Back
Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 2: November 1998 -- March 2000
Subject-Speaker INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
D
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
Dairy industry
Dairy Road See Kamloops, B.C.
Dalton, C. Jeremy (West Vancouver–Capilano)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12541-6
- Armed forces, Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack, use as training facility for emergency preparedness 12114
- B.C. Business Summit, recommendations 11572
- B.C. Federation of Labour, position on tax reductions 11571-2
- Budgets, deficit budgets during NDP administration 11572-3
- Burrard nation, treaty negotiations 10890
- Capilano College, Asia Pacific management co-op program 12546
- College-Institute Educators Association, provincewide collective bargaining, status of negotiations 12546
- Economy, B.C. economy, role of traditional industries 11572
- Education
- adult basic education, elimination of tuition fees 12543
- class size, impact on learning 13465-6
- days of instruction, year-round instruction 13138-9
- funding, special purpose grants 13713-4
- independent schools, performance evaluation and accountability 14282-3, 14389-90
- Nisga'a treaty education provisions, preschool to grade 12 education, comparable standards requirement 11906-7
- provincial learning assessment program 13394
- public education system, relationship to performance of economy 12579
- public-private partnerships, Abbotsford development proposal 13713
- voucher system, Liberal Party position 13394
- Education ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13393-6, 13711-4
- "Better Learning" magazine, cost and distribution 13395-6
- communication with parents 13396
- Education Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13138-9
- Education Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999, debate 14282-3, 14389-90
- Environment, Canada-B.C. agreement for environmental assessment cooperation 12313
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12313
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction cost overruns 11573
- Forests ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13955-6
- Government, revenues, fees and licences 11571
- Harcourt, Michael, resignation as Premier 13239-40
- Health care, wait-lists and waiting times, orthopedic surgery 13911
- Indians
- treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10890
- treaty negotiations, lower mainland treaty process 10890
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, withdrawal of bill 13240
- Labour, workers' return to work after retirement 13240-1
- Lapointe, Ron, small business taxation case 11573-4
- Legislature, legislative calendar and sitting schedule 11401
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on voucher system of education 13394
- Lions Gate Bridge, rehabilitation or replacement 11200-1, 11401
- Lower mainland, transportation, long-range planning 11200
- Motions, motion that the House do now adjourn, debate 11400-1
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government, reduction 11571
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, repayment of money to charities 11573
- NDP government
- legislation during administration 13240
- performance 11400-1
- theme of Spring 1999 legislative session 13242
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10889-90, 11906-7
- debate suspension following appointment of Gordon Wilson as Aboriginal Affairs minister 11400-1
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 10889
- treaty, final agreement
- constitutional validity 10889
- costs 10890
- government advertising 10889, 11573
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10889-90
- North Shore Rescue Team Society, work of society 11816, 12113-5
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games, transportation concerns 11200
- Open Learning Agency
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- debate 13239-42
- application of "business lens" to bill 13241
- impact of bill on workers 13240
- news release by Liberal Party 13239
- Post-secondary education
- courses and programs 12542, 12546, 12579
- funding 12541, 12543-4
- participation rates in B.C., part-time students 12542
- private university proposal 12546
- student financial assistance
- funding 12544
- student debt, debt load of graduating students 12579
- student debt, remission and repayment 12544
- student spaces, allocation to communities in need ("quick response spaces") 12541-2
- tuition freeze, impact on institutions 12579
- Provincial emergency program, search and rescue service volunteers 11816, 12113-5
- Public debt during NDP administration 11571-2
- School boards/districts, grievance and arbitration costs 13712-3
- School district 36 (Surrey), minister's action in textbook issue 13712
- School district 46 (Sunshine Coast), issues 13711-4
- School district 57 (Prince George), funding for English-as-a-second-language programs 13714
- Silver Creek, 1998 fire in area, government communications on fire suppression activities 13955-6
- Skills training, career technical centres, role 12545-6
- SkyTrain, budget for expansion project 11573
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11571-4
- Technical University of B.C., courses and programs 12545
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13028-9
- contracted services, ministry responsibility for work done by contractors 13028-9
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 12579-81
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project, government investment 11573
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 1999
- Wildlife, "dangerous" wildlife, public safety issue 13349-50
- Wilson, Gordon, membership in NDP 11400-1
Dawson Creek, B.C.
de Jong, Michael G. (Matsqui)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- Adoption, Nisga'a treaty adoption provisions, adoption standards and practices 11893
- Agriculture and Food ministry, briefing note on impact of Nisga'a treaty on agricultural operations 11265-7
- Agriculture industry, impact of NDP government policies on industry 12566-7
- Alcohol, alcoholic beverages, provincial control of distribution and supply 11913-5
- Angus Reid Group, survey on Nisga'a final agreement 13009-10
- Attorney General ministry, land title branch, land registry system, participation by Nisga'a nation 11854
- Auditor general, report on NDP government budgets, public accounts committee inquiry 13964-5
- Beard, Bob, comments on New Forest Opportunities office move 13548
- Black, David, position on Nisga'a treaty 14245
- B.C. Hydro
- executives' moving expenses 12018
- rates, impact on B.C. industry 12018
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd., Pakistan power project
- inquiry, Glen Clark's role in inquiry and knowledge of events 13788
- knowledge of events and participants' actions 10814-5
- recovery of B.C.'s investment 11925-6
- status 13748
- B.C. Treaty Commission
- government funding, accountability 13033-4
- role, comments on treaty negotiation and ratification process 12985-9, 12993-4
- "Strengthening First Nations for Treaty Purposes" report, recommendations to expedite treaty negotiation process 12933-40
- Burrard nation, treaty negotiations 13037-9
- Children, best interests of child, applicability as standard in all cases 11847-8
- Civil service
- employees, comments by opposition members re employees 13438
- personnel secondments to Nisga'a treaty implementation project 11116-7
- Clark, Glen
- comments on Indian treaty-making process 11119
- credibility 13788
- home construction project by Dimitrios Pilarinos, reimbursement 11767, 11790
- position on inclusion of whaling in Indian treaty negotiations 12923-4
- support from cabinet ministers 14474
- Comments on Nisga'a treaty referendum
(Clark, G.) 11036
- Constitution Act, Nisga'a treaty "within the meaning of sections 25 and 35" 11099-100, 11128
- Crown land sales, transfers subject to provisions of Land Act 11239
- Delgamuukw cases
- factum, position on aboriginal rights 11162-3
- obligation to consult 11192-3
- Dix, Adrian, role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 10814-5
- Economy, B.C. economy during NDP administration 11382
- Education
- education of Indians, secondary school completion rate 13399-400, 13446-7, 13447
- parent advisory councils, fundraising for educational materials 14230
- Education ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13399-400, 13446-7
- Emergencies, emergency preparedness funding 11920
- Employment and Investment ministry
- Employment and unemployment, jobs created 14070-1
- Energy and Mines ministry and Ministry Responsible for Northern Development, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12441
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, GPS mapping regulations 11031
- Exports and imports, trade missions to India 13745-8
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, cabinet policy and communications secretariat, cost of office security measures 13436-8
- Fisheries
- aboriginal fisheries strategy, government position 11427
- Nisga'a treaty fisheries provisions
- annual fishing plans 11439-42
- fisheries management 11437-42
- inclusion in treaty of commercial fishery agreement, Gordon Wilson's comments 11427-8
- international arrangements 11445-6
- issues 11361-3, 11365
- Joint Fisheries Management Committee 11436-7
- Forest industry, employment and jobs, job statistics 10857
- Forests ministry, submission to federal government on status of industry 12670
- Gambling
- policy, current and future policies 13706
- White Paper on gaming, availability of document 11381-2
- Giesbrecht, Helmut, participation in House debates 11380
- Gitanyow First Nations v. Canada, decision 11420
- Gosnell, Joseph, comments on Crown apology for past treatment of Indians 11130
- Government
- financial management 11462-3, 11474-7
- legal counsel and costs for cabinet members and staff 11767
- ministries, operating costs, impact of obligations imposed by Nisga'a treaty 11237
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 12198
- Government agents offices, media-monitoring activities re Nisga'a treaty 11125-6
- Gunton, Tom, role in cabinet policy and communications secretariat office security measures 13436-8
- Heaney, John
- contract extensions with Aboriginal Affairs ministry, compliance with comptroller general's guidelines 11836
- contract with Nisga'a treaty implementation project 11116
- Highland Valley copper mine, closing 11382, 12018
- Highway Constructors Ltd., union membership provisions, impact on non-union firms 12945-6
- Highwayman Pub, smoking ban, petition tabled 13913
- Indians
- aboriginal rights
- land claims
- land-banking for use in future treaty negotiations 12885-9
- lands owned by municipalities 12889-90
- overlapping claims 11216-7, 11228-30
- overlapping claims, resolution before treaty signing 12938
- urban area lands, development of provincial negotiating mandate 12889-91
- self-government
- development of provincial negotiating mandate 12883-4
- model 11775-7
- population thresholds for self-government 12935
- treaties
- treaty negotiations
- consolidation of negotiating tables 12934-40
- government obligation to negotiate in good faith 11420
- impact of negotiating debts on treaty settlements 12937-8
- mandate of provincial negotiators 12881-91, 14246-7
- mandate of provincial negotiators, flexibility in bargaining 12925-6
- negotiating costs, accountability of bands and nations for government grants and loans 13033-5
- negotiating units, representation issues 12935
- process, fairness question 11216-7
- process, impact of definition of "first nation" 12934, 12938-40
- progress to date 13809
- treaty settlement, projected costs 13016-7
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., policies and practices, requirements for auto glass repair shops 12198, 12244, 12317-8
- Interior Alliance of B.C. Indian Chiefs, discussions with provincial government 13017
- Katzie first nation, treaty negotiations, issues 13031-3, 13035-6
- Lali, Harry, comments on police search of Glen Clark's home 11414
- Land use, expropriation of private land for public use, compensation 14463
- Legislature
- closure of debate, use 11982
- role in amendments to Nisga'a final agreement 11232-4
- standing order 35, adjournment to discuss matter of urgent public importance, opportunity for members to speak on motions 11149
- Local government powers, province's right to overrule 11108
- Lovick, Dale
- comments on issues
- cost of Nisga'a public information initiative 11092
- final version of Nisga'a treaty 11086
- tenure as Aboriginal Affairs minister 11381
- Lower mainland, inventory of municipally owned lands by lower mainland treaty advisory committee 12889-90
- McArthur, Doug, work with Nisga'a treaty implementation project 11115-6
- McLeod Lake Indian band
- Treaty 8 adhesion agreement 12926-8
- treaty, land settlement 11241
- Marriage Act, provisions 11868-9
- Mining industry, gravel extraction operations 12441
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1999, debate 14463
- Mortgages, home mortgage foreclosure rate 10899
- Motions, motion that the House do now adjourn, debate 11380-3
- National Aboriginal Day 13809
- NDP government
- competence 11474-7
- performance of Premier and NDP government, petition tabled 14475
- public confidence in current administration 11380-3
- support from cabinet ministers 14474
- New Forest Opportunities Ltd., head office move, cost 13548
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10821-4, 11076-8, 11083-6, 11090-4, 11096-7, 11099-101, 11108-11, 11115-9, 11121-1, 11124-30, 11133-5, 11137-45, 11154-8, 11160-3, 11165-70, 11180-5, 11188-95, 11198-200, 11216-7, 11228-30, 11232-41, 11253-4, 11258-61, 11265-7, 11271, 11294-303, 11310-3, 11317, 11320-3, 11325-8, 11340-1, 11345-7, 11354-5, 11361-3, 11365, 11415-20, 11427-8, 11436-7, 11439-43, 11445-6, 11759-61, 11770-2, 11774-7, 11781-2, 11785-7, 11793-7, 11799-800, 11802-4, 11807-8, 11821-3, 11825-8, 11830-1, 11838-41, 11846-7, 11851-4, 11863, 11866-9, 11893, 11908-9, 11913-8, 11920-1, 11981-6
- change of minister responsible and resumption of debate 11415-6
- closure of debate on bill 11899-900, 11981-6
- debate on bill
- debate suspension following appointment of Gordon Wilson as Aboriginal Affairs minister 11380-3
- usefulness 11984
- schedule
- Nisga'a Highway, construction and maintenance 11770-2
- Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, operation 11320
- Nisga'a people
- access to Crown lands 11354
- family issues, solemnization of marriages 11866-9
- governance structures, powers, areas of paramountcy 11099-101
- government, self-government
- accountability, financial accountability 11796-7, 11802-4
- appeal and review of administrative decisions of public institutions 11821
- collective ownership versus individual rights 11828
- consultation on changes to Nisga'a law 11346
- costs associated with self-government model 11776-7
- evolution 11782
- individual rights and federal or provincial government intervention 11180
- intergovernmental relations 11781-2, 11786
- jurisdictional concerns 10822-3, 11237
- lawmaking authority, enforcement powers 11920-1
- lawmaking authority, regulation of education 11863
- laws registry 11822-3
- legal status of Nisga'a government, exceptions 11785-6
- municipal style of government 11785
- Nisga'a constitution 11786, 11793-4
- Nisga'a constitution, inclusion of non-Nisga'a people on Nisga'a land 11799
- operating costs and own-source revenue 11169-70
- regulation of alcohol sales and consumption on Nisga'a land 11913-5
- regulation of Nisga'a land 11854
- relationship between council of elders and Nisga'a government 11807
- relationship with federal and provincial governments 11237, 11840-1
- relationship with non-Nisga'a residents on Nisga'a land, obligation to consult 11825
- responsibility to protect Nisga'a citizens' right to privacy and access to information 11235-6
- urban locals, representation of constituents 11807
- village governments 11794-5
- voting of Nisga'a citizens not living on Nisga'a land or in urban locals 11807
- historical ties to the land 11238
- Nisga'a land
- roads and rights of way on Nisga'a land, province's rights of way 11759-61, 11774
- treaty
- costs 11785
- costs, affordability 11417-8
- Liberal Party court challenge, impact on agreement 11180
- public opposition, impact on treaty-making process 11076-7, 11083
- treaty, final agreement
- ability of Nisga'a to make laws 11154-5
- amendment provisions 11232-5
- application of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to Nisga'a government 11157-8, 11160-3
- approval process, ratification by Nisga'a people, voter numbers 11188-90
- approval process, referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10823-4
- assets transferred from federal and provincial governments, valuation 11839-40
- certainty issue 11191-2
- changes to text of agreement 11076, 11084-6, 11090-1
- codification of cultural traditions 11128-9
- constitutional validity 10823
- costs 11083-4, 11092
- cost-sharing arrangement, value of B.C. contribution 11259-61
- Crown apology not part of treaty 11129-30, 11133-4
- culture and language provisions, impact on status of Nisga'a children 11847-8
- debate in B.C. Legislature 11137-8
- devolution of cultural property 11916-8
- education rights re culture and language 11143-5
- emergency preparedness 11920
- fiscal relations, transition of programs to Nisga'a responsibility 11167-8
- freedom-of-information and privacy provisions 11235-6
- government advertising, cost 11092-4, 11096-7, 14244-6
- human resource development, delivery of skills training programs 11863
- indemnity provision 11185
- initialling ceremony in New Aiyansh 11229
- Kincolith band challenge 11139-40
- land entitlement, fee simple ownership 11238-9
- land entitlement, final settlement amount 11240-1
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 11216-7, 11228-30
- land entitlement, rights and obligation of Nisga'a in respect of public access 11340-1, 11345-7
- land entitlement, valuation process and outcome 11253-4, 11258-61
- liability of Nisga'a government and its agents 11921
- matters other than as specified in schedule 11920-1
- negotiations between parties to treaty, process 11236-7
- Nisga'a citizenship, Canadian citizenship requirement 11165-6
- Nisga'a citizenship, rights and limitations 11846
- Nisga'a citizenship, rights of entry to Canada 11166
- Nisga'a property in Nisga'a lands, intent of provisions 11851-4
- objectives of treaty 10821-2
- obligation to consult 11191-5, 11198-9
- post-secondary education 11908-9
- power to amend Canadian constitution 11154, 11156
- preamble, reference to "land question" 11127-8
- province's obligation to consult before amending or enacting legislation 11840-1
- provincial government liability for not fulfilling treaty provisions 11142-3
- public opinion polling, costs 13009-11
- reconciliation objective 11134-5
- remedies and replacement rights 11228
- rights, aboriginal right to tax exemptions 11183-5
- rights, codification of agreed-upon existing and new rights 11099-101, 11108-11, 11119, 11121-2
- rights, "release" provision 11188
- rights, section 35 Charter rights 11099-100, 11156, 11182-3
- treaty implementation project 11096, 11115-9, 11124-5, 13003-7, 13011-2, 13014-6
- treaty rights for non-Nisga'a citizens 11838-9
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 11826-8, 11830-1
- Okanagan area, ranching and farming operations, impact of Indian land claim settlements 11265-7
- Olynyk, John, comments on Indian self-government 10823, 11156
- Out-of-court settlement, confidentiality issue
(Miller) 11790
- Parks
- Forests ministry recreation sites, camping fees and services 11006
- parks and ecological reserves on Nisga'a land 11320-1
- Premier's Office
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 14243-8
- role in development of provincial positions for Indian treaty negotiations 14246-8
- role in Nisga'a treaty implementation project 14243-6
- Privacy, protection concerns 11235-6
- Rangeland, grazing rights on Crown land, impact of Indian land claims 12885-9
- Schreck, David, role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project 10814-5
- Sechelt Indian band, agreement-in-principle 11282
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- recommendations
- statements re apology to Indians for past wrongs 11129
- Sheehan, John, wrongful dismissal case against B.C. Hydro
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., water licence 11321
- Stó:lo nation, treaty negotiations, status 13039
- Sumas, power facility expansion, impact on air quality 12089, 12136
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11474-7
- Taxation
- tax reductions, government advertising of reductions 11055
- taxation of educational materials, policy review 14230
- Thomas, Shawn, moving expenses paid by B.C. Hydro 12018
- Tourism industry, SuperHost program 12244
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13063-6
- minister's trade mission to India 13063-6
- Undertakers and undertaking, funeral service fees 10907
- Universities, colleges and institutes, admission standards, nonacademic requirements 11908-9
- Vancouver, Expo lands, valuation 11258-60
- Water
- Whales, whaling by Indians, provincial government position on inclusion of issue in treaty negotiations 12922-5, 14247-8
- Wildlife
- Nisga'a treaty wildlife provisions, trapper licences, transfer or assignment 11294-7, 11299
- offences, fines and penalties 13375-6
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13375-6
- Wills, probate fees, legality of current collection system 11477
- Wilson, Gordon
- A Civilized Revolution: Meeting Tomorrow's Challenge with the Progressive Democratic Alliance, statements re Indian treaty issues 11417-9
- membership in NDP 11374, 11380-1
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, change from critic to minister responsible, position on previous statements by government 11417-20
- position on Indian treaty issues 11417-9
- position while in opposition on use of special warrants 11474-5
- Yale first nation, treaty negotiations, status 13039
- Yukon Indian treaty, land claim provisions 11127, 11217
de la Bruyère, Jean
- Comments on justice
(Petter) 12000
Debt See Public debt
Definition of Spouse Amendment Act, 1999
- (Bill 100) (Attorney General) 1R, 14228; 2R, 14349-52; C, 14418-9; 3R, 14419; RA, 14488
- Amdts: sec. 4 (Plant) 14418, negatived 14418
- Divisions: 2R approved 14352; amdt. to sec. 4 negatived 14418; sec. 4 approved 14418
- Debate, speakers
(Dosanjh) 14228, 14349, 14352, 14418-9
(Plant) 14349-52, 14418
- Definitions, "spouse," replacement with "domestic partner"
(Plant) 14351-2, 14418
Delgamuukw cases
- Concept of land "surrender"
(Plant) 11200
- Decisions
- Factum
- position on aboriginal rights
(de Jong) 11162-3
- position on aboriginal title
(Campbell) 10916
- Obligation to consult
(Clark, G.) 11192
(de Jong) 11192-3
Delta Fraser Properties
- Agreement with government re development of Burns Bog
(Thorpe) 13317-8
(Waddell) 13317-8
Delta school district See School district 37 (Delta)
Democracy
Denhoff, Eric
- Commended for work on Nisga'a treaty negotiations
(Weisgerber) 10833
Denman Island
- Exchange of private property on island for Crown land in Comox Valley
(Coell) 12289
(McGregor) 12289
Depression
- Depression cases and impact of disorder
(Sanders) 12271
Detroit Diesel Corp.
- Engine maintenance agreement with B.C. Ferry Corporation
(Symons) 12856
(Wilson, G.) 12856
Developmental Disabilities Association of Vancouver-Richmond
- Plan for reform of services to disabled community
(Reid, L.) 13335
Diamond, David
- Production of play with at-risk youth
(Anderson) 12824-5
(Stevenson) 12824
Dikes
Diking Authority Act
Disabled and handicapped persons
- Access to amenities on ferries
(Coell) 12860
(Wilson, G.) 12860
- Community living services
- availability for low-functioning persons
(Boone) 13334-5
(Reid, L.) 13334-5, 13352
- community social services workers, wage levels
(Krueger) 11557-9, 12052
- community social services workers, wage levels, labour dispute
(Clark, C.) 12906-7
(Sihota) 12906-7
(Thorpe) 12905-6
- funding levels
(Boone) 13336
(Reid, L.) 13336
- service levels
(Reid, L.) 12127
- Disability benefits See Income assistance, disability benefits under Social welfare system
- Employment opportunities, impact of minimum wage See Minimum wage under Wages and salaries
- Mentally handicapped persons See also Mental health
- employment standards issue
(Krueger) 12797-8
(Lovick) 12757, 12797-8
(Reid, L.) 12757
- needs of caregivers of mentally handicapped adults
(Jarvis) 11555
- programs and services for adults residing at home
(Boone) 11592-7
(Reid, L.) 11591-7
- protection of mentally handicapped adults in estate settlements See Role on behalf of minors and vulnerable adults in estate settlements under Office of the public trustee
- transportation services
(Boone) 11600
(Reid, L.) 11600
- Office for disability issues See Office for disability issues
- Programs and services
- availability for those over 19 years of age
(Boone) 13338-40
(Reid, L.) 13338-40
- bridging programs between secondary and post-secondary education
(Boone) 13338, 13502
(McKinnon) 13502
(Petter) 12584
(Whittred) 12584, 13337-8
- community living See Community living services above
- educational services after age 18, ministerial responsibility for bridge funding
(Hogg) 13741
(Ramsey) 13741
- independent living program
(Boone) 11600
(Reid, L.) 11599-600
- residential care programs and services, wait-list
(Boone) 13337-9, 13410
(Chong) 13410
(Reid, L.) 13337-9
- special needs
(Anderson) 11579
- transit, custom and paratransit services
(MacPhail) 13190-1
(Symons) 13190-1
- vocational rehabilitation services, eligibility policy
(Hansen) 12582-3
(Petter) 12582-3
- wait-lists
(Chong) 13409
- Task force on disability issues
(Pullinger) 12647, 12663
(Whittred) 12663
- Trusts for disabled and handicapped persons
(Anderson) 12666
(Pullinger) 12666
Discover Camping See Campgrounds, reservation service under Recreation
Discrimination and racism
Divisions, Recorded
- Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 1999, 2R approved 13135
- Definition of Spouse Amendment Act, 1999: 2R approved 14352; amdt. to sec. 4 negatived 14418; sec. 4 approved 14418
- Electoral Districts Act, 2R approved 14348-9
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1999: 2R approved 13072; sec. 5 approved 13202; sec. 10 approved 13163; sec. 11 approved 13164; sec. 12 approved 13202
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999, sec. 3 approved 14301
- Motion that the Chair do leave the chair, negatived 12832
- Motions
- approval of Electoral Boundaries Commission report (Motion 65), approved 13564
- motion that the House do now adjourn, approved 11405
- time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62): motion that the question now be put, approved 11977; amdt. approved 11977-8; motion approved 11978
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act: 2R approved 11066; sec. 1 approved 11097; sec. 2 approved 11123-4; sec. 3 through 10 approved 11979-81; sec. 11 through 70, amdts. standing in minister's name, schedule, preamble and title approved 11981; 3R approved 12014-5
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999: amdt. to 2R negatived 13287; 2R approved 13295-6; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 13491; sec. 1 approved 13512; amdt. to sec. 48 negatived 13614; sec. 48 as amended 13655; 3R approved 14289-90
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, amdt. to 2R negatived 14408
- Premier's Office estimates, motion that the Premier's Office budget allocation be reduced to $1, negatived 14257
- Probate Fee Act, 2R approved 12222-3
- Public Sector Pension Plans Act: amdt. to 2R negatived 14411-2; 2R approved 14412
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999: 2R approved 11588; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 11591; 3R approved 11623
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1999, C approved 14076-7
Dix, Adrian
- Memo re Glen Clark's involvement in North Burnaby Inn casino application process, authenticity concerns
(Campbell) 14213-4, 14232-5
(Clark, G.) 14213-4, 14232-5
- Position with Premier's Office
(Campbell) 14211-2
(Clark, G.) 14211-2
- Role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project
(de Jong) 10814-5
- Severance arrangement
(Clark, C.) 12918-9
(Sihota) 12918-9
DNA Identification Act (federal)
- Implementation
(Penner) 14433
Doctors See Physicians
Donnelly, Fin
- Commended for environmental protection work
(Cashore) 12164
Dosanjh, Hon. Ujjal (Vancouver-Kensington)
- Adoption
- access to records 11894
- Nisga'a treaty adoption provisions, adoption standards and practices 11893-5
- Adult Guardianship Act, amendments 14266-7
- Adult Guardianship Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14069, 14266-7, 14294-8
- Alcohol, liquor industry and sales 12377-9
- Attendance at NDP government caucus meetings 11766
(Campbell) 11766
- Attorney General Act, amendments 14352
- Attorney General ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12256-60, 12262-8, 12297-306, 12320-39, 12365-79
- annual reports, timeliness 12262
- community justice programs 12329
- employees, statements to media, ministry policy 12331
- gaming audit and investigation office, role and responsibilities 12368-70
- land title branch, land registry system
- legal services branch
- aboriginal law group, role 12323
- provision of legal services for government employees and public officials 12324-5
- use of outside counsel, disclosure of costs in public accounts 12323, 12325
- liquor control and licensing branch, operations 12377-9
- minister's briefing book, public disclosure of information 12262-3
- overview of activities and programs 12256-60
- release of information, solicitor-client privilege 13506-7
- role in child protection initiatives 12373-4
- strategic planning documents 12264-5
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Automobiles
- photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- traffic fines, outstanding balance 12306
- traffic safety, intersection camera program 12335
- Beer industry, U-brew operations, regulation 12378
- B.C. Community Financial Services Corporation, advisory board elections, eligibility of candidates and voters 14262
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, cost of lawsuits brought against corporation 13506-7
- B.C., northern B.C., gasoline prices in northeastern B.C. 11089
- B.C. Police Commission, current membership 12368
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, compensation to landowners 14461
- B.C. Wine Institute, operations 14262, 14299
- Builders Lien Act, amendments 14262
- Burma
- human rights violations 12204-5
- role of military regime in international drug trade 12205
- Business, electronic commerce, growth 13992
- Calder v. Attorney General of British Columbia, decision 11132
- Capital regional district, water supply, acquisition of land in watershed 13069
- Cemetery and Funeral Services Act, provisions governing disposition of cremated remains 14418
- Chief electoral officer, powers during transition to new electoral districts 14344
- Children
- best interests of child, applicability as standard in all cases 11847-9
- children in government care, rights and interests of children in care 12373-5
- Children and Families ministry, child protection division, director's responsibility for Nisga'a children 11894-5
- Children's Commission
- 1998 report recommendations, implementation 12373
- independence of office 12374
- Chilliwack, court facilities 12375
- Civil service
- employees, termination standards for public sector employees 13203
- indemnity for cost of legal representation for government employees and public officials 12324-5
- Clark, Glen, support from cabinet ministers 14472-3
- Comments to Solicitor General of Canada on RCMP staffing levels 12338
- Company Act, debate 14335-8
- Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 1999, debate 12473-4, 13067-8, 13139-41
- Consumers, consumer protection
- contracts for purchase of goods or services, buyer's cancellation rights 12473, 13067-8, 13139-41
- national information-sharing system 12258
- Contraventions Act (federal), implementation in B.C. 12367
- Coroners, duties and powers 14352, 14441-2
- Corporations
- capacity and powers 14335-6
- financial statements, consultation on regulations 14338
- foreign corporations, registration requirements 14338
- residency of directors 14336-7
- shareholders' proposals 14337
- taxation, capital tax, exemption threshold for financial institutions 14352-3
- Corrections system
- correctional facilities
- deaths of inmates, requirement to hold coroner's inquest 14352, 14441-2
- drug interdiction strategies 12330
- drug use, comparison between B.C. and federal facilities 13043-4
- government action to address overcrowding 13963
- space for remand inmates 12332
- corrections officers, duty to report criminal activity 12331
- electronic monitoring program 13963
- incarceration of low-risk offenders 12257
- probation services
- preparation of custody and access reports 13069, 13160
- separation of adult, youth and family responsibilities 12332
- sex offenders, national registry 11006, 13705-6, 14169-70
- sheriffs, replacement of sheriffs' firearms with those from auxiliary police 12303
- Court of Appeal for B.C.
- Crime and criminals
- crime
- crime rate in B.C. 12256
- home invasions 12256-7
- neighbourhood crime 12259
- serious and violent crime, prevention initiatives 12257
- victims of crime
- participation of victims' groups in justice system reforms 12268
- services 12257
- youth crime, prevention and early-intervention initiatives 12257-8
- Criminal Code of Canada, jurisdictional authority 11921
- Crown land, access, obligation of Crown to allow access 11339-40
- Definition of Spouse Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14228, 14349, 14352, 14418-9
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions, ruling on aboriginal title 11131-2
- Drugs, illegal drugs, national drug strategy 12259
- Education, Nisga'a treaty education provisions, preschool to grade 12 education, comparable standards requirement 11906
- Elbow Lake Institution, security concerns 12371
- Electoral Districts Act
- Emergency Communications Centre, ambulance services 12266
- Environment, pollution, discharge of contaminants, determination of harm 14299-300
- Estate Administration Act, amendments 13072, 13143, 14297
- Exports and imports, agreement on internal trade, interprovincial standardization of direct-sales contracts 12473, 13067-8, 13140
- Expropriation Act, amendments 14353
- Expropriation Compensation Board, compensation policy 14460-3
- Families
- assistance to families involved in child apprehension cases 12372-3
- marriage-like relationships, legal status 14228, 14349
- relationship breakdown, division of property, legal provisions 11850
- Family maintenance enforcement program, payments
- Film industry, distribution of films, evidence of classification 13072
- Finance and Corporate Relations Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, amendments 14353
- Firearms, gun control
- firearms registry 14169
- processing of applications 12336-7
- registration requirement 11006
- Fisheries, Nisga'a treaty fisheries provisions
- Forest industry, Nisga'a treaty forestry provisions, forest management standards, dispute resolution 11651
- Forest Renewal Act, amendments 14353
- Foster care, foster and group home care system
- grants and financial assistance to service providers 13160-2
- human resource facility agreements with service providers 13162-4
- Fraser Valley, court services in area 12375
- Fraser Valley Regional Justice Committee, report on regional court services 12375
- Fuel, gasoline prices in northeastern B.C. 11089
- Gambling
- casinos, licence applications, approval process 12368-70
- lotteries, unlicensed operations, impact on charities 13223
- Glacier View Lodge, legal action against government 12322
- Government
- electronic issuance of licences and permits 14262
- federal government, right to override provincial laws 11841-2
- fiscal planning and policies, derivatives trading by government and government agencies 13069
- ministers
- assignment of ministerial responsibilities by cabinet regulation 13144
- indemnity for cost of legal representation 12324-5
- public confidence in government 12262-3
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
- authorization of use of business name 14353
- validation of bylaws 13069
- Guardianship, adult guardianship
- Havel, Václav, comments on ideology and principles 11060-1
- Health care
- community care facilities, requirement to report patient deaths to coroner 14352, 14441-2
- health care consent tribunal, funding 14294
- health professions, heath care providers, role under adult guardianship system 14297
- Helmets, use by motorcycle operators and riders, exemptions 14353
- Heritage Conservation Act, amendments 14262
- Holocaust Memorial Day 11764
- Housing, rental housing
- Human Resource Facility Act, amendments 13069
- Human Resources ministry, jurisdiction 11870
- Human rights, minority rights in B.C. 12205
- Immigration to B.C., immigrant settlement policies, federal-provincial agreement 12259, 12376-7
- Impaired driving charges, reduction to driving without due care and attention 12297-8, 12332, 12376
- Income tax, refund discounters, regulation 13068
- Indian Act (federal), authority over Nisga'a people, termination 11122-3
- Indians
- aboriginal rights
- aboriginal title, assertion, obligation to prove 11214
- apprehension of non-Indian children living on Indian land 11098
- land claims, overlapping claims 11214-19, 11226-31
- self-government model, constitutional validity 11776
- self-government, pre-existence of right to self-governance 11104
- treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 11110, 11119-22
- treaty negotiations
- government obligation to negotiate in good faith 11420-1
- process 11368-71
- process, fairness question 11214-7
- South Africa example 11060
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12727-8
- claims, low-impact accidents, use of jury trials 12303
- payments to Attorney General ministry, public policy issues 12299-302
- responsibility for collection of motor vehicle fines 12306
- Interpretation Act, amendments 13072
- Investment, government investments, industrial incentive fund 14466-7
- Justice system
- civil and family system
- case-processing reform 12299
- family justice programs, administration 12331-2
- fees for civil court services, cost-recovery issues 12304-5
- jury trials, use in settlement of low-impact traffic accident claims 12303
- mediation and alternative dispute resolution 12258
- courts and court services
- fines, enforcement responsibilities 12306
- services, availability 12375
- translation and interpretation services 12373
- criminal justice system, backlog, delay as grounds for staying of case ("Askov principle") 12298-9
- Crown counsel, workload and employment conditions 12267
- judiciary
- independence 12301-2
- powers of judges and justices of the peace to adjourn trials 13202-3
- JUSTIN project, status 12268
- reform of system 12256, 12268
- Kapoor Lumber Co. Ltd., land exchange with capital regional district 13069
- Labour legislation, right of Nisga'a government to enact labour law 11843
- Labour Relations Code
- amendments 14353
- applicability to activities on Nisga'a land 11843
- Lali, Harry, comments on police search of Glen Clark's home 11414
- Land Title Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13991-2, 14268-70, 14330-4
- Land use, expropriation of private land for public use, compensation 14459-64
- Lawyers and legal services
- certification authority for electronic signatures 14269, 14334
- legal aid
- federal contribution 12328
- legal aid for low-income families 12372
- legal aid for refugee claimants 12377
- retention of legal services by government agencies 14441
- use of electronic filing technology by lawyers and paralegal agents 14269
- Legal Services Society of B.C.
- 1997-98 annual report tabled 13706
- deficit, repayment 12327-8
- funding
- budget 12268
- cap on major cases, policy on overruns 12327
- Legislation
- citizens' initiatives, continuation of initiative petitions after electoral boundary changes 14344
- inclusion of cross-references in B.C. legislation 13143-4
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 11947
- Library Act, amendments 14262
- Lottostakes, unlicensed lottery operation 13223
- Marriage Act, provisions 11868-9
- MLAs, constituency associations' obligation to file financial reports 14344
- Mineral Tax Act, amendments 14262
- Ministry of Social Services and Housing Act, repeal 14262
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 12611-2, 13069-72, 13157-64, 13202-3
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999, debate 13785, 14262-3, 14299-300, 14381
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1999, debate 14227-8, 14352-4, 14441-2, 14459-69
- Motions
- human rights violations in Burma (Motion 61), debate 12204-5
- time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11947-8
- Multiculturalism
- 1997-98 "Report on Multiculturalism" tabled 13706
- visible minorities, representation on police forces 12367-8
- Multilevel Marketing Regulation Act, repeal 13072, 13145
- Municipal Act
- Municipalities, revenues, intersection camera program, revenue-sharing proposal 12335
- Murphy, Dana and Tim, child custody case 11848
- Musqueam Indian band, non-Musqueam leaseholders dispute, correlation to Nisga'a treaty 11101-2, 11823-4
- Nass wildlife area
- commercial guiding activities, role of Nisga'a people 11748
- habitat management 11749
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 11059-61, 11098-105, 11109-10, 11119-23, 11131-3, 11137-43, 11145-8, 11153-8, 11163, 11166-7, 11173, 11180-2, 11185, 11187-90, 11214-9, 11226-32, 11240-1, 11247-8, 11258, 11269-71, 11273-8, 11285-8, 11290-1, 11302-4, 11311-4, 11328, 11337-45, 11347, 11354-5, 11358, 11366-71, 11420-1, 11428, 11430, 11440-1, 11443-5, 11650-1, 11738-40, 11742-3, 11748-9, 11774, 11776-9, 11781-7, 11793-9, 11801-3, 11821-31, 11838-43, 11846-51, 11853-6, 11861, 11864-71, 11889, 11893-5, 11906, 11921-3
- capital transfer formulas, spending before final agreement 11137
- debate on bill
- Liberal Party questioning 11947
- time spent on debate 11947-8
- Nisga'a people
- access to Crown lands 11354-5
- cultural traditions, preservation and regulation 11869
- family issues
- child and family services, agency and laws 11098
- division of property upon divorce 11850
- solemnization of marriages 11866-9
- governance structures, powers, areas of paramountcy 11098-105, 11109-10
- government, self-government
- accountability 11796-8, 11801-3
- appeal and review of administrative decisions of public institutions, appeal procedure 11821-5
- collective ownership versus individual rights 11828
- costs associated with self-government model 11777-8
- eligibility of Nisga'a people for provincial wildlife management funding 11743
- evolution 11782-3
- individual rights and federal or provincial government intervention 11180
- intergovernmental relations 11781-3, 11786
- jurisdiction and authority, development 11840
- jurisdictional concerns 11104
- lawmaking authority 11739-40, 11779, 11795, 11843
- lawmaking authority and enforcement powers 11921
- lawmaking authority, regulation of education 11855-6, 11861
- lawmaking, role of assembly members 11825
- laws registry 11822-3
- legal status of government, exceptions 11786
- mechanism for review and change 11105
- municipal style of government 11784-5
- Nisga'a constitution 11787, 11793-4
- Nisga'a constitution, equality provisions 11800-1
- Nisga'a constitution, inclusion of non-Nisga'a people on Nisga'a land 11799
- powers 11784
- regulation of Nisga'a land 11854
- relationship with federal and provincial governments 11841-2
- relationship with non-Nisga'a residents on Nisga'a land, obligation to consult 11825-6
- responsibility for social services 11870-1
- revenues from traffic fines, disposition 11865
- urban locals 11777
- village governments 11794-5
- Nisga'a land
- access by public 11337-45, 11347
- additions to Nisga'a land 11271
- buildings and structures, regulation 11864
- contaminated sites, cleanup responsibility 11302-4
- creation of leasehold interests 11103
- encumbrances, impact on economic development 11248
- expropriation 11311-4
- interests on Nisga'a land 11290
- land title and registry system 11328
- laws governing mineral resource industry on Nisga'a land 11285-7
- mineral, oil and gas resources 11272-7, 11288
- mineral resource agreements, dispute mechanism 11278
- ownership issues 11270, 11853-4
- traditional territory 11217-9, 11226
- vehicle licensing and insurance requirements 11865-6
- property rights of Nisga'a women 11850-1
- roads and rights of way on Nisga'a land, province's rights of way 11774
- treaty
- certainty for resource industries 11273-6
- enforcement of child support orders 11801
- history 11947
- Liberal Party court challenge, impact on agreement 11180
- Liberal Party position 11947
- negotiation process, participation of Indian women 11800
- settlement of rights 11181-2
- treaty, final agreement
- ability of Nisga'a to make laws 11155
- application of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to Nisga'a government 11157-8
- approval process, public referendum 11061
- approval process, ratification by Nisga'a people, voter numbers 11189-90
- assets transferred from federal and provincial governments, valuation 11839
- constitutional validity 11061
- cost-sharing arrangement, value of B.C. contribution 11258
- culture and language provisions, impact on status of Nisga'a children 11847-9, 11889, 11894
- equal rights for Nisga'a women 11850-1
- history of events leading to negotiated settlement 11059-61
- human resource development, delivery of skills training programs 11855-6, 11861
- impact of Gitanyow court case decision 11421-2
- indemnity provision 11188
- Kincolith band challenge 11140
- land entitlement, final settlement amount 11240-1
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 11214-19, 11226-31
- land entitlement, permanency of Nisga'a jurisdiction and residual title 11247-8
- land entitlement, rights and obligation of Nisga'a in respect of public access 11337-45, 11347
- liability of Nisga'a government and its agents 11921-2
- Liberal Party court challenge, decision 11421
- matters other than as specified in schedule 11921
- mechanisms to handle overlapping land claims 11421
- Nisga'a citizenship for non-Nisga'a 11153-4
- Nisga'a citizenship, rights and limitations 11846
- Nisga'a citizenship, rights of entry to Canada 11166
- obligation to make efforts to resolve matter if provision legally struck down 11173
- other provinces and territories not bound by agreement 11922-3
- power to amend Canadian constitution 11154
- province's obligation to consult before amending or enacting legislation 11841-2
- provincial government liability for not fulfilling treaty provisions 11143
- provisions for development of Nisga'a governing powers 11840
- ratchet-up clause not included in treaty 11231-2
- remedies and replacement rights 11227-8, 11230-1
- rights, codification of agreed-upon existing and new rights 11098-101, 11104, 11109-10, 11119-23, 11133
- rights for Nisga'a citizens 11145-6
- rights held collectively 11142
- rights, section 35 Charter rights 11121, 11145-8, 11182
- rights, "within the meaning of sections 25 and 35" 11098-9, 11122
- social services provisions 11870-1
- traffic and transportation provisions 11865-6
- treaty rights for non-Nisga'a citizens 11146-8, 11838-9
- treaty rights of non-Nisga'a Indians 11153
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 11826
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land, federal government's agreement to treaty's provisions 11826-8
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land, participation on public boards 11829-31
- writs of execution against Nisga'a nation or village 11922
- North Burnaby Inn, casino licence application process 12369
- North Peace Justice Society, community justice program, future 12329
- Occupiers Liability Act, applicability to Nisga'a land 11337-8
- Offence Act
- Office of the public trustee
- role on behalf of minors and vulnerable adults in estate settlements 13069, 13157-9
- role under adult guardianship system 14295-6
- Organized Crime Agency, relationship with government 12365
- Owen, Stephen, report on Crown counsel issues 12267
- Pasiecka, Wayne, employment status 12331
- Patients Property Act
- amendments 14266-7
- status under adult guardianship system 14297
- Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, amendments 14353
- Plant, Geoff, comments on Nisga'a government powers of enforcement 11099
- Police Act, amendments 14353
- Police officers
- Progressive Democratic Alliance party, disposition of debt 11374
- Property transfer tax, electronic filing 14269, 14333
- Prostitution, child and youth prostitution, secure-care programs for young women at risk 12374-5
- Provincial Court of B.C.
- backlogs and delays 12258, 12298-9
- case management reforms 12259, 12267-8
- judges, appointment of retired judges as adjudicators under Police Act 14467
- official record of proceedings, status of transcripts 12304
- Public Guardian and Trustee Act, amendments 14267
- Public Sector Employers Council, employers associations, responsibilities 13069
- Public Service Employee Relations Commission, employee indemnity policy, role application 12324-5
- Real property tax, assessment of property
- changes in assessed values for prescribed classes of major industrial properties 14262
- retroactive validation of assessment valuations 14354, 14468-9
- Refugee Settlement Act, repeal 13072, 13145
- Representation Agreement Act, amendments 14266
- Residential Tenancy Act
- applicability to Musqueam leaseholds 11101
- plain-language rewrite and revision 12328
- Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 1999
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- auxiliary and reserve officers, carrying of firearms 12365-7
- enforcement powers, ticketing on inland waters 12367
- staffing vacancies in B.C., impact on policing 12338
- Royal commissions
- Sales, direct sales and contracts for future services, regulation 12473, 13067-8, 13139-41
- Sales tax, collection on goods purchased outside Canada 13069-70, 13203
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, scientific research and experimental development tax credit 14353
- Security services
- firearms training for armoured vehicle guards 12333
- licensing of locksmiths 12336
- uniforms for security guards 12333
- Seniors housing, affordable housing, impact of restrictions on use of land owned by non-profit societies in receipt of government assistance 14465
- Star of Fortune Gaming Management (B.C.) Corp., riverboat casino proposal 12368
- Stewart, Robert, review on use of drugs in correctional facilities 13043-4
- Tobacco
- sale of tobacco products, publication of names of suspended retailers 14353
- tobacco industry, liability for health care costs, legal actions and assessment of damages 14467-8
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, amendments 14353-4
- Travel Regulation Act, amendments 14263
- Tutu, Desmond, comments on South Africa 11060
- Universities, colleges and institutes, student societies, financial accountability 14352
- University of B.C., sewerage services 13069
- Violence
- prevention, protection order registry, service levels 12336
- violence against women and children, prevention 12257
- Washington (State), sex offender registry program 13706
- Wildlife, Nisga'a treaty wildlife provisions
- entitlements and allocations
- review of initial allocations 11738
- role of Nisga'a government 11739-40
- migratory birds 11749
- wildlife committee, operation 11742
- Wills, probate fees
- legality of current collection system 10906
- revenues, use to fund civil court system 12304-5
- Wine industry, U-vin operations, regulation 12378
- Workers Compensation Board, regulations governing the workplace, enforcement on Nisga'a land 11864
- Yukon Indian treaty, land claim provisions 11217
Douglas, David
- Bicentenary of birth
(Abbott) 13966
(Zirnhelt) 13965
Douglas, Sir James
- Negotiation of treaties with Vancouver Island Indian peoples
(Clark, G.) 11032
Douglas, T.C. (Tommy)
- Political record
(Farrell-Collins) 11467
Downtown east side See Vancouver, B.C.
Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Relocation, government funding
(Hammell) 12594
(Stephens) 12594
Doyle, Hon. James E. (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- Business, small business, tax reductions 12096-7
- Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, capital projects 12097-8
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions, ruling on aboriginal rights 10994
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12096
- Evans Forest Products Ltd., restructuring 12097
- Forest industry, Nisga'a treaty forestry provisions, forest resources provisions 10992-3
- Forest Renewal B.C., funding for projects, eligibility criteria 10993
- Health care
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12095-6
- medical laboratories, private laboratories 10879
- volunteers in health care system 10879-80
- Highways and roads, federal share of funding 12671
- Indian Act (federal), authority over Nisga'a people, termination 10992
- Indians
- reserve land system, quality of life on reserves 10993-4
- treaties, legal requirement for governments to negotiate treaties 10994
- treaty settlement, moral argument for settling treaties 10994-5
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- Municipal Act, powers 10991-2
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10991-5
- Nisga'a people
- governance structures, historical system of laws 10991
- government, self-government
- jurisdictional concerns 10991-2
- paramount rights in prescribed areas of authority 10992
- treaty
- final agreement, voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10992
- Liberal Party position 10995
- reasons underlying need for treaty 10994-5
- Post-secondary education, participation rates in B.C. 12096
Drainage, Ditch and Dike Act
Drugs
Duff, Wilson
- Comments on Nisga'a traditional territory
(Plant) 11211
Dunbar Theatre, Vancouver, B.C.
Dusk to Dawn Youth Resource Centre
Back | Top of Page
Copyright © 2000: Queen’s Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada