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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
Oak Bay Beach Hotel, Victoria, B.C.
- Involvement with Welfare to Work program (Streifel) 4518
Oak Bay Lodge, Victoria, B.C.
- Renovation project, freeze (Chong) 2500-1
- Renovations (Chong) 3863 (Coell) 3399 (MacPhail) 3863
Oak Bay-Gordon Head constituency
- Care facility capital project, future (Chong) 2208
Oaklands, Burnaby, B.C.
- Operations (Farnworth) 3799
O'Brien, Michael
- Role on Workers Compensation Review Board (Cashore) 3223-4 (Reid) 3223-4
Observe, Record and Report program
OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- Negotiations on multilateral agreement on investment See Multilateral agreement on investment
Offence Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 5675 (Plant) 5676, 6301
- "Reasonably possible" to replace "practicable" (Dosanjh) 5593-4 (Plant) 5593-4
- Section 5 provisions, applicability to Police Act (Dosanjh) 5829-30 (Plant) 5829-30 (Wilson, G.) 5691-2
Offence Amendment Act, 1997
Offence Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997
Office of the fire commissioner
- Nanaimo office closing (Abbott) 3529 (Farnworth) 3529
Office of the public trustee
- Expenditures (Dosanjh) 2939 (Plant) 2939
Oil and gas industry
- Activity authorizations, turnaround times (Miller) 4150-1 (Neufeld) 4150-1
- B.C. jobs filled by Alberta workers (Miller) 4087 (Neufeld) 4087
- Costs to operate in B.C. (Miller) 4161-4 (Neufeld) 4161-4
- Exploration
- projects (Wilson, J.) 2447
- proximity to residential areas, petition tabled (Neufeld) 3381
- Guidelines for northeastern B.C. (McGregor) 5707-9 (Neufeld) 5707-9
- Impact of Forest Practices Code (Miller) 4149-50, 4158 (Neufeld) 4149-50, 4158
- Impact of Forest Practices Code in northeastern B.C. (Neufeld) 6132, 6153
- Investments in northern B.C. (Miller) 4151 (Neufeld) 4151
- Natural gas
- sales outside B.C. (Hansen) 4165 (Miller) 4165
- use for heat and energy, safety issue See Safety
- Permit applications, timeliness of approvals (McGregor) 5519-22 (Neufeld) 5519-22
- Pipelines across private land, owner's rights (Miller) 6427-8, 6430 (Neufeld) 6427-8, 6430
- Regulatory requirements (Miller) 4159 (Neufeld) 4158-9
- Revenues to province (Miller) 4053
- Role in B.C. economy (Neufeld) 2259-60
- Role in economy of northwest B.C. (Miller) 4089-92, 4164 (Neufeld) 4090-2, 4164-5
- Sour gas wells, siting (Miller) 4159-61 (Neufeld) 4159-60
- Tax increase proposal, revenues for northern infrastructure (Farnworth) 3022 (Neufeld) 3021-2
- Timber harvesting, master licence (Zirnhelt) 6458
- Wastewater disposal wells (McGregor) 5599 (Stephens) 5599
- Workers
- employment standards flexibility (Cashore) 4737 (Neufeld) 4737
- injury rates (Cashore) 3205-6, 3218-9 (Neufeld) 3204-6, 3218-9
- labour standards, jurisdictional issues (Cashore) 3220-2 (Neufeld) 3220-2
- overtime (Miller) 4162-4 (Neufeld) 4162-4
- overtime variance from Employment Standards Act (Neufeld) 2542 (Stephens) 2532
OK Road Maintenance Inc.
- Highway maintenance contract, legal action (Barisoff) 5313-4 (Boone) 5313-4
Okanagan area
- Growth management strategy (Abbott) 3845 (Farnworth) 3845
- Roads
- condition (Barisoff) 5327
- destination and origin surveys on roads (Barisoff) 5326-7 (Boone) 5326-7
- Tourism industry in area (Sanders) 3172-3
- Transportation system
- Water management plan (Farnworth) 3839 (Thorpe) 3839
Okanagan Lake
- Mysis shrimp and impact on kokanee salmon (Hawkins) 5610 (McGregor) 5610
Okanagan Lake Bridge
Okanagan Mission, B.C.
Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.
- Joint-facilities project with Kelowna Secondary School (Hawkins) 6226-7 (Ramsey) 6226-7
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority
- Annual report, 1996-97, tabled (Evans) 5488
- Business plan, targets (Evans) 3983 (van Dongen) 3983-4
- Replant program (Evans) 3984-5, 4012 (van Dongen) 3985
- Staff (Evans) 3984 (van Dongen) 3984
- Strategic changes (Evans) 3984 (van Dongen) 3984
Okanagan West constituency
- Issues and concerns (Hawkins) 2177-8
Okanagan-Boundary constituency
- Issues and concerns (Barisoff) 2195-6
Okanagan-Penticton constituency
- Issues and concerns (Thorpe) 2310-1
Okanagan-Similkameen regional district
- See Regional district of Okanagan-Similkameen
Okanagan-Skaha school district
Oliver, H.A.D.
- Selection as conflict-of-interest commissioner (Bowbrick) 6563 (Clark, G.) 6564
Oliver-Osoyoos, B.C.
- Transit services, taxiDART system (MacPhail) 5198 (Symons) 5198
Olympic Games
- Vancouver bids to host games (Pullinger) 4289 (Reitsma) 4289
Ombudsman
- Reports
- 1996 annual report tabled (Speaker) 3279
- public report No. 36, "Getting There: A Review of the Implementation of the Report of the Gove Inquiry into Child Protection," tabled (Speaker) 6590
- special report No. 19, "An Investigation into the Instability and Recession of Willemar Bluffs," tabled (Speaker) 4330
One Voice Seniors Network
- Quoted re drug prices (Brewin) 2770 (Waddell) 2763
Ontario
- Grants to municipalities (Streifel) 4518
- Political conservatism (Evans) 2418-20
Ontario Law Reform Commission
- Cited and quoted on definition of term "family" (Plant) 5737
Ontario Securities Commission
- Position on national model for securities regulation (Gingell) 4504 (Petter) 4503-4
Open Learning Agency
- Funding (Ramsey) 5978-9 (Sanders) 5978-9
- Role in apprenticeship education (Cashore) 3156 (Dalton) 3154
Open Skies program
- Impact on cruise ship industry (Pullinger) 4291
- Program and performance measurement (Pullinger) 4255-6 (Reitsma) 4255-6
Oppal, Wallace T.
- Commission of inquiry into policing in British Columbia See name of commission
Opportunities '96
Oral questions
- 1996-97 budget and Finance ministry officials (Clark, G.) 2104 (de Jong) 2104
- 1997-98 budgetary deficit (Gingell) 2152 (Petter) 2152
- Aboriginal Affairs committee recommendation of free vote on treaties (Cashore) 5910-1 (Weisgerber) 5910-1
- Aboriginal Affairs Committee recommendations (Cashore) 6108 (Weisgerber) 6108
- Aboriginal gaming rights (Cashore) 2222-3 (Weisgerber) 2222-3
- Aboriginal youth and gambling (Cashore) 2801 (de Jong) 2801 (Miller) 2801
- Accidental release of dangerous offender (Dosanjh) 3441-2 (Plant) 3441
- Accuracy of information about Mavis Flanders case (Campbell) 5243 (de Jong) 5244 (Farrell-Collins) 5244 (Plant) 5243-4 (Priddy) 5243-4
- Ambulance fees (Hawkins) 2153 (MacPhail) 2153
- Angling fee increases (Clark, C.) 2153 (McGregor) 2153
- Apology and compensation for youth ranch victims (Coell) 4229 (Dosanjh) 4229
- Bre-X stock loss by teachers' pension fund (Petter) 3459-60 (Weisgerber) 3459-60
- B.C. Ambulance Service delays (Abbott) 3859 (Campbell) 3857-8 (Hawkins) 3858 (MacPhail) 3857-9
- B.C. Hydro power marketing and American trade law (Miller) 4905-6 (Wilson, G.) 4905-6
- B.C. Transit bus driver contract (Coleman) 4145 (MacPhail) 4144 (Symons) 4143-4
- B.C. Transit chair compensation (Chong) 3565 (Coleman) 3564-5 (MacPhail) 3460, 3564-5 (Symons) 3460
- B.C. Transit employee absenteeism (Campbell) 4143 (MacPhail) 3629, 4039, 4143 (Symons) 3629, 4039
- B.C.'s credit rating and financial management (Campbell) 3458-9 (Chong) 3231 (Clark, G.) 3230-1 (Farrell-Collins) 3230 (Gingell) 3229-30, 3459 (Petter) 3229-31, 3458-9
- Car allowances for Crown corporation executives (Krueger) 3565 (MacPhail) 3564-5 (Symons) 3564
- Cardiac surgery wait-list case (Abbott) 2250 (Hawkins) 2362 (MacPhail) 2250, 2362
- Charges to community groups for use of school facilities (Ramsey) 2431-2 (Weisbeck) 2431-2
- Child prostitution (Dosanjh) 2112-3 (Wilson, G.) 2112-3
- Children and Families ministry action on foster care problems (Campbell) 2957-8 (Coell) 2958 (Farrell-Collins) 2959 (Plant) 2958-9 (Priddy) 2958
- Chopstick factory closure in Fort Nelson (Neufeld) 2250-1 (Zirnhelt) 2250-1
- Comparison of present and former Ministers of Education (Farrell-Collins) 2293 (Ramsey) 2293
- Consequences of B.C. Ferry Corporation wildcat strike (Campbell) 3440-1 (Miller) 3380, 3441 (Symons) 3380
- Consultation on Labour Relations Code changes (Campbell) 4904-5 (Cashore) 4904-6, 5639-40 (Clark, G.) 5640 (Coleman) 4906 (de Jong) 5640 (Farrell-Collins) 5640 (Hansen) 4905, 5639
- Consultation on Labour Relations Code changes and status of Bill 44 (Abbott) 5811 (Boone) 5811 (Campbell) 5809-10, 5909-10 (Cashore) 5910 (Clark, G.) 5909-10 (de Jong) 5810-1 (Hansen) 5810, 5910 (Miller) 5810-1
- Consultation on Nisga'a AIP and timetable for final agreement (Cashore) 3129 (Neufeld) 3129
- Consultation on sectoral bargaining (Campbell) 4628, 4788 (Cashore) 4628-9, 4788-9 (Dalton) 4628-9 (Hansen) 4789
- Contract payments to former cabinet minister (Coell) 4737 (MacPhail) 4737
- Corporate recipients of job training funds (Clark, C.) 2470-1 (de Jong) 2470 (Farrell-Collins) 2469-70 (Hansen) 2469 (Miller) 2469 (Plant) 2471 (Ramsey) 2469-71, 2507-8
- Corporation income tax revenue for 1995-96 (Clark, G.) 2103 (Gingell) 2103
- Cost of criminal-record checks (Campbell) 2431 (Dosanjh) 2431
- Cost of fair-wage policy (Barisoff) 4428 (Boone) 4428 (Campbell) 4427-8 (Cashore) 2854 (Farrell-Collins) 2854
- Cost of health labour accord (Campbell) 3769-70 (Hawkins) 3770 (MacPhail) 3769-70
- Cost of Nisga'a court system (Cashore) 2914-5 (Neufeld) 2914-5
- Courthouse closures (Coell) 4328-9 (Dosanjh) 4328-9
- Crimestoppers training funding (Dosanjh) 6562 (Plant) 6561-2
- Effect of Labour Relations Code changes on housing prices and construction jobs (Cashore) 5734 (Coleman) 5734
- Election Act special prosecutor (Dosanjh) 2152-3 (Plant) 2152-3
- Employment standards flexibility for oil and gas industry (Cashore) 4737 (Neufeld) 4737
- Executive assistant for B.C. Transit chair (Symons) 6508
- Forensic accountants for NCHS investigation (de Jong) 6562 (Dosanjh) 6562
- Forest companies' role in jobs and timber accord (Wilson, G.) 5134 (Zirnhelt) 5134
- Forest industry costs and investment plans (Gingell) 3061 (Zirnhelt) 3061
- Forest industry investment and job creation (Campbell) 3128 (Zirnhelt) 3128
- Forest renewal project funding and job creation (Abbott) 3062 (Krueger) 3062 (Nebbeling) 3061-2 (Zirnhelt) 3061-2
- Forest Renewal revenues and environmental organizations (Clark, C.) 6007-8 (McGregor) 6007-8
- Forest Renewal revenues and union pension funds (Nebbeling) 6008
- Forest sector jobs (Campbell) 2390, 4524-5, 4588-9 (Clark, G.) 4524-5 (Coleman) 4590 (Hansen) 4589-90 (Miller) 4590 (Nebbeling) 2391, 4589 (Wilson, J.) 4590 (Zirnhelt) 2390-1, 4524, 4588-90
- Forest sector jobs for aboriginal and other non-union workers (Weisgerber) 5403 (Zirnhelt) 5403
- Forest sector jobs in Alberta and B.C. (Hansen) 3629 (Zirnhelt) 3629-30
- Forest worker agency and employment eligibility (Nebbeling) 3128-9 (Zirnhelt) 3129
- Former B.C. Hydro CEO compensation (Clark, G.) 2587 (Farrell-Collins) 2587 (Hurd) 2587-8 (Miller) 2587-8
- Fort St. John ambulance service (MacPhail) 3770-1, 3859, 4144-5 (Neufeld) 3770-1, 3859, 4144-5
- Funding of communications consultants for government MLAs (Abbott) 5575 (de Jong) 5574-5 (Farrell-Collins) 5574
- Funding of environmental protest (Miller) 2432 (Weisgerber) 2432
- Gasoline tax increase proposal by government MLA (de Jong) 4789 (Petter) 4789
- Government advertising of jobs and timber accord (Campbell) 5485-6 (de Jong) 5486-7 (Petter) 5485-7
- Government consultations on Election Act drafting (Campbell) 2913-4 (Clark, G.) 2913-5 (Dosanjh) 2914 (Farrell-Collins) 2915 (Plant) 2914
- Government economic policies and Peace region job loss (Neufeld) 5734 (Petter) 5734
- Government policy on gambling (Clark, G.) 2113 (Krueger) 2113, 2432, 4629, 6409 (Miller) 2432-3, 2713, 4629, 6409 (Wilson, G.) 2713
- Government policy on gambling and security against crime (Dosanjh) 3281, 4629-30, 5641, 5735 (Krueger) 3280-1, 5641, 5735 (Miller) 3281 (Plant) 4629-30
- Government policy on no-fault insurance (Campbell) 3379-80 (Petter) 3379-80
- Government use of opposition election material (Clark, G.) 2854 (Farrell-Collins) 2853-4
- Government's job strategy (Campbell) 2505-6 (Farrell-Collins) 2507 (Hansen) 2506 (Miller) 2505-7
- Groundwater protection legislation (de Jong) 3063 (McGregor) 3063
- Guidelines for use of staff in election campaigns (Clark, C.) 3731 (Farrell-Collins) 3730-1 (Miller) 3730-1
- Health board CEO contract (Hawkins) 2654 (MacPhail) 2654
- Hospital societies amalgamation (Hawkins) 2223 (MacPhail) 2223
- Houston emergency and RCMP presence (Dosanjh) 3381 (Plant) 3380-1
- Hydro court challenge of DFO order (Clark, C.) 4329-30 (Miller) 4330
- Impact of sign fee on small business (Boone) 4329 (Weisgerber) 4329
- Incidence of reports of child abuse and neglect (Coell) 3340 (Priddy) 3340
- International restructuring of provincial carpenters' union (Cashore) 3564 (Wilson, G.) 3564
- Job creation and employment (Hansen) 2325 (Miller) 2325-6
- Job loss in food processing industry (Evans) 5576 (van Dongen) 5576
- Kamloops child care centre (Priddy) 4429 (Stephens) 4429
- Kelleher-Ready report on construction industry (Cashore) 5733 (Hansen) 5733
- Kelowna school replacement (Ramsey) 3956 (Sanders) 3956
- KPMG review of automobile insurance (Jarvis) 2153 (Petter) 2153
- Leased vehicle for chair of B.C. Transit (Farrell-Collins) 3167 (MacPhail) 3167-8, 3564 (Symons) 3167, 3564
- Legal services funding for Powell River (Clark, G.) 4525 (Dosanjh) 4526 (Wilson, G.) 4525
- Licensing of electronic bingo (Miller) 3230-1 (Wilson, G.) 3230
- Lottery Corporation promotion of Club Keno gambling (de Jong) 4736 (Krueger) 4736-7 (Miller) 4736-7
- Management of B.C. debt (Campbell) 2111-2 (Gingell) 2112 (Petter) 2111-2
- Mavis Flanders case (Campbell) 2221-2, 2361-2 (Coell) 2222, 2362 (de Jong) 2222 (Priddy) 2221-2, 2361-2
- Minister's approach to health care (Hawkins) 2392 (MacPhail) 2392
- Ministry management of child protection (Campbell) 5402 (Coell) 5402-3 (Priddy) 5402-3
- Ministry political staff and federal election campaign (Clark, G.) 2853 (de Jong) 2853 (MacPhail) 2853
- Monitoring access to government web sites (Dosanjh) 6561 (Penner) 6561
- Multilateral investment agreement and provincial rights (Clark, G.) 2363 (Miller) 2363, 3956 (Wilson, G.) 2363, 3956
- Nanaimo hospital wait-lists (MacPhail) 5487 (Reitsma) 5487
- Nisga'a AIP and land transfer process (Cashore) 2294 (de Jong) 2294 (McGregor) 2294
- Nisga'a population figures and per capita cost of AIP (Cashore) 3020 (Weisgerber) 3020
- Noxious weed control funding (Evans) 4228-9 (van Dongen) 4228
- Patient care (Campbell) 3954-5 (Hawkins) 3955 (MacPhail) 3955-6
- Pharmacare coverage of schizophrenia drugs (MacPhail) 5734-5 (Sanders) 5734-5
- Photo radar consultation (Barisoff) 3771 (Farnworth) 3771
- Photo radar program (Barisoff) 2391-2 (Dosanjh) 2391-2
- Placement of native foster child (Coell) 3441 (Priddy) 3441
- Placement of native foster child (Murphy case) (Campbell) 3501-2, 3627-8 (Coell) 3502, 3628, 4039, 6107 (de Jong) 3503 (Farrell-Collins) 3502-3, 6107-8 (Plant) 3503 (Priddy) 3501-4, 3627-8, 4039, 6107-8
- Premier's position on fishing blockade and dispute with United States (Clark, G.) 6299 (Wilson, G.) 6299
- Premier's role in NDP federal election campaign (Clark, C.) 2854 (Clark, G.) 2854-5
- Preventive security at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre (Campbell) 6195, 6297-8 (de Jong) 6193-4, 6298 (Dosanjh) 6193-5, 6297-9 (Plant) 6194-5
- Property tax deferral for people with disabilities (Campbell) 4227 (Ramsey) 4227-8
- Proposed increase in transit fares (MacPhail) 4790 (Symons) 4789-90
- Referendum on gambling (Miller) 2507 (Neufeld) 2507
- Release of report on Education ministry (Ramsey) 2433 (Sanders) 2433
- Report commissioned by government's constitutional adviser (Petter) 3130 (Plant) 3129
- Report on Mavis Flanders case (Campbell) 5016-7, 5132-3 (Clark, G.) 5017 (Coell) 5015, 5133-4 (de Jong) 5016 (Dosanjh) 5015-6 (Plant) 5015-6 (Priddy) 5133-4
- Representation on new film industry advisory committee (Chong) 5640-1 (Pullinger) 5641
- Resources for child protection (Campbell) 3339-40 (Priddy) 3339-40
- Resources for children in care (Campbell) 2249-50, 3018-9 (Coell) 2251 (McKinnon) 2251 (Priddy) 2250-1, 3018-9
- Reuniting native foster children with native families (McKinnon) 2853 (Priddy) 2853
- Revenue forecasts for 1996-97 budget (Campbell) 2102 (Clark, G.) 2102
- Review of Children and Families ministry (McKinnon) 2251 (Priddy) 2251
- Road disrepair in Peace region (Boone) 3340-1 (Weisgerber) 3340-1
- Role of former minister in Destinations program (Hansen) 2506-7 (Ramsey) 2507
- Safety concerns at West Coast General Hospital (Hawkins) 6562 (MacPhail) 6562-3
- School district funding (Campbell) 2652-3 (Clark, C.) 3166 (Clark, G.) 2653 (de Jong) 3166-7 (Plant) 2653 (Ramsey) 2293, 2652-4, 3165-7 (Reid) 2653-4 (Sanders) 2292-3, 3165-6
- Sean Pelletier case (Coell) 2537 (de Jong) 2535-6 (McKinnon) 2536 (Priddy) 2536-7 (Reid) 2537
- Services for troubled youth (Penner) 3341 (Priddy) 3341
- Severance for government employee convicted of fraud (Gingell) 4228 (Streifel) 4228
- Sexual assault conviction appeal (Dosanjh) 4328 (Plant) 4328
- Social assistance deduction for thalidomide victim (Gingell) 4526
- Standard of care and security at recovery houses (Campbell) 6407-8 (Coell) 6408, 6561 (Coleman) 6408, 6506 (Dosanjh) 6408-9, 6506-7 (McKinnon) 6507 (MacPhail) 6561 (Plant) 6408-9, 6506 (Priddy) 6506 (Streifel) 6407-8, 6506-8, 6561
- Standard of care at Skeleem Village treatment centre (Coell) 6009 (Hawkins) 6008-9, 6108 (MacPhail) 6008-9, 6108-9 (Plant) 6109 (Priddy) 6109
- Stockpiling of motor fuel additive (MMT) (Clark, G.) 6507 (McGregor) 6507 (Weisgerber) 6507
- Surgery wait-lists in north (MacPhail) 4428-9 (Nettleton) 4428-9
- Suspension of speech therapy during school holidays (Gingell) 6009
- Tax assessments for sawmills (Abbott) 2326 (Farnworth) 2326 (Nebbeling) 2326
- Technology upgrade funding for schools (Ramsey) 2391 (Sanders) 2391
- Tom Gunton's role in 1996 budget (Coleman) 2854 (Petter) 2854
- Toxic waste dump near Cawston (Clark, C.) 2293-4 (McGregor) 2293-4
- Transfer of youth probation officers to Children and Families ministry (Clark, G.) 5575 (Dosanjh) 5403-4 (Plant) 5403-4 (Priddy) 5575 (Wilson, G.) 5575
- Transportation and Highways expenditures in Peace region (Boone) 6562 (Neufeld) 6562
- Treasury Board report re 1995-96 budget (Clark, C.) 2103 (Clark, G.) 2103-4
- Tuition fees (Clark, G.) 2327 (Farrell-Collins) 2327 (Ramsey) 2326-7 (Sanders) 2326
- Use of constituency newsletter for federal election campaign (MacPhail) 3686 (Miller) 3686 (Weisgerber) 3686
- Use of constituency office for federal election campaign (Campbell) 3685, 3729-30 (Farrell-Collins) 3628-9 (MacPhail) 3685-7 (Miller) 3729-30 (Penner) 3687 (Pullinger) 3628-9, 3685, 3687 (Thorpe) 3628, 3685-6, 3730
- Use of Forest Renewal revenues (Campbell) 3279-80 (McGregor) 3279-80
- Use of ministerial staff for federal election campaign (Coleman) 3687, 3730 (Farrell-Collins) 3686-7 (Miller) 3730 (Pullinger) 3687, 3730
- Victim impact statements designation enactment (Dosanjh) 3563 (Plant) 3563-4
- Views expressed by government's constitutional adviser (de Jong) 3020 (Petter) 3019-20, 3062-3 (Plant) 3019, 3062-3
- Williston reservoir water levels (Clark, G.) 2800-1 (Miller) 2800 (Weisgerber) 2800
- Women and gambling (Clark, C.) 2751-2, 2799-800 (Hammell) 2712-3, 2751-3, 2799-800, 3381 (Hawkins) 2752 (Hurd) 2713 (Krueger) 3381 (Miller) 2713 (Sanders) 2753 (Stephens) 2712, 2751, 2799 (Whittred) 2712, 2752
- Worker eligibility for FRBC funding (Hansen) 3442 (Nebbeling) 3280, 3442 (Wilson, J.) 3280 (Zirnhelt) 3280, 3442
- Youth unemployment (Clark, G.) 4037-9 (Hansen) 4037-8 (Penner) 4038-9
Orcherton, Steve (Victoria-Hillside)
- B.C.
- in-migration 2450
- population growth 2556
- Budget debate 2448-51
- Capital regional district, growth 2450
- Construction industry, skills development training 2557
- Costco stores in B.C. 2450
- Debt, public debt servicing costs, comparison with elsewhere 2449-50
- Education, post-secondary tuition freeze 2449
- Employment and unemployment
- Fisheries, Canada-B.C. salmon fishery agreement 2556-7
- Forest industry, fibre supply, role in employment 2556
- Highway 19, Island Highway construction project, labour agreement 2557
- Jobs and timber accord 2449
- Labour
- changing labour force, new immigrants 2556
- replacement workers, use 2450
- workers compensation, effectiveness of current system 5218
- Labour ministry, estimates debate 3096-7, 3103-4
- Labour Relations Code, impact on work stoppages 2557
- Liberal Party, role as official opposition 2448
- MLAs, working together for the common good 2451
- NDP, support from labour sector 2557
- Resource industries, role in B.C. economy 2556
- Throne speech debate 2555-7
- Tourism industry, public-private partnership 2449
- Victoria-Hillside constituency, community initiatives 2448-9
- Wages, minimum wage level 2556
- Workers Compensation Board, accountability and governance 5218
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Negotiations on multilateral agreement on investment See Multilateral agreement on investment
Orum, Jennifer
- "Review of B.C. Student Assistance and Barriers to Post-Secondary Education Participation: Final Report," quoted (Weisbeck) 5931, 5935-6
Orwell, George
- 1984 cited and quoted on meaning of words (Clark, C.) 4769-70
- 1984 quoted on truth and government (Nettleton) 2287
- Quoted on political language (Campbell) 2114
Osgoode Communications
- Media monitoring contract with Aboriginal Affairs ministry (Cashore) 3451-2, 3525 (de Jong) 3451-2
Osoyoos, B.C.
- Sewer system, need (Barisoff) 2313
Osoyoos Indian band
Osoyoos Lake
Osteoporosis
- Bone density testing (MacPhail) 3826 (Thorpe) 3826
Outdoor recreation
Owls
Oyama, B.C.
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