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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
Sadler, Barry
- Report on B.C.'s environmental assessment process See Environmental assessment process under Environment
Safety
- Construction workers safety certification See Construction industry
- Laser pointers, need for legislation, petition tabled
(Stephens) 13635
- Public safety
- public perceptions of crime
(Plant) 12260-1
- wildlife habituated to urban areas See Problem wildlife under Wildlife
- Security services See Security services
St. Joseph's Hospital, Comox, B.C.
- Mammography program
(Gillespie) 12037
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Emergency psychiatric unit
(Stevenson) 12193
Salaries See Wages and salaries
Sales
Sales tax
- Applicability to equipment and machinery purchases by Nisga'a government
(Abbott) 11698, 11705
(Wilson, G.) 11698, 11704-5
- Collection on goods purchased outside Canada
(Dosanjh) 13069-70, 13203
(Plant) 13070, 13203
- Exemptions and refunds, legislative changes
(MacPhail) 14357
Salmon Arm, B.C.
San San
- Activities and prison sentence in Burma
(Sanders) 12206
Sanders, April (Okanagan-Vernon)
- Alcohol, liquor law changes, Vernon Lodge concerns, petition tabled 11225
- B.C. Hydro, employee pension plan, input of non-union plan members into joint management agreement 14371-2
- B.C., residents, lifestyle 12823
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget, goals 12168-9
- Burma, human rights violations 12205-6
- Burma Round Table, activities in B.C. and elsewhere 12205-6
- Canadian Mental Health Association, work 12271-2
- Canadian Parents for French, comments on kindergarten enrolment level 13445
- Canadian Psychiatric Association, recommendations re antipsychotic medications 14098
- Coldstream Elementary School
- air quality 13443, 13446
- air quality, impact on children, petition tabled 13550
- College of Midwives, information access issues re infant death case 14191, 14199-201
- Depression, cases and impact of disorder 12271
- Drugs, pharmaceutical use by seniors 11615-6
- Education, French immersion, kindergarten enrolment level 13445-6
- Education ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13442-6
- Eurig family, court case 12220
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction cost overruns 11536
- Government
- financial management 11535-7
- spending, priorities of current administration 12168-9
- Health care
- preventive health care, government initiatives 12822-3
- regionalization, impact on patient services 14026-8
- services for seniors, prescription medications 11615-6
- wait-lists and waiting times, current situation in B.C. 14026-8
- Health ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 14026-8, 14097-101, 14144-6, 14189-91, 14199-210
- Highway Constructors Ltd., hiring policy 12944-5
- Indians, treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 11012-3
- International Women's Day 12598
- Lawyers and legal services, legal aid, accessibility by women 12598-600
- Mental health
- mental health advocate, role and reporting functions 14208-9
- mental health plan, funding allocations and objectives 14202-9
- mental illness
- early intervention programs 14209
- funding targeted at mentally ill, accountability concerns 14204
- Health ministry projects targeting women 14206, 14210
- housing issues 14202, 14205-7
- public awareness 12271-2
- services
- children and adolescents, ministerial responsibility 14207-8, 14210
- regionalization 14205-6
- services in regions and definition of "core services" 14209
- Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998, delay in proclamation of bill 14204-5
- Midwifery, home birth demonstration project, effectiveness 14190-1, 14199-202
- Millar, Aaron, schizophrenia case, inquest recommendations 14097, 14099, 14207
- Motions, human rights violations in Burma (Motion 61), debate 12205-6
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, repayment of money to charities 11535
- NDP government, competence 11535-8
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 11012-4
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 11013-4
- treaty, final agreement, government advertising 11012-3
- Okanagan area, health care services 14026-8
- Okanagan University College, funding 12575
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Pharmacare program
- cost overruns 11615
- coverage
- antipsychotic medications, review 14144
- antipsychotic medications, therapeutics initiative committee input 14098-101, 14205
- osteoporosis medications 14145-6
- special authority request form for non-covered medication 14144-5
- new medications listed for 1998-99 fiscal year 11615, 14145-6
- PharmaNet computer system, information access, incidence of inappropriate use 14145
- special authority prescription approvals 11615-6
- Post-secondary education
- courses and programs, availability, cost to students of lengthened programs of study 12575
- tuition freeze, impact on institutions 12575
- Probate Fee Act, debate 12220-1
- Public debt
- Riverview Hospital
- Rothney, Susan, letter to Health ministry re Pharmacare coverage for schizophrenia medication 14100
- San San, activities and prison sentence in Burma 12206
- Schizophrenia cases and impact of disease 14097-9, 14205
- School district 36 (Surrey), court cases on banned books 11205-6
- Schools
- air quality 13442-4
- capital projects, number of new classrooms 13445
- portables, reduction strategy 13444
- Sirr family, infant death case 14199-200
- Students, summer jobs 12574-5
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11535-8, 11615-7
- Supreme Court of Canada, decision on Ontario's authority to levy probate fees 12220-1
- Taxation, death tax, use of term to describe charges levied against estate settlements 12221
- Teachers
- collective agreement, implementation funding 13445
- number of teacher hirings 13444
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 12574-6
- Widdows, Ian, cancer services waiting times, case 14026
- Wills, probate fees, retroactive validation of 1988-99 fee structure 12220-1
- Win Than, experiences in Burma and emigration to Canada 12205
- Women's Equality ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12598-600
- Workers Compensation Board, regulations governing the workplace, impact of new regulations on school funding 13444
Sanghera, Balwant
- Comments on Indian land claims
(Lali) 10838
Saskatchewan
Sawicki, Hon. Joan (Burnaby-Willingdon)
- Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13133-4
- Agricultural land reserve
- Liberal Party position on land reserve policies 13134
- purpose and significance 13133-4
- removal of land deemed "in the provincial interest" 13133-4
- Agriculture industry, loss of farmland 11203
- Alberta, government priorities 12146
- Burnaby, watershed pledge program 13153-5
- Burnaby-Willingdon constituency and area, issues and concerns 12143-4
- Business
- Calder, Frank, comments on Nisga'a treaty 10895
- Earth Day 11950-1
- Economy
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12144
- Environment Week 13153-4
- Food industry
- agrifood industry, policy development 11202
- genetically modified food
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12144
- Indians
- personal involvement with Indians 10894
- treaty settlement, moral argument for settling treaties 10894
- Legislature, standing order 40, disrespectful or offensive language forbidden 11546
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on agricultural land reserve policies 13134
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10893-5
- Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park, establishment 10894
- Nisga'a people
- cultural traditions, return of Nisga'a artifacts 10895
- treaty
- economic opportunities provided by treaty settlement 10895
- negotiation process 10893
- Victoria delegation and ceremonies to mark treaty debate 10893-4
- Poland, anniversary of passage of 1791 constitution 12159
- Post-secondary education
- participation rates in B.C. 12144
- tuition freeze 12144
- Recycling, Tetra-Pak recycling 11992
- Science and technology, biotechnology industry, research 14431-3
- Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries, work on agrifood policy 11202
- Six Mile Ranch development project, approval process 13133
- Watersheds, management and protection initiatives 13153-5
Schira, Angela
Schizophrenia
- Cases and impact of disease
(Sanders) 14097-9, 14205
- Medication, coverage by Pharmacare program See Coverage, antipsychotic medications under Pharmacare program
School Act
School boards/districts
- Authority to collect and report personal student information
(Ramsey) 14280
- Autonomy
(Barisoff) 11532-3
(Coleman) 11584
- Board meetings, use of electronic media
(Ramsey) 13074
- Budget process
- timeliness of information from Education ministry
(Hogg) 13662
(Ramsey) 13662
- use of projected enrolments
(Hogg) 13663
(Ramsey) 13663
- Budgets, deficit budgets
(Hogg) 13661-2
(Ramsey) 13661-2
- Funding, efficiency incentives
(Ramsey) 13737-8
(Thorpe) 13737
- Grievance and arbitration costs
(Dalton) 13712-3
(Ramsey) 13712-3
- Trustees, job satisfaction
(Ramsey) 13715-6
(Reid, J.) 13715
School district 23 (Central Okanagan)
- Funding
- per-student funding
(Hawkins) 13441
- student transportation funding and safety concerns
(Hawkins) 13440-2
(Ramsey) 13440-2
- Safety on walking routes
(Ramsey) 13735-6
(Thorpe) 13735-6
- Walk limits for children, petition tabled
(Weisbeck) 14341-2
School district 35 (Langley)
School district 36 (Surrey)
- Capital projects
(Hammell) 12166
- Court cases on banned books
(Sanders) 11205-6
(Smallwood) 11205-6
- Minister's action in textbook issue
(Dalton) 13712
(Ramsey) 13712
School district 37 (Delta)
- School board by-election
(Gingell) 10832
(Ramsey) 10832
School district 38 (Richmond)
School district 39 (Vancouver)
- Funding for special education programs
(Anderson) 13719-22
(Ramsey) 13719-22
- Learning needs assessments, wait times
(Anderson) 13721-2
(Ramsey) 13721
- Learning resources trust account
(Ramsey) 13658
School district 43 (Coquitlam)
- Capital projects
(Cashore) 12163
School district 44 (North Vancouver)
- Issues and concerns
(Jarvis) 13447-9
School district 46 (Sunshine Coast)
School district 48 (Howe Sound)
School district 51 (Boundary)
- Impact of amalgamation on funding
(Barisoff) 13724-6
- Impact of declining enrolment
(Ramsey) 13725-6
School district 52 (Prince Rupert)
- Indian students secondary school completion rate
(Ramsey) 13446-7
School district 57 (Prince George)
- Funding for English-as-a-second-language programs
(Dalton) 13714
(Ramsey) 13714
School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
School district 62 (Sooke)
School district 67 (Okanagan-Skaha)
- Funding for special education
(Ramsey) 13737
(Thorpe) 13737
School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
School district 79 (Cowichan)
- Capital projects
(Kasper) 12071
School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
School district 84 (Vancouver Island West)
Schools
- Accreditation
(Hogg) 13743
(Ramsey) 13743
- Air quality in schools
(Ramsey) 13442-4, 13738
(Reid, L.) 13738
(Sanders) 13442-4
- Applicability of workers' compensation regulations
(Ramsey) 13443
- Capital projects
- New school construction
(Miller) 12092
- Overcrowding, impact on student assemblies
(Hogg) 13740
(Ramsey) 13740
- Portables
- Seismic upgrading
(Giesbrecht) 11204
(Hansen) 11203-5
- Year-round use of facilities
(Hogg) 13743
(Ramsey) 13743
Schreck, David
- Role in B.C. Hydro-Pakistan power project
(Clark, G.) 10814-5
(de Jong) 10814-5
Science and technology
- Biotechnology industry, research
(Barisoff) 14432
(Sawicki) 14431-3
- Electronic commerce See Business
- High-technology industry
- Information technology
- electronic highway accord
(Clark, G.) 14216
- electronic highway infrastructure in northern B.C.
(Miller) 12480-1
(Neufeld) 12480
Science Council of British Columbia
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Petter) 14475
Scott, F.R.
- Description of Canada in poem "Laurentian Shield"
(Waddell) 12007
Scott, Mark
Search and rescue services See Emergencies
Seattle (Chief)
- Comments on harmony between Indians and non-Indians
(Hogg) 11043
Sechelt Indian band
- Agreement-in-principle
- Leaseholds on Sechelt land
(Wilson, G.) 11103
- Self-government model
- Settlement of overlapping claims
(Weisgerber) 11228
Securities Amendment Act, 1999
Securities industry
- Protection for investors
(Farrell-Collins) 13377
(MacPhail) 12670, 13306
- Transactions with non-resident brokers
(MacPhail) 14357
Security services
- Firearms training for armoured vehicle guards
(Dosanjh) 12333
(Plant) 12333
- Licensing of locksmiths
(Dosanjh) 12336
(Plant) 12336
- Uniforms for security guards
(Dosanjh) 12333
(Plant) 12332-3
Seed Grower Act
Seed Potato Act
Sein Win
Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- Recommendations
- acknowledgment of and apology for past wrongs
(Campbell) 10918
(de Jong) 10822, 11129-30
(Lovick) 11130
- commercial fishery allocations
(Campbell) 10914
(van Dongen) 11437-8
(Wilson, G.) 11438
- government acceptance
(de Jong) 11133-4
(Lovick) 11133-4
- minority report recommendations
(Barisoff) 10932-3
- provincewide referendum on Nisga'a treaty
(Thorpe) 10848
- use in Nisga'a treaty negotiations
(Lovick) 11064
- Report, public input
(Waddell) 12005
- Statements re apology to Indians for past wrongs
(de Jong) 11129
- Work of committee
(Campbell) 11931
(Stevenson) 10974
(Waddell) 10931
(Weisgerber) 11970
Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations
Select Standing Committee on Education
- Meetings
(Clark, C.) 14379
Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills
- Report for third session of the 36th parliament respecting the Members' Conflict of Interest Act presented (Stevenson) and adopted 14492
- Report presented (Stevenson) and adopted 13965
- Review of Members' Conflict of Interest Act, recommendations
(Stevenson) 14492
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- Meetings during off-session
(Clark, G.) 14224-5
(van Dongen) 14224-5
- Report on earthquake preparedness
(Orcherton) 13788-9
- Reports for third session, 36th parliament, presented (Thorpe) and adopted
- Substitution of Erda Walsh for Moe Sihota and Gary Farrell-Collins for Fred Gingell
(Lovick) 13995
- Work of committee
(Chong) 11496
Seniors
- Contributions to society
(Walsh) 12644-5
(Whittred) 12645
- Cost of living
(Reid, L.) 11682
- Health care for seniors See Services for seniors under Health care
- Housing
- affordable housing, impact of restrictions on use of land owned by non-profit societies in receipt of government assistance
(Coleman) 14465
(Dosanjh) 14465
- projects and programs
(Priddy) 14011-2, 14050, 14158
(Thorpe) 14011
- supportive housing
(Coleman) 13603-4
(Farnworth) 13603-4
Service, Susan
- Comments on changes to survivor benefits legislation
(Chong) 14483-4
Sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation, NDP government position
(Lovick) 13225
- Equality for gays and lesbians
- NDP government action
(Stevenson) 13268-9
- revision of legislation
(Plant) 13272
- Social Credit Party position
(Stevenson) 13268-9
Seycove Secondary Community School, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Capacity and capital funding
(Jarvis) 13447
(Ramsey) 13448
The Shasta Consulting Group
- Comments on Highway Constructors Ltd. employee pension contributions
(Abbott) 12967-8
(Lali) 12967-8
- Report on pensions and Highway Constructors Ltd. model
(Krueger) 13233-4, 13493-4, 13511
(Lovick) 13494
Shearer, Donald and Roswitha
- Comments on special education inclusion policy
(Hogg) 13709
Sheehan, John
- Wrongful dismissal case against B.C. Hydro
Sheet Metal Workers' Union
- Court case on pension benefits suspension
Shelford, Cyril
- Comments on future of Indian land claims
(van Dongen) 11011
Shipbuilding industry
- Expertise in aluminum construction
(Whittred) 11335
- Future of B.C. industry
(Clark, G.) 11152
(Miller) 11150-1
- Industry in B.C.
(Orcherton) 13150-2
(Symons) 13151-2
(Whittred) 11334
Shuswap area
Shuswap Lake
- Flood prevention work in area, availability of sandbagging equipment
(Abbott) 12281
(McGregor) 12281
Shuswap Lake Provincial Park
- Campground reservation system, private sector pilot program
(Abbott) 12292
(McGregor) 12292
Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road
Signs and signage
- Signs on highways for services and attractions
Sihota, Hon. Moe (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
- Agriculture industry, agricultural exports 12150-1
- Aquaculture industry, salmon farming moratorium 12871-2
- B.C. Buildings Corporation
- 1998-99 annual report tabled 13912
- dividend to government, impact on corporation's future viability 12947-9
- B.C. Business Summit, recommendations, government response 11007
- B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, reclassification wage adjustments in collective agreement, cost 12907-8
- Burns Bog, development and protection 12872-3
- Calder, Frank, election as first Indian MLA 11049-50
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on future civil service terminations 12897-901, 12913-5, 12920-1
- Children, child care workers, exclusion from contract negotiations 12906-7
- Civil service
- comments of opposition members on government employees 13437-8
- hiring practices
- equity and diversity 12905
- merit versus political affiliation 12897-903, 12913-4
- number of appeals of competition results during past 12 months 12920
- use of employment contracts 12915-8
- number of employees 12878-81, 12897-9, 12903-5
- order-in-council appointments, severance guidelines 12918-20
- public service, wage guidelines for public sector 12904-5
- reclassification process 12907-8
- Clark, Glen, work on behalf of Indian land claims negotiations 11050
- Construction industry, jobs 12150
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community social services workers' wage levels 12906-7
- Dix, Adrian, severance arrangement 12918-9
- Earthquakes, preparedness, government plan 13789
- Economic Council of Ministers 12875-8
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- current conditions 12149
- government economic committee, purpose 12874-6
- growth of private sector 12878-81
- Education
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12152
- public education system, protection of B.C. system 11007
- Environment, environmental protection, NDP government objectives and action 12872
- Exports, B.C. products and services 12150-1, 12879
- Falcon, Kevin, employment contract with B.C. Liberal Party 12918-9
- Film industry, movie and television production 12151
- Forest industry
- current state of industry in B.C. 12149, 12879-80
- softwood lumber agreement with United States, negotiations for new agreement 12149-50
- Gambling, casino licence application, meetings with promoters
(Clark, C.) 11726
- Government
- assets, sale of Crown assets, use of revenue 12947-8
- interministry cooperation 12874
- liability for future severance payments to political staff in the event of a change in governing party 12920-1
- Guno, Larry, work on behalf of Indian land claims negotiations 11050
- Gunton, Tom, role in cabinet policy and communications secretariat office security measures 13437-8
- Harcourt, Michael, work on behalf of Indian land claims negotiations 11050
- Health care
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12151-2
- system, protection of B.C. system 11007
- Highway Constructors Ltd., wage levels 12904
- Housing starts in B.C. 12150
- Indians
- history of treatment by non-Indians 11049
- treaties, legal requirement for governments to negotiate treaties 11050
- Involvement in Airport Limousine Services Ltd.'s 1996 licensing application to Motor Carrier Commission See Motor Carrier Commission
- Kamloops, water levels in area, residents' concerns 12909-10
- Krueger, Kevin, comments on future civil service terminations 12910
- Legislature, free votes 11050
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- MLAs, comments on NDP standards of conduct 11726-7
- position on issues
- Mining industry, current state of industry in B.C. 12150
- NDP
- government, performance 12876-7
- position on access to post-secondary education 12576-7
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 11048-50
- Nisga'a people
- treaty
- final agreement, history of events leading to negotiated settlement 11049-50
- final agreement, moral argument for settling treaty 11048-9
- Liberal Party position 11048-9
- reasons underlying need for treaty 11050
- Park Amendment Act, 1999
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility, NDP position on access to post-secondary education 12576-7
- funding, Liberal Party position 12576-8
- role in knowledge-based economy 12577-8
- tuition freeze 12152
- Public Service Act, employee report tabled 12881
- Public Service Benefit Plan Act, 1997-98 annual report tabled 13368
- Public Service Commission, commissioner's role in hiring decisions 12905
- Public Service Employee Relations Commission
- 1996-97 and 1997-98 annual reports tabled 12673
- reports on number of government employees 12905
- Public Service ministry
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, growth 12151
- Sikhism, Khalsa tercentenary 11765
- Taxi industry, issues 12911-3
- Tourism industry in B.C. 12151
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 12576-8
- Tyabji, Judi, comments on leaks of government information 12921
- Vancouver Island Cancer Centre 12151-2
- Vancouver, port facilities, current activity 12150-1
- Victoria, status of Victoria accord 12948
- Wilderness trip while Environment minister, conflict-of-interest allegation 11659-62
(Clark, C.) 11659, 11662, 11701-2
(Farrell-Collins) 11660
(Plant) 11659-60
Sikhism
Sill, Cassidy
- Comments on equality between Indians and non-Indians
(Zirnhelt) 11015
Silver Creek
- 1998 fire in area
- government communications on fire suppression activities
(Dalton) 13955-6
(Zirnhelt) 13956
- ombudsman's report recommendations
(Abbott) 13952-8
(Zirnhelt) 13952-8
- post-fire flood risk
(Abbott) 12280-1
(Krueger) 12280-1
(McGregor) 12280-1
- post-fire work by Forests ministry
(Abbott) 13776
Similkameen News Leader (Princeton)
- Editorial comments on Nisga'a land claims
(Lali) 10838
Similkameen River
- Flood risk assessment
(Barisoff) 12287
(McGregor) 12287
Sims, Mary-Woo
- Comments on rights of the poor
(Gillespie) 10984
Sirr family
Six Mile Ranch development project
Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- Capital expenditure program
(Abbott) 13629-30, 13672
(Farnworth) 13629-30, 13672
- Company divisions, 1998 operations
(Abbott) 13675-6
(Farnworth) 13675-6
- Financial reporting
(Abbott) 13626-7, 13675
(Farnworth) 13626-7, 13675
- Financial status
(Abbott) 13674-5, 13678-9
(Farnworth) 13674-5, 13678-9
- Future of company
(Abbott) 11633-4
(Miller) 11633-4
- Government intervention in financial situation
- Impact of Nisga'a land entitlement
- Pollution issues
(Abbott) 13672-3
(Farnworth) 13672-3
- Production of chlorine-free pulp
(Abbott) 13673
(Farnworth) 13673
- Sale of company
(Abbott) 13627-9
(Farnworth) 13627-9
- Stumpage costs
(Abbott) 13677-8
(Farnworth) 13677-8
- Stumpage in arrears
(Abbott) 13969
(Zirnhelt) 13969
- Timber rights transferred to Nisga'a
(Abbott) 11627, 11630, 11717
(Plant) 11716
(Wilson, G.) 11627, 11630
(Zirnhelt) 11716-7
- Torney report, recommendations
(Abbott) 13676-7
(Farnworth) 13676-7
- Water licence
(de Jong) 11321
(McGregor) 11321
Skeetchestn Indian band
Ski industry
Skills Development and Fair Wage Act
Skills training
- Apprenticeship
- safety training certification
(Krueger) 12630
(Petter) 12630
- secondary school apprenticeship program, expansion
(Krueger) 12630
(Petter) 12630
- Building maintenance worker certification program, industry and union concerns
(Krueger) 12631, 12941-2
(Petter) 12631
(Wilson, G.) 12941-2
- Career technical centres, role
(Dalton) 12545-6
(Petter) 12517, 12545, 12627
- Community skills centres, mandate and funding
(Petter) 12551-2
(Weisbeck) 12551-2
- Entry-level trades training and apprenticeship programs
(Krueger) 12627-9
(Petter) 12627-9
- Programs for income assistance recipients
(Pullinger) 12649
- Skills development programs
(Petter) 12513
Skookumchuck Indian band
- Land claims, impact on forest industry
(Nebbeling) 13914-6
(Wilson, G.) 13914
(Zirnhelt) 13914-5
SkyTrain
- Debt, capital debt
(MacPhail) 12252
(Symons) 12252
- Expansion of system
- Maintenance and operation of system
(MacPhail) 13184-5
(Symons) 13184-5
Small business See Business
Small business forest enterprise program
Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Ministry of
- 1999-2000 Estimates
- debate 13191-5, 13207-17, 13246-64, 13307-27
- speakers
(Barkley) 13192
(Halkett) 13322, 13325
(Hansen) 13308-9
(Neufeld) 13249, 13324
(Reid, J.) 13210-1, 13214-5, 13248-50, 13254, 13257-9, 13263, 13308, 13310, 13313-6, 13325
(Stephens) 13310-1
(Tait) 13210, 13246, 13252, 13262, 13264, 13314, 13319
(Thorpe) 13191-5, 13208-13, 13215-7, 13246-8, 13251-64, 13307-26
(Waddell) 13191-5, 13207-17, 13246-64, 13307-26
(Weisbeck) 13255
- 1993 discussion paper on small business
(Thorpe) 13317
- Budget allocation and priorities
(Thorpe) 13320
(Waddell) 13320
- Business-lens review of regulations governing small business and tourism
(Thorpe) 13316
(Waddell) 13316-7
- Culture ministry
- archeological permitting
(Tait) 13252
(Thorpe) 13251-2
- funding for arts, recreation and sports
(Reid, J.) 13257-8
(Waddell) 13257-8
- Financial management
(Tait) 13264
(Thorpe) 13264
(Waddell) 13264
- Government agents branch, measurement of customer satisfaction
(Thorpe) 13315
(Waddell) 13315
- Liquor distribution branch
- Minister's role as advocate for small business
(Reid, J.) 13310
(Waddell) 13310
- Performance measurement in ministry
(Tait) 13264
(Thorpe) 13264
- Reduction of government regulations and red tape for small business
(Thorpe) 13312-3, 13316-7
(Waddell) 13312-3
- Small Business ministry, alliances with private sector and other levels of government
(Thorpe) 13313
(Waddell) 13313
- Tourism ministry
- Tourism policy
- Web page
(Tait) 13316
(Thorpe) 13316
(Waddell) 13316
- Workplace safety
(Tait) 13264
(Thorpe) 13264
Smallwood, Hon. Joan K. (Surrey-Whalley)
- Alberta, health care services 12053
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget, goals 12052
- Business, small business, tax reductions 12054-5
- Education, funding, investing for the future 10985-6
- Families, services for families at risk 10981-2
- Forsey, Eugene, comments on use of closure for legislative debates 11945-6
- Government spending, social services expenditures 12054
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12053
- Indian Act (federal), abolition of act 10865
- Indians, history of treatment by non-Indians 10864-5
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, policies 12052
- Motions
- appointment of a special committee on international trade and investment agreements (Motion 66), debate 14479
- time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11945-7
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10864-6
- debate on bill
- closure of debate, advance notice 11946
- Liberal Party questioning 11946-7
- Nisga'a treaty, Victoria delegation and ceremonies to mark treaty debate 10864-5
- School district 36 (Surrey), court cases on banned books 11205-6
- Schools, portables, reduction strategy 13938-40
- Special Committee on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment
- Substance abuse/addiction, detox services for children and youth 10981-2
- Taxation
- 1999-2000 levels 12054-5
- revenues, use to fund social programs 12053-4
- Technical University of B.C., construction 11992
- United States, quality of life 12053-4
Smelting industry See Aluminum smelting industry
Smith, Mel
- Position on Indian land claims
(Cashore) 10843
Smith, Patrick
- Study on local government accountability
(Kwan) 12789
(Nebbeling) 12788-9
Smith, S.D. (Bud)
- Legal costs while Attorney General
(Weisgerber) 11835
Smithe, William
- Actions towards Nisga'a people while Premier of B.C.
(Clark, G.) 11032
Smithers, B.C.
Smyth, Doug
Smyth, Michael
- Article on 1999-2000 budget
(Reid, L.) 11540
Social service tax See Sales tax
Social Service Tax Act
Social services See Social welfare system
Social union framework agreement
Social welfare system
- Hardship benefits for people ineligible for income assistance
(Anderson) 12657-8
(Pullinger) 12657-8
- Income assistance
- assistance for Nisga'a people
(Plant) 11874
(Pullinger) 11873-4
(Whittred) 11873
- disability benefits
(Pullinger) 12658-60
(Whittred) 12658-9
- earnings exemption levels
(Kwan) 12110
- employment insurance surplus
(MacPhail) 13222
(Orcherton) 13222
- payment levels
(Pullinger) 12654
(Whittred) 12654
- payment levels for single parents receiving family maintenance payments
(Anderson) 12655-6
(Pullinger) 12656
- recipients, access to education
(Anderson) 12655
(Pullinger) 12655
- requirement to access pension entitlements before applying for income assistance
(Anderson) 12661-3
(Pullinger) 12661-3
- residency requirements
(Plant) 11873-4
(Wilson, G.) 11873-4
- third-party administration of benefits
(Anderson) 12657
- transition-to-work programs
(Petter) 12513
- NDP government actions
(Anderson) 12660-2
(Pullinger) 12661-2
- Number of people receiving assistance
(Pullinger) 12647
Social workers
- Job action, impact on government revenues
(Boone) 12568
(Reid, L.) 12568
- Resource availability and training issues
(Boone) 13415-6
(Reid, L.) 13415-6
Societies
Society
Softwood Lumber Advisory Committee
- Role in negotiation of softwood lumber agreement with United States
(Abbott) 13825-6
(Zirnhelt) 13825-6
Solex Developments Co. Inc.
Sonax Acoustics Ltd.
- Government assistance
(Zirnhelt) 10858
Soo timber supply area
- Annual allowable cut for tree farm licence
(Nebbeling) 13915-6
(Zirnhelt) 13915-6
- Impact of Indian land claims on annual allowable cut
(Nebbeling) 13913-5
(Wilson, G.) 13914
(Zirnhelt) 13914-5
Sooke school district See School district 62 (Sooke)
South Africa
- 1994 elections
(Stevenson) 10974-7
- Apartheid system, use of Canada's Indian Act as model
(Kwan) 10966
South Cariboo Labour Council
- President's comments on Indian land claims
(Zirnhelt) 11016
South Fraser Community Services Society
South Fraser perimeter road
South Fraser Valley health region
South Okanagan–Similkameen health region
Speaker and Deputy Speaker
- Auditor general, "A Review of the Estimates Process in British Columbia," findings 11878-81
- Auditor general, financial statements tabled
- year ended March 31 (1998) 10827
- year ended March 31 (1999) 14493
- Auditor general, reports tabled
- No. 1, 1998-99, "Follow-up of 1996 Performance Audits/Studies" 10827
- No. 2, 1998-99, "Managing the Cost of Drug Therapies and Fostering Appropriate Drug Use: Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors – Pharmacare Branch" 10827-8
- No. 3, 1998-99, "Collection of Overdue Accounts Receivable" 10828
- No. 4, 1998-99, "A Review of the Estimates Process in British Columbia" 11415
- No. 5, 1998-99, "Protecting Drinking-Water Sources" 11638
- No. 1 (1999-2000) 12796
- No. 2, 1999-2000, "Report on Government Financial Accountability for the 1997-98 Fiscal Year" 14493
- No. 3, 1999-2000, "Maintaining Human Capital in the British Columbia Public Service: The Role of Training and Development" 14493
- No. 4, 1999-2000, "Managing the Woodlot Licence Program" 14493
- No. 5, 1999-2000, "A Review of the Fast Ferry Project: Governance and Risk Management" 14493
- No. 6, 1999-2000, "Forest Renewal B.C.: Planning and Accountability in the Corporation; The Silviculture Programs" 14493
- No. 7, 1999-2000, "Report on the Preparedness of the Government of British Columbia in Dealing with the Year 2000 Problem" 14493
- No. 8, 1999-2000, "Social Housing: The Governance of the British Columbia Housing Management Commission and the Provincial Rental Housing Corporation; The Management of Social Housing Subsidies" 14493
- No. 9, 1999-2000, "Compliance Audits" 14493
- No. 10, 1999-2000, "Report on Government Financial Accountability for the 1998-99 Fiscal Year, Parts 1 and 2" 14493
- report on the 1997-98 Public Accounts 10959
- B.C. Legislative Library, 1998 annual report tabled 13509
- Budgets, comments by ministers on 1995-96 and 1996-97 budgets 11879-80
- Chief electoral officer, reports tabled
- 1998 annual report 13995
- statement of votes of Parksville-Qualicum by-election 14071
- Child, youth and family advocate, 1998 annual report tabled 13019
- Conflict-of-interest commissioner, reports tabled
- 1997-98 report 10828
- report on application by Helmut Giesbrecht with respect to alleged contraventions of provisions of the Members' Conflict of Interest Act by Michael de Jong 13995
- report on application by Michael de Jong with respect to alleged contraventions of provisions of the Members' Conflict of Interest Act by Gordon Wilson 14493
- report pursuant to the Members' Conflict of Interest Act 12946
- Electoral Boundaries Commission, reports tabled
- amendments to 1998 report 13197
- report dated December 3 (1998) 10885
- Gingell, Fred, tribute 14165
- Gunton, Tom, role in preparation of 1996-97 budget 11880-1
- Information and privacy commissioner, 1998-99 annual report tabled 14493
- Ombudsman, reports tabled
- 1998 annual report 11638
- public report No. 37, "Fair First: An Ombudsaudit of the WCB Ombudsman" 11153
- public report No. 38, "Righting the Wrong: The Confinement of the Sons of Freedom Doukhobor Children" 11704
- public report No. 39, "The Silver Creek Fire Review" 12946
- Police complaint commissioner, 1998 annual report tabled 12062
Speare, William
Special Committee of Selection
Special Committee on International Trade and Investment Agreements
Special Committee on Personal Information and Electronic Documents
- Appointment and powers
(MacPhail) 14477
Special Committee on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment
Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor General
- Appointment and powers
(MacPhail) 14477
- Recommendation to appoint Wayne Strelioff
(Thorpe) 14492-3
- Report presented (Thorpe) and adopted 14492
Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner
Special Committee to Appoint an Ombudsman
Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Report presented (Kasper) and adopted 14476
- Work of committee
(Kasper) 14476
(Plant) 14476
Speech disorders
- Aphasia, treatment programs, funding
(Chong) 14079
(Priddy) 14079-80
- Therapy services for children
(Boone) 13530
(van Dongen) 13530
Speech from the Throne
- Throne speeches, purpose
(Nebbeling) 11498
Sport B.C.
- Memorandum of understanding with government re management of provincial sports organizations
(Thorpe) 13262
(Waddell) 13262
- Role
(Tait) 13262
- Role in B.C.'s Olympic winter games bid
(Reid, J.) 13262
(Thorpe) 13262
(Waddell) 13262
Sport Fishing Advisory Board
- Scope of activities
(Streifel) 12524
(van Dongen) 12524
Sports
Squamish, B.C.
Squamish-Lillooet regional district
- Health care funding needs
(Nebbeling) 11499
Squeegee See Theatrical production featuring at-risk youth under Diamond, David
Standing order 35 adjournment motions
- Closing of Highland Valley copper mine and loss of B.C. jobs
- Statements by members of the government and NDP
Star of Fortune Gaming Management (B.C.) Corp.
- Riverboat casino proposal
(Dosanjh) 12368
(Plant) 12368
Steele, Bill
- Employment with Skeena Cellulose Inc.
(Abbott) 13676-7
(Farnworth) 13676-7
Stephens, Mary Lynn (Langley)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12994-7
- Auditor general, report 5, 1995-96, "Issues of Public Interest," statements re parliamentary approval of government spending 11527-8
- Automobiles
- abandoned vehicles, towing and disposal 12687-8
- driver's licences, applications by women newly arrived in B.C., proof-of-identity requirement 12601
- B.C. Benefits program
- family bonus program, benefit level 12186
- impact on women 12607
- Budgets
- 1999-2000 budget, consultation 12185
- special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 11527-8
- Business, competitiveness of B.C. companies 13310-1
- Cancer, breast cancer, diagnostic services 14137
- Chahal family, anniversary of murder 11619
- Children
- child abuse, exploitation of children for sexual purposes, government prevention work 12595
- child protection, keeping children safe 12185-6
- children in government care, mental health needs, risk assessment 13420
- national children's agenda 12607
- needs, government prioritization 13419
- Children and Families ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13419-21
- budget, 1999-2000 budget, spending decisions 13419
- program cuts 12185-6
- Clark, Glen, comments on issues
- comments while in opposition on government's 1990-91 budget 12185
- comments while in opposition on use of interim supply 11528
- Community Social Services Employers Association, role in contract negotiations for service providers 12556
- Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, relocation 12594
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current conditions 11528-9
- regional plans 13310
- Education
- curriculum, information technology 13724
- funding, targeted funding 13723
- Education ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13722-4
- Families
- child custody and access, federal government involvement in issue 12607
- programs and services 12185-6
- relationship breakdown, division of property, legal provisions 11849-50
- First Nations Land Management Act (federal)
- impact on property rights of Indian women 12994-5
- purpose of act 11850
- Fisheries, fishing by Indians, commercial fishery 10945
- Forsey, Eugene, comments on use of closure for legislative debates 11949-50
- Foster care, whereabouts of former foster children 13420
- Four Corners Community Savings, performance and Liberal Party involvement 14473
- Fraser Valley
- community issues and concerns, summit report on economy 13310-1
- home support and long term care services in southern Fraser Valley 14018-9
- transportation infrastructure, integrated regional planning 13048-50
- Gakhal family, anniversary of murder 11619
- Gitanyow Indian band, challenge to Nisga'a land entitlement 10945
- Government, spending authority, role of elected representatives 11527-8
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, role in regional transportation planning 13049-50
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care, current situation in B.C. 14018-9
- federal-provincial meetings and work 12606
- funding by region, population and demographics criteria 14016
- services for women
- reproductive technologies 12606
- reproductive technologies, review of triple-marker screening program for pregnant women 14138
- services in northern and rural B.C. 12604-6
- Women's Equality ministry work 12605
- system, current state of B.C. system 11529
- wait-lists and waiting times
- breast surgery 14137
- current situation in B.C. 14020
- Health ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 14016-20, 14134-8
- Highway 10, Langley bypass, safety projects 12686-7, 13047
- Highway 13, transborder corridor, impact of Guide Meridian Highway upgrade 13049
- Home care, home support services 14019-20
- Indians
- land claims, overlapping claims 10945
- reserve land system, governance, accountability issues 12996-7
- self-government, protection for Indian women 11800
- status of women 11958
- treaties
- equality provisions for women 10946
- protection of women's rights and interests in treaty-making process 12994-5
- use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10945
- treaty negotiations, participation of women 10946
- urban residents, programs and services 12995-6
- women, health care issues 12606
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., 1999-2000 estimates debate 12686-8
- Jobs and timber accord, job creation targets and outcomes 11529
- Langley, rail overpass, options 13047-8
- Lawyers and legal services, legal aid
- accessibility by women 12600
- current state of B.C. system 12186
- Legislature, legislative calendar and sitting schedule 11528
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on status of Women's Equality ministry as freestanding ministry 12559-60
- Mental health
- mental illness, Health ministry projects targeting women 14135
- services
- children and adolescents 13420
- funding 14017-8
- persons with mental disorders and addictions, "dual diagnosis" issue 14135-6
- Motions, time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11948-50, 11957-9
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a people
- family issues, division of property upon divorce 11849-50
- government, self-government
- accountability 11851
- accountability of social systems 11801-2
- Nisga'a constitution, equality provisions 11800-1
- property rights of Nisga'a women 11849-51
- treaty
- enforcement of child support orders 11801
- negotiation process, participation of Indian women 11800
- treaty, final agreement
- approval process, public referendum 10945
- equal rights for Nisga'a women 11849-51
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 10945
- Nisga'a women's concerns 11958
- Prevention of Violence Against Women Week 11860, 11955
- Prostitution, child and youth prostitution
- apprehension of child prostitutes 12596-7
- prevention work of interministry committee 12596, 13421
- Public debt during NDP administration 12185
- Safety, laser pointers, need for legislation, petition tabled 13635
- School district 35 (Langley), funding 13722-3
- Schools, capital projects 13722
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13310-1
- Social union framework agreement, input of Women's Equality ministry 12606-7
- South Fraser Community Services Society, services 14135
- South Fraser perimeter road, construction 13048-9
- South Fraser Valley health region
- Substance abuse/addiction
- addiction and detox services for women 14137-8
- harm reduction policy 13421
- services for youth 13419
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11527-9
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, upgrades 14020
- Transition houses
- contracts, reform process 12558
- funding allocations, assessment system 12557-9, 12561-3
- funding for 24-hour staffing 12561
- halfway houses for women released from correctional facilities 12598
- statistics on use 12555
- workers, negotiations between unions and employers to address equity issues 12556-7
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13047-50
- Transportation, national transportation system, federal government funding 13047
- Vancouver, downtown east side
- comments by city on social issues in area 12560
- need for task force on missing women from area 12594-5
- services and initiatives for women 12560, 12595
- Violence against women
- cell phones for women at high risk of violence, cost and effectiveness 12560-1, 12594
- government prevention strategies 11860
- policy on handling of cases, training issues for police 12598
- prevention 10898, 11955-7, 12596
- Women
- counselling services, funding 12563
- remembrance of 1989 murder of women in Montreal 10897-8
- women's advocacy organizations, charitable status designation for fundraising 12608
- women's centres, funding 12558-9
- Women's Equality ministry
- Youth
- adolescent women designated as at risk, programs and services 12595-7
- age of consent 12596, 13421
- youth at risk
- secure care initiative, implementation 13419-21
- secure care initiative, input from Women's Equality ministry 12595, 12597
- services 13419-20
Sterritt, Neil
Stevenson, Tim (Vancouver-Burrard)
- Attorney General ministry, liquor control and licensing branch regulations, petition tabled 12568
- Business, small business, tax reductions 12193
- Cory, Peter, ruling on definition of "spouse" 13270
- Diamond, David, production of play with at-risk youth 12824
- Dusk to Dawn Youth Resource Centre, work 12269
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 12191-2
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12193-4
- Exports, Asian markets for B.C. products 12191-2
- Film industry, movie and television production 12192
- Gosnell, Joseph, comments on Nisga'a treaty 10975
- Health care funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12192-3
- Housing
- affordable housing, availability in Vancouver-Burrard area 12136
- needs in Vancouver-Burrard area 12193-4
- Indians, history of treatment by non-Indians 10974-5
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., "I have a dream" speech, comments 10974
- Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 10975-6
- position on legislative definition of "spouse" 13245, 13268-71
- Lions Gate Bridge
- decision to repair 11201
- sidewalks and bicycle lanes 11991
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10974-7
- Nisga'a people
- treaty
- Liberal Party court challenge 10975
- Liberal Party position 10975-6
- redress for past wrongs 10974-5
- Victoria delegation and ceremonies to mark treaty debate 10975
- treaty, final agreement
- apartheid allegations 10975-6
- approval process, public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10976-7
- initialling ceremony in New Aiyansh 10974
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions, benefits for same-sex partners 13268
- Personal experience as participant in street youth program 12269-70
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze 12193
- St. Paul's Hospital, emergency psychiatric unit 12193
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, growth 12192
- Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills
- report for third session of the 36th parliament respecting the Members' Conflict of Interest Act presented 14492
- report presented 13965
- review of Members' Conflict of Interest Act, recommendations 14492
- Sexual orientation, equality for gays and lesbians
- South Africa, 1994 elections 10974-7
- Tourism industry, industry in B.C. 12192
- Youth at risk, services 12269-71, 12824-5
Stewart, Robert
- Review on use of drugs in correctional facilities
(Dosanjh) 13043-4
(Weisgerber) 13043-4
Stolen from Our Embrace See Fournier, Suzanne and Ernie Crey
Stó:lo nation
- Land claim, impact on lease of Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack facilities
(Penner) 13001
(Wilson, G.) 13001-2
- Treaty negotiations, status
(de Jong) 13039
(Penner) 13001
(Wilson, G.) 13001, 13039
- War veterans memorial at Coqualeetza
(Streifel) 10887
Stoney, Gerry
Straight, Byron
- Report on Burrard drydock pension plan
(Randall) 13238
Strata property See Condominiums
Strata Property Act
Strata Property Amendment Act, 1999
- (Bill 67) (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations) 1R, 12893-4; 2R, 13306-7, C, 13377; 3R, 13377; RA, 14090
- Debate, speakers
(Coleman) 13306-7, 13377
(MacPhail) 12893-4, 13306
- Purpose of bill
(MacPhail) 12893-4, 13306
Street, Kori
- Comments on Kevin Krueger's handling of Nisga'a treaty information session
(McGregor) 10949
Streifel, Hon. Dennis (Mission-Kent)
- Ahousaht first nation, monitoring of fish farm in area 12523
- Aquaculture industry
- code of practice 12522
- federal-provincial involvement 12492-3
- fish farms
- diversification into species other than salmon 12521
- escapement, Atlantic Salmon Watch program 12494
- salmon farm tenures, renewals and relocations 12522-3
- tilapia cultivation 12532
- government policy, development 12468-9, 12487-90
- moratorium on establishment of salmon farms, impact on coastal communities 11703-4, 14340-1
- national policy 12493
- shellfish farming, issues 12487-91, 12521
- site identification and competing land use issue 12492
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, role in shellfish farm tenure process 12488
- B.C., coastal communities, impact of government fisheries management 12133
- Brown, Dennis, role in Fisheries ministry 12528
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget, goals 12132-3
- Copes, Parzival, report on B.C. fisheries 12464
- Cowichan Watershed Council, partnership with Fisheries Renewal B.C. 12532
- Fire Services Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13079
- Firefighting services, long-service and bravery medals for firefighters 13079
- Fisheries
- federal-provincial relations 12465, 12468-71, 12533, 13082-3
- fisheries management, participation of coastal communities 12469-70
- fishing by Indians, aboriginal fishery guardian training, funding responsibility 12533
- fishing industry
- hake fishery, allocations to foreign and domestic fish processors 12464-5
- management of resource, involvement of Indians 10888
- Nisga'a treaty fisheries provisions, fish allocation 10888
- Pacific salmon fishery
- Canada–B.C. agreement 12469-71
- meetings between Dennis Streifel and United States legislators 12465
- Pacific stock assessment review committee 12471
- status 11087
- Pacific Salmon Treaty
- B.C. position 13082
- B.C. response to 1999 treaty 13789-90
- B.C. response to 1999 treaty, documents tabled 13808
- negotiations, federal-provincial relations 12537-9
- participation by Alaska, impact of United States endangered species legislation 12538
- protection and conservation of resource, United States role 13082
- sport fishing
- conservation surcharge, use of revenue 12486
- fish resource competition with Indians 12526
- freshwater sport fishing licences 12525
- impact of fishery closing 12464, 12524
- provincial strategy 12523-5
- west coast fishery
- federal assistance for individuals 12538
- impact of Washington State activities on B.C. fish 12469, 12493
- licence buybacks and early retirement initiative 12538-9
- local authority 12469
- Fisheries ministry
- Fisheries Renewal B.C.
- Indians
- history of B.C. Indians 10887-8
- impact of government policies on B.C. Indians 10887
- personal involvement with Indians 10886-7
- J.S. McMillan Fisheries Ltd., financial agreement with provincial government 12468
- Legislature, private members' statements, nature of statements and responses 10878-9
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- policies 12133
- position on issues
- establishment of Fisheries Renewal B.C. 12536
- Nisga'a agreement-in-principle 10888
- Mission, excavation of Xa:ytem site 10887
- Mussallem, Jack, position on fisheries issues 12534
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10886-8
- Nisga'a people
- agreement-in-principle, B.C. Liberal Party position 10888
- Nisga'a land, access by non-Indians 10888
- Oil and gas industry, moratorium on offshore drilling 12536
- Okanagan Lake, kokanee salmon and shrimp populations 12525
- Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, members 12470-1
- Pacific National Group (Ent.) Ltd., Blue Heron fish farm relocation 12522-3
- Pitt River, gravel extraction in area versus fish habitat protection 12522
- Port McNeill, crayfish farming initiative at former mine site 12521
- Quesnel River, watershed public awareness program, funding 12531-2
- Recreation, fishing resorts, viability 12525
- Redfish Ranch, tilapia aquaculture project 12532
- Rhodes, Frank, report on division of responsibility between Fisheries and Environment ministries 12526-8
- Sport Fishing Advisory Board, scope of activities 12524
- Stó:lo nation, war veterans memorial at Coqualeetza 10887
- Watersheds, partnerships between watershed awareness groups and Fisheries Renewal B.C. 12531-3
Strelioff, Wayne
- Motion to recommend appointment as auditor general See Motions
Strong, David
- Position on university tuition freeze
(Weisbeck) 12571
Student Summer Works program
Students See also Education; Post-secondary education
- Boarding-out allowances
(Ramsey) 13451, 13453
(Reid, J.) 13451, 13453
- Employment See also particular programs, e.g., Student Summer Works program
- School fees
(Hogg) 13658-9
(Ramsey) 13659
- Student records, access to information issue
(Hogg) 13136-7, 13139
(Plant) 13137
(Ramsey) 13074, 13136-7, 13139
- Travel to school, walk limits
(Hawkins) 13440-2
(Ramsey) 13441-2
Substance abuse/addiction
- Harm reduction policy
(Boone) 13421
(Stephens) 13421
- Intravenous drug use and AIDS
(Hansen) 10817
(Priddy) 10817
- Levels, government objectives
(Boone) 13428
(Jarvis) 13428
- Needle exchange programs See Public health
- Treatment services
- addiction and detox services for women
(Priddy) 14137-8
(Stephens) 14137-8
- cost
(Boone) 13428
(Jarvis) 13428
- detox services
(Boone) 13423-4
(Jarvis) 11554, 13423-4
- detox services for children and youth
(Anderson) 11578
(Clark, C.) 10980-2
(Smallwood) 10981-2
- education and services for alcohol addiction
(Anderson) 14275
- heroin maintenance programs, Switzerland model
(Kwan) 12111
- ministerial responsibility
(Boone) 13422, 13427
(Hansen) 14178
(Jarvis) 13421-2, 13427
(Priddy) 14178-9
- out-of-province treatment
(Boone) 13425
(Hansen) 13425
- persons with mental disorders and addictions, "dual diagnosis" issue See Services under Mental health
- recovery houses
(Boone) 13433
(Jarvis) 13433
- role of health authorities in service delivery
(Boone) 13426
(Hansen) 13425-6
- services
(Boone) 13501
(McKinnon) 13501
- services for Indians
(Boone) 13426-7
(Jarvis) 13427
- services for women with infants
(Boone) 13477
(Reid, L.) 13477
- services for youth
(Boone) 13417, 13419-20, 13422-6, 13534, 14414
(Hansen) 13425
(Jarvis) 13422-6, 13534, 14414
(Reid, L.) 13416-7
(Stephens) 13419
- services for youth, availability of substance abuse counsellors in schools
(Boone) 13433
(McKinnon) 13433
- tracking system for patients
(Boone) 13426-7, 13500-1
(Jarvis) 13426-7
Sumas Energy 2 Inc.
- Proposed power facility in Sumas, Washington
Sun Oil Ltd.
- Comments on land use planning process
(McGregor) 12310
Sunshine Coast area
Sunshine Coast regional district
Sunshine Coast school district See School district 46 (Sunshine Coast)
Superannuation Commission
SuperHost program See Tourism industry
Superintendent of pensions
Supply Act, 1999-2000
Supply Act (No. 1), 1999
- (Bill 54) (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations) 1R, 11471; 2R, 11471-86, 11494-533, 11535-88; C, 11588-617, 11622-3; RA, 11626
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Farrell-Collins) 11589, negatived 11591
- Divisions: 2R approved 11588; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 11591; 3R approved 11623
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 11506-9
(Anderson) 11577-81
(Barisoff) 11529-33
(Boone) 11591-601
(Chong) 11494-7
(Clark, C.) 11574-7, 11595-9
(Coell) 11484-6
(Coleman) 11581-4
(Dalton) 11571-4
(de Jong) 11474-7
(Farrell-Collins) 11584-90
(Gingell) 11500-3
(Hansen) 11567-71, 11601-3, 11605-15, 11617, 11622-3
(Hawkins) 11503-6, 11603-5, 11608, 11610-1, 11613-4
(Hogg) 11565-7
(Jarvis) 11553-6
(Krueger) 11556-65
(McKinnon) 11551-3
(MacPhail) 11471, 11589
(Nebbeling) 11497-500
(Nettleton) 11548-51
(Neufeld) 11545-8
(Penner) 11541-5, 11612-3
(Plant) 11477-81
(Priddy) 11601-17, 11622-3
(Reid, J.) 11509-12
(Reid, L.) 11538-41, 11591-7, 11599-601
(Sanders) 11535-8, 11615-7
(Stephens) 11527-9
(Symons) 11524-7
(Thorpe) 11471-4, 11597, 11612
(van Dongen) 11521-4
(Weisbeck) 11518-21
(Weisgerber) 11481-4
(Whittred) 11516-8
(Wilson, J.) 11512-6
- Debate, contribution of Liberal MLAs
(Coleman) 11581
Supply Act (No. 2), 1999
Supreme Court of Canada
Surich, Jo
- Role in liquor policy review and liquor policy implementation committee
(MacPhail) 14274, 14307
(Thorpe) 14307
Surrey, B.C.
- Flooding in south Surrey due to storm See White Rock, B.C.
- Funding for additional police staff
(Hammell) 12593
(McKinnon) 12593
- Surrey Place mall development, government investment
(Jarvis) 12724-5
(Lovick) 12724-5
Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, B.C.
Surrey school district See School district 36 (Surrey)
Surrey–White Rock constituency and area
Sustainable environment fund See Environment
Swansea Point
Symons, Douglas R. (Richmond Centre)
- Agriculture industry, farm vehicles, operating requirements when used for commercial purposes 14343, 14425-6
- Aung San Suu Kyi, role in campaign for democracy and human rights in Burma 12207-8
- Automobiles, vehicle identification numbers, requirement 14423
- Bombardier Inc., SkyTrain operation and maintenance contract 13184-5
- B.C. Chamber of Commerce, transportation policy recommendations 13057
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12837-42, 12844-59, 12863-66
- accountability for fast ferry project 12838-9
- capital plan, revisions 12849-50
- debt
- debt management planning 12851-4
- debt to offset capital and operating deficits 12717
- management of debt-servicing costs 12864-5
- raising of limit on outstanding debt 12213, 12246, 12248
- disclosure of information 12839-40
- financial situation, reporting by board of directors 12837-8
- operations, cost-reduction efforts 12864
- program development and financial reporting, role of Crown corporations secretariat 12863-4
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, operations and activities 13860
- B.C., northern B.C., highways and roads 13024
- B.C. School Trustees Association, requests to Education ministry for action on school issues 13718
- B.C. Transit, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13172-91
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
- administrative reorganization 12951
- air transport assistance program, funding 12982-3
- budget, expenditures and debt management 12950-3, 12981-3
- capitalization of transportation infrastructure 12245-6, 12251
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1999, debate 12213, 12245-6, 12248-9, 12251-2
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 11526
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 11526-7
- Burma, human rights violations 12207-8
- Business, public-private partnerships, projects 11071
- Catamaran Ferries International Corp.
- accountability and financial reporting 12837-9
- sale to private sector 12865-6
- Clark, Glen
- comments on issues
- comments while in opposition on use of interim supply 11524-5
- Liberal Party position on Nisga'a treaty 11046
- NDP fiscal policies 12084-5
- performance as Finance minister 11525
- Coastal Council
- advisory role in B.C. Ferry Corporation debt management planning 12851-4
- position on increases in ferry fares 12853-4
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 12084
- Detroit Diesel Corp., engine maintenance service agreement with B.C. Ferry Corporation 12856
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services 13190-1
- Discrimination and racism, treatment of minorities in Canada 11046
- Education ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13397-8, 13717-8
- budget 13718
- minister's authority to dismiss trustees and school boards 13718
- Education, multicultural curriculum 13397-8
- Employment and Investment ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13860, 13865
- Envirowest Consultants Ltd., comments on SkyTrain extension environmental review 13189-90
- Ferries and ferry services
- fares
- fare structure, equity issues 12853-4
- government's free-fare policy for school children and seniors 12864
- premium fares on fast ferries 12866
- fast ferries
- construction, cost overruns 11113, 11176, 11224-5, 11283-4, 11352-3
- construction costs 12842, 13187
- construction delays 12841
- construction program, impact on shipbuilding industry 13151
- construction program, minutes of board meeting on alternative financing 11224-5
- construction program, public review of program, position of Gordon Wilson while in opposition 11374-5
- construction, use of Canadian-made materials 12846
- crossing times 12846-7
- engines, performance and maintenance issues 12847-9, 12856-7
- fuel costs and fuelling facilities 12855-7
- high-speed catamarans, decision on design 12840-1
- high-speed catamarans, royalties to designers 12846
- loading procedure 12858-9
- maintenance costs 12848-9
- noise level on car decks 12866
- safety concerns 12854
- sea water piping system 12854
- vehicle capacity and size restrictions 12857-8
- wake and wash concerns 12847, 14340
- weight rating 12849
- ferry personnel, captain's decision not to sail in unsafe conditions 12865
- ferry terminals, loading ramp system 12863
- funding from provincial fuel tax 12852
- labour relations, labour-management relationship 12844
- reservation system 12858, 12863
- routes and services
- Discovery Coast service, future plans 12865
- Prince Rupert–Queen Charlottes service, replacement vessel 12850
- stakeholders' forum proposal 12845
- vessels
- construction program 12792
- fleet repair and upgrade needs 12850-1
- Skeena Queen, vibration concerns 12865
- Forest industry, forest roads, roadbuilding tendering process 13060
- Fuel, gasoline tax, revenues, amount returned to B.C. 12979, 13025
- George Massey Tunnel, lane control system 13058-9
- Gitanyow Indian band, challenge to Nisga'a land entitlement 11047
- Government
- financial management 11525-7
- spending authority, role of elected representatives 11524-5
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
- Health care
- system, current state of B.C. system 11527
- wait-lists and waiting times, current situation in B.C. 12085-6
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- Kamloops to Alberta border section 13020-1
- Mount Lehman Road interchange 13058
- signage, direction signage to ferry terminals 13059
- Highway 3, Moyie bluffs section 13059
- Highway 17, McTavish Road intersection 13057
- Highway 19, Island Highway construction project
- Courtenay to Campbell River section 12956
- Malahat section 13057-8
- Highway 37, upgrade 13057
- Highway 97C, Okanagan connector, Aspen Grove to Merritt section upgrade 12957-8, 12975-6
- Highway 99, on-ramp safety concerns 13058
- Highway 101, Gibsons to Earls Cove section 13021-2
- Highway Constructors Ltd.
- company's contribution to union-administered employee funds 12968-9
- employee pensions, contributions and benefits 13496, 13509-10
- employment model 12958-61
- financial reporting 12951
- union membership provisions, impact on non-union firms 12959-60
- Highways and roads
- construction projects
- labour relations on major projects 12969
- record of previous administrations 12953-4
- safety audits 13020
- funding, public-private partnerships 12980-1
- high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, use 12979-80, 13057
- highway safety devices 13060
- maintenance and rehabilitation
- funding 13024-8
- multiphase projects, costs 13022-3
- resurfacing methods 13023
- resurfacing, number of lane-kilometres done 13023
- seal-coating, number of lane-kilometres done 13026
- Horse-racing industry, racetrack proposals 13865
- Hospitals, bed utilization 12086
- Human rights, global situation 11046
- Indians
- land claims, overlapping claims 11047
- treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 11046-7
- treaty negotiations, process, Liberal Party position 11046
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12730-2
- powers to request information from freight carriers 14342, 14424-5
- role in regulation of commercial vehicles and operators 14423-5
- Iron Workers Memorial (Second Narrows) Bridge, condition of bridge surface 12984
- John Hart Bridge, upgrade 12958-9, 13059
- John J. McMullen Associates Inc.
- comments on sea water piping system in fast ferries 12854
- technical assessment report on fast ferries
- implementation of recommendations 12863
- sources of performance data 12848
- Kincolith, road to highway, status of project 13021
- Legislature
- estimates process, previous legislation and matters involving legislation not to be discussed 13173
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 11524
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Indian treaty negotiations process 11046
- Lions Gate Bridge, rehabilitation 12976-8
- Lower mainland, transportation infrastructure improvements 12976-9
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on NDP fiscal policies 12091-2
- Motions, human rights violations in Burma (Motion 61), debate 12207-8
- Motor Carrier Commission, role 13062
- Motor Vehicle Statutes Amendment Act, 1999
- Motorcycles, awareness and safety issues 12641-2
- Mowat, Teresa, surgery wait-list case 11527
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government, reduction 12091
- National League for Democracy, campaign for democracy in Burma 12208
- National Safety Code, development of code 13062-3
- National Transportation Week 13509
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 11046-8, 11759-61, 11768-70, 11772-5, 11865
- Nisga'a Highway
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government
- jurisdictional concerns 11048
- revenues from traffic fines, disposition 11865
- roads and rights of way on Nisga'a land
- treaty
- Liberal Party court challenge 11046-7
- negotiation process, public involvement 11047-8
- reasons underlying need for treaty 11046
- treaty, final agreement
- finality not guaranteed by present treaty 11047
- government advertising 11048
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 11047
- traffic and transportation provisions 11865
- Noble, Peter, assessment of fast ferry design 12840
- North Vancouver, council's position on SkyTrain expansion 13184
- Oak Street Bridge, upgrade 13021, 13027
- Office of the superintendent of motor vehicles
- liability in cases of wrongful suspension or cancellation of freight operator's safety certificate 14423-4
- operations 13063
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions
- early retirees' return to work, impact on pension plan 13582-3
- multi-employer pension plans, suspension of benefits of early retirees returning to work in same trade 13582-4
- transfer of vested pension funds to retirement savings plans 13510
- Police and policing, police or other legal officer's powers to search commercial vehicles 14343
- Privilege, reserving right to raise matter respecting Dan Miller 11177
- Public debt
- Puil, George, comments on comparison of light rapid transit and SkyTrain expansion 13179
- Quinsam Coal Corp., lease agreement with B.C. Transportation Financing Authority 12981
- Richmond Centre constituency and area, funding needs 12091
- School district 38 (Richmond)
- funding 12091
- funding for English-as-a-second-language programs 13717-8
- Schools, capital projects, bidding process 13717
- Shipbuilding industry in B.C. 13151-2
- Signs and signage, signs on highways for services and attractions 13059
- SkyTrain
- debt, capital debt 12252
- expansion of system
- operation and maintenance of system 13184-5
- South Fraser perimeter road, construction 12978-9
- Sunshine Coast regional district, bus strike 13190
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11524-7
- Taxation, 1999-2000 levels 12083-5
- Taxi industry, study of industry 13061-2
- Teachers
- collective agreement, impact on funding for English-as-a-second-language programs 13717-8
- role of ethnic diversity in school environment 13398
- Terry, Saul, comments on Nisga'a treaty 11047
- Transit services
- buses and bus service, sale of Orion II buses 13190
- light rapid transit
- comparison with advanced light rapid transit (SkyTrain) 13173-5, 13179
- government commitment to develop Vancouver area system 13172-3
- Transportation
- corridors
- Cascadia transportation corridor, impact of United States infrastructure improvements on B.C. trade 13050
- corridor management plans, public consultation process 12983
- investment in infrastructure, national strategy, motion on order paper 13509
- national transportation system, federal government funding 12979, 13025
- Transportation and Highways ministry
- Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, role 11048
- Trucker Appreciation Week 13224
- Trucking industry
- deregulation 14342
- regulation of business vehicles 14343, 14425
- truck safety, infrared brake inspection system 12730-2
- United States, government treatment of Indians 11046
- Vancouver
- Stanley Park, bridge access, widening of road 12978
- transit services, government comments in 1995 on ten-year plan 13172-3
- Vancouver Island, fixed link to mainland as alternative to ferry system 12866
- Victoria, transit services, provincial funding for bus service 13190
- Wildlife, management by Nisga'a people 11047
- Wilson, Gordon, position while in opposition on high-speed catamaran decision 12841
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