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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
Tanguay, Ren‚
- Arrest for drug possession (Coleman) 6408 (Dosanjh) 6506
Task Force on Commercial Vehicle Safety
- Recommendations, implementation (Barisoff) 5467 (Boone) 5467
Task Force on Critical Issues in Financing Colleges and Institutions
Task Force on Public-Private Partnerships
- "Building Partnerships" report See Kadlec, Bob
Task Force on Safeguards for Children and Youth in Foster and Group Home Care
Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park
- River-rafting on Tatshenshini River (McGregor) 5797 (Neufeld) 5797
Taxation
- See also particular taxes, e.g., Sales tax
- Appeal periods, legislative amendments (Petter) 2563
- Assessments based on information from outside sources (Gingell) 6096 (Petter) 6095
- Assessments for sawmills See Forest industry
- Freezes and reductions (Petter) 4789
- NDP government claim of no new taxes (Jarvis) 2636-7 (Neufeld) 2693 (Symons) 2601
- Policies (Jarvis) 4146 (Miller) 4146
- Polyurethane spray, taxability (Gingell) 4435 (Petter) 4435
- Rates, marginal tax rate in B.C. (Gingell) 2147
- Refunds, reassessment, legislative amendment (Gingell) 2574
- Revenues
- collection responsibility (Petter) 4436 (Thorpe) 4436
- collection responsibility, change to existing system (Petter) 4481-2 (Wilson, G.) 4481-2
- Small business taxation See Small business
- Standardized system for international companies (Miller) 4095 (Wilson, G.) 4094-5
- Tax assessment base, capital improvements vs. market value (Wilson, G.) 2698
- Tax burden (Ramsey) 2369 (Wilson, G.) 2273
- Tax deferment program, accessibility by disabled homeowners (Dosanjh) 6241
- Tax rates in B.C. (Campbell) 6542 (Clark, G.) 6542-3
- Tax reductions (Bowbrick) 2328 (Kasper) 2338 (Plant) 2424 (Sanders) 2426
- Tax reform (Wilson, G.) 2274-5, 2438
- Taxation during NDP administration (Weisgerber) 2502
- Taxes in B.C., impact on investment (Gingell) 2397-8
- Uncollected taxes (Gingell) 4434 (Petter) 4434
Taxation (Rural Area) Act
Taxi industry
Taxpayer Protection Act
TCO2 (Taking Care of Ourselves and Taking Care of Others)
- Work of group (Dosanjh) 2282
TD Trust Company Act, 1997
Teachers
- Age of current workforce, impact on educational system (Ramsey) 5975 (Sanders) 5975
- Collective agreement
- class size (Ramsey) 6180, 6186 (Sanders) 6179-80, 6182, 6184-6
- costs of employee benefits (Ramsey) 6003 (Sanders) 6003
- job posting and filling provisions (Ramsey) 6185, 6188 (Sanders) 6185, 6188
- performance measurement, teacher evaluation (Gingell) 6083 (Masi) 6184-5 (Ramsey) 6083, 6184-5 (Sanders) 6184-5
- progress of negotiations (Ramsey) 6183-4, 6186 (Sanders) 6182-4, 6186
- salaries and benefits (Ramsey) 5975-6 (Reid) 6134 (Sanders) 5975-6
- salaries and benefits, funding, comparison with other provinces (Ramsey) 5978 (Sanders) 5978
- salaries and benefits, government funding (McKinnon) 5983 (Ramsey) 5980, 5983, 5985, 6004, 6036, 6042, 6134 (Sanders) 5985, 6036, 6042 (Stephens) 5980
- Exchange program participants, workers compensation coverage (Cashore) 3255, 3258 (Reid) 3255, 3258
- Funding, impacts of district funding on full-time-equivalents (Ramsey) 6187-9 (Sanders) 6187-9, 6567-8
- Job satisfaction (Ramsey) 5975 (Sanders) 6186
- Loan forgiveness program for teachers in remote areas (Ramsey) 6038 (Sanders) 6038
- Provincial bargaining for B.C. teachers (Ramsey) 6179-80 (Sanders) 6179-80
- Supports for teachers (Ramsey) 5974
Teaching Profession Act
- Amendments (Dosanjh) 6241-2
- Teacher evaluation provisions (Ramsey) 6184-5
Team Canada trade missions
Technical University of British Columbia
- Applied career programs (Ramsey) 5942
- Cost-efficiency (Ramsey) 6279
- Establishment (McKinnon) 6277 (Miller) 4043 (Ramsey) 4037, 6275-6 (Smallwood) 6278
- Governance
- appeal process (Ramsey) 6417 (Reid) 6417
- board member selection (Ramsey) 6416 (Reid) 6416
- board operation and members' term of office (Ramsey) 6416-7 (Reid) 6416-7
- chancellor and president positions (Ramsey) 6416-7 (Reid) 6416-7
- Education, Skills and Training minister's role (Ramsey) 6419
- strategic plan (Ramsey) 6417
- student role (Ramsey) 6415 (Reid) 6415
- system (McKinnon) 6277 (Ramsey) 4037, 6275, 6418 (Weisbeck) 6276-7
- university council, membership (Ramsey) 6418 (Reid) 6418
- Impact on post-secondary education participation rates (Ramsey) 5945-6 (Weisbeck) 5945-6
- Legislation See Technical University of British Columbia Act
- Location (Lali) 2519 (McKinnon) 6277 (Ramsey) 5946, 6279 (Weisbeck) 5946, 6276
- Mandate (Ramsey) 4037, 5945-6, 6275, 6411-2
- Outreach to secondary students (Ramsey) 6412 (Reid) 6411
- Partnerships
- partnerships with industry (Ramsey) 6275, 6412
- partnerships with other post-secondary institutions (Ramsey) 5946 (Weisbeck) 5946
- Performance measurement (Ramsey) 6413, 6415 (Reid) 6413, 6415
- Program advisory committees (Ramsey) 6275-6, 6413, 6418-9 (Reid) 6418-9
- Research
- funding (Ramsey) 6415 (Reid) 6415
- president's establishing of plans (Ramsey) 6417-8 (Reid) 6417
- Response to industry's needs (Ramsey) 6412 (Reid) 6412
- Student enrolment target (Ramsey) 6414-5 (Reid) 6414-5
- Students organization (Ramsey) 6416 (Reid) 6415-6
- Teaching staff, seniority and tenure (Ramsey) 6410 (Reid) 6410
- Transit service (Smallwood) 6278
Technical University of British Columbia Act
- (Bill 30) (Minister of Education, Skills and Training) 1R, 4037; 2R, 6275-9; C, 6410-9; 3R, 6419; RA, 6579
- Debate, speakers (McKinnon) 6277 (Ramsey) 4037, 6275-6, 6279, 6410-9 (Reid) 6410-9 (Smallwood) 6278-9 (Weisbeck) 6276-7
- "Assembly," use of term (Ramsey) 6410, 6415 (Reid) 6410, 6415
- "Teaching staff member," use of term (Ramsey) 6276, 6410 (Reid) 6410
Technology
- See Science and technology
Telecommunications
- Electronic highway accord (Miller) 4205, 4232
- Fibre-optics infrastructure for South Fraser region (Smallwood) 6278
- Radio system for emergency communications (Dosanjh) 6518-9 (Plant) 6518-9
Templeton Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Students' letter quoted on fetal alcohol syndrome (Sanders) 3472
Terrace Standard
- Article on angling fee increase quoted (Clark, C.) 2344
Thalidomide
- Income assistance reduction for thalidomide victim receiving settlement compensation See Martel, Colleen
Thirsk, Robert
- Achievements as Canada's first astronaut (Hawkins) 6385-6 (Sihota) 6385-6
Thomas, Martin
- Commended for work on downtown revitalization program (Abbott) 3841-2 (Farnworth) 3842
Thompson, Bill
- Quoted re gambling in B.C. (Plant) 4629
Thomson family
- Death of family member during high-speed police chase (Dosanjh) 2886
Thorpe, Rick (Okanagan-Penticton)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, estimates debate 3480-2
- Agricultural Land Commission, growth management strategies, commission's services to municipal and regional governments 4012-3
- Agricultural land reserve, local and provincial government role in planning 3839
- Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 4012-3, 4069-70
- Alcohol
- consumption of illicit and illegal products 3014-5
- liquor industry and sales
- regulations 3040-2
- revenues to province, losses from illicit sales 3040
- taxes vs. product markups 2987, 3012-3
- Aquasource Ltd., water licence, future 5567
- Attorney General ministry
- liquor control and licensing branch
- liquor distribution branch
- Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 2981, 2986-96, 3008-15, 3039-45
- Automobiles, photo radar use in speed monitoring, costs 2193
- Beer
- brewpub operations 2992
- U-Brew operations
- Braemore Lodge, staff work stoppage 3479
- Brewin, Gretchen, 1996 election campaign, funding 4234
- B.C. Chiropractic Association, study of chiropractic services 3827
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd.
- Pakistan power project share offering, investigations 4526-7
- B.C. Securities Commission
- fraud investigation activities and procedures 4526-7
- securities fraud office project, progress to date 4510, 4512
- B.C. 21 program, community projects program 4359-60
- B.C. Wine Institute
- board membership 4070-1
- grape and wine assistance program 4069-70
- Budget
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1997, debate 2598-9
- Business, one-stop business registration centres, operations 4355-6
- Canada-B.C. Business Service Centre, operations 4354-5
- Charities, alcoholic beverage sales, price schedule 3041
- Children, child care subsidies 4615-6
- Chiropractic services 3826-7
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- conflict-of-interest commissioner and Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Motion 63), debate 4738-9
- selection of new commissioner 4738-9
- Consumers, taxes and user fees 2193
- CounterAttack, funding of program 3041
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 2439
- Crime and criminals
- sex crimes, right to privacy, disclosure of counselling records during criminal trials 2782
- stalking and criminal harassment 2782
- Debt, public debt during NDP administration 2193-4, 2438-40
- Education, Skills and Training ministry, estimates debate 6149-50
- Employment, job creation by business sector 2440
- Enemark, Tex, review of liquor policy 2994-5
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- estimates debate 5566-8, 5757-61
- changes to regulations and permitting system 5567
- legal disputes, internal assessment process 5567
- water management branch
- legal action re Freil Lake water licence 5567
- operations 5566-7
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- estimates debate 4436, 4438-9, 4445, 4463-9, 4476, 4511-2, 4526-7, 4674-6
- cabinet policy and communications secretariat, operations 4445, 4463-9
- revenue division, operations 4436
- Fisheries Renewal Act, debate 6022-3
- Fisheries Renewal B.C., accountability 6022-3
- Forest revenue management, role of Finance ministry 5195-6
- Forests ministry, estimates debate 5030-3, 5195-6
- Fuel, propane use as motor fuel, expiration of tax exemption 2598-9
- Gambling expansion in B.C.
- consultation with interest groups 2783
- ministerial responsibility 2783
- Government
- accounting, corporate accounting system, centralization initiative 4438-9
- provincial-municipal relations, protocol agreement re consultation 2598
- purchasing, tendering requirement threshold 4468
- spending
- policies 2439
- spending authority provided through use of interim supply 2194
- use of funds recovered in legal actions against tobacco companies 6115-6
- Grape growing in Okanagan 4069
- Health care
- accountability framework, performance measures 3401-3
- protection of B.C. system 2194
- regional health boards and community health councils
- balanced-budget requirement 3402
- community participation 3401
- services
- Health ministry
- Hedley Mascot mine, funding for site 4399-400
- Hepatitis C, services 3827-8
- Highway 97, Summerland-Peachland section, traffic accidents 5375-6
- Home care
- nursing services 3824
- personal assistant guidelines 3827
- Hospitals
- acute-care beds, availability 3824-5
- emergency rooms, utilization issues 3824-5
- Housing
- emergency housing and shelters 2782-3
- rental housing, security deposits for income assistance recipients 4616-7
- Hughes, Ted
- position while conflict-of-interest commissioner on use of constituency offices for partisan political activities 3628, 3730
- recommendations while conflict-of-interest commissioner on changes to legislation governing MLAs' conduct 4738-9
- Human Resources ministry
- estimates debate 4615-7, 4654
- regional offices, work of staff in Penticton office commended 4615-6
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- brokers, number and consolidation proposal 4674-6
- operations, expense ratio 4676
- Jobs and timber accord
- communications strategy 5030-3
- Forests ministry role 5031-2
- performance measurement 5032-3
- Kettle Valley Railway Heritage Society, funding 4175, 4399
- Kids in the Hall program 2993
- Letter quoted on meetings to review Members' Conflict of Interest Act (Farrell-Collins) 4741 (Penner) 4780
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, debate 5919-20
- MacDonald Elementary School, capital funding project 6149-50
- Medical Services Plan, payment limits on supplementary benefits 3826-7
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act, changes to scope of act 4738-9
- MLAs, constituency offices, use for political or election campaign purposes 3628, 4234
- Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates debate 3657-9, 3838-9
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No. 2) Amendment Act, 1997
- debate 5912, 5914
- "boundaries of the irrigation district," definition 5914
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government 2598-9
- Naramata
- irrigation district dispute
- irrigation district planning authority, concerns, petitions tabled 2753, 3064
- water rates, petition tabled 2753
- NDP government
- Okanagan area, water management plan 3839
- Okanagan-Penticton constituency, issues and concerns 2310-1
- Osteoporosis, bone density testing 3826
- Penticton airport, ownership of airport lands 3481
- Penticton Indian band, relationship with Aboriginal Affairs ministry 3480-2
- Petter, Hon. Andrew, public perception of performance as Finance minister 2598
- Pharmacare program
- coverage for drug Urised 3824, 3826-7
- policies on use of risperidone and olanzapine 3479
- Premier's Youth forum, planning expenditures 4464-5
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter respecting statements by Jan Pullinger 3731-2
- Pullinger, Hon. Jan, use of constituency office for federal election campaign 3628, 3685, 3730, 3861, 3933
- Recreation, back-country recreation, ministerial responsibility 4108
- Recycling
- expansion of deposit-refund system for beverage containers 5757-61
- returns of alcohol and beer containers 2992-4
- Riverview Hospital, patient admission times 3479
- Sage Mesa water district, court case 5566
- Schizophrenia, medications used for treatment 3479
- School district 67 (Okanagan-Skaha), capital funding projects 6149-50
- Schools
- capital funding projects freeze, selection of projects removed from spending freeze 6150
- efficiencies and cost-reduction strategies 6149-50
- Securities industry, "sophisticated investor" issue 4511-2
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, selection of new conflict-of-interest commissioner and review of legislation 4738-9
- Seniors, concerns 2310
- Signs on highways for services and attractions, fee for businesses, exemptions 4118
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- estimates debate 4108, 4113-5, 4117-9, 4169-72, 4175, 4354-7, 4359-60, 4398-400
- accounting system 4172
- business plan 4169, 4355
- consultation with small business 4357
- policies to target "red tape" 4354, 4356
- Tourism ministry
- input of tourism organizations into ministry decisions 4118-9
- offices, operations 4113-5
- offices, operations in offshore offices 4119
- Snowden Elementary School, capital funding project 6149-50
- Social welfare system, income assistance
- disability benefits 4654
- shelter allowance 4617
- South Okanagan-Similkameen regional health board, membership 3400-1
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1997, debate 2193-4
- Taxation revenues, collection responsibility 4436
- Throne speech debate 2310-1
- Tobacco
- industry liability for smoking-related health care costs 4465, 6115-6
- use, revenues to government 6115-6
- Tobacco Damages Recovery Act, debate 6115-6
- Tourism B.C.
- Tourism British Columbia Act
- debate 3144-5, 3238-9, 3243-4, 3248-9, 3741-3, 3748-9, 3905, 3907-8, 3911, 3913-4, 3936-7
- memorandum of understanding re bill, status 3238, 3937
- Tourism industry
- 1-800 service 4171
- employment in industry 4113
- funding security 3908
- NDP government's commitments 3936
- regional divisions and funding 4114
- special operating agreement, revenue tracking 3908
- value of industry in B.C. 4113
- Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 5375-6
- Treasury Board, role in Liquor distribution branch operations 2989, 3044-5
- Victoria-Beacon Hill constituency office, use as collateral for loan to finance incumbent's 1996 election campaign 4234
- Wastewater management 3839
- Water
- pollution of "flow," municipal responsibility and enforcement 5919-20
- utilities, management models 5567-8
- Waverly Group, investments, review by B.C. Securities Commission 4511-2
- Wine
- industry, current issues 4069-70
- U-vin operations
- Women's Equality ministry, estimates debate 2782-3
- Working Opportunity Fund, appeal process 4398
- Youth
Throne speech
- See Speech from the Throne
TimberWest Forest Ltd.
- Diver Lake property, acquisition by government for Strathcona Park addition (Nebbeling) 5530-3 (Zirnhelt) 5530-3
Time
- "Fertile Minds" article cited re role of non-academic school courses in cognitive development of children (Sanders) 6223
Times Colonist (Victoria)
- Article quoted on angling licences and steelhead closures (Weisgerber) 2502
- Article quoted on freeze of tuition fees (Weisbeck) 5932
- Letter quoted on Elizabeth Cull contract (Hawkins) 3423
Timor
- Indonesian occupation of East Timor (Symons) 3275-6 (Waddell) 3276
Tobacco
- Industry
- Sale of tobacco products, sales to minors, penalties (MacPhail) 3579 (Stephens) 3579-80
- Select standing committee for tobacco issues (Wilson, G.) 2122-3
- Smokeless tobacco and snuff
- flavoured tobacco as attraction for youth (Randall) 2430-1
- flavoured tobacco, legislation See Tobacco Sales Amendment Act, 1997
- Smoking
- addiction (Sanders) 6114-5 (Wilson, G.) 6117-8
- anti-smoking initiatives (Sanders) 6114-5
- ban on smoking in restaurants (Dalton) 3126
- tobacco reduction strategy (Hawkins) 3691 (MacPhail) 3578-9, 3691 (Stephens) 3578-9
- Social costs of tobacco use (Sanders) 2981
- Taxation of tobacco products
- revenues to province (Hawkins) 6111 (MacPhail) 6118 (Petter) 2108 (Thorpe) 6115-6
- revenues to province, collections and recoveries from sales of untaxed tobacco (Gingell) 6096 (Petter) 4427, 6095-6
- tax increase on loose tobacco (Gingell) 3131 (Petter) 2564, 3131 (Symons) 2601
Tobacco Damages Recovery Act
- (Bill 37) (Minister of Health) 1R, 4427; 2R, 6110-9; C, 6310-6; 3R, 6316; RA, 6414
- Amdts: sec. 1 (MacPhail) 6310, approved 6310; sec. 15 (MacPhail) 6316, approved 6316
- Debate, speakers (de Jong) 6310-6 (Farrell-Collins) 6110 (Hawkins) 6111-2, 6310, 6312, 6315-6 (Krueger) 6112-4 (MacPhail) 4427, 6110-1, 6113, 6118-9, 6310-6 (Plant) 6110 (Sanders) 6114-5 (Thorpe) 6115-6 (Wilson, G.) 6116-8
- Purpose of bill (Hawkins) 6111-2 (Sanders) 6114-5
- "Tobacco related wrong," definition (de Jong) 6310 (MacPhail) 6310
Tobacco Sales Act
- Provisions re sales to minors, enforcement (MacPhail) 3579 (Stephens) 3579-80
Tobacco Sales Amendment Act, 1997
- (Bill M203) (Randall) 1R, 2430-1
- Debate, speakers (Randall) 2430-1
- Government support for bill (Hawkins) 6112
Tobacco Tax Act
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1997
Tobin, Brian
- Actions while federal Fisheries minister (Clark, G.) 6556-7 (Wilson, G.) 6556
Todd, Judy
- Medical needs case (de Jong) 5619-20
Tolerance
- See Discrimination and racism; Sexual orientation
Tolls
- Tolls on bridges and roads
- impact on businesses (Whittred) 2723
- tolls (Dalton) 2691 (MacPhail) 5129 (Symons) 5129
- use to recover capital costs (Dalton) 4081-2 (Miller) 4082
Toronto, Ont.
- Transit system, operating costs (MacPhail) 5158 (Symons) 5158
Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Trust company legislation See TD Trust Company Act, 1997
Total Credit Recovery B.C. Ltd.
- Use in recovery of income assistance overpayments and debts (Streifel) 4514
Tourism B.C.
- Accountability of agency
- accountability (Bowbrick) 3147
- auditing of agency (Chong) 3745-6 (Pullinger) 3743, 3745-6 (Thorpe) 3743 (van Dongen) 3746
- auditor general's standards (Pullinger) 4171 (Thorpe) 4171
- Advisory committees, establishment (Chong) 3740-1 (Pullinger) 3740-1
- Annual report
- Autonomy (Chong) 3143 (Coell) 3176 (Hawkins) 3175 (Pullinger) 3740 (Thorpe) 3144-5, 3238-9 (Wilson, G.) 3177
- Board
- chief executive officer position (Pullinger) 3742 (Thorpe) 3742
- delegation of tasks to chief executive officer (Chong) 3252 (Pullinger) 3252
- directors' disclosure of interests (Chong) 3915 (Pullinger) 3914-5 (Reitsma) 3914-5 (Thorpe) 3914
- establishment of bylaws (Chong) 3242 (Pullinger) 3242
- liability of directors (Chong) 3745 (Pullinger) 3745 (van Dongen) 3744-5
- MLAs' membership on board (Pullinger) 3742 (Thorpe) 3742
- northern representation (Neufeld) 2542, 3172, 4289-90 (Pullinger) 3181, 4290
- quorum (Chong) 3241 (Pullinger) 3239, 3241-2 (Wilson, G.) 3239
- regional representation (Pullinger) 3241-2 (Wilson, G.) 3240-1
- remuneration for members (Chong) 3742 (Pullinger) 3742
- selection of members (Anderson) 3170 (Bowbrick) 3147 (Chong) 3142, 3242-3 (Coell) 3176 (Dalton) 6396 (Hawkins) 3175 (Nebbeling) 3149, 3168 (Pullinger) 3141, 3180-1, 3239-40, 3904, 4176, 4178 (Reitsma) 4175-6, 4178 (Thorpe) 3243-4 (Wilson, G.) 3239-40
- Budget, borrowing and investing
- accounting and reporting (Chong) 3743 (Pullinger) 3743-4 (Thorpe) 3743 (van Dongen) 3744
- borrowing and investing powers (Chong) 3739-40 (Pullinger) 3739-40
- borrowing powers and debt liability (Pullinger) 3736-7 (Wilson, G.) 3736
- budget and expenditures (Chong) 4110-2 (Pullinger) 4110-1
- budget surpluses (Chong) 3909 (Neufeld) 3904 (Pullinger) 3909
- placing of investments with Finance minister (Chong) 3911 (Pullinger) 3911-2 (Reitsma) 3911-2 (Thorpe) 3911
- power to borrow money and negotiate agreements (Wilson, G.) 3252
- Business plan
- Competition with existing tourism promotion agencies (Pullinger) 3737 (Wilson, G.) 3737
- Consultation by agency (Chong) 3251-2 (Pullinger) 3248, 3252 (Thorpe) 3248
- Establishment of agency
- Fees for regional organizations (Pullinger) 4169-70 (Thorpe) 4169-70
- Finance minister as fiscal agent (Chong) 3745 (Pullinger) 3745
- Financial statement (Chong) 3905-6
- Funding
- advance funding (Chong) 3909 (Pullinger) 3909
- funding (Chong) 4112 (Nebbeling) 3251 (Neufeld) 3909 (Pullinger) 3741, 3909, 3910, 4112, 4114 (Reitsma) 3910 (Thorpe) 3741
- funding for tourism programs (Pullinger) 3246-8 (Thorpe) 3248 (Wilson, G.) 3246-7
- funding formula (Chong) 3908-9 (Pullinger) 3908-9
- funding from private sector (Pullinger) 4181 (Reitsma) 4181
- hotel room tax (Pullinger) 3141, 3935, 3937 (Wilson, G.) 3934-5, 3936
- hotel room tax rate (Pullinger) 3906 (Reitsma) 3906
- program funding structure (Pullinger) 4171 (Thorpe) 4170-1
- security of funding (Bowbrick) 3148 (Chong) 3142-3, 3739 (Hawkins) 3175 (Pullinger) 3739, 3935-6 (Reitsma) 3143-4, 3935-6 (Thorpe) 3144
- transfer of funding from special operating agreement (Pullinger) 3908 (Thorpe) 3907-8
- Goals and mandate
- Incorporation of subsidiary corporations (Chong) 3741 (Reitsma) 3741 (Wilson, G.) 3737
- Integration of regional organizations (Pullinger) 4170
- Memorandum of understanding with Tourism ministry (Giesbrecht) 2279 (Petter) 2545 (Pullinger) 4169, 4175 (Reitsma) 4175
- Negotiation of agreements (Wilson, G.) 3737
- Operations (Pullinger) 4181 (Reitsma) 4181
- Operations, public input (Reitsma) 4182
- Performance measurement (Pullinger) 4170 (Reitsma) 4173, 4177 (Thorpe) 4170
- Powers
- Programs (Pullinger) 4254-5 (Reitsma) 4254
- Promotion of regional tourism (Pullinger) 4289-91 (Reitsma) 4289
- Provision of tourism information (Chong) 3250 (Nebbeling) 3250-1 (Pullinger) 3250-1
- Relationship of agency with special management operations (Nebbeling) 3249-50
- Revenues
- retention by agency (Pullinger) 3907 (Reitsma) 3906-7
- revenue projections (Thorpe) 3908
- Staffing (Chong) 3742 (Pullinger) 3742
- Tourism ministry's role in agency (Pullinger) 3741, 4177 (Reitsma) 3741, 4177
- Trademarks
- transfer to agency (Neufeld) 3912
- use of "SuperHost" and "Super, Natural" trademarks (Chong) 3248
- Training programs (Pullinger) 4184-5 (Reitsma) 4184
- Transfer of property and staff from Tourism ministry (Chong) 3913 (Neufeld) 3912 (Pullinger) 3912-4, 4264 (Reitsma) 3912-3 (Thorpe) 3913
Tourism British Columbia Act
- (Bill 9) (Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture) 1R, 2249; 2R, 3140-50, 3168-82; C, 3238-52, 3736-50, 3903-15, 3933-7; 3R, 3937; RA, 4991
- Amdts: sec. 2 (2 amdts) (Thorpe) 3243-4, ruled out of order 3243-4; sec. 11 (Thorpe) 3749, negatived 3750
- Divisions: 2R approved 3182; amdt. to sec. 11 negatived 3750
- Debate, speakers (Anderson) 3170-1 (Boone) 3176 (Bowbrick) 3147-9 (Chong) 3142-3, 3241-4, 3247-8, 3250-2, 3738-43, 3745-9, 3903-6, 3908-9, 3911, 3913-5 (Clark, C.) 3145-7 (Coell) 3176 (Giesbrecht) 3168-70 (Goodacre) 3179 (Hawkins) 3175-6 (Nebbeling) 3149-50, 3168, 3249-51, 3905 (Neufeld) 3171-2, 3904, 3909-12 (Pullinger) 2249, 3140-2, 3179-82, 3238-52, 3736-50, 3903-15, 3933-7 (Reitsma) 3143-4, 3741, 3904-7, 3910-5, 3934-7 (Sanders) 3172-3 (Thorpe) 3144-5, 3238-9, 3243-4, 3248-9, 3741-3, 3748-9, 3905, 3907-8, 3911, 3913-4, 3936-7 (van Dongen) 3174-5, 3744-5, 3746 (Wilson, G.) 3176-9, 3239-41, 3244-7, 3252, 3736-8, 3749, 3933-7
- Conflict-of-interest and disclosure provisions (Pullinger) 3934 (Reitsma) 3934 (Wilson, G.) 3178, 3933
- Drafting of bill (Wilson, G.) 3178
- Endorsements of bill (Chong) 3241 (Pullinger) 3241
- Liberal Party position on bill (Giesbrecht) 3169 (Pullinger) 3179-80
- Memorandum of understanding on bill, status (Pullinger) 3238 (Reitsma) 3937 (Thorpe) 3238, 3937
- Public perception of bill (Goodacre) 3179
- Retroactivity (Pullinger) 3936-7 (Wilson, G.) 3178, 3936
Tourism industry
- See also Hotels and travel accommodation; Parks; Recreation
- 1-800 service (Pullinger) 4171-2, 4185, 4220 (Reitsma) 4172, 4185 (Thorpe) 4171
- Agritourism industry in B.C. (Pullinger) 4259-61 (van Dongen) 3174, 4258-61
- Apprenticeship pilot project (Cashore) 3151 (Dalton) 3151
- Autonomy of industry (Chong) 3142
- B.C.'s tourist orientation (van Dongen) 2406
- Changing nature of industry (Anderson) 4295 (Pullinger) 4296
- Cultural diversity, promotion (Anderson) 4296 (Pullinger) 4296
- Degree program in tourism (Pullinger) 4185 (Reitsma) 4185
- Ecotourism
- industry in B.C. (Clark, C.) 3147 (Reitsma) 4110 (van Dongen) 3174, 4259-61
- industry in northwestern B.C. (Clark, C.) 3146
- revenues to industry (Nebbeling) 4108
- Tourism ministry's policy and role (Pullinger) 4222 (Reitsma) 4221-2
- Employment and job creation (Bowbrick) 3148 (Chong) 4223-4 (Pullinger) 2528-9, 4113, 4181-2, 4223-4 (Reitsma) 3143-4, 4181-2 (Sanders) 3173 (Thorpe) 4113 (Throne speech) 2087
- Funding
- Council of Tourism Associations of B.C. position (Reitsma) 4105
- federal funding (Pullinger) 4116 (Reitsma) 4116
- funding (Pullinger) 4293 (Reitsma) 2207-8, 4293
- funding continuation for current programs (Reitsma) 3904
- funding during NDP administration (Pullinger) 3911
- funding for community-based organizations (Wilson, G.) 3179
- funding for marketing (Nebbeling) 4108-9 (Pullinger) 4108-9
- Liberal Party position (Pullinger) 4105-6 (Reitsma) 4104-6
- security of funding (Pullinger) 3908 (Reitsma) 3910 (Thorpe) 3908
- Gambling establishments See Gambling
- Government assistance (Campbell) 2115
- Guidebooks, cost recovery (Pullinger) 4292 (Reitsma) 4292
- Highway signage See Signs on highways for services and attractions under Signs and signage
- Impact of tax and fee increases (Wilson, G.) 3177, 3179
- Indian cultural heritage, tourism opportunities (Pullinger) 4290, 4292 (Reitsma) 4292
- Industry during NDP administration (Pullinger) 3183-2 (Reitsma) 4105
- Industry in B.C. (Bowbrick) 3148 (Clark, C.) 3145 (Giesbrecht) 3169-70 (Nebbeling) 3149 (Pullinger) 2249, 3141, 4106-7 (Reitsma) 4104, 4106
- Industry in northeastern B.C. (Neufeld) 3171
- Marketing
- direction (Calendino) 4293-4 (Pullinger) 4293-4
- marketing by European entrepreneurs (Neufeld) 4294
- marketing of non-urban sites (Reitsma) 4116
- NDP government's commitments (Thorpe) 3936
- Policy-setting (Pullinger) 4264 (Reitsma) 4264
- Promotion of industry
- Publications in other languages (Anderson) 4297-8 (Pullinger) 4297
- Public-private partnership (Kasper) 2340 (Orcherton) 2449
- Railway tourism opportunities (Pullinger) 4289 (Reitsma) 4289
- Role
- cultural exchange (Anderson) 3170-1
- land use decisions (Pullinger) 4259 (van Dongen) 4259
- role in B.C. economy (Brewin) 2373
- Special operating agreement
- agreement (Pullinger) 3180
- budget and operations (Pullinger) 4173-5 (Reitsma) 4173-5
- business plan (Chong) 4110-2 (Pullinger) 4111-2
- funding for local projects (Sanders) 3173
- funding security (Reitsma) 3907
- goals 4105-6 (Reitsma) 4105-6
- inclusion in Tourism ministry's annual report (Pullinger) 3905
- marketing planning (Reitsma) 4172
- revenue tracking (Thorpe) 3908
- transition to Tourism B.C. agency (Chong) 3142, 3903 (Nebbeling) 3905 (Pullinger) 3903, 4105
- transition to Tourism B.C. agency, valuation of assets (Pullinger) 3912-3
- Statistics (Pullinger) 4182-3 (Reitsma) 4182-3
- Summer employment program See Visitor information centres below
- "SuperHost" and "Super, Natural" trademarks, use by private sector businesses (Chong) 3247-8 (Pullinger) 3247-8
- SuperHost program (Anderson) 4296 (Pullinger) 4185, 4258, 4292 (Reitsma) 4185, 4258
- Time to Play program (Pullinger) 4258, 4288 (Reitsma) 4258, 4288
- Tour bus operations
- safety standards and regulations for drivers (Boone) 5465-6 (Masi) 5465-6
- vehicle inspections (Reitsma) 4293
- Tourism North program (Pullinger) 4288 (Reitsma) 4288
- Tourist information booths See Visitor information centres below
- Training program for income assistance recipients, Liberal Party position (Boone) 2547
- Value of industry (Pullinger) 4113 (Thorpe) 4113
- Visitor information centres
- funding and operation (Barisoff) 4139 (Pullinger) 4139, 4252-3 (Reitsma) 4252-3
- highway signs responsibility (Chong) 4137 (Pullinger) 4137
- ministerial responsibility (Pullinger) 4141 (van Dongen) 4140-1
- need for booth in Osoyoos area (Barisoff) 4138
- summer employment program (Chong) 4224 (Pullinger) 4224-5 (Reitsma) 4224-5
- Work of local organizations (Nebbeling) 3168
- Workplace-based employment program See Destinations program
Tourism ministry
- See Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Ministry of
Tourist information centres
- See Visitor information centres under Tourism industry
Toyota Canada Inc.
- Performance of Richmond plant (Miller) 3621
Toys "R" Us (Canada) Ltd.
- Participation in tourism training program (Plant) 2471 (Ramsey) 2508
Trade agreements
- See Exports and imports; particular agreements, e.g., Canada-United States free trade agreement
Trade unions
- Certification votes, elimination of secret ballot (Gingell) 2148 (Reid) 2243
- Collective bargaining structures
- Non-traditional unions (Cashore) 3088-9 (Dalton) 3088-9
- Organizing of workers in non-industrial sectors (Cashore) 5639 (Hansen) 5639
- Position on changes in apprenticeship system (Cashore) 3158 (Masi) 3158
- Role in workers compensation system (Cashore) 3196 (Reid) 3195-6
- Unionization of B.C. forest workers (Nebbeling) 3280 (Wilson, J.) 3280 (Zirnhelt) 3280
- Unionization of B.C. workers, impact on industry competitiveness (Neufeld) 4089-92
- Unionization votes, intimidation (Randall) 2495-6
- Unionized labour, Liberal Party position (Robertson) 2304-5
Trades
- See also Apprenticeship; Skills training
- Industry training or apprenticeship agreements (Ramsey) 6254
- Provincial credentialling (McKinnon) 6256
- Women in non-traditional trades See Employment under Women
- Women in trades (Farnworth) 3598-9
Trades Discovery for Women program
- Non-traditional trades program for women (Hammell) 2657
Traffic fines, safety, violations, etc.
Traffic management, corridors
Traffic Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 1997
- (Bill 41) (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations) 1R, 4523-4; 2R, 6089-95; C, 6280-6, 6299-310; 3R, 6310; RA, 6414
- Amdts: sec. 33 (Petter) 6299, approved 6299; sec. 51 (Petter) 6303, approved 6303; sec. 57 (Petter) 6307, approved 6307; sec. 58 (Petter) 6307, approved 6307; sec. 60 (5 amdts) (Petter) 6308-9, approved 6308-9; sec. 62 (Petter) 6309, approved 6310
- Debate, speakers (Barisoff) 6281-2, 6284 (Jarvis) 6091-3 (Petter) 4523-4, 6089-91, 6095, 6280-6, 6299-309 (Plant) 6093-5, 6280-6, 6299-309
- "Designated defendants," definition (Petter) 6308 (Plant) 6308
- "Fine," definition (Petter) 6301 (Plant) 6301
- Inclusion of date of first reading (Petter) 6308-9
- "Net income loss," definition (Petter) 6308 (Plant) 6308
- Purpose of act (Petter) 4523-4, 6089-91
Trans Canada Trail
- Establishment of national trail (Clark, C.) 4992 (Sawicki) 4991-3
Trans-Canada Highway
Transit
- See also British Columbia Transit Commission; particular regional commissions, e.g., Vancouver regional transit commission
- Buses and bus service
- bike racks (MacPhail) 5174 (Symons) 5174
- B-Line system (MacPhail) 5129, 5171-2 (Symons) 5129, 5171-2
- integration of school bus and public transit systems (MacPhail) 5197 (Symons) 5197
- location of stops (Hansen) 5126-7 (MacPhail) 5126-7
- low-floor buses (MacPhail) 5164-5 (Symons) 5164-5
- Orion II minibuses (MacPhail) 5165 (Symons) 5165
- parking, use of wheel blocks (MacPhail) 5164 (Symons) 5164
- propane, use as motor fuel (Neufeld) 2695-6
- public access to parked buses (MacPhail) 5170 (Symons) 5170
- RapidBus project (MacPhail) 5169-71 (Symons) 5170-1
- reliability (MacPhail) 5163 (Symons) 5162-3
- request-stop system (Symons) 5197-8
- use, ridership levels (MacPhail) 5005 (Symons) 5005
- Commuter rail service See names of particular services, e.g., West Coast Express
- Dial-a-ride service (MacPhail) 5012 (Symons) 5012
- Initiatives (MacPhail) 3460, 3565
- Public transit
- Rail systems, types of rail cars (Gingell) 5170 (MacPhail) 5159-60, 5170 (Symons) 5123, 5159-60
- Services and systems See also particular services and systems, e.g., SkyTrain
- public vs. private ownership (MacPhail) 5159 (Symons) 5159
- Taxi saver program See Public transportation services under Disabled and handicapped persons
Transition houses
- See also Emergency housing and shelter under Housing
- Availability (Coleman) 3714-5 (Farnworth) 3715
- Need on Saltspring Island (Coell) 2901
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Bone marrow transplants
- DNA database (MacPhail) 3639-40 (Wilson, G.) 3639-40
- Donor organs, number available (Conroy) 3054 (Hawkins) 3053-5
- Donor television ad campaign (MacPhail) 3823 (Penner) 3822-3
Transport 2021
- See Greater Vancouver regional district
Transportation
- See also Highways and roads; Transit
- Adequacy of Fraser Valley's infrastructure (Smallwood) 6278
- Commercial transport regulations, amendment (Barisoff) 5312 (Boone) 5312
- Corridors
- importance of MLAs receiving information on traffic corridors in their ridings (Coleman) 5379
- lower mainland traffic corridors, planning and studies (Boone) 5376-9 (Coleman) 5376-9
- northwest corridor, east-west connection across B.C. to coastal ports (Miller) 4198-9, 5096-9 (Nettleton) 5103 (Penner) 4198-9 (Weisgerber) 5096-9
- planning and studies (Boone) 5376-9 (Coleman) 5376-9
- priority corridor program (Barisoff) 5208 (Boone) 5208 (Neufeld) 5283
- south coast system corridor, plan (Coleman) 5378
- southern freeway corridor (Boone) 5376-8 (Coleman) 5376-8
- Cycling as form of transportation (Barisoff) 5212-3 (Boone) 5212-3
- Federal funding for west coast projects (Miller) 4815-6, 4827 (Symons) 4816
- Incentives to decrease automobile use (MacPhail) 5128-9, 5198 (Symons) 5128-9, 5166, 5197-8
- Infrastructure in northeastern B.C. (Miller) 5101 (Neufeld) 5101
- Investments (Boone) 3859
- Links between Abbotsford International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Tsawwassen ferry terminal (Coleman) 5376-7
- Marine transportation system in B.C. (Miller) 4732, 4821, 4830-1
- National transportation policy (Miller) 5092
- Subsidization (Coell) 4829-30 (Miller) 4830
- Tolls on bridges and roads See Tolls
- Traffic management plan for lower mainland (Boone) 5393 (Symons) 5393
- Transportation infrastructure
- aging infrastructure and maintenance costs (Barisoff) 5200-2
- funding issues (Boone) 5277-81 (Neufeld) 5277-81
- funding issues, public consultation (Boone) 5277 (Neufeld) 5277
- Transportation planning for rural B.C., need (Boone) 5277-81 (Neufeld) 5277-81
- Urban transportation
- traffic gridlock problem, impact on transit (Symons) 5161
- Use of rail systems vs. highways (Penner) 5173
Transportation and Highways, Ministry of
- Estimates
- debate 5199-216, 5235-41, 5265-86, 5309-30, 5356-79, 5390-9, 5424-42, 5464-75, Report 5999-6000
- speakers (Abbott) 5319-21, 5393-5 (Anderson) 5390-1 (Barisoff) 5200-13, 5238-41, 5265, 5270-1, 5273-4, 5284-6, 5309-16, 5324-7, 5365, 5370-1, 5391-2, 5435-42, 5464-5, 5467-70, 5473-5, 5999 (Boone) 5199-200, 5202-16, 5235-41, 5265-86, 5309-29, 5356-73, 5375-9, 5390-9, 5424-42, 5464-75, 5999-6000 (Chong) 5271-3, 5316-8, 5427-9 (Clark, G.) 5377 (Coleman) 5376-9 (Dalton) 5215-6, 5267-70, 5311 (de Jong) 5429-31 (Evans) 5374-5 (Gingell) 5432-3 (Hansen) 5433-4 (Hawkins) 5283-4, 5325-6, 5431-2, 5434-6 (Jarvis) 5265-7 (Krueger) 5236-7, 5318-9 (Masi) 5207-8, 5465-6 (Neufeld) 5213, 5277-83, 5329-30, 5356-64, 5471-3, 5475 (Penner) 5214 (Plant) 5235-6 (Reitsma) 5371-5 (Sanders) 5466-7 (Stephens) 5274-7 (Symons) 5327-9, 5364-70, 5392-3 (Thorpe) 5375-6 (van Dongen) 5398-9, 5424-7 (Weisgerber) 5321-4 (Wilson, G.) 5395-8
- Advertising, budget and staff (Thorpe) 5375
- Annual reports
- 1994-95 report tabled (Boone) 2433
- 1995-96 report tabled (Boone) 6299
- timeliness (Boone) 5368-9 (Symons) 5368-9
- Asset acquisition (Symons) 5366
- Budget
- Estimates debate, availability of information provided by ministry staff during estimates debate (Barisoff) 5475
- Expenditures (Weisgerber) 2226
- Ferry operations by ministry
- Adams Lake ferry (Boone) 5367-8 (Symons) 5367-8
- inland ferries, loading policy (Boone) 5392 (Symons) 5392
- inland ferries, operating costs (Boone) 5367 (Symons) 5367
- Maple Ridge-Langley ferry service (Boone) 5275 (Stephens) 5275
- Goals and accomplishments (Boone) 5199-200, 6000
- Highway maintenance, recording of expenditures (Gingell) 2140 (Jarvis) 3132
- Land owned by ministry (Boone) 5362 (Neufeld) 5362
- Motor vehicle branch See name of branch
- Multiculturalism, activities and programs (Anderson) 5390-1 (Boone) 5390-1
- Organization of ministry (Boone) 5328 (Symons) 5327-8
- Staff
- number and costs (Barisoff) 5311-2 (Boone) 5311-2
- reductions (Boone) 5360 (Neufeld) 5360
- staff commended (Krueger) 5236
- staff downsizing and severance packages (Boone) 5328 (Symons) 5328
- Travel by minister (Boone) 5364 (Neufeld) 5364
- Vehicles (Boone) 5329 (Symons) 5329
Treasury Board
- Role in liquor distribution branch operations (Dosanjh) 2989, 3044-5 (Thorpe) 2989, 3044-5
- Role in monitoring of government programs (Gingell) 4469, 4477-8 (Petter) 4469, 4476, 4477-8
- Service contracts for outside advice on asset disposition (Gingell) 4540 (Petter) 4540
- Special projects group (Gingell) 4478-9 (Petter) 4478-9
Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee
- Operating costs (Cashore) 3309 (de Jong) 3309
Tree fruit industry
Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C.
- Teacher-training program, certification (Masi) 5945 (Ramsey) 5945
Trucking industry
- Accidents, number and cause of accidents (Barisoff) 5470 (Boone) 5470
- Brake fines (Boone) 2548
- Deregulation (Barisoff) 5439 (Boone) 5439 (Kasper) 2339
- Interprovincial truckers, exclusion from employment standards legislation (Cashore) 3094-5 (Hansen) 3094-5
- Reporting of unsafe driving or vehicles, 1-888 number (Boone) 2548
- Safety See also Report on trucking safety under Auditor general
- 1-888 number for reporting of unsafe driving or vehicles (Barisoff) 5464-5 (Boone) 5361, 5464-5 (Neufeld) 5361
- commercial vehicle safety initiatives (Barisoff) 5467-8 (Boone) 5467-8
- enforcement of safety regulations (Barisoff) 5469 (Boone) 5469
- inspection facilities, monitoring (Boone) 5470-1 (Neufeld) 5471
- Transport of hydrogen sulphide (Miller) 4159 (Neufeld) 4159
- Transport of softwood lumber into United States (Miller) 5095 (Nettleton) 5095
- Truck drivers
- Vehicles
- out-of-province trucks, permitting process (Boone) 5472-3 (Neufeld) 5472-3
- overloaded and overweight trucks (Barisoff) 5470 (Boone) 5470
- tanker truck scrubbers, regulations (McGregor) 5701 (Neufeld) 5701
- Telstra system for commercial vehicle identification and monitoring (Barisoff) 5473 (Boone) 5473
- truck brakes, increased fine for malfunctioning brakes (Barisoff) 5437 (Boone) 5437
- weight of vehicles and damage to roads (Barisoff) 5316, 5435-6 (Boone) 5316, 5435-6
- Weigh scales
- inconsistencies in weight recording (Barisoff) 5473 (Boone) 5473
- operations (Barisoff) 5468-9, 5469 (Boone) 5468-9, 5469, 5472 (Neufeld) 5472
- Osoyoos weigh scale (Barisoff) 2195, 5468-9
- Pouce Coupe and Dawson Creek weigh scales, combining of operations (Boone) 5471 (Neufeld) 5471
- Pouce Coupe weigh scale (Boone) 5468
- revenue from fines (Barisoff) 5469 (Boone) 5469, 5472 (Neufeld) 5472
- use of movable scales and roadside inspections (Barisoff) 5468-9 (Boone) 5468-9
Trueman, C.J. (Carlie)
- Training of judges re fetal alcohol effect/syndrome (Goodacre) 4028-9
Trumper, Gillian
- Quoted re municipal grants, reduction (Abbott) 2961
Tryggvason, Bjarni
- Role in Canada's space program (Hawkins) 6385-6 (Sihota) 6386
Tsawwassen, B.C.
- Beach access issue (Gingell) 5056 (Miller) 5056
Tsil7os Park
- Park name, change of spelling (Wilson, J.) 5959
Tudor Williams Inc.
- Housing strategic plan (Coleman) 3765 (Farnworth) 3765
Tulsequah Chief
- Mining project proposal (Jarvis) 4125-6 (Miller) 4126
Tutte, (Mr.)
- Letter quoted on stumpage rates (Nettleton) 5415
Tyson, Jane
- Letter quoted on Murphy foster child case (Farrell-Collins) 3502
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