Act, debate 6584
- Automobile insurance, no-fault insurance for B.C. 2127
- Barnett, Darlene, position on B.C. Hydro outside counsel appointment 5041
- Birrell, Margaret, position on gambling expansion in B.C. 2806
- Bonneville Power Administration, transmission lines used to transport B.C. power into United States 4940-1
- Bowbrick, Graeme, role as chair of committee to review conflict-of-interest legislation 4744-5
- B.C. Hydro
- accountability, due diligence responsibilities 4976-7, 5041
- board appointments, qualifications 4934-6
- dividend paid to government 6011
- guidelines on hiring of outside counsel 5040-1, 5045
- international projects, current activities 4982-5
- leadership 4898-9, 5044, 5052-3
- power sale to United States company, price 4934, 4936, 4938
- power sales, surplus energy, market value 4940
- power-generation capacity 4939-40, 4974
- preparedness for industry changes 4933-4, 4937-8
- rates 4892-9
- sale of shares in Pakistan power project 4976-83
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd.
- board members 4984-5
- memorandum of understanding with China 5043-4
- memorandums of understanding for future projects 5049-50
- Pakistan power project
- Swat River and Malakand projects 4982-4
- B.C. Securities Commission, fraud investigation activities and procedures 4526-31
- B.C. Utilities Commission, B.C. Hydro rate-setting process, deadline for interventions 4928-9, 4933
- Budget
- debate 2243, 2246, 2271
- 1996-97 budget overexpenditures, funding by special warrant 2212-3
- 1997-98 budget, "misleading" of public 3230
- special warrants, use to defray all 1996-97 overexpenditures 2212-3
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2933-4, 2980, 3026-8
- Business, consultation with government on labour issues 5640
- Children in government care, investigation of mother's complaints re son in care 2959
- China, hydroelectric power projects 4974-5, 4983, 5044-5
- Clark, Hon. Glen, participation in Forests ministry estimates debate 5332
- Coglon, Richard
- appointment as legal adviser for B.C. Hydro 5040-1, 5045, 5052
- search warrant executed on securities matter 4527-9
- Columbia River Treaty downstream benefits
- revenues from sale of B.C. portion accrue directly to Crown 6447
- value 6453
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4740-5, 4765
- selection of new commissioner 4741-5
- Corrigan, Derek, lease of vehicle while chair of B.C. Transit 3167
- Credit rating, B.C. rating downgrade 3230
- Crown corporations, charitable donations policy, tracking requirements 4973
- Cull, Elizabeth, contract with capital health region board 4742
- Dams, operation and maintenance, safety issues 4968-9
- Debt, public debt during NDP administration 2125
- Denhoff, Eric, position with SNC-Lavalin Inc. 4977
- Destinations program training funds, corporate recipients 2469-70
- Dix, Adrian, attendance at B.C. Hydro board meetings 5042-3
- Drugs
- federal drug-pricing legislation (Motion 56), debate 2764-6
- policy on pharmaceuticals, NDP government's methods 2765
- Education, post-secondary tuition freeze 2327
- Election Act drafting, consultations by NDP government 2915
- Elections
- 1997 federal election, campaign role of ministry political staff 3687, 3730-1
- transition documentation 2853-4
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, violation 2277
- Electric power
- Eliesen, Marc
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 4891-902, 4927-9, 4933-41, 4968-85, 5039-45, 5049-53
- Employment and unemployment
- job creation during NDP administration 2127-8
- jobs strategy for B.C. 2507
- Environmental movement, relationship with B.C. political parties 4900-1
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5741-2
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, decision on B.C. power marketing certificate application 4902, 4928-9, 4933
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 4527-31
- Flanders, Mavis, case, accuracy of information provided to Hon. Penny Priddy by ministry staff 5244
- Forest Practices Code, impact on industry 4900-1
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 5332, 5381
- Gambling
- expansion in B.C.
- NDP MLAs' positions 2126-7
- Golden Eagle power project, memorandum of understanding with B.C. 5049-50
- Government
- communications, services for NDP MLAs 5574
- court action for government's non-compliance with the law 2277
- federal transfers to provinces, reduction, amount of payment 2933-4
- Hammell, Hon. Sue, performance as Women's Equality minister 2805-10
- Health care
- labour accord 3778, 3784
- spending, Liberal Party position 3784
- Health ministry, estimates debate 3778, 3783-4
- Hughes, Ted
- commended for work as conflict-of-interest commissioner 2111
- recommendations while conflict-of-interest commissioner on changes to legislation governing MLAs' conduct 4741-4
- Intalco Aluminum Corp., purchase of B.C. power 4934, 4936, 4938, 6011
- Investment in B.C. 6011-3
- Jeune, Paul, contract for communications services 5574
- Job Protection Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 2411-3, 2415-6
- impact of revised statutes of B.C. not yet being in force 2415-6
- legal advice on out-of-order status of bill 2415-6
- Job protection commissioner, position 2411-3
- Keenleyside Dam, hydroelectric project 6011, 6448
- Labour Relations Code, proposed amendments, consultation by government 5640
- Laxton, John, role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 5039, 5045, 5052
- Legislation, sunset provisions 2411
- Legislature
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 4544-5
- estimates debate, relevance of questioning 5043
- private members' bills, Fridays reserved for debate 2634
- Speaker's out-of-order rulings 3026-7
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4741-4
- MLAs
- behaviour in Legislature 2124-5
- constituency offices
- operations 4741
- use for political or election campaign purposes 3628-9
- contributions of former MLAs 6584
- participation of all members in House business 4544-5
- roles and responsibilities in formation of public policy 5741-2
- working together for the common good 6450
- Miller, Dan, role in sale of B.C. Hydro's Pakistan power project shares to SNC-Lavalin Inc. 4979
- Multilateral agreement on investment
- B.C. request that government of Canada withdraw from negotiations (Motion 52), need for motion 3612-3
- referral of B.C. debate to select standing committee 3613
- Municipalities
- grants from provincial government
- consultation 2980
- consultation, added expense to the Crown 3027-8
- reduction 2933
- provision of power to industrial users at rates set by province 6432, 6448, 6452-3
- Murphy family, foster care for Indian child, case
- independent investigation by children's commissioner 6107-8
- information provided to Child and Family Review Board by Children and Families ministry 3502-3
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society
- NDP involvement in society activities 4741
- repayment of funds to charities 2808
- NDP
- B.C. party support for federal party 2764-6
- government
- election campaign statements 3783-4
- performance 4743-4
- public confidence in current administration 5053
- Pakistan, information-sharing agreement with Canada 4531
- Politicians, ethical conduct of elected officials, public expectations 4740-1
- Power for Jobs Development Act
- Power for Jobs program
- Powerex Corporation
- access to United States energy markets
- customer base, size 4940
- marketing expertise 4971
- power sales to Mexico 4971
- Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5696
- Public Service Employee Relations Commission 1996-97 budget, overexpenditures 2212-3
- Pullinger, Hon. Jan, use of constituency office for federal election campaign 3628-9, 3686
- Quoted on conflict-of-interest act (Waddell) 4765
- Ramsey, Hon. Paul, performance as Education minister, Moe Sihota's comments 2293
- Ridley, Stanley
- relationship with SNC-Lavalin and B.C. Hydro International 5050-2
- role in sale of B.C. Hydro's Pakistan power project shares to SNC-Lavalin Inc. 4977-9
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, investigation procedures and practices 4527-9
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, minority opinions in report 2539
- Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings 4976
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4741-5
- SEPCOL (Southern Electric Power Company Ltd.)
- Sexual orientation, equal rights for homosexuals, Liberal Party MLAs' positions 5741-2
- Shaw, John N., position with SNC-Lavalin Inc. 4977
- Smith, Brian
- recommendations on B.C. Hydro governance 4934-5
- review of B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project
- SNC-Lavalin Inc., purchase of shares in Pakistan power project
- acquisition process 4975-9
- due diligence investigation 4979-81
- equity split with B.C. Hydro 5043-4
- hiring of former B.C. Hydro personnel 5050-2
- options on future projects 4982-4
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2170-1, 2212-3
- Throne speech debate 2124-8
- Tobacco Damages Recovery Act, debate 6110
- W.A.C. Bennett Dam, sinkhole 4968-9
- Wages, fair-wage policy 2854
- Women's Equality ministry
- estimates debate 2805-10, 2819
- policy, planning and evaluation branch, mandate 2805-6
- World Wildlife Fund, donation from B.C. Hydro 4974
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (United States)
Federal-provincial-municipal infrastructure program
- See Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program
Federated Anti-Poverty Groups of British Columbia
- Relationship with Children and Families ministry (Anderson) 6335-6 (Priddy) 6336
- Welfare joke book (Anderson) 6538
Fellegi, Ivan
- Quoted re Statistics Canada job figures (Hansen) 5000
Feminist Research Education Development and Action
- Report on violence against women cited (Dosanjh) 2878
FERC
- See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (United States)
Fernie Secondary School, Fernie, B.C.
- Replacement project (Walsh) 2240
Ferries
- See British Columbia Ferry Corporation; Ferry operations by ministry under Transportation and Highways, Ministry of
Ferry and Marine Workers Union
- See British Columbia Ferry and Marine Workers Union
Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome
- Classification as a disability (Krueger) 6329 (Priddy) 6329
- Handling of cases in school system (Krueger) 3965
- Incidence and impact (Goodacre) 4027-9 (Sanders) 4028
- Needs of affected children (Krueger) 2173
- Programs and services available to adoptive parents (Krueger) 6327-9 (Priddy) 6327-9
- Syndrome (MacPhail) 3472, 3664-5 (Sanders) 3472 (Stephens) 3664-5
Field, B.C.
- Hydro service (Doyle) 2237
Film industry
- Access to Working Opportunity Fund (Pullinger) 5629-30
- Activities in Vancouver-Burrard (Stevenson) 2350-1
- Advisory committee (Chong) 5640-1 (Pullinger) 5641
- B.C. locations for film shoots (Reitsma) 2207
- Culture ministry's role (Chong) 4394-5 (Pullinger) 4394-5
- Employment in industry
- animators, workers compensation coverage (Cashore) 3046 (Reid) 3045-6
- consolidated collective agreement for industry workers (Cashore) 3046
- designation as occupation or trade (Reid) 6391
- jobs for B.C. workers (Goodacre) 2095 (Throne speech) 2087
- Film classification office, agreement with Saskatchewan (Dosanjh) 2945 (Plant) 2945
- Film commissioner for Victoria (Chong) 4392 (Pullinger) 4392
- Funding from federal government (Chong) 4395 (Pullinger) 4394-5
- Industry in B.C. (MacPhail) 2119 (Miller) 4044 (Petter) 2107, 2545 (Pullinger) 4101-2, 4392-3 (Robertson) 2304
- Studio in Kelowna, establishment (Weisbeck) 4394
- Studios in Vancouver (Chong) 4394 (Pullinger) 4394
- Vancouver Island opportunities (Kasper) 2340
Finance and Corporate Relations, Ministry of
, and Ministry Responsible for Intergovernmental Relations
- Estimates
- debate 4429-45, 4463-82, 4503-12, 4526-44, 4591-608, 4630-51, 4671-88, 4711-23, 4790-8
- speakers (Cashore) 4540 (Chong) 4633-6, 4718-22 (Coleman) 4716-8 (Farrell-Collins) 4527-31 (Gingell) 4431-44, 4469-70, 4475-9, 4503-11, 4530-40, 4608, 4637, 4640-2 (Gingell) 4648, 4677, 4683-8, 4711-6, 4722-3, 4793-7 (Hansen) 4440, 4470-3 (Jarvis) 4591-6, 4605-8, 4630-3, 4650-1, 4671-4, 4676-7 (Krueger) 4474-5, 4596-605, 4642-7 (Nettleton) 4647-8, 4682-3 (Neufeld) 4648-50 (Penner) 4475-6 (Petter) 4429-44, 4463-81, 4503-12, 4526-44, 4591-608, 4630-51, 4671-88 (Petter) 4711-23, 4790-8 (Plant) 4541-3, 4637-40, 4790-3 (Reitsma) 4677-81 (Thorpe) 4436, 4438-9, 4445, 4463-9, 4476, 4511-2, 4526-7, 4674-6 (Waddell) 4465, 4467 (Wilson, G.) 4479-81
- Accountability initiative (Gingell) 4477-8 (Petter) 4477-8
- Accounting policies (Clark, G.) 2103 (Gingell) 2103
- Activities (Petter) 4430
- Annual report for 1996-97, availability (Gingell) 4435
- Cabinet policy and communications secretariat
- consulting contracts (Petter) 4464-5 (Thorpe) 4464-5
- coordination and approval of government communications programs (Gingell) 4475 (Petter) 4467-8, 4475 (Thorpe) 4467-8
- coordination role re government research (Petter) 4466-7 (Thorpe) 4466-7
- management of government advertising expenditures (Petter) 4465, 4468-9, 4476 (Thorpe) 4465, 4468, 4476
- occupancy costs for secretariat offices (Petter) 4465-6 (Thorpe) 4465-6
- policy working groups, number and purpose (Petter) 4466 (Thorpe) 4466
- public opinion polling expenditures (Petter) 4465-7 (Thorpe) 4465-7
- responsibility for hiring of government communications personnel (Petter) 4469 (Thorpe) 4469
- role in development and monitoring of government policy (Gingell) 4469-70 (Petter) 4469-70
- role in lottery advertising (Krueger) 4475 (Petter) 4475
- role in promotion of youth initiatives (Penner) 4475-6 (Petter) 4476
- staff training, funding (Gingell) 4476 (Petter) 4476-7
- staffing levels and dispersements (Petter) 4463-4, 4468 (Thorpe) 4445, 4463-4, 4468
- Collection of outstanding loans (Petter) 2916
- Corporate registry, annual report tabled (Petter) 6563
- Credibility of ministry (Gingell) 4431, 4794 (Petter) 4794-5
- Federal-provincial relations branch (Petter) 4541-3 (Plant) 4541-3
- Government services and registries division (Nettleton) 4682-3 (Petter) 4678-83 (Reitsma) 4678-81
- Intergovernmental relations secretariat (Petter) 4541, 4543-4 (Plant) 4541, 4543
- Loan administration branch, collections on behalf of B.C. Securities Commission (Gingell) 4511 (Petter) 4511
- Mandate (Petter) 4429-31
- Personal property registry, annual report tabled (Petter) 6563
- Responsibilities
- collective bargaining for teachers (Ramsey) 6179-80, 6183
- legislation governing condominiums (Coleman) 4716-7 (Petter) 4716-7
- Revenue division, operations (Gingell) 4434-5 (Petter) 4434-6 (Thorpe) 4436
- Staff commended (Petter) 4431
Finance, Public
- See Fiscal planning and policies under Government
Financial Administration Act
- Amendment (Petter) 2563
- Reports of borrowing activity for 1996-97 fiscal year tabled (Petter) 4987
- Review and update (Gingell) 4437 (Petter) 4437
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 1997 (Special Warrant Abolition)
- (Bill M201) (Weisgerber) 1R, 2151
- Debate, speakers (Symons) 2151 (Weisgerber) 2151
Financial assistance workers
- See Social welfare system
Financial Information Act
Financial Institutes Commission
- Review of Four Corners Community Savings (Gingell) 6496-7 (Miller) 6496-7
"Finding Our Way: Report of the Youth Involvement Project"
Finlay Navigation Ltd.
- Barging operation on Williston Lake (Miller) 4943 (Weisgerber) 4942-3
Fire commissioner
- See Office of the fire commissioner
Fire Services Act
Firearms
- Gun control
- legislation, implementation agreement with federal government (Dosanjh) 2826-7 (Weisgerber) 2826-7
- legislation, petition tabled (Brewin) 5217, 6508
- Legal ownership and use of firearms (Dosanjh) 2826 (Weisgerber) 2826
- Permit applications, backlog (Dosanjh) 2945 (Plant) 2945-6
- Registration (Dosanjh) 2879 (Stephens) 2879
- Weapons amnesty, disposition of surrendered weapons (Dosanjh) 2794, 2825-6 (Hammell) 2806 (Plant) 2794, 2837 (Weisgerber) 2825-6
First Citizens' Fund
First Job in Science and Technology program
First Narrows Bridge
First nations farm management training program
Fish Protection Act
- (Bill 25) (Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks) 1R, 3439-40; 2R, 5964-8; C, 6167-75, 6203-14; 3R, 6214; RA, 6414
- Amdts: sec. 4 (McGregor) 6168, approved 6168; sec. 5 (Clark, C.) 6172, ruled out of order 6175; sec. 22 (McGregor) 6213, approved 6213; sec. 37 (McGregor) 6213, approved 6213
- Debate, speakers (Abbott) 6211-3 (Clark, C.) 5966-7, 6167-75, 6203-6, 6208-11, 6213 (Dalton) 6207 (McGregor) 3439-40, 5964-6, 5968, 6167-72, 6174-5, 6203-14 (Symons) 6206-7 (van Dongen) 5967-8, 6208, 6213 (Wilson, G.) 5967 (Wilson, J.) 6207-8
- Application of bill to water licence applications in progress (Clark, C.) 6208-9 (McGregor) 6208-9
- "Bank-to-bank dam," definition (Clark, C.) 6167
- Commencement date and applications for new dams (Clark, C.) 6213 (McGregor) 6213
- Consultation with federal government (McGregor) 6168, 6170 (van Dongen) 6168
- Consultations (Clark, C.) 5967, 6171 (McGregor) 6171 (van Dongen) 5967
- "Fish," need for definition in bill (Clark, C.) 6167 (McGregor) 6167
- Goals (Clark, C.) 5966 (McGregor) 5965
- Impact on B.C. Hydro activities See British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Purpose of legislation (Clark, G.) 3630 (McGregor) 5477
- "Sensitive stream," definition (Clark, C.) 6168 (McGregor) 6168
Fisher, Roger, and William Ury
- Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cited on collective bargaining process (MacPhail) 5198
Fisheries
- See also Aquaculture industry
- Allocations for Indians (Cashore) 3370, 3493 (de Jong) 3370, 3492-3
- B.C. fisheries strategy (McGregor) 5964
- Bulltrout, protection (Jarvis) 4128-9, 4145-6 (Miller) 4129
- Cod species, risk of extinction (Wilson, G.) 6025
- Comox Valley fishery, commercial and recreational importance (Gillespie) 2253
- Federal powers (Wilson, G.) 2586
- Fish habitat protection See also Stream flow protection under Rivers and streams
- consultation with Union of B.C. Municipalities (Clark, C.) 5966 (McGregor) 5965
- designation of sensitive streams (Clark, C.) 6204-6 (McGregor) 6204-7 (Symons) 6206-7 (Wilson, J.) 6207
- federal policies, overlap with B.C. legislation (Clark, C.) 6206 (McGregor) 5968, 6170, 6206 (van Dongen) 5967
- funding, Forest Renewal B.C. funding (van Dongen) 5968
- government initiatives (McGregor) 5548
- issues and concerns (Clark, C.) 5478-9 (Hawkins) 5606 (McGregor) 5476-7, 5605-6
- legislation See also Fish Protection Act; Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- (McGregor) 3440, 5965, 5968
- legislation, protection "works," definition (Clark, C.) 6209-10 (McGregor) 6209-10
- local government's role and powers (Farnworth) 3440, 5915 (Sawicki) 5916-7
- remediation sentencing for offences (Clark, C.) 5966 (McGregor) 5965
- riparian zones and mining activities (Jarvis) 4152-3 (Miller) 4152-3
- urban habitat program (Chong) 6027
- urban salmon habitat program (Clark, C.) 5637-8, 5638, 5659-60 (Hartley) 2342 (McGregor) 5548, 5637-8, 5638, 5659-60 (Reid) 6566
- Fish processing industry
- dumping of effluent (Wilson, G.) 4065-6
- job loss (van Dongen) 4021
- Fish Processing Strategic Task Force, recommendations (Evans) 4075 (van Dongen) 4075
- Fisheries secretariat, future of agency (Evans) 4076 (van Dongen) 4075-6
- Fishing industry
- B.C. involvement (Evans) 3925-6
- development and diversification, memorandum of understanding between provincial and federal governments (Evans) 4074-5 (van Dongen) 4074-5
- Pacific coast fishery, future (Wilson, G.) 4062
- role in economy (Wilson, G.) 2122
- sector council and price negotiating (Evans) 4075 (van Dongen) 4075
- Freshwater fishery (Clark, C.) 2403 (van Dongen) 2406
- Government expenditures on fish and fish habitat (van Dongen) 4076
- Groundfish fishery, management (Evans) 6017
- International fishing agreement, need (Wilson, G.) 2122
- Labelling of fish as wild or farmed (Evans) 4064-5 (Wilson, G.) 4064-5
- Management role for B.C. (Kasper) 2340
- Pacific salmon fishery
- Canada-B.C. salmon fishery agreement (Clark, G.) 2585-6 (Evans) 4076-7 (Orcherton) 2556-7 (van Dongen) 2586, 4076 (Wilson, G.) 2586
- claims of United States overfishing (Wilson, G.) 6026
- claims of United States overfishing, federal government handling (Evans) 6028-9
- dispute between United States and Canada (Clark, G.) 6554-6 (Doyle) 6384 (Wilson, G.) 6275, 6553-6
- dispute between United States and Canada, Alaska ferry blockade, Hon. Glen Clark's position (Clark, G.) 6299 (Wilson, G.) 6299
- fisheries renewal advisory board, relation to Fisheries Renewal B.C. board (Evans) 4076 (van Dongen) 4076
- Pacific salmon revitalization plan (Mifflin plan), impact on communities (Miller) 2413
- Pacific Salmon Treaty See name of treaty
- protection and preservation of resource (Campbell) 3632-3 (Clark, G.) 3630-2 (Evans) 3636-8, 6017 (Kwan) 2094-5 (Miller) 4190 (Neufeld) 3635-6 (Reitsma) 3636 (Smallwood) 3635 (Throne speech) 2086 (van Dongen) 3635 (Wilson, G.) 3633-5
- provincial role (Evans) 5994
- rehabilitation of wild stock (Wilson, G.) 4063
- Policy
- Indians' involvement (Anderson) 4072 (Evans) 4072
- two-rivers policy (Evans) 6028
- Protection of marine ecosystem (Wilson, G.) 6024-5
- Resource protection
- causes of fish kills (Wilson, J.) 6208
- legislation See Fish Protection Act; Fisheries Renewal Act
- management (Clark, G.) 6575 (de Jong) 6575 (Reid) 6566
- managing hydro systems for fisheries values (Clark, C.) 4872-4 (Miller) 4872-5, 4900-1
- protection (Wilson, G.) 6024
- protection of endangered stocks at B.C. Hydro facilities (Clark, C.) 5636-7 (McGregor) 5636-7
- Role in economy (Zirnhelt) 2247
- Sport fishing industry
- angling fee increase (Clark, C.) 2344, 3145-6, 5662-7 (Giesbrecht) 3169 (McGregor) 5662-7 (Pullinger) 4262 (Reitsma) 3144, 4263 (van Dongen) 2306, 2406 (Whittred) 2352-3
- angling fee revenues, disposition (Chong) 6027 (Clark, C.) 2153, 5663-5 (Gingell) 2146 (McGregor) 2153, 5663-5
- consultations with government on industry concerns (Clark, C.) 5665-6 (McGregor) 5665-7
- Fisheries ministry involvement (Evans) 4073-4 (van Dongen) 4073-4
- licence application delays (Clark, C.) 5507 (McGregor) 5508
- ministerial responsibility (Chong) 6358 (Evans) 6358-9
- non-resident licence fees (van Dongen) 3174
- role in economy (Pullinger) 4261 (van Dongen) 2306, 4260-1
- Tourism ministry's involvement in industry (Pullinger) 4260-1 (van Dongen) 4260-1
- Stakeholder consultation (van Dongen) 4077
- Strategic fisheries study, participation (Clark, C.) 5048 (Miller) 5048
- Stream rehabilitation and eelgrass enhancement, cooperation with federal Fisheries and Oceans department (Evans) 4067 (Wilson, G.) 4067
Fisheries and Oceans, Department of (federal)
Fisheries branch
- See Environment, Lands and Parks, Ministry of
Fisheries Protection Act
- Impact on B.C. Hydro activities (Clark, C.) 4872-4 (Miller) 4872-4
Fisheries Renewal Act
- (Bill 19) (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 1R, 2957; 2R, 6017-29; C, 6354-64; 3R, 6364; RA, 6414
- Amdts: sec. 3 (van Dongen) 6356, ruled out of order 6356; sec. 12 (Gingell) 6360, ruled out of order 6361; sec. 16 (Gingell) 6362, negatived 6362; sec. 17 (Gingell) 6362, ruled out of order 6362; sec. 18 (van Dongen) 6363, negatived 6363
- Debate, speakers (Chong) 6026-8, 6358-64 (Evans) 2957, 6017-8, 6028-9, 6354-64 (Gingell) 6021-2, 6356, 6360, 6362 (Thorpe) 6022-3 (van Dongen) 6018-21, 6354-7, 6359-61, 6363 (Wilson, G.) 6023-6, 6360, 6364 (Wilson, J.) 6023
- "Fish," definition (Wilson, G.) 6025
Fisheries Renewal Advisory Board
Fisheries Renewal B.C.
- Accountability (Chong) 6027-8 (Evans) 6018 (Gingell) 6021 (Thorpe) 6022-3
- Acquisition of "personal property" (Chong) 6359 (Evans) 6359
- Administration costs (van Dongen) 6019
- Administrative and non-program expenditures (Chong) 6361-2 (Evans) 6361-2 (van Dongen) 6020, 6361
- Agency activities, public input (Evans) 6017-8
- Audit, consultation with auditor general (Gingell) 6362
- Board operations
- Borrowing powers (Evans) 6359 (van Dongen) 6359
- Business plan, submission date (Chong) 6362 (Evans) 6362 (Gingell) 6021-2, 6362
- Establishment (Chong) 6027 (Clark, G.) 3630 (Evans) 2957, 6017-8, 6028-9 (Lali) 2254 (Petter) 2107 (Stephens) 2355 (Throne speech) 2086 (van Dongen) 6018-9
- Expenditures, incrementality (Gingell) 6021, 6360
- Financial statement, submission date (Chong) 6363 (Evans) 66363 (van Dongen) 6363
- Funding for agency
- funding from Forest Renewal B.C. revenues (Evans) 6363-4 (van Dongen) 6363
- funding from "other sources" (Chong) 6364 (Evans) 6364
- funding from percentage of gross catch (Chong) 6027-8
- landing fee revenue (Evans) 6363-4 (van Dongen) 6020, 6363-4
- Funding surplus, investment in communities (Evans) 6364 (Wilson, G.) 6025-6, 6364
- Hiring preferences, regulations on Treasury Board's recommendation (Chong) 6361 (Evans) 6361
- Investments (Evans) 6018
- Mandate, destination tourism marketing (Chong) 6358 (Evans) 6358
- Projects and program delivery, expenditures (Gingell) 6360
- Public annual meeting (Evans) 6363 (van Dongen) 6363
- Purpose of agency (Evans) 6354-5 (van Dongen) 6354-5
- Staff (Chong) 6360 (Evans) 6359-60 (van Dongen) 6359-60
- Strategic planning (Evans) 6357-8 (van Dongen) 6357
Fishing resorts
Flanders, Mavis
- Case
- accuracy of information provided to Hon. Penny Priddy by ministry staff (Campbell) 5132-3, 5243 (Coell) 5133-4 (de Jong) 5244 (Farrell-Collins) 5244 (Plant) 5243-4 (Priddy) 5131-4, 5243-4 (Weisgerber) 5132
- monitoring by Children and Families ministry (Campbell) 2221-2, 2250, 2361-2 (Coell) 2222, 2362 (de Jong) 2222 (Priddy) 2221-2, 2361-2
- monitoring by Children and Families ministry, internal review of case (McKinnon) 2251 (Priddy) 2251
- provisions of information, referral to select standing committee (Campbell) 5243 (Priddy) 5243
- Morton report on case
- Hon. Penny Priddy's presence in House (de Jong) 5016
- Hon. Penny Priddy's statements (Coell) 5015
- publication (Dosanjh) 5015-6 (Plant) 5015-6
- Substance abuse counselling and Hon. Penny Priddy's comments (Campbell) 5016-7
Floods and floodplains
- See also Fraser Basin Council
- Flood risks in B.C. (Coleman) 3710-1 (Farnworth) 3711
- Flooding in southern B.C. (Barisoff) 5606-7 (Hawkins) 5605-6 (McGregor) 5605-7 (Weisbeck) 5605
- Floods in B.C. (Cashore) 3489 (Hawkins) 3488-9
- Roberts Lake flooding problem (Hawkins) 5667-8 (McGregor) 5667
Foley, Patrick
- Woodlot cancellation (Streifel) 5527 (Wilson, J.) 5526-30
Fontas, B.C.
Food banks
- Activities (Anderson) 2461 (Hartley) 2460-1
- Comments of Val Anderson (Wilson, G.) 3967
- Donations of wild game (Dosanjh) 2467 (Neufeld) 2464-5, 2467
- Donors and distributors, liability issue (Anderson) 2467 (Chong) 2465 (de Jong) 2466 (Dosanjh) 2390, 2461-2, 2466-7 (Symons) 2464
- Legislation to promote food donations See Food Donor Encouragement Act
- Use by children living in poverty (Anderson) 6475
- Use by those in need (Anderson) 2463 (Brewin) 2462 (Goodacre) 2464 (Walsh) 2465
Food Donor Encouragement Act
- (Bill 10) (Attorney General) 1R, 2390; 2R, 2461-6; C, 2466-7; 3R, 2467; RA, 3627
- Debate, speakers (Anderson) 2462-4, 2467 (Brewin) 2462 (Chong) 2465-6 (de Jong) 2466-7 (Dosanjh) 2390, 2461-2, 2466-7 (Goodacre) 2464 (Neufeld) 2464-5, 2467 (Symons) 2464 (Walsh) 2465
- Implementation guidelines for food bank workers (Anderson) 2467 (Dosanjh) 2467
- Liability issue re donations of milk products (de Jong) 3208 (Evans) 3208
- Purpose of legislation (Hartley) 2460
- Support for legislation (Chong) 2465-6
Food industry
- Agrifood industry, government policy and strategy (Evans) 3946-7 (van Dongen) 3946-7
- Development of ethnic food industry (Anderson) 4072 (Evans) 4072
- Food-processing industry
- employment and investment in industry (Evans) 3925
- jobs (Evans) 5576 (van Dongen) 5576
- plant closings (van Dongen) 2306, 2405
- statistics on industry (Evans) 4021 (van Dongen) 4021
- Imitation milk products, regulation (Evans) 3208 (van Dongen) 3208
Foot, David K. and Daniel Stoffman
- Boom, Bust and Echo cited and quoted on Canada's future health care needs (MacPhail) 3353 (Sanders) 3353
"For I and Mine: Respite Services in British Columbia"
- See Respite services, 1995 report under Health care
Fording Coal Ltd.
- Mining activity (Walsh) 3607
Foreign Affairs, Department of (federal)
- Investment trade policy division quoted re multilateral agreement on investment (Hansen) 3620
Forest Act
- Administrative appeals and tribunals, evidence given under oath (Wilson, J.) 6465 (Zirnhelt) 6465
- Amendments See also Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- amendments (Zirnhelt) 6129-30
- consequential amendment re extension of Job Protection Commission mandate (Miller) 2393
- log salvage amendment (Zirnhelt) 5077
- Appeals, disclosure of information for review (Nebbeling) 6462-3 (Zirnhelt) 6462-3
- Review process (Nebbeling) 6463-4 (Zirnhelt) 6464
Forest and range resource program
- Mandate (Coleman) 5303-4
- Report, assessment of resource impacts (Coleman) 5304 (Zirnhelt) 5304
Forest Appeals Commission
- Annual report tabled (Zirnhelt) 2392
- Forests minister's power to override commission (Wilson, J.) 6155
- Powers of commission (Nebbeling) 6511
Forest industry
- Annual allowable cut
- adjustment for times of low pulp prices (Abbott) 5344-5
- chief forester's determinations See Chief forester
- undercut (Nebbeling) 5027 (Wilson, J.) 4958-9 (Zirnhelt) 4958-9, 5026-7
- Anti-logging protests and blockades
- blockades (Nebbeling) 2377-8
- Liberal Party position (Clark, G.) 4525 (Zirnhelt) 4524
- Bulkley Valley timber supply area, resource board (Goodacre) 2421-2
- Burning of dry timber (Barisoff) 4961 (Zirnhelt) 4961
- Chip supply to pulp mills (Wilson, J.) 5257
- Community forests, application requirements (Abbott) 5348-9 (Zirnhelt) 5348
- Company closings and stumpage rate adjustments (Nebbeling) 5255-6 (Zirnhelt) 5255-6
- Comparison to industry in Sweden (Zirnhelt) 6162
- Contractors
- contract disputes, appeal process (Wilson, J.) 5421 (Zirnhelt) 5421-2
- security for contractors (Wilson, J.) 5488-90 (Zirnhelt) 5489
- Costs
- impact on investment plans (Gingell) 3061 (Zirnhelt) 3061
- operating costs (Abbott) 2401 (Hurd) 2398 (Nebbeling) 2391 (Wilson, J.) 6155 (Zirnhelt) 2391
- Credit system to offset production costs (Wilson, J.) 5192 (Zirnhelt) 5192
- Criminal actions re forest resources, reporting (Gingell) 5193 (Zirnhelt) 5193
- Current state of industry (Weisbeck) 2445 (Zirnhelt) 2246-7
- Cut-to-cruise reconciliations (Gingell) 5193 (Zirnhelt) 5193
- Cyclical nature of industry (Miller) 4093
- District managers, authority delegation to forest officers (Nebbeling) 6457 (Zirnhelt) 6457
- Electric power costs, impact on industry (Coleman) 4966-7 (Zirnhelt) 4967
- Employment and jobs
- creation of full-time jobs (Zirnhelt) 5038
- creation of new jobs (de Jong) 2161 (Jarvis) 2229 (Nebbeling) 4589
- creation of new jobs vs. more hours for existing jobs (Wilson, J.) 4919-20 (Zirnhelt) 4920
- definition of term "displaced forest worker" (Nebbeling) 4922 (Zirnhelt) 4921-2
- definition of term "forest job" (Nebbeling) 4921 (Zirnhelt) 4920-2
- employment levels (Campbell) 2390 (Zirnhelt) 2390-1
- employment levels, comparison with Alberta (Hansen) 3629 (Zirnhelt) 3629-30
- fluctuation in job levels (Zirnhelt) 4915-6
- forest-dependent jobs (Hurd) 2399
- funding for training of Indian workers (de Jong) 5335-6, 5339 (Zirnhelt) 5335-6
- job creation (Kasper) 2340-1 (Kwan) 2094-5 (Nebbeling) 2490, 4949, 5539-40 (Throne speech) 2086 (Weisbeck) 2522 (Zirnhelt) 3128, 4949
- job creation commitments and goals (Campbell) 4524-5, 4588 (Clark, G.) 4525 (Coleman) 4590 (Nebbeling) 5136 (Wilson, J.) 4590 (Zirnhelt) 4524, 4589, 5136
- job creation, comparison with Oregon and Washington (Nebbeling) 4886-91, 4906-8, 4910, 5002, 5017-20 (Zirnhelt) 4887-8, 5019-20
- job levels during NDP administration (Nebbeling) 4909
- job loss (Campbell) 4524-5 (Clark, C.) 2135-6 (Krueger) 6157 (Nebbeling) 2284, 4921
- job loss in coastal harvest sector (Nebbeling) 5156
- job loss on northern Vancouver Island (Nebbeling) 4925, 4954
- jobs for non-union workers (Weisgerber) 5403 (Zirnhelt) 5403
- NDP government claim of no job loss (Nebbeling) 4950
- number of jobs (Coleman) 4961-2 (Nebbeling) 4911-3, 5288-9 (Zirnhelt) 4911-3, 4961, 5287-8
- ratio of workers to timber harvest (Nebbeling) 4910-1, 5406-7 (Wilson, J.) 4916 (Zirnhelt) 4911, 4916
- regional differences in job ratio (Nebbeling) 5021 (Zirnhelt) 5021
- "saved jobs" (Hansen) 4589-90
- skills training for forest workers (Zirnhelt) 2245
- tracking of job loss (Nebbeling) 4915 (Zirnhelt) 4915-6
- Environmental groups' impact on public relations, government response (Coleman) 4965-6 (Zirnhelt) 4965-6
- Expenditures on road and bridge maintenance (Zirnhelt) 5462
- Experimental forests (Sanders) 5354
- Exports (Miller) 4051
- Fibre supply, role in employment (Orcherton) 2556
- Forest Appeals Commission See name of commission
- Forest fires
- damage (Coleman) 5305
- fire suppression expertise (Zirnhelt) 4880
- Forest land
- availability and management (Coleman) 4962
- foreign ownership of private lands (Miller) 4095 (Wilson, G.) 4095
- permitted uses (Nebbeling) 6466 (Zirnhelt) 6466
- Forest licences
- licence refusals (Nebbeling) 6459 (Wilson, J.) 6459 (Zirnhelt) 6459
- licensing process (Wilson, J.) 4918 (Zirnhelt) 4918
- value (Miller) 4207
- Forest management
- brushing treatments on restocked land (Nebbeling) 6510 (Wilson, J.) 6510 (Zirnhelt) 6510
- exemptions from rehabilitation requirement (Nebbeling) 6510 (Zirnhelt) 6510
- forest development plans, potential conflict between environmental officer and district forest manager (Nebbeling) 6494, 6509 (Zirnhelt) 6509
- higher-level plans for resource management zones (Nebbeling) 6466-7 (Zirnhelt) 6466-7
- higher-level plans, transition process (Nebbeling) 6490 (Zirnhelt) 6490
- management (Pullinger) 2528
- management plans, determination of adequacy (Nebbeling) 6457-8 (Zirnhelt) 6458
- remediation orders, licensee's responsibility for contravention of agreement (Nebbeling) 6512 (Zirnhelt) 6512
- requests for consent subject to review (Zirnhelt) 6511
- resource management zones within land use plans (Wilson, J.) 6467 (Zirnhelt) 6467
- reviews, legislative provisions (Nebbeling) 6512 (Zirnhelt) 6512
- Forest practices, public perception of NDP initiatives (Nebbeling) 6130-1
- Forest roads
- building of roads (Wilson, J.) 5191 (Zirnhelt) 5191
- Chilliwack area road improvements (Penner) 5075-6 (Zirnhelt) 5075-6
- deactivation of forest roads (Jarvis) 4156-8 (Miller) 4156-8 (Neufeld) 4158 (Symons) 5460 (Zirnhelt) 5460, 5462
- Forest Renewal B.C. funding (Nebbeling) 6491 (Wilson, J.) 6491 (Zirnhelt) 6491-2
- maintenance (Wilson, J.) 6492 (Zirnhelt) 6492
- public access to roads supervised by Forests ministry (Penner) 5075 (Zirnhelt) 5075
- public use, liability issue (Symons) 5461 (Zirnhelt) 5461-2
- regulations, inclusion in legislation (Zirnhelt) 6162
- road access, case (Nebbeling) 5451-2 (Zirnhelt) 5451-2
- road-building permits (Nebbeling) 6461 (Zirnhelt) 6461-2
- staff expertise (Symons) 5461 (Zirnhelt) 5461
- water bars, concerns (Krueger) 5077 (Zirnhelt) 5077-8
- Forest Sector Strategy Advisory Committee See name of committee
- Forest worker agency
- Forest-dependent communities, future (Campbell) 4569-70 (Nebbeling) 2378-9 (Nettleton) 4563-4
- Fort St. John forest district, forest licence (Wilson, J.) 4917-9 (Zirnhelt) 4917-9
- Fraser timber supply area
- chief forester's annual allowable cut determinations (Nebbeling) 5385 (Zirnhelt) 5385-6
- deciduous woods (Streifel) 5387
- Future of industry in B.C. (Penner) 2514
- Global competitiveness (Nebbeling) 5065 (Zirnhelt) 5066
- Golden timber supply area
- Government role
- government intervention (Hansen) 2393 (Miller) 2407
- impact of policies on investments and jobs (Campbell) 3128
- NDP government action (Zirnhelt) 4590
- regulations (Hawkins) 2177
- role (Abbott) 6156
- Harvest levels, total 1996 harvest (Nebbeling) 5021-2
- Harvest sector
- distribution of harvest around province, mitigation for job loss in lower mainland (Stephens) 5459 (Zirnhelt) 5459
- job loss (Nebbeling) 5002-3
- role of Forests and Environment, Lands and Parks ministries (Stephens) 5456 (Zirnhelt) 5456
- timber licences still available (Barisoff) 4960 (Zirnhelt) 4960
- worker training in other sectors (Nebbeling) 5003-4 (Zirnhelt) 5003-4
- Harvesting rights, master licences for oil and gas industry (Zirnhelt) 6458
- Industry during NDP administration (Campbell) 2116 (Neufeld) 6131-2, 6153-4
- Investment in industry
- investments (Nebbeling) 5183 (Zirnhelt) 3128, 5136, 5183
- investments by young entrepreneurs (Nebbeling) 5264 (Zirnhelt) 5264
- Issues (Gingell) 2148
- J-grade lumber (Whittred) 5331
- Landscape units (Coleman) 5305 (Zirnhelt) 5305, 5458
- Liberal Party position on industry (Miller) 4590
- Log transport
- load description slips (Gingell) 5194 (Zirnhelt) 5194
- scaling and inspections (Nettleton) 5355
- truckers' exclusion from employment standards legislation (Cashore) 3122-3 (Dalton) 3122
- truckers' responsibility for proper marking (Nebbeling) 6459-60 (Zirnhelt) 6459-60
- Logging on farmland, slope issue (Sanders) 5248
- Logging plans
- district manager's role (Nebbeling) 6492
- plans for major companies (Zirnhelt) 6492
- Mackenzie forest district, revenues (Nettleton) 5414-5
- Managed private forest land, assessment classification and regulation of sector (Nebbeling) 5224-7, 5229-31, 5233-4, 5245-8, 5250 (Zirnhelt) 5224-6, 5232-3, 5245-8
- Market logging, size of cutblocks (Nebbeling) 5264 (Zirnhelt) 5264
- Marketing
- international marketing initiatives (Nebbeling) 5299 (Zirnhelt) 5299
- market price for lumber during 1996-97 period (Wilson, J.) 5189 (Zirnhelt) 5189
- markets (Wilson, J.) 5186-7 (Zirnhelt) 5186-7
- open log market (Wilson, G.) 5144-5 (Zirnhelt) 5144
- Mechanization in mills (Abbott) 5349
- Negligence cases, prosecution (Sanders) 5250 (Zirnhelt) 5249
- Non-managed private forest land, regulation (Nebbeling) 5231-2, 5245-7 (Zirnhelt) 5232, 5246-8
- Operational plans
- activity in areas subject to proposed amendments (Wilson, J.) 6494 (Zirnhelt) 6494
- legislative changes (Neufeld) 6153 (Zirnhelt) 6129
- Participation of Indians in industry (de Jong) 5333-6 (Wilson, J.) 5034-5 (Zirnhelt) 5034-5, 5335
- Pest management, issues (Sanders) 5349-54 (Zirnhelt) 5349-53
- Private forest land
- Chase Creek area case (Sanders) 5249 (Zirnhelt) 5249
- conservation of biodiversity (Wilson, J.) 5490 (Zirnhelt) 5490
- government purchases (Wilson, J.) 5491
- Lavington area (Brewer Road) case (Sanders) 5248-50
- ministry discussions with sector (Nebbeling) 5226-8 (Zirnhelt) 5226-7, 5231
- regulation of private logging (Sanders) 5248-50 (Zirnhelt) 5249-50
- regulation of sector in Sweden (Nebbeling) 5233-4
- Protection of resource, NDP government action (Nebbeling) 4909 (Sihota) 4908
- Pulp prices (Miller) 5095 (Nettleton) 5095
- Quesnel forest district, statistics (Wilson, J.) 5502 (Zirnhelt) 5501-2
- Range use plans See Rangeland
- Recreational use of forest land (Coleman) 5305-6 (Zirnhelt) 5305
- Regulation of industry
- enforcement provisions, need in legislation (Zirnhelt) 6162
- regulation (Nebbeling) 5245
- Remanufacturing industry
- access to quota (Wilson, J.) 4956-8 (Zirnhelt) 4956-7
- capacity (Wilson, J.) 4959-60 (Zirnhelt) 4960
- companies' independence vs. wood supply (Wilson, G.) 5140 (Zirnhelt) 5141
- deciduous woods (Nebbeling) 5387-8 (Streifel) 5387 (Zirnhelt) 5387-8
- employment, number of direct jobs (Coleman) 4961
- global competitiveness (Nebbeling) 5540
- government commitment to industry (Wilson, G.) 5143
- impact of United States quota (Nebbeling) 5299-300 (Zirnhelt) 5299-300
- industry in B.C. (Wilson, G.) 2121-2
- markets for products (Coleman) 4962 (Zirnhelt) 4962
- other markets for additional wood supply (Zirnhelt) 4959-60
- products (Nebbeling) 5302 (Zirnhelt) 5299-300
- skills training, expenditures (Nebbeling) 5302-3 (Zirnhelt) 5302
- viability of industry (Nebbeling) 5298-300 (Zirnhelt) 5299-300
- wood supply (Krueger) 5077 (Nebbeling) 5289-93 (Wilson, G.) 5139 (Wilson, J.) 4955-7, 5034 (Zirnhelt) 4955-7, 5034, 5077, 5140, 5263, 5289-92
- "Repap proposal" for pulp logs (Abbott) 5341 (Nebbeling) 5254-5 (Zirnhelt) 5254-5
- Research (Sanders) 5354
- Revenue to province, shortfall, impact on 1995-96 budget (Abbott) 2233
- Role in capital investment in B.C. (Clark, G.) 6545
- Role in economy (Coleman) 4962-3
- Sales turned back in (Nebbeling) 5294-5 (Zirnhelt) 5294, 5296
- Salmon Arm forest district, not satisfactorily restocked area (Abbott) 5343
- Salvage logging
- direct sales to salvage loggers (Wilson, G.) 5143
- Kamloops-North Thompson area case (Krueger) 6159-60
- permits in Vancouver district (Symons) 5461
- pilot projects (Krueger) 5076 (Wilson, J.) 5501 (Zirnhelt) 5076-7, 5144, 5501
- regulatory requirements (Krueger) 5076 (Zirnhelt) 5077
- removal of trees "in danger" (Wilson, J.) 6457 (Zirnhelt) 6457
- revenue potential (Wilson, G.) 2122
- salvage fee, relation to market value (Symons) 5461 (Zirnhelt) 5461
- salvage of no-value logs (Symons) 5461-2 (Zirnhelt) 5462
- Vavenby case cited (Krueger) 5076
- Scaling
- check scales (Nebbeling) 6460 (Zirnhelt) 6460-1
- scalers' pay levels and qualifications (Nettleton) 5414 (Zirnhelt) 5414-5
- scaling of timber (Wilson, G.) 2122
- scaling system (Nettleton) 5355, 5414-5 (Zirnhelt) 5355, 5414-5
- suspension preceding a cancellation (Nebbeling) 6460 (Zirnhelt) 6460
- waiving for small sales (Nebbeling) 6460 (Zirnhelt) 6460
- whistle-blowing legislative protection for scalers (Wilson, G.) 5145-6 (Zirnhelt) 5145
- Silviculture See also Forest management above
- backlog silviculture prescriptions, employment of displaced forest workers (Nebbeling) 6492-3 (Zirnhelt) 6492-3
- backlog silviculture prescriptions, liability for establishing free-growing stand (Nebbeling) 6510 (Zirnhelt) 6510
- backlog silviculture prescriptions, remedial orders for violations (Nebbeling) 6491 (Zirnhelt) 6491
- cone production of large species, promotion (Sanders) 5354
- deciduous tree planting on agricultural and range land (Nebbeling) 5388 (Zirnhelt) 5388
- funding (Nebbeling) 5147, 5178 (Wilson, J.) 2489 (Zirnhelt) 3442, 5147-8, 5178
- industry statistics (Nebbeling) 5146-8
- jobs (Nebbeling) 5148, 5150-2 (Wilson, J.) 4590 (Zirnhelt) 5147-8, 5151-2
- not satisfactorily restocked areas (Wilson, J.) 5538 (Zirnhelt) 5538
- quality of workmanship (Krueger) 5076 (Zirnhelt) 5076
- results-based silviculture prescription process and monitoring of plans (Nebbeling) 6490 (Zirnhelt) 6490
- results-based silviculture prescription process, consequential legislative amendments (Zirnhelt) 6510
- role in forest industry (Abbott) 5346-7
- silviculture prescriptions, requirement for updated plan (Zirnhelt) 6494
- silviculture prescriptions, soil disturbance (Nebbeling) 6509 (Zirnhelt) 6509
- studies, access to studies (Nebbeling) 5147-50 (Zirnhelt) 5148-50
- tree-planting by government and industry (Coleman) 4964 (Zirnhelt) 4964
- tree-planting jobs for students (Hansen) 3442 (Zirnhelt) 3442
- union membership of workers (Nebbeling) 5152-3 (Zirnhelt) 5152
- work backlog (Coleman) 5304 (Nebbeling) 5149 (Zirnhelt) 5148-50, 5304, 5537-8
- Small business forest enterprise program See name of program
- Socioeconomic impacts, requirement for district managers to consider (Nebbeling) 6131, 6465, 6494, 6508-9 (Zirnhelt) 6465-6, 6494, 6508-9
- Softwood lumber quota system
- allocation process (Miller) 5095 (Nettleton) 5095
- B.C. recommendations to federal government (Penner) 5074 (Zirnhelt) 5074
- calculation of quota (Wilson, J.) 5190 (Zirnhelt) 5190
- dispute with United States (Miller) 3621
- excess quota on "black market" (Penner) 5074 (Zirnhelt) 5074
- extra quota for B.C. (Penner) 5074 (Zirnhelt) 5074
- quota for new companies (Zirnhelt) 5073
- quota for small producers (Barisoff) 4960 (Zirnhelt) 4960
- quota requests, review by B.C. committee (Penner) 5073 (Zirnhelt) 5073-4
- revision (Barisoff) 4960-1 (Zirnhelt) 4961
- status (Coleman) 4966 (Zirnhelt) 4966
- Statistics (Campbell) 4588-9 (Hansen) 4589-90 (Nebbeling) 4589 (Zirnhelt) 4588-9
- Stumpage
- adjustments for coastal operations (Nebbeling) 5259 (Zirnhelt) 5259
- calculation of rates (Wilson, J.) 5190 (Zirnhelt) 5190
- calculation or rates (Zirnhelt) 6461
- rates (Nettleton) 5415 (Wilson, J.) 5502
- rates, comparison with log market values (Wilson, G.) 2395
- recognition point (Gingell) 5194 (Zirnhelt) 5194
- revenue stability if stumpage changes (Dosanjh) 6241 (Neufeld) 6346-7 (Wilson, J.) 6346-7 (Zirnhelt) 6346-7
- review of system (Nebbeling) 5185-6 (Zirnhelt) 5185
- stumpage for decked wood (Wilson, J.) 5191-2 (Zirnhelt) 5191-2, 5501-2
- stumpage for small operations (Wilson, J.) 5189-91 (Zirnhelt) 5190
- stumpage owing to government (Wilson, J.) 5258
- system (Nebbeling) 5250-1 (Zirnhelt) 5251, 5495
- value assessment (Nebbeling) 5252-7 (Zirnhelt) 5252-7
- Sustainable forestry strategy (Nebbeling) 5405-6 (Zirnhelt) 5405-6
- Tax assessments for sawmills (Abbott) 2326 (Farnworth) 2326 (Nebbeling) 2326
- Tenure system
- administration of system, legislative provisions (Zirnhelt) 6130
- reform of system (Wilson, G.) 2121, 2395, 5144 (Zirnhelt) 5144
- Theft of cedar logs, police and Forests ministry action (Weisbeck) 5071-2 (Zirnhelt) 5072, 5076
- Timber sale licences, requirement for silviculture prescription (Zirnhelt) 6492
- Timber supply review (Coleman) 5304 (Nebbeling) 5384-9, 5404-6 (Zirnhelt) 5304, 5384-9
- Timber-cutting licences, district managers' power to alter a contract's timeframe (Wilson, J.) 5419 (Zirnhelt) 5419
- Tourism value of forests (Pullinger) 4260 (van Dongen) 4260
- Transaction-based timber pricing (Nebbeling) 5251, 5253
- Tree farm licences
- impact responsibility (Nebbeling) 5404-5 (Zirnhelt) 5405
- licence holders, appeal of chief forester's annual allowable cut determination (Nebbeling) 6464 (Zirnhelt) 6464
- Tree-planting See Silviculture above
- Value-added sector See Remanufacturing industry above
- Vancouver forest region
- Wood residue, use (Abbott) 2456 (Lali) 2456
- Woodlots
- appeal rights of woodlot owners (Nebbeling) 6462 (Zirnhelt) 6462
- increase in number (Krueger) 5078 (Streifel) 5504 (Wilson, J.) 5504 (Zirnhelt) 5034, 5078-9
- operational plans (Wilson, J.) 6513 (Zirnhelt) 6513
- survey of woodlot operators (Streifel) 5527-8
- top-up of woodlot licences (Streifel) 5502-3 (Wilson, J.) 5502-3
- viability of woodlots (Streifel) 5526-7 (Wilson, J.) 5525-7
- woodlot program (Streifel) 5504, 5525-7 (Wilson, J.) 5502-5, 5525-6
- woodlots cancelled by ministry (Wilson, J.) 5525
- woodlots returned to Crown (Streifel) 5525 (Wilson, J.) 5525
- Workers
- employment standards flexibility (Cashore) 4737 (Neufeld) 4737
- workers' lives (Nettleton) 5354-5
- working hours (Nebbeling) 4882
Forest jobs commissioner
- Position and role (Nebbeling) 4954, 5079 (Zirnhelt) 4954, 5079
- Relationship to jobs accord advocate (Nebbeling) 5079 (Zirnhelt) 5079
Forest Practices Board
- Annual report, 1996, tabled (Zirnhelt) 5488
Forest Practices Code [of British Columbia Act]
- Amendments See also Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Complexity of bill (Wilson, J.) 6154
- Contraventions of code, legislative changes (Zirnhelt) 6130
- "Due diligence," definition (Nebbeling) 6511-2 (Zirnhelt) 6511-2
- Environmental audit to measure code's results (Wilson, G.) 5142 (Zirnhelt) 5142
- Guidebooks and information on code (Coleman) 4963-4 (Zirnhelt) 4963
- Impact of code
- impact on businesses other than forestry (Neufeld) 6153
- impact on costs (Abbott) 6156-7 (Zirnhelt) 5142
- impact on costs, report (Nebbeling) 5024-6 (Zirnhelt) 5024-6
- impact on industry (Farrell-Collins) 4900-1 (Hawkins) 6160-1 (Krueger) 6157-8 (Nebbeling) 2378, 5116 (Neufeld) 2541 (Stephens) 2356 (Wilson, J.) 6154
- impact on jobs (Nebbeling) 6130
- impact on managed private forest land See Managed private forest land under Forest industry
- impact on oil and gas industry (Neufeld) 6132, 6153
- impact on resource industries planning (Miller) 4149-50 (Neufeld) 4149-50
- impact on timber availability (Nebbeling) 5232
- impact on timeliness of licence application processing (Nebbeling) 5068 (Stephens) 5456
- Investigation of complaints re code (Nebbeling) 5453-5 (Zirnhelt) 5453-6
- Liberal Party position on bill (Abbott) 6155-6
- Policies and jobs for displaced forest workers (Jarvis) 2230
- Purpose (Goodacre) 2421
- Reform Party position on bill (Neufeld) 6132
- Regional guidelines (Coleman) 4963 (Zirnhelt) 4963
- Regional templates (Stephens) 5457 (Zirnhelt) 5457
- Review of code (Nebbeling) 5025-6 (Wilson, G.) 5141-3 (Wilson, J.) 5035-6 (Zirnhelt) 5025-6, 5035-6, 5141-2, 5142
Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1997 (Forest Renewal Equitable Reinvestment)
- (Bill M206) (Neufeld) 1R, 2852-3
- Debate, speakers (Neufeld) 2852-3
Forest Renewal B.C.
- Administration costs (Krueger) 2555 (van Dongen) 6019
- Assistance to contractors holding Repap debt (Wilson, J.) 5488 (Zirnhelt) 5488
- Budget
- budget (Wilson, J.) 4917 (Zirnhelt) 4917
- budget for recreational projects, reduction (Krueger) 2554
- inclusion of Forests ministry expenditures (Gingell) 2140 (Hawkins) 2235 (Penner) 2347
- Business plan, 1997-98, tabled and referred to Forests Committee (Zirnhelt) 5017
- Community input (Nebbeling) 5059-62 (Zirnhelt) 5059-62
- Conservation of biodiversity of private forest lands (Wilson, J.) 5490 (Zirnhelt) 5490
- Contract with Alberta company (Neufeld) 4088-90
- Crisis assistance (Wilson, J.) 5488
- Definition of term "forest worker" (Nebbeling) 3129
- Fencing along roads to recreation areas (Krueger) 5500 (Zirnhelt) 5500
- Funding for forest renewal projects
- allocation issues (Neufeld) 2155, 2182
- board of directors role (Zirnhelt) 5183
- directing of funds to community credit unions (Wilson, G.) 2121, 3177
- directing of funds to displaced forest workers (Clark, C.) 5842 (McGregor) 5842
- directing of funds to Environment ministry (Clark, C.) 5839-43, 5845 (McGregor) 5613-4, 5839-43, 5845 (Wilson, J.) 5613-4
- directing of funds to environmental organizations (Clark, C.) 6007-8 (McGregor) 6007-8
- directing of funds to forestry research See Science Council of British Columbia
- directing of funds to resource regions (Chong) 2501
- directing of funds to union pension funds (Nebbeling) 6008
- directing of funds towards companies' bank loans (Nebbeling) 4910 (Zirnhelt) 4910
- distribution of funds (Nebbeling) 5154 (Zirnhelt) 5154
- eligible activities (Wilson, J.) 6512 (Zirnhelt) 6512
- flow of funding to interior and northwestern B.C. (Nebbeling) 5082-4 (Zirnhelt) 5082-3
- funding (Clark, C.) 2136 (Coleman) 2377 (Nebbeling) 5181-2
- funding process, equity and accountability issues (Neufeld) 2852-3
- funding security (Clark, C.) 3146
- International Woodworkers of America role in negotiations (Nebbeling) 5079-84 (Zirnhelt) 5079-83
- Terrace area funding, alleged comments by Deputy Minister of Forests (Nebbeling) 5064 (Zirnhelt) 5064
- use of funds (Clark, C.) 5950-1 (Dalton) 2296 (MacPhail) 5158 (Nettleton) 4563-4 (Symons) 5158 (Wilson, G.) 2121
- Information and research, accessibility to public (Wilson, J.) 5492-3 (Zirnhelt) 5493
- Investments
- incrementality (Nebbeling) 2489
- investment in land base (Zirnhelt) 5060
- investment plans (Krueger) 3062 (Zirnhelt) 3062
- Kootenay area (Walsh) 2239
- local communities (Wilson, G.) 2273-4, 2438
- Job creation
- bridge financing (Zirnhelt) 4951
- role of agency in job creation (Doyle) 6383 (Robertson) 4988
- tracking (Wilson, J.) 5492 (Zirnhelt) 5492
- Land-based delivery system
- Liberal Party position on agency (Giesbrecht) 2279-80 (Nebbeling) 2490 (Symons) 2525
- Monitoring of agency (Nebbeling) 5062, 5066-8 (Zirnhelt) 5062-3, 5067
- Need for changes in agency (Campbell) 2116-7
- Operations (Wilson, J.) 6023
- Power to impose stumpage levy (Wilson, G.) 3247
- Projects
- first-priority hiring for displaced forest workers (Nebbeling) 3280 (Weisgerber) 5403 (Zirnhelt) 3280, 5403
- jobs for displaced forest workers (Zirnhelt) 3442
- jobs for displaced workers, productivity of older workers (Nebbeling) 5178-80 (Zirnhelt) 5179
- local-hire policy (Neufeld) 5497-9 (Zirnhelt) 5497-9
- projects in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows (Hartley) 2342
- projects on northern Vancouver Island (Robertson) 2304
- workers, union membership issue (Nebbeling) 2490, 3442, 5079-80, 5079-81, 5084, 5152, 5156, 5178 (Zirnhelt) 5076, 5080-2
- Redirection of funds
- decision not to redirect funds to general revenue (Nettleton) 2286-7
- redirection to general revenue (Campbell) 2115 (Gingell) 6021
- redirection to non-forestry uses (Campbell) 2155, 3279-80 (Clark, C.) 2344 (Hawkins) 2178 (McGregor) 3279-80 (Reid) 2241-2
- Responsibility for regional economic development officers (Chong) 4323 (Pullinger) 4323
- Road and bridge maintenance (Zirnhelt) 5462
- Role of agency (Gingell) 2298-9 (Goodacre) 2422 (Zirnhelt) 3442
- Silviculture responsibility, transfer from Forests ministry (Wilson, J.) 5537 (Zirnhelt) 4881, 5537
- Stakeholders' participation (Nebbeling) 2490
- Study on new resources of wood fibre for remanufacturing industry (Coleman) 4964
- Training for Indians (Zirnhelt) 5335-6
- Training programs for forest workers (Wilson, J.) 3280 (Zirnhelt) 3280
- Transfer of responsibilities and staff from Forests ministry (Gingell) 2299 (Nebbeling) 2489-90 (Nettleton) 2287 (Penner) 2514 (Petter) 5492 (Zirnhelt) 5492
- Watershed restoration program See Watersheds
- Wilson, Gordon, position on agency (Farrell-Collins) 2125
- Worker transition fund (Nebbeling) 5408 (Zirnhelt) 5408
Forest Sector Strategy Advisory Committee
Forests, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 4879-91, 4906-27, 4947-68, 4994-5004, 5017-38, 5057-85, 5110-21, 5135-56, 5177-96, 5224-34, 5245-64, 5287-309, 5331-56, 5381-90, 5404-24, 5443-63, 5488-505, 5525-41
- division: motion that the Forests minister's office budget allocation be reduced by $1 (Farrell-Collins) 5381, negatived 5382
- speakers (Abbott) 5300-2, 5307, 5339-49 (Anderson) 5500-1 (Barisoff) 4960-1 (Clark, G.) 5307-8, 5331-2 (Coleman) 4961-8, 5303-6 (de Jong) 5333-9 (Farrell-Collins) 5332, 5381 (Gingell) 5192-5, 5295 (Goodacre) 5259 (Hansen) 4999-5002 (Janssen) 4926 (Krueger) 5076-8, 5500 (MacPhail) 5339, 5346 (Miller) 5498 (Nebbeling) 4881-91, 4906-16, 4920-7, 4947-54, 4994-9, 5002-4, 5017-30, 5057-71, 5079-85, 5110-20, 5135-8, 5146-56, 5177-86, 5224-34, 5245-8, 5250-64, 5287-300, 5302-3, 5381-90, 5404-17, 5443-55, 5530-4, 5539-40 (Nettleton) 5354-6, 5414-5 (Neufeld) 5494-500 (Penner) 5073-6 (Petter) 5491-2 (Reitsma) 5295, 5306-8, 5331, 5533-5 (Sanders) 5248-50, 5349-54 (Sihota) 4908 (Stephens) 5455-60 (Streifel) 5387, 5502-5, 5525-30 (Symons) 5460-2 (Thorpe) 5030-3, 5195-6 (Weisbeck) 5071-3 (Whittred) 5331 (Wilson, G.) 5138-46 (Wilson, J.) 4916-20, 4954-60, 5033-8, 5186-92, 5257-8, 5418-24, 5462-3, 5488-94, 5501-5, 5525-30, 5535-9 (Zirnhelt) 4879-81, 4884-8, 4890-1, 4907-8, 4910-25, 4947-68, 4995-5004, 5018-38, 5057-64, 5066-85, 5110-21, 5135-56, 5177-96, 5224-33, 5245-64, 5287-307, 5333, 5335-7, 5349-56, 5381-90, 5405-22, 5424, 5443-63, 5488-97, 5499-502, 5530-41
- Aboriginal liaison officers in regional offices (de Jong) 5336, 5338 (Zirnhelt) 5336
- Annual report, 1995-96, tabled (Zirnhelt) 5576
- Auditor general's report (Gingell) 5192-3 (Zirnhelt) 5193
- Budget reduction (Zirnhelt) 4881
- Chief forester See Chief forester
- Employee assistance programs (Gingell) 5295 (Zirnhelt) 5295
- Enforcement responsibility (Wilson, J.) 5492 (Zirnhelt) 5492, 5500
- Estimates debate
- staff commended (Nebbeling) 5539
- time spent (Nebbeling) 5539
- Forest revenues
- management, role of Finance ministry (Thorpe) 5195-6 (Zirnhelt) 5195-6
- projection for 1997-98 period (Gingell) 5195
- recording of revenues (Gingell) 5194 (Zirnhelt) 5194
- revenues for 1996-97 period (Gingell) 5194-5 (Zirnhelt) 5194
- "Forest Service Guiding Principles," availability of document (Anderson) 5501 (Zirnhelt) 5501
- Handling of concerns
- concerns of small forestry contractors (Wilson, J.) 5418, 5421
- public's concerns (Nebbeling) 5451-3
- Headquarters reorganization (Zirnhelt) 4881
- Information, accessibility by Indians (de Jong) 5337 (Zirnhelt) 5337
- Input to Indian treaty negotiations (Coleman) 4966 (Zirnhelt) 4966
- Land exchange policy (Nebbeling) 5530 (Zirnhelt) 5530
- Mandate and operations (Zirnhelt) 4879-81
- Multicultural initiatives (Anderson) 5500-1 (Zirnhelt) 5501
- Office location in Dawson Creek vs. Chetwynd (Wilson, J.) 5539 (Zirnhelt) 5539
- Revenue branch
- auditor general's audit (Nettleton) 5414
- bad-debt provisions (Wilson, J.) 5258 (Zirnhelt) 5258
- Risk management plans (Zirnhelt) 5193
- Silviculture expenditures (Gingell) 2140 (Hawkins) 2235 (Wilson, J.) 5537-8 (Zirnhelt) 5538
- Staff
- co-op program (Coleman) 5303 (Zirnhelt) 5303
- positions created by Forest Renewal B.C. (Wilson, J.) 5535 (Zirnhelt) 5535
- staff distribution (Coleman) 5303 (Zirnhelt) 5303
- staff level and field inspections (Gingell) 5193 (Zirnhelt) 5193
- Transfer of responsibilities and staff to Forest Renewal B.C. (Petter) 5492 (Wilson, J.) 5537 (Zirnhelt) 5492, 5537
- Workers' clothing subsidy (Nebbeling) 5533-4 (Zirnhelt) 5533
Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- (Bill 47) 1R, 4735-6; 2R, 6129-32, 6153-62; C, 6455-67, 6490-4, 6508-14; 3R, 6514; RA, 6579
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Zirnhelt) 6455, approved 6455; sec. 8 (Zirnhelt) 6458, approved 6458; to add sec. 27.1 (Zirnhelt) 6462, approved 6462; sec. 50 (Zirnhelt) 6467, approved 6467; sec. 51, 53 (Zirnhelt) 6490, approved 6490; sec. 71 (Zirnhelt) 6493, approved 6493; sec. 78 (Zirnhelt) 6494, approved 6494; sec. 81 and 91 (Zirnhelt) 6509-10, approved 6509-10; sec. 100, 101 (Zirnhelt) 6511, approved 6511; sec. 106, 115 (Zirnhelt) 6512, approved 6512; sec. 136, 140, 141 (Zirnhelt) 6513, approved 6513; to add sec. 157.1 (Zirnhelt) 6514, approved 6514; sec. 158 (Zirnhelt) 6514, approved 6514
- Debate, speakers (Abbott) 6155-7 (Hawkins) 6160-1 (Krueger) 6157-60 (Nebbeling) 6130-1, 6455-67, 6490-4, 6508-12 (Neufeld) 6131-2, 6153-4 (Wilson, J.) 6154-5, 6457-9, 6467, 6491-4, 6510-3 (Zirnhelt) 4735-6, 6129-30, 6161-2, 6455-67, 6490-4, 6508-14
- Adequacy of bill (Nebbeling) 6131
- Omissions (Krueger) 6158-9
- Purpose (Zirnhelt) 4735-6
- "Small business forest enterprise revenue," definition (Nebbeling) 6456 (Zirnhelt) 6456
Fort Nelson, B.C.
- Chopstick plant closing
- Court and probation services (Dosanjh) 2828 (Neufeld) 2828, 2897
Fort Nelson Farmers Institute
- Concerns re stumpage (Neufeld) 5494
Fort St. John, B.C.
- 100th Street and 100th Avenue, Highways ministry responsibility (Boone) 6352 (Neufeld) 6352
- Ambulance service
- garage and hospital funding (MacPhail) 3770-1, 3859 (Neufeld) 3770-1, 3859
- garage construction (MacPhail) 4145
- operation by fire department (Neufeld) 2183-4
- police report (Neufeld) 4144-5
- Municipal grant reduction (Farnworth) 3021 (Neufeld) 3021
- Municipal grant reduction, mayor's letter to Hon. Glen Clark (Neufeld) 2258
- Tax rates and infrastructure conditions (Neufeld) 2695
Fort St. John General Hospital, Fort St. John, B.C.
- Capital equipment needs (MacPhail) 3828-9 (Neufeld) 3828-9
- Intensive care unit, upgrade (Neufeld) 3829
Foster care
- Agreements with Indian bands (Priddy) 6274, 6287, 6471
- "Finding Our Way" report on youth (Anderson) 6273-4
- Foster Care 2000 document (Coell) 6291 (Priddy) 6267, 6270, 6272, 6290-1
- Foster care task force See Task Force on Safeguards for Children and Youth in Foster and Group Home Care
- Foster children
- advance-notice requirement before transferring children to another caregiver (Anderson) 6477-8 (Priddy) 6477-8
- educational and support services for youth leaving care (Anderson) 6271 (Priddy) 6271
- impact of removal from long-term placement (Anderson) 6288-9
- Indian children, number (Coell) 6287 (Priddy) 6274, 6287
- number of children available for adoption (Anderson) 6271 (Priddy) 6271
- number of foster children (Anderson) 6270-1 (Priddy) 6270-1
- number of special needs children available for adoption (Coell) 6322 (Priddy) 6322
- review of high-risk children (Coell) 6325 (Priddy) 6325
- risk assessment prior to placement (McKinnon) 6269 (Priddy) 6270
- violent children and youth (Coell) 6273 (McKinnon) 6270 (Priddy) 6270, 6273
- weighting of cultural heritage in determining best interests of the child (Anderson) 6273-4, 6477 (Priddy) 6477
- Foster homes
- categories and number (Coell) 6267 (Priddy) 6267
- need for aboriginal foster homes (Priddy) 2959
- need in Vancouver (Priddy) 2250
- non-Indian foster homes for Indian children (McKinnon) 2853 (Priddy) 2853
- standards of care (Campbell) 3628 (Coell) 3628
- Foster parents
- Government action on problems (Campbell) 2958 (Plant) 2958-9 (Priddy) 2958-9
- Guardianship issues See Guardianship
Four Corners Community Savings, Vancouver, B.C.
4-H Club
- Funding (van Dongen) 3949
Francophone Education Authority of British Columbia
- Establishment (Ramsey) 4588, 6421
- Establishment, legislation See School Amendment Act, 1997
- Expansion of Authority's boundaries (Ramsey) 6421-2 (Sanders) 6421-2
- Funding (Ramsey) 6038, 6253 (Sanders) 6038
- Hiring of teachers from outside school board (Ramsey) 6423 (Sanders) 6423
- Mandate and student enrolment (Ramsey) 6233 (Sanders) 6233
- Membership by those outside Authority's boundaries (Ramsey) 6422-3 (Sanders) 6422-3
- Operations (Ramsey) 6252-3
- School site acquisition, Authority's powers (Ramsey) 6423-5 (Sanders) 6423-5
Frank Russell Canada
- Investments performance expertise (Gingell) 4536 (Petter) 4536
Fraser Basin Council
- Work of council (McGregor) 5604 (Plant) 5604
Fraser, F. Murray
Fraser Heights Secondary School, Surrey, B.C.
- Construction of new school (McKinnon) 6143-4 (Ramsey) 6143-5
Fraser Highway
Fraser Institute
- Letter quoted on economy (Weisbeck) 2522
- Quoted on state of forest industry (Weisbeck) 2445
Fraser Pacific Forest Products Inc.
- Softwood lumber quota shortage (Penner) 5073
Fraser Regional Correctional Centre, Maple Ridge, B.C.
Fraser Valley
- See also lower mainland or Fraser Valley under particular subjects, e.g., Burrard Thermal power station
- Air quality (Clark, C.) 2860-1 (Coleman) 5376
- Education services (de Jong) 2418
- Groundwater
- Health care
- funding for South Fraser Valley (MacPhail) 3383-4 (Stephens) 3383-4, 3665
- services for area (MacPhail) 3386-7 (Penner) 3386-7
- services for Upper Fraser Valley (Penner) 3390-1
- Pollution concerns re area mushroom farms (Coleman) 2376
- Rail systems, Interurban rail line between Vancouver and Chilliwack (Penner) 5173-4
- Regional justice centre for area (de Jong) 2687, 2701 (Dosanjh) 2687, 2701, 2708-9 (Penner) 2708-9
- "Southern Freeway Corridor Study" cited and quoted (Coleman) 5376-7
- Urbanization (Miller) 4160-1 (Neufeld) 4160
Fraser Valley Refrigeration Ltd.
- Propane tax impact (van Dongen) 2717
Fraser Valley regional health board
FRBC
FRBC 2
- See Fisheries Renewal B.C.
FREDA
- See Feminist Research Education Development and Action
Free trade
- See Exports and imports; particular agreements, e.g., Canada-United States free trade agreement
Freedom of information
- Access opportunities (Campbell) 2097-8
- Requests for information, cost (Gingell) 4433-4
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Amendments (Ramsey) 6255
- Appointment of select standing committee to review act (MacPhail) 6514-5
- Exemptions (Symons) 2526
French Creek Elementary School, Coombs, B.C.
Friends in Need Food Bank
Fruit and vegetables
- Berry farms' use of bird cannons (Masi) 4014
- Grape growing in Okanagan (Thorpe) 4069
- Tree fruit industry
- government commitments to orchardists (van Dongen) 2717
- government funding (van Dongen) 2202
- orchardists' concerns (van Dongen) 3928
- problem wildlife See Wildlife
- profitability (Evans) 4012 (Weisbeck) 4012
- Tree Fruit On-line (Evans) 3985 (van Dongen) 3985
- tree fruit production guide, publication (Evans) 3985 (van Dongen) 3985
Fuel
- Alternative motor fuels
- Ethanol
- production, economic viability (McGregor) 5635-6 (Weisgerber) 5635-6
- taxation of ethanol-blend motor fuel (Gingell) 3078 (Petter) 3078
- use in motor fuel (Clark, G.) 6507
- Gasoline tax
- increase (de Jong) 4789
- project-related regional motor fuel taxes (Boone) 5282 (Neufeld) 5282
- revenues, 2 cents per litre returned to B.C. (Boone) 2228
- taxation of motor fuel (Petter) 3076
- Hydrogen fuel cell technology, commercial application See also Ballard Power Systems Inc.
- International fuel agreement, revenues and disbursements (Gingell) 4435-6 (Petter) 4435-6
- Jet fuel tax, reduction (Petter) 2107, 2545
- Propane, use as motor fuel
- cost (Neufeld) 3083 (Petter) 3079-80, 3082-3, 3109
- distributors' subsidy (Petter) 3082-4 (Weisgerber) 3083
- environmental impact (Clark, C.) 3079-81 (Gingell) 3076 (Petter) 3080-1
- expiration of tax exemption (Anderson) 2641 (Barisoff) 2727 (Campbell) 2868 (Chong) 2722 (Clark, C.) 2860-1, 3079-81 (Gingell) 2574-5, 2591, 3075, 3077-8 (Hawkins) 2863 (Jarvis) 2637 (Krueger) 2637-8, 3078-9, 3105-6 (Miller) 2605 (Neufeld) 2695-6, 3085-6, 3108-10 (Penner) 2720 (Petter) 2872, 3075-80, 3105-6, 3108, 3111 (Reitsma) 2604 (Symons) 2601 (Thorpe) 2598-9 (van Dongen) 2717 (Wilson, J.) 2733
- number of propane-powered vehicles in B.C. (Gingell) 3075-6 (Petter) 3075
- taxation (Neufeld) 3082, 3086, 3108 (Petter) 3082-5, 3106-7, 3109, 3111 (Waddell) 3110 (Weisgerber) 3084-5
- Stockpiling of MMT for use following imposition of federal restrictions (Clark, G.) 6507 (Weisgerber) 6507
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