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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 2: November 1998 -- March 2000
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Waddell, Hon. Ian (Vancouver-Fraserview)
- Alcohol, alcoholic beverages, provincial control of distribution and supply 11913, 11915
- Banking industry, mergers 11027
- Beer industry, brewpubs
- sale of products in liquor stores 12673, 13325
- sale of United States products in B.C. liquor stores 13325
- B.C. Arts Council
- appointment of members 13261
- disbursement of funds, accountability of recipient groups 13259
- B.C. Book Week 11837-8
- B.C. Pavilion Corporation, operations 13319-20
- B.C. Task Force on Bank Mergers, hearings 11027
- B.C. 2000, projects and events 13263-4
- British North America Act (Great Britain), repatriation 10928-9
- Budgets, 1999-2000 budget, goals 12062-3
- Burns Bog, development and protection 13317-8
- Business
- companies moving to Alberta 13962-3
- competitiveness of B.C. companies 13311-2
- incorporation
- acceptance of federal incorporation in B.C. 13316
- rate 12896
- small business
- venture capital 13314
- Callaghan Valley, land use for Olympic sport events versus logging 13249
- Canada, cultural diversity 10931
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, position on tax reductions 12056
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, position on aboriginal rights 10929
- Civil service, number of employees 12056
- Culture
- Delta Fraser Properties, agreement with government re development of Burns Bog 13317-8
- Economy
- Employment and unemployment, employment standards 13307-8
- Energy resources, national energy program, position of NDP 10928
- Feature Film Advisory Committee, report
- Ferries and ferry services, impact of service on tourism industry 13252
- Film Development Society of B.C.
- Film industry
- government funding 13256-7
- government policy on film and television industry 13253-7
- hiring policies 13255
- industry in B.C. 11221
- movie and television production
- production 12055
- proposal to use tax credit fund for domestic production 11221
- tax credit program, impact on industry growth 13913
- promotion of film production outside lower mainland 13255-6
- Foster, Ellis, comments on film industry 13253
- Fraser Valley, economy 13311
- Government agents, services and service fees 13315, 13317
- Government, regulations and red tape, impact on business 12199-200
- Heritage, funding 13258
- Human rights, minority rights in Canada 10931
- Indians
- aboriginal rights, constitutional entrenchment 12006-7
- economic development, opportunities 12006
- history of treatment by non-Indians 10930
- land claim settlements
- impact on B.C. economy 12004
- impact on tourism industry 11992
- self-government, right to self-governance 12005-6
- Investment climate in B.C., certainty provided by Indian land claim settlements 10931
- Legislature
- bills, debate, member may speak for 30 minutes during second reading 10927
- opposition, role 10928
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 10929-31, 12006
- Livent Inc., debt to B.C. government 13264
- Locke, Charles, comments on ski resort investment in B.C. 12896
- Mining industry, current state of industry in B.C. 12056
- New York Times, editorial comments on Nisga'a treaty 10929
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government
- jurisdictional concerns 10930
- regulation of alcohol sales and consumption on Nisga'a land 11913, 11915
- treaty
- treaty, final agreement
- constitutional validity 10929-30
- cost of compensation 10930
- economic benefits 10931
- public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10929
- Oil and gas industry, archaeological resource management 13317
- Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games
- bid committee, board representation 13262
- preparation for 2003 selection 13251
- selection as Canada's bid representative 10829-30
- Pacific National Exhibition, relocation 13317-9
- Parks, campgrounds reservation system 13216
- Pension from federal government while working as B.C. MLA
(Penner) 13278
- Pharmacists and pharmacies, pharmacy participation agreement 13309
- Publishing industry in B.C. 11837-8
- Recreation
- back-country recreation
- land use issues, handling and backlog in Tourism and Environment ministries 13246-7
- leadership program for Indians 13259
- fishing resorts, Crown leases for fishing camps 13246-7
- Recycling, deposit system for beverage containers, alcoholic beverage containers 13322-3
- Royal B.C. Museum
- Leonardo da Vinci exhibit
- operations and special exhibits 13191-5
- Scott, F.R., description of Canada in poem "Laurentian Shield" 12007
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
- report, public input 12005
- work of committee 10931
- Ski industry, employment standards 13307-8
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 13191-5, 13207-17, 13246-64, 13307-26
- budget allocation and priorities 13320
- business-lens review of regulations governing small business and tourism 13316-7
- Culture ministry, funding for arts, recreation and sports 13257-8
- financial management 13264
- government agents branch, measurement of customer satisfaction 13315
- liquor distribution branch
- minister's role as advocate for small business 13310
- reduction of government regulations and red tape for small business 13312-3
- Small Business ministry, alliances with private sector and other levels of government 13313
- Tourism ministry
- minister's role in land use decisions 13252-3
- regional tourism development plan 13251
- work with B.C. Ferry Corporation and Tourism B.C. 13211, 13252, 13321
- tourism policy
- web page 13316
- Society, social justice and equality 12004-7
- Sport B.C.
- memorandum of understanding with government re management of provincial sports organizations 13262
- role in B.C.'s Olympic winter games bid 13262
- Sports
- athlete assistance program 13262-3
- playing-field issues 13263
- Tourism B.C.
- annual report, 1997-98, and other documents tabled 11351
- board
- funding allocations, regional allocations 13208-9, 13213
- getaway program, call tracking 13215
- long-term planning 13215
- marketing 13213-6
- marketing of northeastern B.C. 14071
- operations and goals 13208, 13211-2
- spending levels 13321
- work with Tourism ministry 13211
- Tourism industry
- aboriginal tourism, promotion 13250
- ecotourism and cultural tourism 13209, 13249-51
- employment and job creation 10935
- gateway communities 13308
- growth in industry 11350-1
- industry in B.C. 12055
- maps of areas with tourism potential 13249
- marketing North Vancouver Island as tourist destination 11993
- promotion of favourable United States exchange rate 13211-2
- taxation 13321
- tourism resource inventory and mapping 13248-9
- visitor information centres and tourist bureaus, evaluation process 13215
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion project, funding issues 13320
- Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area
- capital projects 12057
- constituents' position on Nisga'a treaty 10931
- Vickers, Matt, position on Indian land claim settlements 12004
- Visions for the Future program 10931, 13250, 13314
- Western Delta Property Corp., government loan 13318
- Whales, whale-watching industry, regulation 13250
- Workers Compensation Board, regulations governing the workplace, impact of new regulations on tourism 13248
- Working Opportunity Fund, selection of investments 13315
- Youth business and entrepreneurship training program 13313
- Youth, programs and services, entrepreneurship programs 13250, 13313
- Zirnhelt, David, comments on government's powers 13321
Wages and salaries See also Income
- Minimum wage, impact on employment opportunities for disabled and handicapped persons
(Barisoff) 13356
(Boone) 13356
Walsh, Erda (Kootenay)
- Alberta, health care services 12176-7
- Ambulance service, historical levels 14197-9
- B.C. Ambulance Service, operations 14197, 14199
- B.C., residents, lifestyle 12822
- B.C. Senior Games, purpose 12645-6
- Budgets, balanced-budget legislation 12176
- Business, small business, tax reductions 12178
- Discrimination and racism, systemic discrimination against Indians 10970-1
- Education funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12177-8
- Employment and unemployment, job creation, record in B.C. 12895
- Health care
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12176-7
- preventive health care, government initiatives 12822
- Human rights, wrongs of the past 10972
- Hunting of Rocky Mountain elk, letters and petition tabled 14170
- Indians
- history of treatment by non-Indians 10970-1
- treaties, legal requirement for governments to negotiate treaties 10971
- Infrastructure, projects 12179
- International Year of Older Persons 12644-5
- Investment, private sector investment 12178
- Kootenay area
- East Kootenay, investment 13731-3
- health care services 12823
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on Nisga'a treaty 10971-2
- Manson, Don, comments on Nisga'a treaty 10971
- MLAs, work of MLAs 11329-30
- Nature, bonds between humans and land 10970
- New Brunswick, 1999 election platform 12895
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10970-2
- Nisga'a people
- historical ties to the land 10970
- treaty
- Liberal Party position 10971-2
- reasons underlying need for treaty 10971-2
- redress for past wrongs 10971
- Prevention of Violence Against Women Week 11956
- Seniors, contributions to society 12644-5
- Transportation, investment in infrastructure, Kootenay area projects 12179
- Violence against women, prevention 11956-7
- Warnke, Allan, comments on Liberal Party position on Nisga'a treaty 10971-2
- Whittred, Katherine, comments on Nisga'a treaty 10971
Walter Construction (Canada) Ltd. See Upgrade and maintenance agreement under Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road
War brides
Ward, Tom
- Comments on forecasted costs for fast ferry program
(Miller) 11284
- Role in fast ferry program cost overruns
(Clark, C.) 11284-5
(Miller) 11284-5
Warnke, Allan
- Comments on Liberal Party position on Nisga'a treaty
(Walsh) 10971-2
Washington (State)
- Sex offender registry program
(Dosanjh) 13706
(Weisgerber) 13705-6
Waste management
- Contaminated sites, impact of flooding
(Coell) 12288
(McGregor) 12288
Waste Management Act
Water
- Exports
- call for federal ban on bulk exports
(Coell) 13508
(McGregor) 13507-8
- call for moratorium on water exports
(Jarvis) 12315
(McGregor) 12315
- legislation
(Coell) 12089
(de Jong) 11325
(McGregor) 12089-90
- Groundwater
- Nisga'a treaty water provisions
- water licences
(de Jong) 11321
- water licences and fees
(Jarvis) 11321, 11324
(McGregor) 11321, 11324-5
- water licences, documents tabled
(McGregor) 11353-4
- water rights and water reservations, Nass River volume
(de Jong) 11322-3
(Jarvis) 11321, 11323-4
(McGregor) 11322-4
- water rights and water reservations, protection of values for fish
(Jarvis) 11324
(McGregor) 11324
- water rights and water reservations, valuation of resource
(de Jong) 11323, 11325-8
(Jarvis) 11321
(McGregor) 11321, 11326
- Quality, responsibility for safe drinking water
(McGregor) 10907
- Supply by private utility companies, application fees
(Coell) 12314
(McGregor) 12314
- Water licences
- Water licences, quick licensing process for low-volume users
- Water utilities, private utilities, cost for certificate of public convenience
(McGregor) 10907
(Neufeld) 10907
Water Act
- Consequential amendments from Wildlife Amendment Act, 1999
(Coell) 13376
(McGregor) 13376
Water Amendment Act, 1999
- (Bill 72) (Minister of Environment) 1R, 13364-5; 2R, 13979-80; C, 14033-8, 14040; 3R, 14279; Report, 14018; RA, 14488
- Amdts: sec. 2 (McGregor) 14035, approved 14035
- Debate, speakers
(Coell) 13980, 14033-4
(McGregor) 13364-5, 13979-80, 14034-8
(van Dongen) 14034-8
(Wilson, J.) 14035-8
- Purpose of bill
(McGregor) 13365, 13979-80
Watersheds
- Management
- management and protection initiatives
(Nebbeling) 13154
(Sawicki) 13153-5
- wildlife protection concerns
(Coell) 11743-4
(Wilson, G.) 11743-4
- Partnerships between watershed awareness groups and Fisheries Renewal B.C.
(Streifel) 12531-3
(van Dongen) 12531-3
- Restoration of Nass area watersheds by Nisga'a
(Abbott) 11709-12
(Plant) 11710-2
(Wilson, G.) 11709-12
(Zirnhelt) 11710-2
- Watershed assessment by forest industry See Watershed assessment under Forest industry
Waugh, Caroline
- Flood-related debris flow damages case
(Abbott) 12282
Weed Control Act
Weisbeck, John (Okanagan East)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry
- Blaney, Jack, position on university faculty retirement and recruitment issues 12518-9, 12572
- B.C. Career Colleges Association, position on Private Post-Secondary Education Amendment Act (1999) 13985, 14062
- B.C. Institute of Technology, program advisory committees, industry representation 13136
- B.C. residents moving elsewhere 11519
- B.C. Society of Landscape Architects, goals 13135
- B.C. Technology Industries Association, annual report on industry 13633
- Business, electronic commerce, preparations by government 12633
- Centre for Education Information Standards and Services, "On Track" survey on performance of private post-secondary institutions 13984-5
- Children and Families ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13497
- Civil service, number of employees in federal and provincial governments 11020
- Clark, Glen, comments on investigation into role of media in police search of home 11520
- Crossroads Treatment Centre, government funding 13497
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 11519
- Education
- Education Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13074, 13135-6
- Education Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1999, debate 14281, 14387-8
- Film industry, hiring policies 13255
- Forest Renewal B.C., forest worker transition program, taxation of training funds 12590
- Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, position on use of personal student information 14281
- Government, accountability 11520
- Highway 97, Alaska Highway, improvement to section near Duck Lake, petition tabled 11728
- House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, statements re privacy as a human right 14281
- Indians, treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 11019
- Inquiry Act, applicability to tuition assurance fund claims 14063
- Legislature, legislative calendar and sitting schedule 11520
- MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., operation of B.C. OnLine 12632-3
- NDP government, competence 11518-20
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 11019-21, 11907-8
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government, jurisdictional concerns 11020-1
- treaty, final agreement
- cost of compensation 11020
- finality not guaranteed by present treaty 11020
- post-secondary education 11907-8
- workability 11019-20
- Nurses, training programs, number of student spaces 12549-50
- Okanagan University College, funding 12571-2, 12622-3
- Opticians, supply and recruitment for rural areas 12589
- Pattison, Jim, transfer of business interests to Alberta 11519
- Post-secondary education
- class size 12552
- courses and programs
- availability 12520, 12552
- availability, cost to students of lengthened programs of study 12571
- flexibility in program access and delivery 12517
- impact of increasing average student age on program content 12515-6
- demographic trends, impact on policy planning 12515-6
- funding
- funding 12590
- funding for administrative and technological support agencies, impact on budget 12550
- funding for technology programs 12623
- per-capita funding 12519
- per-capita funding, regional differences 12622-3
- government policies, impact on quality of education 12553, 12591
- impact of technological change 12515
- policy accord on government training expenditures 12589
- public-private partnerships 12623
- student financial assistance
- eligibility of programs 12622
- student loans, cost-of-living formula 12590-1
- student spaces, allocation to targeted programs 12549-50
- students' concerns 12519-20, 12552-3, 12572, 12590-1, 12623
- tuition fees, impact studies 12571
- tuition freeze, impact on institutions 12571-2
- Private Post-Secondary Education Amendment Act, 1999
- Private Post-Secondary Education Commission
- authority to administer tuition assurance fund 13985, 14064
- registration exemption for Canadian public institutions 13136
- Public debt during NDP administration 11518-9
- School district 23 (Central Okanagan), walk limits for children, petition tabled 14341-2
- Science and technology, growth of high-technology industry, impact of government policies 13633-4
- Skills training, community skills centres, mandate and funding 12551-2
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13255
- Strong, David, position on university tuition freeze 12571
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11518-21
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 12571-2, 13224
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- facilities, year-round use 12516
- faculty
- governance structures, flexibility of current models 12517
- libraries, funding for acquisitions 12550
- private institutions
- private institutions, tuition assurance fund 13985, 14062-5
- University of B.C., fire protection master's program, transfer to Technical University of B.C. 12550-1
- University of Victoria
- funding issues 12571
- political science department, funding 12590
Weisgerber, Jack (Peace River South)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12997-3001
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12586
- Agriculture Day 13369-70
- Agriculture industry
- farm vehicles, operating requirements when used for commercial purposes 14426-7
- financial assistance for farmers, federal farm relief program 11028
- government assistance and support 10899
- industry in B.C., competitiveness 13369-70
- intergovernmental ministers' meeting on financial assistance for grain producers 10899
- Automobiles
- repair shop accreditation 12737-8
- vehicle identification numbers, requirement 14422-3
- Bonnyville Air Services (1980) Ltd., aerial spray licensing case 12293-4
- B.C. Gas Inc., proposal for pipeline from Alberta to southern B.C. 11621
- B.C., northern B.C., gasoline prices in northeastern B.C. 11089
- B.C. Rail Ltd., privatization 12506
- Budgets
- 1999-2000 budget, revenues from sale of provincial assets 11483
- interim supply, use 11481
- Calder v. Attorney General of British Columbia, decision 10834
- Casino of the Rockies, casino licence application 11661
- Charlottetown accord, debate 11104
- Clark, Glen, comments on Coquihalla highway cost overrun 11353
- Coal industry, northeast coal 12100
- Commended for work on Indian treaty negotiations
(Neufeld) 10840
- Corrections system
- correctional facilities, drug use, comparison between B.C. and federal facilities 13043-4
- sex offenders, national registry 11006, 13705-6, 14169
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions, ruling on aboriginal title 11131-2, 11226-7
- Elections, electoral representation for northern and rural areas 13554-5
- Electoral Boundaries Commission
- Energy and Mines ministry and Ministry Responsible for Northern Development, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12500-2, 12505-6
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12293-5
- Evans, Corky, role in intergovernmental ministers' meeting on financial assistance for grain, cattle and hog producers 10899
- Exports and imports, trade with Japan 12100
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program
- Firearms, gun control
- firearms registry 14169
- registration requirement 11006
- Forest industry, aspen, use in oriented strand board 12100-1
- Fuel
- gasoline prices in northeastern B.C. 11089
- gasoline tax, "carbon tax" 12793-4
- Gambling
- crime and gambling, development of review and approval process for gaming legislation 11661
- gambling on Indian land, applicability of provincial law on Nisga'a land 11911
- Giesbrecht, Helmut, participation in House debates 11384
- Gingell, Fred, tribute 14165-6
- Gitanyow Indian band, challenge to Nisga'a land entitlement 10834, 11225-7
- Gosnell, Joseph, permission to address the House 10859
- Government
- assets, sale of Crown assets, use of revenue 11483
- financial management 11483-4
- legal counsel and costs for cabinet members and staff 11835
- Grain transportation, Alberta grain shipments through northeastern B.C. 12505-6
- Hartley, Bill, election as Speaker 14491
- Health care
- funding, 1999-2000 budgeted expenditures 12099-100
- travel for treatment, B.C. residents travelling to Alberta 12100
- Health ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 14096-7
- Highway 5, Coquihalla Highway construction costs, overrun 11483
- Hunting by Indians, policy on hunting by Métis 12294-5
- Indian Act (federal), authority over Nisga'a people, termination 11122-3
- Indians
- aboriginal rights
- codification in negotiated treaties 11122-3
- inclusion of aboriginal title 11131-2
- land claims, overlapping claims 10834-5, 11217-9, 11225-8, 11422-4
- lands, leaseholds issue 11107
- non-Indian tenants on Indian land, rights 11053
- self-government
- inherent right or delegated power 11082
- obligations of Canadian government to Indians 11781
- pre-existence of right to self-governance 11079-80
- standard of living 11004
- treaties
- certainty language 12997-9
- Treaty 8, provisions 10834
- use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10812, 10833
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12737-8, 12817-8
- policies and practices, requirements for auto glass repair shops 12244-5
- role in regulation of commercial vehicles and operators 14422-3
- Investment climate in B.C., certainty provided by Indian land claim settlements 10835
- Legislature
- closure of debate, use 11997
- free votes, relevance 10836
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 11384-6
- session length, length of third session of 36th Parliament 11481-2
- Livestock industry, government assistance 10899
- Louisiana-Pacific Corp., activity in B.C. 12100-1
- McLeod Lake Indian band
- negotiation of agreement re McLeod Lake claims 12795-6
- Treaty 8 adhesion agreement 12997-9
- Motions
- approval of Electoral Boundaries Commission report (Motion 65), debate 13554-5
- motion that the House do now adjourn, debate 11383-6
- time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62)
- Motor vehicle branch, transfer of functions to Insurance Corporation of B.C., impact on enforcement of regulations 12817-8
- Motor Vehicle Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14422-3, 14426-7
- Municipalities, grants from provincial government, reduction 11483-4, 12099
- Musqueam Indian band, non-Musqueam leaseholders dispute
- National Safety Code, regulation of commercial-use vehicles, issues and concerns 14426-7
- NDP government, competence 11483-4
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10833-6, 11079-80, 11082, 11104-8, 11122-3, 11130-2, 11141-2, 11171-2, 11187, 11217-9, 11225-8, 11247-9, 11254-5, 11416-7, 11422-4, 11779-81, 11808-10, 11911, 11997-8
- approval process
- debate on bill
- debate on Nisga'a final agreement 11416
- debate suspension following appointment of Gordon Wilson as Aboriginal Affairs minister 11383-6
- political use 11970
- Nisga'a people
- agreement-in-principle
- changes, public input 11079
- changes to address Delgamuukw assertions on aboriginal title 11226-7
- government, self-government
- Nisga'a land
- treaty
- treaty, final agreement
- application to Nisga'a in Alaska 11172
- approval process, public referendum versus vote in B.C. Legislature 10834-5
- cost in cash and land settlements 10834
- Crown apology not part of treaty 11130-1
- debate in B.C. Legislature 11004
- definitions, "aboriginal title" 11131-2
- definitions, "Nisga'a nation" 11141-2
- federal contribution as cost-benefit for B.C. 11172
- federal transfers, continuation after treaty in effect 11171
- history of events leading to negotiated settlement 10833
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 10834-5, 11217-9, 11225-8
- land entitlement, permanency of Nisga'a jurisdiction and residual title 11247-9
- land entitlement, value of forgone revenues to government 11254-5
- legal certainty 11079-80
- objectives of treaty 10812
- remedies and replacement rights 11227-8
- rights, "cede, release and surrender" wording 11187
- rights, codification of agreed-upon existing and new rights 11122-3
- rights, section 35 Charter rights 11082
- tax payment and exemption provisions 10834, 11080
- Northern Development Commission
- commissioner's participation in deputy ministers' meetings 12500-1
- role 12502
- Northern Lights College, replacement of dormitories 12586
- Oil and gas industry
- government support 12100
- natural gas, safety in industry 11350
- pipelines, southern crossing pipeline proposal 11482-3
- Peace River
- aerial spraying of grain crops in area, reciprocal agreement for spray licensing 12293-4
- changes to area electoral boundaries 13555
- farming operations, profitability 11028
- Pharmaceutical industry, rural incentive program 14097
- Pharmacists and pharmacies, pharmacy participation agreement 14096-7
- Premier's Council on Native Affairs, appointment and work of 1989 committee 10833
- Public debt during NDP administration 11483, 12099
- Railways and rail services
- Dawson Creek exchange, agreement between B.C. Rail and Canadian National Railways 12505
- deregulation and privatization 12506
- services to northeastern B.C. 12505-6
- Religion, spiritual leaders' statement on Nisga'a treaty 11004
- Resources and resource industries, activity in northeastern B.C. 12100-1
- Sechelt Indian band
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, work of committee 11970
- Smith, Bud, legal costs while Attorney General 11835
- Solex Developments Co. Inc., gas plant explosion 11350
- Sterritt, Neil, comments on competing Indian land claims 11219
- Stewart, Robert, review on use of drugs in correctional facilities 13043-4
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11481-4
- Tourism B.C.
- board, northern B.C. representation 12088-9
- marketing of northeastern B.C. 14071
- Trucking industry
- regulation of business vehicles 14426-7
- regulation of overweight vehicles, enforcement and penalties 11926-7
- weigh scales, Pouce Coupe weigh scale 11284
- Tumbler Ridge
- drug dispensary services 14096-7
- physician supply, petition tabled 10858
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, fiftieth anniversary 11004
- Vander Zalm, William N., work on 1989 Premier's Council on Native Affairs 10833
- Washington (State), sex offender registry program 13705-6
- Waste Management Act, relationship to Mines Act re coal waste management 12294
- Wilson, Gordon
- knowledge of Indian issues 11385
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, change from critic to minister responsible, position on previous statements by government 11416-7
- Workers Compensation Board, regulations governing the workplace, extension of smoking-areas exemption 12567
- Yukon Indian treaty, taxation provisions 11080
Wells Gray Park
- Access roads, impact of erosion control devices
(Krueger) 12307
(McGregor) 12307
- Pine beetle infestation
(Abbott) 12312
(McGregor) 12312
Wesley, John
- Role as member of 1887 Nisga'a delegation to Victoria
(Clark, G.) 11032
West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd.
West, Neville
- Treatment by Insurance Corporation of B.C., privacy concerns
(Campbell) 12740-1
(Lovick) 12740-1
Westbank Indian band
- Treaty negotiations, status
(Wilson, G.) 12933
Western Canada Summer Games
- B.C. team, B.C. Lottery Corporation funding
(Abbott) 13994
(Farnworth) 13994
Western Delta Property Corp.
Western Star Trucks Ltd.
- Expansion of manufacturing facility, land use issues
(van Dongen) 13132
- Government investment in company
(Farrell-Collins) 13089
Wet'suwet'en nation
- 1910 statement of chiefs on government policies concerning Indians
(Zirnhelt) 11015
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
- Processing of timber harvested in Merritt timber supply area
- petition tabled
(Lali) 11354
- processing
(Lali) 12078
- Purchase of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
Whales
- Whale-watching industry, regulation
(Waddell) 13250
- Whaling by Indians, provincial government position on inclusion of issue in treaty negotiations
(Clark, G.) 14247-8
(de Jong) 12922-5, 14247-8
(Wilson, G.) 12923-5
Whistler, B.C.
- Development as resort community
(Gillespie) 12274-5
(Nebbeling) 12274-5
- Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 Olympic winter games See Olympic Games
White Rock, B.C.
Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12584
- Begbie Canadian History Contest, establishment 14191-3
- Charlottetown accord 10967
- Children and Families ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13337-8
- Children, child protection workers, caseloads and funding 11702
- Comments on Nisga'a treaty
(Walsh) 10971
- Cooperative Association Act
- Cooperatives
- Democracy, right to vote in Canada 10966-7
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- programs and services, bridging programs between secondary and post-secondary education 12584, 13337-8
- task force on disability issues 12663
- Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 11518
- Education
- curriculum, Canadian history 14191-3
- funding, current levels 11517
- Nisga'a treaty education provisions, preschool to grade 12 education, comparable standards requirement 11904-5
- Facing History and Ourselves, research project goals 10967
- Family maintenance enforcement program 12653
- Federated Cooperatives Ltd., authority to audit cooperatives 14453
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction cost overruns 11334-6, 11516-7
- Foster care, foster and group home care system
- grants and financial assistance to service providers 13160-1
- human resource facility agreements with service providers 13162-4
- Glacier View Lodge, government expropriation 12665
- Gosnell, Joseph, comments on Nisga'a treaty 10967-8
- Government
- financial management 11516-8
- parliamentary government, Canada's system of democratic governance 10967
- Health care system, current state of B.C. system 11517-8
- Human Resource Facility Act, amendments 13160
- Human Resources ministry
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12648-55, 12658-9, 12663-6
- accomplishments, goals and responsibilities of ministry 12648
- agreements with Nisga'a people 11872
- "Contact" magazine, cost and quality 12663
- jurisdiction 11870
- rewarding-excellence program 12653-4
- role in housing 12663
- staffing, allocation of full-time-equivalents 12651-2, 12654
- volunteer strategy, consultation 12664
- Income, gap between rich and poor 12650-2, 12664
- Indians
- treaties, use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10967-8
- use of social services 12650
- Information and Privacy Commissioner, appointment 14476
- International Volunteer Day 10901
- International Year of Older Persons 12645
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13160-4
- NDP government, competence 11516-8
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10966-8, 11854-6, 11860-3, 11869-73, 11904-5
- Nisga'a people
- government, self-government
- treaty, final agreement
- history of events leading to negotiated settlement 10966
- human resource development, delivery of skills training programs 11854-6, 11860-3
- social services provisions 11869-73
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10967
- Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 1999
- Pensions, multi-employer pension plans, suspension of benefits of early retirees returning to work in same trade 13611-3
- Post-secondary education, student spaces, shortfall 11517
- Poverty
- child poverty, NDP government action 12664
- NDP government action 12650-2
- Schools, portables, reduction strategy 13939-40
- Seniors, contributions to society 12645
- Shipbuilding industry in B.C. 11334-5
- Social welfare system, income assistance
- assistance for Nisga'a people 11873
- benefits and services, payment levels 12654
- disability benefits 12658-9
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11516-8
- Taxation of educational materials, policy review 14230-1
- Volunteers and volunteer sector
- funding issues 12665
- volunteerism 11901-2
- volunteerism, participation rate in B.C. 12664
- Women, employment levels 12651
Widdows, Ian
- Cancer services waiting times, case
(Sanders) 14026
Wien, Fred
- Comments on Indian treaties
(McGregor) 10949
Wildlife
- Agreements between Nisga'a and other aboriginal peoples
(Plant) 11731
(Wilson, G.) 11731
- Bears
- bear hunting in spring, petition tabled
(Orcherton) 11728
- grizzly bear management
(Coell) 12342-3
(McGregor) 12342-3
- grizzly populations
(Wilson, G.) 11733
- problem bears, strategies
(Coell) 12343
(McGregor) 12343
- Conservation officers
- Endangered-species legislation
(Coell) 11744
(Wilson, G.) 11744
- Impact on agriculture industry See Wildlife control under Agriculture industry
- Management
- identified wildlife management strategy See Forest industry
- management by Nisga'a people
(Campbell) 10913
(Symons) 11047
- regional approach
(Wilson, G.) 11719
- wildlife management areas, area usage decisions
(McGregor) 13371
(Wilson, J.) 13304, 13371
- Marmots, Vancouver Island marmot captive-breeding program
(Coell) 12344
(McGregor) 12344
- Nisga'a treaty wildlife provisions
- annual management plans
(Coell) 11744-5
(Wilson, G.) 11744-5
- eligibility of Nisga'a people for provincial wildlife management funding
(Coell) 11729-30, 11741-2
(Dosanjh) 11743
(Plant) 11743
(Wilson, G.) 11729-30, 11741-2
- entitlements and allocations, conservation concerns
(Coell) 11718-9, 11733-4
(Plant) 11734
(Wilson, G.) 11719, 11733-4
- entitlements and allocations, review of initial allocations
(Coell) 11737-8
(Dosanjh) 11738
(Wilson, G.) 11737-8
- entitlements and allocations, role of Nisga'a government
(Coell) 11740
(Dosanjh) 11739-40
(Plant) 11739-40
(Wilson, G.) 11740-1
- entitlements and allocations, species designation, role of wildlife committee
(Coell) 11734-7
(Wilson, G.) 11734-7
- entitlements, impact on other harvesting opportunities
(Plant) 11731
(Wilson, G.) 11731
- entitlements, restriction on use
(Coell) 11723-4
(Wilson, G.) 11723-4
- federal obligation to consult on matters affecting migratory birds or their habitat
(Plant) 11749
- harvest objectives
(Plant) 11738-9
(Wilson, G.) 11739
- licences for traplines and guide-outfitters on Nisga'a land
(Coell) 11292-4, 11298, 11746-8
(Lovick) 11293
(McGregor) 11292-4
(Neufeld) 11292-3
(Plant) 11745-8
(Wilson, G.) 11745-8
- licences for trappers, transfer or assignment
(de Jong) 11294-7, 11299
(Lovick) 11297-8
(McGregor) 11294-9
(Plant) 11297
- migratory birds
(Coell) 11748-9
(Dosanjh) 11749
(Plant) 11749
- right to harvest for domestic purposes
(Plant) 11735-6
(Wilson, G.) 11735-6
- right to harvest on Crown land
(Abbott) 11720-1
(Coell) 11720, 11722
(Wilson, G.) 11720-2
- trade, barter or sale of harvested wildlife
(Coell) 11745
(Wilson, G.) 11745
- wildlife allocation decisions
(Coell) 11720, 11749
(Wilson, G.) 11720, 11750
- wildlife committee, operation
(Coell) 11741-4
(Dosanjh) 11742
(Plant) 11743
(Wilson, G.) 11741-4
- Offences, fines and penalties
(de Jong) 13375-6
(McGregor) 13303, 13305, 13374-6
(Plant) 13374-5
(Wilson, J.) 13374
- Problem wildlife
Wildlife Act
- Position on regulation of registered traplines
(Wilson, G.) 11747
Wildlife Amendment Act, 1999
- (Bill 63) (Minister of Environment) 1R, 12669; 2R, 13303-5; C, 13349-52, 13370-7; 3R, 13377; RA, 14090
- Debate, speakers
(Coell) 13303-4, 13371-2, 13376
(Dalton) 13349-50
(de Jong) 13375-6
(McGregor) 12669, 13303, 13305, 13349-51, 13370-6
(Plant) 13371-5
(Wilson, J.) 13304-5, 13350-1, 13370-2, 13374
- Definitions
- Purpose
(Coell) 13303-4
(McGregor) 12669, 13303
Williams Lake, B.C.
- 1990 rally on need to settle Indian land claims
(Zirnhelt) 11016
Williams Lake Tribune
- Editorial comments on settlement of Indian land claims
(Zirnhelt) 11016
Willingdon Youth Custody Centre See Burnaby Youth Custody Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Wills
- Probate fees
- Protection of interests of minors and vulnerable adults See Role on behalf of minors and vulnerable adults in estate settlements under Office of the public trustee
Wills Act
Wills Variation Act
Wilson, Hon. Gordon F. (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- Alcohol, alcoholic beverages, provincial control of distribution and supply 11913-6
- Angus Reid Group, survey on Nisga'a final agreement 13009-10
- Armed forces, Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack, use as educational facility 13001-3
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- 1999-2000 estimates debate 12837-66
- 1998-99 annual report tabled 14077
- accountability for fast ferry project 12838-9
- capital plan, revisions 12850
- debt
- borrowing authority increase 11637
- debt management planning 12851-3
- debt to offset capital and operating deficits 12716-9
- impact on fares and services 12793
- management of debt-servicing costs 12861, 12864-5
- disclosure of information 12840
- management 12838
- operations
- cost-reduction efforts 12864
- revenue loss due to fast ferry construction delays 12862
- program development and financial reporting, role of Crown corporations secretariat 12864
- B.C. Treaty Commission
- 1999 annual report tabled 13965
- government funding, accountability 13033-5
- role, comments on treaty negotiation and ratification process 12986-9, 12992-4
- "Strengthening First Nations for Treaty Purposes" report, recommendations to expedite treaty negotiation process 12934-40
- treaty process 13808
- B.C. Wildlife Federation, membership on Nass wildlife committee 11737
- Budgets
- 1999-2000 budget, goals 12034
- balanced-budget legislation 12024
- Burrard nation, treaty negotiations 13037-9
- Campbell, Gordon, letter to B.C. Treaty Commission about Nisga'a treaty 11975
- Canada, cultural diversity 90910
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- section 25, statements re aboriginal rights 11097
- section 35, statements re aboriginal and treaty rights 11097
- Canadian Forest Products Ltd., investment in Prince George forest region 12931
- Carrier-Sekani tribal council, treaty negotiations 12929-32
- Catamaran Ferries International Corp.
- accountability and financial reporting 12839
- assets and liabilities 12862
- sale to private sector 12865-6
- Chief forester, role in reallocation of tree farm licences affected by Nisga'a treaty 11630-1
- Child, youth and family advocate, authority to act on behalf of Nisga'a children and youth during treaty transition period 11885
- Children and Families ministry, strategic plan for aboriginal services, applicability to Nisga'a during treaty transition period 11886-7
- Children's Commission, commissioner, authority to act on behalf of Nisga'a children and youth during treaty transition period 11885
- A Civilized Revolution: Meeting Tomorrow's Challenge with the Progressive Democratic Alliance, statements re Indian treaty issues
(de Jong) 11417-9
(van Dongen) 11426-7
- Clark, Glen, position on inclusion of whaling in Indian treaty negotiations 12923-4
- Coastal Council
- advisory role in B.C. Ferry Corporation debt management planning 12851-3
- position on increases in ferry fares 12853
- Comments on issues
- fisheries component of Nisga'a treaty
(van Dongen) 11625
- NDP government fiscal policies
(Penner) 12032
- NDP government's financial management
(Thorpe) 11472
- people leaving B.C. 12496-7
(Clark, C.) 12496
(Farrell-Collins) 12497
(Plant) 12496-7
- Council of Forest Industries of B.C., tax relief proposals 10831
- Crown land, activities on Crown land, authorized uses 11720-3
- Delgamuukw cases, impact of decisions on resource management 11195
- Detroit Diesel Corp., engine maintenance service agreement with B.C. Ferry Corporation 12856
- Disabled and handicapped persons, access to amenities on ferries 12860
- Discrimination and racism, treatment of minorities in Canada 11004
- Education
- education of Indians, use of former armed forces base at Chilliwack as educational facility for Indians 13001-3
- Nisga'a treaty education provisions, preschool to grade 12 education, comparable standards requirement 11902-3, 11906
- Emergencies, emergency preparedness, funding 11920
- Ferries and ferry services
- corporate sponsorship, revenue to B.C. Ferry Corporation 12861
- essential-service designation, minimum services 10937
- fares
- fare structure alternatives 12862
- fare structure, equity issues 12852-3
- government's free-fare policy for school children and seniors 12863-4
- premium fares on fast ferries 12866
- fast ferries
- construction costs 12842
- construction costs, impact of design changes on costs 12839
- construction program, future of program 11374
- 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, bypassing of speed governors 12161
- engines, performance and maintenance issues 12848-9, 12856-7
- fuel costs and fuelling facilities 12855-7
- high-speed catamarans, decision on design 12840-1
- high-speed catamarans, royalties to designers 12846-7
- loading procedure 12858-9
- maintenance costs 12849
- noise level on car decks 12866
- safety concerns 12854, 12863
- sea trials, main-engine problem and warranty 11224
- sea water piping system 12854-5
- vehicle capacity and size restrictions 12857-8
- wake and wash concerns 12847, 14339-40
- weight rating 12849-50
- ferries as extension of highway system 12851, 12864
- "ferry miles" program proposal 12853
- ferry personnel, captain's decision not to sail in unsafe conditions 12865
- ferry terminals, loading ramp system 12863
- funding from provincial fuel tax 12851
- labour relations
- reservation system
- routes and services
- commuter service, links to transit systems 12861
- Discovery Coast service, future plans 12865
- Gulf Islands service 12859-61
- impact of service on tourism industry and small businesses on Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands 12843-4, 12860
- Prince Rupert–Queen Charlottes service, replacement vessel 12850
- stakeholders' forum proposal 12845
- vessels
- Bowen Queen, engine repairs 12860
- Century-class vessels, use 12851
- construction program 12792
- fleet repair and upgrade needs 11151-2, 12850-1
- Gulf Islands ferries, disabled and handicapped persons' access to amenities 12860
- Skeena Queen, vibration concerns 12860, 12865
- Film industry, movie and television production, proposal to use tax credit fund for domestic production 11222
- Firearms, possession and use by aboriginal peoples 11730
- First Citizens' Fund, activities 13808-9
- First Nations Land Management Act (federal), impact on property rights of Indian women 12995
- Fisheries
- fishing by Indians, commercial fishery 10909-10
- management of resource, management practices, impact on stocks 11625-6
- Nisga'a treaty fisheries provisions
- allocation of fish 10909-10
- comments on inclusion in treaty of commercial fishery agreement 11427-8
- enforcement processes 11442-3
- fisheries management 11438-43, 11625-6
- harvest agreement, compensation to Nisga'a for reduced or lost fish allocation 11624-5
- harvest agreement, definition of "consult" 11624
- harvesting rights 11430
- international arrangements 11445-6
- Joint Fisheries Management Committee 11435-7
- Lisims Fisheries Conservation Trust 11444-5
- Nisga'a annual fishing plans 11438-42
- Nisga'a participation in general commercial fishery 11427, 11445
- rights re intertidal bivalves and aquaculture operations 11429
- sale and trade of fish, enforcement issue 11430-2
- setting of guidelines 11432-3
- Fisheries Survival Coalition, concerns re Nisga'a final agreement fisheries issues 11432
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut, level in Nass wildlife area 11721-2, 11731-2
- forest resource management when standards differ among special groups 11652
- harvest levels, report by province on timber harvest volumes 11709
- Nisga'a treaty forestry provisions
- amount paid by province for timber harvested on Nisga'a land during transition period 11705-9
- compensation to current operators for lost rights 11630-1
- forest management standards 11652-4
- forest resources outside Nisga'a lands, control of management practices 11720
- impact on existing licensees 11627-30
- implementation 11627
- non-timber resources, mushrooms 11656-7
- timber exports 11697
- timber harvesting, compliance and enforcement 11681
- timber harvesting during transition period 11672-5
- timber harvesting on Nisga'a land, obligation to use Nisga'a contractors 11674-5
- timber harvesting, performance obligations 11679
- timber processing provisions 11705-6
- timber scaling 11663-4
- valuation of rights transferred to Nisga'a 11631-3
- private forest land, forest management 11652
- stumpage, calculations 11708-9
- taxation, tax changes 10831
- timber supply areas
- areas affected by Nisga'a treaty forest resources provisions 11627-9
- areas affected by Nisga'a treaty forest wildlife entitlement provisions 11721-2
- Forest Renewal B.C., funding for projects, allocations for watershed restoration 11711-2
- Forests ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13914
- Gambling on Indian land, applicability of provincial law on Nisga'a land 11910-2
- Gitanyow Indian band, challenge to Nisga'a land entitlement 10910, 11230-1, 11422-3
- Gosnell, Joseph, permission to address the House 10859
- Government spending, capital expenditures 12033
- Health care, Nisga'a treaty health care provisions, administration and delivery of services 11875, 11877
- Heaney, John, contract extensions with Aboriginal Affairs ministry, compliance with comptroller general's guidelines 11836
- Human rights
- advancing the cause of equality 10910
- international standards of justice and equality 11003-4
- Hunting, training programs for hunters 11741
- Indians
- aboriginal rights
- codification in negotiated treaties 11103-4, 11122
- constitutional entrenchment 11097
- inherent rights and treaty rights 12924-5
- apprehension of non-Indian children living on Indian land 11097-8
- governance of alcohol on Indian lands 11914
- land claims
- impact on forest industry investment 12929-31
- land-banking for use in future treaty negotiations 12885-9
- lands owned by municipalities 12889-90
- overlapping claims 11230-1
- overlapping claims, government policy on resolution before treaty signing 11422-3
- overlapping claims, resolution before treaty signing 12938, 13036
- urban area lands, development of provincial negotiating mandate 12889-91, 12922
- lands, resource management by joint tenancy with Crown 11195-6
- reserve land system, governance, accountability issues 12996-7
- self-government
- development of provincial negotiating mandate 12883-4
- inherent right or delegated power 11081-2
- population thresholds for self-government 12935
- pre-existence of right to self-governance 10811-2, 11103-4
- treaties
- certainty language 12997-9
- determination of Indian citizenship 11419
- eligibility for government program assistance after treaty signing 11418
- impact of not settling treaties 11976
- importance for future of province 12035-6
- protection of women's rights and interests in treaty-making process 12994-5
- use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 10909-10, 11196
- treaty negotiations
- consolidation of negotiating tables 12934-40
- federal government role 11080
- impact of negotiating debts on treaty settlements 12937-8
- inclusion of gaming issues 11912
- mandate of provincial negotiators 12882-91
- mandate of provincial negotiators, flexibility in bargaining 12925-6
- negotiating costs, accountability of bands and nations for government grants and loans 13033-5
- negotiating units, representation issues 12936
- process, impact of definition of "first nation" 12934, 12938-40
- process, Liberal Party position 12931
- process, status of negotiations 12932
- progress to date 13808-9
- whale-hunting rights 12495-6
- treaty settlement
- costs, projected costs 13016-7
- moral argument for settling treaties 10910-1
- urban residents, programs and services 12995-6
- Industry, goods-producing industries, status 10935
- Interior Alliance of B.C. Indian Chiefs, discussions with provincial government 13017
- John J. McMullen Associates Inc., technical assessment report on fast ferries
- implementation of recommendations 12863
- sources of performance data 12848
- Kamloops Indian band, enactment of band labour code 12940-1
- Katzie first nation, treaty negotiations, issues 13031-3, 13035-6
- Knowledge of Indian issues
(Nebbeling) 11864-5
(Weisgerber) 11385
- Labour legislation, right of Nisga'a government to enact labour law 11842-4
- Labour Relations Code, applicability to activities on Nisga'a land 11843-4
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- policies 12033-6
- position on issues
- Nisga'a treaty 11974, 11976
- Sechelt Indian band self-government model 12992
- treaty negotiation process 12931
- Lower mainland
- inventory of municipally owned lands by lower mainland treaty advisory committee 12889-90
- resolution of overlapping Indian land claims before treaty signing 13036
- McLeod Lake Indian band
- negotiation of agreement re McLeod Lake claims 12794-5
- Treaty 8 adhesion agreement
- announcement re suspension of litigation against province 12926-7
- B.C. government position on Treaty 8 geographic boundaries 12999
- certainty language, inclusion of "cede, release and surrender" concept 12997-8
- land-grant options and monetary settlement 13000-1
- self-government, access to treaty negotiation process 12927-8
- MLAs, working together for the common good 12034-6
- Membership in NDP 11375-6, 12034-5
(Clark, C.) 11375, 11574-6
(Dalton) 11400-1
(de Jong) 11374, 11380-1
(Farrell-Collins) 11376-9, 11467
(Gingell) 11944
(Jarvis) 11974
(Krueger) 11394-6
(Neufeld) 12002
(Penner) 12032
(Thorpe) 11403
- Ministerial responsibilities, ability to manage workload of dual portfolios 12932
(Nettleton) 12932
- Motions, time allocation on Bill 51 (Motion 62), debate 11974-7
- Municipalities, role in consultations on gaming licences for local Indian bands 11912
- Musqueam Indian band, non-Musqueam leaseholders dispute
- Nass wildlife area
- boundary changes 11732-3
- commercial guiding activities, role of Nisga'a people 11747-8
- minister's management obligation 11739
- National Aboriginal Day 13808-9
- NDP government, support from cabinet ministers 14474
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act
- debate 10908-11, 11080-1, 11091-2, 11097-8, 11103-4, 11122, 11153-5, 11157-62, 11164, 11168-9, 11191, 11195-6, 11230-2, 11242, 11245-7, 11265, 11416-20, 11422-33, 11435-46, 11624-34, 11642, 11644, 11652-4, 11656-8, 11663-4, 11672-5, 11679, 11681, 11697, 11704-12, 11718-24, 11729-48, 11750, 11751-61, 11768-75, 11780, 11795-6, 11800-12, 11823, 11839-40, 11842-5, 11861-5, 11873-5, 11877, 11884-7, 11891-2, 11902-3, 11906-8, 11910-21
- change from critic to minister responsible, position on previous statements by government 11416-7
(de Jong) 11417-20
(Farrell-Collins) 11861
(Weisgerber) 11416-7
- consequential amendments 11919-20
- debate on bill
- schedule
- Nisga'a Highway
- Nisga'a Nation Fiscal Financing Agreement, content 11891
- Nisga'a people
- applicability of laws of general application 11730-1
- delegated agreement with province on provision of services for children and families 11886-7
- family issues, child and family services, agency and laws 11097-8
- governance structures, powers, areas of paramountcy 11097-8, 11103-4
- government, self-government
- accountability 11802-4
- appeal and review of administrative decisions of public institutions 11812
- assembly composition and authority 11812
- communities' powers, comparison to community charter concept 11157
- costs associated with self-government model 11780, 11808-10
- dispute resolution 11808
- eligibility of Nisga'a people for provincial wildlife management funding 11729-30, 11741-2
- establishment of village governments 11806-7
- jurisdictional concerns 10908-9, 10911, 11081, 11103-4
- lawmaking authority 11741, 11796, 11842-5, 11920
- lawmaking authority and enforcement powers 11921
- lawmaking authority, regulation of education 11861-3
- Nisga'a constitution 11800-1, 11805-6
- number of government members 11810-1
- regulation of alcohol sales and consumption on Nisga'a land 11913-6
- relationship between council of elders and Nisga'a government 11807
- responsibility for social services 11873-4
- urban locals, representation of constituents 11807
- village governments 11795
- voting of Nisga'a citizens not on Nisga'a land or in urban locals 11805, 11807
- Nisga'a land
- access by public, health and safety issue 11719
- buildings and structures, regulation 11864-5
- rights of bloodline and adopted Nisga'a 10910-1
- roads and rights of way on Nisga'a land
- treaty
- Liberal Party court challenge, government position 12989-91
- Liberal Party position 11974, 11976
- overlapping claims 11417, 11424-5
- provincial treaty negotiating team, cost 13009
- treaty, final agreement
- ability of Nisga'a to make laws 11155
- application of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to Nisga'a government 11158-60, 11162
- application of federal and provincial laws 11164
- areas of legislative jurisdiction other than as specified in schedule 11920
- assets transferred from federal and provincial governments, valuation 11839-40
- changes to text of agreement 11091-2
- child and family services, comparable standards requirement 11886-7, 11891-2
- child and family services, funding arrangements 11891
- child and family services, status of services during transition period 11884-5
- definitions, "incidental harvest" 11429
- devolution of cultural property 11916-20
- economic considerations, restoration provisions 11709-12
- emergency preparedness 11920
- environmental assessment and protection provisions 11751-9
- environmental emergencies or natural disasters, provincial powers 11757
- fiscal relations, eligibility for government programs 11169
- fiscal relations, transition of programs to Nisga'a responsibility 11169
- Gitanyow challenge, negotiations 11422-3
- government advertising 10955
- human resource development, delivery of skills training programs 11861-3
- involvement of government staff in treaty completion 13008-9
- land entitlement, fee simple ownership 11242
- land entitlement, overlap with traditional territory of other Indian peoples 10910, 11230-1
- land entitlement, permanency of Nisga'a jurisdiction and residual title 11245-7
- Liberal Party court challenge 12035-6
- matters other than as specified in schedule 11921
- mechanisms to handle overlapping land claims 11423
- Nisga'a citizenship for non-Nisga'a 11153-4
- Nisga'a citizenship, rights of entry to Canada 11168-9
- objectives of treaty 10811-2
- obligation to consult 11195
- post-secondary education 11907-8
- province's obligation to consult before amending or enacting legislation 11842-3
- public opinion polling, costs 13009-11
- ratchet-up clause not included in treaty 11231-2
- remedies and replacement rights 11230-1
- rights, codification of agreed-upon existing and new rights 11097-8, 11103-4, 11122
- rights, section 35 Charter rights 11081-2, 11097-8, 11103-4, 11153-4
- rights, "within the meaning of sections 25 and 35" 11097-8, 11122
- treaty implementation project 13003-8, 13011-6
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land 10909
- voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Nisga'a land, participation on public boards 11830
- treaty negotiation process
- mandates of participants 11080-1
- participation of Indian women 11800
- wildlife agreements with other aboriginal peoples 11731
- youth, access to provincial programs and services 11884-5
- N'Quatqua Indian band, land claims, impact on forest industry 13914
- Okanagan Nation Alliance, treaty negotiations, status 12933
- Penticton Indian band, disruption of access to Penticton airport road 12933
- Plant, Geoff, comments on Nisga'a governance 11098, 11104
- Position on issues
- Indian treaty issues 11416-9
(de Jong) 11417-9
- position while in opposition on high-speed catamaran decision
(Symons) 12841
- position while in opposition on use of special warrants
(de Jong) 11474-5
- Prince George forest region, impact of Indian land claims on activities and investment in area 12929-31
- Public debt as percentage of gross domestic product 12033
- Rangeland, grazing rights on Crown land, impact of Indian land claims 12885-9
- Rebco Wood Products Ltd., viability, petition tabled 11225
- Sales tax, applicability to equipment and machinery purchases by Nisga'a government 11698, 11704-5
- Sechelt Indian band
- leaseholds on Sechelt land 11103
- self-government model
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, recommendations, commercial fishery allocations 11438
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., timber rights transferred to Nisga'a 11627, 11630
- Skeetchestn Indian band, building maintenance worker certification program proposal 12941-2
- Skills training, building maintenance worker certification program, industry and union concerns 12941-2
- Skookumchuck Indian band, land claims, impact on forest industry 13914
- Social welfare system, income assistance, assistance for Nisga'a people 11873-4
- Soo timber supply area, impact of Indian land claims on annual allowable cut 13914
- Stó:lo nation
- land claim, impact on lease of Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack facilities 13001-2
- treaty negotiations, status 13001, 13039
- Thorlakson, Steve, comments on Nisga'a treaty 12036
- Tourism industry, employment and job creation 10935
- Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, position on Nisga'a treaty 11975
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, fiftieth anniversary 11003-4
- Vancouver Island, fixed link to mainland as alternative to ferry system 12866
- Watersheds
- management, wildlife protection concerns 11743-4
- restoration of Nass area watersheds by Nisga'a 11709-12
- Westbank Indian band, treaty negotiations, status 12933
- Whales, whaling by Indians, provincial government position on inclusion of issue in treaty negotiations 12923-5
- Wildlife
- bears, grizzly populations 11733
- endangered-species legislation 11744
- management, regional approach 11719
- Nisga'a treaty wildlife provisions
- allocation decisions 11720, 11750
- annual management plans 11744-5
- entitlements and allocations, conservation concerns 11719, 11733-4
- entitlements and allocations, restriction on use 11723-4
- entitlements and allocations, review of initial allocations 11737-8
- entitlements and allocations, role of Nisga'a government 11740-1
- entitlements and allocations, role of wildlife committee 11734-7
- entitlements, impact on other harvesting opportunities 11731
- harvest objectives 11739
- licences for traplines and guide-outfitters on Nisga'a land 11745-8
- right to harvest for domestic purposes 11735-6
- right to harvest on Crown land 11720-2
- trade, barter or sale of harvested wildlife 11745
- wildlife committee, operation 11741-4
- Wildlife Act, position on regulation of registered traplines 11747
- Workers Compensation Board, regulations governing the workplace, enforcement on Nisga'a land 11864
- Yale first nation, treaty negotiations, status 13039
Wilson, John (Cariboo North)
- Agricultural Land Commission, operations 14042
- Agricultural land reserve
- agriculture operations, applicability of right-to-farm legislation 14045-6
- land in reserve, use 12391-2, 14045
- Agriculture and Food ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 12391-2, 12423, 12461-3
- Agriculture industry
- agricultural leases, stumpage rates on leased land 12423
- farm vehicles, operating requirements when used for commercial purposes 14343-4, 14427
- right-to-farm legislation, applicability 14045-6
- Annis, Frank, heart surgery cancellation case 13365
- Automobiles, recreational vehicles, weight restrictions 12155
- B.C.
- cost of living 12154
- northern B.C.
- economy, current conditions 11514-5
- economy, future government policy 12155
- health care services 14052-4
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, operations 14043
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 11513
- 1999-2000 budget, goals 11514-5
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 11513
- Business
- small business, tax reductions 12154
- taxation 11515
- Canadian Forest Service, pest control research 13831
- Cariboo area, log salvage pilot programs 13827-9
- Cariboo North constituency and area
- log home operation, wood supply needs of company 13832-3
- public input on timber licence sales 13833
- Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan, planning process 12293
- Crown land, agricultural leases 14042
- Employment and unemployment, job creation, record in B.C. 12153
- Environment, environmental protection, interministry action plan on agriculture and the environment 12461-3
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction cost overruns 11513
- Fetal alcohol effect/syndrome, prevention strategies, Health ministry work 14051-2
- Fisheries and Oceans department (federal), role in development of riparian area guidelines 12463
- Forest Amendment Act, 1999, debate 13347-8
- Forest industry
- forest fires, cost of damage 13950
- forest roads, impact of deactivation on log salvage operations 13828
- industry in B.C., current state of industry 12155
- Nisga'a treaty forestry provisions
- forest resource management 11653-4
- forest resource management, areas of non-application of Forest Practices Code 11653
- impact on existing licensees 11630
- pest control and management 13829-31
- remanufacturing industry, wood supply 13831-3
- salvage logging 13827-9
- timber harvesting licences, free use permits for Christmas trees 13348
- timber sale licences, bidding process 13832-3
- wood fibre transfer program 13833
- woodlots, licences 13347
- Forest Land Commission, operations 14042-3
- Forest land reserve
- Forests ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 13827-34, 13879, 13891-2, 13929-31, 13950
- Government
- financial management 11512-5
- regulations and red tape 12155
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 11515
- G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, services 14053-4
- Health care system, current state of B.C. system 12153-4, 12155-6
- Health ministry, 1999-2000 estimates debate 14051-4
- Indians, treaty negotiations, process, amount of land involved 10954
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., policies and practices, requirements for auto glass repair shops 12154
- Kersley, Lands ministry purchase of B.C. Rail property 12295
- Land Reserve Commission Act, debate 14041-3, 14045-6
- Land Reserve Commission, operations 14041-3
- Land use
- land and resource management plans, role in establishment of parks and protected areas 14040
- land use planning process, impact on mining activity 11515
- protected areas and special management zones
- potential as parks, impact on permitted uses of area 14040
- riparian areas, management guidelines 12462-3
- Mining industry, current state of industry in B.C. 11514-5
- Motor Vehicle Statutes Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14343-4, 14427
- National Safety Code, regulation of commercial-use vehicles, issues and concerns 14343-4, 14427
- NDP government, competence 11512-5
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate 10954-6, 11630, 11653-4
- Nisga'a treaty, final agreement
- North Burnaby Inn, casino licence application, approval in principle by Mike Farnworth 11513
- Nurses
- Park Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14040
- Parks
- Forests ministry recreation sites
- access to sites, impact of road conditions 13930-1
- camping fees and services 13929-31
- ministerial responsibility 12293
- new and expanded parks and protected areas, previous designations 14040
- Park Legacy panel, report 12292-3
- Physicians, incentives to work in northern and rural B.C. 12154
- Quesnel, flood protection applications and activities 12286
- Quesnel Hardwood Cooperative, hardwood supply 13833-4
- Range Amendment Act, 1999
- Rangeland
- grazing and hay-cutting licences and permits
- application process 13300-1
- regulations and reporting requirements 13341-5
- regulation, delegation of responsibilities to district and regional managers 13300-1, 13345-6
- Science and technology, growth of high-technology industry 12156
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation, cost 11513-4
- Small business forest enterprise program, sales of undercut 13832-3, 13879
- Speare, William, death 13265
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1999, debate 11512-6
- Tourism industry, industry in B.C. 12154-5
- Trucking industry, regulation of business vehicles 14343-4, 14427
- Water Amendment Act, 1999, debate 14035-8
- Water licences 14035-8
- Wildlife
- conservation officers, services 13304
- "dangerous" wildlife, public safety issue 13304-5, 13350-1, 13370-1
- management, wildlife management areas, area usage decisions 13304, 13371
- offences, fines and penalties 13374
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 1999
Win Than
- Experiences in Burma and emigration to Canada
(Sanders) 12205
Wine industry
- Participation in vintners' quality alliance program
(Evans) 12461
(Thorpe) 12461
- U-vin operations
Women
- Adolescent women See Youth
- Counselling services, funding
(Hammell) 12563
(Stephens) 12563
- Employment
- employment levels
(Pullinger) 12652
(Whittred) 12651
- jobs for women, government initiatives
(Chong) 12609
- pay equity
(Chong) 12609
(Hammell) 12609
- Government initiatives targeting women
(Hammell) 12167
- Health care for women See Services for women under Health care
- Housing, second-stage housing
(Coleman) 13600-1
(Farnworth) 13600-1
- Income, gap between incomes of men and women, NDP government action
(Pullinger) 12651-2
- Pension issues
(Chong) 12608
(Hammell) 12608
- Remembrance of 1989 murder of women in Montreal
(Hammell) 10897
(Stephens) 10897-8
- Safe homes, second-stage housing and transition houses See Transition houses
- Violence against women See Violence
- Women in business, opportunities and issues
(Hammell) 12167
- Women in politics See Politics and politicians
- Women's advocacy organizations, charitable status designation for fundraising
(Hammell) 12608
(Stephens) 12608
- Women's centres, funding
(Hammell) 12558-9
(Stephens) 12558-9
- Young women See Adolescent women under Youth
Women's Equality, Ministry of
- 1999-2000 Estimates
- Advertising costs for violence prevention
(Hammell) 12592-3
(McKinnon) 12592-3
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Hammell) 14475
- Audits
(Chong) 12609
(Hammell) 12609-10
(Stephens) 12610
- Involvement in federal-provincial table issues
(Hammell) 12606-7
(Stephens) 12606-7
- Involvement in government policy
(Hammell) 12607
(Stephens) 12607
- Purpose of ministry
(Hammell) 10933
- Spending priorities
(Hammell) 12559-60
(Stephens) 12559-60
- Status as freestanding ministry, Liberal Party position
(Hammell) 12559-60
(Stephens) 12559-60
- Work of ministry
(Hammell) 12553-5
(Stephens) 12555
Wood, Josiah
Wood waste
- Beehive burners, phase-out program, status
(Coell) 12355
(McGregor) 12355
Woodland Lumber Ltd.
- Government assistance
(Neufeld) 10856
(Plant) 10858
Workers compensation
Workers Compensation Act
Workers Compensation Board
- Accomplishments and responsibilities
(Lovick) 12742-3
- Accountability for project spending
(Krueger) 12748
(Lovick) 12749
(Reid, L.) 12749
- Administrative costs
(Krueger) 12746
(Lovick) 12746-7
(Reid, L.) 12746-7
- Advertising, occupational health and safety
(Lovick) 12753-4
(Reid, L.) 12753-4
- Annual report, 1998, tabled
(Lovick) 11768
- Appeal division, 1998 annual report tabled
(Lovick) 12867
- Assessment system
- Costs
(Lovick) 12750-1
(Reid, L.) 12750-1
- Electronic file system, implementation
(Lovick) 12753
(Reid, L.) 12753
- Establishment of special funds
(Lovick) 12752-3
(Reid, L.) 12752-3
- Governance
(Lovick) 12749-50
(Reid, L.) 12749-50
- Jurisdiction and mandate, workplace health and safety
(Lovick) 13075-6
- Policies and practices, telephone call response time
(Lovick) 12747
(Reid, L.) 12747
- Project costs, amortization
(Lovick) 12751-2
(Reid, L.) 12751-2
- Regulations governing the workplace
- enforcement on Nisga'a land
(Dosanjh) 11864
(Nebbeling) 11864
(Wilson, G.) 11864
- extension of smoking-areas exemption
(Lovick) 12567
(Miller) 12567
(Weisgerber) 12567
- impact of new regulations on school funding
(Ramsey) 13444
(Sanders) 13444
- impact of new regulations on tourism
(Waddell) 13248
- Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in B.C., final report recommendations See Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in British Columbia
Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998
Working Opportunity Fund
- Selection of investments
(Thorpe) 13315
(Waddell) 13315
World AIDS Day
World Conference on Education for All
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