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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
Nader, Ralph
- Position on no-fault insurance (Clark, C.) 2345
Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society
- Activities, NDP involvement (Clark, C.) 4767-8 (Farrell-Collins) 4741 (Symons) 4740
- Investigation of activities (Dosanjh) 2744-5 (Plant) 2744-5
- Investigation team, change of leader (de Jong) 6562 (Dosanjh) 6562
- Repayment of funds to charities (Farrell-Collins) 2808 (Krueger) 2262 (Reid) 2241
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
- Bed shortage case cited (Hawkins) 3955
- Funding (Hawkins) 3774-5
- Wait-lists (MacPhail) 5487 (Reitsma) 5487
Nanoose Bay test range
Naramata, B.C.
- Irrigation district dispute
- handling of issue (Abbott) 5912-3 (Farnworth) 4417, 5911-4
- impact on citizens (Abbott) 5913 (Thorpe) 5912
- legislation See Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 2) Amendment Act, 1997
- NDP government response (Farnworth) 5914 (Thorpe) 5912
- non-partisan work on issue (Abbott) 5913
- report and recommendations (McGregor) 5567-8 (Thorpe) 5567-8
- resolution of arbitration case (Abbott) 3657, 3660-1 (Farnworth) 3657-9, 4417 (Thorpe) 3657-9, 5568
- Irrigation district planning authority concern, petitions tabled (Thorpe) 2753, 3064
Narcotics Anonymous
- Position on outside funding (Coell) 6403 (Priddy) 6403
Narver, Dave
- Quoted re expertise loss in fisheries and wildlife branches (van Dongen) 2307
Nash, Steve
- Commended for athletic achievements (Throne speech) 2085
National Centre for Advanced Wood Products Processing, Vancouver, B.C.
National Council of Welfare
- Report cited and quoted on impact of gambling (Hawkins) 2752 (Stephens) 2751 (Whittred) 2752
National Crime Prevention Centre
- B.C. participation (Dosanjh) 2942 (Stephens) 2942
National Parole Board
- Hearings, presenting of evidence by victims (Dosanjh) 2740-1 (Plant) 2740-1
National Railway Historical Society
- Leasing agreement with B.C. Rail (Miller) 5103 (Nettleton) 5103
National Transportation Week
National unity
Natural gas
Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act
Natural resources
- See Resources and resource industries
N.D. Lea Consultants Ltd.
- Work for B.C. Transit (Gingell) 5171 (MacPhail) 5171
Nebbeling, Ted (West Vancouver-Garibaldi)
- Alberni constituency, forest industry in area 4926
- Apology for and withdrawal of remarks made to Jenny Kwan 2139
- Avenor Inc., Gold River mill situation 5259
- Baskerville, Gordon, report on private forest land 5226-30
- Budget debate 2270, 2377-80
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2607-10, 2634-5, 2966-9
- Business, public-private partnerships 4083-4
- Centra Gas B.C. Inc., return-on-investment agreement with government 4083-4
- Chaps Enterprises, logging operation shutdown, case 5452-3
- Cheakamus River fish stocks, impact of B.C. Hydro activities 4874-7
- Chief forester, annual allowable cut determinations 5385, 5387-90, 6464
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4751-3
- selection of new commissioner 4751-3
- Courthouse closings 2283
- Crime and criminals
- crime prevention 6388-90
- return of criminals to other provinces 2283-4
- statistical reporting 2380
- Crown land, regulation of timber harvesting on Crown land 5225-30
- Daisy Lake Dam, impact on area fishery 4874-7
- Discrimination and racism, minority rights 5740
- Eco-Challenge, media coverage of event, Discovery Channel offer 3168
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 4083-4, 4874-7
- Employment, job creation 2379
- Esquimalt-Metchosin area, municipal grant reduction 2635
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997
- Fisheries and Oceans department (federal), minimum flow order for Cheakamus River 4330, 4875-7
- Forest Act
- appeals, disclosure of information for review 6462-3
- review process 6463-4
- Forest Appeals Commission, powers 6511
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut, undercut 5027
- blockades by anti-logging activists 2377-8
- company closings and stumpage rate adjustments 5255-6
- deciduous tree planting on agricultural and range land 5388
- district managers, authority delegation to forest officers 6457
- forest land, permitted uses 6466
- forest licences, licence refusals 6459
- forest management
- brushing treatments on restocked land 6510
- exemptions from rehabilitation requirement 6510
- forest development plans, potential conflict between environmental officer and district forest manager 6494, 6509
- forest management plans, determination of adequacy 6457-8
- higher-level plans 6466-7, 6490
- remediation orders, licensee's responsibility for contravention of agreement 6512
- results-based silviculture prescription process and monitoring of plans 6490
- reviews, legislative provisions 6512
- silviculture prescriptions, soil disturbance 6509
- forest practices, NDP initiatives, public perception 6130-1
- forest roads
- funding from Forest Renewal B.C. 6491
- road access case 5451-2
- road-building permits 6461
- forest worker agency, establishment 3128-9, 5081
- forest-dependent communities 2378-9, 4882
- Fraser timber supply area, chief forester's annual allowable cut determinations 5385
- global competitiveness 5065
- harvest sector, job loss and retraining 5002-4
- international marketing initiatives 5299
- investment in industry 5183
- investments by young entrepreneurs 5264
- job creation 4910-1, 4921, 4949, 5136, 5539-40
- job creation, comparisons with Oregon and Washington 4886-91, 4906-8, 4910, 5002, 5017-20
- job levels 4909, 4922, 4950
- job loss 2284, 4915, 4921, 4925, 4954, 5156
- job ratio 5021, 5406-7
- job statistics 4589, 4911-3
- jobs created 2490, 4589
- jobs, working hours 4882
- logging costs 2391
- logging plans, district manager's role 6492
- managed private forest land, classification and regulation of sector 5224-7, 5229-34, 5245-8, 5250
- market logging, size of cutblocks 5264
- non-managed private forest land, regulation 5231-2, 5245-7
- number of jobs in industry 5288-9
- private forest land
- ministry discussions with sector 5226-8
- regulation of sector in Sweden 5233-4
- regulation of sector 5245
- remanufacturing industry
- "Repap proposal" for pulp logs 5254-5
- sales turned back in 5294-5
- scaling issues 6460
- silviculture
- backlog silviculture prescriptions, employment of displaced forest workers 6492-3
- backlog silviculture prescriptions, liability for establishing free-growing stand 6510
- backlog silviculture prescriptions, remedial orders for violations 6491
- funding 5147, 5178
- number of jobs 5148, 5150-2
- statistics 5146-8
- studies, accessibility of studies 5147-50
- union membership of workers 5152-3
- work backlog 5149
- socioeconomic impacts, requirement for district managers to consider 6131, 6465, 6494, 6508-9
- stumpage
- sustainable forestry strategy 5405-6
- tax assessments for sawmills 2326
- timber supply review
- forest regions' timber removal levels 5386
- review 5384-6
- reviews during previous government administrations 5386
- socioeconomic considerations 5385, 5387-9, 5404-6
- total 1996 harvest 5021-2
- transaction-based timber pricing 5251, 5253
- transport of logs, truckers' responsibility for proper marking 6459-60
- tree farm licences
- impact responsibility 5404-5
- licence holders, appeal of chief forester's annual allowable cut determination 6464
- unionization of B.C. forest workers 3280
- Vancouver forest region, Kingcome area annual allowable cut 5385
- woodlot owners, appeal rights 6462
- Forest jobs commissioner, position and role 4954, 5079
- Forest management
- protection of forest resource, NDP government action 4909
- Forest Practices Code
- amendments 5029-30, 6130-1
- impact on industry 2378, 5116
- impact on jobs 6130
- impact on timber availability 5232
- impact on timeliness of licence application processing 5068
- investigation of complaints re code 5453-5
- report on cost impact 5024-6
- review 5025-6
- Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, "due diligence," definition 6511-2
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- community input 5059-62
- forest worker, definition of term 3129
- funding for projects
- distribution of funds 5154
- flow of funding to interior and northwestern B.C. 5082-4
- funds directed towards companies' bank loans 4910
- International Woodworkers of America role in negotiations 5079-84
- land-based projects 5181-2
- Terrace area funding, alleged comments by Deputy Minister of Forests 5064
- union pension funds 6008
- incrementality of investments 2489
- land-based delivery system
- Liberal Party position on agency 2490
- monitoring of agency 5062, 5066-8
- projects
- first-priority hiring for displaced forest workers 3280
- jobs for displaced workers, productivity issue re older workers 5178-80
- jobs for non-union workers 3442
- qualification of displaced workers, union membership question 5079-81, 5084, 5152, 5156, 5178
- union requirement for jobs 2490
- stakeholders' participation 2490
- transfer of functions from Forests ministry 2489-90
- worker transition fund 5408
- Forest Sector Strategy Advisory Committee
- membership 5018
- participation of environmental organizations 5027
- participation of Tom Gunton 5023-5
- work of committee 4890
- work with cabinet policy and communications secretariat 5021, 5023
- Forests ministry
- estimates debate 4881-91, 4906-16, 4920-7, 4947-54, 4994-9, 5002-4, 5017-30, 5057-71, 5079-85, 5110-20, 5135-8, 5146-56, 5177-86, 5224-34, 5245-8, 5250-64, 5287-300, 5302-3, 5381-90, 5404-17, 5443-55, 5530-4, 5539-40
- estimates debate
- handling of public's concerns 5451-3
- land exchange policy 5530
- workers' clothing subsidy 5533-4
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- Gambling expansion, costs and consequences 2822
- Gold River
- forest industry activity 2391
- future of town 2378-9
- Government, provincial-municipal relations, joint council process 2968
- Hammell, Hon. Sue, performance as Women's Equality minister 2822-3
- Health ministry, estimates debate 3391-3
- Highway 99, hospital services for Sea to Sky corridor communities 3391-3
- Highways, government approval of official community plans, funding for roads 6350-1
- Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Ltd. emissions, petition tabled 2363
- Hughes, Ted, recommendations while conflict-of-interest commissioner on changes to legislation governing MLAs' conduct 4752
- Ikea Ltd., competitiveness 5298
- Infrastructure needs of increased population 4084
- International Forest Products Ltd., study of spotted owl issue 5443-4
- International Woodworkers of America, number of silviculture jobs controlled by union 5181
- Janssen, Gerard, article re comments about Port Alberni mayor 5061
- Job protection commissioner, role 5063-4
- Jobs and timber accord
- announcements
- announcements and incentives to support accord 4947-8
- mayors' attendance 4950-2
- meeting in Kamloops, attendees 5177
- communications strategy 4995-9
- development of accord 5027-9, 5057, 5063
- effectiveness 5539
- four-month notice requirement for company layoffs 5111-4, 5119-20
- goals 4988
- government contribution 4884-6, 4888-9
- impact on existing silviculture contracts 5146
- job creation
- impact on existing jobs 5117
- job creation by major companies 5018
- jobs already created by companies 5002
- number and types of jobs 4913-5, 4920-1
- number of jobs from small business forest enterprise program 5260
- target 5287-9
- target, basis used 4883-91, 4906-15, 5002
- jobs accord advocate
- monitoring of government action 5063, 5066, 5068
- role in layoff procedure 5069-71
- statements by Hon. Glen Clark 4884, 4886-91, 4911
- support 4883, 4924, 4947, 5116-7
- unions' role 4922-4
- Kootenay School of the Arts, training program for value-added industry 5303
- Land use
- land set aside
- protected-areas strategy
- impact on forest industry, alternative logging sites 5411
- impact on job levels 5406-8, 5412-3
- impact on private land, land exchanges policy and encumbrances 5530-2
- inclusion of spotted owl protected areas in percentage of land set aside 5411
- Legislature, unparliamentary language used in House 2139
- Liberal Party, role of women caucus members 2822
- Lillooet watershed committee, funding needs 3062
- Lions Gate Bridge, rehabilitation or replacement 2377, 4083-4
- Lloyd, Evan, appointment to jobs and timber accord communications 4994-5, 4999
- Local government, scope of responsibilities 2607-8
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4751-3
- MLAs, financial interests, transfer to blind trust 4752
- Miller, Hon. Dan, statement re creating jobs 4951-3
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1997, debate 6350-1
- Municipalities
- code of conduct for elected municipal officials 4752
- grants from provincial government
- property tax as revenue source 2608, 2634
- Peat Marwick, report on forest industry 2378
- Policing, public support for law enforcement activities 6388-90
- Port Alberni
- Port McNeill, jobs and timber accord funding for area 4952-3
- Portland Hotel, housing project 6127-8
- Private Forest Landowners Association
- negotiations with government 5228-9
- reaction to Baskerville report on private forest land 5229
- Pullinger, Hon. Jan, use of constituency office for federal election campaign 4751
- Quesnel, jobs and timber accord funding for area 4954
- Real property tax increase, impact on fixed-income owners 2283
- Recreation, back-country recreation, commercial permits 4107-9
- Repap British Columbia Inc.
- assistance from Forest Renewal B.C. and banks 4951
- financial situation, government intervention 4910
- potential closing, impact on community 5259
- stumpage fees 5255
- viability of company 5137-8
- Select Standing Committee on Forests, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Committee, work of committee 4751
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4751-3
- Sierra Legal Defense Fund, study of stream damage 5453-4
- Small business forest enterprise program
- bidding system 5260, 5263-4
- fibre use, backlog inventory 5293-7, 5381-4
- harvest levels 5289
- jobs created 5287-8
- major licensees' participation 6456
- management of program, staffing 5297
- number of registrants 5288
- options for changes in program 5297-8
- program 5260-4
- wood allocation to program 5293
- wood supply, credit system 5290-2
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, estimates debate 4107-9
- Squamish
- jobs for future 2284
- watershed committee, funding needs 3061
- Squamish General Hospital, services 3392-3
- Squamish River estuary development, impact on fish stocks 4875-6
- Throne speech debate 2283-4, 2489-90
- TimberWest Forest Ltd. Diver Lake property, acquisition by government for Strathcona Park addition 5530-3
- Tourism B.C.
- annual report, 1997-98 report 3905
- board members, selection 3149, 3168
- funding 3251
- relationship with special management operations 3249-50
- tourist information, provision 3250-1
- transition period from special operating agreement 3905
- Tourism British Columbia Act, debate 3149-50, 3168, 3249-51, 3905
- Tourism industry
- ecotourism, revenues to industry 4108
- funding for marketing 4108-9
- industry in B.C. 3149
- work of local organizations 3168
- Ucluelet, jobs 2379
- Union of B.C. Municipalities
- consultation with NDP government 2607
- request to meet with Municipal Affairs minister 2968
- Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6127-8
- Vancouver, housing situation 6127-8
- Victoria, municipal grant reduction and administrative efficiencies 2635
- Watersheds
- protection, government policy 5531
- restoration projects, Forest Renewal B.C. funding 3061-2
- Weisgerber, Jack, proposal to select new conflict-of-interest commissioner concurrent with review of legislation 4752-3
- West Fraser Mills Ltd., stumpage issue 5251-2, 5254
- West Vancouver-Garibaldi constituency, issues and concerns 2283-4, 2377
- Whistler
- Whistler Resort Association, taxation ability 3249-50
- Women's Equality ministry
- estimates debate 2810, 2822-3
- role of minister as champion for women's issues 2822
Nechako Lakes school district
Nechako River
- Protection of river, inclusion in Fish Protection Act (Clark, C.) 6168-9, 6171 (McGregor) 6169
Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute
- Alberta report on gambling cited (Cashore) 3485-6 (Krueger) 3485-6
Nelson, B.C.
Nelson, Ben
- Quoted on multilateral agreement on investment (Wilson, G.) 3615
Nelson, Scott
- Position on gambling cited (Hammell) 2799
Nemetz, Nathaniel T.
- Recommendations on public sector termination standards (Gingell) 5891 (MacPhail) 5891-2
Nettleton, Paul (Prince George-Omineca)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 3432-7
- Abortion, government policy 2287
- B.C. Rail Ltd.
- debt levels 5104
- dividend paid to government 5104, 5107-8
- freight car fleet renewal 5102
- operations 5103
- profitability 5094-5
- rail car purchase for provision of dining service 5103
- role in development of northern B.C. economy 5103
- B.C. Rail Ventures, projects 5102-3
- B.C. Railway Group
- B.C. Railway Properties Ltd., investments, 1997-2001 strategic plan 5093
- B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., telecommunications infrastructure in northern B.C. 5094
- Budget, 1997-98 budget, conservative nature 2285
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2696-7
- Civil service downsizing, costs 2286
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4753-4
- selection of new commissioner 4753
- Corporations, corporate registrations by government, policies and procedures 4682-3
- Crown land activities, policy 3435
- Drugs
- reference-based pricing 2286
- research and development, need 2286
- Economy of B.C.
- economic policy 2285
- impact of government policies 2286
- Elections, electoral reform, Liberal Party position 4855
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 5091-6, 5102-4, 5107-8
- Environment, environmental protection, NDP legislation, cost-effectiveness 2286
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- estimates debate 4647-8, 4682-3
- government services and registries division, operations and activities 4682-3
- First Citizens' Fund, funding 3434
- Forest industry
- forest-dependent communities, future 4563-4
- Mackenzie forest district, revenues 5414-5
- pulp prices 5095
- scaling
- scalers' pay levels and qualifications 5414
- scaling program 5355, 5414-5
- softwood lumber quota system, allocation process 5095
- stumpage rates 5415
- wood transport, scaling and inspections 5355
- workers' lives 5354-5
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- funds, use 4563-4
- revenues, decision to not redirect funds to general revenue 2286-7
- transfer of functions from Forests ministry 2287
- Forests ministry
- Government
- downloading of costs to Crown corporations 2285, 2287
- public expectations 4424-5
- registration services, business objectives of government registries 4682-3
- Health care
- NDP government actions 4564-5
- regionalization, firing of regional health boards 2287
- wait-lists in north for orthopedic surgery 4428-9
- Houston, economy and role in provincial economy 2696-7
- Indians
- economic development models 3435
- economic development opportunities, progress 3432-3
- promotion of Indian artisans 3434-5
- purchasing opportunities for Indian suppliers 3436-7
- Jobs and timber accord, announcement 4563, 4565
- Legislature
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 4563-5
- legislative reform, Liberal Party position 4855
- Liberal Party, policies 4855
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4753-4
- Middle River, water supply 3433
- National Railway Historical Society, leasing agreement with B.C. Rail 5103
- NDP government
- Northwest Community College program cuts, petition tabled 2327
- Prince George, municipal grant reduction 2697
- Prince George Regional Hospital, operating facilities 4429
- Prince George Wood Preserving Ltd., impact on company of Forest Renewal project 2287
- Prince George-Omineca constituency, issues and concerns 2286-7
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4753-4
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1997, debate 4854-6
- Throne speech debate 2285-7
- Transportation, northwest corridor, east-west connection across B.C. to coastal ports 5103
- Trucking industry, transport of softwood lumber into United States 5095
- Vancouver Wharves Ltd.
- Weisgerber, Jack, proposal to select new conflict-of-interest commissioner concurrent with review of legislation 4754
- WesTel Telecommunications Ltd., operations 5093-4
Neufeld, Richard (Peace River North)
- Agriculture
- farms and farming
- land-clearing by farmers, marketing of logs 5494
- manure management 5709-10
- industry regulations 2542
- seed distributors, requirement to purchase B.C.-produced seeds 3981
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 3981
- Air, greenhouse gas levels, reduction 5702-3, 5706
- Alberta
- companies operating in B.C., compliance with provincial laws 3220-2
- economic policies 6551-3
- economic policies, impact on B.C. 4088-92
- links with northeastern B.C. 5101
- oil and gas industry 4159
- Armed forces, Nanoose Bay test range lease agreement with United States, notice of termination by B.C. 3635-6
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 2827-32, 2840
- Automobiles
- alternative-fuel and zero-emission vehicles 5702-3
- defective or unsafe vehicles 5361
- insurance, no-fault insurance for B.C. 4648-9
- photo radar use in speed monitoring, trucks and trailers 2831-2
- vehicle ownership transfer to settle an estate 2829-30
- Bears, handling by conservation staff 5701-2
- Bison herd at Pink Mountain, management 5765-6
- B.C. Ambulance Service
- call volumes and staffing levels 3874
- dispatch system 3874
- B.C. Arts Council
- community grants, determination 4406
- operations and board representation 4403
- B.C. Ferry Corporation vessels, fast ferries, emissions concerns 5706
- B.C. Human Rights Commission, appointment process 2840
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, appointment process 2840
- B.C. Hydro, workers safety, fall-prevention standards 3205, 3219
- B.C., northern B.C.
- drugs, availability of illegal drugs 2829
- economic development summit 5278
- economic issues and concerns 6550-3
- forest revenues returned to north 5497
- health care services 3576
- industry needs in northeast 3222
- infrastructure investments 6550-1
- issues and concerns 2540-3
- jobs 6552
- natural resources 2540
- northeast region, economic issues 5101
- oil and gas industry investments 4151
- physician supply and recruitment 3829-30
- propane, use as motor fuel 2541, 3082-3
- revenues produced by area returned to north 2183, 4161
- road conditions
- services, availability 2897-8
- taxation system 3021
- telecommunications infrastructure 6527-8
- tourism industry 3171, 4294-5
- transportation infrastructure in northeastern B.C. 5101
- transportation planning, need 5277-81
- woodlot owners and farmers, log marketing concerns 5494-7
- B.C. Rail Ltd.
- Fort St. John-Fort Nelson line, maintenance and upgrade activities 5101-2
- grain cars, number allocated 5100
- hopper cars acquisition 5100-1
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, funding sources 5282
- Budget
- debate 2257-60, 2331, 2419
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 2184
- 1997-98 budget, projected deficit 2258
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2693-6, 2927, 3021-2, 3082-3, 3085-6, 3107-11
- Builders Lien Act
- Business
- costs, comparison with Alberta 4089-92
- small business, concerns of businesses in eastern B.C. re Alberta business environment 4367-8
- Cassiar Mining Corp., future of mine 4149
- Children, child protection, Gove commission recommendations 4488
- Children's Commission
- bureaucracy 3969
- commissioner
- cabinet appointment vs. officer of the Legislature 3989
- reporting directly to Legislature 3968-9
- term of office 3972
- regional issues and services in rural B.C. 3969, 3991
- Children's Commission Act, debate 3968-9, 3972, 3989, 3991
- Chiropractors, accreditation of foreign-trained practitioners 3030-1
- Construction industry, liens on pipelines and wells 6427-30
- Consumers
- tax and user fee increases 2541
- taxes and user fees 2258
- Correction Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2896-8
- Corrections system
- probation officers for northern communities 2828
- youth corrections, handling of cases 2897
- Crime, youth crime
- attitude of offenders 2897
- penalties 2897
- Culture, funding reductions, petition tabled 6563
- Cycling network program, opportunities for smaller communities to participate 5282-3
- Debt, public debt during NDP administration 2183, 2257-9
- Doerksen, George, tribute re bear habitat work 5701-2
- Duke's Air Service, back-country recreation application 5795-6
- Economy, need for economic activity to support government spending 2182-3
- Education
- curriculum, program to eliminate homophobia and heterosexism, petition tabled 6109
- electronic learning network for schools 6528
- Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 4086-92, 4149-51, 4158-65, 4167, 4282, 5100-2
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards, compliance 3220-2
- job creation
- job creation 2183
- types of jobs created 2540
- job-poaching by other provinces 4086-7
- Employment Standards Act, variances for oil and gas industry 4161-4, 4737
- Employment Standards Tribunal, variances for oil and gas industry 3219
- Environment, environmental protection, scrubbers required on tanker trucks 4159
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- Families
- relationship breakdown, arrangements 5647
- responsibility for well-being 3968-9
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1997
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates debate 4648-50
- Fisheries
- Pacific salmon fishery, protection and preservation of resource 3635-6
- Pacific Salmon Treaty, B.C. response to United States position on negotiation of new treaty (Motion without notice), debate 3635-6
- Fontas bridge, status 5101-2
- Food banks, donations of wild game 2464-5, 2467
- Food Donor Encouragement Act, debate 2464-5, 2467
- Forest industry
- deactivation of forest roads 4158
- employment standards flexibility 4737
- industry during NDP administration 6131-2, 6153-4
- operational plans, legislative changes 6153
- stumpage system, revenue stability if stumpage changes, sunset clause 6346-7
- Forest Practices Code
- amendments 6153-4
- impact of code
- impact on businesses other than forestry 6153
- impact on industry 2541
- impact on oil and gas industry 6132, 6153
- impact on resource industries planning 4149-50
- Reform Party position on bill 6132
- Forest Renewal Amendment Act, 1997, debate 2852-3
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- contract with Alberta company 4088-90
- funding process, equity and accountability issues 2852-3
- funds, allocation issues 2155, 2182
- local-hire policy 5497-9
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 5494-500
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 6131-2, 6153-4
- Fort Nelson
- Fort St. John
- 100th Street and 100th Avenue, Highways ministry responsibility 6352
- ambulance garage and hospital funding 3770-1, 3859
- ambulance service
- operation by fire department 2183-4
- operation by fire department, petition tabled 2328
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police report 4144-5
- mayor's letter to Hon. Glen Clark re reductions in municipal grants 2258
- municipal grant reduction 3021
- tax rates and infrastructure conditions 2695
- Fort St. John General Hospital
- capital equipment needs 3828-9
- intensive care unit upgrade 3829
- Fraser Valley, urbanization 4160
- Fuel
- alternative-fuel vehicles 5702-3
- project-related regional motor fuel taxes 5282
- propane, use as motor fuel
- Gambling expansion in B.C., community referendums 2507
- Government
- 1996-97 capital spending freeze, exempted projects 2258
- federal transfers to provinces, reduction 2694-5
- policies for benefit of province as a whole 2257
- provincial-municipal relations, protocol agreement re consultation 2694-5
- purchasing, political influence in buying B.C. products 3981
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2181-2
- Grain transportation from Peace River area to west coast ports 5101-2
- Grand Haven drilling site, public concerns, petition tabled 2753
- Gravel
- Guiding and packing activities, regulations 5769
- Health care
- regional health boards and community health councils
- membership 2184
- representation concerns 3382
- regionalization, amalgamating of hospital districts 3831-2
- travel for treatment by rural and northern residents 3868
- Health ministry, estimates debate 3382, 3575-6, 3828-32, 3868, 3874
- Highway 2, passing lanes at Pouce Coupe weigh scale area 5471
- Highway 19, Island Highway construction project
- Highway 37, Glacier Creek-Tatogga Lake section, seal-coating 5359
- Highway 97, Alaska Highway
- road to private residence at mile 206, use 5361-2
- role in tourism industry 3171
- tourism signage 5357-9
- upgrade, petition tabled 3460
- Highways and roads
- arterial highways, Highways ministry responsibility 6352
- consultation between provincial government and municipalities re highways 6349
- funding for landscaping 5363-4
- gravel, size of aggregate used 4650
- maintenance funding 2182
- maintenance of seal-coated roads, concerns 5213-4
- moving 16-wides on roads 2260, 5475
- mowing of roadsides 5357
- Peace River area, funding for road improvements 6562
- provincial road data management system 5709
- secondary highways, number in B.C. 6349
- speed limits, determination based on 85 percentile measure 2832
- Hotel room tax, refund overpayments, reassessments 2927
- Human Resources ministry, estimates debate 4488, 4493-5
- Hunting, game hunting on private land 5766-7
- Impaired driving, penalties and deterrents 2847
- Industry, competitiveness 4089-92, 5498-9
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- costs
- claims settlement actions and awards 4649
- impact of adopting no-fault insurance option 4648-9
- premiums, projections for future levels 4648
- privatization 2693
- road safety program, impact on claim costs 4648-9
- road safety responsibilities transferred from Transportation and Highways ministry 2693
- Internet access, issues and concerns 6527-8
- Judges, itinerant judges for northern and rural regions 2827-8
- Justice system
- courts
- court system, cost 2914
- frequency of sittings in northern and rural areas 2827-8
- services and staffing for rural areas 2896-8
- family justice centres, pilot projects 2827
- staff training 2896
- Kaiser Energy Ltd., sour gas well proposal for Fort St. John area 4159-60
- Labour ministry
- Labour, workplace safety, workers injured in falls 3205-6, 3218-9
- Legislature
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 4565-6
- legislative reform 6549-50
- Liberal Party, links with business community 2257
- Local Government Grants Act, purpose 2258
- Martin, Keith, status as practising physician and Member of Parliament 3676
- Mediation and Arbitration Board, operations review 4161
- MLAs, working together for the common good 3636
- Mental health services, psychiatric care, committal process 3831
- Milligan Creek Road, condition 5362-3
- Mines and mining
- mineral tenures, compensation for cancelled Tatshenshini projects 6553
- mining industry
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1997, debate 6346-7, 6349, 6352-3
- Mission Air Transportation Network, funding 3868
- Morrison Petroleums Ltd., pipeline application 5708-9
- Motor vehicle branch, transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C. 2693
- Mount Washington Ski Resort Ltd., road to facility, cost recovery agreement 5281-2
- Municipalities, municipal grants
- Munro, Jack, position on Forest Practices Code 6132
- Muskwa-Kechika area, management of area 5769
- NDP
- government
- role as party of working-class 2257
- Nisga'a people
- court system, cost 2914-5
- treaty, finalization of agreement, timetable and consultation 3129
- Nurses, representation on community health councils and regional health boards 3382
- Oil and gas industry
- activity authorizations, turnaround times 4150-1
- B.C. jobs filled by Alberta workers 4087
- costs to operate in B.C. 4161-4
- exploration, proximity to residential areas, petition tabled 3381
- guidelines for northeastern B.C. 5707-9
- impact of Forest Practices Code 4149-50, 4158
- permit applications, timeliness of approvals 5519-22
- pipelines across private land, owner's rights 6427-8, 6430
- regulatory requirements 4158-9
- role in B.C. economy 2259-60
- role in economy of northwest B.C. 4090-2, 4164-5
- sour gas wells, siting 4159-60
- tax increase proposal, revenues for northern infrastructure 3021-2
- workers
- employment standards flexibility 4737
- injury rates 3204-6, 3218-9
- labour standards, jurisdictional issues 3220-2
- overtime 4162-4
- overtime variance from Employment Standards Act 2542
- Parks, classification of new parks 5797
- Peace River Alaska Highway Tourist Association, work in promoting tourism 3171
- Peace River area
- condition of roads in North Peace 5329-30, 5356-7
- highway district manager for North Peace 5359-60
- job loss to Alberta 5734
- roads
- condition of roads in North Peace 5362
- maintenance contract 5356-7
- road classification system in North Peace 5363
- seal-coat maintenance of roads 5359
- valley land set aside for Site C, disposition 5550-1
- Peace River North constituency, issues and concerns 6550-3
- Peace-Liard regional hospital district, future of amalgamation 3831-2, 3868
- Physicians, recruitment of foreign-trained physicians, Royal College of Physicians position 3829-30
- Poverty, rural poverty 2464
- Power for Jobs Development Act, debate 6451
- Power for Jobs program, eligibility 6451
- Premier's Office, estimates debate 6527-8, 6549-53
- Quinsam Coal Corp., government funding for road improvements 5282
- Railways, role of rail transport in B.C. economy 5101
- R&B Contracting Services Ltd., fine for timber harvesting on Crown land 5499-500
- Real property tax
- rates in B.C. and elsewhere 3107
- revenue 3107
- Recreation, commercial back-country recreation applications and policy 5795-7
- Recycling, contractor services, monitoring 5701
- River-rafting on Tatshenshini River 5797
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- access to truck weigh scales 5471-2
- drug enforcement role in northern areas of province 2829
- Royal Oak Mines Inc., compensation arrangement with province 6553
- School buses, propane use and impact of tax 3082-3, 3108
- Scrap It program, number of vehicles scrapped 5706
- Security personnel, training and licensing 2829
- Sexual orientation, same-sex couples, parents' acceptance 5648
- Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road 4151, 5282
- Signs on highways for services and attractions 5357
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, estimates debate 4289-90, 4294-5, 4367-8, 4403, 4406
- Social welfare system
- financial assistance workers, recruitment and training 4488
- income assistance, administration and operations 4493-5
- Socialism, socialist fiscal policies 2258
- Society, equality for all members of society 5647
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2181-4
- Taxation, NDP government claim of no new taxes 2693
- Taxi industry, licensing and inspection 5471
- Throne speech
- Tourism B.C.
- board, northern representation 3172, 4289-90
- budget surpluses 3904
- funding, payment from Finance ministry 3909
- transfer of property and trademarks from Tourism ministry 3912
- Tourism British Columbia Act, debate 3171-2, 3904, 3909-12
- Tourism industry, marketing by European entrepreneurs 4294
- Trade unions
- unionization of B.C. workers, impact on industry competitiveness 4089-92
- Transit, use of public transit 2331
- Transportation
- infrastructure, funding issues 5277-81
- priority corridor program 5283
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- Trucking industry
- inspection facilities, monitoring 5471
- out-of-province trucks, permitting process 5472-3
- phone line, 1-888 number 5361
- tanker trucks, regulations for scrubbers 5701
- transport of hydrogen sulphide 4159
- truck weigh scales
- operations 5472
- Pouce Coupe and Dawson Creek weigh scales, combining of operations 5471
- revenue from fines 5472
- University of Northern B.C., nurse training program 3830
- Upper Halfway road 5329
- Violence against women, regional availability of treatment programs for assaultive men 2671
- Volunteers, community volunteerism 2464
- Waste management, landfills, bear fencing around sites 5766
- Water, well authorities, approval timeliness in Fort St. John 5519-20
- Wildlife conservation officers, number of officers 5769-70
- Women's Equality ministry, estimates debate 2671
- Wood waste, beehive burner phase-out program 5702
- Workers Compensation Board
- number of fines 3204-5
- safety equipment requirements for working at heights 3205-6, 3218-9
- staff, employee attitudes 3204
- submission to Employment Standards Tribunal on oil and gas industry application 3219
- Young, Gerri, commended for environmental work 3772
New Democratic Party
- B.C. party support for federal party (Farrell-Collins) 2764-6
- Conventions
- 1997 convention, delegates' positions on gambling expansion (Farrell-Collins) 2806-7
- delegate selection process (Masi) 2364
- Democratic nature of party (Anderson) 2498
- Evolution of party (Masi) 2129-30
- Government
- 1996 budget speech statements (Chong) 2721-2
- actions on conflict-of-interest legislation (Gingell) 4758-9 (Sanders) 4756-7
- actions, role of "the plan" (Anderson) 2441-3
- adoption of NDP convention resolutions concerning B.C. Benefits (Anderson) 4515
- commitment to represent B.C. interests (Abbott) 6384 (Doyle) 6383-4
- competency (Krueger) 5561-3
- consultations with public and others (Abbott) 3540 (Clark, C.) 3146 (Dalton) 2690-2, 4390 (Jarvis) 3065-6 (Krueger) 3031, 6158-9 (McKinnon) 6256 (Reid) 2593 (Reitsma) 2207 (Sihota) 3188-9 (Symons) 2525 (Zirnhelt) 6161
- election campaign statements (Clark, C.) 2345-6, 2859 (Coell) 4660 (Farrell-Collins) 3783-4 (Neufeld) 2182 (Symons) 2190
- financial credibility of current administration (Gingell) 4432-3 (Petter) 4432-3
- financial management (Barisoff) 2195-6, 5200-2 (Brewin) 2372 (Campbell) 3458-9 (Chong) 2208-9, 2500, 3231 (Coell) 4805-6 (Coleman) 2689 (de Jong) 2417 (Gingell) 3229-31, 3459, 4846 (Hawkins) 2177-8, 4849 (Jarvis) 2231 (Krueger) 2172-3 (McKinnon) 2205-6 (Masi) 2364-5 (Nettleton) 4854-5 (Neufeld) 2184, 2258-60 (Penner) 2198, 2346-7 (Plant) 2422-3 (Ramsey) 2370 (Reid) 2180-1, 2241-4, 4850-1 (Reitsma) 2208 (Stephens) 2354, 2870 (Symons) 2524-5 (Thorpe) 2193-4, 2439-40, 3731 (van Dongen) 2201-3 (Weisgerber) 2209 (Whittred) 2204-6 (Wilson, G.) 2435 (Wilson, J.) 2733 (Zirnhelt) 2245
- hands-on approach to governing (Cashore) 2384-5
- management of health care system (Abbott) 5867-8 (de Jong) 5868-9 (Hawkins) 5864-6 (Krueger) 5866-7 (MacPhail) 5869 (Wilson, G.) 5863-4
- media comments on government (Symons) 2517
- meetings with politically affiliated people (de Jong) 3070-1 (Farnworth) 3071
- objectives for 1997-98 (Gillespie) 2252-3
- performance (Barisoff) 4834-5 (Bowbrick) 2606 (Campbell) 2117 (Clark, C.) 4768-70, 4839, 5949-52 (de Jong) 2404 (Farrell-Collins) 4743-4 (Hawkins) 4848 (Jarvis) 4759-61, 4763-4 (McKinnon) 4833 (MacPhail) 2119-20 (Neufeld) 3910-1 (Penner) 4780 (Pullinger) 2527-8 (Reid) 4850-1 (Reitsma) 4772-3 (Robertson) 2303 (Sanders) 5971 (Sawicki) 2302-3 (Stephens) 2355-6 (Streifel) 2356 (Thorpe) 2311 (Wilson, J.) 2446-7
- policies (Hansen) 2714 (Lali) 2516-7
- policies, evidence-based decision-making (MacPhail) 3896 (Reid) 3895-6
- position on appointing women to government board vacancies (Kwan) 2814
- position on employment equity (Boone) 2811
- position on gambling (Clark, C.) 2137 (Coleman) 2376 (Farrell-Collins) 2126-7, 2810 (Hammell) 2803, 2805 (Krueger) 3964
- press releases, wording (Hansen) 2771
- priorities (Evans) 2420-1 (Gingell) 2148-9 (Hammell) 2350 (Petter) 2106, 2108, 2543-5, 3230-1 (Pullinger) 2527
- public confidence in current administration (Clark, C.) 2343-4 (Farrell-Collins) 5053 (Hawkins) 2236-7
- public perception (Krueger) 2637
- public relations activities (Campbell) 4569-71 (Dalton) 4562 (Whittred) 4568
- record on executive severance pay-outs (de Jong) 5856
- role in 1997 federal election campaign (Hansen) 4552 (Neufeld) 3575-6
- trust issue (Campbell) 2154-6 (Coell) 2176, 2336 (de Jong) 2387, 2417 (Krueger) 3078 (Reid) 2179, 2243 (Reitsma) 2206 (Wilson, J.) 2733
- truth issue (Barisoff) 2312 (Gingell) 2109 (Nettleton) 2285
- vision (Waddell) 2130, 2133 (Wilson, G.) 2698
- Links with organized labour (Miller) 5811
- Performance while in opposition (Barisoff) 4835-6
- Principles and policies (Anderson) 2200, 2260-1
- Role as party of working-class (Lali) 2255-7 (Neufeld) 2257
- Support from labour sector (Orcherton) 2557
- Supporters (Smallwood) 2134
New Horizons program
New Westminster, B.C.
- Affordable housing needs (Bowbrick) 3269-71
- Connaught Heights area, prostitution (Dosanjh) 2798 (Plant) 2798
- Courthouse, future (Dosanjh) 2707
- Health care facilities (Bowbrick) 2329
- Mayor's letter quoted on municipal powers (Abbott) 3843
New Westminster constituency
- Capital improvements since 1991 election (Bowbrick) 2328
New Westminster school district
New Zealand
- Government reform (Wilson, G.) 2274
Newspapers
Niessen, Debra
- Government employee fraud conviction case (Gingell) 4228 (Streifel) 4228
911 emergency telephone system
Nisga'a people
- Agreement-in-principle
- impact on other treaty settlements (Weisgerber) 2503
- land transfer process and public input (Cashore) 2294 (de Jong) 2294 (McGregor) 2294
- per-capita costs and number of enrolled members (Cashore) 3020 (Weisgerber) 3020
- provisions on gambling on Nisga'a lands (Cashore) 2222-3 (Weisgerber) 2222-3
- ratification, free vote in Legislature (Clark, G.) 6576
- referendum (Clark, G.) 6576
- self-government model (Abbott) 3679 (Farnworth) 3679
- Economic development, use of lands as security for loans (Barisoff) 3434 (Cashore) 3429-34 (de Jong) 3429-31
- Gambling casinos on Nisga'a land (Miller) 4283 (Weisgerber) 4283
- Nisga'a court system, cost (Cashore) 2914-5 (Neufeld) 2914-5
- Treaty
- certainty language (Cashore) 3406-9 (de Jong) 3407-8 (Weisgerber) 3406-7, 3409
- comparison to Yukon Indian treaty (Cashore) 3418, 3496-8 (Weisgerber) 3418, 3496-8
- final agreement negotiations (Cashore) 3264-5
- finalization of agreement (Goodacre) 2096
- finalization of agreement, timetable and consultation (Cashore) 3129 (Neufeld) 3129
- negotiations, training for Nisga'a negotiators (Cashore) 3451 (de Jong) 3451
- treaty and government mandates re Indian treaty settlements (Cashore) 3403-15 (de Jong) 3407-9 (Weisgerber) 3403-15
Nishimura, Erikka
- Tuition reimbursement case (de Jong) 5577-8
Noranda Forest Products
- Annual report quoted on 1996 earnings (Weisbeck) 2445
North American Free Trade Agreement
- Agreement (Smallwood) 3618
- Continentalization of national economies (Wilson, G.) 2436-8
- Environmental protection side agreement (Clark, C.) 5762 (McGregor) 5762
- Provisions on energy exports (Wilson, G.) 4929-30
North American Indigenous Games
North Delta, B.C.
- NorDel Way completion project (Masi) 2129
North Delta Senior Secondary School, Delta, B.C.
- Assessment of capital needs (Masi) 6177 (Ramsey) 6177
North Enderby Timber Ltd.
- Permit to burn latex paints (Abbott) 5728 (McGregor) 5728
North Okanagan Neurological Association
- Mandate and funding (Priddy) 6371 (Sanders) 6370-2
North Okanagan Organic Association
- Brochure quotation re non-organic agriculture industry (Evans) 4068 (van Dongen) 4068
- Complaints re Agriculture ministry staffing (Evans) 4067-8 (van Dongen) 4067-8
North Okanagan regional health board
North Okanagan-Shuswap school district
North Peace Cattlemen's Association
- Letter quoted on road maintenance in Peace River area (Neufeld) 5329
North Pine Women's Institute
- Letter quoted on road safety in Peace River area (Neufeld) 5329
North Shore News (North Vancouver)
- Human rights complaint against publisher See Collins, Doug
North Shore regional health board
- Chief executive officer's severance arrangements (Hawkins) 2654 (MacPhail) 2654
- Public consultations (MacPhail) 3347 (Whittred) 3346-7
- Work on regionalization (Dalton) 6246-7 (MacPhail) 6247
North Vancouver, B.C.
- Consultation with Municipal Affairs minister (Farnworth) 3066
- Court services (Dosanjh) 2620
- Municipal grant reduction (Jarvis) 2635-6, 3065-6
- Transit services for North Shore (Jarvis) 5172-3 (MacPhail) 5172-3
North Vancouver school district
North Vancouver-Lonsdale constituency
Northern Forest Products Association
- Statements on jobs and timber accord (Campbell) 6545
Northern Voice (Burns Lake)
- Article on Environment ministry budget quoted (Campbell) 3279 (Clark, C.) 5512 (McGregor) 5512-3
Northwest Communities Coalition
- Work re impact of Kemano completion project cancellation (Campbell) 6565
Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.
- University credit course reduction at Prince Rupert campus, petition tabled (Weisbeck) 2915
Northwest Transportation Corridor Task Force
- Report cited and quoted (Penner) 4198
- Report quoted on northern B.C. economy (Neufeld) 2542-3
Notaries Act
- Changes, petition tabled (Dalton) 5911
Nurses
- Continuing-care nurses, qualifications (Krueger) 3571 (MacPhail) 3571
- Definition of term for bargaining purposes (Dalton) 6248 (MacPhail) 6248
- Public health nurses, services for children and youth (Coell) 6446 (Priddy) 6446
- Rural nursing (MacPhail) 3664 (Stephens) 3664
Nuu-chah-nulth people
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