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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 2: November 1998 -- March 2000
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McAlpine Bridge
McArthur, Doug
- Involvement in Nisga'a treaty implementation project while employed by Premier's Office See Role in Nisga'a treaty implementation project under Premier, Office of the, and Minister Responsible for Youth
- Report, "Review into Circumstances involving the Honorable Minister Sihota and the Motor Carrier Commission"
(Clark, C.) 12911-3
- Work with Nisga'a treaty implementation project
(de Jong) 11115-6
(Lovick) 11116
McCallum, John
- Comments on issues
- B.C. economy
(Orcherton) 10876
- need to settle land claims
(McGregor) 10949
McCreight, Brenda
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
McDonald, Geraldine
- Property erosion and flood risk case
(Krueger) 12280
(McGregor) 12280
McGregor, Hon. Cathy (Kamloops)
- Air, greenhouse gas, emission reduction, work of Greenhouse Gas Forum 12349
- AirCare program, testing of trucks and buses 12350
- Aquaculture industry, moratorium on establishment of salmon farms, impact on coastal communities 12794
- Beverage Container Management Board, access to reports 12345
- Biologists, need for legislation to regulate standards 12314
- Birch Island, property erosion and flood risk cases 12277-8
- Bonnyville Air Services (1980) Ltd., aerial spray licensing case 12293-4
- Britannia mine, reclamation of site 12356
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation
- commercial recreation tenures and fees 12291
- Crown lease application process, backlog 12240-1
- mandate 11030
- transfer of staff from Environment ministry 12226-30, 12237-8
- Burns Bog, development and protection 12289-91
- Burrard Thermal power station, emission controls 12350
- Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment, report on provincial environmental standards 12313
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, involvement in gypsy moth aerial spraying program 12351-2
- Cantex Engineering and Construction Ltd., asphalt plant, status 12354
- Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan, planning process 12293
- Cheam Indian band, gravel extraction from Fraser River 12285
- Clearwater River Road, maintenance of road 12307
- Clearwater, vehicle access to fishing lakes in area 12308
- Cottonwood House Historic Park, conversion into heritage site 14038
- Cowichan Valley, flooding concerns 12287
- Crown land leases
- fishing resorts, leasehold rates 11030-1
- recreational properties, leasehold costs 11029
- Crown land special account, relationship with B.C. Assets and Land Corporation 12238-9
- Denman Island, exchange of private property on island for Crown land in Comox Valley 12289
- Earth Day 11993-4
- Economy, green economy 12349
- Entiako protected area, pine beetle infestation prevention strategies 12311
- Environment
- Canada-B.C. agreement for environmental assessment cooperation 12313
- environment youth team program 12230-6
- environmental assessment process 12340
- environmental assessment process, Sadler report recommendations 12339-40
- environmental protection
- NDP government objectives and action 12223-6
- Pacific estuary conservation program 13223
- Yukon to Yellowstone conservation initiative 12340-1
- environmental stewardship, industrial stewardship programs and eco-fees 12346, 12356
- pest control and pesticide use
- aerial spraying against gypsy moth 12350-3
- integrated pest management planning 12350
- spraying of herbicide along railway tracks 12357-8
- pollution, AOX emissions from pulp mills 12355
- sustainable environment fund, status 12358
- Environment and Land Use Act, application in parks and protected areas 12311
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12223-41, 12276-95, 12306-16, 12339-59, 14436-7
- aquatic plant management branch, transfer of responsibilities to water management branch 12315
- budget reduction, impact on ministry and staffing 12227-9, 12236-8
- Crown lease application process, impact of commercial recreation policy 12291
- expenditures 12226
- GPS mapping regulations 11031
- Minister's Environmental Award, 1999 winners commended 13041
- Parks division
- building of new parks 12232
- funding 12230
- transfer of responsibilities re promotional brochures 14039-40
- vegetation management policy 12312-3
- relationship with B.C. Assets and Land Corporation 12238-41
- reorganization and ministry priorities 14436-7
- staffing levels 12226, 12346
- Environment Week 13223
- Environmental Appeal Board, annual report
- Environmental assessment office, 1997-98 annual report tabled 11995
- Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, spraying of pesticide along railway, environmental concerns 12357-8
- Eurasian milfoil control program, transfer of responsibilities from Environment ministry to regional governments 12315-6
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries, environmental impacts and emission reduction 12353-4
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, relationship with Environment ministry re B.C. Assets and Land Corporation 12239-40
- Firearms, moving of firearms as part of household effects, exemption 13372
- Fisheries, sport fishing, licences and conservation surcharge 12345
- Flood protection assistance program 12276-81, 12284
- Floods and floodplains
- flood preparedness 11791-2, 12059-60, 12276-7, 12286
- impact of flood protection activities on fish habitat, appeals of ministry evaluations 12284-5
- monitoring of water levels in lakes and rivers 12281
- Fording Coal Ltd., Fording River power project 12314
- Fort McLeod Historic Park, conversion into heritage site 14038
- Fuel, alternative fuels, tax incentives for use 12349
- Galiano Conservancy Association, management of Pebble Beach area 12341
- Georgia basin initiative, involvement of environment youth teams 12348-9
- Habitat conservation trust fund, status 12358
- Hummingbird Creek, flood-related debris flow damages, government action 12282-3
- Hunting
- hunting by Indians, policy on hunting by Métis 12294-5
- trapping, leghold traps 12344
- Indians
- history of treatment by non-Indians 10947
- lands, certificates of possession 11292
- Investment climate in B.C., certainty provided by Indian land claim settlements 10948-9
- Kamloops, Dairy Road peninsula, property erosion in area, flood risk case 12279
- Kersley, Lands ministry purchase of B.C. Rail property 12295
- Kettle River, flood risk assessment 12287
- Krueger, Kevin, handling of Nisga'a treaty media coverage 10949
- Land use
- land and resource management plans, role in establishment of parks and protected areas 13981, 13983, 14038-40
- land set aside, loss to mineral exploration 11272
- land use planning process 12309-10
- protected areas and special management zones, potential as parks, impact on permitted uses of area 14040
- Legislature, estimates process 12229-30
- McCallum, John, comments on need to settle land claims 10949
- McDonald, Geraldine, property erosion and flood risk case 12280
- MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., exchange of money for Crown land on Vancouver Island 12347-8
- McQueen Creek, flooding risk cases in area 12279
- Mining industry
- environmental assessment process for projects, threshold adjustments 12340
- involvement in land use planning process and protected-areas strategy 12309-10
- mine reclamation process 12356-7
- Mission Creek, flood protection work in area 12288
- Muskwa-Kechika management area, establishment of parks in area 13981
- Nahatlatch Park, establishment, impact on logging in area 14039
- NDP, principle of social justice 10946
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10946-9, 11246-7, 11271-3, 11275, 11279, 11288-303, 11310-1, 11321-8
- Nisga'a people
- cultural traditions, return of Nisga'a artifacts 10946
- Nisga'a land
- treaty
- public information initiatives 10947-8
- Victoria delegation and ceremonies to mark treaty debate 10946
- treaty, final agreement
- land entitlement, permanency of Nisga'a jurisdiction and residual title 11246-7
- public views 10948-9
- Oil and gas industry, environmental assessment process for projects, threshold adjustments 12340
- Okanagan Lake, kokanee salmon and shrimp populations 12358
- Okanagan River, maintenance of channel 12288
- Olinger, John and Mary, dealings with Crown lands branch 12358
- Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy, negotiations for new agreement 12341-2
- Park Amendment Act, 1999
- Parks
- access roads, impact of erosion control devices 12307
- campgrounds
- Campgrounds B.C. program, funding 12230, 12232
- commercial uses of parks 12310
- fire suppression activities, policy 12312
- Forests ministry recreation sites, ministerial responsibility 12293
- insect infestation in trees 12313
- new and expanded parks and protected areas, previous designations 14040
- Park Legacy panel, report 12292-3, 12308-10
- park management plans, development process 12308
- Participation on Aboriginal Affairs Committee 10947
- Peace River, aerial spraying of grain crops in area, reciprocal agreement for spray licensing 12293-4
- Peachland, flood protection project 12288
- Peat Marwick, comments on Indian land claim settlements 10949
- Penticton
- flood risk assessment 12288
- staffing levels in Environment ministry offices 12346-7
- Public health, Btk bacteria, impact on public health, studies 12351-3
- Quesnel, flood protection applications and activities 12286-7
- Recreation, back-country recreation, commercial fees 10938
- Recycling
- curbside recycling, blue box program 12346
- deposit system for beverage containers 12345-6
- Tetra-Pak recycling 11992, 12347
- Rhodes, Frank, report on division of responsibility between Fisheries and Environment ministries 12343-4, 12358
- Roberts Bank backup lands, status of lease or sale of land, policy change 12289
- Royal Bay development, environmental assessment 12356
- Ruttan, Bonnie, property erosion and flood risk case 12277-8
- Shuswap Lake, flood prevention work in area 12281
- Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, campground reservation system, private sector pilot program 12292
- Silver Creek, 1998 fire in area, post-fire flood risk 12280-1
- Similkameen River, flood risk assessment 12287
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., water licence 11321
- SkyTrain expansion, environmental impact review and special commissioner's report 12354
- Street, Kori, comments on Kevin Krueger's handling of Nisga'a treaty information session 10949
- Sun Oil Ltd., comments on land use planning process 12310
- Taxation, "green" taxes 12349
- Tourism industry, ecotourism and cultural tourism 12310
- Trees, insect infestation in parks 12313
- Tweedsmuir Park, pine beetle infestation control strategies 12311-2
- Waste Management Act, relationship to Mines Act re coal waste management 12294
- Waste management, contaminated sites, impact of flooding 12288
- Water
- exports
- call for federal ban on bulk exports 13507-8
- call for moratorium on water exports 12315
- legislation 12089-90
- groundwater
- Nisga'a treaty water provisions
- water licences, documents tabled 11353-4
- water rights and water reservations 11321-6
- quality, responsibility for safe drinking water 10907
- supply by private utility companies, application fees 12314
- water licences
- water utilities, private utilities, cost for certificate of public convenience 10907
- Water Act, consequential amendments from Wildlife Amendment Act (1999) 13376
- Water Amendment Act, 1999
- Wells Gray Park
- access roads, impact of erosion control devices 12307
- pine beetle infestation 12312
- Wien, Fred, comments on Indian treaties 10949
- Wildlife
- bears, management 12342-3
- conservation officers
- management, wildlife management areas, area usage decisions 13371
- marmots, Vancouver Island marmot captive-breeding program 12344
- Nisga'a treaty wildlife provisions, licences for traplines and guide-outfitters on Nisga'a land 11292-9
- offences, fines and penalties 13303, 13305, 13374-6
- problem wildlife
- feeding of wildlife, fines and penalties 13372-4
- public safety issue re "dangerous" wildlife 13349-51, 13370-1
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 1999
- Wood waste, beehive burners, phase-out program 12355
- Youth
- employment and unemployment
- hiring of youth for flood protection work 12060
McIver, Bryan
- Involvement in auto dealership issue
(Miller) 13994
(Plant) 13993-4
McKinnon, Bonnie (Surrey-Cloverdale)
- Adoption, placement of children with fetal alcohol effect/syndrome 13431
- Boulder Bay Youth Custody Centre, rehabilitation services 13533
- Burnaby Youth Custody Centre, upgrade 13534
- Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14325-6
- Children
- child protection, keeping children safe 12148
- Children Who Witness Abuse program, transfer of ministerial responsibility 12592
- special needs children, funding for services 13502
- Children and Families ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13431-3, 13501-2, 13532-4
- Corrections system, youth corrections 13533-4
- Crime and criminals, youth crime, prevention and early-intervention initiatives 13532-3
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services, bridging programs between secondary and post-secondary education 13502
- Economy, B.C. economy 11552-3, 12147
- Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome, services for older children 13431
- Gunter, Lorne, article on B.C. economy 11552-3
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12148
- Indians, treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 11012
- Investment, private sector investment 12147
- Motions, time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11966-8
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government, reduction 12147
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 11012
- treaty
- Phillip, Stewart, position on Nisga'a treaty and closure of debate 11967-8
- Prostitution
- child and youth prostitution, effectiveness of legislation 14325-6
- government services and programs to assist prostitutes 12593
- Public debt during NDP administration 11552, 12146-8
- Substance abuse/addiction, treatment services
- services 13501
- services for youth, availability of substance abuse counsellors in schools 13433
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11551-3
- Surrey, funding for additional police staff 12593
- Terrace, services for older children with fetal alcohol effect/syndrome 13431
- Transition houses, funding allocations, assessment system 12593
- Victoria Creek Youth Ranch, closing, call for public inquiry 13534
- Victoria, youth custody facility, construction 13534
- Violence, youth violence, prevention initiatives 13533
- Women's Equality ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12592-4
- advertising costs for violence prevention 12592-3
- Youth
- adolescent women designated as at risk, programs and services 12592-3
- youth at risk, youth apprehension issues 13432
Maclean's
- Article on Canadian post-secondary education
(Gillespie) 12038
McLeod Lake Indian band
- Negotiation of agreement re McLeod Lake claims
(Plant) 12795
(Weisgerber) 12795-6
(Wilson, G.) 12794-5
- Treaty
- land settlement
(de Jong) 11241
(Lovick) 11241-2
- mineral resources in land entitlement
(Neufeld) 11277
- Treaty 8 adhesion agreement
- announcement re suspension of litigation against province
(de Jong) 12926-7
(Wilson, G.) 12926-7
- B.C. government position on Treaty 8 geographic boundaries
(Weisgerber) 12999
(Wilson, G.) 12999
- certainty language, inclusion of "cede, release and surrender" concept
(Weisgerber) 12997-8
(Wilson, G.) 12997-8
- land-grant options and monetary settlement
(Weisgerber) 12999-3001
(Wilson, G.) 13000-1
- self-government, access to treaty negotiation process
(de Jong) 12927-8
(Wilson, G.) 12927-8
McMaster, J.R. (Dick)
- Report on fees and leases for fishing camps in Kamloops area
(MacPhail) 13109
(Thorpe) 13109
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
- Exchange of money for Crown land on Vancouver Island
(Coell) 12347-8
(McGregor) 12347-8
- Purchase by Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. See Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
- Settlement agreement with Forests ministry re expropriated lands and cutting rights
(Abbott) 13971
(Reid, J.) 13971-2
(Zirnhelt) 13971-2
McMillan Fisheries Ltd. See J.S. McMillan Fisheries Ltd.
MacMinn, E. George
- Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia, statements re debate on conduct of public servants
(MacPhail) 13123
McMullen Associates Inc. See John J. McMullen Associates Inc.
MacPhail, Hon. Joy K. (Vancouver-Hastings)
- Alcohol
- alcoholic beverages, consumption of homemade products 14313
- liquor control and licensing
- enforcement and compliance issues 14311-3
- licence application process 14308-11
- licences, local government involvement and input 14274
- regulatory changes 13554, 14274
- liquor industry and sales
- Aquaculture industry, fish farms, salmon farm tenures, renewals and relocations 13111
- Auditor general, reports
- Banking industry, regulation of financial services industry 13977
- Beer industry, U-brew operations 14308, 14310-1
- Blackcomb Helicopters Ltd., Crown land application 13911-2
- Bombardier Inc.
- B.C. location for new plant 13086
- SkyTrain operation and maintenance contract 13184-6
- Bonds, B.C. bonds
- bond sales as economic indicator 13090
- rates compared to federal bonds and other provincial bonds 13091-3
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, mandate and operations 11029, 13105-7, 13112-3, 13911-2
- B.C. Benefits program, family bonus program, benefit level 11453
- B.C. Buildings Corporation, asset sales 13104-5
- B.C. Federation of Police Officers, comments on spousal pension benefits legislation 14484
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, debt, raising of limit on outstanding debt 12246-8
- B.C. Hobby Brewers and Vintners Association, participation in liquor policy implementation committee 14308
- B.C. Hydro, employee pension plan 14109, 14362-3, 14469-70, 14482
- B.C. Investment Management Corporation, establishment and operations 14409, 14487
- B.C. Pension Corporation, establishment and operations 14409, 14486-7
- B.C. Securities Commission
- B.C. Transit, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13172-91
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, capitalization of transportation infrastructure 12246, 12251
- Budget address, 1999-2000 budget 11450-6
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1999, debate 11459-60, 12211-2, 12246-52
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win, legal challenge 13167
- 1999-2000 budget
- budget process, changes 11455, 12211
- Business
- Business Task Force on Regulatory Impact 13909, 13976-7, 14106-8
- Canadian Mountain Holidays Ltd., application for back-country recreation tenure 13110
- Civil service
- public sector pension plans
- joint trusteeship 14109
- management structure changes 14409
- pension advisory boards, communication with members 14486
- survivor benefits 14485
- public service, payment of legal fees incurred by staff in the course of carrying out their duties 13120-2
- Cohen, Allan, role in government response to auditor general's report on 1996 budgets 13165-6
- Comments on NDP fiscal policies
(Farrell-Collins) 11457
(Symons) 12091-2
- Company Act
- Comptroller general, interim financial statements for the ten-month period ending January 31, 1999, tabled 11450
- Condominiums
- leaky-condos issue, tax concessions on building repairs 13103-4
- strata councils, insurance against conduct of members 13306
- strata owners' meetings, quorum 13306
- Construction industry, jobs 11455
- Corporations
- taxation, capital tax
- exemption threshold for financial institutions 14443-4
- exemption threshold for new or expanding businesses 13100
- taxation, income tax, small business tax holiday 13098-100
- Credit rating, B.C. rating
- Crown land
- leaseholders' purchase options 13111
- leases 13105-9
- leases, recreational properties, leasehold rates 11029
- sales, application process for purchasing of Crown land 13113
- Crown Proceeding Act, report for fiscal year ended March 31, 1998, tabled 14475
- Cull, Elizabeth, comments on 1995-96 and 1996-97 budgets, Liberal Party privilege motion 11410
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services 13190-1
- Economic Council of Ministers, public consultation 11453
- Economic Forecast Council, establishment 12211, 12249
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 11452-3
- parent advisory councils, fundraising for educational materials 14230
- Elections, call for general election 11636
- Employment and unemployment, employment levels 13115
- Employment Standards Act, amendments 14307
- Environment
- environmental economic development, initiatives 11455
- environmental protection, tax exemptions for eligible transportation-related activities 14356
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, Crown lease application process, backlog 11029-30, 13911-2
- Eurig family, court case 11857
- Families, government assistance 10899-900
- Fee Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14228-9, 14354, 14356, 14457-8
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction
- Film industry, movie and television production tax credit program 11453-4
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13084-6, 13088-115, 13117-23, 13165-72
- 1997-98 annual report tabled 14475
- accountability and reporting 13086
- cabinet policy and communications secretariat
- office security measures, cost 13436-7
- role in government response to auditor general's report on 1996 budgets 13119-23, 13165-9
- corporate services, budget 13101
- internal audit services, recoveries from ministries and Crown corporations 13102
- legal support for ministry staff 13120-1
- mandate and overview of activities 13084-6
- revenue division, number of audit and compliance staff 13085, 13100
- staff, allocation as auditors and collectors for provincial sales tax 13103
- transfer of funds to Public Service ministry 13164-5
- unclaimed money deposits, 1998-99 report tabled 14170
- Finance and Corporate Relations Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13364, 13977-8, 14105-6
- Financial Administration Act, reports tabled pursuant to act
- amounts borrowed for loans made to government bodies for fiscal year ended March 31 (1999) 14475
- guarantees and indemnities authorized and issued for the fiscal year ended March 31 (1999) 14475
- Financial Institutions Act, disclosure provisions, enforcement 14105-6
- Finger Lake Wilderness Resort, application to purchase leased property 13113
- Fisheries, sport fishing, freshwater fishing camps, tenures and fees 13105, 13107-9
- Forest industry
- revenues to government, projections 10832
- taxation, tax changes 10831
- Fuel, ethanol, use in motor fuels, government initiatives 14356
- Garrett, George, tribute 11349-50
- Government
- accounting
- corporate accounting system 13085
- policies and practices 12211
- assets, sale of Crown assets, use of revenue 11463, 13104-5
- fiscal planning and policies
- derivatives trading by government and government agencies 13198-201
- financial management 13097-8, 14076
- five-year fiscal framework 13089, 13096
- policy changes, impact on cost of borrowing 13094
- three-year economic plan 13115
- lawsuits against government, statutory immunity 12256
- legal counsel and costs for cabinet ministers and staff 11413-4, 11767, 11835
- purchasing
- 1 percent of invoice value charged to suppliers as administration fee 13171
- bidding process, changes 13977-8
- regulations and red tape 11454
- revenues
- clear fuel tax, disposition 14357
- user fees, retroactive validation of province's legal authority to collect fees during 1988-99 period 14228-9, 14354, 14457-8
- spending
- vehicles 13113-4
- Greater Vancouver regional district, borrowing authority 12251-2
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
- Gunton, Tom, role in government
- role in cabinet policy and communications secretariat office security measures 13436-7
- role in government response to auditor general's report on 1996 budgets 13120-3
- Hartley, Bill, election as Speaker 14491
- Health care
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 11451-2
- wait-lists and waiting times, management of wait-lists 11451-2
- Highland Valley copper mine, closing 11149
- Housing
- government initiatives 10899
- social housing, new units 11455
- Impaired driving, prevention programs 14312-3
- Information and privacy commissioner, appointment of new commissioner, selection by special committee 12062
- Insurance Act, amendments 14307
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., employee pension plan, joint trusteeship 14109, 14362-3
- Investment
- government investments, industrial incentive fund, funding cap 12211, 12249-51
- investment climate in B.C., certainty provided by Indian land claim settlements 10940
- Jobs and timber accord, advertising campaign 13118
- Lali, Harry, comments on police search of Glen Clark's home 11415
- Legal Profession Act, amendments 14307
- Legislative Assembly Allowances and Pension Act, report of business done during year ended March 31, 1998, tabled 13706
- Legislature
- debate, conduct of public servants not a subject for debate 13123
- estimates process, changes, auditor general's recommendations 13085
- sittings, changes for duration of third session, motion 10832-3
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
- Liquor Appeal Board, appeal of board decisions 14312
- Liquor Control and Licensing Act, amendments 13554, 14274
- Liquor Distribution Act, amendments 13554, 14274
- Liquor Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, provisions governing rights of residents re decisions of local councils 12252
- McMaster, Dick, report on fees and leases for fishing camps in Kamloops area 13109
- MacMinn, E. George, Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia, statements re debate on conduct of public servants 13123
- Mining industry, taxation and regulation 14357
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13198-201
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1999, debate 14443-4
- Mortgages, home mortgage foreclosure rate 10899, 13367
- Municipal Act, amendments 14307
- Municipalities, borrowing authority, approval process 12251-2
- NDP
- government, economic and fiscal policies 11455-6
- position on tax reductions 14444
- Nimmo Bay Resort Ltd., application to purchase leased property 13111
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a Nation Taxation Agreement, document tabled 10815
- Nisga'a people
- cultural traditions, return of Nisga'a artifacts 10940-1
- treaty
- economic opportunities provided by treaty settlement 10941
- negotiation process, province's goals 10940
- treaty, final agreement
- costs 10941
- tax payment and exemption provisions 10941
- North Vancouver, council's position on SkyTrain expansion 13184
- Nurses, new hirings 11452
- Pension (College) Act
- amendments 14363
- report of business done during year ended August 31, 1998, tabled 14170
- Pension (Municipal) Act
- amendments 14363
- report of business done during year ended December 31, 1997, tabled 11353
- Pension (Public Service) Act
- amendments 14363
- report of business done during year ended March 31, 1998, tabled 13706
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Pension (Teachers) Act
- amendments 14363
- report of business done during year ended December 31, 1997, tabled 11353
- Pensions
- changes by regulation versus legislation 14486
- management of pension plans, member participation 14362, 14483
- PHH Vehicle Management Services, contract with B.C. government 13114
- Post-secondary education
- participation rates in B.C. 11452
- tuition freeze 11452
- Privilege matters, documents tabled 11658
- Probate Fee Act
- Property, personal property
- unclaimed money and property, legislative requirements 14302-7
- unclaimed property special account 14302, 14305
- Property transfer tax
- administration cost 13103
- exemption, eligibility 13102-3
- exemptions and refunds 14357
- Public accounts for year ended March 31, 1998, tabled 11353
- Public debt
- debt as percentage of gross domestic product, comparison with elsewhere 13090
- debt levels, affordability 13096
- debt management plan, revisions 13088
- debt-servicing costs 13094-5
- deficit, 1999-2000 target 11456
- Public Sector Pension Plans Act
- Real estate industry, agents' trust accounts 13978
- Real property tax
- assessment of property
- industrial properties, valuation criteria 14440
- retroactive validation of assessment valuations 14356
- deferment program for seniors and disabled 13101
- Recreation, back-country recreation
- kayak tour operators, campsite tenures 13112-3
- land tenure applications, backlog 13110-1
- Regulatory Impact Statement Act
- Resources and resource industries
- resource industries, current state of resource sector 13117
- resource-based communities, government assistance 11454
- Roberts, Dan, hydro application case 11029-30
- Sales tax, exemptions and refunds, legislative changes 14357
- Securities Amendment Act, 1999, debate 12670, 13306, 13377
- Securities industry
- protection for investors 12670, 13306
- transactions with non-resident brokers 14357
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 12250-1
- SkyTrain
- debt, capital debt 12252
- expansion of system
- operation and maintenance of system 13184-5
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, liquor distribution branch, policy on Sunday openings 14314
- Social welfare system, income assistance, employment insurance surplus 13222
- Societies, regulation, changes 13978
- Special Committee of Selection, powers 14481
- Special Committee on International Trade and Investment Agreements, appointment and powers 14477-8
- Special Committee on Personal Information and Electronic Documents, appointment and powers 14477
- Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor General, appointment and powers 14477
- Strata Property Amendment Act, 1999
- Sunshine Coast regional district, bus strike 13190
- Supply Act, 1999-2000, debate 14437
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11471, 11589
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1999
- Supreme Court of Canada, decision on Ontario's authority to levy probate fees 12213
- Surich, Jo, role in liquor policy review and liquor policy implementation committee 14274, 14307
- Tax and Consumer Rate Freeze Act, purpose 12255
- Taxation
- 1999-2000 levels 11453
- current levels 14356
- death tax, use of term to describe charges levied against estate settlements 12253-5
- tax reductions
- NDP position on tax reductions 14444
- personal tax reductions 13964
- reductions in 1999-2000 budget 13115
- taxation of educational materials, policy review 14229-30
- taxes in B.C. 11055
- Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Teachers, new hirings 11452
- Transit services
- buses and bus service, sale of Orion II buses 13190
- light rapid transit, comparison with advanced light rapid transit (SkyTrain) 13174
- public transit, funding 13179
- rapid transit, service beyond proposed SkyTrain terminus at Vancouver Community College 13177
- Treasury Board, contingency fund 13169-70
- Unclaimed Money Act, repeal 14272-3
- Unclaimed Property Act
- Undertakers and undertaking, funeral service fees 10907
- Universities, colleges and institutes, college employee pension plan, joint trusteeship 14409, 14486
- Vancouver Stock Exchange, report to government for 1998 tabled 13706
- Victoria, transit services, provincial funding for bus service 13190
- West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., property assessment issue, government response 14356
- Wills, probate fees
- amount collected during 1997-99 period 12255
- legality of current collection system 10907
- retroactive validation of 1988-99 fee structure 11857, 12253, 12255-6
- Wine industry, U-vin operations
- Year 2000, compliance of computer systems, government systems, liability issue 13101-2
- Youth
- employment and unemployment, impact of government policies 13267-8
- opportunities for B.C. youth 11452
McQueen Creek
- Flooding risk cases in area
(Krueger) 12279
(McGregor) 12279
Mahatma Gandhi
- Principles
(Reid, L.) 12126
Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area
Manning Park
- Negotiations for access to timber in park
(Abbott) 13942
(Zirnhelt) 13942
Manson, Don
- Comments on Nisga'a treaty
(Walsh) 10971
Manson, Patricia
Manufactured Home Act
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows constituency and area
- Agricultural land, development issues
(Hartley) 13130-1
- Youth heroin use
(Hartley) 12202
Marriage Act
Marriott International Inc.
Martin, Keith
- Position on Nisga'a treaty
(Kasper) 10870
Masi, Reni (Delta North)
- Education
- education of Indians, separate systems for Indians and non-Indians 10988
- funding, investing for the future 10986
- Government, parliamentary government, Canada's system of democratic governance 10987
- Indians, treaties, importance for future of province 10988
- Legislature, free votes, relevance 10987
- Lovick, Dale, comments on parliamentary democracy 10987
- MLAs, role of government backbenchers 10987
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10987-8
- Nisga'a people
- treaty
- final agreement, apartheid allegations 10988
- final agreement, public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10987-8
- redress for past wrongs 10988-9
- United States, history of segregation in armed forces 10988
Mathias, Joe
Matthew McNair Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.
- Construction project
(Ramsey) 13738
(Reid, L.) 13738
Mayne Island
- Wood Dale Drive subdivision, rock slope stabilization study
(Coell) 13046-7
(Lali) 13046-7
Medical Research Council of Canada
Medical Services Commission
Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
- Correspondence backlog
(Hansen) 11605
- Coverage, alternative medicine therapies
(Hansen) 14188
(Priddy) 14188
- Operation and management
(Hansen) 14186-8
(Priddy) 14186-8
- Premiums
- payment of premiums for Nisga'a citizens
(Hansen) 11883-4
(Priddy) 11883-4
- payment options
(Hansen) 14189
(Priddy) 14189
- Registration backlog
(Hansen) 14189
(Priddy) 14189
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Constituency associations, obligation to file financial reports
(Dosanjh) 14344
- Contributions of former MLAs
(Reid, L.) 11329-30
- Role
(Nettleton) 11550
- Role of government backbenchers
(Masi) 10987
- Work of MLAs
(Walsh) 11329-30
- Working together for the common good
(Plant) 14352
(Wilson, G.) 12034-6
Mental health See also Mentally handicapped persons under Disabled and handicapped persons
- Mental health advocate, role and reporting functions
(Priddy) 14208-9
(Sanders) 14208-9
- Mental health plan
- Mental illness
- depression See Depression
- early intervention programs
(Priddy) 14209
(Sanders) 14209
- funding targeted at mentally ill, accountability concerns
(Priddy) 14204
(Sanders) 14204
- Health ministry projects targeting women
(Priddy) 14135, 14206
(Sanders) 14206, 14210
(Stephens) 14135
- housing issues
(Priddy) 14202-3, 14205-7
(Sanders) 14202, 14205-7
- public awareness
(Cashore) 12271-2
(Sanders) 12271-2
- seniors with mental disorders, dementia care guidelines
(Reid, L.) 14146-7
- taxation issues for persons with mental disorders
(Abbott) 14091
- Services
Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998
Merritt timber supply area
Mesachie Lake
- Conference centre, closing
(Abbott) 13966
(Zirnhelt) 13966
Meziadin Junction
- Area properties, value
(Lovick) 11254
(Plant) 11254
Midwifery
Millar, Aaron
Millennium fund See B.C. 2000
Miller, Hon. Arthur Daniel (North Coast)
- Air, greenhouse gas, "carbon tax" proposal 12449-50
- Alaska, cooperation with B.C. and federal governments 12382, 12413
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., Kemano operations, reduction 12415
- American Bullion Minerals Ltd., Red Chris mine project status 12414
- Anderson, David, approval of infrastructure project funding 12485, 12498
- BCR Properties Ltd., commercial property development 12503-4
- BCR Ventures Inc., investment activities 12503
- Britannia mine, acid drainage 12412
- B.C. Gas Inc., proposal for pipeline from Alberta to southern B.C. 11621-2
- B.C. Hydro
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd., Pakistan power project, inquiry, Glen Clark's role in inquiry and knowledge of events 13786-8, 13889-90
- B.C., northern B.C.
- communications infrastructure 12485, 12498-500
- highways and roads 12481
- infrastructure development 12093-4
- northern development, joint federal-provincial-territorial initiatives 12480-2
- B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, 1998-99 annual report tabled 14170
- B.C. Rail Ltd.
- B.C. Railway Group of Companies
- 1998 annual report tabled 13912
- assets, valuation 12510
- Bruno, Gerry, appointment to Prince Rupert Port Authority 12482
- Canada, quality of life 12410-1
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, project funding 12485, 12498-9
- Catamaran Ferries International Corp., board members 11352
- Cheam Indian band, gravel extraction from Fraser River 12440-1
- Clark, Glen
- police search of home, Liberal Party knowledge of issue 11789-91
- travel costs 13704-5
- Coal industry, northeast coal, export tonnage reduction 12438-9
- Columbia River Treaty, downstream benefits entitlement agreement, power returned to B.C., sales to industries 12409
- Comments on management of B.C. forests
(Abbott) 13812-3
(Zirnhelt) 13812
- Conflict-of-interest legislation 11834
- de Jong, Michael, out-of-court settlement, confidentiality issue 11790
- Economy, B.C. economy, differences between urban and regional economies 12093
- Education
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12094-5
- provincial learning network (PLNet), connection of northern communities to electronic highway 12480-1, 12499
- Electric power, thermal coal, use in power generation 12438-9
- Energy and Mines ministry and Ministry Responsible for Northern Development
- Environment, environmental protection
- acid mine drainage issues 12412
- Yukon to Yellowstone conservation initiative 12416-7
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries
- construction, cost overruns 11113-5, 11150-1, 11175-6, 11223, 11224-5, 11243-5, 11283-5, 11307-9, 11352-3
- performance 11151
- sea trials, main-engine problem and warranty 11224
- ferry terminals, Departure Bay terminal, relocation 10959
- reservation fees for catamaran service 10906
- sale of B.C. products on ferries 11006
- vessels, fleet repair and upgrade needs 11151-2, 11177-8
- Forest industry
- change from commodity base to value-added base 12094
- employment and jobs, job levels, impact of government policies and regulations 12431-2
- forest roads, deactivation, mining industry complaints 12407
- government role in industry, federal government assistance 12507-8
- Nisga'a treaty forestry provisions, compensation for impacted companies 11633-4
- Gosnell, Joseph, permission to address the House 10859
- Government
- legal counsel and costs for cabinet members and staff 11790
- ministers, travel costs 13705
- requests for federal assistance, Liberal Party position 12672
- Grain
- transportation, Alberta grain shipments through northeastern B.C. 12505-6
- transportation and handling review, Estey report recommendations 12483
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12095
- Highland Valley Copper Corp.
- Horswill, Doug, discussions with government on B.C. mining industry 11149-50
- Indians
- economic development, revenue from oil and gas resources 12382
- history of treatment by governments 11935
- history of treatment by non-Indians 10885-6
- impact of government policies on B.C. Indians 10885-6
- Infrastructure, needs in B.C. 12092-3
- International Skyline Gold Corp., Bronson Slope mine project status 12414
- Internet, access in remote and rural B.C. 12485
- J.S. McMillan Fisheries Ltd., financial agreement with provincial government 12483-4
- Kitching, George, tribute 14471
- Land use
- land and resources management process, participation of B.C. mining industry 12382, 12384-5
- protected areas and special management zones, access by mining industry 12405-6, 12416
- Legislature
- closure of debate, use 11935
- members must not make comments about other members 11585
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- campaign contributions from gambling interests 11727
- MLAs, comments on NDP standards of conduct 11726-8
- position on issues
- government requests for federal assistance 12672
- public referendum on Nisga'a treaty 10886
- McIver, Bryan, involvement in auto dealership issue 13994
- Mining industry
- exploration, investment 12411, 12474
- expropriation of tenures for park creation, settlement of claims under right-to-mine legislation 12438
- government initiatives 12362
- gravel extraction, operations 12440-1
- industry in B.C.
- current state of industry 12381-2, 12475-6
- industry during NDP administration, government communications 14259-60
- prospectors assistance grants 12415
- taxation and regulation 12407, 12410
- Motions, time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11934-6
- National Centre for Advanced Wood Products Processing, role 12094
- National Railway Historical Society, relationship with B.C. Rail Ltd. 12508
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a people
- treaty
- final agreement, approval process, public referendum, Liberal Party positions 10886
- history 11936
- Liberal Party position 11935
- Northern Development Commission
- accomplishments 12484
- commissioner
- participation in deputy ministers' meetings 12501
- work of commissioner 12382
- offices, location 12482
- role 12502
- staff and consultants, staffing 12482
- Northern development fund
- Oil and Gas Commission, operations 12380, 12443-6, 12449, 12451
- Oil and gas industry
- industry in B.C. 12380-1
- offshore drilling in north coast region, status of moratorium 12477-9
- pipelines, southern crossing pipeline proposal 12453
- production levels 12441-2
- regulation and taxation
- enforcement on cross-border oil and gas enterprises 12448-9
- regulation streamlining measures 12446-7
- reserves 12453
- sour gas wells, operating guidelines 12452
- Peace River area, highways and roads, upgrading for resource industry use 12446
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14483
- Pensions, management of pension plans, member participation 14483
- Performance as cabinet minister
(Campbell) 11388
- Pierre, Sophie, casino licence application, promotion to government members 11727
- Pilarinos, Dimitrios, connection to Glen Clark 13807
- Position on gambling
(Krueger) 13765
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze 12094
- Powerex, sales of surplus power 12408-9
- Prince Rupert, port of Prince Rupert, use of grain terminal 12483
- Public debt as percentage of gross domestic product 12095
- Railways and rail services
- commodity shipments 12507
- Dawson Creek exchange, agreement between B.C. Rail and Canadian National Railways 12505
- deregulation and privatization 12506
- services to northeastern B.C. 12505-6
- tourism opportunities 12481
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah Chief mine project, future 12382, 12412-4
- Resources and resource industries
- natural resource community fund, purpose 12503
- resource revenue sharing agreements, participating Indian bands 12452
- resource-based communities, government assistance 11088
- Royal Oak Mines Inc., Kemess South mine project, financial agreement with provincial government 12415-6, 12477
- School district 38 (Richmond), funding 12092
- Schools, new school construction 12092
- Science and technology, information technology, electronic highway infrastructure in northern B.C. 12480-1
- Sheehan, John, wrongful dismissal case against B.C. Hydro
- Shipbuilding industry, future of B.C. industry 11150-1
- Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road, user fees 12449
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- Solex Developments Co. Inc., gas plant explosion 11305, 11350
- Taku River Tlingit first nation, resource development, discussions with Energy and Mines minister 12413
- Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity mine project status 12414
- Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park, mine expropriation, outstanding placer miner claims 12439
- Telecommunications, infrastructure and services, remote and rural B.C. 12485, 12498-500
- Transportation corridors, northern trade corridor 12481-2
- Treaty 8 first nations, memorandums of understanding on oil and gas resources 12450-2
- Tsolum River, acid mine drainage issue 12412
- United States, quality of life 12411
- University of Northern B.C., role in northern economy 12094
- Vancouver Wharves Ltd., operations 12504
- Ward, Tom
- comments on forecasted costs for fast ferry program 11284
- role in fast ferry program cost overruns 11284-5
- Workers Compensation Board, regulations governing the workplace, extension of smoking-areas exemption 12567
Milligan, Cindy
- Eligibility for home support services
(Priddy) 14025
(van Dongen) 14025-6
Mills Memorial Hospital, Terrace, B.C.
- Health care delivery and budget issues, Health ministry involvement
(Hansen) 14116
(Priddy) 14116
Mineral Tax Act
Mines Act
Mining industry
- Access to special management zones See Protected areas and special management zones under Land use
- Employment levels
(Campbell) 12474
- Environmental assessment process for projects, threshold adjustments
(Coell) 12340
(McGregor) 12340
- Exploration, investment in exploration
(Campbell) 12474
(Jarvis) 12411-2
(Miller) 12411, 12474
(Neufeld) 12475
- Expropriation of tenures for park creation, settlement of claims under right-to-mine legislation
(Jarvis) 12438
(Miller) 12438
- Government initiatives
(Campbell) 12361-2
(Clark, G.) 12362
(Miller) 12362
(Randall) 11331-2, 11814
- Gravel extraction operations
(de Jong) 12441
(Miller) 12440-1
(Neufeld) 12439-40
(Penner) 12440-1
- Industry in B.C.
- Involvement in land use planning process and protected-areas strategy
(Coell) 12309
(McGregor) 12309-10
- Mine reclamation process
(Coell) 12356
(McGregor) 12356-7
- Need for certainty
(Jarvis) 11271
- Participation in land use planning process See Land and resources management process under Land use
- Prospectors assistance grants
(Jarvis) 12415
(Miller) 12415
- Security of tenure and access to land base
(Jarvis) 10849-50
- Taxation and regulation
(Jarvis) 12407
(MacPhail) 14357
(Miller) 12407, 12410
(Neufeld) 12410
Ministerial Council on Social Policy Renewal
- Role in implementation of social union framework agreement
(Petter) 12615-6
Ministerial statements
- Boone, Lois R. (Minister for Children and Families)
- Clark, Glen David (Premier and Minister Responsible for Youth)
- Fiftieth anniversary of United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights 11002
(Plant) 11003
(Weisgerber) 11004
(Wilson, G.) 11003-4
- Tribute to Nisga'a people and negotiators of Nisga'a treaty 10810-1
(Campbell) 10811
(Weisgerber) 10812
(Wilson, G.) 10811-2
- Dosanjh, Ujjal (Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration)
- Evans, Corky (Minister of Agriculture and Food)
- Hammell, Sue (Minister of Women's Equality)
- Lali, Harry Singh (Minister of Transportation and Highways)
- Lovick, Dale (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Minister of Labour)
- McGregor, Cathy (Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks)
- MacPhail, Joy K. (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations)
- Miller, Arthur Daniel (Deputy Premier, Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Northern Development)
- Priddy, Penny (Minister of Health and Minister Responsible for Seniors)
- Pullinger, Jan (Minister of Human Resources)
- Sihota, Moe (Minister Responsible for the Public Service)
- Government response to Business Summit recommendations 11007
(Clark, C.) 11007-8
- Khalsa Tercentenary 11765
(Hawkins) 11765
- Payment for minister's and wife's trip 11661-2
(Clark, C.) 11662
- Streifel, Dennis (Minister of Fisheries)
- B.C. response to salmon-fishing agreement with United States 13789-90
(Plant) 13790
- Waddell, Ian (Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture)
- Wilson, Gordon F. (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs)
- Zirnhelt, David (Minister of Forests)
- Bicentenary of birth of David Douglas 13965
(Abbott) 13966
Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act
Ministry of Social Services and Housing Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- (Bill 62) (Attorney General) 1R, 12611-2; 2R, 13069-72; C, 13157-64, 13197-203; 3R, 13203; RA, 14090
- Amdts: sec. 7 (Dosanjh) 13202, approved 13202
- Divisions: 2R approved 13072; sec. 5 approved 13202; sec. 10 approved 13163; sec. 11 approved 13164; sec. 12 approved 13202
- Debate, speakers
(Coleman) 13162
(Dosanjh) 12611-2, 13069-72, 13157-64, 13202-3
(Farrell-Collins) 13197-202
(MacPhail) 13198-201
(Plant) 13070-1, 13157-63, 13202-3
(Whittred) 13160-4
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999
- (Bill 74) (Attorney General) 1R, 13785; 2R, 14262-3; C, 14298-301, 14381; 3R, 14365; RA, 14488
- Divisions: sec. 3 approved 14301
- Debate, speakers
(Coell) 14299-300
(Dosanjh) 13785, 14262-3, 14299-300, 14381
(Kwan) 14300-1
(Nebbeling) 14298-301, 14381
(Plant) 14263, 14298-9
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1999
- (Bill 97) (Attorney General) 1R, 14227-8; 2R, 14352-4; C, 14441-4, 14459-69; 3R, 14469; RA, 14488
- Amdts: sec. 26 (Dosanjh) 14466, approved 14466; sec. 27 (Dosanjh) 14466, approved 14466
- Divisions: sec. 6 approved 14443; sec. 7 approved 14443; sec. 13 approved 14464; sec. 34 approved 14467; sec. 78 approved 14469
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 14464-5
(Barisoff) 14468-9
(Coleman) 14465
(de Jong) 14463
(Dosanjh) 14227-8, 14352-4, 14441-2, 14459-69
(Farrell-Collins) 14443
(Hansen) 14467-8
(Hawkins) 14466-7
(Lali) 14354
(MacPhail) 14443-4
(Plant) 14354, 14441-3, 14459-67
(Zirnhelt) 14464-5
Mission Air Transportation Network
- Operations and funding
(Neufeld) 14030
(Priddy) 14030
Mission, B.C.
- Excavation of Xa:ytem site
(Streifel) 10887
- Highway bypass See Mission bypass, status under Highway 11
Mission Creek
- Flood protection work in area
(McGregor) 12288
Mitchell, Paul See Coquihalla Connector Coalition
Moffat, Rachel
- Comments on current NDP administration
(Barisoff) 12064
Montrose, B.C.
- School closing, petition tabled
(Conroy) 12200
Moore, Peter
- Letter on B.C. economy
(Hawkins) 13537
Morfitt, George
- Commended for work as auditor general
(Gillespie) 14493
(Thorpe) 14493
Mortgage Brokers Act
Mortgages
Morton, Cynthia
- Commended for work as children's commissioner
(Reid, L.) 12372
Motion Picture Act
Motions
- Appointment of a special committee on international trade and investment agreements (Motion 66)
- Appointment of a special committee on personal information and electronic documents (Motion 67)
- Appointment of a special committee to select an auditor general (Motion 68)
- Appointment of a special committee to select an information and privacy commissioner (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Brent Parfitt as acting ombudsman (Motion without notice)
- Approval of Electoral Boundaries Commission report (Motion 65)
- Human rights violations in Burma (Motion 61)
- Motion that the Chair do leave the chair
- Motion that the House do now adjourn
- Motion to strike name from Hansard record
- Motion to strike portion of debate from Hansard record
- Non-confidence in NDP government
- Permission for Chief Gosnell of Nisga'a nation to address House (Motion 57)
- Recommendation to appoint Wayne Strelioff as auditor general (Motion without Notice)
- Section A authorized to consider bills after second reading and deemed a Committee of the Whole (Motion without notice)
- Section A authorized to consider bills at committee stage for eight named bills (Motion without notice)
- Special Committee of Selection (Motion 69)
- Substitution of Erda Walsh for Moe Sihota and Gary Farrell-Collins for Fred Gingell on Public Accounts Committee (Motion without notice)
- Substitution of Jack Weisgerber for Gordon Wilson on Public Accounts Committee and Committee A (Motion without notice)
- Temporary amendment to standing orders (Motion without notice)
- Time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62)
Motor Carrier Commission
- 1996 events involving commission staff and Moe Sihota re licensing application by Airport Limousine Service Ltd.
(Clark, C.) 12911-3
- Annual reports, 1997-98 and 1998-99, tabled
(Lali) 14113
- Role
(Lali) 13062
(Symons) 13062
Motor Vehicle Act
Motor vehicle branch
- Transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C., impact on enforcement of regulations
(Lovick) 12818
(Neufeld) 12818
(Weisgerber) 12817-8
Motor Vehicle Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- (Bill 78) (Minister of Transportation and Highways) 1R, 13703-4; 2R, 14342-4; C, 14421-8, 14438-9; 3R, 14488; RA, 14488
- Amdts: sec. 29 (Symons) 14424, approved 14425; sec. 31 (Symons) 14425, negatived 14439
- Debate, speakers
(Barisoff) 14343, 14427-8, 14439
(Lali) 13703-4, 14342, 14344, 14421-8, 14438-9
(Neufeld) 14421-3, 14425-6, 14438-9
(Symons) 14342-3, 14421, 14423-5
(Weisgerber) 14422-3, 14426-7
(Wilson, J.) 14343-4, 14427
- Definitions, "business vehicle"
(Lali) 14425
(Symons) 14425
- Minister's knowledge of bill's provisions
(Neufeld) 14439
Motorcycles
- Motorcycle awareness and safety issues
(Janssen) 12641-2
(Symons) 12641-2
Mount St. Francis Hospital, Nelson, B.C.
Mount St. Mary Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Mount Waddington community health council
Mount Washington
- Access to area
(Gillespie) 12275
Mowat, Teresa
- Surgery wait-list case
(Symons) 11527
MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C.
- Construction project
(Priddy) 14024
(van Dongen) 14024
Muik, Gordon and Fern
- Reconstruction of uninsured bridges on property
(Abbott) 12456
(Evans) 12456
Multiculturalism
- "Report on Multiculturalism," 1997-98, tabled
(Dosanjh) 13706
- Visible minorities, representation on police forces
(Dosanjh) 12367-8
(Plant) 12367-8
Multifaith Action
- Comments on Nisga'a treaty
(Anderson) 10875
Multilateral agreement on investment
Multilevel Marketing Regulation Act
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Municipal Act
Municipal Affairs, Ministry of
- 1999-2000 Estimates
- debate 12695-714, 12757-89, Report 13083-4
- speakers
(Abbott) 12776-7, 12783-4
(Kwan) 12695-6, 12698-714, 12757, 12759-89, 13083-4
(Nebbeling) 12696-708, 12711-4, 12758-89, 13083
(Nettleton) 12708-11
- Annual report, 1997-98, tabled
(Kwan) 12090
- Objectives and activities
(Kwan) 12695-6, 13083-4
Municipalities
- Borrowing authority, approval process
(MacPhail) 12251-2
(Nebbeling) 12251-2
- Capital projects, electors' right to counter-petition
(Kwan) 12704-7, 12713
(Nebbeling) 12704-7, 12758, 13083, 14320
- Council meetings, facilitation by electronic or other communications facilities
(Kwan) 14398-9
(Nebbeling) 14398-9
- Counter-petition process, notice requirement
(Kwan) 14399-400
(Nebbeling) 14399-400
- Employee pension plan
- impact of legislative changes on private health care providers
(Hansen) 14377-8
- spousal benefits
(Chong) 14484
(MacPhail) 14484
- Grants from provincial government See also Provincial-municipal program, funding issues under Infrastructure
- In-camera meetings
(Kwan) 14322
(Nebbeling) 14320
- Powers
- authority to prohibit a class of business or business activities
(Nebbeling) 14321-22, 14401
- authority to provide services outside municipality
(Kwan) 14400
(Nebbeling) 14320-1, 14400
- Railway assessment and grants from provincial government
(Abbott) 12776-7
(Kwan) 12776-7
- Revenues, intersection camera program, revenue-sharing proposal
(Dosanjh) 12335
(Penner) 12335
- Role in consultation on gaming licences for local Indian bands
(Hawkins) 11912
(Wilson, G.) 11912
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 2)
Munro, Al
Munro, Gail
- Drug costs reimbursement case
(Barisoff) 14003-4
Munro, Jack
- Membership on B.C. Ferry Corporation board of directors
(Clark, C.) 12913-4
Murphy, Dana and Tim
Muskwa-Kechika management area
- Establishment of parks in area
(McGregor) 13981
- Future use of area
(Cashore) 12165
Musqueam Indian band
- Non-Musqueam leaseholders dispute
Mussallem, Jack
- Position on fisheries issues
(Streifel) 12534
Myanmar See Burma
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