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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 2: November 1998 -- March 2000
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Cabinet Committee on Crown Corporations
Cabinet policy and communications secretariat See Finance and Corporate Relations, Ministry of
Cache Creek, B.C.
- Changes in electoral boundaries
(Krueger) 13561
Calder, Frank
Calder v. Attorney General of British Columbia
- Decision
(Dosanjh) 11132
(Weisgerber) 10834
- Impact of case
(Goodacre) 11965
Calendino, Pietro (Burnaby North)
- Burnaby North constituency and area, constituents' position on Nisga'a treaty 10989
- Calder, Frank, comments on Nisga'a treaty 10988-9
- Commonwealth of Learning, work on distance education 13933-4
- Education
- 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 11819
- distance education 13933-4
- Gosnell, Joseph, comments on Nisga'a treaty 10989
- Government spending, prioritization of expenditures 11818-20
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 11818-9
- Indian Act (federal)
- authority over Nisga'a people, termination 10991
- provisions, impact on Indian peoples 10989-90
- Indians, history of treatment by federal and provincial governments 10989-90
- Kushner, Howard, appointment as ombudsman 11837
- Legislature, select standing committees, sittings schedule 14224-5
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 10990
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10988-91
- Nisga'a people
- self-government, jurisdictional concerns 10990-1
- treaty, final agreement
- public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10990
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10991
- treaty, Liberal Party position 10990
- Ombudsman, appointment 11836-7
- Promotion of casino licence applications to government members
(Plant) 11727
- Referenda, use in Canada 10990
- Science and technology, growth of high-technology industry, impact of government policies 13728-30
- Talstra, Jack, comments on Nisga'a treaty 10989
Callaghan Valley
- Land use for Olympic sport events versus logging
(Waddell) 13249
Cambodia
- Standard of living
(Penner) 10983
Cameron v. Canadian Factors Corp. Ltd.
- Court ruling re restraint of a worker's right to practise their trade
(Krueger) 13642-3
Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.
- Partnership with EDS Systemhouse Inc.
(Petter) 12623
Campbell, Gordon (Vancouver–Point Grey)
- Agriculture industry, impact of government's Indian treaty policies on agricultural land 10936-7
- Armed forces, Nanoose Bay test range, lease payment offer by United States 12613-4
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, mandate 11029
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- accountability for fast ferry project 14249-51
- debt to offset capital and operating deficits 12716-7
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, cost of lawsuits brought against corporation 13505-6
- B.C. residents moving elsewhere 12103
- B.C. Technology Industries Association, annual report on industry 13632
- Budgets
- 1995-96 and 1996-97 budgets, comments by Andrew Petter 11408-9
- 1999-2000 budget 11619-20
- Business, small business, taxation 11054-5, 14358
- Calder, Frank, position on closure of debate on Nisga'a treaty 11898, 11933, 11998
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, section 25, statements re aboriginal rights 10915-6
- Child, youth and family advocate, report on status of child services, government response 13220-1
- Clark, Glen
- call for resignation 11413
- credibility 13888
- home construction project by Dimitrios Pilarinos, reimbursement 11789
- Comments on future civil service terminations
(Sihota) 12897-901, 12913-5, 12920-1
- Credit rating, B.C. rating downgrade 11635-6
- Crown land leases, recreational properties, leasehold rates 11028-9
- Delgamuukw cases
- decisions, statements re third order of government 10916
- factum, position on aboriginal title 10916
- Democracy, democratic principles 11931
- Dix, Adrian
- memo re Glen Clark's involvement in North Burnaby Inn casino application process, authenticity concerns 14213-4, 14232-5
- position with Premier's Office 14211-2
- Economy, B.C. economy
- business summit recommendations, government response 13265-6
- economy during NDP administration 11387
- Elections, call for general election 11412-3, 11448-9, 11636
- Environment
- environmental industries, job creation targets 14251-3
- international centre for environmental business, establishment 14252
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction
- Fisheries
- fishing by Indians, commercial fishery 10914
- fishing industry, job loss 12613-4
- Floods and floodplains, flooding in B.C. due to high snowpack, preparedness 12059-60
- Forest industry, employment and jobs
- job levels, impact of government policies and regulations 12430-1
- job loss 11088
- Forsey, Eugene, comments on use of closure for legislative debates 11933
- Fruman, Sheila, employment with Premier's Office 14212
- Gambling
- casino licence applications
- need for public approval process 11857-8
- promotion to government ministers 11725-6
- expansion of gambling in B.C. 14256
- Gingell, Fred, tribute 14165
- Gosnell, Joseph, permission to address the House 10859
- Government
- Health care, current state of B.C. system 10813, 11387
- Highland Valley copper mine, closing 11149, 12361-2
- Holocaust Memorial Day 11764-5
- Income tax, personal tax rates in B.C. 10957-8
- Indians
- history of treatment by non-Indians 10918
- land claims
- amount of provincial land base available to Indians, government policy 11249-51
- overlapping claims 10918
- treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10811
- treaty negotiations
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12740-1
- policies and practices
- protection of claimants' privacy 12740-1
- requirements for auto glass repair shops 12243
- Internet, government-owned information available on commercial web sites, policy 14216-7
- Labour, restrictions on a worker's right to practise their trade 13614-6
- Lapointe, Ron, small business taxation case 11054-5
- Legislation, use of retroactive legislation 12218-9
- Legislature
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 14241-3
- responsibility for historical injustices toward Indians 10918
- use of closure 11933
- Letter to B.C. Treaty Commission about Nisga'a treaty
(Wilson, G.) 11975
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- Louisiana-Pacific Canada Engineered Wood Products Ltd., agreement with government 14239-40
- MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., operation of B.C. OnLine 14215-7
- Miller, Dan, performance as cabinet minister 11388
- Mining industry, current state of industry 12361-2, 12474
- Motions
- motion that the House do now adjourn, debate 11386-9
- time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62)
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a people
- self-government, jurisdictional concerns 10915-7
- treaty
- treaty, final agreement
- approval process, public referendum, petition tabled 11245
- approval process, public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10917-8
- constitutional validity 10915-6
- costs 10916-8
- cost-sharing arrangement, value of B.C. contribution 11257-8, 11261-2
- government advertising 10917
- government advertising costs 11931
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 10918
- land entitlement, valuation process and outcome 11251-3, 11261-2
- objectives of treaty 10811
- public views 11082-3
- tax payment and exemption provisions 10915
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10915
- workability 10913-4, 10918-9
- North Burnaby Inn, casino licence application process 11725-6
- Nurses, workload issues 10813
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions, multi-employer pension plans, suspension of benefits of early retirees returning to work in same trade 13614-5
- Pratt, Russ, role as Premier's Office chief of staff 14211-2
- Premier's Office
- Prescott, Sharon, role in Premier's Office 14213
- Probate Fee Act, debate 12218-9
- Public debt
- debt during NDP administration 12102
- debt-servicing costs 11636
- Real property tax
- deferment program for seniors and disabled 12218
- retroactive validation of property assessment valuations 14357-8
- Rebco Wood Products Ltd., viability, petition tabled 11225
- Resources and resource industries, resource-based communities, proposal for transition secretariat 11087-8
- Science and technology, growth of high-technology industry, impact of government taxation policies 13632-3
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- recommendations
- acknowledgment of and apology for past wrongs 10918
- commercial fishery allocations 10914
- work of committee 11931
- Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings 14235-6
- Sheehan, John, cost to taxpayers of wrongful dismissal case against B.C. Hydro 13888
- SkyTrain expansion, link from Vancouver to Coquitlam 12159-60
- Society, social justice and equality 11999
- Taxation
- 1999-2000 levels 12103-4
- current levels 14358
- death tax, use of term to describe charges levied against estate settlements 12218-9
- Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- debate 14357-8
- provision covering retroactive validation of property assessment valuations, disposition 14357-8
- Tourism industry, SuperHost program 12243
- Vancouver, light rail transit system to Coquitlam 12087-8
- Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd., labour charges on fast ferry project 11223
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project
- West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., property assessment issue, government response 14357-8
- West, Neville, treatment by Insurance Corporation of B.C., privacy concerns 12740-1
- Wildlife, management by Nisga'a people 10913
- Wills, probate fees, retroactive validation of 1988-99 fee structure 12218-9
- Youth employment, hiring of youth for flood protection work 12060
- Zirnhelt, David, comments on value of Nisga'a land 11258
Campgrounds See Parks
Campgrounds B.C. program See Parks
Canada
Canada Pension Plan
- Changes, input of Women's Equality ministry
(Chong) 12608
(Hammell) 12608
Canada–British Columbia agreement for environmental assessment cooperation See Environment
Canada–British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement
- Debate, position of Speaker of House of Commons on amendability of agreement
(Chair) 11075
Canadian Blood Agency
Canadian Bond Rating Service
- Position on 1999-2000 budget
(Hogg) 12073
(Thorpe) 12026
Canadian Cancer Society
- Statistics on cancer survival in B.C.
(Hansen) 11704
(Priddy) 11704
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Position on tax reductions
(Waddell) 12056
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Application to Nisga'a treaty See Treaty, final agreement under Nisga'a people
- Equality provisions
(Hogg) 11044
(Petter) 11909-10
(Plant) 11909-10
- Position on aboriginal rights
(Lovick) 10819
(Waddell) 10929
- Section 25, statements re aboriginal rights
(Campbell) 10915-6
(Lovick) 10819
(Wilson, G.) 11097
- Section 35, statements re aboriginal and treaty rights
(Wilson, G.) 11097
- Statement of fundamental freedoms
(Penner) 10983
Canadian Chopstick Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment
- Report on provincial environmental standards
(McGregor) 12313
Canadian Federation of Students
- Work with Women's Equality ministry on date rape prevention
(Hammell) 12593
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Involvement in gypsy moth aerial spraying program
(Chong) 12353, 13923
(McGregor) 12351-2
Canadian Forces bases See Armed forces
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
- Investment in Prince George forest region
(Nettleton) 12931
(Wilson, G.) 12931
Canadian Forest Service
- Pest control research
(Wilson, J.) 13831
(Zirnhelt) 13831
Canadian Foundation for Innovation
- Funding for B.C. research infrastructure
(Petter) 12513
Canadian Institute of Actuaries
- Comments on pension legislation changes
(Krueger) 13654
(Lovick) 13654
Canadian Mental Health Association
- Work of association
(Sanders) 12271-2
Canadian Millennium Foundation
- Participation in B.C. bursary program, negotiations
(Petter) 12545
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Canadian Mountain Holidays Ltd.
- Application for back-country recreation tenure
(MacPhail) 13110
(Thorpe) 13110
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Parents for French
- Comments on kindergarten enrolment level
(Sanders) 13445
Canadian Psychiatric Association
- Recommendations re antipsychotic medications
(Sanders) 14098
Canadian Red Cross
- Operation of blood services
(Hansen) 11602
(Priddy) 11602
Canadian Women Voters Congress
- Establishment
(Reid, L.) 11072
Canadian Woodworks Ltd.
Cancer
Cantex Engineering and Construction Ltd.
- Asphalt plant, status
(Coell) 12354
(McGregor) 12354
Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Asia Pacific management co-op program
(Dalton) 12546
Capilano Highway Services Co. See Contracted services, ministry responsibility for work done by contractors under Transportation and Highways, Ministry of
Capital health region
Capital regional district
- Clean air bylaw, enforcement issue, funding of legal costs
(Chong) 14080-1
(Priddy) 14080, 14151-2
- Water supply, acquisition of land in watershed
(Dosanjh) 13069
Car Connection Auto Sales
- Owner's dispute with Premier's Office staff member See McIver, Bryan
Career technical centres See Skills training
Cariboo area
Cariboo North constituency and area
- Log home operation, wood supply needs of company
(Wilson, J.) 13832-3
(Zirnhelt) 13832-3
- Public input on timber licence sales
(Wilson, J.) 13833
(Zirnhelt) 13833
Cariboo-Chilcotin Fish Enhancement Society
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan
- Planning process
(McGregor) 12293
(Wilson, J.) 12293
Carpenters Union See United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Carrier people
- Establishment of land use planning table
(Zirnhelt) 11015
Carrier-Sekani tribal council
- Treaty negotiations
- consultations with regional advisory committee
(Nettleton) 12932
(Wilson, G.) 12932
- forest lands, proposed interim measures table
(Nettleton) 12929-30
(Wilson, G.) 12929-31
Cascadia corridor See Corridors under Transportation
Cashore, John (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
- Air quality, improvement measures 13156
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget goals 12162-3
- Burke Mountain Naturalists, work of organization 12165
- Burrard Thermal power station, emission controls 13156
- Cancer, public awareness 11491-2
- Coquitlam, environmental protection initiatives 12164-5
- Democracy, diversity of opinions 10882-3
- Discrimination and racism, systemic discrimination against Indians 10842
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12163
- Environment, environmental protection, application of legal requirements to Indian lands 10844
- Gambling issues 12272-4
- Health care
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12163
- system, current state of B.C. system 11817-8
- Home care, home support services 11818
- Hunting by Indians, hunting rights 10844
- Indians, treaties, importance for future of province 10843
- Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 10843-4, 11995-7
- Liberal Party of Canada, position on Nisga'a treaty 11996
- Mental health, mental illness, public awareness 12271-2
- Muskwa-Kechika management area, future use 12165
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10842-4, 11995-7
- Nisga'a people
- treaty
- economic opportunities provided by treaty settlement 10842
- Liberal Party of Canada position 11996
- Liberal Party position 10843-4, 11995-7
- provisions, fundamental negotiating positions 10844
- redress for past wrongs 11995-7
- treaty, final agreement
- approval process, public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10843-4
- conclusion of negotiations 12165
- constitutional validity 10843
- history of events leading to negotiated settlement 10842-3, 11995-7
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions, number of multi-employer pension plans in B.C. 13278
- Phillip, Stewart, position on Indian land claims 11996
- Resignation as Labour minister
(Krueger) 13226, 13236
- School district 43 (Coquitlam), capital projects 12163
- SkyTrain expansion, link from Vancouver to Coquitlam 12163-4
- Smith, Mel, position on Indian land claims 10843
- Society, social justice and equality 11995-7
- Superintendent of pensions, role in court cases 13278
- Transit services, government commitment to develop Vancouver area light rapid transit system 12164
- Transportation, investment in infrastructure, lower mainland improvements 12163-4
- Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, role in Nisga'a treaty negotiations 10842-3
- War brides commended 10882
- Youth Week 12162
Casino of the Rockies, St. Eugene Mission, B.C.
Catamaran Ferries International Corp.
Catholic Women's League of Canada
- 1998 white-ribbon campaign against pornography, petition tabled
(Hartley) 11179
Cayoosh Creek
- Ski hill project
(Nebbeling) 10924
Celiac disease
Cemetery and Funeral Services Act
- Provisions governing disposition of cremated remains
(Dosanjh) 14418
(Plant) 14418
Central Maloney Inc.
- Partnership with B.C. Hydro
(Farnworth) 13697
(Jarvis) 13696-7
Central Okanagan school district See School district 23 (Central Okanagan)
Central Vancouver Island health region
Centre for Curriculum Transfer and Technology, Victoria, B.C.
- Government funding
(Petter) 12550
Centre for Education Information Standards and Services, Victoria, B.C.
- Government funding
(Petter) 12550
- "On Track" survey on performance of private post-secondary institutions
(Weisbeck) 13984-5
Chahal family
- Anniversary of murder
(Hammell) 11619
(Stephens) 11619
Chair and Deputy Chair, Rulings and statements See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
Charko, Ken
- Work as theatre owner
(Hansen) 14430-1
Charlottetown accord
Charter of Rights See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Chase, B.C.
Cheam Indian band
Chicken industry See Poultry industry
Chief electoral officer
- Annual report, 1998, tabled
(Speaker) 13995
- Powers during transition to new electoral districts
(Dosanjh) 14344
- Report tabled relating to statement of votes of Parksville-Qualicum by-election
(Speaker) 14071
Chief forester
- Role in reallocation of tree farm licences affected by Nisga'a treaty
(Abbott) 11630-1
(Wilson, G.) 11630-1
Chilcotin War See History under British Columbia
Child, Family and Community Service Act
- Proclamation of sections
(Boone) 13413
(Reid, L.) 13413
- Purpose
(Anderson) 12142
Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1997
Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1999
- (Bill 84) (Minister for Children and Families) 1R, 13887; 2R, 14323-8; C, 14412-7; 3R, 14417; RA, 14488
- Amdts: sec. 34 (Reid, L.) 14417, negatived 14417
- Debate, speakers
(Boone) 13887, 14323-4, 14327-8, 14412-7
(Jarvis) 14326-7, 14413-4
(McKinnon) 14325-6
(Reid, L.) 14324-5, 14412-7
- Definitions
- Purpose of bill
(Boone) 13887
Child, youth and family advocate
- Authority to act on behalf of Nisga'a children and youth during treaty transition period
(Boone) 11885-6
(Reid, L.) 11884-6
(Wilson, G.) 11885
- Reports
- 1996, 1997 and 1998 reports, recommendations
(Chong) 13937-8
- 1998 annual report tabled
(Speaker) 13019
- 1998 report, Children and Families ministry response
(Jarvis) 14326-7
- report on status of child services, government response
(Anderson) 13044
(Boone) 13041-4, 13220-1
(Campbell) 13220-1
(Clark, C.) 13042-3
(Reid, L.) 13041-2
- report on status of child services, recommendations
(Boone) 13412-9
(Reid, L.) 13412-8
- Role of advocate
(Boone) 13041-2
(Clark, C.) 13042
(Reid, L.) 13041-2
Children
- Bullying at school See Bullying and violence at school under Violence
- Child abuse, exploitation of children for sexual purposes, government prevention work
(Hammell) 12595
(Stephens) 12595
- Child care
- one-stop access centres
(Gillespie) 12038
- supported child care, choice issue
(Boone) 11592-3
(Reid, L.) 11592-3
- supported child care committee, purpose
(Boone) 11598
(Clark, C.) 11598
- supported child care, funding
(Boone) 11597-8
(Clark, C.) 11597-8
- workers, exclusion from contract negotiations
(Clark, C.) 12906-7
(Sihota) 12906-7
- Child care subsidies
- eligibility for supported child care subsidy
(Reid, L.) 14434-5
- eligibility for supported child care subsidy, case
(Boone) 13331-2
(Reid, L.) 13330-2
- subsidies to day care centre owners
(Boone) 13532
(Chong) 13532
- Child development
- government prioritization
(Anderson) 12117-8
(Bowbrick) 12117-8
- national program
(Reid, L.) 13476
- Child poverty in B.C.
(Gillespie) 10983-4
- Child prostitution See Child and youth prostitution under Prostitution
- Child protection
- child apprehension system, consent issues re orders and information re presentation hearings
(Boone) 14416
(Reid, L.) 14416
- child apprehension system, family conference requirement
(Boone) 13475-6
(Reid, L.) 13475-6
- child apprehension system, issues and concerns
(Anderson) 11578-9, 13404-7
(Boone) 13405-7
(Coleman) 11584, 13529
(Reid, L.) 13411-2
- child apprehensions, incidence of non-substantiated cases
(Boone) 11601
(Reid, L.) 11600-1
- duty to report need for protection
(Plant) 13137
(Ramsey) 13136-7
- funding for services, input from child, youth and family advocate
(Boone) 11702
(Hawkins) 11702
- keeping children safe
(McKinnon) 12148
(Reid, L.) 12127-8
(Stephens) 12185-6
- legislation See Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1999
- protection of interests of minors in estate settlements See Role on behalf of minors and vulnerable adults in estate settlements under Office of the public trustee
- supervision orders
(Boone) 11599, 11601
(Clark, C.) 11599
(Reid, L.) 11601
- voluntary care agreements
(Boone) 13332-3, 14412-5
(Reid, L.) 13332-3, 14412-3
- Child protection workers, caseloads and funding
(Whittred) 11702
- Children in government care
- care plans and case management
(Boone) 13416
(Reid, L.) 13416
- essential services, availability
(Reid, L.) 13417
- mental health needs, risk assessment
(Boone) 13420
(Stephens) 13420
- number
(Boone) 11598-600
(Clark, C.) 11598-9
(Reid, L.) 11600
- rights and interests of children in care
(Dosanjh) 12373-5
(Reid, L.) 12373-5
- Children Who Witness Abuse program, transfer of ministerial responsibility
(Hammell) 12592
(McKinnon) 12592
- Child's rights and interests
- Missing children
- Green Ribbon of Hope campaign
(Reid, L.) 12719-20
- incidence
(Boone) 12719
- National children's agenda
(Hammell) 12607
(Stephens) 12607
- Needs, government prioritization
(Barisoff) 13356-7
(Boone) 13354, 13418-9
(Reid, L.) 13354, 13417-8
(Stephens) 13419
- Programs and services
- Prostitution See Child and youth prostitution under Prostitution
- Special needs children
Children and Families, Ministry for
- 1999-2000 Estimates
- debate 13327-40, 13352-62, 13404-33, 13466-84, 13496-504, 13529-34, Report 14434-5
- speakers
(Anderson) 13404-7
(Barisoff) 13354-62, 13407-8, 13467-8
(Boone) 13327-40, 13352-6, 13358-62, 13404-33, 13466-84, 13497-504, 13529-34, 14435
(Chong) 13409-10, 13531-2
(Coleman) 13502-4, 13529
(Hansen) 13425-8
(Hawkins) 13497-501
(Jarvis) 13409, 13421-8, 13433, 13534
(McKinnon) 13431-3, 13501-2, 13532-4
(Neufeld) 13472-5
(Penner) 13532
(Reid, L.) 13329-40, 13352-4, 13410-8, 13428-32, 13466-7, 13475-84, 14434-5
(Stephens) 13419-21
(Thorpe) 13468-72
(van Dongen) 13530-1
(Weisbeck) 13497
(Whittred) 13337-8
- Special warrant debate 11591-601
- Accomplishments and goals
(Boone) 13327-9
- Annual reports, 1996-97 and 1997-98, tabled
(Boone) 14408
- Assessment tool for service eligibility
(Boone) 13413-4
(Reid, L.) 13413-4
- Budget
- 1998-99 overexpenditures
(Plant) 11478
- 1998-99 shortfalls, program areas allocated special warrant funding
(Boone) 11591, 11597
(Clark, C.) 11597
(Reid, L.) 11591
- 1999-2000 budget, spending decisions
(Boone) 13418-9, 14435
(Reid, L.) 13418
(Stephens) 13419
- funding for programs and services delivered by other ministries
(Boone) 13427-8
(Hansen) 13427-8
- needs-based budget for programs and services
(Boone) 13416-7
(Reid, L.) 13416-7
- Child protection division, director's responsibility for Nisga'a children
(Boone) 11888-9, 11895
(Dosanjh) 11894-5
(Reid, L.) 11888-9, 11894-5
- Contract and program restructuring
- contracted services restructuring
(Clark, G.) 14236-8
(Reid, L.) 14236-8
- cost savings objectives
(Barisoff) 13354-5
(Boone) 13329-33, 13335-40, 13352-4, 13482, 14435
(Reid, L.) 13330-3, 13336-8, 13352-4, 13482, 14434-5
- impact on services
(Boone) 13422
(Jarvis) 13421-2
- Contracted service providers
- accreditation process, costs
(Boone) 13482
(Reid, L.) 13482
- continuing agreements with ministry
(Barisoff) 13408
(Boone) 13408, 13418
- multi-year funding for services
(Boone) 13418
(Reid, L.) 13417
- role of ministry in contract negotiations
(Boone) 13482-4
(Reid, L.) 13482-4
- Freedom-of-information requests, impact on staffing requirements
(Petter) 12634
(Plant) 12634
- Human resource facility agreements with service providers See Foster and group home care system under Foster care
- Meetings between staff and opposition
(Boone) 13466-7
(Reid, L.) 13466-7
- Ministry participation in interprovincial commission
(Boone) 13432
(Reid, L.) 13432
- Mission statement
(Boone) 13412
(Reid, L.) 13412
- Performance evaluation, public input
(Boone) 13413
(Reid, L.) 13413
- Program reductions
(Reid, L.) 12127
(Stephens) 12185-6
- Strategic plan for aboriginal services, applicability to Nisga'a during treaty transition period
(Boone) 11886, 11888-90
(Reid, L.) 11886-90
(Wilson, G.) 11886-7
- Workload review
(Boone) 13415
(Reid, L.) 13415
Children's Commission
- Commissioner See also Morton, Cynthia
- authority to act on behalf of Nisga'a children and youth during treaty transition period
(Boone) 11885-6
(Plant) 11891
(Reid, L.) 11884-6
(Wilson, G.) 11885
- Independence of office
(Dosanjh) 12374
(Reid, L.) 12374
- Reports
- 1998 report recommendations, implementation
(Dosanjh) 12373
(Reid, L.) 12372-4
- annual report, 1998, tabled
(Dosanjh) 11859
- "Recommendations and Responses: Summary Document, September 1996 to December 1998," tabled
(Dosanjh) 11859
- report on needs of Indian children and youth
(Reid, L.) 11849, 11884
Children's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Treatment for children with diabetes and celiac disease
(Priddy) 14023, 14151
Chilliwack, B.C.
Chilliwack General Hospital, Chilliwack, B.C.
- Acute-care beds, utilization rate
(Penner) 11612
(Priddy) 11612
China
- Shipping company operating in B.C.
(Farnworth) 13622
(Thorpe) 13622
Choices for Support for Independent Living program See Home support services under Home care
Chong, Ida (Oak Bay–Gordon Head)
- Agriculture and Food ministry
- Agriculture industry, organic farming, impact of pesticide spraying on farm's organic certification 12425-6, 12454-5
- Beer industry, brewpubs, sale of products in liquor stores 12672
- B.C. Buildings Corporation
- asset sales 13104-5
- involvement in Vancouver Island cancer clinic project 14056
- B.C. Federation of Police Officers, comments on spousal pension benefits legislation 14484
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12861-63
- budget, deficit 12863
- debt, management of debt-servicing costs 12861
- operations, revenue loss due to fast ferry construction delays 12862
- B.C. Hydro
- corporate donation policy 13695
- derivatives trading 13689-91
- employee pension plan
- input of non-union plan members to joint management agreement 14469-70, 14481-3
- input of pensioners into decision on joint trusteeship 14366-7
- relationship to Powerex 13688-9
- B.C. Investment Management Corporation, operations 14487
- B.C. Pension Corporation, operations 14486-7
- B.C. residents moving elsewhere 11495
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1999, debate 12249
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget
- 1999-2000 budget, revenues from sale of provincial assets 13104-5
- use of interim supply 11494-5
- Building Blocks programs, effectiveness 13410
- Business
- Canada Pension Plan, changes, input of Women's Equality ministry 12608
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, status 13623
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- involvement in gypsy moth aerial spraying program 12353, 13923
- Cancer, treatment services 11489-90, 14054-5
- Capital health region
- Capital regional district, enforcement of clean air bylaw, funding of legal costs 14080-1
- Catamaran Ferries International Corp., status 12862
- Child, youth and family advocate, recommendations from 1996, 1997 and 1998 reports 13937-8
- Children
- child care subsidies to day care centre owners 13532
- child's rights and interests 13937-8
- programs and services, government initiatives and pilot programs 13409-10, 13531-2
- special needs children, funding for services 13409
- Children and Families ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13409-10, 13531-2
- Civil service, public sector pension plans
- joint trusteeship 14410
- pension advisory boards, communication with members 14485
- survivor benefits 14484-5
- Clark, Glen, comments while in opposition re 1991-92 budget 12042, 12045
- Condominiums, tax concessions on leaky-condo building repairs 13103-4
- Cooperative Association Act, debate 14454-7
- Cooperatives
- Corporations, taxation
- capital tax, exemption threshold for new or expanding businesses 13100
- income tax, small business tax holiday 13098-100
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 12046
- Crown corporations, corporate donation policy 12535
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services 13409-10
- Economic Forecast Council, membership 12249
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current conditions 12046
- role of government 13544-5
- Education
- curriculum, music programs 12047
- enrolment levels, impact on school closings 13668
- funding
- 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12047
- impact of funding level on quality of education 13670-1
- Education ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13665-71
- Employment and Investment ministry
- Employment and unemployment, job creation, tracking in B.C. 13590
- Employment Standards Act, amendments 14306-7
- Environment
- environment youth teams 12232-6
- pest control and pesticide use
- aerial spraying against gypsy moth 12350-3, 13922-5
- aerial spraying against gypsy moth, petition tabled 11728
- aerial spraying of Foray 48B, petition tabled 13268
- integrated pest management planning 12350
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12232-6, 12350-3
- Exports and imports, trade missions, incoming delegations 13621-2
- Federated Cooperatives Ltd., authority to audit cooperatives 14454-6
- Ferries and ferry services, fares 12862-3
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- Fisheries ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12534-6
- Fisheries Renewal B.C.
- establishment, Liberal Party position 12536
- operations 12534-6
- Forests ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13922-5
- Foster care, tracking of foster children in system 13532
- Four Corners Community Savings
- operations 13756-60
- performance and NDP government involvement 14406
- Gambling
- Government
- assets, sale of Crown assets, use of revenue 13104-5
- fiscal planning and policies
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care facilities, enforcement of local clean air bylaws 14080-1
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12046-7
- travel for cancer treatment services 14054-5
- wait-lists and waiting times
- Health ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 14054-7, 14077-81
- Home care, home support services
- restructuring of service contracts 14079-80
- services for discharged hospital patients 14057, 14077
- Human rights and responsibilities 13936-7
- Insurance Act, amendments 14307
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12691-2
- employee pension plan, input of non-union plan members into joint management agreement 14483
- financial reporting, software development and computer costs 12691-2
- Investment
- government investments, industrial incentive fund 13755-6
- investment climate in B.C. 13589
- Labour, workers' return to work after retirement 13288-9
- Legal Profession Act, amendments 14307
- Legislation
- hoist motions 14368-9
- miscellaneous statutes bills, use by NDP government 14368
- stakeholder consultation by NDP government 14368
- Legislature, role of select standing committees 11496
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on establishment of Fisheries Renewal B.C. 12536
- Luetzen, (Mr.), letter re early retirement 13640-1
- Mount St. Mary Hospital, replacement project 14079
- Municipal Act, amendments 14307
- Municipalities, employee pension plan, spousal benefits 14484
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10949-51
- Nisga'a people
- self-government, jurisdictional concerns 10950
- treaty, final agreement, costs 10950-1
- Orcherton, Steve, role in Vancouver Island cancer clinic project 14056
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions
- benefits, preretirement death benefits 14483
- changes by regulation versus legislation 14411, 14485
- early retirement cases 13640
- legislative changes, input of pension plan members 14365-9, 14410, 14485
- management of pension plans
- multi-employer pension plans, suspension of benefits of early retirees returning to work in same trade 13287-90, 13638-41
- Powerex, financial operations 13688-9
- Property, personal property
- unclaimed money and property, legislative requirements 14273, 14302-7
- unclaimed property special account 14302, 14305
- Property transfer tax 13102-3
- Provincial health officer, role in public health risk assessment 14081
- Public debt during NDP administration 12045
- Public health
- aerial spraying against gypsy moth, health risk assessment process 14081
- impact of Btk bacteria on public health, studies 12352
- Public Sector Pension Plans Act
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health, agreement with capital health region 14078
- Real property tax
- Resources and resource industries, use of natural resource community fund 13754-5
- Ring, Richard, comments on gypsy moth aerial spraying program 13924-5
- Royal Jubilee Hospital, redevelopment project 14056-7, 14077-8
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria), issues 13665-70
- Schools, portables reduction strategy 13667
- Scott, Mark, death 12943
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, work of committee 11496
- Service, Susan, comments on changes to survivor benefits legislation 14483-4
- Sheet Metal Workers' Union, court case on pension benefits suspension 13287-8, 13640
- Speech disorders, funding for aphasia treatment programs 14079
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11494-7
- Taxation
- 1999-2000 levels 12046-7
- current levels 11496
- interprovincial gender analysis of tax system 12609
- Torquay Elementary School, closing, petition tabled 14170
- Treasury Board, contingency fund 13169-70
- Trees, Garry oak ecosystem protection 12455
- Unclaimed Property Act
- Vancouver Island Cancer Centre, project status 11489-90, 14055-6
- Vancouver Island, health care services 14054-5
- Victoria, arena proposal, government funding issue 13623
- Women, employment and pension issues 12608-9
- Women's Equality ministry
- Year 2000, compliance of government computer systems, liability issue 13101-2
Christian Labour Association of Canada
Church, Wynona
- Research on use of Aricept in treatment of Alzheimer's disease
(Reid, L.) 14147-8
CIA See Canadian Institute of Actuaries
Civil Rights Act (United States)
- Legislators' vote on 1964 bill
(Petter) 10913
Civil service
- Employees
- comments by opposition members re employees
(de Jong) 13438
- comments of opposition members on government employees
(Sihota) 13437-8
- number of employees
(Clark, C.) 12878-81, 12897-9, 12904
(Sihota) 12878-81, 12897-9, 12903-5
(Thorpe) 12905
(Waddell) 12056
- number of employees in federal and provincial governments
(Weisbeck) 11020
- secondments to Nisga'a treaty implementation project
(de Jong) 11116-7
(Lovick) 11116-7
- Hiring practices
- Indemnity for cost of legal representation for government employees and public officials
(Dosanjh) 12324-5
(Plant) 12323-5
- Order-in-council appointments, severance guidelines
(Clark, C.) 12918-20
(Sihota) 12918-20
- Payment of legal fees incurred by staff in the course of carrying out their duties
(Farrell-Collins) 13120-2
(MacPhail) 13120-2
- Performance of civil servants
(Krueger) 13030-1, 13044
(Lali) 13030-1
- Professionalism
(Coell) 12132
- Public sector
- Public sector pension plans See also Employee pension plan under particular agencies and Crown corporations, e.g., British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority; Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999; Public Sector Pension Plans Act
- joint trusteeship
(Chong) 14410
(MacPhail) 14109
- legislative changes
(Hansen) 14378
- management structure changes
(MacPhail) 14409
- pension advisory boards, communication with members
(Chong) 14485
(MacPhail) 14486
- survivor benefits
(Chong) 14484-5
(MacPhail) 14485
- Reclassification process
(Clark, C.) 12907-8
(Sihota) 12907-8
- Size of civil service See Employees, number of employees above
A Civilized Revolution: Meeting Tomorrow's Challenge with the Progressive Democratic Alliance See Wilson, Hon. Gordon F. (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
CLAC
Clark, Christy (Port Moody–Burnaby Mountain)
- Air quality, improvement measures 13155-7
- Aquaculture industry, salmon farming moratorium 12870-1
- B.C. Business Summit, recommendations, government response 11007-8
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, debt
- borrowing authority increase 11636-7
- impact on fares and services 12793
- B.C. Fishing Resorts and Outfitters Association, comments on lease rates 11030
- B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, reclassification wage adjustments in collective agreement 12907-8
- B.C. Hydro, executives' moving expenses 12017-8
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd., Pakistan power project 11926
- B.C. residents moving to Alberta 10958-9
- B.C. Technology Industries Association, annual report on industry 13634
- Budgets
- 1999-2000 budget
- use of interim supply 11574
- Burns Bog, development and protection 12290, 12872-3
- Burrard Thermal power station, emission controls 13156
- Business, impact of government policies on small business 11390
- Canadian Woodworks Ltd., status of company 10856
- Catamaran Ferries International Corp., board members 11351-2
- Child, youth and family advocate, report on status of child services, government response 13042-3
- Children
- child care, supported child care 11597-8
- child care workers, exclusion from contract negotiations 12906-7
- child protection, supervision orders 11599
- children in government care, number 11598-9
- special needs children, funding for services 11597
- Children and Families ministry, 1998-99 budget shortfalls, program areas allocated special warrant funding 11597
- Civil service
- employees, number of employees 12878-81, 12897-9, 12904
- hiring practices
- equity and diversity 12905
- merit versus political affiliation 12897-903, 12913-4, 12922
- number of appeals of competition results during past 12 months 12920
- use of employment contracts 12914-8
- order-in-council appointments, severance guidelines 12918-20
- public service, wage guidelines for public sector 12904-5
- reclassification process 12907-8
- Clark, Glen
- call for resignation 11449
- credibility 13807
- home construction project by Dimitrios Pilarinos, reimbursement 11834
- support from cabinet ministers 14474
- travel costs 13704
- Clean Air Day 13155
- Construction industry, residential housing sector, impact of labour code changes on costs 12364
- Crown land leases, fishing resorts, leasehold rates 11030
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community social services workers' wage levels 12906-7
- Dix, Adrian, severance arrangement 12918-9
- Economic Council of Ministers, role and staffing 12875-7
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- growth of private sector 12878-80
- Elections
- call for general election 11449, 12875-7
- municipal elections, disclosure requirements for campaign contributions and expenses 14394-5
- Employment and unemployment, jobs for B.C. workers 11389-91
- Engbrecht family, funding for care of Baby Molly 11005
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12290
- leaked information, minister's response 12913, 12915
- Ferries and ferry services
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, cabinet policy and communications secretariat, cost of office security measures 13436
- Forest industry
- employment and jobs
- industry in B.C.
- Forest Renewal B.C., effectiveness of program 12894
- Foster care, program expenditures 11599
- Gambling, casino licence applications
- need for public approval process 11859
- promotion to government ministers 11726
- Government
- financial management 11449, 11575-6, 12877
- legal counsel and costs for cabinet ministers and staff 11413
- liability for future severance payments to political staff in the event of a change in governing party 12920-1
- public participation 14379
- Gunton, Tom, role in cabinet policy and communications secretariat office security measures 13436
- Health care, current state of B.C. system 11817-8
- Highland Valley copper mine, closing 11390, 12018
- Highway Constructors Ltd., wage levels 12904
- Home care, home support services 11817
- Housing starts in B.C. 12364, 14260
- Income tax, personal tax rates in B.C. 10958-9
- Indians
- history of treatment by federal and provincial governments 10995
- treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10995-6
- treaty negotiations, public involvement 10995-6
- Investment, B.C. investment, seminar fee for potential investors 11056
- Jobs and timber accord, job creation targets and outcomes 10830
- Kamloops, water levels in area, residents' concerns 12910
- Kushner, Howard, appointment as ombudsman 11837
- Legislature
- estimates process, purpose 11574
- use of committee system 14379
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14394-5
- McArthur, Doug, report, "Review into Circumstances involving the Honorable Minister Sihota and the Motor Carrier Commission" 12911-3
- Motions, motion that the House do now adjourn, debate 11389-92
- Motor Carrier Commission, 1996 events involving commission staff and Moe Sihota re licensing application by Airport Limousine Service Ltd. 12911-3
- Munro, Jack, membership on B.C. Ferry Corporation board of directors 12913-4
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, repayment of money to charities 12319
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10995-7, 11987-8
- closure of debate on bill 11987-8
- debate suspension following appointment of Gordon Wilson as Aboriginal Affairs minister 11389-92
- Nisga'a treaty, final agreement
- government advertising 10996
- public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10995-7
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10996
- North Burnaby Inn, casino licence application
- application process 11859
- approval in principle by Mike Farnworth 11766-7
- Ombudsman, appointment 11837
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions
- legislative changes, input of pension plan members and pensioners 14379
- uncertainty in pension system 14381
- Pilarinos, Dimitrios, connection to Glen Clark 13807
- Politics and politicians, public respect for and trust in the political system 11577
- Port Moody, drug use among children and youth 10980-2
- Preston, Joyce, role as child, youth and family advocate 13042
- Public Service Commission
- commissioner, role in hiring decisions 12905
- establishment of merit employment commissioner position, proposal 12902-5, 12922
- Public Service ministry
- Saskatchewan, forest jobs 12061
- Science and technology, growth of high-technology industry, impact of government policies 13634
- Select Standing Committee on Education, meetings 14379
- Sihota, Moe
- casino licence application, meetings with promoters 11726
- wilderness trip while Environment minister, conflict-of-interest allegation 11659, 11662, 11701-2
- Substance abuse/addiction, detox services for children and youth 10980-2
- Sumas, power facility expansion proposal 12137
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11574-7, 11595-9
- Taxation of educational materials, policy review 14231
- Taxi industry, issues 12911-3
- Tyabji, Judi, comments on leaks of government information 12921
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project, costs 14112-3
- Ward, Tom, role in fast ferry program cost overruns 11284-5
- Wilson, Gordon
- Zubyk, Brad, alleged lobbying activities on behalf of casino licence applicants 11726
Clark, Hon. Glen David (Vancouver-Kingsway)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, survey of post-secondary students, availability 14219
- Advancement of Nisga'a treaty
(Farrell-Collins) 11040-1
- Agricultural land reserve, impact of Indian land claim settlements 11262-4
- Agriculture and Food ministry, briefing note on impact of Nisga'a treaty on agricultural operations 11263
- Aluminum smelting industry, new smelters in B.C. 14070
- Auditor general, report on 1996-97 budget, availability 10815
- Baillie, Charles, position on medicare system 12194
- Black, David, position on Nisga'a treaty 14244-5
- B.C.
- northern B.C.
- economic recovery, government initiatives 14238-9
- forest industry conditions 14238
- residents, percentage of youth 14220
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, accountability for fast ferry project 14250-1
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd., Pakistan power project, knowledge of events and participants' actions 10814-5
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget, goals 12194-6
- Calder, Frank, election as first Indian MLA 11031-2
- Call for resignation
(Campbell) 11413
(Clark, C.) 11449
- Children and Families ministry, contracted services restructuring 14236-8
- Civil service, public sector boards, involvement of youth 14222-3
- Comments on issues
- comments while in opposition on 1990-91 budget
(Stephens) 12185
- comments while in opposition on 1991-92 budget
(Chong) 12042, 12045
(Farrell-Collins) 11467
- comments while in opposition on use of interim supply
(Stephens) 11528
(Symons) 11524-5
- Coquihalla highway, construction cost overrun
(Weisgerber) 11353
- debt reduction
(Neufeld) 11547
- Indian treaty-making process
(de Jong) 11119
- job creation in forest industry
(Abbott) 13836-7
- Liberal Party position on Nisga'a treaty
(Symons) 11046
- NDP fiscal policies
(Farrell-Collins) 11457
(Symons) 12084-5
- Constitution Act, Nisga'a treaty "within the meaning of sections 25 and 35" 11097-8
- Credibility
(Campbell) 13888
(Clark, C.) 13807
(de Jong) 13788
(Farrell-Collins) 13786-7, 13806
(Plant) 13787
- Crime and criminals, criminal-record checks, government employees working with youth 14223
- de Jong, Michael, comments on Nisga'a treaty referendum 11036
- Delgamuukw cases
- decisions, ruling on aboriginal rights 11034
- obligation to consult 11192
- Dix, Adrian
- memo re Glen Clark's involvement in North Burnaby Inn casino application process, authenticity concerns 14213-4, 14232-5
- position with Premier's Office 14211-2
- Douglas, Sir James, negotiation of treaties with Vancouver Island Indian peoples 11032
- Economy, B.C. economy
- current conditions 12195-6
- impact of current conditions on youth 14220
- Prince George northern economic summit 14238-9
- Education
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12195
- public education system, principle of public funding 12572-3
- Employment and unemployment, jobs created 14069-71
- Environment
- environment youth team program, operating costs 14221
- environmental industries, job creation targets 14252
- Fair Share program, investment in Peace River North area 12160
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries construction costs
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, cabinet policy and communications secretariat, Premier's Youth Office
- Forest industry, Nisga'a treaty forestry provisions
- annual allowable cut 11665-6
- compensation for impacted companies 11665-6
- Four Corners Community Savings
- performance and Liberal Party involvement 14473-4
- performance and NDP government involvement 14406-8
- Fruman, Sheila, employment with Premier's Office 14212
- Gibbenhuck, Leslie, meeting with Health minister 14240-1
- Gingell, Fred, tribute 14165
- Gosnell, Joseph
- permission to address the House 10858
- work commended 10858
- Government
- financial management 11448-50
- information, electronic documents, policies on retention and disposal 14213-5, 14232-5
- Gunton, Tom, role in preparation of 1996-97 budget 10815
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12194
- Hewett, Phillip, position on Nisga'a treaty 11034
- Highland Valley copper mine, closing 12362
- Home construction project by Dimitrios Pilarinos, reimbursement 11767-8, 11791
(Campbell) 11789
(Clark, C.) 11834
(de Jong) 11767, 11790
(Farrell-Collins) 11767, 11790
(Hawkins) 13849, 13851
(Plant) 11790-1
- Human rights, international standards of justice and equality 11002
- Humphrey, John, role in drafting of Universal Declaration of Human Rights 11002
- Indian Act (federal)
- authority over Nisga'a people, termination 11035
- provisions, impact on Indian peoples 11037-8
- Indians
- aboriginal rights
- codification in negotiated treaties 11109-10
- constitutional entrenchment 11097-8
- history of treatment by federal and provincial governments 11032-3, 12014
- land claims, amount of provincial land base available to Indians, government policy 11264
- reserve land system, quality of life on reserves 11033-4
- self-government, inherent right or delegated power 11081-2
- treaties
- treaty negotiations
- mandate of provincial negotiators, determination process 14246-7
- whale-hunting rights 12495
- treaty settlement, moral argument for settling treaties 11002
- Internet, government-owned information available on commercial web sites, policy 14216-7
- Investment climate in B.C., certainty provided by Indian land claim settlements 11035
- Kunin, Roslyn, comments on need for Indian land claim settlements 11035
- Legislature
- closure of debate, use 11929
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 14241-3
- select standing committees, meeting when House not in session 14224-5
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- policies 12194-5
- position on issues
- Louisiana-Pacific Canada Engineered Wood Products Ltd., agreement with government 14239-40
- MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., operation of B.C. OnLine 14215-7
- Mining industry, government initiatives 12362
- Motions, time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11928-30
- Musqueam Indian band, non-Musqueam leaseholders dispute, correlation to Nisga'a treaty 11102
- Naramata, arbitration award to residents 14240
- NDP government, performance 11412-3
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10812-3, 11031-9, 11076-82, 11084-6, 11092, 11097-8, 11102, 11106-10, 11158-63, 11165-73, 11183-9, 11192, 11259-64, 11665-6, 11770-1, 12013-4
- debate on bill
- schedule, content 11084-6
- schedule not amendable 11082
- Nisga'a Highway, construction and maintenance 11770-1
- Nisga'a people
- agreement-in-principle, changes, public input 11079
- governance structures, powers, areas of paramountcy 11097-8
- government, self-government
- Nisga'a land
- category B fee simple lands, value 11259
- logging on Nisga'a land during Social Credit Party administration 11665
- position on forest practices in B.C. 11665
- treaty
- history 11929
- Liberal Party position 11033-9, 11929-30
- negotiation process, mandates of participants 11081
- public opposition, impact on treaty-making process 11076-9
- redress for past wrongs 11039, 12014
- Victoria delegation and ceremonies to mark treaty debate 11031
- treaty, final agreement
- apartheid allegations 11037
- application of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to Nisga'a government 11158-63
- application to Nisga'a in Alaska 11172-3
- approval process, ratification by Nisga'a people, voter numbers 11189
- changes to text of agreement 11084-6, 11092
- compromises needed to achieve current agreement 11038-9
- cost of compensation 11035
- cost of not ratifying treaty 11034-5
- costs 11083-4
- cost-sharing arrangement, value of B.C. contribution 11259-62
- debate in B.C. Legislature 11032
- definitions, "Nisga'a lands" 11085
- education rights re culture and language 11143-5
- federal contribution as cost-benefit for B.C. 11172
- fiscal relations, eligibility for government programs 11168-70, 11173
- fiscal relations, transition of programs to Nisga'a responsibility 11167-8
- government advertising, cost 14244-6
- history of events leading to negotiated settlement 11031-2
- indemnity provision 11185-8
- land entitlement, agricultural land component 11262-3
- land entitlement, valuation process and outcome 11259-62
- legal certainty 11079-80
- Nisga'a citizenship, rights of entry to Canada 11166
- objectives of treaty 10810-1, 10813
- obligation to consult 11192
- power to amend Canadian constitution 11035-6, 11097-8
- public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 11036
- rights, "cede, release and surrender" wording 11183-4, 11186
- rights, codification of agreed-upon existing and new rights 11109-10
- rights, section 35 Charter rights 11081-2, 11097-8, 11183
- tax payment and exemption provisions 11080
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 11037-8
- Okanagan area, ranching and farming operations, impact of Indian land claim settlements 11263-4
- Peck, Shaun, statements re health of Indian children 11034
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14378-81
- Performance as Finance minister
(Symons) 11525
- Police search of home
- comments on investigation into role of media
(Coleman) 11582
(Plant) 11479
(Weisbeck) 11520
- Liberal Party knowledge of issue
(Miller) 11789-91
- Political record
(Farrell-Collins) 11467-8
- Position on inclusion of whaling in Indian treaty negotiations
(de Jong) 12923-4
(Wilson, G.) 12923-4
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility, commitment to universal access 12572-3
- funding, Liberal Party position 12574
- government policies, impact on quality of education 12361, 12573-4
- participation rates in B.C., national comparisons 12573
- tuition freeze 12195, 12361
- Pratt, Russ, role as Premier's Office chief of staff 14211-2
- Premier's Office
- Prescott, Sharon, role in Premier's Office 14213
- Religion, spiritual leaders' statement on Nisga'a treaty 11001-2, 11034
- Residential Tenancy Act, applicability to Musqueam leaseholds 11102
- Schreck, David, role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 10814-5
- Science and technology, information technology, electronic highway accord 14216
- Sechelt Indian band, self-government model 11106-8
- Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings 14224-5, 14235-6, 14241-2
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, meetings during off-session 14224-5
- Sheehan, John, wrongful dismissal case against B.C. Hydro 10814, 13888-91
- Shipbuilding industry, future of B.C. industry 11152
- SkyTrain expansion, link from Vancouver to Coquitlam 12159-60
- Smithe, William, actions towards Nisga'a people while Premier of B.C. 11032
- Support from cabinet ministers
(Clark, C.) 14474
(de Jong) 14474
(Dosanjh) 14472-3
(Hansen) 14473
(Plant) 14472
- Travel costs
(Clark, C.) 13704
(Miller) 13704-5
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 12361, 12572-4
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, fiftieth anniversary 11002
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project, government investment 14253-5
- Wesley, John, role as member of 1887 Nisga'a delegation to Victoria 11032
- Whales, whaling by Indians, provincial government position on inclusion of issue in treaty negotiations 14247-8
- Work on behalf of Indian land claims negotiations
(Sihota) 11050
- Youth
- employment and unemployment, government programs and initiatives 14220-2
- programs and services, impact of budget reallocations 14236-8
- Youth Options B.C. program 14221-3
Clayoquot Sound
Clean Air Day
- Purpose
(Clark, C.) 13155
Clearwater, B.C.
- Access to area lakes
(Krueger) 12051-2
- Cedar shake salvage program
(Krueger) 13791
(Zirnhelt) 13791
- Health care facility
(Krueger) 11560-1, 12052, 14031
(Priddy) 14031
- Hub intersection, safety concerns
(Krueger) 13046
(Lali) 13046
- Vehicle access to fishing lakes in area
(Krueger) 12307-8
(McGregor) 12308
Clearwater River Road
- Maintenance of road
(Krueger) 12307
(McGregor) 12307
Closure of debate See Legislature; particular legislation, e.g., Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
Coal industry
- Northeast coal
(Weisgerber) 12100
- Northeast coal, export tonnage reduction
(Jarvis) 12438
(Miller) 12438-9
(Neufeld) 12439
Coast Garibaldi health region
Coast Mountains school district See School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
Coastal Council
- Position on increases in ferry fares
(Symons) 12853-4
(Wilson, G.) 12853
- Role in B.C. Ferry Corporation debt management planning
(Symons) 12851-4
(Wilson, G.) 12851-3
Coell, Murray R. (Saanich North and the Islands)
- Air, greenhouse gas emission reduction, work of Greenhouse Gas Forum 12349
- AirCare program, testing of trucks and buses 12350
- Bear Glacier Park, management 11320
- Biologists, need for legislation to regulate standards 12314
- Britannia mine, reclamation of site 12356
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation
- commercial recreation tenures and fees 12291
- Crown lease application process, backlog 12240-1
- role 13112-3
- staff, number and roles 13112
- transfer of staff from Environment ministry 12226-30, 12237-8
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- B.C. residents moving elsewhere 11485
- Budgets, deficit budgets during NDP administration 12130
- Burns Bog, development and protection 12289-91
- Burrard Thermal power station, emission controls 12350
- Cantex Engineering and Construction Ltd., asphalt plant status 12354
- Civil service, professionalism 12132
- Clayoquot Sound biosphere reserve project 11493
- Cottonwood House Historic Park, conversion into heritage site 14038
- Crown land, activities on Crown land, authorized uses 11720, 11722-3
- Crown land special account, relationship with B.C. Assets and Land Corporation 12238-9
- Denman Island, exchange of private property on island for Crown land in Comox Valley 12289
- Disabled and handicapped persons, access to amenities on ferries 12860
- Earth Day 11994
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12131
- Environment
- environment youth team program 12230-2
- environmental assessment process 12340
- environmental assessment process, Sadler report recommendations 12339-40
- environmental protection
- Pacific estuary conservation program 13223
- Yukon to Yellowstone conservation initiative 12340-1
- environmental stewardship, industrial stewardship programs and eco-fees 12355-6
- pest control and pesticide use, aerial spraying against gypsy moth, petition tabled 12161
- pollution
- AOX emissions from pulp mills 12355
- discharge of contaminants, determination of harm 14299-300
- sustainable environment fund, status 12358
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12226-32, 12236-41, 12276, 12288-92, 12306-10, 12313-4, 12339-45, 12347-50, 12353-9, 14435-6
- budget reduction, impact on ministry and staffing 12227-9, 12236-8
- Crown lease application process, impact of commercial recreation policy 12291
- expenditures 12226
- Minister's Environmental Award, 1999 winners commended 13041
- Parks division
- relationship with B.C. Assets and Land Corporation 12238-41, 12289
- reorganization and ministry priorities 14435-6
- staffing levels 12226
- Environment Week 13223
- Environmental Appeal Board annual report, status 12359
- Ferries and ferry services
- corporate sponsorship, revenue to B.C. Ferry Corporation 12860
- fast ferries, environmental impacts and emission reduction 12353
- ferry terminals, Departure Bay terminal relocation 10959
- routes and services
- commuter service, links to transit systems 12861
- Gulf Islands service 12859-61
- impact of service on tourism industry and small businesses on Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands 12860-1
- vessels
- Bowen Queen, engine repairs 12860
- Gulf Islands ferries, disabled and handicapped persons' access to amenities 12860
- Skeena Queen, vibration concerns 12860
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13112
- relationship with Environment ministry re B.C. Assets and Land Corporation 12239-40
- Fisheries, allocation of fish to Indians 10939
- Floods and floodplains, flooding in B.C. due to high snowpack, preparedness 11792, 12276
- Fording Coal Ltd., Fording River power project 12314
- Forest industry, Nisga'a treaty forestry provisions, forest resources outside Nisga'a lands, control of management practices 11719-20
- Fort McLeod Historic Park, conversion into heritage site 14038
- Galiano Conservancy Association, management of Pebble Beach area 12341
- Gambling, casinos, number in B.C. 11484
- Georgia basin initiative, involvement of environment youth teams 12348-9
- Government
- accounting policies and practices 12132
- financial management 11484-6
- Habitat conservation trust fund, status 12358
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12131
- Highways and roads, public highway developments, environmental assessment process 12340
- Hunting
- training programs for hunters 11741
- trapping, leghold traps 12344
- Indians
- land claims, overlapping claims 10939
- treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10939
- Labour, labour relations climate 12132
- Land Reserve Commission Act
- Land use, land and resource management plans, role in establishment of parks and protected areas 14038-9
- Legislature, estimates process 12226, 12229
- MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., exchange of money for Crown land on Vancouver Island 12347-8
- Mayne Island, Wood Dale Drive subdivision, rock slope stabilization study 13046-7
- Mining industry
- environmental assessment process for projects, threshold adjustments 12340
- involvement in land use planning process and protected-areas strategy 12309
- mine reclamation process 12356
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999, debate 14299-300
- Nass wildlife area
- boundary changes 11732
- commercial guiding activities, role of Nisga'a people 11747-8
- habitat management 11749
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10938-40, 11292-4, 11298-300, 11313-7, 11319-20, 11718-20, 11722-4, 11729-38, 11740-50, 11751-7
- Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, operation 11319-20
- Nisga'a people
- applicability of laws of general application 11730
- government, self-government
- eligibility of Nisga'a people for provincial wildlife management funding 11729-30, 11741-2
- jurisdictional concerns 10939
- lawmaking authority 11740-1
- Nisga'a land
- access by public, health and safety issue 11719
- commercial recreation tenures 11314-6
- contaminated sites 11299-301
- expropriation 11314
- heritage sites and key geographic features 11316-7
- treaty, final agreement
- environmental assessment and protection provisions 11751-7
- finality not guaranteed by present treaty 10939-40
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 10939
- land entitlement, valuation process and outcome 11313
- public views 10938
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10939-40
- Oil and gas industry, environmental assessment process for projects, threshold adjustments 12340
- Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy, negotiations for new agreement 12341-2
- Park Amendment Act, 1999
- Parks
- commercial uses of parks 12310
- facilities and access 13981
- insect infestation in trees 12313
- Park Legacy panel, report 12308-10
- park management plans, development process 12308
- parks and ecological reserves on Nisga'a land 11319
- Parks, campgrounds
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions, multi-employer pension plans, suspension of benefits of early retirees returning to work in same trade 13286
- Public debt
- debt during NDP administration 11484-6
- debt-servicing costs 12130
- Recreation, kayak tour operators, campsite tenures 13112
- Recycling
- deposit system for beverage containers 12347
- Tetra-Pak recycling 12347
- Rhodes, Frank, report on division of responsibility between Fisheries and Environment ministries 12343-4, 12358
- Roberts Bank backup lands, status of lease or sale of land, policy change 12289
- Royal Bay development, environmental assessment 12356
- SkyTrain expansion, environmental impact review and special commissioner's report 12354
- Sumas, power facility expansion
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11484-6
- Tourism industry, ecotourism and cultural tourism 12310
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13046-7
- Trees, insect infestation in parks 12313
- Waste Management Act, definitions, "air contaminant" and "effluent" 14299-300
- Waste management, contaminated sites, impact of flooding 12288
- Water
- Water Act, consequential amendments from Wildlife Amendment Act (1999) 13376
- Water Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13980, 14033-4
- Watersheds, management, wildlife protection concerns 11743-4
- Wildlife
- bears, management issues 12342-3
- conservation officers
- endangered-species legislation 11744
- marmots, Vancouver Island marmot captive-breeding program 12344
- Nisga'a treaty wildlife provisions
- annual management plans 11744-5
- entitlements and allocations, conservation concerns 11718-9, 11733-4
- entitlements and allocations, review of initial allocations 11737-8
- entitlements and allocations, role of Nisga'a government 11740
- entitlements, restriction on use 11723-4
- licences for traplines and guide-outfitters on Nisga'a land 11292-4, 11298, 11746-8
- migratory birds 11748-9
- right to harvest on Crown land 11720, 11722
- species designation, role of wildlife committee 11734-7
- trade, barter or sale of harvested wildlife 11745
- wildlife allocation decisions 11720, 11749
- wildlife committee, operation 11741-4
- problem wildlife, feeding of wildlife, fines and penalties 13372
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 1999
- Wood waste, beehive burners, phase-out program 12355
Coghlan Elementary School, Aldergrove, B.C.
Cohen, Allan
- Role in government response to auditor general's report on 1996 budgets
(Farrell-Collins) 13165-6
(MacPhail) 13165-6
Cohen, Shaughnessy
- Tribute
(Farrell-Collins) 11004
Coldin, Bob
- Comments on pension benefits suspension
(Krueger) 14287
Coldstream Elementary School, Vernon, B.C.
- Air quality
(Sanders) 13443, 13446
- Air quality, impact on children, petition tabled
(Sanders) 13550
Coleman, Rich (Fort Langley–Aldergrove)
- Alcohol, liquor control and licensing issues 14276
- Aldergrove Elementary School, funding 13454
- Alex Hope Elementary School, funding 13454
- Auditor general, reports, review of subsidies and governance of B.C. Housing 13604
- Betty Gilbert Elementary School, reduction in number of support staff 13455-6
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, dividend to government, impact on corporation's future viability 12946-9
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, debt 11581-2
- B.C. Housing Management Commission, operations 13601-5
- B.C. Provincial Council of Carpenters, comments on pension legislation changes 13521
- Budgets, deficit budgets during NDP administration 11581-2
- Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, devolution negotiations 13604-5
- Children and Families ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13502-4, 13529
- Children, child protection, child apprehension system issues and concerns 11584, 13529
- Clark, Glen, comments on investigation into role of media in police search of home 11582
- Coghlan Elementary School, funding 13456
- Communities, community service organization contributions 13459-61
- Construction industry, housing starts and job loss 10900
- Democracy, diversity of opinions 10882-3
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 11584
- Education
- Education ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13453-9
- Employment and Investment ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13595-608, 13868-72
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13113
- Finger Lake Wilderness Resort, application to purchase leased property 13113
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut, comparisons with other provinces 13816
- business plans, measurement of outcomes 13878
- costs, delivered wood costs, studies 13815
- forest management and practices 13814, 13817-8
- forest policy, review of government policy, consultation 13816
- harvest levels 13816
- timber supply levels 13814-6
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- business plans, measurement of outcomes 13815, 13878
- funding for industry costs, exchange for stumpage rate reduction 13877-8
- funding for projects 11583, 13876-7
- silviculture expenditures 13815
- Forests ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13814-8, 13876-9
- availability of government analyses and responses to industry reports 13879
- goals and responsibilities 13816
- meetings with forest industry representatives re short-term action plan 13817-8
- Fort Langley, community response to proposed Fraser River crossing at Albion 13051-2
- Foster care, foster and group home care system, grants and financial assistance to service providers 13162
- Fraser River crossings, study of options 13050-2
- Gambling, charitable groups' right to gambling revenues 11583
- Gorbachev, Mikhail, position on volunteerism 11070
- Government
- assets, sale of Crown assets, use of revenue 12947-8
- financial management 11581-3
- Health care, wait-lists and waiting times, current situation in B.C. 11583
- Highway 11, Mission bypass status 13051-3
- Housing
- affordable housing initiatives 13605-6
- agencies' responsibilities, consolidation 13595-7
- homelessness 13607
- housing starts in B.C. 12363-4
- non-profit housing 13603-4
- rental housing
- landlord and tenant disputes 14290-3
- quantity and quality of rental housing stock 14265
- single-room occupancy units, protection of stock 13606-7
- social housing
- Impaired driving, alcohol-related injuries and deaths 13152-3, 14276
- Jobs and timber accord, job creation targets and outcomes 13879
- Kinsmen Club, work of organization 13459-61
- Kootenay area, tourism 13732-3
- Liquor Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14276
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13162
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1999, debate 14465
- Mortgages, home mortgage foreclosure rate 13367
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy, assessment process, case 13502-4, 13529
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government, reduction 11583
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, repayment of money to charities 11581
- NDP government, public trust 11581-4
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a people
- Nisga'a land, value of natural resources 11024
- treaty
- impact on lives of Nisga'a people 11023
- negotiation process, participation of Indian women 11022-3
- treaty, final agreement
- changes, proposals 11024
- cost of compensation 11023-4
- finality not guaranteed by present treaty 11024
- public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 11023
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 11024
- North Otter Elementary School, funding 13457
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions, investment and stability of pension funds 13523
- Polio, Rotary International program 11068-9
- Politics and politicians, public respect for and trust in the political system 11581
- Public debt, debt-servicing costs 11583
- Public Service ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12946-9
- Recall and Initiative Act, applicability 11582
- Reed, F.L.C., report on forest industry costs 13815
- Residential Tenancy Act, revision 14264-5
- Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14264-5, 14290-3
- Restaurant and food services industry, alcohol consumption without food at restaurants 14276
- Rotary International, work of organization 11068-70
- School boards/districts, autonomy 11584
- School district 35 (Langley), funding 13453-7
- Seniors housing
- affordable housing, impact of restrictions on use of land owned by non-profit societies in receipt of government assistance 14465
- supportive housing 13603-4
- Small business forest enterprise program, sales of undercut 13878
- Strata Property Act, amendments 13306-7, 13377
- Strata Property Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13306-7, 13377
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999
- Teachers, salaries, percentage of school district funding 13455
- Thomas, Mercy, comments on Nisga'a treaty 11022-3
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13050-3
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project 11582, 13868-72
- Victoria accord, status 12948
- War brides commended 10883
- Women, second-stage housing 13600-1
- Yelland, Helen
College and Institute Act
College of Midwives of British Columbia
College-Institute Educators Association
- Provincewide collective bargaining, status of negotiations
(Dalton) 12546
(Petter) 12546
Columbia Basin Trust
- Establishment and accomplishments
(Abbott) 11686
(Conroy) 11685-7
Columbia Basin Trust Act
- Provisions for disposition of benefits
(Evans) 10978-9
Columbia River Treaty
- Downstream benefits
- entitlement agreement, power returned to B.C., sales to industries
(Miller) 12409
- revenue returned to Columbia-Kootenay region
(Evans) 10978-9
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency
Columbia-Pacific Woodchips
Colwood, B.C.
Cominco Ltd.
- Agreement with government
(Conroy) 12024-5
Commercial River Rafting Safety Act
Commonwealth of Learning
Communities
Community Care Facility Act
Community Financial Services Act
Community Health Assets Protection Act
(Bill M214) (Hansen) 1R, 12612
- Debate, speakers
(Hansen) 12612
Community Social Services Employers Association of B.C.
- Role in contract negotiations for service providers
(Boone) 13482-3
(Stephens) 12556
Comox Valley community health council
- Contracts for chief executive officers
(Hansen) 14087
(Priddy) 14087
Comox Valley constituency and area
- Exchange of Crown land in area for private property on Denman Island See Denman Island
- Mammography services
(Gillespie) 12037
- New and upgraded schools
(Gillespie) 12037-8
Comox Valley Search and Rescue
Company Act
Comptroller general
- Interim financial statements for the ten-month period ending January 31, 1999, tabled
(MacPhail) 11450
Conair Aviation Ltd.
- Contract for forest fire suppression services
(Abbott) 13950
(Zirnhelt) 13950
- Government investment in company
(Farrell-Collins) 13089
Condominiums
- Leaky-condos issue
- government action
(Kwan) 13084
(Nebbeling) 12697, 12758-9, 13083
- reconstruction loan program
(Nebbeling) 12069
- reconstruction loan program, funds available through program
(Kwan) 12767-72
(Nebbeling) 12767-72
- request for financial assistance from federal government
(Kwan) 12772-3
(Nebbeling) 12772-3
- tax concessions on building repairs
(Chong) 13103-4
(Farrell-Collins) 13103-4
(MacPhail) 13103-4
- Strata councils, insurance against conduct of members
(MacPhail) 13306
- Strata owners' meetings, quorum
(MacPhail) 13306
Conflict of interest
- Legislation
(Miller) 11834
Conflict-of-interest commissioner
- Reports tabled
- 1997-98 report
(Speaker) 10828
- report on application by Helmut Giesbrecht with respect to alleged contraventions of provisions of the Members' Conflict of Interest Act by Michael de Jong
(Speaker) 13995
- report on application by Michael de Jong with respect to alleged contraventions of provisions of the Members' Conflict of Interest Act by Gordon Wilson
(Speaker) 14493
- report pursuant to the Members' Conflict of Interest Act
(Speaker) 12946
Conroy, Ed (Rossland-Trail)
- Agriculture industry
- agricultural partnerships 13461-3
- farms and farming, support for B.C. farmers 13461-3
- Business, small business, tax reductions 12024-5
- Columbia Basin Trust, establishment and accomplishments 11685-7
- Cominco Ltd., agreement with government 12024-5
- Discrimination and racism, systemic discrimination against Indians 10919-20
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12023-4
- Government, regulations and red tape 12025
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12023
- Human Tissue Gift Act, changes to increase consent and donation rates 11955
- Indians
- history of treatment by non-Indians 10919-20
- treaty settlement, moral argument for settling treaties 10920
- Keenleyside Dam construction project, labour agreement 11685
- Kootenay area, power projects 12024-5
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 10920-1
- Montrose school, closing, petition tabled 12200
- National Organ Donor Awareness Week 11954
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10919-21
- Nisga'a people
- Nisga'a land, private ownership of land 10919
- treaty
- final agreement, history of events leading to negotiated settlement 10920-1
- Liberal Party position 10920-1
- Premier's Summit on Economic Opportunity – Kootenays 10880-2, 12024
- Provincial emergency program, flood recovery programs 13734-5
- Real property tax, assessment of property, retroactive validation of assessment valuations 14358-9
- Signs and signage, signs on highways for services and attractions 11993
- Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- debate 14358-9
- provision covering retroactive validation of property assessment valuations, disposition 14358-9
- Transplantation of organs, donor organ availability, need for national donation system 11953-5
- Transportation, Cascadia corridor, advantages of cross-border cooperation in Pacific northwest 11953
- West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., property assessment issue, government response 14358-9
Constituency associations, offices, etc. See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Constitution Act
Constitution Act (federal)
Construction industry
- Housing starts and job loss
(Coleman) 10900
- Jobs
(MacPhail) 11455
(Sihota) 12150
- Labour relations, unions' application for certification, requirement to show evidence of fresh support
(Krueger) 12829-30
(Lovick) 12830
- Mandatory home warranty
- Pensions See also Pensions
(Lovick) 13294-5
- Residential housing sector, costs, impact of labour code changes
(Clark, C.) 12364
(Lovick) 12364
- Safety certification requirement for workers
(Krueger) 12630
(Petter) 12630
- Workforce, concerns about deskilling
(Krueger) 12628
(Petter) 12628-9
Construction Labour Relations Association
- Role as bargaining agent for employers
(Krueger) 12832-3
(Lovick) 12833
Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 1999
Consumers
- Consumer protection
- User fees and licences
(Thorpe) 12026
Contaminated sites See Waste management
Contraventions Act (federal)
- Implementation in B.C.
(Abbott) 12367
(Dosanjh) 12367
Cooperative Association Act
- (Bill 98) (Minister of Human Resources) 1R, 14229; 2R, 14328-30; C, 14444-57; 3R, 14428; RA, 14488
- Amdts: sec. 30 (Pullinger) 14446, approved 14446; sec. 35 (2 amdts.) (Pullinger) 14451, approved 14452; sec. 37 (2 amdts.) (Pullinger) 14452, approved 14452; sec. 110 (Pullinger) 14452, approved 14452; secs. 110 and 111 (Whittred) 14452, negatived 14456; sec. 128 (Pullinger) 14456, approved 14456;
- sec. 135 (Pullinger) 14457, approved 14457; sec. 201 (Pullinger) 14457, approved 14457; sec. 227 (Pullinger) 14457, approved 14457
- Debate, speakers
(Chong) 14454-7
(Plant) 14448-50
(Pullinger) 14229, 14328-30, 14444-57
(Reid, J.) 14444-8, 14451
(van Dongen) 14445
(Whittred) 14329-30, 14451-4
- Consultation on bill
(Pullinger) 14328-9, 14447-8
(Reid, J.) 14447
(van Dongen) 14445
(Whittred) 14329-30
- Definitions
- Purpose of bill
(Pullinger) 14229, 14328-9
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Party
Cooperatives See also Business
- Access to capital
(Pullinger) 14329
- Audits
(Chong) 14454-6
(Pullinger) 14453-6
(Whittred) 14452-4
- Development in Canada
(Whittred) 14329
- Governance
(Whittred) 14330
- Membership
- Naming of associations
(Pullinger) 14445
(van Dongen) 14445
- Penalties for improper use of membership lists
(Chong) 14456-7
(Pullinger) 14457
- Self-regulation
(Pullinger) 14329
- Use of surpluses
(Pullinger) 14445
(van Dongen) 14445
Copes, Parzival
- Report on B.C. fisheries
(Streifel) 12464
Copper Beach Estates Ltd.
Coquihalla casino See Gambling on Indian land under Gambling
Coquihalla Connector Coalition
Coquihalla Highway See Highway 5
Coquitlam, B.C.
- Environmental protection initiatives
(Cashore) 12164-5
Coquitlam school district See School district 43 (Coquitlam)
Coroners
Coroners Act
Corporation Capital Tax Act
Corporations See also Business
- Capacity and powers
(Dosanjh) 14335-6
(Plant) 14335-6
- Corporate model
(Plant) 14271-2
- Financial statements, consultation on regulations
(Dosanjh) 14338
(Plant) 14338
- Foreign corporations, registration requirements
(Dosanjh) 14338
(Plant) 14338
- Residency of directors
(Dosanjh) 14336-7
(Plant) 14272, 14336-7
- Shareholders' proposals
(Dosanjh) 14337
(Plant) 14337
- Taxation, capital tax
- B.C. rate, comparison with elsewhere
(Bowbrick) 12124
- exemption threshold for financial institutions
(Dosanjh) 14352-3
(Farrell-Collins) 14443
(MacPhail) 14443-4
- exemption threshold for new or expanding businesses
(Chong) 13100
(MacPhail) 13100
- impact on business
(Nebbeling) 12068
- Taxation, income tax, small business tax holiday
(Chong) 13098-100
(MacPhail) 13098-100
Corrections system
- Correctional facilities
- deaths of inmates, requirement to hold coroner's inquest
(Dosanjh) 14352, 14441-2
(Plant) 14441-3
- drug interdiction strategies
(Dosanjh) 12330
(Plant) 12330
- drug use, comparison between B.C. and federal facilities
(Dosanjh) 13043-4
(Weisgerber) 13043-4
- government action to address overcrowding
(Dosanjh) 13963
(Plant) 13963
- security improvements to Chilliwack area institutions
(Penner) 12371
- space for remand inmates
(Dosanjh) 12332
(Plant) 12332
- youth facilities
(Boone) 13534
(McKinnon) 13534
- Corrections officers, duty to report criminal activity
(Dosanjh) 12331
(Plant) 12331
- Electronic monitoring program
(Dosanjh) 13963
(Plant) 13963
- Incarceration of low-risk offenders
(Dosanjh) 12257
- Probation services
- preparation of custody and access reports
(Dosanjh) 13069, 13160
(Plant) 13160
- separation of adult, youth and family responsibilities
(Dosanjh) 12332
(Plant) 12332
- youth probation services, addiction treatment
(Boone) 13424-5
(Jarvis) 13424-5
- Sex offenders, national registry
(Dosanjh) 11006, 13705-6, 14169-70
(Weisgerber) 11006, 13705-6, 14169
- Sheriffs, replacement of sheriffs' firearms with those from auxiliary police
(Dosanjh) 12303
(Plant) 12303
- Youth corrections, rehabilitation programs for violent offenders
(Boone) 13533
(McKinnon) 13533
Cory, Peter
- Ruling on definition of "spouse"
(Stevenson) 13270
Cosmetologists
Cottonwood House Historic Park
- Conversion into heritage site
(Coell) 14038
(McGregor) 14038
Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia
- Letter to Labour ministry re occupational health and safety regulations
(Krueger) 12755-6
(Lovick) 12756, 12826
- Tax relief proposals
(Wilson, G.) 10831
(Zirnhelt) 10831
Council of Marketing Boards of British Columbia
- Recommendations to Agriculture ministry
(Barisoff) 12400-1
(Evans) 12400-1
Council of Ministers of Education of Canada
Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia
- Concerns re land use decision-making
(Thorpe) 13252
Court of Appeal Act
Court of Appeal for British Columbia
Court Order Enforcement Act
Cowichan school district See School district 79 (Cowichan)
Cowichan Valley
Cowichan Valley FAS Action Team
- Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome prevention work
(Reid, L.) 13428-9, 13432
Cowichan Watershed Council
- Partnership with Fisheries Renewal B.C.
(Streifel) 12532
(van Dongen) 12532
Cox, Gary
- Comments on rights of non-Indians living on Indian land
(Abbott) 10863
Cranberry Marketing Board
- Marketing plan and industry review
(Barisoff) 12401
(Evans) 12401
Credit rating
Credit unions
Creditor Assistance Act
Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.
Creston Cooperative Packers
- Fruit processing operation, status
(Barisoff) 12400
(Evans) 12400
Crey, Ernie
Crime and criminals
- Crime
- crime rate in B.C.
(Dosanjh) 12256
- home invasions
(Dosanjh) 12256-7
(Plant) 12261-2
- neighbourhood crime
(Dosanjh) 12259
(Plant) 12260-1
- public perceptions of personal risk
(Plant) 12260-1
- serious and violent crime
(Dosanjh) 12257
- Criminal-record checks, government employees working with youth
(Clark, G.) 14223
(Penner) 14223
- National DNA database for convicted criminals
(Bowbrick) 14434
(Penner) 14433-4
- Victims of crime
- participation of victims' groups in justice system reforms
(Dosanjh) 12268
(Plant) 12268
- services
(Dosanjh) 12257
- Youth crime, prevention and early-intervention initiatives
(Boone) 13533
(Dosanjh) 12257-8
(McKinnon) 13532-3
Criminal Code of Canada
- Jurisdictional authority
(Dosanjh) 11921
(Plant) 11921
- Offences, changes to include home invasions
(Plant) 12261-2
Criminal injury compensation program
Cromwell, Oliver
- Actions in defence of British parliamentary rights
(Hansen) 12007
Crossroads Treatment Centre, Kelowna, B.C.
Crown corporations
- Authority to trade in commodity derivatives See Fiscal planning and policies, derivatives trading by government and government agencies under Government
- Cabinet committee See Cabinet Committee on Crown Corporations
- Corporate donation policy
(Chong) 12535
- Government oversight of activities
(Farrell-Collins) 13198-202
Crown corporations secretariat
- Role in accountability and governance of Crown corporations
(Farrell-Collins) 12638
(Petter) 12637-8
(Thorpe) 12637-8
- Use of consultants
(Petter) 12638
(Thorpe) 12638
Crown land
Crown land special account
- Relationship with B.C. Assets and Land Corporation
(Coell) 12238-9
(McGregor) 12238-9
Crown Proceeding Act
- Report for fiscal year ended March 31, 1998, tabled
(MacPhail) 14475
Cull, Elizabeth
- Comments on 1995-96 and 1996-97 budgets, Liberal Party privilege motion
(Farrell-Collins) 11410
(MacPhail) 11410
Culture See also Heritage
Cumberland, B.C.
- Health centre, nursing staff levels
(Gillespie) 12037
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