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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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Kamloops, B.C.
Kamloops Blazers
Kamloops Indian band
Kapoor Lumber Co. Ltd.
- Land exchange with capital regional district
(Dosanjh) 13069
Kaslo, B.C.
Kasper, Rick (Malahat–Juan de Fuca)
- B.C. Chamber of Commerce, 1988 position on Indian treaty settlement 10869-70
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget, goals 12072
- Children, child's rights and interests, rights and responsibilities 13937-8
- Communities, investing in communities 11682-3
- Education
- class size, impact on learning 13464-5
- funding
- 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12070-1
- funding during NDP administration 13465-6
- Environment, pest control and pesticide use, aerial spraying of Foray 48B, petition tabled 12019
- Government spending, prioritization of expenditures 11682-3
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care facilities 11682
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12070
- services for seniors, multilevel care facility in western communities 12070
- Highlands municipality, road upgrades 12071
- Highway 19 (Island Highway), Millstream connector 12072
- Indians
- impact of government policies on B.C. Indians 10870
- treaties
- legal requirement for governments to negotiate treaties 10870
- public views 10870-1
- Information and Privacy Commissioner, appointment 14476
- Langford, sewer system 12072
- Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area, capital projects 12070-2
- Martin, Keith, position on Nisga'a treaty 10870
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government, reduction 12072
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10869-71
- Nisga'a people
- treaty, final agreement, apartheid allegations 10870
- treaty negotiation process, public involvement 10869-70
- School district 62 (Sooke), capital projects 12070-1
- School district 79 (Cowichan), capital projects 12071
- Schools, portables, reduction strategy 12071
- Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner, report tabled 14476
- Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Taxation, tax reductions, personal tax reductions 13963-4
- United Nations convention on the rights of the child, agreement on child rights 13937-8
- Vancouver Island Cancer Centre 12070
Katzie first nation
Keenleyside Dam
- Construction project, labour agreement
(Conroy) 11685
Keevil, Richard
- Comments on fisheries component of Nisga'a treaty
(van Dongen) 11625
Kelowna, B.C.
- Casino at Grand hotel, community support
(Farnworth) 13841-2
(Hawkins) 13842
- Detox services
(Boone) 13497
(Hawkins) 13497
Kelowna Chamber of Commerce
- Comments on 1999-2000 budget
(Hawkins) 11504-5
Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.
Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna, B.C.
Kemess South mine project See Royal Oak Mines Inc.
Keremeos, B.C.
- Health care services, multi-level care facility
(Barisoff) 14003-4
(Priddy) 14003-4
Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Keremeos, B.C.
- Operation of facility
(Hansen) 14105
(Priddy) 14105
Kerrisdale Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
Kersley, B.C.
- Lands ministry purchase of B.C. Rail property
(McGregor) 12295
(Wilson, J.) 12295
Kettle River
- Flood risk assessment
(Barisoff) 12287
(McGregor) 12287
Khalsa See Sikhism
Kincolith, B.C.
- Road to highway, status of project
(Lali) 13021
(Symons) 13021
King, Dorene
- Orthopedic surgery waiting time, case
(Thorpe) 14008
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- "I have a dream" speech, comments
(Stevenson) 10974
Kingsvale cutoff See Okanagan connector, Aspen Grove to Merritt section upgrade under Highway 97C
Kinsmen Club
Kitching, George
Kitimat and area community health council
Kitimat, B.C.
Kitimat General Hospital, Kitimat, B.C.
Kootenay area
- East Kootenay, investment
(Walsh) 13731-3
- Health care services
(Walsh) 12823
- Power projects
(Conroy) 12024-5
- Tourism
(Coleman) 13732-3
Kootenay economic summit See Premier's Summit on Economic Opportunity – Kootenays
Kootenay Lake
- Gerrard rainbow trout stocks, status
(van Dongen) 12525-6
Kootenay Lake District Hospital, Nelson, B.C.
Kootenay-Boundary land use plan
KPMG See Peat Marwick and associated companies
Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops–North Thompson)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12940-2
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12584-6, 12626-31
- Ashcroft, changes in electoral boundaries 13561
- Association of Canadian Pension Management, comments on consultation on B.C. pension legislation changes 13516
- Automobiles, vehicle and axle weight regulations, enforcement 12826
- Birch Island, property erosion and flood risk cases 12277
- B.C. Hydro, rates
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, NDP MLAs' support 11564
- Business, small business, impact of government policies 12049-50
- Cache Creek, changes in electoral boundaries 13561
- Calder, Frank, comments on closure of debate on Nisga'a Final Agreement Act 11961-2
- Cameron v. Canadian Factors Corp. Ltd., court ruling re restraint of a worker's right to practise their trade 13642-3
- Canadian Institute of Actuaries, comments on pension legislation changes 13654
- Cancer, treatment services 14033, 14047
- Cashore, John, resignation as Labour minister 13226, 13236
- Civil service, performance of civil servants 13030-1, 13044
- Clearwater
- Clearwater River Road, maintenance 12307
- Coldin, Bob, comments on pension benefits suspension 14287
- Comments on future civil service terminations
(Sihota) 12910
- Construction industry
- safety certification requirement for workers 12630
- unions' application for certification, requirement to show evidence of fresh support 12829-30
- workforce, concerns about deskilling 12628
- Construction Labour Relations Association, role as bargaining agent for employers 12832-3
- Cosmetologists
- teaching and practice of cosmetology, separation requirement 13146-7
- training and certification 13077, 13146-7
- Council of Forest Industries of B.C., letter to Labour ministry re occupational health and safety regulations 12755-6
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living services, community social services workers' wage levels 11557-9, 12052
- mentally handicapped persons, employment standards issue 12797-8
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- economic summits, value 10881
- Education
- Elections
- call for general election 11556
- electoral boundaries, changes 13561
- Employment and Investment ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13762, 13765-7, 13840-1
- Employment and unemployment, employment standards, flexibility 12799-800, 12803-5
- Employment Standards Act, scope and accessibility 12798-9
- Energy and Mines ministry and Ministry Responsible for Northern Development, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12434-7
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12277-80, 12307-8
- Flood protection assistance program 12277-80
- Forest industry, salvage logging pilot programs 13790-1
- Forest Renewal B.C., funding for projects, accountability 11561
- Forests ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13790-1
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, government studies 13766-7
- expansion of gambling in B.C., social costs 11395, 11562, 13765-6
- Government
- authority by regulation, amount of regulation during NDP administration 13232-3
- financial management 11559-62
- regulations and red tape 12051-2, 13044-5
- spending, priorities of current administration 12051-2
- vehicles, sale of vehicles 11562-3
- Hairdressers Act, amendments 13076-7
- Handling of Nisga'a treaty media coverage
(McGregor) 10949
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care, current situation in B.C. 14031-2
- system, current state of B.C. system 11394
- wait-lists and waiting times, current situation in B.C. 11559-61, 12050, 14032
- Health ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 14031-3, 14047-8, 14171
- Highland Valley Copper Corp.
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), corridor management plan, consultation process 11561, 12981-2, 13029-30
- Highway 5, Heffley Creek to Little Fort section, passing lanes 12984-5
- Highway Constructors Ltd.
- employee pensions
- employment model, equity-hire provisions 12834
- Highways and roads, highway rehabilitation, multiphase projects 13022
- Hospitals, security services, company contracts 14047
- Humersong Gardens, rezoning case 13030-1, 13044-5
- Hurst, Greg R., position on Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act (1999) 13565
- Indians
- impact of government policies on B.C. Indians 10869
- nurses, conditions of employment 14048
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- administration, relationship to Labour ministry and Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry 12629
- Liberal Party position on agency 12626
- members, appointment and representation issues 12629-30
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12677-80, 12683-4, 12693-4, 12720-1, 12741-2, 12826
- absenteeism 12742
- accomplishments and responsibilities of corporation 12678-9
- advertising policy 12678-9, 12741
- claims, reserves 12741-2
- financial reporting 12678
- policies and practices, investment in real estate 12678-9
- premiums
- competitiveness and disclosure of regional information 12683-4
- current system versus regional loss-experience rating system 12678
- relocation of executives to Granville Square offices 12679, 12693-4, 12720-1
- Kamloops
- casino, position of city council 13767
- Comazzetto Road closure 12982, 12984, 13029-30
- community activities 10984-5
- Dairy Road peninsula, property erosion in area, flood risk case 12279
- health care services 14032-3
- Owl Road landfill, regulation 12051
- water levels in area, residents' concerns 11561, 12908-9
- Kamloops Blazers, achievements of hockey team 10984-5
- Kamloops Indian band, enactment of band labour code 12940-1
- Labour
- legislation and regulation, impact on B.C. economy and job creation 12677, 12869
- legislation, right of Nisga'a government to enact labour law 11842-3
- restrictions on a worker's right to practise their trade, court rulings 13642-3
- workers, going out on strike 11558-9
- workplace safety, workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning 12090-1, 12116
- Labour ministry
- Labour Relations Board, composition and neutrality of board 12805-9, 12826-9
- Labour Relations Code
- applicability to activities on Nisga'a land 11843
- provisions on union certification and decertification 12807
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- definitions, "ICI construction" 12830-2
- provisions on evidence of current support for certification, delay in implementation 12867
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, withdrawal of bill 13226
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13076-8, 13145-9
- Legislature, estimates process, previous legislation and matters involving legislation not to be discussed 12831-3
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission 12626
- Livent Inc., debt to building trades union pension plans 13513
- Lloyd, Anthony, letter re pension rights of early retirees 13576
- Lovick, Dale
- attendance at Nanaimo rally 12867-9
- debate on pension legislation, use of word "greedy" 13575
- McDonald, Geraldine, property erosion and flood risk case 12280
- McQueen Creek, flooding risk cases 12279
- Miller, Dan, position on gambling 13765
- Mining industry in B.C. 11331-2
- Motions
- approval of Electoral Boundaries Commission report (Motion 65), debate 13561
- motion that the House do now adjourn, debate 11392-7
- time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11960-5
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, lawmaking authority 11795, 11842-3
- treaty, final agreement
- debate in B.C. Legislature 10868
- province's obligation to consult before amending or enacting legislation 11842-3
- public views 10868-9
- treaty negotiation process, public involvement 10869
- North Okanagan health region, funding concerns 14032
- North Thompson Valley, salvage logging program 13790-1
- Nurses
- Occupational health and safety, legislation and regulations 12747-8, 12755-6
- Office for disability issues, administration and mandate 12585-6
- Oleksiuk, Keith, performance as chair of Labour Relations Board 12805-7, 12826-9
- Olsen, Garry, comments on Kamloops hospital psychiatric unit project 14171
- Overlander Extended Care Hospital, construction project 14031
- Parks, access roads, impact of erosion control devices 12307
- Pension Benefits Standards Advisory Council
- involvement in review of proposed amendments to Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act (1999) 13566-7, 13613
- meetings re pension legislation changes 13515-6
- membership 13227, 13485, 13514
- operations 13566
- position on proposed pension legislation changes 13234
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- debate 13225-36, 13485-6, 13493-5, 13510-9, 13523-8, 13564-72, 13575-8, 13609, 13613-4, 13641-55, 14283-8
- application of "business lens" to bill 13232-3
- consultation on bill 13225, 13228, 13514-6, 13569-70, 13575, 14285
- cost implications 13643-4
- definitions
- deletion of words "generally accepted" from "actuarial principles" 13518
- dissemination of information to pension industry 13517
- government advertising, costs 13992-3
- impact of bill
- impact on powers of superintendent of pensions 13228-9
- impact on retirees 14283-8
- number of plans affected by changes 13577-8
- positions on bill
- position of construction industry 14284, 14287
- position of Pension Benefits Standards Advisory Council 13234
- position of pension industry 13227
- public reaction to changes 13576, 13643, 13654-5
- purpose of bill 13226, 13228
- regulations
- cabinet powers to relax solvency requirements 13233-4
- development of regulations 13649
- draft regulations 13651-2
- enforcement, privacy issue 13649-50
- input from insurance industry 13567
- retroactivity 13232, 13609, 13614
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14362
- Pensions
- amendments to pension plans, rejection by superintendent 13524
- benefits, suspension of benefits of self-employed people 13649
- building trades unions pension plans, unfunded liabilities 13513
- cabinet's and trustees' powers 13613
- death of pensioner 13568
- designation of plans as multi-employer plans 13652-3
- disclosure of information to plan members 13519
- early retirement case 13609
- employer contributions to pension fund 13526, 13528
- investment of pension funds, accessibility of information on investments 13523
- multi-employer pension plans
- portability and transfer of commuted value 13526-7
- protection of plan funds, requirement for separate bank account 13528, 13564-5
- registration of pension plans 13651
- requirement for audited financial statements 13518
- standards of conduct for plan administrators 13517-8
- superannuation plans, exemptions from definition as multi-employer plans 13578
- termination of plan 13568-9
- trustees of pension plans, removal from board 13571-2
- vesting requirements, legislative changes 13234
- withdrawals 13525-7, 13569-70
- working at B.C. government jobs while collecting pension benefits 13651
- Personal experiences as Insurance Corporation of B.C. employee 12678
- Phillip, Stewart, position on Nisga'a treaty and closure of debate 11962-3
- Position on gambling expansion in B.C. 13767
(Farnworth) 13766-7
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze, impact on educational opportunities 11562
- Premier's Summit on Economic Opportunity – Kootenays, implementation of recommendations 10881
- Public debt during NDP administration 12048
- Public Service ministry
- Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in B.C., final report, recommendations 12744-5
- Royal Inland Hospital
- acute-care beds, availability 14031-2
- emergency ward upgrade project 14047
- laboratory facilities 14033, 14047
- psychiatric unit construction project 14031, 14171
- Ruttan, Bonnie, property erosion and flood risk case 12277-8
- The Shasta Consulting Group, report on pensions and Highway Constructors Ltd. model 13233-4, 13493-4, 13511
- Sheet Metal Workers' Union, court case on pension benefits suspension 13226-7, 13644-9, 13653-4
- Silver Creek, 1998 fire in area, post-fire flood risk 12280-1
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 12051, 12434-6
- Skeetchestn Indian band, building maintenance worker certification program proposal 12631, 12835-6, 12941-2
- Skills Development and Fair Wage Act, amendments 13077
- Skills training
- apprenticeship, secondary school apprenticeship program, expansion 12630
- building maintenance worker certification program, industry and union concerns 12631, 12941-2
- entry-level trades training and apprenticeship programs 12627-9
- safety training certification 12630
- Superintendent of pensions, powers 13570
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11556-65
- Talent agencies, recovery of unpaid wages from agencies 13145-6
- Trade unions, workers' choice of union to join 13641-2
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12981-2, 12984-5, 13022, 13029-31, 13044-6
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
- concerns re parent union's new bylaws 13571
- suspension of workers' pension benefits 13228-9, 14286
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre expansion project, government investment 11563
- Vavenby, road rehabilitation project 12984, 13022
- Wells Gray Park, access roads, impact of erosion control devices 12307
- Wilson, Gordon, membership in NDP 11394-6
- Withdrawal from debate on Pension Statutes Amendment Act (1999) 14362
- Workers compensation
- Workers Compensation Board
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998, implementation 12748
- Youth Community Action program, eligibility criteria and funding 12584-5
- Youth, employment and unemployment, unemployment rate 11563-4
Kunin, Roslyn
- Comments on need for Indian land claim settlements
(Clark, G.) 11035
Kushner, Howard
- Appointment as ombudsman
(Calendino) 11837
(Clark, C.) 11837
Kwan, Hon. Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
- Airports, transfer of operations management to local government, role of provincial government 12708-11
- Alcohol, liquor industry and sales, policy review 12786
- Aung San Suu Kyi, role in campaign for democracy and human rights in Burma 12207
- Burma
- human rights violations 12206-7
- role of military regime in international drug trade 12207
- Business
- public-private partnerships, local government partnerships with private sector 12704-8, 12711-4
- small business, tax reductions 12109
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, status 12782-4
- Communities, powers 12706-7
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue
- government action 13084
- reconstruction loan program, funds available through program 12767-72
- request for financial assistance from federal government 12772-3
- Construction industry, mandatory home warranty
- fees and standards 12761
- providers, certification process 12759-63
- providers' right to inspect homes 12763-6
- Discrimination and racism, treatment of Chinese Canadians 10965
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12109
- Elections, municipal elections
- advertising on election day 14398
- campaign contributions and expenses, disclosure requirements 14393-6
- campaign contributions, use of surplus funds 14396-7
- voter identification 14393
- Fair Share program, disbursement of funds 12703-4
- Fire Services Amendment Act, 1999, debate 12565, 13078-80, 13157
- Firefighting services, long-service and bravery medals for firefighters 12565, 13078-80, 13157
- Floods and floodplains, flood preparedness and response, government jurisdiction 12786
- Gambling policy, concerns of municipal government 12786-7
- Government
- intergovernmental relations, role of Municipal Affairs ministry 12785-7
- provincial-municipal relations, joint council, operation 12700-3
- Health care
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12108-9
- health authorities, regional health boards and community health councils, representation, local government members 12785
- Homeowner protection office
- 1998-99 annual report tabled 14170
- financial operations 12773-4
- licensing and inspection process 12774-6
- Horse-racing industry, right of municipalities to deny licences 14401-2
- Housing
- cooperative housing sector, inclusion in reconstruction loan program 12769-71
- social housing, new units 12109-10
- Human rights, minority rights in Canada 12206
- Indians, history of treatment by non-Indians 10963-4
- Infrastructure, provincial-municipal program 12780, 12782-4
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 10966
- Local government, accountability, autonomy and powers
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999, debate 14300-1
- Motions, human rights violations in Burma (Motion 61), debate 12206-7
- Municipal Act, revision
- Municipal Affairs ministry
- Municipalities
- capital projects, electors' right to counter-petition 12704-7, 12713
- council meetings, facilitation by electronic or other communications facilities 14398-9
- counter-petition process, notice requirement 14399-400
- grants from provincial government
- in-camera meetings 14322
- powers, authority to provide services outside municipality 14400
- railway assessment and grants from provincial government 12776-7
- New Home Warranty of B.C. Inc., status as home warranty provider 12759-60
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10963-6
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 10965
- history 10963-4
- treaty
- final agreement, apartheid allegations 10966
- final agreement, history of events leading to negotiated settlement 10964-5
- Liberal Party position 10966
- redress for past wrongs 10965-6
- Railways and rail services, taxation 12776-7
- Real property tax
- assessment of property, changes in assessed values for prescribed classes of major industrial properties 14300-1
- property assessment appeal board, 1998 annual report tabled 12673
- Regional districts, railway assessment and grants from provincial government 12776-7
- Smith, Patrick, study on local government accountability 12789
- Smithers, airport fire services issue 12709-10
- Social welfare system, income assistance, earnings exemption levels 12110
- South Africa, apartheid system, use of Canada's Indian Act as model 10966
- Substance abuse/addiction treatment services, heroin maintenance programs, Switzerland model 12111
- Taxation, 1999-2000 levels 12109
- Transit services, public transit, sharing of services between local governments 14400
- Vancouver, downtown east side, drug trafficking and use 12111-2, 12207
- Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area, issues and concerns 12109-11
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