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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 2: November 1998 -- March 2000
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Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Gakhal family
- Anniversary of murder
(Hammell) 11619
(Stephens) 11619
Galiano Conservancy Association
- Management of Pebble Beach area
(Coell) 12341
(McGregor) 12341
Gallagher, Tim
- Comments to media on government gaming policy
(Farnworth) 13858
(Hawkins) 13858
Gambling
- Addiction and problem gambling
- Casinos See also Gambling on Indian land below
- advertising of gambling addiction information
(Boone) 13501
(Hawkins) 13501
- employment, job projections
(Farnworth) 13845
(Hawkins) 13845
- Internet casinos See Internet gaming below
- licence applications, approval process
(Dosanjh) 12368-70
(Farnworth) 11835, 11858-9, 13844-7, 13850-1
(Hammell) 12603
(Hawkins) 12603, 13844-51
(Plant) 11835, 11858-9, 12368-70
- licence applications, need for public approval process
(Campbell) 11857-8
(Clark, C.) 11859
(Hawkins) 11858
- licence applications, promotion to government ministers
(Campbell) 11725-6
(Clark, C.) 11726
(Hawkins) 11727
(Plant) 11727-8
- number in B.C.
(Coell) 11484
- Charities' access to gambling revenues
- casino interim trust fund, disbursement
(Farnworth) 13853
(Hawkins) 13853
- charitable groups' right to gambling revenues
(Anderson) 12132-3
(Coleman) 11583
- direct-access funding
(Farnworth) 13853-4
(Hawkins) 13853-4
- guarantee of revenue
(Farnworth) 13859
(Hawkins) 13859
- Charity gaming, bingos, revenue and funding issues
(Farnworth) 13854
(Hawkins) 13854
- Crime and gambling, development of review and approval process for gaming legislation
(Farnworth) 11661
(Weisgerber) 11661
- Expansion of gambling in B.C.
- Gambling on Indian land
- applicability of provincial law on Nisga'a land
(Hawkins) 11910-2
(Weisgerber) 11911
(Wilson, G.) 11910-2
- casino licence applications, approval process
(Farnworth) 13848
(Hawkins) 13847-8
- Coquihalla casino licence application, approval process
(Farnworth) 13852
(Hawkins) 13852
- government policy on gaming expansion
(Farnworth) 13993
(Hawkins) 13993
- Government legal costs for gaming court cases
(Farnworth) 13858
(Hawkins) 13858
- Government regulation of gaming activities, local government control
(Farnworth) 13841-4
(Hawkins) 13841-4
- Horse racing See Horse-racing industry
- Internet gaming
- Jurisdictional authority of province
(Hawkins) 11910-2
(Weisgerber) 11911
(Wilson, G.) 11910-2
- Legislation
- implementation of proposed amendments re government's breach of Criminal Code
(Farnworth) 13855
(Hawkins) 13855
- time line for legislative changes
(Farnworth) 13843-4
(Hawkins) 13843-4
- Lotteries, unlicensed operations, impact on charities
(Dosanjh) 13223
(Hogg) 13223
- Policy
- Revenues from gambling
- disbursement method
(Farnworth) 13861
(Hawkins) 13861
(Thorpe) 13861
- government share of casino revenues
(Farnworth) 13845
(Hawkins) 13845
- use
(Abbott) 11508
- Slot machines
- revenue projections
(Farnworth) 13861
(Hawkins) 13861
- slot machines at racetracks
(Farnworth) 13865
(Hawkins) 13865
- White Paper on gaming
Gardom, Garde B. See Lieutenant-Governor, Garde B. Gardom
Garrett, George
Garry oak See Trees
Gas Safety Act
Gattrell, Gary
- Comments on role of Linda Larson in electoral boundary reform process
(Barisoff) 13563
Gelderman, Gerry
General Electric Co.
- Partnership with B.C. Hydro
(Farnworth) 13697
(Jarvis) 13696-7
George Massey Tunnel
Georgia basin
- Georgia basin initiative, involvement of environment youth teams
(Coell) 12348-9
(McGregor) 12348-9
Gibbenhuck, Jerad
Gibbenhuck, Leslie
Giesbrecht, Hon. Helmut (Skeena)
- Alberta, health care services 12156-7
- B.C., northern B.C., health care services 11687-8
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget, goals 12161-2
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12158
- Forest industry, Nisga'a treaty forestry provisions, forest resources 10847
- Gitanyow Indian band, challenge to Nisga'a land entitlement 10845
- Gosnell, Joseph, comments on Nisga'a treaty 11959-60
- Health care
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12156-7
- services in remote and rural areas, government work 11687-8
- travel for treatment, airline transportation for rural residents, travel fund proposal 11688
- Highland Valley copper mine, closing 12162
- Indians
- historical population levels in B.C. 10845
- land claims, overlapping claims 10845
- treaties, importance for future of province 10845-7
- Kitimat, marine search and rescue services in area 12114
- Labour, workers' return to work after retirement 13285
- Legislature, closure of debate, use 11960
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- Motions, time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11959-60
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10844-7
- debate on bill
- closure of debate 11960
- Liberal Party questioning 11959
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 10846-7
- treaty, final agreement
- approval process, public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10846
- constitution validity 10846
- history of events leading to negotiated settlement 10845-6
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 10845
- treaty, Liberal Party position 11960
- Participation in House debates
(de Jong) 11380
(Farrell-Collins) 11377
(Weisgerber) 11384
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Provincial emergency program, search and rescue service volunteers 12114-5
- Schools, funding for seismic upgrading 11204
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 12162, 12318
- Taxation, 1999-2000 levels 12157-8
Gillespie, Evelyn (Comox Valley)
- Aquaculture industry, expansion of salmon aquaculture, industry review 12821
- Breast health, mammography services 12037
- Canada, quality of life 10825
- Children
- child care, one-stop access centres 12038
- child poverty in B.C. 10983-4
- Comox Valley constituency and area
- mammography services in area 12037
- new and upgraded schools 12037-8
- Comox Valley Search and Rescue, work of agency 11815-6
- Culture, neighbourhood theatres 14430-1
- Cumberland health centre, nursing staff levels 12037
- Economy, B.C. economy
- current conditions 12038-9
- regional community economic development 12039
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12037-8
- Experience in politics 11073
- Families, government assistance 11487-8
- Food banks, use by those in need 13730-1
- Forest industry, community forests 14193-5
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12037
- Human rights, international standards of justice and equality 10982-4
- Indians
- cultural values, continuity 10824
- standard of living 10825
- Labour, workplace safety, workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning 12115-7
- Lee, Marc, comments on B.C. fiscal policy 12039
- Long, Morgan, work as artist 14196
- Maclean's, article on Canadian post-secondary education 12038
- Morfitt, George, commended for work as auditor general 14493
- Motions, recommendation to appoint Wayne Strelioff as auditor general (Motion without Notice) 14493
- Mount Washington, access to area 12275
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10824-5
- Nisga'a treaty, finalization of agreement
- approval process, referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10824
- history of events leading to negotiated settlement 10824-5
- objectives of treaty 10825
- North Island College, funding 12038
- Politics and politicians, women in politics 11072-3
- Post-secondary education
- participation rates in B.C. 12038
- tuition freeze 12038
- Poverty, being poor in Canada 10982-4
- Provincial emergency program, search and rescue service volunteers 11815-6
- St. Joseph's Hospital, mammography program 12037
- Sims, Mary-Woo, comments on rights of the poor 10984
- Ski industry, growth 12275
- Taxation, 1999-2000 levels 12037
- Tutu, Desmond, comments on Canada's support for human rights 10825
- United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, findings on Canada 10982-3
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights 10982
- Vancouver Island Cancer Centre 12037
- Victoria Creek Youth Ranch, closing, role of Children and Families ministry 11487
- Whistler, development as resort community 12274-5
- Youth, achievements of B.C. youth 14196-7
Gingell, Fred (Delta South)
- Auditor general report, "Enhancing Accountability for Performance in the Public Sector," implementation of recommendations 11502-3
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, dividend to government 11502
- B.C. Rail Ltd., disclosure practices in financial statements 12509-10
- Budgets
- 1995-96 budget, inclusion of Columbia River Treaty downstream benefits 11502
- 1999-2000 budget, revenues from sale of provincial assets 11502
- Buy B.C. program 11005
- Commended for work on Public Accounts committee earthquake preparedness report
(Gillespie) 14170
(Thorpe) 14170
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 11501
- Energy and Mines ministry and Ministry Responsible for Northern Development, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12509-10
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries construction cost overruns 11243
- sale of B.C. products on ferries 11006
- Government
- assets, sale of Crown assets, use of revenue 11502
- financial management 11500-2
- Indian Self-Government Enabling Act, debate by NDP while in opposition 11944
- Indians
- land claims, overlapping claims 10997
- reserve land system, powers to tax non-Indian residential leaseholders 10998
- treaties
- "critical path" analogy re need for sound foundation 10997-8
- use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10998
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12684-6
- customer relations 12685-6
- road safety program initiatives, cost 12684-5
- Motions, time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11944-5
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government, reduction 11500, 11502
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 10997
- Nisga'a land, mineral resources 11277-8
- treaty, final agreement
- cost of compensation 10998
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 10997
- tax payment and exemption provisions 10997-8
- workability 10998-9
- Public debt during NDP administration 11500-1
- Roberts Bank backup lands, expropriated farmland, disposition 11222
- School district 37 (Delta), school board by-election 10832
- Sterritt, Neil, comments on competing Indian land claims 10997
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11500-3
- Treaty of Versailles 10998
- Tribute
(Campbell) 14165
(Clark, G.) 14165
(Speaker) 14165
(Weisgerber) 14165-6
- Wilson, Gordon, membership in NDP 11944
- Work on Roberts Bank backup lands issue
(Barisoff) 11178
Gitanyow First Nations v. Canada
Gitanyow Indian band
Gitxsan people See Gitanyow Indian band
Glacier View Lodge, Comox, B.C.
- Amalgamation issue
(Hansen) 14085-7
(Priddy) 14086
- Government expropriation
(Hansen) 12612
(Pullinger) 12665
(Whittred) 12665
- Legal action against government
(Dosanjh) 12322
(Plant) 12322
Gladstone, William
- Comments on justice
(Petter) 12000
Globe and Mail
- Editorial on current NDP government
(Penner) 12030
Gold River, B.C.
Goldberg, Michael
- Comments on Indian land claims
(Robertson) 10944
Goltz, Kevin
- Work opportunities as handicapped person
(Barisoff) 13355-6
Goodacre, Bill (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)
- Atlin, activities 12173
- Bulkley Valley–Stikine constituency and area, description 12173-5
- Burma, human rights violations 12210
- Burns Lake, activities 12173
- Calder v. Attorney General of B.C., impact of case 11965
- Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome, prevention strategies 12640
- Houston, activities 12173
- Indians
- history of treatment by federal and provincial governments 10826-7
- standard of living 10827
- treaty negotiations, need 11965
- L'Orsa, Joe, death 11991
- Motions
- human rights violations in Burma (Motion 61), debate 12210
- time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11965-6
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a treaty, final agreement, objectives of treaty 10826-7
- Rotary International, work of organization 11069
- Smithers, activities 12173
- Tahltan Indian band, rights 11956
Gorbachev, Mikhail
- Position on volunteerism
(Coleman) 11070
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.
- Logging operation on Indian land, Indian band's claim to revenues
(Hawkins) 13940-2
(Zirnhelt) 13940-2
Gosnell, Joseph
- Address from the Bar of the House 10859-61
- Comments on issues
- Nisga'a treaty, history of events leading to negotiated settlement 10859-61
- Permission to address the House
(Campbell) 10859
(Clark, G.) 10858
(Miller) 10859
(Weisgerber) 10859
(Wilson, G.) 10859
- Work commended
(Clark, G.) 10858
Government
- Accountability
(Farrell-Collins) 11585, 11588
(Reid, J.) 11510
(van Dongen) 11523-4
(Weisbeck) 11520
- Accounting
- corporate accounting system
(MacPhail) 13085
- policies and practices
(Coell) 12132
(MacPhail) 12211
- Actions, "victimization" allegation
(Anderson) 11578-80
- Advertising See Spending below
- Assets, sale of Crown assets, use of revenue
(Chong) 13104-5
(Coleman) 12947-8
(Gingell) 11502
(MacPhail) 11463, 13104-5
(Neufeld) 11463
(Sihota) 12947-8
(Weisgerber) 11483
- Authority by regulation
- amount of regulation during NDP administration
(Krueger) 13232-3
- regulatory authority
(Penner) 13636-7
- Contingency fund, access by Health ministry
(Hawkins) 11608
(Priddy) 11608
- Electronic issuance of licences and permits
(Dosanjh) 14262
- Employees See Civil service
- Federal government, right to override provincial laws
(Dosanjh) 11841-2
(Plant) 11841-2
- Federal-provincial relations, social union framework agreement See Social union framework agreement
- Fiscal planning and policies
- derivatives trading by government and government agencies
(Dosanjh) 13069
(Farrell-Collins) 13197-202
(MacPhail) 13198-201
(Plant) 13071
- economic strategy
(Chong) 13546, 13588
(Farnworth) 13546, 13588-9
- financial management
(Abbott) 11506-9
(Barisoff) 11530-3
(Campbell) 11448-9
(Chong) 11494-7
(Clark, C.) 11449, 11575-6
(Clark, G.) 11448-50
(Coell) 11484-6
(Coleman) 11581-3
(de Jong) 11462-3, 11474-7
(Farrell-Collins) 11585-90, 12248-9, 13097-8
(Gingell) 11500-2
(Hansen) 11567-8
(Hawkins) 11503-5
(Jarvis) 11553-4
(Krueger) 11559-62
(MacPhail) 13097-8
(Nebbeling) 11497-500
(Nettleton) 11548-9
(Neufeld) 11547
(Penner) 11542-3
(Plant) 11477-81
(Reid, J.) 11509
(Reid, L.) 11539-41
(Sanders) 11535-7
(Symons) 11525-7
(Thorpe) 11471-4
(Weisgerber) 11483-4
(Whittred) 11516-8
(Wilson, J.) 11512-5
- financial management, comparison with elsewhere
(Farrell-Collins) 14073-6
(MacPhail) 14076
- financial practices
(Clark, C.) 12877
- five-year fiscal framework
(Farrell-Collins) 13087-9, 13095-6
(MacPhail) 13089, 13096
- policy changes, impact on cost of borrowing
(Farrell-Collins) 13094
(MacPhail) 13094
- three-year economic plan
(Farrell-Collins) 13087, 13115, 13117
(MacPhail) 13115
- Information, electronic documents, policies on retention and disposal
(Campbell) 14213-5, 14232-5
(Clark, G.) 14213-5, 14232-5
- Intergovernmental relations, role of Municipal Affairs ministry
(Kwan) 12785-7
(Nebbeling) 12784-7
- Interministry cooperation
(Sihota) 12874
- Lawsuits against government, statutory immunity
(MacPhail) 12256
(Plant) 12217-8, 12256
(Thorpe) 12220
- Legal counsel and costs for cabinet ministers and staff
(Clark, C.) 11413
(de Jong) 11767
(Farrell-Collins) 11767
(MacPhail) 11413-4, 11767, 11835
(Miller) 11790
(Weisgerber) 11835
- Liability for future severance payments to political staff in the event of a change in governing party
(Clark, C.) 12920-1
(Sihota) 12920-1
- Ministers
- assignment of ministerial responsibilities by cabinet regulation
(Dosanjh) 13144
(Plant) 13144
- indemnity for cost of legal representation
(Dosanjh) 12324-5
(Plant) 12324-5
- travel costs
(Farrell-Collins) 13705
(Miller) 13705
- Ministries, operating costs, impact of obligations imposed by Nisga'a treaty
(de Jong) 11237
(Lovick) 11237
- Obligation to consult with Nisga'a government on provincial legislation See Treaty, final agreement under Nisga'a people
- Parliamentary government, Canada's system of democratic governance
(Masi) 10987
(Whittred) 10967
- Provincial-municipal relations
- Public confidence in government
(Dosanjh) 12262-3
(Plant) 12262-3
(Reid, L.) 12128-9
- Public participation
(Clark, C.) 14379
- Public trust
(Campbell) 14235, 14256-7
- Purchasing
- 1 percent of invoice value charged to suppliers as administration fee
(Farrell-Collins) 13171
(MacPhail) 13171
- bidding process, changes
(MacPhail) 13977-8
- Regulations and red tape
- Requests for federal assistance, Liberal Party position
(Miller) 12672
- Revenues
- clear fuel tax, disposition
(MacPhail) 14357
- fees and licences
(Dalton) 11571
- user fees, retroactive validation of province's legal authority to collect fees during 1988-99 period
(Farrell-Collins) 14355-6, 14457-8
(MacPhail) 14228-9, 14354, 14457-8
(Plant) 14354-5
- Role in economy See Role of government under Economy
- Size of government See Employees, number of employees under Civil service
- Spending
- Spending authority, role of elected representatives
(Stephens) 11527-8
(Symons) 11524-5
- Vehicles
Government agents
G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, Quesnel, B.C.
Grain
- Grain transportation
- Alberta grain shipments through northeastern B.C.
(Miller) 12505-6
(Weisgerber) 12505-6
- Estey report on grain handling and transportation, recommendations
(Barisoff) 12401-2
(Evans) 12402
(Miller) 12483
(Neufeld) 12483
Granby Support Services
Grand Forks, B.C.
Grape Marketing Board
Gravel operations See Gravel extraction under Mining industry
Greater Vancouver regional district
Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Act
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
- Authorization of use of business name
(Dosanjh) 14353
- Funding, agreement with government
(MacPhail) 13177-81
(Symons) 13177-81
- Rapid Transit Project
- Role
- Validation of bylaws
(Dosanjh) 13069
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act
Greater Victoria school district See School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
Green economy initiative See Environmental protection under Environment
Green Ribbon of Hope campaign See Missing children under Children
Green Timber Nursery
- Amalgamation with Surrey nursery
(Abbott) 13926
(Zirnhelt) 13926
Grescoe, Paul
- Article on trauma care in B.C.
(Hansen) 14156
Greystone Properties Ltd.
Guardianship
- Adult guardianship
- community response networks
(Dosanjh) 14267, 14294
(Plant) 14294
- legislation, implementation
(Anderson) 14268
(Dosanjh) 14069, 14266-7, 14296
(Plant) 14267-8, 14296
- legislation, status
(Dosanjh) 12265-6, 13159
(Plant) 12265-6, 13159
- representation agreements
(Dosanjh) 14266-7, 14297-8
(Plant) 14297-8
- system, implementation and impact
(Dosanjh) 14294-7
(Plant) 14294-6
Guno, Larry
- Work on behalf of Indian land claims negotiations
(Sihota) 11050
Guns See Firearms
Gunter, Lorne
- Article on B.C. economy
(McKinnon) 11552-3
Gunton, Tom
- Role in government
- role in cabinet policy and communications secretariat office security measures
(Clark, C.) 13436
(de Jong) 13436-8
(MacPhail) 13436-7
(Plant) 13436
(Sihota) 13437-8
- role in government response to auditor general's report on 1996 budgets
(Farrell-Collins) 13120-3
(MacPhail) 13120-3
- role in preparation of 1996-97 budget
(Clark, G.) 10815
(Hansen) 10815
(Penner) 11411-2
(Speaker) 11880-1
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