Province of British Columbia
2nd Session, 36th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 24, 1997 to March 26, 1998

I

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

IBM Corp.
• See International Business Machines Corp.
Ikea Ltd.
• Competitiveness (Nebbeling) 5298
Immigration
• Advisory committee on immigration issues (Anderson) 2909 (Dosanjh) 2909
• Asia Pacific Initiative See name of initiative
• B.C. investment fund for immigrant investors (Gingell) 4055-6 (Hansen) 4055-7 (Miller) 4055-7
• Business immigration programs (Hansen) 4054-5, 4057 (Miller) 4054-5, 4057
• Chinese immigration to Canada, history (Chong) 5223-4 (Kwan) 3609, 5222-4
• Immigrant entrepreneur program, ministerial responsibility (Anderson) 2907-8 (Dosanjh) 2907-8
• Immigrants in B.C.
  • eligibility for hardship benefits (Anderson) 4691-2 (Streifel) 4691-2
  • funding, federal allocation (Streifel) 4494-5
  • impact on provincial budget (Penner) 2514
  • settlement programs, funding (Anderson) 2907 (Dosanjh) 2907
• Immigrants to Canada, number (Dosanjh) 2908 (Hansen) 2908
• Immigration policy (Anderson) 2908-9 (Dosanjh) 2908-9
• Interministry working group (Dosanjh) 2908 (Hansen) 2908
• Services for new immigrants (Anderson) 2908-10 (Dosanjh) 2908-10
• South Asian immigration to Canada, history (Hawkins) 5616 (Lali) 5615-7
Impaired driving
• Alcohol-related traffic injuries and deaths (Plant) 3165
• Canadian border entry fee for foreign drivers with impaired-driving record (Pullinger) 4292 (Reitsma) 4292
• Penalties and deterrents (Dosanjh) 2745-6 (Hurd) 2845-7 (Jarvis) 4632-3, 6092 (Kasper) 2846-7 (Neufeld) 2847 (Petter) 4632-3, 6090, 6299-301 (Plant) 2746, 3165, 6093-4, 6299-301 (Symons) 2745-6, 5970
Improvement districts
• Governance (Abbott) 3655-6, 3660 (Farnworth) 3655-6, 3660
• Handling of issues (Abbott) 3659-60 (Farnworth) 3659-60
Income assistance
• See B.C. Benefits program; Social welfare system
Income tax
• Rate reduction (Waddell) 2130-1
• Rate reduction for B.C. families (Petter) 2107-8
Income Tax Act (federal)
• Pension plan registration requirements (Petter) 5928
Independent power producers
• See Electric power
Indians
• See also particular bands, nations, etc., e.g., Nisga'a people
• Aboriginal issues coordinating committee (Masi) 3599
• Aboriginal rights and activities on Crown land See Crown land
• AIDS treatment programs and services (MacPhail) 3646 (Stephens) 3646
• Artifacts, return to B.C. (Miller) 4269
• Children in foster care See Foster care
• Cultural heritage tourism (Pullinger) 4290, 4292 (Reitsma) 4292
• Culture and language preservation (Weisgerber) 3370
• Economic development
  • business development fund (Anderson) 3317 (Cashore) 3317
  • economic development opportunities, progress (Cashore) 3433 (Nettleton) 3432-3
  • lending circles (Anderson) 3318 (Cashore) 3318
  • loans and investment capital, ability of Indians to obtain financing (Cashore) 3430-2 (de Jong) 3429-32
  • models (Cashore) 3435 (Nettleton) 3435
  • opportunities flowing from treaty-making process (Cashore) 3265
  • promotion of Indian artisans (Cashore) 3435 (Nettleton) 3434-5
  • purchasing opportunities for Indian suppliers (Cashore) 3436-7 (Nettleton) 3436-7
• Education
  • education of Indian students (Ramsey) 5985
  • program quality and performance measurement (Ramsey) 6081
  • school completion rate (Ramsey) 6081
  • skills training, federal funding for off-reserve Indians (Cashore) 3415-6 (Gingell) 3415-6 (Hansen) 3416
  • targeted funding and accountability (Ramsey) 6046 (Sanders) 6046
• Employment
  • employment equity (Coell) 6288 (Priddy) 6288
  • federal-provincial labour market development agreement (Cashore) 3416 (Hansen) 3416
  • student summer employment (Cashore) 3435, 3451
• Family violence See Violence
• First nations environment program, funding (Cashore) 3368-9, 3413 (de Jong) 3368-9
• Fisheries allocation issues (Cashore) 3370, 3493 (de Jong) 3370, 3492-3
• Future opportunities (Goodacre) 2096-7 (Kwan) 2095 (Throne speech) 2088
• Gambling by Indians and gambling on Indian land See Gambling
• Governance
  • changes (Dosanjh) 5814 (Plant) 5813-4
  • historic responsibilities of federal government (Cashore) 3367
• Government ministries liaison, funding (Cashore) 3308-9 (de Jong) 3308-9
• Health care
  • needs (MacPhail) 3566 (Whittred) 3566
  • services on reserves, responsibility (MacPhail) 3647-8 (Stephens) 3646-8
  • travel expense program (MacPhail) 3648 (Stephens) 3648
• Heritage, language and culture program
  • effectiveness (Cashore) 3368 (de Jong) 3368
  • funding (Cashore) 3370-1 (Weisgerber) 3370-1
  • program (Cashore) 3413
  • status (Anderson) 3315 (Cashore) 3315, 3367-8 (de Jong) 3367-8
• Hunting by Indians, rights and entitlements (McGregor) 5632-4 (Weisgerber) 5632-4
• Issues, federal government funding (Cashore) 3373-4 (Weisgerber) 3373-4
• Land claims
  • impact on mining activities (Jarvis) 4125-6, 4147 (Miller) 4125-6, 4147
  • negotiations, private forest land (Coleman) 4968 (Zirnhelt) 4968
  • overlapping claims, responsibility to resolve (Cashore) 3412-3 (Weisgerber) 3412-3
  • private property, exclusion from negotiations (Cashore) 3483
  • settlements, cost (Cashore) 3491-2 (Weisgerber) 3491-2
  • settlements, federal-provincial cost-sharing agreement (Cashore) 3492 (Weisgerber) 3492
  • third-party interests, compensation (Cashore) 3411-2, 3413 (Weisgerber) 3411
• Land management and land use planning (Cashore) 3411 (Weisgerber) 3411
• Non-Indian tenants on Indian land, voting rights (Abbott) 3680 (Farnworth) 3680
• Participation in agriculture industry See name of industry under Agriculture
• Participation in commercial forestry See Forest industry
• Programs and services
  • programs for children and families (Coell) 6287 (Priddy) 6287
  • programs for urban children and youth (Priddy) 6471
• Qualification for bank loans, need for land for security (de Jong) 5338-9
• Reserve land system, elimination (Cashore) 3483-4
• Role in regionalized health care system (Abbott) 3325 (MacPhail) 3325
• Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs See name of committee
• Self-government
  • concerns of Indian women (Cashore) 3496 (de Jong) 3495-6
  • costs (Cashore) 3404-5 (Weisgerber) 3404-5
  • extent of self-government authority (Cashore) 3405-6 (Weisgerber) 3405-6
  • federal and provincial positions (de Jong) 6576
  • federal-provincial cost-sharing and impact of self-government on federal funding obligations (Cashore) 3417 (Weisgerber) 3416-7
  • issues (Cashore) 3403-6 (Weisgerber) 3372-3, 3403-6
  • self-government (Abbott) 3679 (Cashore) 3495-6 (de Jong) 3494-6 (Farnworth) 3679-80
• Service agreements with municipalities or regional districts (Abbott) 3678 (Farnworth) 3678
• Social policies, development (Anderson) 6289-90 (Priddy) 6289-90
• Treaties
  • amendment provisions (Cashore) 3410 (Weisgerber) 3410
  • certainty and finality of agreements (Cashore) 3408-10 (de Jong) 3408-9 (Weisgerber) 3409-10
• Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee See name of committee
• Treaty negotiations
  • access to information by Indian and third-party negotiators (Cashore) 3308, 3333 (de Jong) 3308, 3333
  • extinguishment language, federal and provincial positions (Clark, G.) 6576 (de Jong) 6575-6
  • fisheries management (Clark, G.) 6575 (de Jong) 6575
  • Forests ministry input (de Jong) 5337
  • future-oriented negotiations (Cashore) 2384
  • incentives to expedite negotiations (Cashore) 3494, 3526 (de Jong) 3492-4, 3525-6
  • overlapping boundaries (Weisgerber) 2503
  • process (Cashore) 3264-5, 3370, 3493-4, 5995 (de Jong) 3265-6, 3369-70, 5994-5
  • public consultation and information (Cashore) 3330-2 (de Jong) 3330-2
  • regional advisory committees, operating costs (Cashore) 3309 (de Jong) 3309
  • regional approach to issues (Cashore) 3404, 3408 (de Jong) 3407-8 (Weisgerber) 3404
  • role of Finance and Corporate Relations ministry (Petter) 4542 (Plant) 4542
  • teachers' handbook on treaty process (Cashore) 3332-3, 3413 (de Jong) 3332-3
• Treaty settlements
  • cash and land components (Cashore) 3413-4 (Weisgerber) 3413-4
  • cost (Cashore) 3264
  • enrolled claimants (Cashore) 3415 (Weisgerber) 3415
  • federal-provincial cost-sharing agreement (Cashore) 3414, 3525 (Weisgerber) 3415
  • ratification, free votes in Legislature (Clark, G.) 6576 (de Jong) 6576
  • ratification process (Cashore) 3498-9 (de Jong) 3498-9
• Wildlife management by Indians, Aboriginal Affairs Committee recommendations (de Jong) 5763-5 (McGregor) 5763-5
Indonesia
• Human rights (Symons) 3275-6 (Waddell) 3276
Industrial Development Act
• Purpose (Ramsey) 6564
Industrial Development Amendment Act, 1997
• (Bill 53) (Minister of Education, Skills and Training) 1R, 6539; 2R, 6564-6; C, 6566; 3R, 6566; RA, 6579
• Debate, speakers (Campbell) 6565 (Giesbrecht) 6565 (Miller) 6539 (Ramsey) 6564-6
• Purpose (Campbell) 6565 (Giesbrecht) 6565 (Miller) 6539 (Ramsey) 6564-5
Industrial Development Incentive Act
• Amendment (Petter) 2110, 2563
Industrial incentive fund
• Amount and loans (Gingell) 2928 (Hansen) 2928 (Petter) 2928
• Fund (Hansen) 4099-100 (Miller) 4099-100
• Funding cap, increase (Petter) 2563
Industry
• B.C. industries (Wilson, J.) 2488
• Competitiveness (Miller) 4088, 4089-92 (Neufeld) 4089-92, 5498-9
• Electric power at reduced rates for designated users in exchange for job creation See Power for Jobs program
• Government bailouts (van Dongen) 2305
• Role in B.C. economy (Jarvis) 2474-5
• Technological innovation in traditional industries (Miller) 4235 (Reid) 4233
Industry Training and Apprenticeship Act
• (Bill 43) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 4627-8; 2R, 6254-7; C, 6390-9; 3R, 6399; RA, 6579
• Debate, speakers (Cashore) 4627-8, 6392, 6394-8 (Dalton) 6396 (McKinnon) 6256-7 (Masi) 6255-6, 6391-8 (Ramsey) 6254-5, 6257, 6390-2, 6398-9 (Reid) 6390-2, 6394-8 (Sihota) 6392-3
• Dual ministerial administration of bill (Cashore) 4627-8 (Masi) 6255, 6391-2 (Ramsey) 6254, 6390, 6392, 6399
• "Occupation" and "trade," distinction between terms (Ramsey) 6391 (Reid) 6391
• Purpose (Ramsey) 5872
Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
• Accountability (McKinnon) 6257
• Accountability and performance measurement (Cashore) 6397 (Reid) 6396-7
• Advisory committees (Cashore) 6397 (Masi) 6397 (Ramsey) 6254
• Appeals
  • appeal officer, qualifications (Cashore) 6397 (Reid) 6397
  • process (Ramsey) 6255
• Appointment of chair (Cashore) 6395 (Reid) 6395
• Business plan (Cashore) 6396 (Masi) 6396
• Committee to review legislation and commission (Cashore) 6398 (McKinnon) 6257 (Ramsey) 6255 (Reid) 6398
• Designation of "trades" (Ramsey) 6391
• Establishment (Cashore) 3047, 3151, 4628 (Dalton) 3048 (McKinnon) 6256 (Masi) 6255 (Ramsey) 6254, 6257
• Expenditures (Cashore) 3157 (Dalton) 3156
• Funding (Cashore) 6396 (Masi) 5900 (Ramsey) 5900, 6254 (Reid) 6392, 6396
• Granting of certifications
  • certification (Cashore) 6395 (Masi) 6255-6, 6395 (Ramsey) 6255
  • exemptions to compulsory certification (Masi) 6397 (Ramsey) 6397
  • new trades (Ramsey) 6390 (Reid) 6390
  • offences and penalties re compulsory certifications (Cashore) 6397-8 (Masi) 6398 (Reid) 6397
• Independence (Cashore) 3156
• Mandate (Cashore) 4628 (Ramsey) 6254
• Mandate to increase of number of trainees from underrepresented groups (Cashore) 6392, 6394 (Masi) 6256 (Reid) 6392, 6394
• Members
  • length of term (Cashore) 6396 (Masi) 6396
  • replacement (Cashore) 6395 (Reid) 6395
  • selection (Cashore) 3160, 6395-6 (Dalton) 6396 (McKinnon) 6256-7 (Masi) 3160, 6255, 6396 (Ramsey) 6254 (Reid) 6395
• Organizational structure (Cashore) 3160-2 (Masi) 3160-2
• Public consultation in development of commission (Masi) 5899-900 (Ramsey) 5899-900
• Report cited (Dalton) 3155
• Report committee (Cashore) 3162 (Dalton) 3162
• Role and responsibilities (Cashore) 3153-5, 3157-60, 3363-4 (Coleman) 3364 (Dalton) 3154 (Masi) 3157-60
• Role in developing secondary school apprenticeship program (Ramsey) 5876-7
• Service delivery, joint coordination and management (Masi) 5900 (Ramsey) 5900
• Size of commission (Cashore) 6395 (Masi) 6255, 6395
• Staff
  • remuneration (Cashore) 6396 (Masi) 6396
  • transfer from Labour ministry (Cashore) 6396 (Masi) 6396 (Ramsey) 6254
  • transfer from Labour ministry and Education, Skills and Training ministry (Ramsey) 5874
Information
• Computerized information systems, auditing of access (de Jong) 5853-4 (MacPhail) 5854
• Electronic highway See Internet
• Government information See Information under Government
• Millennium compliance of government's computerized information systems See Information under Government
• Personal medical information, confidentiality See Privacy
Information and privacy commissioner
• Annual report, 1996-97, tabled (Speaker) 6563
Information, Science and Technology Agency
• Role (Miller) 4231
Infrastructure
• Federal funding for transportation projects (MacPhail) 5157, 5171 (Symons) 5157, 5171
• Federal-provincial-municipal program See Canada-British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
• Funding for arts and recreation facilities (Chong) 4415 (Pullinger) 4415
• Investments
  • 1997-98 investments (Lali) 2254
  • financing requirements (Petter) 4480-1 (Wilson, G.) 4480-1
  • government investment (Petter) 4433
  • investment (Miller) 2559 (Petter) 2544 (Weisgerber) 3860
  • investment and public debt (Miller) 4043-4
  • investment for future growth (Hansen) 2368 (Kwan) 2094-5 (Petter) 2106 (Throne speech) 2085-6
• Needs of increased population (Nebbeling) 4084
• Sewer and water projects, provincial grants See Grants from provincial government under Municipalities
Infrastructure 2 program (1997)
• See Canada-British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
Inland Concrete Ltd.
• Letter quoted on road conditions in Peace River area (Neufeld) 5329
Innovative Waste Technologies Inc.
• Move of company to Alberta (Hansen) 2409-10
Insurance Corporation Act
• Amendments (Dosanjh) 6241
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
• Advertising
  • advocacy for designated point of view (Petter) 4639-40 (Plant) 4638-40
  • advocacy for no-fault insurance (Plant) 2479-80
  • expenditures, allocation (Jarvis) 4605-6 (Krueger) 4597-8 (Petter) 4597-8, 4605-6
• Annual report, 1996 report
  • tabled (Petter) 2589
  • transmittal letters cited (Krueger) 4598 (Petter) 4598
• Authority to exercise debt-collection remedies (Petter) 6091, 6280 (Plant) 6280
• Auto-theft reduction initiative (Jarvis) 4633, 6092 (Petter) 4633, 6091
• Board members' remuneration, setting by cabinet (Abbott) 6353 (Boone) 6353 (Dosanjh) 6241
• Brokers
  • consolidation proposal (Jarvis) 4676 (Petter) 4674-7 (Thorpe) 4674-6
  • number (Krueger) 4599-600 (Petter) 4600
  • qualifications (Jarvis) 4676-7 (Petter) 4675, 4677
• Claims
  • adjusters, use of independent contractors (Jarvis) 4671-2 (Petter) 4671-2
  • awards to women (Hammell) 2787-9, 2803, 2805-6 (Jarvis) 2787-8 (Stephens) 2818, 4445
  • bodily injury claims (Jarvis) 4593, 4606 (Krueger) 4598-9 (Petter) 4593, 4599, 4606
  • bodily injury claims, cost breakdown (Jarvis) 4673-4 (Petter) 4673-4
  • bodily injury claims, number litigated (Jarvis) 4650-1 (Petter) 4650-1
  • costs, annual costs (Jarvis) 2186
  • costs, deductibility and double-recovery issues (Sihota) 2483
  • limitations on insurance recovery (Petter) 6303-4 (Plant) 6303-4
  • mediation procedure (Petter) 6307 (Plant) 6094, 6307
  • number (Krueger) 4597 (Petter) 4597
  • offence to provide false or misleading information to corporation (Petter) 6305-7 (Plant) 6305-7
  • property damage claims (Jarvis) 4631 (Petter) 4631
  • reserves, amount (Krueger) 4643-4 (Petter) 4643-4
  • unpaid claims (Krueger) 4604 (Petter) 4604
  • windshield repairs and replacements (Gingell) 4640-2 (Krueger) 4642 (Petter) 4640-2
  • windshield repairs pilot project (Krueger) 4603-4 (Petter) 4603-4
• Computer systems, millennium-compliance issue (Gingell) 4637 (Petter) 4637
• Costs
  • claims settlement actions and awards (Neufeld) 4649 (Petter) 4649
  • impact of adopting no-fault insurance option (Neufeld) 4648-9 (Petter) 4648-9
  • legal and medical costs (Jarvis) 4671 (Petter) 4671
  • legal costs (Krueger) 4598-9 (Petter) 4599, 4637-8 (Plant) 4637-8
• Courtesy cars and rates paid to repair shops (Jarvis) 4672-3 (Petter) 4672-3
• Financial performance (Jarvis) 4605-6 (Krueger) 4601-2, 4643 (Petter) 4601-2, 4605-6, 4643
• Financial performance, expense ratio (Krueger) 4600 (Petter) 4600, 4676 (Thorpe) 4676
• Investment earnings, accounting treatment (Jarvis) 4593-6 (Krueger) 4644-5 (Petter) 4593-6, 4644-5
• Jobs for young people (Clark, G.) 4037-8 (Hansen) 4037-8
• Licensing decisions, appeals and show-cause hearings (Barisoff) 6067-8 (Boone) 5969, 6067-8
• Management (Krueger) 2553
• Management issues, cases cited (Krueger) 4600, 4604
• Management ombudsman, role (Krueger) 4647 (Petter) 4647
• Mandate, legislated changes (Jarvis) 4608 (Petter) 4608
• Motor vehicle branch functions, amalgamation See name of branch
• Motor vehicle programs See Motor vehicle branch
• Parts purchases by corporation, prices paid as volume buyer (Krueger) 4642-3 (Petter) 4642-3
• Pension fund, surplus (Jarvis) 4595 (Petter) 4595
• Personnel
  • compensation and benefits (Jarvis) 4677 (Petter) 4677
  • employee absenteeism rate (Krueger) 4605, 4645-6 (Petter) 4605, 4645-6
  • enforcement functions (Barisoff) 6069 (Boone) 6069
  • pay equity adjustments, cost (Krueger) 4600-1 (Petter) 4600-1
  • performance incentives (Krueger) 4605 (Petter) 4605
  • post-retirement benefits (Krueger) 4601 (Petter) 4601
  • powers from Attorney General (Barisoff) 6069 (Boone) 6069
  • severance packages for managers (Krueger) 4646-7 (Petter) 4646-7
  • wages and benefits (Jarvis) 4594 (Petter) 4594
• Policies and practices
  • changes, public consultations (Jarvis) 4606-7 (Petter) 4606-7, 4639-40 (Plant) 4639-40
  • effectiveness (Jarvis) 4591-2 (Petter) 4592-3
  • glass repairs, vendor authorization (Gingell) 4640-2 (Krueger) 4642 (Petter) 4640-1
  • information-sharing arrangement with RCMP (Barisoff) 6067 (Boone) 6067
• Powers
  • authority to designate agents (Boone) 6066 (Plant) 6066
  • authority to direct seizure of vehicle number plates (Barisoff) 6066 (Boone) 6066
  • role as both insurer and licensing regulator (Barisoff) 5969-70, 6066-7 (Boone) 5969, 6066 (Clark, G.) 5970-1 (Symons) 5970 (Wilson, G.) 5970
• Premiums
  • affordability (Jarvis) 4631 (Petter) 4604, 4631-2
  • freeze, administration costs (Krueger) 4645 (Petter) 4645
  • freeze, cost of reimbursement cheques (Krueger) 2638
  • freeze, impact on corporation (Gingell) 2143-4 (Plant) 2479
  • freeze, value of forgone rate increase (Jarvis) 4632 (Krueger) 4596-7, 4643-4 (Petter) 4596-7, 4632, 4643-4
  • projections for future levels (Neufeld) 4648 (Petter) 4648
  • rates based on distance travelled (Jarvis) 4672 (Petter) 4672
  • rates based on vehicle damageability (Krueger) 4602-3 (Petter) 4602-3
  • refunds (Jarvis) 4595 (Petter) 4595
  • regional loss-experience rating system (Krueger) 4596-7, 4603 (Petter) 4596-7
• Privatization (Neufeld) 2693
• Records
  • evidentiary use of records (Petter) 6301 (Plant) 6301
  • storage, use of technology (Dosanjh) 6241
• Recovery magazine quoted on automobile driving (Plant) 2480
• Responsibility of corporation to represent interests of parties alleged to be at fault (Jarvis) 4672 (Petter) 4672
• Road safety program
  • consultation process (Petter) 6089-91
  • impact on claim costs (Jarvis) 4594, 4599 (Neufeld) 4648-9 (Petter) 4594, 4599, 4648-9
  • initiatives (Jarvis) 6091-3
  • objectives (Jarvis) 4591, 4607-8, 4632 (Krueger) 4598, 4601-2, 4604-5 (Petter) 4523-4, 4592-3, 4598, 4601-2, 4604-5, 4607-8, 4632, 6089-91
  • provincewide applicability (Petter) 4650
• Road safety responsibilities transferred from Transportation and Highways ministry (Anderson) 2642 (Barisoff) 2729 (Gingell) 2591 (Jarvis) 3132 (Krueger) 2638, 3133 (Neufeld) 2693 (Petter) 2564, 3132-3
• Software development
  • costs (Jarvis) 4594-5 (Krueger) 4599 (Petter) 4594-5, 4599
  • costs, accounting treatment (Chong) 4633-5 (Jarvis) 4606, 4630-1 (Petter) 4606, 4630-1, 4634-5
  • systems upgrade applications (Chong) 4635-6 (Petter) 4635-6
• Special investigations unit (Jarvis) 4677 (Petter) 4677
Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act
• Amendments See also Traffic Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
  • amendments (Dosanjh) 6241
Insurance Premium Tax Act
• Amendment (Petter) 2563
Intalco Aluminum Corp.
• Purchase of B.C. power (Farrell-Collins) 4934, 4936, 4938, 6011 (Miller) 4936
Interfor
• See International Forest Products Ltd.
Intergovernmental relations
• See Government
Interim supply
• See Budget; Fiscal planning and policies under Government
Interministry Committee on Multiculturalism
• See Multiculturalism
International Business Machines Corp.
• Fee-for-service agreement with Insurance Corporation of B.C. (Chong) 4635-6 (Petter) 4599, 4635-6
• Negotiations re facility for B.C. (Miller) 4243 (Reid) 4243
International Commercial Arbitration Centre
• Funding (Dosanjh) 2582-3 (Plant) 2582
International Forest Products Ltd.
• Study of spotted owl issue (Nebbeling) 5443-4 (Zirnhelt) 5444
International Power Group
• See IPC Group
International Woodworkers of America
• President of Port Alberni local See Haggard, Dave
• Silviculture jobs, number controlled by union (Nebbeling) 5181
Internet
• Access, issues and concerns (Clark, G.) 6526, 6528, 6531 (Neufeld) 6527-8 (Penner) 6531-2
• Commercial activity, tax collection issues (Gingell) 4432, 4434 (Petter) 4433-4
• Gambling (Krueger) 4213 (Miller) 4213
• Government web sites, monitoring of access (Dosanjh) 6561 (Penner) 6561
• PLNet See Provincial learning network under Education
• Training for women, grant program (Anderson) 4457 (Hammell) 2657, 4457 (Priddy) 2821
Investment
• B.C. Investment Fund See Immigration
• Capital investment by industry (Hansen) 4053-4 (Miller) 4053-4
• Government encouragement (Gingell) 2300
• Government targets (Hansen) 4051-3 (Miller) 4052-3
• Immigrant investment (Hansen) 4054-5, 4057 (Miller) 4054-5, 4057
• Investment in B.C.
  • impact of globalization (Evans) 2419-21
  • investment climate (Hansen) 4190, 4472-3 (Miller) 4190 (Petter) 4472
  • investment in fast-growing businesses (Dosanjh) 3938
  • investments (Farrell-Collins) 6011-3 (Miller) 3622 (Miller) 6016 (Wilson, G.) 6013
• Investment in Canada (Hansen) 2394 (Miller) 3621
• Multilateral agreement on investment See name of agreement
• Working Opportunity Fund See name of fund
Investment Canada (federal)
• Projects during 1991-95 period (Hansen) 4053
Investment Dealers Association
• Regulatory functions, effectiveness (Gingell) 4506-7 (Petter) 4506-7
IPC Group
• Projects (Miller) 2587-8
IPPs
• See Independent power producers under Electric power
Iron Workers Memorial (Second Narrows) Bridge
• Construction accident (Dalton) 2855
• Expansion to north end (Jarvis) 5173 (MacPhail) 5173
• Repair work, impact on traffic flows (Boone) 5265 (Jarvis) 5265
Ishtar Transition House, Langley, B.C.
• Community funding (Coleman) 3712
• Role as model for transition houses across North America (Hammell) 2782
Island Highway
• See Highway 19
Islands Trust Act
• Amendments See Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1997; Local Government Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997
• Trust council's responsibilities (Abbott) 5917 (Coell) 5917 (Farnworth) 5917
ITAC
• See Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission

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