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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
Habitat conservation trust fund
Hairdressers See Cosmetologists
Hairdressers Act
Halfway houses
Halkett, Philip
- Beer industry, brewpubs, sale of products in liquor stores 13325
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13322, 13325
- liquor distribution branch, operations 13322
Hamill, Derek
- Input on development of Private Post-Secondary Education Amendment Act, 1999
(Petter) 14062
Hammell, Hon. Sue (Surrey–Green Timbers)
- Automobiles, driver's licence applications by women newly arrived in B.C., proof-of-identity requirement 12601
- Bridge Housing Society, accessible-housing projects 12594
- B.C. Benefits program
- family bonus program, benefit level 12167
- impact on women 12607
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget, goals 12166
- Business, small business, tax reductions 12166
- Canada Pension Plan changes, input of Women's Equality ministry 12608
- Canadian Federation of Students, work with Women's Equality ministry on date rape prevention 12593
- Chahal family, anniversary of murder 11619
- Children
- child abuse, exploitation of children for sexual purposes, government prevention work 12595
- Children Who Witness Abuse program, transfer of ministerial responsibility 12592
- national children's agenda 12607
- Discrimination and racism, systemic discrimination against Indians 10933
- Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, relocation 12594
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12166
- Families, child custody and access, federal government involvement in issue 12607
- Gakhal family, anniversary of murder 11619
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, treatment services, funding allocation process 12601-3
- casinos, licence applications, approval process 12603
- expansion of gambling in B.C., social costs, work of Women's Equality ministry 12603-4
- Internet gaming, issues and concerns 12604
- policy, role of Women's Equality ministry in policy development 12601, 12604
- White Paper on gaming, input from women's organizations 12601
- Government, regulations and red tape 12166
- Health care
- federal-provincial meetings and work 12606
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12166
- services for women 12605-6
- Housing, social housing, new units 12167
- Indians, history of treatment by federal and provincial governments 10933
- Lawyers and legal services, legal aid
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- policies 12167
- position on status of Women's Equality ministry as freestanding ministry 12559
- NDP government
- spending priorities 12559-60
- support from cabinet ministers 14472
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10933-4
- Nisga'a treaty, finalization of agreement
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze 12166
- Prevention of Violence Against Women Week 11859-60
- Prostitutes Empowerment, Education and Recovery Society of Victoria, services 12594
- Prostitution
- child and youth prostitution 12596-7
- government services and programs to assist prostitutes 12594
- School district 36 (Surrey), capital projects 12166
- Social union framework agreement, input of Women's Equality ministry 12606-7
- Surrey, funding for additional police staff 12593
- Taxation, interprovincial gender analysis of tax system 12608-9
- Transition houses
- Vancouver, downtown east side, services and initiatives for women 12560, 12594
- Violence
- prevention initiatives 12554, 12592
- violence against women
- cell phones for women at high risk of violence, cost and effectiveness 12560, 12595
- government prevention strategies 11859-60
- governments' declaration tabled 10897
- policy on handling of cases, training issues for police 12598
- prevention, Women's Equality ministry work 12596
- Women
- counselling services, funding 12563
- employment, pay equity 12609
- government initiatives targeting women 12167
- pension issues 12608
- remembrance of 1989 murder of women in Montreal 10897
- women in business, opportunities and issues 12167
- women's advocacy organizations, charitable status designation for fundraising 12608
- women's centres, funding 12558-9
- Women's Equality ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12553-63, 12592-610
- 1998-99 annual report tabled 14475
- advertising costs for violence prevention 12592-3
- audits 12609-10
- involvement in federal-provincial table issues 12606-7
- involvement in government policy 12607
- purpose of ministry 10933
- spending priorities 12559-60
- status as freestanding ministry, Liberal Party position 12559-60
- work of ministry 12553-5
- Youth
- adolescent women designated as at risk, programs and services 12592-3, 12595-7
- age of consent 12596
- youth at risk, secure care initiative, input from Women's Equality ministry 12595, 12597, 12609-10
HandyDART
- Use of service by mentally handicapped persons
(Boone) 11600
(Reid, L.) 11600
Hansen, Colin (Vancouver-Quilchena)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13036-7
- Action Committee of People with Disabilities, restructuring of home care, petitions tabled 14151
- Actors, child actors, review of employment standards regulations 12867
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12582-3
- AIDS, prevention measures 10817
- Alberta, health care, medical research funding levels 14180
- Ambulance service, Vestrup report recommendations, government response 14157
- Auditor general, report on 1996-97 budget, availability 10815
- Boyd, Bert, report on medical laboratory services framework 14155
- B.C. Cancer Agency, review of cervical screening program, patient case 14156
- B.C. Children's Hospital, surgery backlogs 11613
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, expenditures, capital projects 12140
- B.C. Health Research Foundation, budget 14179-80
- B.C. Hydro, rates, current levels 12140
- B.C. Medical Association
- involvement in Health ministry web site 14153
- relationship with Health ministry 14187
- role in management of provincial medical system 14188
- B.C., northern B.C., physician supply 14114-6
- B.C. Pharmacy Association
- consultation with government on new agreement 13366
- involvement in negotiations for new pharmacy agreement 14092-3
- Canadian Blood Agency, funding 11602-3, 11622-3
- Canadian Cancer Society, statistics on cancer survival in B.C. 11704
- Canadian Red Cross, operation of blood services 11602
- Cancer
- programs and services 11464
- survival rate in B.C. 11704
- Charko, Ken, work as theatre owner 14430-1
- Children and Families ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13425-8
- budget, funding for programs and services delivered by other ministries 13427-8
- Civil service, public sector pension plan, legislative changes 14378
- Clark, Glen, support from cabinet ministers 14473
- Community Care Facility Act, revision, need for revision 13979, 14104
- Community Health Assets Protection Act, debate 12612
- Comox Valley community health council, contracts for chief executive officers 14087
- Cromwell, Oliver, actions in defence of British parliamentary rights 12007
- Culture, neighbourhood theatres 14430-1
- Disabled and handicapped persons, vocational rehabilitation services, eligibility policy 12582-3
- Discrimination and racism, systemic discrimination against Indians 10839
- Drugs, pharmaceuticals
- drug therapies, compliance issues 14094-5
- evaluation, role of therapeutics initiatives committee 11622
- use by seniors 11617
- utilization levels 11615
- Dunbar Theatre, status 14430-1
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions, comparison with 1991 conditions 11569
- Education ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13726-7
- Elections, call for general election 12141
- Elk Valley, health care services for area 14120
- Employment and unemployment, job creation 11569
- Glacier View Lodge
- Government
- financial management 11567-8
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 11570
- Grescoe, Paul, article on trauma care in B.C. 14156
- Gunton, Tom, role in preparation of 1996-97 budget 10815
- Health Association of B.C.
- involvement with health authorities 14132
- press releases
- health care funding concerns 14129
- wait-lists and waiting times 14154
- Health Authorities Act
- amalgamation provisions 14085-7
- provision for government to remove assets of not-for-profit organizations 12612
- Health care
- acute care, number of acute-care beds, Seaton commission recommendations 14132-3
- Better Teamwork, Better Care delivery model, performance evaluation 14001-2, 14126
- capital equipment, funding 14129
- capital projects
- budget allocations and spending priorities 14171-3
- funding levels 12140
- continuing and long-term care
- critical care, funding 11614
- emergency services, trauma care report recommendations, government response 14156-7
- funding
- 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12138-9
- federal contribution 11568-9, 12139-40
- federal contribution, provincial spending decisions 14173-4
- funding by region, population and demographics criteria 14127-8
- funding levels for procedures within health regions, impact on patient access 14130-1
- health authorities
- accountability framework and funding allocations 14126-30
- regional health boards and community health councils, administrative models 14087
- representatives, training responsibility 14132
- health professions, regulation 14182-3
- magnetic resonance image testing, funding 11611-2
- medical laboratories, service provider accord 11570, 14155-6
- medical research, federal funding contributions 14179-80
- Nisga'a treaty health care provisions, administration and delivery of services 11875-7, 11883-4
- regionalization
- accountability and performance measurement 14001
- review 14124
- services for Indians
- aboriginal health strategy, status 11883
- funding and delivery 11875-7
- government strategies 14122
- services for seniors
- prescription medications 11617
- report on frail elderly in care facilities, report availability 14161
- services in northern and rural areas 11606-7
- services in remote and rural areas, government work 14123
- system
- changes to integrate services 14124
- current state of B.C. system 11568-9
- flexibility in allocating funds 14143
- government vision for system 14000
- public perception 14125, 14181
- systems and equipment, year 2000 compliance 14129, 14185-6
- travel for treatment
- B.C. residents travelling to Washington State 14133
- tomography services 14087-8, 14113-4
- travel assistance program 14117
- wait-lists and waiting times
- allergy testing for children 14155
- assessment and management strategies 14154
- cardiac surgery 11610
- cardiac surgery, advisory panel review 14133
- current situation in B.C. 12138
- development of standards re waiting times for services 14123
- medical imaging 14341
- ministry reports on surgery wait-lists, timeliness 11637-8
- orthopedic surgery 13910
- reduction, funding 11609-10
- situation in Nanaimo 11703
- status, Health ministry web site 14152-3
- workers
- collective agreements, applicability to Nisga'a nation 11876-7
- collective agreements, cost of 1998-99 settlements 11603
- Health ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 14000-2, 14009, 14085-9, 14091-6, 14101-4, 14113-34, 14138-44, 14152-63, 14170-4, 14178-89
- annual reports and report cards, timeliness 14000-2, 14124, 14126, 14180
- budget, 1998-99 shortfalls, program areas allocated special warrant funding 11601-3, 11605, 11611, 11613, 11622-3
- general practice services agreement with Nisga'a Valley health board 11877, 11884
- HealthNet computer system 14183-4
- information management, computer information systems and use of new technologies 14183-5
- ministry representation at health care conferences 14132
- press conferences and releases 14181-2
- strategic plan for health care system, objectives 14121-7
- Health Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13979, 14104-5
- Highway Constructors Ltd., employee pensions 13244-5
- Home care, home support services, restructuring of service contracts 14161-3
- Hospitals
- Houston, health care services, rural care case 14114
- Indians, treaties
- negotiations, mandate of provincial negotiators 10839-40
- use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 12008-10
- Investment in B.C.
- certainty provided by Indian land claim settlements 10839
- investment climate 11569-70
- Kaslo, health care services 14120
- Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, operation of facility 14105
- Kerrisdale Elementary School, seismic upgrading 11203-4
- Kitimat and area community health council, appointment process 14118-9
- Kitimat General Hospital, acute-care status 14119
- Kitimat, health care services 13125, 13127, 14117-9
- Kootenay Lake District Hospital, capital project 14120
- Labour ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12867
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, withdrawal of bill 13243
- Legislature
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 12009
- Lovick, Dale, pension as retired MLA 13243
- Medical Research Council of Canada, funding levels 14179
- Medical Services Commission, meetings 14188
- Medical Services Plan
- correspondence backlog 11605
- coverage, alternative medicine therapies 14188
- operation and management 14186-8
- premiums
- payment of premiums for Nisga'a citizens 11883-4
- payment options 14189
- registration backlog 14189
- Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998, proclamation 13979, 14105
- Mills Memorial Hospital, health care delivery and budget issues, Health ministry involvement 14116
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1999, debate 14467-8
- Motions
- appointment of a special committee on international trade and investment agreements (Motion 66), debate 14478-9
- time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), amendment to limit debate at committee stage 12010
- Mount St. Francis Hospital, capital project 14120
- Mount Waddington community health council, appointment 14088
- Municipalities, employee pension plan, impact of legislative changes on private health care providers 14377-8
- Musqueam Indian band, non-Musqueam leaseholders dispute
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, wait-lists 11703
- National Nursing Week 12433
- Naturopaths, regulation of profession 13979, 14104-5
- NDP government
- competence 11567-8
- re-election initiatives 11570
- support from cabinet ministers 14473
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a Nation Fiscal Financing Agreement
- content 11883
- position on payment of Medical Services Plan premiums 11883
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 10839
- treaty, final agreement
- approval process, public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10839-40
- cost in cash and land settlements 10839
- financial risk management plan 11883
- public views, vote by Prince George residents 11115
- treaty, Liberal Party position 12009
- Nisga'a Valley health board, operations 11876-7
- Nurses
- recruitment and retention of nurses in B.C., government strategies 14138-42
- services in remote and rural areas, nursing stations 14088-9
- training programs 14139-42, 14183
- withdrawal of services, impact on patient wait-lists 11609-10
- Paramedic Appreciation Week 13995
- Parkinson's disease, treatment, funding 14155
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- debate 14375-7
- amendments as result of government-union agreements 14376
- deferment for six months 14378
- impact of amendments 14377-8
- referral to select standing committee 14378
- timing of debate 14375-6
- Pensions
- annuities, legislative changes to provisions re temporary annuities 14377
- early retirement cases 13585, 13635
- legislative changes, input of pension plan members and pensioners 14376-7
- multi-employer pension plans, suspension of benefits of early retirees returning to work in same trade 13243-4, 13579-81, 13584-7, 13619-20, 13635-6
- portable pensions 13245
- viability of pension plans, protection 13619-20, 13635-6
- Pharmacare program
- auditor general report recommendations 14094-6
- costs and cost overruns 11615, 11617
- coverage
- antipsychotic medications, therapeutics initiative committee input 14101-3
- orthotics and braces, patient cases 14143
- deductible amount for families, cases 14143-4
- PharmaNet computer system 14095, 14184
- reference drug program
- Pharmaceutical industry
- impact of new government agreement 13366-7
- use of blister packaging for medication 14104
- Pharmacists and pharmacies, pharmacy participation agreement 13308-9, 14092-4, 14096
- Physicians
- contracts between government and northern doctors 11607
- northern and rural physicians dispute, Dobbin report, implementation of recommendations 11605-6, 14189
- payment, salary versus fee for service 11607-8
- relationship with health authorities 14125
- supply and recruitment
- academic medical centre development project 14187
- incentives to work in northern and rural B.C. 14114-6
- physician supply for rural areas 11605-7
- postgraduate medical education advisory committee, work 14142
- withdrawal of services, reduced activity and corporate days, impact on wait-lists and waiting times 14153-4
- Post-secondary education, student spaces, allocation to targeted programs 14141-2
- Psychologists, regulation of profession 13979, 14104-5
- Public debt during NDP administration 11569, 12140-1
- Public health
- disease control, government strategies 14122
- programs and services, funding, ministerial responsibility 13427
- public health nurses, contract issues 13427
- Registered Nurses Association of B.C., work on training standards 14183
- Residential Tenancy Act, applicability to Musqueam leaseholds 11115
- Robinson, Cindy, letter on restructuring of home support contracts 14162
- Schools
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13308-9
- Special Committee on International Trade and Investment Agreements, appointment and powers 14478-9
- Special Committee on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, cost 14478
- Substance abuse/addiction
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11567-71, 11601-3, 11605-15, 11617, 11622-3
- Tatla Lake, nursing services 14088-9
- Terrace, health care services 14116
- Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, legislative history 14467
- Tobacco industry, liability for health care costs, legal actions and assessment of damages 14467-8
- Universities, colleges and institutes, self-regulating professional colleges, conduct issues 14124
- Vancouver, downtown east side, urban development agreement 13426
- Vancouver Island, health care services 14087-8, 14113-4
- World AIDS Day 10817
- Year 2000, compliance of computer systems, health care systems and equipment 14129, 14185-6
Harcourt, Michael
- Resignation as Premier
(Dalton) 13239-40
- Work on behalf of Indian land claims negotiations
(Sihota) 11050
Hartley, William James (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
- Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13130-1
- Agricultural land reserve, removal of land deemed "in the provincial interest" 13131
- Alouette River, dam, impact on salmon habitat 10922
- Aung San Suu Kyi, role in campaign for democracy and human rights in Burma 12201-2
- Burma
- Catholic Women's League of Canada 1998 white-ribbon campaign against pornography, petition tabled 11179
- Dikes, maintenance 12120
- Election as Speaker
(Farrell-Collins) 14491
(MacPhail) 14491
(Petter) 14492
(Weisgerber) 14491
- Environment, pesticide use, aerial spraying of Foray 48B, petition tabled 12245
- Flooding in B.C. due to high snowpack, preparedness 12118-20, 12643-4
- Food industry, agrifood industry in B.C. 13131
- Indians
- culture, protection of historical sites and artifacts 10922
- impact of government policies on B.C. Indians 10921
- treaty negotiations, progress to date 10921-2
- International Labour Organization, position on forced labour in Burma 12202
- Inter-Parliamentary Union, position on human rights in Burma 12202
- Katzie first nation, history 10922
- Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- agricultural land, development issues 13130-1
- youth heroin use 12202
- Motions, human rights violations in Burma (Motion 61), debate 12200-3, 12210-1
- National League for Democracy, campaign for democracy in Burma 12202
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10921-3
- Nisga'a people
- treaty
- final agreement, approval process, public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10921
- reasons underlying need for treaty 10922-3
- Victoria delegation and ceremonies to mark treaty debate 10921
- Pitt River, gravel extraction in area, versus fish habitat protection 10922
- Sein Win, visit to B.C. 12203, 12210-1
- Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries, work of committee 13131
- United Nations, position on human rights in Burma 12201-2
- Vancouver, smuggling of heroin from Burma into Vancouver 12202-3, 12210
Havel, Václav
- Comments on ideology and principles
(Dosanjh) 11060-1
Hawkins, Sindi (Okanagan West)
- AIDS, provincial AIDS strategy, funding allocations 14176-8
- Aluminum smelting industry, new smelters in B.C. 13622-3
- Ambulance service, historical levels 14198
- B.C. Ambulance Service, operations 14198
- B.C. Gaming Commission
- conflict-of-interest policy for staff 13854
- position on charity bingo 13855
- relationship with Children and Families ministry re gambling issues 13500
- B.C. Hydro
- advertising and event sponsorship 13681-3
- equity, allowable rate of return 13680
- expenditures, maintenance of rights-of-way lines and transformers 13694-5
- market research, cost 13679-80
- relationship to Powerex 13688
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd., business development costs 13683
- B.C. Lottery Corporation
- operations and activities 13859-62
- relationship with Children and Families ministry re gambling issues 13500
- B.C. Racing Commission, operations 13864-5
- B.C. Utilities Commission, powers to review B.C. Hydro energy supply contracts 13697
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1999, debate 12249-50
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 11505
- 1999-2000 budget, public reaction 11503-4
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 11504
- Burnaby, bingo hall at Middlegate Mall, licence application 13852
- Burton, water system, concerns of residents 13698
- Business
- companies leaving B.C. 12187-8
- competitiveness of B.C. companies 13590
- Casino of the Rockies
- Central Vancouver Island health region, funding 14012
- Children and Families ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13497-501
- Children, child protection, funding for services, input from child, youth and family advocate 11702
- Clark, Glen, home construction project by Dimitrios Pilarinos, reimbursement 13849, 13851
- Comments on casino applications in Kamloops and Kelowna
(Farnworth) 11858
- Coquihalla Connector Coalition, position on Aspen Grove to Merritt highway upgrade 12970-4
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 12188
- Crossroads Treatment Centre, government funding 13497
- Democracy, right to vote in Canada 10973-4
- Discrimination and racism, treatment of minorities in Canada 10973-4
- Drugs, illegal drugs, harm reduction versus zero tolerance 14177-8
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- role of government 13539-40
- Education ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13439-42
- Elections, call for general election 11504-5, 12187-8
- Employment and Investment ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13535-44, 13546, 13587-95, 13608, 13620-4, 13626-7, 13679-83, 13685, 13687-8, 13694-5, 13697-8, 13753, 13755, 13760-4, 13768-71, 13840-55, 13858-66, 13872-4
- business plan
- economic development division, activities 13872-3
- employment equity plan 13623-4
- gaming policy secretariat, operations 13862-3
- investment policy 13753
- staff, involvement of former staff with private sector gaming interests 13848
- Employment and unemployment
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12358
- Exports and imports, trade missions, responsibility for costs 13683
- Fording Coal Ltd., Fording River power project 13694
- Forests ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13940-2
- agreements with Indian bands 13940-2
- Fraser Valley health region, funding 14012
- Gallagher, Tim, comments to media on government gaming policy 13858
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling
- government studies 13501, 13768, 13770
- treatment services for persons with gambling addictions 13497-500
- treatment services, funding allocation process 12601-3
- casinos
- advertising of gambling addiction information 13501
- employment, job projections 13845
- licence applications, approval process 12603, 13844-51
- licence applications, need for public approval process 11858
- licence applications, promotion to government ministers 11727
- charities' access to gambling revenues 13853-4, 13859
- charity gaming, bingos, revenue and funding issues 13854
- expansion of gambling in B.C.
- gambling on Indian land
- applicability of provincial law on Nisga'a land 11910-2
- casino licence applications, approval process 13847-8
- Coquihalla casino licence application, approval process 13852
- government policy on gaming expansion 13993
- gaming activities, local government control 13841-4
- government legal costs for gaming court cases 13858
- Internet gaming, issues and concerns 12604
- legislation
- amendments re government's breach of Criminal Code 13855
- time line for legislative changes 13843-4
- policy
- caucus committee on gaming issues 13761
- changes, role of independent adviser 13768, 13840-1, 13844
- current and future policies 13760-4, 13768-70
- impact on gambling addiction levels 13500-1
- role of Women's Equality ministry in policy development 12601
- revenues from gambling
- disbursement method 13861
- government share of casino revenues 13845
- slot machines
- revenue projections 13861
- slot machines at racetracks 13865
- White Paper on gaming
- costs 13770-1
- input from women's organizations 12601
- public input on gaming policy 13760-1, 13769
- purpose, comparison with mandate of independent adviser 13841
- recommendations, implementation 13855
- recommendations re charity bingo, implementation 13859
- Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd., logging operation on Indian land, Indian band's claim to revenues 13940-2
- Government
- contingency fund, access by Health ministry 11608
- financial management 11503-5
- spending, advertising expenditures 11506
- Health care
- Better Teamwork, Better Care delivery model, assessment of model 13127
- continuing and long-term care, current situation in B.C. 14012
- critical care, funding 11614, 14133
- funding by region, population and demographics criteria 14012
- system
- current state of B.C. system 11402-3
- morale of workers in system 14015
- wait-lists and waiting times, children's surgery 10813-4
- workers, unionized workers, comparability of classifications 11608
- Health ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 14011-6, 14133-4, 14175-8
- advertising expenditures 14012-3
- budget
- 1998-99 shortfalls, minister's knowledge of impending cost overruns 11603-4
- 1998-99 shortfalls, program areas allocated special warrant funding 11608, 11610-1, 11613-4
- charge for services not provided 10898
- monitoring of budgeted expenditures 11603
- Highland Valley copper mine, future of mine 13873
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway upgrade costs 14261
- Highway 97C, Okanagan connector, Aspen Grove to Merritt section upgrade 12970-4
- Highway Constructors Ltd., union membership provisions, impact on non-union firms 12945
- Home care, home support services 14014
- Horse-racing industry, tax rebates 13863-4
- Human Tissue Gift Act, changes to act 11954-5, 11995
- Indians
- history of treatment by federal and provincial governments 10972
- treaty negotiations, inclusion of gaming issues 11912
- Intalco Aluminum Corp., transmission costs for power purchased in B.C. 13683
- Investment
- government investments
- investment climate in B.C. 13590, 13935-6
- private sector investment 11506
- Job Protection Commission, work of agency 13873
- Kelowna
- casino at Grand hotel, community support 13842
- detox services 13497
- Kelowna Chamber of Commerce, comments on 1999-2000 budget 11504-5
- Kelowna General Hospital
- Kelowna Secondary School, construction project 13439-40
- Legislature, session length, length of third session of 36th Parliament 11503-4
- Long, Morgan, work as artist 14195-7
- Lower Similkameen Indian band, memorandum of understanding with Forests ministry 13940-2
- Mental health, plan and services 14013-4
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1999, debate 14466-7
- Moore, Peter, letter on B.C. economy 13537
- Motions, motion that the House do now adjourn, debate 11401-3
- Municipalities, role in consultation on gaming licences for local Indian bands 11912
- NDP government
- New Westminster, casino licence applications, involvement of Moe Sihota 13852
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10972-4, 11910-2
- debate suspension following appointment of Gordon Wilson as Aboriginal Affairs minister 11401-3
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government
- jurisdictional concerns 10972
- paramount rights in prescribed areas of authority 10973
- treaty, final agreement
- debate in B.C. Legislature 10972
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10973-4
- North Burnaby Inn, casino licence application
- chronology of events leading to investigation of application proponents 13848-51
- involvement of government MLAs 13851-2
- Nurses, supply 14015
- Okanagan area, home support services 14014
- Okanagan Lake Bridge, upgrade 12973-4
- Okanagan Lake, kokanee salmon and shrimp populations 12358
- Olinger, John and Mary, dealings with Crown lands branch 12358
- Pacific Racing Association, financial involvement of government 13865
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions, multi-employer pension plans, suspension of benefits of early retirees returning to work in same trade 13291
- Penticton casinos
- licence applications, approval process 13847, 13853
- referendum on casino issue 13842
- Pierre, Sophie, casino licence application, promotion to government members 11727
- Pilarinos, Dimitrios, connection to Glen Clark 13849-51
- Position on Okanagan Lake Bridge upgrade 12973-4
(Lali) 12973-4
- Power for Jobs program, project proposals 13698
- Powerex
- marketing strategy 13681
- power purchases from B.C. Hydro, price agreement 13688
- power sales to United States users
- Prince Rupert, casino ship proposal, licence application process 13853
- Public debt during NDP administration 12187-8
- Public health
- funding, equity between regions 14175-6
- needle exchange programs, government policy 14177
- public health nurses, morale 14176
- Real property tax, assessment of property, retroactive validation of assessment valuations 14359-60
- Resources and resource industries, natural resource community fund 13753
- Rondeau, Jenny, air ambulance bill from Health ministry 10898
- School district 23 (Central Okanagan), funding issues 13440-2
- Sikhism, Khalsa tercentenary 11683-5, 11765
- South Okanagan–Similkameen health region, operations 14011-4
- Students, travel to school, walk limits 13440-2
- Sumas, power facility expansion proposal 13681
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11503-6, 11603-5, 11608, 11610-1, 11613-4
- Taxation, levels 13590
- Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- debate 14359-60
- provision covering retroactive validation of property assessment valuations, disposition 14359-60
- Transplantation of organs, donor organ availability, need for national donation system 11954-5, 11994-5
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12970-4
- projects, prioritization of projects 12970
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights 10973
- Vancouver, downtown east side, HIV/AIDS issue 14176-8
- West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., property assessment issue, government response 14359-60
- Women's Equality ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12601-4
Hayer, Tara Singh
Head Start program
Health Act
Health Association of British Columbia
- Involvement with health authorities
(Hansen) 14132
(Priddy) 14132
- Press releases
- health care funding concerns
(Hansen) 14129
(Priddy) 14129
- wait-lists and waiting times
(Hansen) 14154
(Priddy) 14154
Health Authorities Act
- Amalgamation provisions
(Hansen) 14085-7
(Priddy) 14086
- Provision for government to remove assets of not-for-profit organizations
(Hansen) 12612
Health care
- Aboriginal health strategy See Health care for Indians below
- Acute care, number of acute-care beds, Seaton commission recommendations
(Hansen) 14132-3
(Priddy) 14132-3
- Better Teamwork, Better Care delivery model
- Capital equipment, funding
(Hansen) 14129
(Priddy) 14129
- Capital projects
- Community care facilities
- Continuing and long-term care
- Critical care, funding
(Hansen) 11614
(Hawkins) 11614, 14133
(Priddy) 11614, 14133
- Disease control See Public health
- Emergency services
- levels
(Priddy) 14048-9
(Reid, J.) 14048-9
- trauma care report recommendations, government response
(Hansen) 14156-7
- Federal-provincial meetings and work
(Hammell) 12606
(Stephens) 12606
- Funding
- 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures
(Barisoff) 12065-6
(Bowbrick) 12124
(Calendino) 11818-9
(Cashore) 12163
(Chong) 12046-7
(Clark, G.) 12194
(Coell) 12131
(Conroy) 12023
(Doyle) 12095-6
(Farrell-Collins) 11468-9
(Giesbrecht) 12156-7
(Gillespie) 12037
(Hammell) 12166
(Hansen) 12138-9
(Hogg) 11819-20
(Kasper) 12070
(Kwan) 12108-9
(Lali) 12076-8
(McKinnon) 12148
(MacPhail) 11451-2
(Miller) 12095
(Petter) 12020-1
(Ramsey) 12121
(Robertson) 12080-1
(Sawicki) 12144
(Sihota) 12151-2
(Smallwood) 12053
(Stevenson) 12192-3
(Walsh) 12176-7
(Weisgerber) 12099-100
- equal and fair funding for rural and urban areas
(Nebbeling) 11499
- equity between regions
(Hawkins) 14175-6
(Priddy) 14175-6
- federal contribution
(Hansen) 11568-9, 12139-40
(Penner) 11544-5
- federal contribution, provincial spending decisions
(Hansen) 14173-4
(Priddy) 14174-5
- funding by region, population and demographics criteria
(Hansen) 14127-8
(Hawkins) 14012
(Priddy) 14007, 14012, 14016, 14024, 14128
(Stephens) 14016
(Thorpe) 14007
(van Dongen) 14024-5
- funding during NDP administration
(Priddy) 13996-7
- funding levels for procedures within health regions, impact on patient access
(Hansen) 14130-1
(Priddy) 14131
- future funding needs
(Reid, J.) 11510
- per-capita funding, comparison with other provinces
(Priddy) 13996
- Health authorities
- accountability framework and funding allocations
(Hansen) 14126-30
(Priddy) 14126-30
- regional health boards and community health councils, administrative models
(Hansen) 14087
(Priddy) 14087
- regional health boards and community health councils, representation, local government members
(Kwan) 12785
(Nebbeling) 12785
- representatives, training responsibility
(Hansen) 14132
(Priddy) 14132
- Health care consent tribunal, funding
(Dosanjh) 14294
(Plant) 14294
- Health professions
- heath care providers, role under adult guardianship system
(Dosanjh) 14297
(Plant) 14297
- practitioners, incentives to work in northern and rural B.C.
(Priddy) 13999
- regulation
(Hansen) 14182-3
(Priddy) 14182-3
- Health regions, ability to reallocate ministry funding
(Penner) 11612-3
(Priddy) 11612-3
- Magnetic resonance image testing, funding
(Hansen) 11611-2
(Priddy) 11611-2
- Medical health officials, power to lay charges
(Priddy) 13805, 13978
- Medical laboratories
- Medical research, federal funding contributions
(Hansen) 14179-80
(Priddy) 14179-80
- Midwife services See Midwifery
- Nisga'a treaty health care provisions, administration and delivery of services
(Hansen) 11875-7, 11883-4
(Priddy) 11021-2, 11875-7, 11883-4
(Wilson, G.) 11875, 11877
- Partnerships for Better Health project
(Priddy) 13998-9
- Preventive health care, government initiatives
(Sanders) 12822-3
(Walsh) 12822
- Public health issues See Public health
- Regionalization
- accountability and performance measurement
(Hansen) 14001
(Priddy) 14001-2
- health care decision-making and regionalization of service delivery
(Priddy) 13998
- impact on patient services
(Sanders) 14026-8
- regional health authorities See Health authorities above
- review
(Hansen) 14124
(Priddy) 14124-5
- Respite services for family caregivers
(Boone) 11594-6, 11600, 13334
(Reid, L.) 11594-6, 11600, 12127, 13333-4
- Services for Indians
- aboriginal health strategy, status
(Hansen) 11883
(Priddy) 11883
- funding and delivery
(Hansen) 11875-7
(Priddy) 11875-7
- government strategies
(Hansen) 14122
(Priddy) 14122
- Services for persons with mental disorders and addictions, "dual diagnosis" issue See Services under Mental health
- Services for seniors
- dementia care guidelines for seniors with mental disorders See Mental illness under Mental health
- government initiatives
(Priddy) 13999
- multilevel care facility in western communities
(Kasper) 12070
- prescription medications
(Hansen) 11617
(Priddy) 11615-7
(Sanders) 11615-6
- report on frail elderly in care facilities, availability
(Hansen) 14161
(Priddy) 14161
- Services for women
- addiction and detox services for women See Treatment services under Substance abuse/addiction
- mental health care See Mental illness under Mental health
- reproductive technologies
(Hammell) 12606
(Stephens) 12606
- reproductive technologies, review of triple-marker screening program for pregnant women
(Priddy) 14138
(Stephens) 14138
- services in northern and rural B.C.
(Hammell) 12605-6
(Stephens) 12604-6
- Women's Equality ministry work
(Hammell) 12605
(Stephens) 12605
- Services in remote and rural areas
- System
- Systems and equipment, year 2000 compliance
(Hansen) 14129, 14185-6
(Priddy) 14129, 14185-6
- TeleCare program
(Priddy) 14114
- Travel for treatment
- Volunteers in health care system
(Doyle) 10879-80
- Wait-lists and waiting times
- allergy testing for children
(Hansen) 14155
- assessment and management strategies
(Hansen) 14154
(Priddy) 14154-5
- breast surgery
(Priddy) 14137-8
(Stephens) 14137
- cardiac surgery
(Hansen) 11610
(Priddy) 11609-10, 11610
- cardiac surgery, advisory panel review
(Hansen) 14133
(Priddy) 14133
- cardiac surgery plan
(Chong) 13126-7
(Priddy) 13126-7
- children's surgery
(Hawkins) 10813-4
(Priddy) 10813-4
- current situation in B.C.
(Coleman) 11583
(Hansen) 12138
(Hogg) 12074
(Krueger) 11559-61, 12050, 14032
(Priddy) 14020, 14028
(Sanders) 14026-8
(Stephens) 14020
(Symons) 12085-6
(Thorpe) 12027
- development of standards re waiting times for services
(Hansen) 14123
(Priddy) 14123
- kidney surgery
(Chong) 14077
- management of wait-lists
(MacPhail) 11451-2
- medical imaging
(Hansen) 14341
(Priddy) 14341
- ministry reports on surgery wait-lists, timeliness
(Hansen) 11637-8
(Priddy) 11637-8
- orthopedic surgery
(Abbott) 14089-90
(Dalton) 13911
(Hansen) 13910
(Priddy) 13910-1, 14007-10, 14090-1
(Reid, J.) 13910
(Thorpe) 14007-10
- reduction funding
(Hansen) 11609-10
- status, Health ministry web site
(Hansen) 14152-3
(Priddy) 14152-3
- Workers
- collective agreements, applicability to Nisga'a nation
(Hansen) 11876-7
(Priddy) 11877
- collective agreements, cost of 1998-99 settlements
(Hansen) 11603
(Priddy) 11603
- unionized workers, comparability of classifications
(Hawkins) 11608
(Priddy) 11608
Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act
Health, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Seniors
- 1999-2000 Estimates
- debate 13995-4033, 14047-57, 14077-104, 14113-50, 14151-63, 14170-91, 14199-210
- speakers
(Abbott) 14089-91
(Barisoff) 14002-4, 14091-2
(Chong) 14054-7, 14077-81
(Hansen) 14000-2, 14009, 14085-9, 14091-6, 14101-4, 14113-34, 14138-44, 14152-63, 14170-4, 14178-89
(Hawkins) 14011-6, 14133-4, 14175-8
(Hogg) 14021-4
(Jarvis) 14186-7
(Krueger) 14031-3, 14047-8, 14171
(Nebbeling) 14081-5
(Nettleton) 14005-7
(Neufeld) 14028-31
(Penner) 14085
(Priddy) 13995-4026, 14028-33, 14047-57, 14077-104, 14114-63, 14171-89, 14191, 14199-200, 14202-10
(Reid, J.) 14048-51
(Reid, L.) 14146-50
(Sanders) 14026-8, 14097-101, 14144-6, 14189-91, 14199-210
(Stephens) 14016-20, 14134-8
(Thorpe) 14007-11
(van Dongen) 14024-6
(Weisgerber) 14096-7
(Wilson, J.) 14051-4
- Special warrant debate 11601-17, 11622-3
- Advertising expenditures
(Hawkins) 14012-3
(Thorpe) 14009
- Annual reports
- Budget, 1998-99 budget
- overexpenditures
(Plant) 11478
- shortfalls, amount
(Priddy) 11601-3, 11605
- shortfalls, minister's knowledge of impending cost overruns
(Hawkins) 11603-4
(Priddy) 11603-5
- shortfalls, program areas allocated special warrant funding
(Hansen) 11601-3, 11605, 11611, 11613, 11622-3
(Hawkins) 11608, 11610-1, 11613-4
(Priddy) 11608, 11610-5, 11622-3
- Charge for services not provided
(Hawkins) 10898
- Correspondence unit, response times
(Penner) 14085
(Priddy) 14085
- General practice services agreement with Nisga'a Valley health board
(Hansen) 11877, 11884
(Priddy) 11877, 11884
- HealthNet computer system
(Hansen) 14183-4
(Priddy) 14183-4
- Information management, computer information systems and use of new technologies
(Hansen) 14183-5
(Priddy) 14183-5
- Ministry representation at health care conferences
(Hansen) 14132
(Priddy) 14132
- Monitoring of budgeted expenditures
(Hawkins) 11603
(Priddy) 11603
- Press conferences and releases
(Hansen) 14181-2
(Priddy) 14181-2
- Strategic plan for health care system, objectives
(Hansen) 14121-7
(Plant) 13126
(Priddy) 13126, 13998, 14121-7
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
Healthy Kids program
- Services for low-income families
(Pullinger) 12647-9
Heaney, John
- Contract extensions with Aboriginal Affairs ministry, compliance with comptroller general's guidelines
(de Jong) 11836
(Farrell-Collins) 11836
(Wilson, G.) 11836
- Contract with Nisga'a treaty implementation project
(de Jong) 11116
(Lovick) 11116
Helmets
- Use by motorcycle operators and riders, exemptions
(Dosanjh) 14353
(Lali) 14354
(Plant) 14354
Hemp
Heritage
- Funding
(Waddell) 13258
- Heritage sites, objects and properties, conversion of parks into heritage sites See particular sites, e.g., Cottonwood House Historic Park
- Responsibility for storage of archives
(Thorpe) 13261
Heritage Conservation Act
Hewett, Phillip
- Comments on Nisga'a treaty
(Clark, G.) 11034
Hewitt, James
- Comments on mandate and decision-making process of Electoral Boundaries Commission
(Barisoff) 14345
Hibbins, Doug
- Commended for work in B.C. public service
(Lali) 12952
Highland Valley Copper Corp.
- Highland Valley copper mine
- future of mine
(Farnworth) 13873
(Hawkins) 13873
- mine closing
(Campbell) 11149, 12361-2
(Clark, C.) 11390, 12018
(Clark, G.) 12362
(de Jong) 11382, 12018
(Farnworth) 12017-9
(Giesbrecht) 12162
(Krueger) 11149, 11330-1, 11393-5, 11557, 11559, 11812-4, 12017, 12048-9, 12362-3
(MacPhail) 11149
(Miller) 11149-50, 12362-3
(Randall) 11814
- Power rates agreement with B.C. Hydro
(Krueger) 12434-7
(Miller) 12379, 12434-8
(Neufeld) 12382
Highlands municipality
- Road upgrades
(Kasper) 12071
High-technology industry See Science and technology
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Highway 3
- Manning Park to Keremeos section, traffic volume
(Barisoff) 12974-5
(Lali) 12974-5
- Moyie bluffs section
(Lali) 13059
(Symons) 13059
- Upgrades
(Barisoff) 13053
(Lali) 13053
Highway 5
- Coquihalla Highway
- construction costs, overrun
(Weisgerber) 11483
- Kingsvale cutoff proposal See Okanagan connector, Aspen Grove to Merritt section upgrade under Highway 97C
- upgrade costs
(Hawkins) 14261
(Lali) 14261
- Heffley Creek to Little Fort section, passing lanes
(Krueger) 12984-5
(Lali) 12985
Highway 10
Highway 11
Highway 13
- Transborder corridor, impact of United States highway upgrade
(Lali) 13049
(Stephens) 13049
Highway 17
- McTavish Road intersection
(Lali) 13057
(Symons) 13057
Highway 19 (Island Highway)
- Island Highway construction project, Courtenay to Campbell River section
(Lali) 12956
(Symons) 12956
- Malahat section
(Lali) 13058
(Symons) 13057-8
- Millstream connector
(Kasper) 12072
Highway 33
- Beaverdell area, safety concerns
(Barisoff) 13053
(Lali) 13053
Highway 37
Highway 77 (Liard Highway)
- Upgrading
(Neufeld) 12442
Highway 97
- Alaska Highway, improvement to section near Duck Lake, petition tabled
(Weisbeck) 11728
- Summerland to Peachland section
(Lali) 12975
(Thorpe) 12975
- Vaseux Lake area
(Barisoff) 13053
(Lali) 13053
Highway 97C
- Okanagan connector, Aspen Grove to Merritt section upgrade
Highway 99
Highway 101
Highway Act
Highway Constructors Ltd.
Highwayman Pub, Abbotsford, B.C.
- Smoking ban, petition tabled
(de Jong) 13913
Highways and roads See also particular highways by number; particular locations, e.g., Lower mainland
- Construction projects
- current activity
(Lali) 12079
- funding levels
(Lali) 12954
- labour relations on major projects
(Lali) 12969
(Symons) 12969
- record of previous administrations
(Lali) 12954
(Symons) 12953-4
- safety audits
(Lali) 13020
(Symons) 13020
- Environmental assessment of public highway developments, threshold adjustments
(Coell) 12340
- Funding
- High-occupancy-vehicle lanes, use
(Lali) 12980, 13057
(Symons) 12979-80, 13057
- Highway safety devices
(Lali) 13060
(Symons) 13060
- Maintenance and rehabilitation
- Signage See Signs on highways for services and attractions under Signs and signage
Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)
- B.C. Central Credit Union, position on 1999-2000 budget 12073
- Budgets
- 1999-2000 budget, goals 12072-3, 12076
- balanced budgets, situation in other provinces 11567
- balanced-budget legislation 12075
- budget process, truth in budgeting 12075-6
- Canada, cultural diversity 11043-4
- Canadian Bond Rating Service, position on 1999-2000 budget 12073
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, equality provisions 11044
- Celiac disease, treatment services 14023
- Council of Ministers of Education of Canada, role 13380
- Democracy, democratic principles 11044
- Disabled and handicapped persons, educational services after age 18, ministerial responsibility for bridge funding 13741
- Dusk to Dawn Youth Resource Centre, work of centre 12270
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 11565-7
- Education
- B.C. as "the learning province" 13381
- class size
- impact on learning 13383
- Liberal Party position 13708
- outcomes and assessment 13707
- curriculum
- coordination of curriculum development among western provinces ("western protocol") 13740
- English-as-a-second-language program 13741
- information technology 13740-1
- multicultural curriculum 13386
- music programs 13739-40
- days of instruction, year-round instruction 13075, 13137-8, 13743
- education of Indians
- initiatives and funding 13392-3
- secondary school completion rate 13398-9
- enrolment levels, statistics 13663
- French immersion, funding 13742
- funding
- 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12074-5
- funding from parent advisory councils 13656
- incentives to school districts for responsible budget allocations 13659
- government role, federal and provincial roles 13386
- home schooling 13663
- importance of education, Liberal Party position 13382
- independent schools
- enrolment 13742
- independent school teacher certification 13135
- performance evaluation and accountability 14281
- learning resources funding, disbursement of funds 13657-8
- Nisga'a treaty education provisions, preschool to grade 12 education, comparable standards requirement 11902-4
- parent advisory councils, fundraising for educational materials 14229-30
- performance measurement and achievement outcomes
- personal education numbers 14281, 14388-91
- preschool
- public education system
- division of responsibility between school districts and Education ministry 13660-1
- francophone system 13741
- goals 13383
- goal-setting and attainment 13400-3
- school accreditation program 13708
- secondary school completion rate 13392
- special education and special needs, policy issues 13709-11
- Education ministry
- Education Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13074-5, 13135-9
- Education Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999, debate 14280-1, 14388-92
- Ezerins, Dillon, diabetes and celiac disease case 14023
- Francophone Education Authority of B.C., election of directors 13139
- Gambling, lotteries, unlicensed operations, impact on charities 13223
- Health care
- capital projects 14022-3
- continuing and long-term care, current situation in B.C. 14021-2
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 11819-20
- system, current state of B.C. system 11566
- wait-lists and waiting times, current situation in B.C. 12074
- Health ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 14021-4
- Highway 99, 152nd Street overpass 13055
- Indians
- cultural values, continuity 11043
- treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 11042, 11044
- International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century, recommendations of Delors report 13383, 13385-7
- Investment climate in B.C. 11565-6
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- policies 12076
- position on issues
- class sizes in education system 13708
- importance of education 13382
- teachers' collective agreement 13707-8
- Lottostakes, unlicensed lottery operation 13223
- NDP government, competence 11565-7
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 11042-4, 11902-4
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 11044
- treaty, final agreement
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 11043-4
- workability 11042
- treaty negotiation process, public involvement 11042-3
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, statements re assessment of education system 13387
- Peace Arch District Hospital, wait-lists 14021-2
- Personal experience as participant in street youth program 12269-70
- Personal experiences with Indians 11043
- Pharmacare program, drug reimbursement policy 14023
- Pharmacists and pharmacies, pharmacy participation agreement 14024
- Post-secondary education
- career and apprenticeship programs, links to secondary school curriculum 13742
- participation rates in B.C. 13392, 13742
- Provincial emergency program, flood recovery programs 13734-5
- Public debt
- debt during NDP administration 11566-7
- debt-servicing costs 12074
- Riches, Ross, drug costs reimbursement case 14023
- School boards/districts, budgets and budget process 13661-3
- School district 82 (Coast Mountains), budget allocation decisions 13660
- Schools
- accreditation 13743
- overcrowding, impact on student assemblies 13740
- portables, reduction strategy 13655-6
- year-round use of facilities 13743
- Seattle (Chief), comments on harmony between Indians and non-Indians 11043
- Shearer, Donald and Roswitha, comments on special education inclusion policy 13709
- Students
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11565-7
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, upgrades 14022-3
- Surrey–White Rock constituency and area, health care services 14021
- Taxation
- 1999-2000 levels 12075
- taxation of educational materials, policy review 14229-30
- "TD Economics," article on 1999-2000 budget 12074
- Teachers
- age of current workforce 13743
- collective agreement
- cost to Education ministry of harassment arbitration cases 13709
- impact on school administrators 13708
- implementation funding 13665
- Liberal Party position 13707-8
- qualifications and performance 13391
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13054-5
- Transportation corridors
- Cascadia corridor
- advantages of cross-border cooperation in Pacific northwest 11952-3
- impact of United States infrastructure improvements on B.C. trade 13054-5
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights 11043
- Violence, bullying and violence at school 13738-9
- White Rock, flooding due to storm 13363, 13733-5
- World Conference on Education for All, Canada's position 13384-5
Holocaust Memorial Day
Home care
Homeowner protection office
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Kwan) 14170
- Financial operations
(Kwan) 12773-4
(Nebbeling) 12773-4
- Licensing and inspection process
(Kwan) 12774-6
(Nebbeling) 12774-6
Horse-racing industry
- Grants to industry, funding and access issues
(Farnworth) 13863-4
(Hawkins) 13863-4
- Licensing, right of municipalities to deny licences
(Kwan) 14401-2
(Nebbeling) 14401
- Racetrack proposals
(Farnworth) 13865
(Symons) 13865
- Slot machines at racetracks See Slot machines under Gambling
Horswill, Doug
- Discussions with government on B.C. mining industry
(Miller) 11149-50
Hospital Act
Hospital (Auxiliary) Act
Hospitals
- Acute-care beds, Seaton commission recommendations See Acute care under Health care
- Acute-care facilities, funding
(Hansen) 11609-10
(Priddy) 11609-10
- Acute-care status
(Hansen) 14120
(Priddy) 14120
- Bed utilization
(Symons) 12086
- Rural hospitals, funding
(Barisoff) 14003
(Priddy) 14003
- Security services, service contracts
(Krueger) 14047
(Priddy) 14047
House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
- Statements re privacy as a human right
(Weisbeck) 14281
Housing
- Affordable housing
- availability in Vancouver-Burrard area
(Farnworth) 12137
(Stevenson) 12136
- initiatives
(Coleman) 13605-6
(Farnworth) 13605-6
- Agencies' responsibilities, consolidation
(Coleman) 13595-7
(Farnworth) 13595-7
- Cooperative housing sector
- Government initiatives
(MacPhail) 10899
- Homelessness
(Coleman) 13607
(Farnworth) 13607
- Housing starts in B.C.
(Clark, C.) 12364, 14260
(Coleman) 12363-4
(Farnworth) 12363-4, 14260-1
(Neufeld) 12183
(Sihota) 12150
- Needs in Vancouver-Burrard area
(Stevenson) 12193-4
- Non-profit housing
(Coleman) 13603-4
(Farnworth) 13603-4
- Rental housing
- Seniors housing See Seniors
- Single-room occupancy units, protection of stock
(Coleman) 13606-7
(Farnworth) 13606-7
- Social housing
Housing Construction (Elderly Citizens) Act
Houston, B.C.
- Activities
(Goodacre) 12173
- Forest roads in area, radar detection program to control speeding
(Abbott) 13942-3
(Zirnhelt) 13943
- Health care services, rural care case
(Hansen) 14114
(Priddy) 14114
Howe Sound school district See School district 48 (Howe Sound)
Hugh Keenleyside Dam See Keenleyside Dam
Human Resource Facility Act
Human Resources, Ministry of
- 1999-2000 Estimates
- Accomplishments, goals and responsibilities of ministry
(Pullinger) 12646-8
(Whittred) 12648
- Agreements with Nisga'a people
(Pullinger) 11872
(Whittred) 11872
- Agreements with Nisga'a people, information-sharing on income assistance recipients
(Plant) 11874-5
(Pullinger) 11874-5
- "Contact" magazine, cost and quality
(Pullinger) 12663
(Whittred) 12663
- Evaluation of services
(Anderson) 12657
(Pullinger) 12657
- Interministerial cooperation
(Pullinger) 12648-50
(Whittred) 12648-50
- Jurisdiction
(Dosanjh) 11870
(Whittred) 11870
- Rewarding-excellence program
(Pullinger) 12652-4
(Whittred) 12653-4
- Role in housing
(Pullinger) 12663
(Whittred) 12663
- Staffing
- Volunteer strategy, consultation
(Pullinger) 12664
(Whittred) 12664
Human rights
- Advancing the cause of equality
(Petter) 10912-3
(Wilson, G.) 10910
- Freedom of religion
(Lali) 14354
- Global situation
(Symons) 11046
- Human rights and responsibilities
(Chong) 13936-7
- International standards of justice and equality
(Clark, G.) 11002
(Gillespie) 10982-4
(Penner) 10983
(Plant) 11003
(Wilson, G.) 11003-4
- Minority rights in B.C.
(Dosanjh) 12205
- Minority rights in Canada
(Kwan) 12206
(Waddell) 10931
- Situation in Burma See Burma
- Wrongs of the past
(Walsh) 10972
Human Rights Code
Human Tissue Gift Act
- Changes to increase consent and donation rates
(Conroy) 11955
(Hawkins) 11954-5
- Debate on changes to act
(Hawkins) 11995
Humersong Gardens, Clearwater, B.C.
Hummingbird Creek
- Flood-related debris flow damage, government action
(Abbott) 12281-3
(McGregor) 12282-3
Humphrey, John
- Role in drafting of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Clark, G.) 11002
Hunting
- Hunting by Indians
- hunting rights
(Cashore) 10844
- policy on hunting by Métis
(McGregor) 12294-5
(Weisgerber) 12294-5
- Hunting of Rocky Mountain elk, letters and petition tabled
(Walsh) 14170
- Training programs for hunters
(Coell) 11741
(Plant) 11741
(Wilson, G.) 11741
- Trapping, leghold traps
(Coell) 12344
(McGregor) 12344
Hurst, Greg R.
- Position on Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
(Krueger) 13565
- Report on pensions and Highway Constructors Ltd. model See The Shasta Consulting Group
Huyder, John and Lois See Humersong Gardens, Clearwater, B.C.
Hydro and Power Authority Act
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