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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
Labour
- Changing labour force, new immigrants (Orcherton) 2556
- Collective agreement arbitration bureau, mandate (Cashore) 3046
- Economic value of unpaid work (MacPhail) 3548
- Employment standards information in the workplace (Cashore) 3125 (Dalton) 3125
- Initiatives, NDP performance (Cashore) 2383-4
- Issues, ministerial responsibility (Cashore) 3087 (Dalton) 3087
- Labour legislation, flexibility (Walsh) 2520
- Labour market development, federal-provincial agreement (Cashore) 3162-3 (Dalton) 3162-3 (Streifel) 4484
- Labour movement in Canada (Robertson) 2304-5
- Labour relations
- balance between worker and management rights (Clark, G.) 5909-10 (Hansen) 6000-1
- climate (Cashore) 3046, 4788-9, 6001 (Streifel) 4624-5
- expedited arbitration system and cost-sharing (Plant) 5714-5 (Pullinger) 5714-5
- labour-management cooperation (Cashore) 3164-5
- Workers
- advocacy (Cashore) 3093 (Hansen) 3093
- employee vs. contractor (Cashore) 3120-1, 3123 (Dalton) 3120-1, 3123
- non-unionized workers (de Jong) 2848
- replacement workers, use (Orcherton) 2450
- workers' rights, federal-provincial cooperation (Cashore) 3124 (Dalton) 3124
- Workplace safety
Labour Code
- See Labour Relations Code
Labour Force Development Board
- See British Columbia Labour Force Development Board
Labour, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 3046-51, 3086-104, 3117-26, 3150-64, 3190-206, 3218-27, 3253-64, Report 6000-1
- speakers (Anderson) 3202-4, 3264 (Cashore) 3046-7, 3049-50, 3087-104, 3117-25, 3150-64, 3190, 3192-206, 3218-27, 3253-64, 6001 (Coleman) 3120, 3263-4 (Dalton) 3047-51, 3086-91, 3096, 3098-104, 3117-26, 3150-7, 3160, 3162-4 (Hansen) 3092-5, 6000-1 (Masi) 3157-62 (Neufeld) 3201, 3204-6, 3218-22 (Orcherton) 3096-7, 3103-4 (Reid) 3190-202, 3222-7, 3253-9 (Reitsma) 3095-8, 3150 (van Dongen) 3260-3 (Wilson, J.) 3121-2
- Advisers for workers and employers, workload (Cashore) 3194-6 (Reid) 3194-6
- Advocacy role re workers' rights (Cashore) 3093 (Hansen) 3093
- Annual reports, 1995-96, tabled (Cashore) 6508
- Annual reports, timeliness (Cashore) 3095 (Hansen) 3095
- Budget reduction (Cashore) 3049 (Dalton) 3048-9
- Changes during past year (Cashore) 3046
- Consultation and information-sharing (Cashore) 3097 (Dalton) 3098 (Reitsma) 3097
- Employment standards branch
- Importance of portfolio (Dalton) 3088
- Information, need for multi-language material (Reid) 3196
- Information request by member (Cashore) 3192 (Reid) 3190-1
- Management services expenditure (Cashore) 3151-2, 3154 (Dalton) 3151-2
- Multicultural policies (Anderson) 3264 (Cashore) 3264
- Public consultation (Cashore) 3050 (Dalton) 3050-1
- Role of ministry (Cashore) 6001 (Hansen) 6000-1
- Staff commended (Dalton) 3048
Labour Relations Board
- Annual reports, 1995 and 1996, tabled (Cashore) 6563
- Authority re provisions of Health Authorities Act (Dalton) 6248-52 (MacPhail) 6248-52
- Decisions on transit labour dispute (MacPhail) 5165, 5175
- Mediation services (Cashore) 3046 (Dalton) 3048
- Role in trade union issues (Cashore) 3089-90 (Dalton) 3089-90
Labour Relations Code
- Amendments See also Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Impact on labour relations climate (Cashore) 3164
- Impact on work stoppages (Orcherton) 2557
- Proposed amendments re construction industry
- amendments (Cashore) 4787-8
- consultation by government (Campbell) 4904-5, 5909-10 (Cashore) 4904-5, 5639-40, 5733, 5910 (Clark, G.) 5640, 5909-10 (Coleman) 4906 (de Jong) 5640 (Farrell-Collins) 5640 (Hansen) 4905, 5639, 5810, 5910, 6000-1
- impact on economy (Campbell) 4904-5
- release of legislation to special interest groups prior to introduction in House (Cashore) 5134 (MacPhail) 5110 (Speaker) 5404 (Wilson, G.) 5109-10
- Review of code (Cashore) 3050 (Dalton) 3050
- Review provisions (Dalton) 4628-9
Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
Lac du Bois Grasslands Park
- Establishment and allowable activities (Clark, C.) 5836 (McGregor) 5834-6
Lady Minto (Gulf Islands) Hospital, Saltspring Island, B.C.
- Amalgamation with capital health region board (Coell) 3396-7 (MacPhail) 3397
Lake Country area
- Amalgamation, signage issue (Farnworth) 3854-5 (Weisbeck) 3854-5
- Municipal grant reduction, report on impact quoted (Weisbeck) 2725
Lakemount Estates development
Lali, Harry Singh (Yale-Lillooet)
- Agriculture, crops and honeybee pollination 3605-6
- Beekeeping industry, mite infestations, impact on honey production 3605-6
- Budget
- Business, promotion of B.C. business 2254
- Canada, Sikh community in Canada, 100th anniversary 5615-7
- Canadian Airlines International Ltd., government assistance for company 2254
- Comments on meeting with politically affiliated people (de Jong) 3070-1
- Consumers, taxes and user fees 2254
- Education funding, comparisons with elsewhere 2254
- Employment, jobs strategy for B.C. 2254
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., establishment 2254
- Forest industry, use of wood residue 2456
- Gambling, Kevin Krueger's position 2517
- Government, spending levels for 1997-98 period 2255
- Health care, protection of B.C. system 2254
- Immigration, South Asian immigration to Canada, history 5615-7
- Infrastructure investments, 1997-98 period 2254
- Liberal Party
- links with business community 2255-7
- MLAs, performance and funding requests 2518-20
- policies 2517
- NDP
- government policies 2516-7
- role as party of working class 2255-7
- Penner, Barry, performance as MLA 2517-8
- Rabbitt, Jim, candidacy supporters 2516
- Select Standing Committee on Forests, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, requests for community hearings 2256-7
- Technical University of B.C., location 2519
- Throne speech debate 2515-20
- Wood waste, beehive burner phase-out program 2456
- Yale-Lillooet area
- capital improvements 2255
- forest industry jobs 2516
Land Act
- Consequential amendments from Environment, Lands and Parks Statutes Amendment Act, 1997 (McGregor) 3444
Land Tax Deferment Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 6241
Land Title Act
- Statement of citizenship requirement (Dosanjh) 2703 (Jarvis) 2703
Land title branch
- See Attorney General, Ministry of
Land use
- See also Agricultural land reserve
- Coordinated access management plans (Wilson, J.) 5462-3 (Zirnhelt) 5462-3
- Development cost charges
- application-processing time (Coleman) 3802 (Farnworth) 3802
- differences in neighbouring communities (Coleman) 3837 (Farnworth) 3837
- setting of charges (Farnworth) 3532-3
- Land and resource management
- plans, status of regional plans (Coleman) 4964-5 (Zirnhelt) 4965
- process (Gingell) 5801 (Ramsey) 5800-1
- process, Indians' participation (Coleman) 5304 (Zirnhelt) 5304
- Land available for mining operations (Jarvis) 4129-30, 4132 (Miller) 4129-32 (Wilson, G.) 4130-1
- Land set aside
- land set aside vs. potential forest land (Coleman) 4962-3 (Zirnhelt) 4962
- mitigating measures for landowners (Nebbeling) 5416-7 (Zirnhelt) 5416-8
- selection (Nebbeling) 5409-10
- Land set aside for protection
- 12 percent figure (McGregor) 5929
- lower mainland, 14-percent figure (Nebbeling) 2377
- NDP action (Sawicki) 5953-4
- Land set aside for spotted owl habitat
- action if owl present or hurt (Nebbeling) 5446-9 (Zirnhelt) 5446
- activities in special management areas (Nebbeling) 5446 (Zirnhelt) 5446
- economic strategy re impact in Chilliwack and Squamish forest districts (Zirnhelt) 5416
- impact on access to timber (Nebbeling) 5411
- impact on job levels (Zirnhelt) 5412
- impact on job levels in United States (Nebbeling) 5416-7
- impact on job levels, mitigation plan (Nebbeling) 5450 (Zirnhelt) 5417, 5450
- impact on Soo and Fraser timber supply areas (Stephens) 5457
- inclusion in protected-areas strategy percentage (Nebbeling) 5411 (Zirnhelt) 5411
- land set aside (Nebbeling) 5411-2, 5416, 5443 (Stephens) 5457 (Zirnhelt) 5411-2, 5448, 5457
- management plan (Nebbeling) 5443 (Zirnhelt) 5443
- management plan, forest company support (Zirnhelt) 5458
- matrix areas (Nebbeling) 5450 (Zirnhelt) 5448, 5451
- parkland and forest land combination (Nebbeling) 5444
- road access through areas (Nebbeling) 5449
- Land use planning
- community resources boards, role (Clark, C.) 5773, 5793-4 (McGregor) 5773, 5793-4
- dispute resolution process (Miller) 4131 (Wilson, G.) 4131
- environmental group involvement (Clark, C.) 5773 (McGregor) 5773
- Indians' role in process (Coleman) 4967 (Zirnhelt) 4967
- issues in establishment of parks and protected areas (Wilson, G.) 5962
- local resource use plans, government role in process (Wilson, J.) 5462
- objectives (Goodacre) 2421-2
- process (Zirnhelt) 5463
- public input (Coleman) 4965 (Zirnhelt) 4965
- subdivisions, impact on streams (Farnworth) 5915
- tourism industry's role in decisions (Pullinger) 4259 (van Dongen) 4259
- Land use plans See also particular plans, e.g., Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan
- implementation (Wilson, J.) 2447
- status after municipal restructuring (Farnworth) 3880 (Wilson, G.) 3880
- Landscaping requirement for environmental purposes (Abbott) 5921 (Farnworth) 5921
- Protected-areas strategy
- impact on forest industry, alternative logging sites (Nebbeling) 5411
- impact on job levels (Nebbeling) 5406-8, 5412-3 (Zirnhelt) 5406-8, 5412-3
- impact on job levels, Squamish case (Nebbeling) 5412-3
- impact on private land, land exchanges policy and encumbrances (Nebbeling) 5530-2 (Zirnhelt) 5530-2
- impact on Soo and Sunshine Coast timber supply areas (Nebbeling) 5406, 5409
- impact on Squamish, Chilliwack and Sunshine Coast forest districts (Nebbeling) 5411
- log-around strategy (Stephens) 5457 (Zirnhelt) 5457
- lower mainland area (van Dongen) 5957-8
- process (Coleman) 4967 (Zirnhelt) 4967
- strategy (C. Doyle) 5800 (Gingell) 5800-1 (McGregor) 5476 (Ramsey) 5800-1
- Protection of riparian areas
- legislation See Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- setbacks (Abbott) 5916, 5918 (Farnworth) 5915, 5918
- tax exemptions as incentive for landowners (Abbott) 5915-6, 5918-9 (Farnworth) 5918-9 (Sawicki) 5916
- Regional planning authority for capital and Vancouver regional districts (Coleman) 3801
- Rezoning of agricultural land, scrap yard case (Evans) 4013-4 (Wilson, J.) 4013
- Special management lands (Miller) 4130
- Special provincial planning grants (Abbott) 3846 (Farnworth) 3846
- Special resource development zones
- interagency management committee's recommendations on winter range rotation for mule deer (Wilson, J.) 5503
- land use plan for Cariboo-Chilcotin area (Wilson, J.) 5504
- Subdivision for relatives' housing (Abbott) 3847
Landfills
Lands branch
- See Environment, Lands and Parks, Ministry of
Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.
- 1974 labour dispute (Dalton) 3090
- Student protest (Ramsey) 2326-7 (Sanders) 2326
Langley, B.C.
- 16th Avenue, four-laning (Boone) 5275 (Stephens) 5275
- Arts council, work (Stephens) 4404
- Cottonwood corridor, Langley to Maple Ridge (Boone) 5275 (Stephens) 5275
- Courthouse closing (Dalton) 3051 (Dosanjh) 2613 (Plant) 2613
- Municipal grant reduction (Stephens) 2869-70
- Mushroom composting issue (Evans) 4015-7 (Stephens) 4015-6 (van Dongen) 4016
- Railway crossings, safety concerns (Boone) 5275 (Stephens) 5275
- Transportation issues (Boone) 5274-7 (Stephens) 5274-7
- Urbanization and right-to-farm issue (Stephens) 3792-3
- Willoughby residential area and potential freeway (Coleman) 5379
Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley, B.C.
- Board membership (Coleman) 2188-9
- Representation on regional health board (Stephens) 3382-3
Langley school district
Language
- Language instruction See Education
- Language other than English spoken in Legislature, guidelines for use (Speaker) 2392
Lanigan, Troy
- Quoted re NDP government debt management (Thorpe) 2439
Lanskail, Don
- Tribute (Throne speech) 2085
Lask, Bryan
- Establishment of clinic to treat eating disorders (Sanders) 3471, 3640
- Statements cited on B.C. eating disorders treatment program (van Dongen) 3516
Lautens, Trevor
- Paraphrase of Kipling poem, "If," quoted (Reid) 2242
Law Courts Education Society of British Columbia
- Courtwatching services, funding (Dosanjh) 2945 (Plant) 2945
- Fee imposition for courtwatching programs (Ramsey) 6049 (Sanders) 6048-9
- Letter quoted on fee imposition for courtwatching programs (Sanders) 6048
Law Reform Commission
- Closing down of commission (Plant) 3590
- Operating costs (Dosanjh) 2943 (Plant) 2943
Law Society of British Columbia
- Code of conduct for members (Penner) 4781
Lawyers and legal services
- Legal aid
- Legal counsel for human rights work, cost to government (Dosanjh) 2836 (Plant) 2836
- Legal services
Laxton, John
- Employment arrangements (Gingell) 5889 (MacPhail) 5889
- Participation in Team Canada trade mission (Farrell-Collins) 5045 (Miller) 5045
- Role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project (Farrell-Collins) 5039, 5045, 5052 (Miller) 5039
Le Devoir (Montreal, Que.)
- Article cited re Gordon Wilson's constitutional adviser role (Plant) 3019
LEAF
- See Legal Education and Action Fund
Leask, Peter
- Report on courtroom audio technology use cited (Dosanjh) 2624 (Plant) 2624
Lee, Paul
- Role as Chair of Premier's Business Advisory Committee on Youth Employment (Clark, G.) 6523, 6540
Legal Education and Action Fund
- Work of group (Hammell) 2589 (Wilson, G.) 2589
Legal Services Society of British Columbia
- Annual report, 1995-96, tabled (Dosanjh) 2292
- Board members' term of office (Dosanjh) 6342 (Plant) 6342
- Funding (Dosanjh) 4526, 5996
- Governance, trustee provision (Dosanjh) 6241, 6342-3 (Plant) 6342 (Wilson, G.) 6342-3
- Operations (Dosanjh) 2939-40 (Plant) 2939-40
- Powell River funding (Wilson, G.) 4525
- Relationship with government (Plant) 6342
- Relationship with government, auditor general's recommendations (Dosanjh) 2941 (Plant) 2940-1
Legislation
- Bills
- accessibility on internet (Wilson, G.) 2699
- omnibus bills, use by NDP government (Hansen) 2713 (Krueger) 2637
- reference to legislative revision not yet in effect (Speaker) 2417
- retroactivity, policy (Wilson, G.) 3936-7
- Cabinet's role in law-making (Anderson) 2442
- Cross-references to other legislation (Anderson) 3970-1 (Dosanjh) 3970-1
- Descriptive vs. prescriptive model for future legislation (Gingell) 3185
- Law-making process, effectiveness (Plant) 4008
- Miscellaneous statutes bills
- debate on principle (Plant) 3938
- nature (Plant) 5622
- Sunset provisions (Farrell-Collins) 2411
Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 6241
- Annual report, 1996, tabled (Petter) 2317
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- Annual report, 1996-97, tabled (Speaker) 2997
Legislative Assembly Management Committee Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 6241
Legislature
- Bills
- debate, relevancy requirement (MacPhail) 5558 (Speaker) 5558, 5562-3 (Waddell) 5562
- scheduling of debate on new bills (Dalton) 4561
- time for debate (Chong) 4842-3 (de Jong) 4808
- "B.C. Legislative Assembly: An Introduction" pamphlet introduced (Speaker) 3729
- Committee of Supply, rules for sections A and B (Chair) 2654
- Committee process, overview (Chair) 6583
- Conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner (Abbott) 4553-6 (Anderson) 4566-8 (Campbell) 4569-71 (Dalton) 4559-63 (de Jong) 4545-7 (Farrell-Collins) 4544-5 (Hansen) 4549-53 (Hawkins) 4557-9 (Nettleton) 4563-5 (Neufeld) 4565-6 (Plant) 4547-9 (Whittred) 4568-9
- Cooperation between government and opposition (Abbott)
- Document tabled (Chong) 3731
- Estimates process
- deputy ministers permitted to respond to questions (Dalton) 4561-2
- effectiveness (Campbell) 6572 (Cashore) 3098 (Clark, G.) 6547, 6572-3 (Dalton) 3098, 3100-1 (Hansen) 4550-1
- length of debate (MacPhail) 5011 (Symons) 5011
- methods used to present financial information (Gingell) 4432 (Petter) 4433
- ministerial prerogative to answer questions (Gingell) 2665
- minister's presence (Abbott) 5307
- ministers' responses to opposition questions (Krueger) 4707
- process (Evans) 3946 (Gingell) 4845-6 (van Dongen) 3946
- relevance of questioning (Chair) 5043 (Farrell-Collins) 5043
- scheduling of topics linked to availability of information (Gingell) 4503 (Petter) 4503
- sequencing of topics (Hansen) 4096 (Miller) 4096
- sign-language interpreters, use during Women's Equality ministry estimates (Hammell) 2657 (Stephens) 2658, 2666
- time spent on debate (Clark, G.) 5308
- timeliness in providing answers to members' questions (Coell) 4665 (Ramsey) 5976 (Sanders) 5976 (Streifel) 4665
- timeliness in sending information to critic (Barisoff) 5999
- Free speech, right to speak freely in House (Plant) 2156
- Free votes (Anderson) 2199, 2442 (Plant) 5644
- Language used in House
- language other than English, guidelines for use (Speaker) 2392
- unparliamentary language (Deputy Speaker) 2185 (Dosanjh) 2180 (Nebbeling) 2139 (Speaker) 2180
- use of term "hypocrisy" (Krueger) 2262-3
- Legislative calendar (Abbott) 2170 (Campbell) 6546, 6572-4 (Clark, G.) 6550, 6574 (Masi) 2364 (Symons) 2191 (Weisgerber) 2159 (Wilson, G.) 3937
- Legislative calendar and sitting schedule (Abbott) 4798-801 (Anderson) 4804-5 (Barisoff) 4836-7, 4837 (Chong) 4841-4, 4879 (Clark, C.) 4839-41 (Coell) 4805 (Gingell) 4847 (Hawkins) 4848-50 (Jarvis) 4847-8 (McKinnon) 4833 (Reid) 4851-4
- Legislative interns, role (Clark, G.) 2101
- Legislative library See British Columbia Legislative Library
- Legislative reform
- Members
- non-partisan work on issues (Farnworth) 5917
- references to presence or absence of other members (Farnworth) 5562 (Krueger) 5562
- Officers of the Legislature
- Opposition, role (Campbell) 2852 (Clark, G.) 2851 (Giesbrecht) 2277 (Hansen) 4205-6 (Miller) 4205-6
- Parliament buildings See Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
- Parliamentary calendar (Jarvis) 4759-61, 4764
- Petitions, presentation allows only brief statement (Speaker) 2295
- Private members' bills
- Fridays reserved for debate (Farrell-Collins) 2634 (Speaker) 2634 (Symons) 2464
- recognition (Abbott) 4801 (Hawkins) 4849-50
- Private members' statements
- partisan issues, acceptability for discussion (Speaker) 2633
- partisan remarks (Speaker) 4988
- Privilege, procedure (Speaker) 2091-2
- Prorogation 6590
- Public input on issues (Anderson) 4804
- Question period
- questions must deal with minister's administrative responsibility (Speaker) 3708
- time limit (Reid) 4851, 4853
- Quorum calls 4835, 5343, 5381 (Abbott) 5343 (Chair) 5350, 5367 (Gingell) 4835 (Jarvis) 4845 (Krueger) 5381 (Sanders) 5350 (Speaker) 4842, 4845 (Symons) 5328, 5367 (Thorpe) 4842
- Recall of House
- opposition requests (Campbell) 2155-6 (McKinnon) 2205
- recall to consider revised estimates (Wilson, G.) 2163-5
- timing (Barisoff) 2196 (McKinnon) 2336 (Penner) 2196-7 (Symons) 2190-1
- Select standing committees See also names of particular committees, e.g., Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- appointment (Clark, G.) 2089
- committee on tobacco, alcohol and gambling issues, proposal (MacPhail) 2089 (Wilson, G.) 2089
- meeting during off-session (Clark, G.) 6547-9 (Gingell) 6547-9
- use (Abbott) 4801 (Clark, C.) 4839-40 (Gingell) 4845, 6022
- use for legislative business (Campbell) 4571 (Petter) 4793 (Plant) 4008, 4792-3 (Symons) 2190 (Whittred) 4569
- Sittings
- days not sat during 1997 session (Barisoff) 4834 (Chong) 4843-4 (Gingell) 4845-6 (Hawkins) 4849
- night sittings (Barisoff) 5327 (Symons) 5364
- number of sitting days 1995 (Hurd) 2166
- sitting during summer months (Clark, C.) 4838-9
- special sitting on occasion of buildings' centenary (Speaker) 6581
- Standing orders See Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Leskun, Ron
- Preventive security role at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre (Campbell) 6195 (de Jong) 6193-4 (Dosanjh) 6193-5
- Protection re case of drugs entering Fraser Regional Correctional Centre (Campbell) 6298 (Dosanjh) 6298
Levy, Julia
- Comments cited on biotechnology industry (Hansen) 2771
Lewko, Dolly
- Letter quoted on impact of school fees court ruling (Reid) 6137
Leyne, Les
- Quoted re municipal survey on NDP government (Reid) 2592-3
Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party
- 1996 convention (Smallwood) 2134-5
- 1996 election campaign platform (Doyle) 2237-8
- actions taken to raise women's issues during House debate (Sihota) 2813
- association with federal Liberal Party (Symons) 4816
- campaign contributions from gambling interests (Clark, G.) 2113
- campaign contributions from media (Sihota) 2597-8
- campaign contributions from pharmaceutical industry (Hurd) 2774 (Sihota) 2772-3 (Stevenson) 2766 (Waddell) 2763-4
- campaign contributors (Clark, G.) 2913-4 (Randall) 2495
- disciplinary action taken against caucus members (Miller) 2819
- expenditure for photograph of Liberal MLAs (Farnworth) 2434-5
- funding requests (Walsh) 2521
- links with business community (Lali) 2255-7 (Neufeld) 2257
- Northern B.C. visit (Giesbrecht) 2279-80 (Stephens) 2531
- performance and funding requests (Lali) 2518-20
- performance and policies (Pullinger) 2529-30
- performance as official opposition (Miller) 2819-20 (Petter) 2545-6 (Sihota) 2481-2 (Walsh) 2520-1
- performance during estimates debates (Chong) 4351-2
- policies (Boone) 2547-8 (Doyle) 2473-4 (Lali) 2517 (Nettleton) 4855
- policies and future of B.C. (Calendino) 2333
- policies and position in 1996 polls (Janssen) 2308-9
- policies and role as official opposition (Bowbrick) 2329-31 (Coell) 2335-6
- policies, comparison with NDP (Hansen) 4190 (Miller) 4190
- position on 1997-98 budget (Giesbrecht) 2277-8
- position on Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1997 (Coell) 6487
- position on commuter rail (Symons) 5008
- position on current policies re assistance for resource communities (Hansen) 4208-9 (Miller) 4208
- position on education funding (Ramsey) 6004 (Sanders) 6005
- position on Employment Standards Act (Miller) 2819
- position on establishment of Children and Families ministry (Coell) 6487
- position on establishment of Human Resources and Children and Families ministries (Coell) 5998
- position on federal patent legislation (Sihota) 2773-4
- position on Forest Practices Code 6155-6
- position on free-standing Women's Equality ministry (Bowbrick) 2823 (Chong) 2824 (Kwan) 2814 (Priddy) 2820-2 (Ramsey) 2807 (Sihota) 2812-3 (Stephens) 2818
- position on gambling (Krueger) 2262, 2269 (Walsh) 2240-1 (Wilson, G.) 2270
- position on gambling expansion (Anderson) 4386 (Farrell-Collins) 2806, 2810 (Hammell) 2805 (Krueger) 4286, 4307, 4386 (Miller) 4286 (Ramsey) 2807-8
- position on health care spending (Boone) 3782 (Farrell-Collins) 3784 (Sihota) 3781
- position on income assistance for applicants with outstanding arrest warrants (Plant) 4668 (Streifel) 4668
- position on income assistance payment levels (Streifel) 4495-6, 4515-6, 4624, 4652, 4654, 4660, 5998-9
- position on increases to minimum wage (Boone) 2811 (Kwan) 2814 (Priddy) 2821
- position on post-secondary tuition freeze (Ramsey) 5932 (Weisbeck) 5932
- position on provincial grants to municipalities (Streifel) 4518-9
- position on Residential Tenancy Act (Streifel) 4611
- position on school district amalgamation (Ramsey) 6004, 6134, 6137 (Sanders) 6004-5
- positions of caucus members on abortion (Bowbrick) 2823 (Kwan) 2814 (Priddy) 2821
- positions on definition of "spouse" to include same-sex couples (Bowbrick) 5646 (Farrell-Collins) 5741-2 (Plant) 5644 (Sihota) 5741
- principles (Evans) 2420
- questionnaire mailout (Randall) 2494
- requests for meetings with cabinet ministers (Krueger) 2555
- research department (Sihota) 2597-8
- role as official opposition (Orcherton) 2448
- role of women caucus members (Nebbeling) 2822 (Priddy) 2821 (Sihota) 2813 (Stephens) 2817
- Liberal Party of Canada, handling of Pacific salmon negotiations (Miller) 3621 (Wilson, G.) 3615
- Policies on free trade (Wilson, G.) 2437-8
Libraries
Liddle, Peter
- Research on schizophrenia cited and quoted (Sanders) 3465, 3467
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Garde B. Gardom
LIFE (Leadership initiative for earth) program
Lighthouses
- Automation
- automation of coastal lighthouses (de Jong) 2317-8 (Janssen) 2317-8
- destaffing by federal government (Reitsma) 2208, 2551
- Tourism potential (Pullinger) 4222 (Reitsma) 4221-2
Lillard, Charles
- Tribute (Wilson, G.) 2151
Lillooet, B.C.
- Watershed committee, funding needs (Nebbeling) 3062
Link program
Lionel Courchene Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.
- See William F. Davidson Elementary School
Lions Gate Bridge
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Operations review (Jarvis) 3352
Lipsey, Richard
- Report on gambling expansion (Krueger) 4629 (Miller) 4629
Liquor
Liquor Appeal Board
Liquor control and licensing branch
- See Attorney General, Ministry of
Liquor distribution branch
- See Attorney General, Ministry of
Literacy
- Services for income assistance recipients (Anderson) 4612 (Coell) 4610 (Streifel) 4610
- Services for youth See Youth Works program
Livesay, Dorothy
- Tribute (Throne speech) 2085
Livestock Brand Act
- Amendments (Evans) 2652
- Repeal See Livestock Identification Act
Livestock Identification Act
- "Brand" and "identification brand," definitions (Evans) 5720 (van Dongen) 5720
Livestock industry
- Beef industry, strategic planning (Evans) 4023 (Wilson, J.) 4023
- Bonding levels (Evans) 5719 (van Dongen) 5719
- Bonding of dealers (Evans) 5719 (van Dongen) 5719-20
- Brand inspections
- Agriculture minister's appointment of inspectors (Wilson, J.) 3791-2
- complaints process (Wilson, J.) 3792
- complaints re inspectors (Evans) 5720 (van Dongen) 5720
- inspection system (van Dongen) 3790
- transfer of responsibility to industry (Evans) 5721 (van Dongen) 5721
- transfer of responsibility to industry, cost impact (Wilson, J.) 3791-2
- Branding of livestock (Dosanjh) 2833 (Wilson, J.) 2833
- Cattle management, fencing issue (Zirnhelt) 5500
- Game farming, management of bison herd at Pink Mountain (McGregor) 5765-6 (Neufeld) 5765-6
- Issues (Wilson, J.) 4022-3
- Legislation See Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Licensing and bonding, government role (Evans) 5719 (van Dongen) 5719
- Licensing of sales and dealers (Evans) 3790
- Services transferred from government to industry (Evans) 2651, 3789-90
- Transport of livestock
- animal welfare responsibility (Symons) 3793
- compensation for costs incurred during transport (Wilson, J.) 3792
- Weed control grants for ranching industry, elimination (van Dongen) 2718
- Working group with government (Evans) 4022-3 (Wilson, J.) 4025
Livestock Public Sale Act
Lloyd, Evan
- Appointment to jobs and timber accord communications (Nebbeling) 4994-5, 4999
Lloyd George Elementary School, Kamloops, B.C.
- building renovation (McGregor) 2486 (Ramsey) 6178 (Sanders) 6178
Local government
- Accountability (Chong) 6089
- Agreements with province (Abbott) 5559
- Authority through Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act See name of act
- Autonomy (Abbott) 3530-1, 3533-4, 5916 (Chong) 6089 (Coell) 6088 (Farnworth) 3530-1, 3533
- Balanced-budget requirement (de Jong) 2386
- Borrowing from Municipal Financing Authority (Coell) 6088
- Conformity between community or land use plans and local water or improvement district's services (Abbott) 3660-1 (Farnworth) 3660
- Downloading of costs by provincial government See Grants from provincial government under Municipalities
- Elimination of need for provincial government approval (Abbott) 6087 (Farnworth) 6086
- Exercise of powers through a comprehensive bylaw or "code" (Abbott) 6216-7 (Farnworth) 6216-7
- Exercise of powers with other municipalities, council requirements (Abbott) 6216 (Farnworth) 6216
- Lease financing by Municipal Financing Authority (Abbott) 6087
- Local communities form of governance (Abbott) 3652 (Farnworth) 3652, 3655
- Planning authority (Abbott) 3657 (Farnworth) 3657
- Provincial-municipal relations See Government
- Public approval for projects (Abbott) 3682-4 (Farnworth) 3683-4
- Responsibilities (Abbott) 2972-3 (Farnworth) 2972-3
- Responsibilities, scope (Miller) 2605 (Nebbeling) 2607-8
- Services, public expectations (Wilson, G.) 2272-3
Local Government Grants Act
- Amendments
- amendments (Gingell) 2146 (Petter) 2563
- inclusion of need for consultation (Chong) 3035-6
- local governments' reaction (van Dongen) 2717 (Petter) 2110
- Province's obligations under act (Wilson, G.) 2272-3
- Purpose of act (Abbott) 2233-4 (Neufeld) 2258
- Repeal of section guaranteeing municipal grants (Dalton) 2296
Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
Local Government Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997
- (Bill 46) (Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing) 1R, 4587-8; 2R, 6086-9; C, 6215-8; 3R, 6218; RA, 6414
- Amdts: sec. 25, 69, 134.1, 149, 181, 223 (Farnworth) 6216, approved 6216
- Debate, speakers (Abbott) 6087-8, 6215-7 (Chong) 6088-9 (Coell) 6088 (Farnworth) 4587, 6086-7, 6089, 6215-8
Logging Tax Act
Loock, Christine
- Work on fetal alcohol syndrome (MacPhail) 3472 (Sanders) 3472
Looking After Children program (Newfoundland)
- B.C. involvement (Anderson) 6335 (Priddy) 6335
Lottery Act
- Reporting requirements re administration of act and lottery operations (Miller) 4339-40 (Wilson, G.) 4339-40
- Statutory authority for lottery advisory committee (Miller) 4331 (Wilson, G.) 4331
Lovick, Hon. Dale (Nanaimo)
- See also Speaker and Deputy Speaker
- Quoted from 1990 on use of interim supply (Weisgerber) 2158-9
Lower mainland
LRMPs
- See Land and resource management plans under Land use
LRUPs
- See Local resource use plans under Land use
Lumby, B.C.
- Representation on regional health board (Abbott) 3325
Lutz, William
- Doublespeak quoted on use of language (Campbell) 2113
Lysholm, John
- Letter quoted on workers' compensation coverage for out-of-country firefighter (Reid) 3255
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