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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
GAIN (Guaranteed Available Income for Need) program
- See B.C. Benefits program; Social welfare system
Gakhal family
Galhos, Bella
- Quoted on life in East Timor (Symons) 3275
Galloping Goose Trail
Gambling
- Addiction and problem gambling
- Alberta doctors' studies quoted (Krueger) 6404
- costs and consequences 2812 (Anderson) 2260-2 (Chong) 2824 (Clark, C.) 2812 (Coleman) 2820 (Farrell-Collins) 2805-7 (Gingell) 2665 (Hansen) 4376-7 (Hawkins) 2815-6 (Krueger) 2552, 2664-6, 3672-5, 3688-90, 4276-8, 4311-2, 4342, 4370-2, 6405-6 (MacPhail) 3672-5, 3688-9 (Miller) 4276, 4277-8, 4311-2, 4342, 4370-2 (Nebbeling) 2822 (Priddy) 6405 (Sanders) 2981
- costs and consequences, comparison with smoking (Hawkins) 6111 (Krueger) 6112-4 (Sanders) 6114-5 (Wilson, G.) 6117
- cross-addictions (Krueger) 6406
- "Diagnosis, Neurobiology and Treatment of Pathological Gambling," report quoted (Krueger) 6403
- impact on children (Krueger) 3963-5, 6404
- impact on families (Hawkins) 2752 (Hurd) 2713 (Krueger) 2432 (Sanders) 2753
- impact on women (Clark, C.) 2751-2 (Krueger) 3381 (Whittred) 2752
- incidence (Krueger) 6403
- incidence among children and youth (de Jong) 2801 (Krueger) 6403-4 (Miller) 2801 (Priddy) 6405
- letter from Minister of Children and Families quoted (Krueger) 6404
- link with family violence (Clark, C.) 2799-800 (Hammell) 2712, 2799-800 (Krueger) 2269 (Stephens) 2712, 2799 (Whittred) 2712
- links with criminal activity (Dosanjh) 4629-30, 5641 (Krueger) 5641 (Plant) 4629-30
- provincial addictions advisory committee (Krueger) 6433 (Priddy) 6433
- suicide as a result of gambling addiction (Krueger) 6404
- treatment for problem gamblers (Clark, C.) 2751 (Hammell) 2751-3 (Krueger) 6403-4, 6406, 6432-4 (Priddy) 6404-6, 6433-4
- treatment, ministerial responsibility (Krueger) 4576 (Streifel) 4576
- treatment programs (Anderson) 4384 (Campbell) 6577 (Clark, C.) 2804 (Clark, G.) 6577 (Dosanjh) 2949, 2952 (Hammell) 2804, 3381 (Hansen) 4379 (Krueger) 2949, 2952, 4305-6, 4372-5 (Miller) 4305-6, 4374-5, 4379
- Bingo
- electronic bingo (Miller) 3230-1 (Wilson, G.) 3230
- linked bingo (Krueger) 4312-3 (Miller) 4312-3
- linked bingo and other new technologies (Miller) 4338-9 (Wilson, G.) 4338-9
- types of bingo games available in B.C. (Miller) 4334 (Wilson, G.) 4334
- Casinos
- advertising standards (Hansen) 4379 (Miller) 4379
- alcoholic beverage service (Krueger) 4309-10 (Miller) 4309-10
- automatic teller and Interact machines in casinos (Krueger) 4310, 4312 (Miller) 4310, 4312
- casino applications, status (Dosanjh) 2947, 2951-2 (Krueger) 2947, 2951-2
- casino styles (Weisgerber) 2501-2
- destination casinos, source-of-wager projections (Krueger) 4304 (Miller) 4304
- establishment, input from designated and adjacent communities (Krueger) 4347-8 (Miller) 4282-3, 4347 (Weisgerber) 4282-3
- jobs for B.C. workers (Miller) 4312
- number in B.C. (Farnworth) 3603 (Krueger) 3603-4, 4285 (Miller) 4285 (Stephens) 2355
- Vegas-style casinos (Hansen) 4377 (Krueger) 4272-5 (Miller) 4273-5
- Windsor experience (Krueger) 4303-4, 4306-7, 4309, 4346, 4373 (Miller) 4276, 4303-4, 4306-7, 4346, 4373
- Charity gaming
- casino bet limits and hours (Miller) 2588
- raffles (Gingell) 4387 (Krueger) 4386-8 (Miller) 4386-8
- sharing of revenues with government (Miller) 2588 (Wilson, G.) 2588
- Club Keno
- machines in bars and pubs (de Jong) 4736-7 (Miller) 4736-7
- machines in Vancouver (Krueger) 4340, 4345-6, 4698-9, 4704-5 (Miller) 4340, 4345-6, 4382, 4698-9, 4704-5
- machines, ownership (Krueger) 4706 (Miller) 4706
- promotion and marketing of game (Krueger) 4724-7 (Miller) 4724-7
- public opinion study on game (Krueger) 4340, 4707 (Miller) 4340, 4707
- Crime and gambling (Dosanjh) 5735 (Krueger) 4276, 4342-4, 4347, 4376, 4388-9, 5735, 6404 (Miller) 4276, 4342-4, 4347, 4388-9
- Expansion in B.C.
- basis for decision to expand (Anderson) 4386 (Miller) 4386
- community consultation (Dalton) 2295
- community referendums (Miller) 2507 (Neufeld) 2507 (Walsh) 2240-1
- consultation (Penner) 2512
- consultation, prior consultations (Krueger) 4375 (Miller) 4333-4 (Wilson, G.) 4333-4
- consultation with interest groups (Hammell) 2783 (Stephens) 2818 (Thorpe) 2783
- expansion (Campbell) 2098, 2117 (Coell) 2176 (Krueger) 4629, 6404 (Miller) 4629 (Randall) 2495 (Sanders) 2168 (Wilson, G.) 2122-3
- free vote in Legislature (Wilson, G.) 2123
- government plans (Hawkins) 2752 (Miller) 6409
- government plans, ministers' input (Krueger) 3966
- government policy (Cashore) 3437-8, 3484-7 (Krueger) 3437, 3484-7
- hard-core vs. soft-core gaming (Krueger) 4277 (Miller) 4277
- impact on charitable gaming operations (Krueger) 4344-6 (Miller) 4334-5, 4344-6 (Wilson, G.) 4334-5, 4338
- impact on income assistance caseload (Krueger) 4575-6 (Streifel) 4576
- impact on jobs (Krueger) 4287 (Pullinger) 4287
- impact on local economy (Clark, C.) 2136 (McKinnon) 2337
- impact on municipal costs (Farnworth) 3603 (Krueger) 3603
- impact on police and court resources (Dosanjh) 2947-9 (Krueger) 2947-9
- impact studies (Campbell) 6576-7 (Clark, G.) 6577
- implementation (Miller) 2713 (Wilson, G.) 2588, 2713
- interministerial activities (Anderson) 4384 (Hansen) 4379, 4381 (Miller) 4379, 4381
- issues and concerns (Clark, C.) 2343 (Coell) 2335 (Gingell) 2145 (Krueger) 2174, 2262-9 (Wilson, G.) 2269-70, 2272
- job creation projections (Hansen) 4377 (Krueger) 4351, 4369 (Miller) 4351, 4369
- legislative authority (Krueger) 4342-4 (Miller) 4342-4
- Liberal Party position (Farrell-Collins) 2806, 2810 (Hammell) 2805 (Ramsey) 2807-8
- local approval (Boone) 2548 (Farnworth) 3681, 3812-3 (Weisgerber) 3812-3
- ministerial responsibility (Gingell) 2665 (Hammell) 2664-5, 2783 (Miller) 4332-3 (Priddy) 2666 (Thorpe) 2783 (Wilson, G.) 4332-3
- NDP convention delegates' positions (Farrell-Collins) 2806-7
- NDP government position (Farrell-Collins) 2810 (Hammell) 2803, 2805
- NDP MLAs' positions (Clark, C.) 2137 (Coleman) 2376 (Farrell-Collins) 2126-7 (Krueger) 3964
- NDP position while in opposition and as government (Krueger) 4272-4 (Miller) 4273-4
- opinion polling (Krueger) 4474 (Petter) 4474-5
- petition to prohibit certain kinds of facilities (Miller) 4369 (Reitsma) 4369
- petitions tabled (Krueger) 2433 (van Dongen) 2433, 2589
- physical improvements to existing facilities, costs (Miller) 4336-7 (Wilson, G.) 4336-7
- public input and referendums (Krueger) 4307 (Miller) 4306-7
- public position (Krueger) 6409
- Ramsey, Hon. Paul, position (Farrell-Collins) 2808
- referendum (Boone) 2548 (Weisgerber) 2502
- request-for-proposal process (Krueger) 4284 (Miller) 4284-5
- role of municipalities (Campbell) 6577-8 (Clark, G.) 6577-8
- social and economic impacts (Anderson) 4382-3, 4385-6 (Krueger) 4310-2, 4341, 4346-7, 4349, 4371-2 (Miller) 4310-2, 4341, 4346-7, 4349
- trust fund for additional revenues (Miller) 4337-8 (Wilson, G.) 4337-8
- use of term "modest" to describe increased gaming opportunities (Krueger) 4369-70
- Gambling by Indians
- Gambling on Indian land
- aboriginal gaming rights (Cashore) 2222-3 (Weisgerber) 2222-3
- application of provincial laws (Cashore) 3484 (Jarvis) 3484
- concerns (Cashore) 3437, 3484-8 (de Jong) 3487-8 (Krueger) 3437, 3484-7
- economic role (Krueger) 4311 (Miller) 4311
- expansion, consultation with neighbouring municipalities (Abbott) 3681
- expansion, public input (Dalton) 2295-6
- on-reserve facilities (Miller) 4283 (Weisgerber) 4283
- provincial authority (Abbott) 3680-1
- revenue source for bands (Cashore) 2801 (de Jong) 2801
- Government plans (Krueger) 2639
- Government policy (Cashore) 2385 (Clark, G.) 2113 (Dalton) 2295 (Krueger) 2113, 2262-8 (Waddell) 2133
- Government-sponsored gambling (Weisgerber) 2225
- Illegal gambling, funding of police and prosecution efforts (Dosanjh) 2582 (Plant) 2582
- Illegal or "grey" electronic gaming machines (Krueger) 4343 (Miller) 4281-2, 4343 (Weisgerber) 4281-2
- Impact
- impact on small businesses in area (Krueger) 4287 (Pullinger) 4287
- impact on tourist numbers (Reitsma) 4287
- Income levels of players (Krueger) 4349 (Miller) 4280-1, 4349 (Weisgerber) 4280
- Information, centralized resource database (Hansen) 4381 (Miller) 4381
- Jurisdictional authority of province (Anderson) 4383, 4385 (Hansen) 4381-2 (Krueger) 4310, 4340, 4345-6, 4348-51, 4704-5 (Miller) 4340, 4345-6, 4348-51, 4381-2, 4704-5
- Legalization, impact on illegal operations (Hansen) 4377
- Liberal Party position (Boone) 2548 (Doyle) 2473 (Hammell) 2752 (Miller) 2713
- Lotteries
- children as purchasers or recipients of lottery tickets (Krueger) 4709 (Miller) 4709
- international and interjurisdictional lotteries (Hansen) 4709, 4727-8 (Miller) 4709, 4727-8
- lottery advisory committee, role and terms of office (Miller) 4331-3 (Wilson, G.) 4331-3
- resale of tickets outside B.C. (Dosanjh) 2743
- Lottery ticket printing contract for Kamloops firm See Pollard Banknote (B.C.) Ltd.
- Morality and gambling (Anderson) 4383-4 (Miller) 4384-5
- Policing of gaming facilities, jurisdictional concerns (Dalton) 4389-90 (Miller) 4390
- Policy changes by NDP government (Sihota) 4380
- Regulation, 1994 press release quoted (Krueger) 4342
- Research
- Canadian research and screening tools, gambling addiction (Krueger) 6406 (Priddy) 6405, 6433
- proposed University of B.C. centre for addiction studies (Krueger) 4374, 6433 (Priddy) 6433
- research into impact of gambling expansion (Krueger) 6406 (Priddy) 6406
- Revenues from gambling
- benefits from gambling revenues (Krueger) 6405-6 (Priddy) 6405
- projected increase (Krueger) 4351 (Miller) 4351
- retaining and attracting of gambling dollars (Hansen) 4378 (Krueger) 4275 (Miller) 4275
- revenues to government (Krueger) 4284-5, 4347 (Miller) 4279-80, 4284-5, 4347 (Weisgerber) 4279
- revenues to government, allocation (Krueger) 4704 (Miller) 4704
- revenues to government during 1992-96 period (Krueger) 4369-70
- revenue-sharing between local and provincial governments (Farnworth) 3604 (Krueger) 3604, 4348 (Miller) 4348
- revenue-splitting between government and charities (Krueger) 4344-6 (Miller) 4335-8, 4344-6 (Wilson, G.) 4335-8
- Role in tourism industry (Krueger) 4286 (Pullinger) 4286
- Security against theft in gaming establishments (Dosanjh) 3281 (Krueger) 3280-1 (Miller) 3281
- Select standing committee for gambling issues (Wilson, G.) 2089, 2122-3
- Slot machines
- Social clubs, delicensing (Dosanjh) 4630
- Social costs (Krueger) 4707 (Miller) 4707
- Video lottery terminals
Game farming
Game hunting
Games
- See Multisport games under Sports; particular games, e.g. North American Indigenous Games
Ganges, B.C.
Garden City Community Hospice Society (Richmond)
- Hospice construction (Reid) 2511
Gardom, Hon. Garde B.
Gary Williams and Associates
- "An Analysis of Intergovernmental Transfers" quoted on municipal grant reductions (Abbott) 2566 (Reitsma) 2604, 3068 (Stephens) 2869 (Weisbeck) 2726
Gas Protection Systems, Inc.
- Partnership agreement with B.C. (Hartley) 3611-2
Gawthrop, Dan
- Affirmation: The AIDS Odyssey of Dr. Peter cited (Stevenson) 5993
George Elliot Secondary School, Winfield, B.C.
- School reconstruction (Ramsey) 6177 (Weisbeck) 6176-7
Gibbenhuck, Javad
- Hepatitis C case cited (Thorpe) 2310-1
Gibson, Gordon
- Paper tabled on national unity project (Wilson, G.) 6563
Gibsons, B.C.
- Bypass (Boone) 5396 (Wilson, G.) 5395-6
- Restructuring status (Wilson, G.) 3879
Giesbrecht, Helmut (Skeena)
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., role in Kitimat economy 6565
- B.C., northern B.C., impact of government spending policies 2280
- Budget, 1997-98 budget, content 2278-9
- Clark, Christy, visit to Skeena constituency 3169
- Education spending in B.C. 2278
- Employment, jobs created 2278-9
- Fisheries, sport fishing angling fee increase 3169
- Forest Renewal B.C., Liberal Party position on agency 2279-80
- Government
- federal transfer payments to provinces 4423-4
- public expectations 4423-5
- Health care spending in B.C. 2278
- Industrial Development Amendment Act, 1997
- Kemano completion project, cancellation, impact 6565
- Kitimat, impact of Kemano completion project cancellation 6565
- Legislature, role of opposition 2277
- Liberal Party
- MLAs, number 2280
- Multilateral agreement on investment 4424
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government 2279
- Returning of calls from public 2279
- School portables, use in lower mainland 2278
- Skeena constituency, issues and concerns 2280
- Throne speech debate 2277-80
- Tourism B.C., agreement with provincial government 2279
- Tourism British Columbia Act
- Tourism industry in B.C. 3169-70
Gillespie, Evelyn (Comox Valley)
- Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia Act, debate 6584
- B.C. Benefits program, family bonus program 2253
- Budget debate 2252-3
- Children
- child care, actions taken by NDP government 2816
- child protection initiatives 2253
- child's rights and interests, putting children first 2628
- Children and Families ministry
- Clayton, Margaret, tribute 2471
- Comox Valley area
- capital improvements 2252-3
- health care services 2252
- issues and concerns 2471-2
- Cumberland, May Day celebrations 2847-8
- Employment and unemployment
- job creation during NDP administration 2472
- jobs for B.C. workers 2253
- Families, financial assistance for low-income families 2253
- Fisheries, Comox Valley fishery, commercial and recreational importance 2253
- Hammell, Hon. Sue, performance as Women's Equality minister 2816-7
- Health care
- CT scanner for northern Vancouver Island 2472
- services in Comox Valley 2252
- Kingsley, Cherry, work on youth issues 5621
- Labour, workers killed and injured on job 2847-8
- May Day, significance 2847-8
- MLAs, contributions of former MLAs 6584
- NDP government, 1997-98 objectives 2252-3
- Poverty, needs of poor people 2253
- Role in consultations with sport fishing industry (Clark, C.) 5665-6 (Evans) 4073-4 (McGregor) 5665-6 (van Dongen) 4074
- School district 71 (Comox Valley), growth 2472
- Schools, capital funding projects in Comox Valley 2252-3
- Throne speech debate 2471-3
- Women
- business loans to women in business 2816
- health issues, hospital childbirth practices 2816
- Women's Equality ministry
- estimates debate 2816-7
- mandate and responsibilities, advocacy for women's issues 2816-7
- Women's Resource Centre, role in development of women's lending circle 2816
- Youth
- jobs for young people 2253
- marginalization of young people 5621-2
Gingell, Fred (Delta South)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 3415-6
- Adoption, adoptive families with special needs children
- allowance to adoptive parents 2299
- petition tabled 2154
- regulation 2145
- Agricultural land development fund 2915-6
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 4072-3
- Air, greenhouse gas levels, reduction 5702-6
- AirCare program 5704-5
- Alberta Securities Commission, initiative with B.C. on shared registration procedures 4503
- Alcohol sales, regulation 2299
- Assessment Appeal Board, operations 3917-9
- Assessment Authority of B.C.
- annual reports, filing with Clerks of the House 3916-8
- appeals process, transfer of operating costs from Municipal Affairs ministry 2573, 2591, 2917-8
- revenue sources 2917
- Assessor of Area No. 08 v. International Paper Industries Ltd., decision 2574
- Attorney General ministry
- Auditor general report on severance practices in government ministries and Crown corporations 5695-6, 5889
- Automobiles
- alternative-fuel and zero-emission vehicles 5702-4
- insurance, no-fault insurance, government plans 2298
- photo radar use in speed monitoring, implementation criteria 2882
- traffic safety initiatives 2144
- Bonds, B.C. bond issues, diversification strategy 4796
- Bre-X Minerals Ltd., stock devaluation 4510, 4533
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, sale and leaseback of government properties 4684-5
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- borrowing authority increase 6344-5
- subsidization, government subsidy 6345
- traffic volumes 5432-3
- vessels, fast ferries
- emissions concerns 5705-6
- environmental and health concerns 6345
- use 2147
- use on Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay route 6344-5
- vessels, Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo route, type of vessel 5705
- B.C. Hydro and Power Authority
- debt
- debt 2140
- estimate used in 1997-98 Finance ministry budget, revision 2433
- dividend paid to government 4846, 5053-4
- planning for contingencies 5054-5
- rates 5053-5
- B.C. OnLine, service 4686, 4688
- B.C. Rail Ltd., financial operations 5104-8
- B.C. Railway Group, operations 5107-8
- B.C. School Districts Capital Financing Authority, expenditures 2140-1
- B.C. Securities Commission, operations 4503-12
- B.C. Systems Corporation
- disposition of information technology services to non-government operator 4537-8
- winding up of business 4537-8, 4540, 4684-6
- B.C. Teachers Federation, participation in forum on role of Education ministry and school districts 6079
- B.C. Transit Corporation, operations 5170-1, 5175
- Budget
- debate 2108-9, 2139-49
- 1995-96 budget
- 1996-97 budget
- overexpenditures, funding by special warrant 2212
- preparation process, availability and use of information on anticipated 1995-96 revenue shortfalls 4714-6
- revenue forecasts 2108-9
- truth issue 2109
- 1997-98 budget
- borrowing requirement 4431, 4796
- projected deficit 2140, 2152
- revenues, inclusion of anticipated profits from asset dispositions 4540
- budget surpluses, projections for 1996-2000 period 4794
- special warrants, use to defray all 1996-97 overexpenditures 2212
- use of interim supply 4845-6
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2572-5, 2589-92, 2915-8, 2923, 2925-6, 2928, 2961-6, 3002-3, 3075-8, 3084, 3111-4, 3130-1
- Business
- buy-out of retiring employee's shares 5631
- employee investments 5630, 5714
- employee investments in non-registered partnerships 5629
- employee venture capital corporations, eligible investments 5631, 5713
- startups, government funding 4534-5
- Canadian Securities Administrators, activities 4507
- Celtic Shipyards Ltd., assessment appeal case 3917-9
- Chief investment officer, activities and investments 4531-6
- Children, special needs children, allowance to adoptive parents 2299
- Civil service
- employees
- public sector
- pension plans, early retirement options 5928
- public sector employment contracts, termination provisions for exempt employees 5695-6, 5889-94
- re-employment of terminated employee 5894
- Columbia River Treaty downstream benefits entitlement agreement, power returned to B.C. 5055
- Commission of inquiry into the Vancouver Stock Exchange and securities regulation, findings and recommendations 4506-7
- Comptroller general, activities 4436-8
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4757-9
- selection of new commissioner 4757-9
- Consumers, taxes and user fees 2146
- Cooperatives, pensions and investments by employees of cooperative associations 5628-9
- Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2872-3, 3134-6
- Corporations
- capital tax
- income tax, national collection system 4434
- taxation legislation, national standardization 3134-5
- Corrections system, youth custody centres, planning costs for suspended capital projects 2216
- Court fines, collectibility 2883
- Courthouse closings 2145
- Cowichan tribes, tax revenues from on-reserve tobacco sales 6096
- Credit rating
- Crime, criminal-record checks of people who work with children, cost 2146, 2883
- Crown corporations
- dividends to government 2141
- financial involvement in Four Corners Community Savings 6502
- governance 2143-4
- Crown land
- improvements on leased land, transfer tax issue 5717-8
- sales 4540
- Dairy industry, regulation of milk and milk production 3185
- Debt, public debt
- debt as percentage of gross domestic product 2142
- debt during NDP administration 2141
- debt management 2112
- debt management plan, name change 4722
- direct debt 4722-3, 4793-4
- provincial line of credit, rate paid 4444
- Delta
- east Delta bypass 5432
- farmland repurchase by owners of expropriated land 2141
- municipal grant reduction 2573
- Nordel completion project 5433
- traffic volumes 5432-3
- Delta Hospice Society, programs and services 4422
- Drugs, reference-based pricing, economic impact 2147
- Ebco Aerospace Inc., government investment in company 4535
- Economy of B.C. 2397, 4795
- Education
- career and personal planning program in schools, petition tabled 5811
- curriculum development 6081-3
- extended days and year-round instruction 2142-3
- funding, adult basic education funding 2143
- performance measurement 6078-83
- targeted funding for administration and special programs 6080
- Education, Skills and Training ministry
- estimates debate 6078-83
- forum on roles and responsibilities of Education ministry and school districts 6078-9
- Employee Investment Act, purpose 5713-4
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 4055-6, 4387, 5053-6, 5104-8, 6496-501, 6503-4
- Enquiry B.C., future of service 2143
- Environment
- environmental protection, NDP government policy 3076
- pollution abatement improvements tax exemption incentive 2574, 2592, 3112-3, 3131
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 5699-700, 5702-6, 5800-3
- Export trade, United States tariff on softwood lumber 5056
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, decision on B.C. power marketing certificate application 5055
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- estimates debate 4431-44, 4469-70, 4475-9, 4503-11, 4530-40, 4608, 4637, 4640-2, 4648, 4677, 4683-8, 4711-6, 4722-3, 4793-7
- accountability initiative 4477-8
- accounting policies 2103
- annual report for 1996-97, availability 4435
- cabinet policy and communications secretariat, operations 4469-70, 4475-6
- credibility of ministry 4431, 4794
- loan administration branch, collections on behalf of B.C. Securities Commission 4511
- revenue division, operations 4434-5
- Financial Administration Act, review and update 4437
- Financial Institutes Commission, review of Four Corners Community Savings 6496-7
- Fisheries Renewal Act, debate 6021-2, 6356, 6360, 6362
- Fisheries Renewal B.C.
- accountability 6021
- audit, consultation with auditor general 6362
- board operations 6356
- business plan, submission date 6021-2, 6362
- expenditures, incrementality 6021, 6360
- projects and program delivery, expenditures 6360
- Fisheries, sport fishing angling fees, disposition of revenues 2146
- Forest industry
- costs, impact on investment plans 3061
- criminal actions re forest resources, reporting 5193
- cut-to-cruise reconciliations 5193
- issues 2148
- log transport, load description slips 5194
- stumpage, recognition point 5194
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- budget to include Forests ministry expenditures 2140
- funds, redirecting surplus to general revenue 6021
- role of agency 2298-9
- transfer of functions from Forests ministry 2299
- Forests ministry
- Four Corners Bank, business plan 2141-2
- Four Corners Community Savings
- advisory board, election process 6501
- deposits and depositors 6497, 6503-4
- loans policy 6497-8
- operations, current and future activities 6496-501
- Freedom of information, cost of information requests 4433-4
- Fuel
- alternative motor fuels
- ethanol-blend motor fuel, taxation 3078
- international fuel agreement, revenues and disbursements 4435-6
- propane, use as motor fuel
- Gambling
- addiction, costs and consequences 2665
- charity raffles 4386-8
- expansion in B.C.
- impact on women 2665
- issues and concerns 2145
- ministerial responsibility 2665
- Gold River, economy of area 2397
- Government
- accountability of senior personnel 4477-8
- accounting
- accounting methods, expenditures moved from consolidated revenue fund 2299-300
- accounts receivable, collections by outside agents 4444
- corporate accounting system, centralization initiative 4438
- disclosure of staff utilization 2923
- expenditures moved from consolidated revenue fund 2591
- forecasting of daily cash balances 4442
- off-budget recording of expenditures 2140-1
- policies, recording of revenues from corporate income tax 2091-2
- policy on corporation income tax 2572
- treatment of asset sales and leasebacks 4687-8
- treatment of future and anticipated revenues 4712-5
- valuation of fully depreciated assets 4538-41
- assets
- downloading of costs to other agencies 2573-4
- federal transfers to provinces, reduction
- amount of payment 2962, 2965
- Liberal Party position 2572
- memo from federal government on 1997 transfer payments 4713-4
- reduction 2146
- financial management plan 2142, 2299, 4722-3, 4793-5
- information
- computerized systems, millennium compliance 4438
- electronic databases, private sector management of third-party access 4686-7
- insurance coverage, risk management program 4443
- public accountability 6547-8
- revenues
- contributions from government enterprises 4684
- revenue enhancement, current projects 4688
- shortfalls, impact on social programs 2139
- softwood countervail refunds 4713
- spending
- 1996-97 capital spending freeze, review 2142
- capital expenditures, inclusion of repayment requirements in future deficits 2152
- capital projects, 1997-98 targets 4795
- capital spending levels 4478-9
- vehicles
- leasing 2141
- sale of current fleet, valuation issue 4538-9
- Habitat conservation fund, use of funds 2146
- Health care, regional health boards and community health councils, employer status for pension plan purposes 5928
- Health ministry
- estimates debate 5170-1, 5175-6
- minister's role in amendments to Public Sector Employers Act 5695
- Highways and roads
- maintenance contracts 2143
- secondary highways, withdrawal of provincial funding 6347
- Hospice care 4421-3, 4479
- Hotel room tax, refund overpayments, reassessments 2926
- Hughes, Ted, meeting re conflict-of-interest legislation 4757
- Human Resources ministry
- estimates debate 4622-3
- regional offices, closings
- Immigration, B.C. investment fund for immigrant investors 4055-6
- Indians, skills training, federal funding for off-reserve Indians 3415-6
- Industrial incentive fund, amount and loans 2928
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- claims, windshield repairs and replacements 4640-2
- computer systems, millennium-compliance issue 4637
- premium freeze, impact on corporate operations 2143-4
- road safety responsibilities transferred from Transportation and Highways ministry 2591
- vendor authorization policies, glass repairers 4640-2
- Internet, commercial activity, tax collection issues 4432, 4434
- Investment Dealers Association, regulatory functions, effectiveness 4506-7
- Investments, government encouragement 2300
- Job Protection Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2397-8
- Job protection commissioner, extension of mandate 2397
- Justice system, courts, role of benchers 2882
- Kemano completion project, settlement agreement, cost 2141
- Land and resource management process 5801
- Laxton, John, employment arrangements 5889
- Legislation, descriptive vs. prescriptive model for future legislation 3185
- Legislature
- estimates process 2665, 4432, 4503, 4845-6
- legislative calendar 4847
- select standing committees
- sittings, days not sat during 1997 session 4845-6
- Letter to Mike Harcourt quoted on conflict-of-interest commissioner 4757
- McArthur, Doug, meeting re conflict-of-interest legislation 4757
- MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., investment plans 3061
- Martel, Colleen, income assistance deduction, case 4526
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4757-9
- MLAs
- motivation 2298
- participation of all members in House business 6548
- workload 6548-9
- Milk Industry Amendment Act, 1997, debate 3185
- Mining industry, issues 2148
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 3942-3, 5628-31, 5713-4, 5716-8
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1997, debate 6344-5, 6347
- Mitchell, David, appointment as conflict-of-interest commissioner 4757-8
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates debate 3916-9
- Municipalities
- employee pension plan, changes 5928
- grants from provincial government
- 1994 debate, NDP MLAs' comments 2573-4
- Nemetz, Nathaniel T., recommendations on public sector termination standards 5891
- NDP government
- Niessen, Debra, government employee fraud conviction case 4228
- Ontario Securities Commission, position on national model for securities regulation 4504
- Parks
- new parks, development and management 5801-2
- visitor services, monitoring 5803
- Parks branch, development and management of protected areas 5800-3
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5928
- Pensions, rationalization of pension legislation across Canada 5716
- Petter, Hon. Andrew
- actions while Forests minister to notify Finance minister of anticipated shortfalls in 1995-96 forestry revenues 4711-2
- call for resignation as Finance minister 3229
- Polyurethane spray, taxability 4435
- Power for Jobs program, legal issues re two-tiered pricing structure 5055-6
- Powerex Corporation, access to United States energy markets 5055
- Premier's Office, estimates debate 6547-9
- Property transfer tax, valuation of industrial improvements, legislative amendments 3942, 5717-8
- Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 1997
- Public Sector Employers Council, severance standards, incorporation of common-law practices 5892
- Public Service Employee Relations Commission, 1996-97 budget, overexpenditures 2212
- Rangeland, grazing enhancement special account 2925
- Real property tax, taxing of property acquired as raffle prize 4387
- Recycling, deposit system for beverage containers, property tax exemption for depots 3114
- Resource industries, resource industries, security of tenure, requirement to encourage investment 2398
- Roberts Bank backup lands
- disposition of unused portion of expropriated farmland 4540
- tenure, status of negotiations 4072-3
- Sakalauskas, Al, capital spending management role 4478
- Sales tax on manufacturing inputs 2148
- Saunders, Cicely, role in hospice movement 4421
- School district lands, sale of surplus sites 2143
- Schools boards, fundraising 6080
- Scrap It program, number of vehicles scrapped 5705
- Securities Commission, funding of securities fraud office 2883
- Securities industry
- fraud, investigation and prevention 4510, 4512
- national regulatory regime 4503-4
- securities fraud office, establishment 2883
- Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings 6547-9
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4758-9
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, meetings 6547-9
- Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program
- ministerial responsibility 3130
- transfer of responsibilities to B.C. Housing Management Commission 3130
- Small business forest enterprise program 1995-96 revenue forecasts, projections vs. actuals 4711-2
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, Tourism ministry expenditures, recording 2140
- Small claims court, right of individuals to represent others in court 3942-3
- Smith, Brian R.D., employment arrangements 5889
- Social welfare system, income assistance, reduced payment levels for thalidomide victim receiving settlement compensation 4526
- Speech therapy services, withdrawal during school holidays 6009
- Student loan program, collection on defaulted loans 4441-2, 4444
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2212, 2216
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4844-7
- Taxation
- assessments based on information from outside sources 6096
- tax rates, marginal tax rate in B.C. 2147
- tax refunds, reassessment, legislative amendment 2574
- taxes in B.C., impact on investment 2397-8
- uncollected taxes 4434
- Teachers, performance measurement 6083
- Throne speech debate 2298-300
- Tobacco tax
- increase on loose tobacco 3131
- revenues to province, collections and recoveries from sales of untaxed tobacco 6096
- Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6096
- Trade union certification votes, elimination of secret ballot 2148
- Transit, rail systems 5170
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- estimates debate 5432-3
- recording of highway maintenance expenditures 2140
- Treasury Board, operations 4469, 4477-8, 4540
- Vancouver Stock Exchange, regulatory activities 4505-6
- Vancouver Wharves Ltd., 1996 profits 5107
- Waste management, sewage pollution prevention, Victoria harbour and Gorge waterway 5699-700
- Women's Equality ministry, estimates debate 2665
- Workers Compensation Board
- executive severance pay-outs 5894
- fund, investment activity 4531-2
- royal commission to review operations 2144
- World Trade Organization, position on domestic subsidies 5055-6
Gingrich, Newt
- Comparison with Gordon Campbell (Bowbrick) 2330
Glendale Lodge, Victoria, B.C.
- Closing (Coell) 3398 (MacPhail) 3398
- Site, land use plan (Coleman) 5089 (Miller) 5089
Glenshiel Housing Society
Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ont.)
- Article quoted on storm-watching industry (Reitsma) 4291
- McDiarmid, Robert, quoted on election promises (Abbott) 2232
- News reports quoted on B.C. economy (Miller) 4193
Going Places: Transportation for British Columbians
- Report cited and quoted on provincial transportation issues (Barisoff) 5201 (Neufeld) 5277-8, 5280
Gold River, B.C.
- Economy of area (Gingell) 2397 (Miller) 4058
- Forest industry activity (Nebbeling) 2391 (Zirnhelt) 2390-1
- Future of town (Nebbeling) 2378-9
Golden, B.C.
- Forest industry activity in area (Zirnhelt) 2390-1
- Railway taxation revenue (Abbott) 3885-6
Golden Eagle power project
- Memorandum of understanding with B.C. (Farrell-Collins) 5049-50 (Miller) 5049-50
Good Roads Cost Less See Highway maintenance under Highways and roads
Goodacre, Bill (Bulkley Valley-Stikine)
- Budget debate 2421-2
- Bulkley Valley-Stikine constituency, land use plan for area 2421-2
- Business, small business, role in job creation 2095
- Canada's cultural diversity 2096
- Education, protection of B.C. system 2097
- Employment, jobs for B.C. workers 2095-7
- Environmental protection, future goals 2096
- Families, needs of B.C. families 2097
- Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome, incidence and impact 4027-9
- Film industry, jobs 2095
- Fisheries, stream rehabilitation 2096
- Food banks, use by those in need 2464
- Food Donor Encouragement Act, debate 2464
- Forest industry, Bulkley Valley timber supply area, resource board 2421-2
- Forest Practices Code, purpose 2421
- Forest Renewal B.C., role of agency 2422
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 5259
- Indians, future opportunities 2096-7
- Jobs and timber accord 2421
- Land use planning process, objectives 2421-2
- Nisga'a treaty, finalization of agreement 2096
- Poverty, being poor in Canada 2464
- Recycling, deposit-refund system for beverage containers 2096
- Repap British Columbia Inc., potential closing, impact on community 5259
- Throne speech debate 2095-7
- Tourism British Columbia Act, debate 3179
- Trueman, Carlie, training of judges re fetal alcohol effect/syndrome 4028-9
- Violence, family violence 2097
- Wages, minimum wage rate 2095-6
- Watershed restoration projects, Forest Renewal B.C. funding 2421
- Youth, jobs for young people 2095
Goodgame, Bob
- Cardiac surgery wait-list case (Abbott) 2250
Goodman, Robert
- Free Press article on gambling quoted (Krueger) 4372
Gordon Head Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.
- Student letter quoted re deposits on aluminum cans (McGregor) 2487
Gordon Head Lions Club
- Youth activity park, funding (Chong) 4364-5
Gordon, Peter
- Report on ski-lift accident, recommendations (Farnworth) 3710 (Waddell) 3708-9
Gove, Thomas J.
- Cited and quoted on independence of children's commissioner (Dosanjh) 3973, 3989-90 (McKinnon) 3957, 3973
- Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry See name of commission
Government
- Accommodation costs (Coleman) 5087 (Miller) 5087
- Accountability of senior personnel (Gingell) 4477-8 (Petter) 4477-8
- Accounting
- accounting methods (Reitsma) 2550
- corporate accounting system, centralization initiative (Gingell) 4438-9 (Petter) 4438-9 (Thorpe) 4438-9
- disclosure of staff utilization (Chong) 2924 (Gingell) 2923 (Petter) 2923-4
- expenditures moved from consolidated revenue fund (Campbell) 2155 (Gingell) 2140-1, 2299-300, 2591 (Hawkins) 2235-6 (Krueger) 2173 (McKinnon) 2336 (Plant) 2423 (Symons) 2193, 2599 (Weisgerber) 2226 (Whittred) 2253
- policy on corporation income tax (Gingell) 2572
- recording of full-time-equivalent employees in public accounts (Barisoff) 2726 (Penner) 2718
- recording of revenues from corporate income tax (Gingell) 2091-2 (MacPhail) 2091-2
- shifting of costs to other areas (Anderson) 2642 (Barisoff) 2729 (Jarvis) 3132 (Symons) 2524
- treatment of asset sales and leasebacks (Gingell) 4687-8 (Petter) 4687-8
- treatment of future and anticipated revenues (Gingell) 4712-5 (Petter) 4712-5
- valuation of fully depreciated assets (Gingell) 4538-41 (Petter) 4538-40
- Accounts receivable collections by outside agents (Gingell) 4444 (Petter) 4444
- Advertising
- advertising re Indian treaty negotiations process (Cashore) 3332 (de Jong) 3332
- need (Symons) 2526
- Agencies, boards and commissions, selection of board members (Boone) 3176 (Pullinger) 3240, 3242-4
- Assets
- dispositions, anticipated receipts (Gingell) 4536-41, 4683-4 (Petter) 4537-40, 4683-4
- movable assets, value (Coleman) 2376
- real estate holdings (Gingell) 4533-4 (Petter) 4533-4
- review and disposition (Petter) 2108
- warehousing and asset investment recovery (Petter) 4681 (Reitsma) 4681
- Bureaucracy and red tape, impact on business (Kasper) 2339-40 (Stephens) 2356
- Communications
- regional communications offices, staffing (Krueger) 4475 (Petter) 4475
- services for NDP MLAs (de Jong) 5574-5 (Farrell-Collins) 5574
- Consultation among ministries impacted by same policies (Chong) 4118 (Pullinger) 4118
- Consultations with business community (Campbell) 6540-6 (Clark, G.) 6543-4
- Consulting services agreements, terms and conditions (MacPhail) 5890-1 (Plant) 5890-1
- Contracted workers (Chong) 2924 (Petter) 2924
- Cost of government during NDP administration (van Dongen) 2305
- Court action for government's non-compliance with the law (Farrell-Collins) 2277
- Decision-making
- non-partisan basis (MacPhail) 3355 (Sanders) 3355
- process, public consultation (Dosanjh) 2683 (Plant) 2683
- Design of government, changes (Wilson, G.) 2274-5
- Downloading of costs
- downloading to Crown corporations See Crown corporations
- downloading to local government See Grants from provincial government, reduction under Municipalities
- downloading to other agencies (Gingell) 2573-4 (Hansen) 2714-5 (Penner) 2718 (Wilson, J.) 2733
- downloading to other government agencies (Reitsma) 2550
- Dual ministerial responsibility for programs and agencies (Ramsey) 6392
- Executive compensation
- severance and "double-dipping" (Cashore) 3362-3 (de Jong) 3362-3
- severance and voluntary departures (Cashore) 3365-6 (de Jong) 3365-6
- Federal transfer payments to provinces
- Fiscal planning and policies
- financial management plan (Gingell) 2142, 4722-3, 4793-5 (Petter) 2106, 2112, 4722-3, 4793-6
- financial management plan, consultations (Petter) 4795
- financial management plan, replacement of debt management plan (Gingell) 2299 (Symons) 2525
- fiscal policy (Throne speech) 2088
- forecasting of daily cash balances (Gingell) 4442 (Petter) 4442
- interim supply legislation See Supply Act (No. 1), 1997; Supply Act (No. 2), 1997
- principles of fiscal sustainability (Petter) 2105
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply (Abbott) 2168-71 (Anderson) 2201 (Barisoff) 2195 (Campbell) 2154-6 (Coell) 2175-6 (Coleman) 2187-8, 2190 (Dalton) 2203-4 (de Jong) 2159-60, 2162-3 (Hansen) 4552-3 (Hawkins) 2177-8 (Hurd) 2166-7 (Jarvis) 2184 (Krueger) 2172 (Neufeld) 2181-2 (Penner) 2196-8 (Petter) 2149, 2154, 2210-1 (Plant) 2156-8 (Reid) 2178-9 (Reitsma) 2206 (Sanders) 2167-8 (Symons) 2191-2 (Thorpe) 2194 (Weisbeck) 2209-10 (Weisgerber) 2158-9 (Whittred) 2204-5 (Wilson, G.) 2163
- Government agents See Government agents
- Information
- computerized information systems, millennium-compliance problem (Miller) 4244 (Reid) 4244
- computerized systems, millennium compliance (Gingell) 4438 (Petter) 4438
- electronic databases, private sector management of third-party access (Gingell) 4686-7 (Petter) 4686-7
- provision by ministries and freedom-of-information process (Cashore) 3304 (de Jong) 3304
- Insurance coverage, risk management program (Gingell) 4443 (Petter) 4443
- Intergovernmental relations
- federal-provincial relations
- alliances among Premiers (Clark, G.) 6556 (Wilson, G.) 6556
- federal responsibility to act on behalf of provinces (Clark, G.) 6554 (de Jong) 6575 (Wilson, G.) 3634-5, 6553-4, 6556
- leadership role for B.C. (Throne speech) 2086, 2088
- transfer payments to provinces (Doyle) 6383 (Giesbrecht) 4423-4
- transfer payments to provinces, reductions (Pullinger) 4405
- need for consultation (Masi) 2595
- Ministers, cabinet's power to make orders in the public interest re emergency communications corporations (Dosanjh) 6519 (Plant) 6519
- Parliamentary government
- Canada's system of democratic governance (Speaker) 6581 (Throne speech) 6582
- granting of supply by elected representatives (Coleman) 2187-8
- history (Abbott) 4800
- role of head of government in parliamentary democracy (Plant) 4548-9
- role of opposition in parliamentary democracy (Campbell) 6583
- Partnerships with private sector See Business
- Policies
- accountability (Hansen) 4470-1 (Petter) 4470-1
- conflicts between ministries (Whittred) 2667
- conflicts between social and economic policies (Whittred) 2813-4
- policies for benefit of province as a whole (Neufeld) 2257
- Policy-making process (Reid) 2244
- Postal and distribution costs (Petter) 4681 (Reitsma) 4681
- Programs and services
- community skill centres, establishment and mandate of centres (Streifel) 4613
- performance reviews (Dosanjh) 2954-5 (Plant) 2954-5
- program-effectiveness reviews (Coell) 4659-60 (Streifel) 4660
- ProvNet service (Pullinger) 4114-5
- Protocol and events program, objectives (Petter) 4681 (Reitsma) 4681
- Provincial-municipal relations See also Local government
- consultation (Abbott) 3033, 3807-8
- effectiveness (Plant) 2856-8
- impact of changes to municipal grant legislation (Abbott) 3004
- joint council process (Abbott) 2931-2, 2970, 2973, 3025, 3554-5, 5997, 6088 (Coell) 6088 (Farnworth) 2931, 2936, 2968, 2970-1, 3025, 3029-30, 3036-9, 3038, 3074, 3534-6, 3541-2, 3554-5, 3924, 5997 (Nebbeling) 2968
- joint council process and confidential Treasury Board discussions (Abbott) 3534-5 (Farnworth) 3534-5
- local government perception of provincial government (Reid) 2592-4
- protocol agreement re consultation (Abbott) 2930-1, 3541-2, 3553, 3809 (Anderson) 2640-1 (Barisoff) 2727-9 (Campbell) 2867 (Chong) 3035 (Coleman) 2690 (Dalton) 2691 (Farnworth) 2930-1, 3029, 3032, 3038, 3065, 3541-2, 3553 (Hansen) 2715-6 (Hawkins) 2861-2 (Jarvis) 2636-7 (Miller) 2605 (Neufeld) 2694-5 (Penner) 2718 (Reitsma) 2551, 3068-9 (Stephens) 2869 (Symons) 2600 (Thorpe) 2598
- provincial obligation to consult (Abbott) 3534
- relations (Abbott) 2565-7, 3025, 3527-8 (Coell) 2730-1 (Farnworth) 3526, 3530 (Hurd) 2570 (Reitsma) 2602 (van Dongen) 2308
- relations during NDP administration (Campbell) 2866-8
- Public accountability (Clark, G.) 6548 (Gingell) 6547-8
- Public confidence in institutions of government (Plant) 5555-6, 5579 (Reid) 5580-1
- Public expectations (Giesbrecht) 4423-5 (Nettleton) 4424-5
- Public policy decision-making (Plant) 3217
- Public trust (Clark, C.) 4768-70 (Coell) 4784
- Purchasing
- green purchasing policy, status (Abbott) 5672 (McGregor) 5672
- information technology services (Miller) 4244-6 (Reid) 4244-6
- political influence in buying B.C. products (Evans) 3981 (Neufeld) 3981
- preferential treatment for B.C. companies (Petter) 4678-9 (Reitsma) 4678-9
- tendering requirement threshold (Petter) 4468 (Thorpe) 4468
- Recoveries
- funds recovered in legal actions against tobacco companies, use (Hawkins) 6111-2, 6312 (MacPhail) 6312 (Thorpe) 6115-6
- overpaid refunds, legislative amendments (Petter) 2563
- unauthorized severance pay-outs (de Jong) 5857 (MacPhail) 5695
- Registration services, business objectives of government registries (Nettleton) 4682-3 (Petter) 4681-3 (Reitsma) 4681
- Regulations, consistency of administration (Stephens) 2532
- Responsibility of government to represent interests of the governed (Abbott) 6384 (Doyle) 6383-4
- Responsibility to govern in best interests of all (Coell) 2335
- Revenues
- contributions from government enterprises (Gingell) 4684 (Petter) 4684
- dividends from Crown corporations (Miller) 5104
- future and anticipated revenues (Wilson, J.) 2447
- gambling profits used to fund government programs (Clark, C.) 2345 (Krueger) 2263, 2268 (Wilson, G.) 2269-70, 2272
- revenue enhancement, current projects (Gingell) 4688 (Petter) 4688
- revenues from alcohol, tobacco and gambling (Sanders) 2981
- shortfalls, impact on social programs (Gingell) 2139
- softwood countervail refunds (Gingell) 4713 (Petter) 4713
- sources (Clark, C.) 2137 (Petter) 2108
- Role of government (Wilson, G.) 2273-4
- Separation of church and state (de Jong) 5739 (Wilson, G.) 5641
- Service delivery, coordination (Reid) 2894
- Services, review of fees (Petter) 2108
- Size of government See Civil service
- Spending
- 1996-97 capital spending freeze, exempted projects (Neufeld) 2258
- 1996-97 capital spending freeze, review (Gingell) 2142
- accountability (Reid) 4238-9
- authority to spend funds not passed during estimates (Weisgerber) 2151
- capital expenditures (Bowbrick) 2328
- capital expenditures, inclusion of repayment requirements in future deficits (Gingell) 2152 (Petter) 2152
- capital projects, 1997-98 targets (Gingell) 4795 (Petter) 4795-6
- capital spending financed with dedicated revenue stream (Miller) 4821-2
- capital spending freeze, review, recommendations re B.C. Transit (Symons) 5127-8
- capital spending, funding priorities (MacPhail) 5124
- capital spending levels (Gingell) 4478-9 (Petter) 4478-9
- capital spending review, recommendations on correctional facilities planning (Dosanjh) 2734 (Plant) 2734
- funding of municipal transit systems, comparison with elsewhere (MacPhail) 5158
- Liberal Party policy (Miller) 2558
- policies (Thorpe) 2439
- reduction (Petter) 2104-5
- social programs vs. capital expenditures (Boone) 2227-8
- spending levels for 1997-98 (Cashore) 2383 (Lali) 2255 (Penner) 2347 (Plant) 2422-3 (Walsh) 2240
- spending levels not to exceed revenues (de Jong) 2386-7
- spending levels since 1991 election of NDP (Symons) 2192 (Weisgerber) 2223-4, 2226
- Travel by government employees (Petter) 4679-80 (Reitsma) 4679
- Vehicles
- alternative-fuel vehicles (Gingell) 5702 (McGregor) 5702-4 (Neufeld) 5702-3
- fleet management services (Petter) 4680 (Reitsma) 4680
- leasing (Gingell) 2141
- sale and leasing back (Penner) 2515
- sale of current fleet, valuation issue (Gingell) 4538-9 (Petter) 4538-9
- sale of fleet (Penner) 2347 (Wilson, J.) 2447
Government agents
- Closing of offices
- Offices
- number and services (Hawkins) 4315 (Pullinger) 4315
- role as receiving centre for land title applications (Dosanjh) 2682-3 (Plant) 2682-3
- services and staff (Chong) 4300 (Pullinger) 4300
- staffing (Chong) 4318 (Pullinger) 4318
Government House, Victoria, B.C.
Gowlland Tod Provincial Park
- Addition to park (Chong) 5952
G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, Quesnel, B.C.
- Crisis stabilization unit (Hawkins) 3519 (MacPhail) 3519
- Improvements (Hawkins) 3287
- Services (Hawkins) 3344-5 (MacPhail) 3344-5
- Surgical services (MacPhail) 3833-4 (Wilson, J.) 3833-4
G.R. Pearkes Centre for Children
- See Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health
Grain
- Feed grain industry economic situation, comparison with Alberta (van Dongen) 4022
- Handling facility in Peace region (Miller) 5098-9 (Weisgerber) 5098
- Transportation from Peace River area to west coast ports (Miller) 4088, 4166-7, 4199-203, 5096-8, 5101-2 (Neufeld) 5101-2 (Penner) 4198-203 (Weisgerber) 5097-8
- Wheat board See Canadian Wheat Board
Grand, Charlie
- Letter quoted on Tourism North program (Reitsma) 4288
Grand Forks, B.C.
- Softball tournament, government funding (Barisoff) 4140 (Pullinger) 4140
Grandparents
Grant, Alistair "Red"
Gravel
Grazing
Grazing Enhancement Special Account Act
Great Canadian Casino Co.
- Payment to B.C. Liberal Party (Cashore) 2385
Greater Vancouver regional district
- Debt increase for infrastructure investment (Miller) 2559
- Livable region strategic plan (Boone) 5276 (Stephens) 5276
- Report on mental illness among elderly (MacPhail) 3475-7 (Whittred) 3475-7
- Transit planning, funding and governance See Planning under British Columbia Transit Corporation
- Transport 2021 study
Greater Victoria Hospice Society
Greater Victoria school district
Greater Victoria water district
- Dissolution and transfer of assets to capital regional district (Coell) 3211 (Petter) 2844, 3188, 3211
- Issues (Chong) 3656-7 (Farnworth) 3656-7
- Wilderness park project (Brewin) 2373-4
Green Party
- Deregistration (de Jong) 2561
Greenhouse gas
Greenhouses
Greenpeace Foundation
- Protests against logging in B.C. (Clark, G.) 4525 (Zirnhelt) 4524, 4589
Greenville, B.C.
- Greenville-Kincolith road (Barisoff) 5211 (Boone) 5211
Grinois, Earl
- Gambling study quoted (Krueger) 4372
Grotsky, Isadore
- Quoted on democratic society (Anderson) 4781-2 (Masi) 4777
Group homes
- See Disabled and handicapped persons; Youth
Growth management
Guarantee for Youth program
Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act
- Provisions on income assistance repayment (Stephens) 4452
Guaranteed Available Income for Need program
- See B.C. Benefits program; Social welfare system
Guardianship
- Adult guardianship
- Regionalization of authority to decide issues of guardianship (Anderson) 6472 (McKinnon) 6472 (Priddy) 6472
Gudmundson, Fred
- Articles quoted on Prince George forest contract case (Wilson, J.) 5418-21
Guide-outfitters
- Grazing leases in Muskwa-Kechika area (McGregor) 5635 (Weisgerber) 5635
- Guiding and packing activities
- Licence application delays (Clark, C.) 5507-8
- Registration (Reitsma) 4291
Gulf Islands
- Fish habitat protection, legislation (Coell) 5917
- Roads, rehabilitation (Coell) 2176
Gulf Islands school district
Gulf Log Salvage Cooperative Association
- Log salvage operations (Symons) 5461
Gunton, Tom
- Participation in Forest Sector Strategy Advisory Committee (Nebbeling) 5023-5 (Zirnhelt) 5023-5
- Role in 1996-97 budget (Coleman) 2854 (Petter) 2854
Gwozd, Sylvia
- Letter to Premier quoted on school district 38 (Richmond) funding (Reid) 6137 (Symons) 6140
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