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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 1: March - July 1998
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Abbotsford, B.C.
- Courthouse renovations
(Dosanjh) 7179
(Penner) 7179
Abbott, George (Shuswap)
- Adams Lake, bridge and road access 8109-10
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7825-6
- Agricultural land reserve, permitted uses on reserve land, policy on churches 7065-6
- Agriculture and Food ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7065-7
- Agriculture industry, farm classification, farms in transition 8593
- A.L. Fortune Secondary School, expansion project 7726
- Angus Reid Group Inc., survey on B.C. economy 9737, 9819
- Attorney General ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7266-7
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7742-3, 7748-9, 7751
- Automobiles, traffic infractions, ticketing by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers 7266
- Baldwin, Stanley, comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9486
- Beard, Bob, comments on New Forest Opportunities Ltd. union membership requirement 8706
- Boats and boating, boating infractions on inland waters 7266
- Boundary Small Business Timber Association, letter re wood supply allocation 8558
- B.C. Cattlemen's Association, comments on Forests ministry role in control of noxious weeds 8644
- B.C. Heritage Trust, funding process 8288
- B.C. Hydro, power sales, pricing decisions 10611
- B.C. 21 program, projects 8253, 8283-4
- B.C. Utilities Commission, powers to review B.C. Hydro energy supply contracts 10611
- Bryce, James, comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9486
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6685-8
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1998, debate 6979-80
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 6686
- 1997-98 budget, content 6925
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 6685-7, 8966-7
- Bulkley-Nechako regional district, comments on forest burning to control beetle infestation 8465
- Burns Lake, residents' concerns re forest burning to control beetle infestation 8464-5
- Business
- costs, impact of changes to Workers Compensation Act on small and medium-sized business 7585-6
- government involvement in private sector companies, conflict-of-interest concern 8837-8
- taxes 9933
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity 7891-2
- Canada, national unity, B.C. Unity Panel, work of panel 7892
- Carrier Lumber Ltd., court case re loss of forest licences 8619
- Chase Creek
- flood damage restoration 9296
- watershed work 8656
- Churchill, Randolph, comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9486
- Coalition of B.C. Businesses, position on labour code changes 9736
- Communities, projects funded through government grants program 8252-3, 8280-5
- Constitution, amendments, referendum requirement 7891
- Construction industry, future of industry 8968
- Contraventions Act, proclamation in B.C. 7266
- Corporation capital tax
- impact on business 6980
- impact on investment 8965
- Liberal Party position 6980
- Council of Haida Nation et al. v. the Minister of Forests et al., impact of decision on Forests ministry policies 8612
- Crown land, logging rights of Indians 8575-6
- Dosanjh, Ujjal, letter re retroactivity of manufactured homes rent review 7266
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- Canada's economic performance, provincial comparisons 9818-9, 9934
- Education, adult basic education 7825-6
- Education ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7725-7
- Electric power
- cogeneration, B.C. Hydro's role in expansion 8484, 9304
- independent power producers, power supply contracts, review exemption 10611
- Empire Valley Ranch, land acquisition by government 8644-5, 8648-9
- Employment and Investment ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8837-42
- community projects grants program budget 8281-5
- Employment and unemployment
- Energy and Mines ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8011-2
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 9294-9, 9303-4, 9492-3, 9650
- Environment, pollution, AOX emissions from pulp mills 8837, 8841
- Eurasian milfoil control program 9492-3
- Fabiche, Kathy, letter re retroactivity of manufactured homes rent review 7266
- Finning Ltd., relocation to Alberta 6980
- First Marathon Securities Ltd., report on B.C. forest industry 9935
- Flood protection assistance program 9294-7
- Floods and floodplains, flooding in southern B.C., funding for damage recovery and flood prevention 9294-7
- Forest and range resource program, requirements for five-year program 8567, 8729, 8750-1
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut, disposition of cut reductions 10285-6
- boycott of B.C. products by European markets, government reaction 8494-5
- certification of forest products, government position 8491-5
- community forests, agreements and issues 10272, 10276-8, 10280-1
- competitiveness 8746, 10273
- current state of industry 6686-8, 8968, 9737, 9820, 9933, 10085, 10611
- current state of industry, role of government policies 10310
- employment and jobs
- advance notice of layoffs 8747
- compilation of statistics 8435
- displaced forest workers 6925
- employment levels 8166-7, 8808, 10758-9
- job creation issues 8743, 8745-8
- job creation targets 8738-42
- jobs for displaced workers, negotiation and mediation with companies 8748
- forest roads, deactivation, mining industry complaints 8751
- government role in industry
- impact of government policies 8426-7
- impact of regulation 10338-9
- role in marketplace 8558
- industry in B.C. 8426-8
- investment in industry 8740
- issues 6931-2
- market-based log sales 8558
- pest control and management, forest burning to control beetles 8464-7
- plywood sector, status 8436-9
- private forest land, regulation of private logging 8458-9
- pulp and paper sector
- discharge of pollutants, impact of pending regulation 8442, 8457-8
- status and fibre supply 8439-42
- red tape 6931
- remanufacturing industry
- "Repap proposal" for pulp logs 8756
- revenues to government
- 1998-99 projections 6759, 10678
- losses from log theft and fraud 8256
- shake and shingle industry in B.C. 8559, 8561
- silviculture
- activity 9735
- backlog silviculture program 8643-4
- coastal B.C. situation 8731
- interior B.C. situation 8703
- jobs for displaced forest workers 8729
- performance measurement 8664-6
- union membership of workers 8634-5, 8704-9
- softwood lumber, dimensional lumber prices 8639
- standing timber inventory 8742-3
- stumpage
- payments in arrears 8755
- product-specific stumpage 8437-8
- rate on cedar 6675-6
- rate on softwood timber 6931
- rates for small companies 8498
- reductions 8552, 8638-9
- reductions, impact on small companies' bids in progress 8552-7
- stumpage systems elsewhere 8438
- variable and fixed rates 8498-9
- timber resources included in Nisga'a treaty 10544
- timber sale licences, threshold subject to cut reduction 10284
- wood supply, allocation by category 8557
- woodlots
- woodlot owners' ability to own timber-processing facilities 10284
- woodlot program 8495-7
- Forest Practices Code
- definitions, "stream" 8754
- draft policies and guidebooks 8754
- Environment ministry's role 8752-3
- impact of code 6688, 7585-6, 10341-2
- model for private forest lands 8752
- results-oriented code 8752
- revision of code, impact on silviculture costs 8751-2
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- budget allocation 8655-7
- financial status 8638-40
- funding for projects
- bidding process and union membership requirement 8709
- funds to Fisheries Renewal B.C. 8664
- principle of incrementality 8641-5, 8654-7
- funding reductions, impact on work of agency 9232
- hiring practices 9805
- job targets 8655
- need for reforms 6931
- projects
- revenue reduction, impact on job creation 8744
- silviculture plans, five-year plans 8664-5
- travel pack, purpose 10759
- Forest Stewardship Council, involvement in log certification issue 8491-3
- Forests ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8426-9, 8431-42, 8457-61, 8463-7, 8481-5, 8491-500, 8552-61, 8566-7, 8571-3, 8575-6, 8612-3, 8615-21, 8638-45, 8648-51, 8654-9, 8664-6, 8701-13, 8728-33, 8738-56
- 1998-99 estimates debate, appropriateness of questions 8648-51, 8654
- consultation with Indians 8573
- freedom-of-information requests from opposition 8756
- international relations unit 8494
- policy on aboriginal title 8572
- transfer of responsibilities to Forest Renewal B.C. 8654-5
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
- Gambling
- charity gaming, province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10612
- revenues to government, use for community projects 8282-4
- Gibson, Gordon, article on politics in Quebec 7891
- Gillespie, Evelyn, role in Forest Renewal B.C.'s hiring of Dean Schneider 9909
- Gorst, John E., comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9485
- Grosvenor, Richard, comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9485
- Haida nation, encumbrance on timber, consultation with government 8612
- Hayes, Harold, letter re stumpage rate for small businesses 8556
- Health care
- capital projects, cost-sharing and proposal process 10187-8
- community health services societies, collective bargaining 10174
- funding, minor capital funding for technology and equipment 10188
- regional health boards and community health councils 10189-91
- wait-lists for cardiac surgery during NDP administration 10042
- workers, collective agreements, ratification process 10174
- Health Employers Association of B.C.
- agreement with Hospital Employees Union 10489-90
- participation in collective bargaining process 10174
- structure of board and role in regionalized health care system 10173-4
- Health ministry
- Healy, T.M., comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9485
- Hepatitis C
- blood transfusion recipients infected prior to 1986, compensation for victims 7448-9
- impact of disease, physical and financial costs 7448-9
- Highway 1
- Highways and roads, capital rehabilitation program for newly incorporated municipalities 7911
- Homeowner grant, eligibility 8593
- Hospitals, regional hospital districts
- replacement of boards with appointed administrators 10172-3, 10531
- role in capital projects 10172
- Hot springs, lifeguard issue 10463-4
- Housing, rental housing tenancy agreements, setting aside of termination notice on grounds of unreasonable hardship 7748-9
- Human Tissue Gift Act, changes to increase consent and donation rates 10611
- Husby Forest Products Ltd., discussions with Forests ministry on revenue loss 8620
- Indians
- aboriginal rights, encumbrance on timber 8612
- aboriginal title, impact of legal decisions on forest industry 8575
- treaty settlements, implications for compensation claims by resource companies 8616-8
- International Woodworkers of America, union fees 8730-1
- Investment in B.C.
- impact of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 8968, 9932-5
- investment climate 6980
- private sector investment 9735-7, 9819
- Jean, Paul, comments on forest burning to control beetle infestation 8464-5
- Jobs and timber accord
- Krueger, Kevin, role in removal from order paper of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act (1998) 9484
- Labour
- workers' rights 9934
- workplace safety, worker's responsibility for a safe work environment 7586
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Relations Code changes, timing 8968
- Lampert, Jerry, comments on labour code changes 8968
- Leatherdale, Doug, letter re farm classification 8593
- Legislature
- adjournment motions, restrictions on scope of debate 9714-5
- committee system, use 9718-9
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 9298-9, 9381-4, 9713, 9720
- cooperation between government and opposition 9713-4, 9716-8, 9720
- free votes 9719
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 9718-9
- orders of the day, dropped orders 9484-7
- private members' bills 9719
- quorum calls, members must be in their seats to be counted 9301
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- position on issues
- corporation capital tax 6980
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act (1998) 9717
- responsibility for state of B.C. economy 8965-8, 9932
- Lillooet River Watershed Society
- union membership of forest workers 8706-7
- watershed restoration projects, hiring and Forest Renewal B.C. funding 7981
- Local government, accountability and autonomy 10531
- Local Government Grants Act changes, impact on municipalities 10611-2
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10612
- Lowther, J., comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9485-6
- MacDonald, Ramsay, comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9486
- MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., compensation claims 8620-1
- Manufactured homes
- home parks
- landlord and tenant disputes, resolution process 7742-3
- standards of operation, setting by regulation 7751
- homesite rental
- rent increases, retroactivity 7585
- rent reviews, retroactivity issue 7266
- tenancy agreements, termination notices 7748-9
- Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998, timing of debate 9382
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998
- Morrison, Herbert, comments on parliamentary dropped orders 9486-7
- Motions
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity (Motion 48), debate 7891-2
- compensation for blood transfusion recipients infected prior to 1986 (Motion 46), debate 7448-9
- motion that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, debate 9381-4
- motion that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, debate 9713-20
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50), debate 9484-7
- Mt. Leighton Forestry Services Ltd., impact of establishment of New Forest Opportunities Ltd. 8422
- Municipal Affairs ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8593-4
- NDP government
- New Forest Opportunities Ltd.
- New Life Outreach Fellowship, application to construct church on agricultural land reserve 7065-6
- Nicholson, Jane, cardiac surgery wait-list case 10042
- Nisga'a treaty, final agreement
- forest resources provisions 8612-3, 10544
- implications for compensation claims by resource companies 8617-9
- Northern Development Act, debate 9239-40, 9249-51
- Northern development commissioner
- coordination with jobs accord advocate 9239
- remuneration 9240
- Noxious weeds program 7066-7
- Occupational health and safety
- general duties of employers and workers 8065-6, 8068
- joint committees and worker representatives, assistance in resolving disagreements within committee 8135
- requirement for health and safety representation, worker representatives 8130
- statutory requirements 7585-6
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments on NDP government's credibility 6932
- Parks
- Forests ministry recreation sites
- new campsites 8460, 9150-1
- Post-secondary education
- Premier's Office, 1998-99 estimates debate 10336-42
- Price Waterhouse, survey of laid-off forest workers 6925-6
- Provincial emergency program, relationship to federal disaster relief program 9296
- Public debt, current levels 6687
- Reed, Les, comments on current forestry activities 8634
- Residential Tenancy Act, dispute resolution amendment re mobile home park tenancies 7266
- Resources and resource industries, compensation claims and issues 8616-21
- Rifkin, Jeremy, theories on future economy 10339
- Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce, letter re labour code changes 9736
- Sashaw, Keith, comments on labour code changes 8968
- Schneider, Dean, contract with Forest Renewal B.C. 9805, 9909
- School boards/districts, impact of amalgamation on administrators 7726
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, review of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9817-20
- Shuswap area, policing needs during summer months 7267
- Shuswap Junior Secondary School, construction project 7726
- Shuswap Lake, boating safety, marine enforcement patrols 7266
- Shuswap Lake General Hospital, physician's concerns 10230
- Sicamous, Lakemount Estates development, homeowner grant issue 8593
- Silver Cross Spring Water Corp., bottled-water operation 9650
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- future of company 8837-42
- government intervention in financial situation 6822, 8011, 10395
- Nisga'a treaty settlement implications for resource compensation 8618-9
- stumpage in arrears 8755-6
- Small business forest enterprise program
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8252-3, 8280-5, 8288
- heritage branch, provincial heritage program, role 8288
- sport and community development branch, community projects grants 8252-3, 8280-2
- Sorrento
- Stanyer, Roger, comments on issues
- government acquisition of Empire Valley Ranch 8649
- incrementality in forest renewal project funding 8642
- Students, summer jobs 9934-5
- Summers, William and Anne-Marie, letter re manufactured home park tenancy agreement terminations 7748
- Teachers
- agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation, hiring policies 7727
- budget for professional development days 7726-7
- Thackray, Allan Douglas, position on Repap job continuation contribution agreement 6822
- Throne speech debate 6924-6, 6931-2
- Throne speech, speeches by NDP government 6924-6
- TimberWest Forest Ltd., compensation claims 8620-1
- T.L. Timber, stumpage rates on bids 8498-9
- Tobacco
- government strategy for tobacco use reduction, role of director 10751-2
- price regulation by government 10762
- tobacco industry
- compliance and enforcement issues 10747
- licence fee requirement, compliance 10751-2, 10762
- Tobacco Fee Act, debate 10751-2, 10762
- Tobacco Sales Amendment Act, 1998, debate 10747
- Trade unions
- certification votes, secret ballot 8968
- sectoral bargaining 9934
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7832-3, 7911-2, 8109-10
- Tsilhqot'in nation, log harvest from Crown land 8575
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 7278-80, 7351-2
- Tweedsmuir Park, burn to control beetle infestation 8464-7
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- expansion of college system into rural areas 7825
- operating costs 7279
- Vancouver Island land use plan, status 8754-5
- West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., financial situation 10085
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., cogeneration proposal 8485
- Wood waste, beehive burners, phase-out program 8482-5, 9303-4
- Workers Compensation Board, resolution of occupational health and safety joint committee disagreements 8135
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7585-6, 8065, 8068, 8130-1, 8135
- Wouters, Garry, contract as jobs accord advocate 8432, 8738
- Youth unemployment rate 7278-9
Aboriginal Affairs, Ministry of
- 1998-99 Estimates
- debate 9654-65, 9692-711, 9765-80, 9793-802, 9827-45, 9894-9
- speakers
(Anderson) 9831-4
(Barisoff) 9700-2
(Dalton) 9767-70
(de Jong) 9658-64, 9692-700, 9702-11, 9770-1, 9793-7, 9841-5, 9894-9, 10665
(Krueger) 9776-80, 9835-41
(Lovick) 9654-64, 9692-711, 9765-80, 9793-802, 9827-45, 9894-9, 10666
(Neufeld) 9771-4
(Penner) 9774-5
(Thorpe) 9765-7
(Weisgerber) 9797-802, 9827-31
- Accomplishments and goals
(Lovick) 9658
- Annual report, 1996-97, tabled
(Lovick) 10249
- Budget
(Lovick) 9658
- Budget for advertising Nisga'a final agreement See Treaty, final agreement, government advertising under Nisga'a people
- Multicultural initiatives
(Anderson) 9833-4
(Lovick) 9833-4
- Programs and initiatives
(Lovick) 9655-6
- Responsibilities of ministry
(Anderson) 9834
(Krueger) 9776, 9778, 9840-1
(Lovick) 9654, 9656, 9776, 9778, 9833, 9840
Aboriginal fisheries strategy See Fishing by Indians under Fisheries
Aboriginal Health Association of British Columbia
- Government involvement
(Hammell) 7452
(Stephens) 7452
Aboriginal Women's Action Network
- Concerns and work of group
(Hammell) 7451
(Stephens) 7451
Aboriginals See Indians
Abortion
- Liberal Party position
(Stephens) 7420
- NDP government policy
(Hammell) 7336
- Protection zone around service facilities
(Hawkins) 10214
(Priddy) 10215
- Safety of patients and service providers
(Hawkins) 10214
(Priddy) 10214
(Smallwood) 7419-21
AC Motor Electric Ltd.
- Letter re B.C. economy
(Penner) 9888
Acorn Homes
- Letter re labour code changes
(Weisbeck) 9634
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
An Act Respecting Firearms and Other Weapons (federal)
- Constitutional challenge, B.C. support, petition tabled
(Campbell) 7878
- Effectiveness
(Giesbrecht) 10452-4
- Registration requirement, cost of proposed system
(Dosanjh) 7125-6
(Weisgerber) 7125-6
An Act to Amend the Hospital District Act
(Bill M212) (Abbott) 1R, 10531
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 10531
An Act to Amend the Medical Practitioner's Act
(Bill M211) (Wilson, G.) 1R, 10394
- Debate, speakers
(Wilson, G.) 10394
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- (Bill 1) (Attorney General) 1R, 6595
- Debate, speakers
(Dosanjh) 6595
Actors
- Child actors
- earnings, withholding requirement
(Hansen) 8714-5
(Lovick) 8714-5
- government regulation
(Hansen) 6841
(Lovick) 8602
Adams Lake, B.C.
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne See Throne speech debate under Speech from the Throne
Adilman, Stephen
- Comments on Pharmacare delisting of head lice medication
(Hawkins) 10564
Adoption
- Number of placements
(Boone) 9321
(Clark, C.) 9321
- Placement of Indian children, policy
(Boone) 8815
(Clark, C.) 8815
- Private adoption agencies, comparison with government services
(Boone) 10075-7
(Neufeld) 10075-7
- Special needs children, post-adoption government support
(Anderson) 8883
(Boone) 8869-72, 8883, 9313
(Clark, C.) 8869-72, 9313
Adoption Act
- Provisions on post-adoption assistance
(Anderson) 8883
(Boone) 8883
Adult guardianship See Guardianship
Advanced Education, Training and Technology, Ministry of
- 1998-99 Estimates
- debate 7782-800, 7819-30, 7845-60, 7928-39
- speakers
(Abbott) 7825-6
(Anderson) 7935-6
(Chong) 7853-5
(Coell) 7798-800
(Coleman) 7932-7
(Hansen) 7930
(McKinnon) 7795-6
(Masi) 7819-24
(Nebbeling) 7937-9
(Penner) 7797-8
(Petter) 7782-4, 7786-800, 7819-29, 7845-60, 7928-39
(Plant) 7928-32
(Reid, L.) 7846-53, 7855-8
(Weisbeck) 7784-95, 7826-9, 7845-6, 7859-60
- "Charting a New Course" report
(Petter) 7795
- Debt service contributions
(Coell) 7800
(Petter) 7800
- Establishment of new ministry
(Petter) 7782, 7786
(Weisbeck) 7784
- Grants in lieu of property taxes
(Coell) 7800
(Petter) 7800
- Minister's role in promotion of knowledge-based industries
(Petter) 7846
(Reid, L.) 7846
- Responsibilities of ministry
(Petter) 7782-4
Advertising
- Government spending on advertising See Spending, advertising expenditures under Government
- Regulation
(Dosanjh) 7689
Aerospace industry
- Role in economy
(Petter) 7857
(Reid, L.) 7857
Agencies See Agencies, boards and commissions under Government
Agreement on Internal Trade
- Contract tendering issue
(Farnworth) 8861-3
(Nebbeling) 8861-3
- Provincial involvement
(Hansen) 7930
(Petter) 7930
Agricultural and Rural Development (BC) Act
Agricultural Land Commission
- Annual reports tabled
- 1996-97 report
(Evans) 6637
- 1997-98 report
(Evans) 10197
- Independence of commission, concerns re Six Mile Ranch decision See Six Mile Ranch development project
- Work with local government on agricultural land reserve issues
(Evans) 7065-6
Agricultural land reserve
- Permitted uses on reserve land, policy on churches
(Abbott) 7065-6
(Evans) 7065-6
- Removal of land from reserve
- removal
(Barisoff) 6995
- removal when deemed "in the provincial interest"
(Clark, G.) 7271-2
(Dalton) 9592
(Evans) 7271-3, 7377
(Farrell-Collins) 7271-2
- Use of covenants on reserve land
(Coleman) 7067
Agriculture and Food, Ministry of
- 1998-99 Estimates
- debate 6994-7012, 7025-34, 7058-72, 8414-6
- speakers
(Abbott) 7065-7
(Barisoff) 6994-7012, 7025-32, 7072, 8414-5
(Coleman) 7067, 7069-72
(Evans) 6996-7012, 7025-34, 7058-72, 8415-6
(Gingell) 7059-60
(van Dongen) 7062-5
(Weisgerber) 7032-3, 7067-9
(Wilson, J.) 7004-5, 7058-62
- Accomplishments and goals
(Barisoff) 7026
(Evans) 6996-7, 7026
- Budget
(Barisoff) 7010-2
(Evans) 6997, 7010-2, 7062
(Wilson, J.) 7062
- Federal funding for initiatives
(Evans) 6996
- Joint initiative with Environment ministry See Environmental protection under Environment
- Operations, performance measurement
(Barisoff) 7025
(Evans) 7025-6
- Services in languages other than English
(Barisoff) 7030-1
(Evans) 7030
- Staffing
(Evans) 7062
(Wilson, J.) 7062
Agriculture Day
Agriculture industry
- Agricultural land
- burning of woody debris for agricultural clearing, guidelines
(McGregor) 9500-1
(Wilson, J.) 9500-1
- land bank
(Wilson, G.) 8372
- removal of topsoil for intensive farming operations
(Coleman) 7067, 7069
(Evans) 7067
- traditional uses and current restrictions
(Coleman) 7071
(Evans) 7071
- use for intensive farming operations and greenhouses
(Coleman) 7067, 7069
(Evans) 7067, 7069-70
- Agrifood industry See Food industry
- Crop failures in northern B.C.
(Evans) 10544-5
(Weisgerber) 10544
- Ditches and leave-strips
- ditch maintenance guidelines
(Evans) 7063-4
(McGregor) 9498
(van Dongen) 7064
- ditches as fish habitat See Fish habitat, ditches on agricultural land under Fisheries
- irrigation ditches, designation as streams
(Reid, L.) 8592
- MLAs' meeting with federal, provincial and local authorities
(Coleman) 7069
- size of leave-strips
(van Dongen) 7064
- Drainage issues
(Evans) 7070
(van Dongen) 7062-3
- Farmland-urban interface in Fraser Valley See Fraser Valley
- Farms and farming
- assistance for farmers in Peace River area See Peace River area
- farm classification, farms in transition
(Abbott) 8593
(Kwan) 8593
- farm practices code, use
(Evans) 7026-7
- farm safety net program, funding
(Barisoff) 7010-1
(Evans) 6997, 7010-1
- farm workers, employment standards
(Lovick) 8602-3
- financial assistance for farmers
(Weisgerber) 10572
- fish-bearing waterways on farmland, Environment ministry regulations
(Coell) 9326
(Dalton) 6829
(McGregor) 9326-7
- formation of farmers' interest group
(Evans) 7012
- impact on environment and involvement of government See Environmental protection, interministry action plan on agriculture and the environment under Environment
- manure management
(McGregor) 9498
- organic industry in B.C.
(Barisoff) 7003
(Evans) 7003
- property tax assessment, farm classification issues See farm topics under Real property tax
- protection for family farms
(Barisoff) 6998
(Evans) 6998-9
- support for B.C. farmers
(Hartley) 6742
(MacPhail) 6615
(Zirnhelt) 6899
- weather damage in Peace area See Peace River area
- Fescue straw production, establishment of business in Alberta
(Weisgerber) 8372
- Funding
(MacPhail) 10433
(Wilson, J.) 10433
- Impact of environmental regulations
(Weisgerber) 8372
- Impact of regulation and labour legislation
(Barisoff) 8415
- Impact of trade agreements
(Evans) 8415-6
- Industrialization of agriculture
(Coleman) 7069-70
(Evans) 7069-70
- Industry in B.C.
(Barisoff) 8371, 8414
(Evans) 8370-1
(Hartley) 6741
(van Dongen) 6741-2, 9809-10
- Insurance and loan programs
- crop insurance program, administration costs and service fees
(Evans) 7011
- crop insurance program, application process
(Evans) 7058-60
(Wilson, J.) 7058-60
- crop insurance program, premiums and claims
(Barisoff) 7027-31
(Evans) 7026-33
(Weisgerber) 7032
- distress operating loan guarantee program
(Barisoff) 7030-1
(Evans) 7030, 7033-4, 7068
(Weisgerber) 7033, 7067
- net income stabilization account program
(Barisoff) 7031
(Evans) 7031
- participation levels
(Barisoff) 7027-8
(Evans) 7027-8, 7068
(Weisgerber) 7067
- services in languages other than English
(Barisoff) 7031
- whole farm insurance program
(Evans) 6997, 7029
- whole farm insurance program, basic crop insurance requirement
(Evans) 7033
(Weisgerber) 7033
- Issues
(Barisoff) 6995-6
(Evans) 6996-7
- Mushroom industry, composting issue
(Coleman) 7070
(Evans) 7027
- Pest control, sterile insect release program
(Barisoff) 7001-2
(Evans) 7001-2
- Product development, funding
(Wilson, G.) 8372
- Quotas
(Barisoff) 6998-9
(Evans) 6998-9
- Reduction in red tape
(Barisoff) 7008
(Evans) 7008
- Replant program
(Barisoff) 7000-1
(Evans) 7000-1
- Seeds, forage seed initiative and source of seed
(Evans) 7068
(Weisgerber) 7068
- Supply management review
(Evans) 7003
- Tax reductions
(Evans) 6997
- Value-added potential of industry
(Sawicki) 6784
- Weed control
Agrifood industry See Food industry
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Air
- Air quality
- AOX emissions from pulp mills See Pollution under Environment
- Emission trading initiative
(Coell) 9549
(McGregor) 9549
- Greenhouse gas
- Pollution
- beehive burners See Beehive burners, phase-out program under Wood waste
- pollution caused by production of electric power
(Clark, C.) 9129-32
(Farnworth) 9129-32, 9139
(Jarvis) 9139
AirCare program
- Conditional pass
(Symons) 10706
- Effectiveness
(Farnworth) 8765-6
(van Dongen) 8765-6
- Powers
(Dosanjh) 7613
(Lali) 7613
(Plant) 7613
(Symons) 7613
- Testing of commercial vehicles
(Farnworth) 8765
(Jarvis) 8765
Airports
- Operation by local government, jurisdictional issue re use in forest fire suppression activities
(Neufeld) 8574
(Zirnhelt) 8574
A.L. Fortune Secondary School, Enderby, B.C.
- Expansion project
(Abbott) 7726
(Ramsey) 7726
Alaska Highway See Highway 97
Alberni area
- Economic activity and forest industry operations
(Janssen) 6773
Alberni Specialty Wood Products
- Workers' compensation premiums, cost
(Janssen) 7550
Alberni-Clayoquot Continuing Care Society
- Donation to society
(Chong) 10262
Alberta
- 1998-99 provincial budget
(Farrell-Collins) 6618-9
- Beverage container deposit system
(McGregor) 9555
(Thorpe) 9555
- Budget extracts tabled
(Gingell) 6676
- Economy
(Campbell) 8866
(Clark, C.) 9757-8, 10020
(Farnworth) 8844-5, 8866
(Farrell-Collins) 10014-5
(Giesbrecht) 9747
(Hansen) 8927-8
(Hawkins) 9018, 9936-8
(Jarvis) 6727
(MacPhail) 9190
(Miller) 6682-3
(Nebbeling) 8844-5
(Neufeld) 9173
(Penner) 9633, 9886, 9920-1
(Stevenson) 6703
(Thorpe) 9023
(Walsh) 9079-80
(Weisbeck) 9963
(Weisgerber) 6677, 9083
(Zirnhelt) 8866-7
- Education funding
(Calendino) 6693
(Giesbrecht) 6733
(Petter) 6769
(Ramsey) 7484
- Gambling activity
(Hansen) 10659
- Government financial reporting
(van Dongen) 6696
- Government services
(Krueger) 7590-1
- Health care budget
(Calendino) 6693
(Giesbrecht) 6733
(Kwan) 6725
(Robertson) 6802-3
- Labour laws
(Coleman) 10025-6
- Oil and gas industry activity
(Neufeld) 7553
- Tax rates, comparison with B.C.
(Stephens) 6704
(Weisgerber) 6678-9
(Wilson, J.) 6689
- Workplace safety, regulation
(Hansen) 7470
(Penner) 7509
Alcan See Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Alcohol
- Abuse and addiction See Substance abuse/addiction
- Beer See Beer industry
- Liquor industry and sales
- advertising process, review
(Dosanjh) 7309
(Thorpe) 7309
- concerns of small retail operators
(Thorpe) 8035
(Waddell) 8035
- consultation on policy changes
(Thorpe) 8031
(Waddell) 8031
- illicit sales
(Dosanjh) 7308
(Thorpe) 7308
- illicit sales, impact on government revenues
(Thorpe) 8037, 8154-5
(Waddell) 8037, 8154-5
- licensed outlets, increase
(Reitsma) 8034
(Waddell) 8034
- regulation exemptions to allow sales of certain products in designated establishments
(Dosanjh) 10603, 10734-5
(Thorpe) 10624, 10734-5
- regulation, ministerial responsibility
(Reitsma) 8033
(Thorpe) 8030
(Waddell) 8030, 8033
- regulations and red tape
(Reitsma) 8034-5
(Thorpe) 8029
(Waddell) 8029, 8035
- role of government See Liquor control and licensing branch under Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration; Liquor distribution branch under Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Ministry of
- sale of alcoholic beverages in gambling establishments
(Thorpe) 8031-2
(Waddell) 8032
- taxes and product markups
(Reitsma) 8033-4
(Thorpe) 8029, 8156-7
(Waddell) 8029, 8033-4, 8156-7
- taxes and product markups, flat tax system
(Thorpe) 8037
(Waddell) 8037
- Wine See Wine industry
ALI Technologies Inc.
- Medical information technology applications
(Reid, L.) 6766
Alice Lake Road See Responsibility for maintenance of area roads under Squamish, B.C.
Allen, Douglas
Allen, Robert
- Comments on provincial demand for post-secondary graduates
(Petter) 7794
(Weisbeck) 7794-5
Alliance Pipeline Ltd.
- Canada–United States pipeline project
(Miller) 6683
Alpha Pharmaceutical Supplies Ltd.
- Letter re 1992 labour code changes
(Anderson) 9884, 9955
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Aluminum smelting industry
- Industry potential in B.C.
(Randall) 6866
- Smelters in B.C.
- energy for future facilities, availability and purchase price
(Clark, G.) 10377
(Farnworth) 9086-91, 9127-8, 9143-5, 10669
(Jarvis) 7332-3, 9086-8
(Nebbeling) 9088-91, 9127-8, 9143-5, 10668
(Wilson, G.) 10376-7
- new facilities
(Farnworth) 8779-80, 8795-7, 8803, 8805
(Jarvis) 8804-5
(Nebbeling) 8795-7
- project evaluations, role of Crown corporations secretariat
(Nebbeling) 7938-9
(Petter) 7938-9
- promotion of smelter opportunities
(Clark, G.) 10370-1
- status of negotiations on potential smelter
(Clark, G.) 10377
(Wilson, G.) 10377
Alzheimer's disease
- Treatment, role of therapeutics initiative staff
(Priddy) 10562-3
(Reid, L.) 10562-3
Ambulance service See also British Columbia Ambulance Service
- Air ambulance service in northern B.C.
(de Jong) 8634
(Hawkins) 8634
(Priddy) 7142, 8634
(Weisgerber) 7142
- Ambulance response times and hospital emergency services
(Hawkins) 10555-7
- Billing for transportation to out-of-town hospitals during northern physicians dispute
(Weisgerber) 6929
- Services and training in northern and rural B.C.
(Hawkins) 10557
(Priddy) 10557
- Vestrup report recommendations
(Hawkins) 10555-7
(Priddy) 10556
American Traffic Systems See ATS (American Traffic Systems) Canada
Anaham Indian band
Anderson, Allan
- Comments on security at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre
(Plant) 7303
Anderson, David
- Role in Pacific salmon fishery dispute
(Clark, G.) 10374
(Wilson, G.) 10374
Anderson, Mike
- Communications with government on water system issues
(van Dongen) 9649
Anderson, Val J. (Vancouver-Langara)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 9831-4
- multicultural initiatives 9833-4
- responsibilities of ministry, leadership mandate 9834
- Adoption Act, provisions on post-adoption assistance 8883
- Adoption, special needs children, post-adoption government support 8883
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7935-6
- Alpha Pharmaceutical Supplies Ltd., letter re 1992 labour code changes 9884, 9955
- Arthur Laing Bridge, traffic 9437
- Attorney General ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 7231-4
- multiculturalism advisory committee 7233
- Baby F., removal from foster caregiver, case 10678
- Boone, Lois, comments while in opposition on committee system 9883-4
- B.C. Association for Community Living, letter re restructuring of services for disabled and handicapped persons 6629
- B.C. Benefits program
- family bonus program, replacement of federal working-income supplement with earned-income benefit 9211-7
- program 9120
- B.C. Building Code, adequacy 10571-2
- B.C. Transit, 1998-99 estimates debate 9436-9
- B.C. 21 program, status 6813
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6811-4
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6812
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity 7897-8
- Canada, cultural diversity 7897-8
- Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Eburne mill, future 6947
- Child, youth and family advocate, 1997 report recommendations 10054-5
- Children
- child development, government prioritization 9310-2
- child protection
- child apprehension case, circumstances 8819-20
- child apprehension system, issues and concerns 10055-6
- early intervention programs 10054-5
- children in government care
- 1997-98 expenditures 6665
- children-in-care allowance 9000
- funding, federal contribution 8999-9000
- termination of B.C. Benefits family bonus 9215
- child's rights and interests, government responsibility for children's rights 10678
- national child benefit 8999-9000
- needs, prioritization 9211-2
- programs and services, integration 8999-9000
- Children and Families ministry
- Citizenship, education 7232
- Clark, Glen, comments while in opposition on committee system 9884
- Coalition of B.C. Businesses, position on labour code changes 9955-6
- Comments on NDP tradition
(Pullinger) 6922-4
- Commission of inquiry into child protection services, policies and practices of Social Services ministry (Gove commission), report 10056
- Communities
- community charter, Liberal Party position 10299
- Healthy Communities initiative, funding 6813
- responsibility for well-being of children 10055
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue 10571-2
- Construction industry
- collective bargaining, changes in bargaining structures 9605-6
- legislation, relationship with local government 10300
- master collective agreements for major projects 9118-20
- residential sector, number of housing starts 9120
- Country West Construction Ltd., letter re labour code changes 9606
- Disabled and handicapped persons, restructuring of programs and services 6628-30
- Discrimination and racism, funding for anti-racism programs 7232
- Economy, B.C. economy 6947-8, 9884-5, 9954-7
- Education
- adult basic education 7731
- class size, impact on learning 10803
- curriculum, citizenship 7731
- Education ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 7729-32
- budget and debt accounting 7730
- funding transfers from other ministries 7729
- Families
- child custody and access, eligible applicants 8274-5
- definition of "spouse," use of federal definition to determine eligibility for B.C. Benefits family bonus 9215-6
- grandparent-grandchild relationship 8274-5
- services for Indian families 10051-2
- Family maintenance enforcement program, enrolment requirement, case 7231-2
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1998, debate 8274-5
- First Citizens Fund, budget allocation 9831-3
- Foster care
- foster children, impact of removal from caregiver, case 10678
- foster parents
- eligibility for B.C. Benefits family bonus 9215
- service payments 6665
- Government
- provincial-municipal relations 8452, 10300
- stability of programs and initiatives 6813
- Health care
- capital projects 10414-5
- health council system, relationship with local government 10300
- Seaton commission report, status 6813-4
- Health ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10414-5
- Healthy Beginnings, program objectives 6665
- Homeowner Protection Act
- Human Resources ministry
- Immigration
- refugees, convention refugees 7233-4
- settlement services, funding 7233
- Income, family income used to determine eligibility for B.C. Benefits family bonus 9214-6
- Income Tax Act, right-to-appeal determinations 9217
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998
- Indians
- government aboriginal strategy, goals 10052-3
- issues, government action and responsibility 6812, 9833
- treaty negotiation methods 9834
- Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, debate, position of NDP when in opposition 9883-4
- Investment in B.C.
- impact of labour code changes 9954-7
- private sector investment 9606-7
- Labour
- labour relations climate, stability issue 9955
- workplace safety, accident-prevention initiatives 7587
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Relations Code changes 9955-7
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, content and purpose of bill 9118-9, 9604-7
- Legal aid, services for Children and Families ministry cases 6665
- Legislature, committee system, use 9883
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on community charters 10299
- Local government, accountability and powers 10299-300
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 10299-300
- Lovick, Dale, comments on issues
- 1987 debate on Industrial Relations Reform Act 9956
- role of opposition 9883-4
- McGinn, Ralph, position on workplace safety 7587
- Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 10681-5
- definitions 10681-4
- inclusion of "friend, caregiver or companion designated by patient" in definition of "near relative" 10681-2
- "mentally disordered person" 10683-4
- Mental health, mental illness, involuntary admissions, time limit for receipt of second medical certificate 10685
- Motions, Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity (Motion 48), debate 7897-8
- Multicultural B.C., 1998-99 programming 7232
- Multiculturalism
- funding of multicultural groups 7232
- multifaith calendar, use in ministries 9834
- Municipal Act, revision 6813
- Municipal Affairs ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8452-3
- multicultural initiatives 8453
- staff, multicultural component 8453
- NDP
- government
- adherence to Cooperative Commonwealth Federation heritage 6812
- economic policies 9605-7
- level of bureaucracy 10571
- policies, impact on children and families 6628-30
- vision 6947
- trade union involvement 6948-9
- Occupational health and safety, statutory requirements 7586-8
- Peak House Youth and Family Centre, program funding allocation 6812
- Pemberton, Kim, child's special-needs case 9957
- Politicians, personal values, influence on behaviour in Legislature 6742-3
- Poverty
- child poverty reduction, role of government 9211-2
- needs of poor people 7102-3
- social and financial costs 9211-2
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act
- Revenue Canada, disclosure provisions on B.C. income recipients' consent form 7129
- Safety, safe schools 7587
- Schellenberg, Doris, letter re labour code changes 9957
- Schools
- construction funding by square metre 7730
- supervision on school grounds 7731-2
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, review of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9882-5
- SkyTrain expansion, link from downtown Vancouver to Richmond and airport 9437
- Social welfare system
- advisory council, current status 7137
- income assistance, applicants
- convention refugees, eligibility 7136
- information verification process, impact on timing of benefits 7129-30
- income assistance, benefits and services
- payment dates and method, changes 7137
- payment levels 7101
- replacement of expired employment insurance coverage 7136-7
- income assistance, collection and use of recipients' personal information 7128-9
- income assistance, disability benefits 7105-6
- NDP government action 7100-3
- number of people receiving assistance 6812
- welfare-to-work incentives 9211
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1998, debate 6628-30, 6665-6
- Taiwanese Cultural Society, value of cultural centre site 7935-6, 8453
- Teachers
- agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation
- collective bargaining, government intervention 10804, 10806
- Throne speech, 1997 speech, content 6946-7
- Throne speech debate 6946-9
- Trade unions, role 9119
- Transit services
- RapidBus developments 9436-9
- RapidBus service between Richmond and downtown Vancouver 9882-3
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, relationship with Municipal Affairs ministry 8452
- Vancouver
- Cambie Street, transit plans 9439
- Grandview Highway, fast buses 8453
- Granville Street
- Granville and Marpole area, transit concerns 9436-8
- RapidBus route 9882-3
- road changes 9437
- Hudson Street–Marine Drive area, history 7935-6
- Vancouver Yaffa Housing Society, mental health centre, operating funds 10414-5
- Volunteers and volunteer sector
- Workers Compensation Board, general authority of board 7588
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7586-8
Angus Reid Group Inc.
- Surveys
- business community's reaction to 1998 budget
(Campbell) 10336
- survey on B.C. economy
(Abbott) 9737, 9819
(Hawkins) 9602-3
(Symons) 9982
AnorMED Inc.
- Company opening
(Reid, L.) 6766
Appraisal Institute of Canada
- Position on B.C. assessment information
(Reid, L.) 10767, 10774-5
Apprenticeship See Skills training
Aquaculture industry
- Closed-containment technology
(Streifel) 6782
- Environmental assessment office review of salmon aquaculture
(Streifel) 7984-6
(van Dongen) 7984-6, 9648
- Fish farms
- disease transfer to wild stocks
(McGregor) 10249
(Streifel) 7392-3
(Wilson, G.) 7392-3, 10249
- escapement from net pens
(Streifel) 7394-5
(Wilson, G.) 7394-5
- foreshore leases, application and renewal process
(van Dongen) 10648
- regulations and inspections
(Wilson, G.) 7393
- tenure extensions
(McGregor) 9648
(van Dongen) 9648
- Fisheries ministry policy paper on industry
(Streifel) 7982
- Government policy review
(McGregor) 9648-9
(van Dongen) 9648-9
- Industry opportunities
(van Dongen) 9649
- Monitoring of water quality
(Streifel) 7966
(van Dongen) 7966, 7982
- Roles of Fisheries and Environment ministries
(Streifel) 7965, 7984-6
(van Dongen) 7984-5
- Shellfish farming
Arc Appraisals Ltd.
- Appraisal of Empire Valley Ranch
(McGregor) 9503-4
(Neufeld) 9503-4
Architects
- Role and responsibility in building construction
(Coleman) 8585
(Kwan) 8585
Arden Park residential attendance program
- Mistreatment of children, court case
(Boone) 8814
(McKinnon) 8814
Armbruster, James
- Designation as dangerous offender
(Dosanjh) 7173-4
(Penner) 7173
Armed forces
- Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack
- use of land and facilities
(Clark, G.) 10365
(Penner) 7954, 9774-5
- use of land and facilities, potential site for Technical University of B.C.
(Penner) 7797-8, 10364-5
(Petter) 7797-8
- Canadian Forces base closings, use of property
(Penner) 6965
- Chilcotin military reserve, use of land, public input
(Dalton) 8615
(Zirnhelt) 8615
- Nanoose Bay test range, seabed licence agreement between B.C. and federal government, notice of cancellation
(Clark, G.) 10373-4
(Wilson, G.) 10373
Arrowsmith Lodge, Parksville, B.C.
Arrowsmith Rest Home Society v. the province of British Columbia
- Plaintiff's statement
(Dalton) 6829
Art Starts in Schools program
Arthur Andersen Inc.
- Review of Skeena Cellulose Inc.
(Farrell-Collins) 9225
(MacPhail) 9225
- Role in disposition of government vehicle fleet
(MacPhail) 9203-4
(Thorpe) 9202-4
Arthur Laing Bridge
- Traffic
(Anderson) 9437
- Use for rapid transit
(Symons) 9374
Arts See Culture
Arts Council See British Columbia Arts Council
Ashcroft, B.C.
- Court services
(Dosanjh) 7176
(Plant) 7176
ASI Exchange See British Columbia Advanced Systems Institute
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- 1998 Vancouver summit
(Farnworth) 8860-1
(Nebbeling) 8861
Askov (Elijah) v. the Queen
- Criminal law procedure case
(Plant) 7172-3
Assessment Act
- Revision
(Kwan) 8265
(Wilson, G.) 8264-5
- Strata-commercial designation provisions
(Reid, L.) 8262-3
Assessment Amendment Act, 1998
- (Bill 21) (Minister of Municipal Affairs) 1R, 7916; 2R, 8259-66; C, 8318-22, 8343-53, 8372-83, 10766-75; 3R, 10775; RA, 10806
- Amdts: sec. 12, sec. 43(1) (Gingell) 10767, negatived 10768; sec. 12, sec. 43(6) (Gingell) 10769, ruled out of order 10769; sec. 12, sec. 57 (Gingell) 10771, negatived 10771; sec. 12, sec. 63 (Gingell) 10773, negatived 10774; sec. 12, sec. 68(4) (Reid, L.) 10774, negatived 10774
- Divisions: 2R approved 8266; amdt. to sec. 12, sec. 43(1), negatived 10768
- Debate, speakers
(Gingell) 8263-5, 8352, 8372-3, 8379-81, 10767-71, 10773-4
(Kwan) 7916, 8259-60, 8265-6, 8318-22, 8343-53, 8373-83, 10767-75
(Reid, L.) 8260-3, 8318-22, 8349-52, 8380-3, 10767-8, 10770-5
(van Dongen) 8347-8
(Wilson, G.) 8343-6, 8348-9, 8373-8
- Definitions, "file"
(Kwan) 8318
(Reid, L.) 8318
- Fines and penalties for offences
(Kwan) 10775
(Reid, L.) 10775
- Regulations on forest land, impact from Indian treaty negotiations
(Reid, L.) 10775
Assessment Appeal Board See also Property assessment appeal board under Real property tax
- Annual report, 1997, tabled
(Kwan) 7076
Assessment Authority of British Columbia
- Appeals process See Property assessment appeal board under Real property tax
- Communications, web site
(Reid, L.) 8262
- Funding source
(Gingell) 8381
Assessment of real property See Real property tax
Association of Vancouver Island Municipalities
- Request to manage Crown land
(Reid, L.) 8594-5
Atnarko River
- Steelhead run, problems
(Jarvis) 7959
ATS (American Traffic Systems) Canada
- Contract to provide photo radar system
(Dosanjh) 7243
(Penner) 7243
Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration
- 1998-99 Estimates
- debate 7078-95, 7117-26, 7165-80, 7196-204, 7229-44, 7257-67, 7295-310, Report 10666-7
- speakers
(Abbott) 7266-7
(Anderson) 7231-4
(Chong) 7263-5
(Clark, C.) 7084-92
(Coleman) 7262-3
(Dosanjh) 7078-95, 7118-26, 7165-80, 7197-204, 7229-42, 7257-67, 7295-310, 10666-7
(Hansen) 7304-5
(McKinnon) 7088
(Penner) 7120-1, 7173, 7177-80, 7242-4, 7257-61, 7266-7, 7309-10
(Plant) 7083-4, 7088-9, 7092-5, 7117-26, 7165, 7171-7, 7196-203, 7229-31, 7234-5, 7237-40, 7261-2, 7265-6, 7295-307, 10666
(Stephens) 7165-71
(Thorpe) 7307-9
(Weisgerber) 7125-6, 7235-7
(Wilson, G.) 7203-4, 7240-2
- Annual reports, timeliness
(Plant) 7084
- Attorney General's role and responsibilities
(Campbell) 10661-3
- Consumer services division, director of trade practices, powers and workload
(Dosanjh) 7689-90, 7753-4
(Plant) 7691, 7753-4
- Costs
- firearms training for auxiliary and reserve RCMP
(Dosanjh) 7120-1
(Penner) 7120-1
- processing of freedom-of-information requests
(Dosanjh) 7126, 7165
(Plant) 7126, 7165
- Film classification division, budget
(Dosanjh) 7243
(Penner) 7242-3
- Gaming audit and investigation office
- Liquor control and licensing branch
- Manufactured home park dispute resolution committee, chair's power to refuse to appoint a subcommittee
(Dosanjh) 7751
(Plant) 7751
- Multiculturalism advisory committee
(Anderson) 7233
(Dosanjh) 7233
- Multiculturalism, human rights and immigration responsibilities, current and planned activities
(Dosanjh) 7082
- Provision of legal services to Children and Families ministry
(Boone) 8812-6
(Clark, C.) 8812-6
- Residential tenancy branch
- Responsibilities of ministry
- consumer affairs
(Plant) 7018-9
- defence of B.C. recall legislation
(Dosanjh) 7093
(Plant) 7093
- gambling policy
(Dosanjh) 7306-7
(Plant) 7306-7
- government litigation involving use of outside counsel
(Dosanjh) 7295-7
(Plant) 7295-7
- issues of public interest and importance
(Dosanjh) 10667
(Plant) 10666
- Role of Attorney General
(Plant) 7083-4
Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
- (Bill 19) (Attorney General) 1R, 7425-6; 2R, 7688-95; C, 7738-56; 3R, 7756; recommitted 10246; 3R, 10246; RA, 10806
- Amdts: sec. 5.1 (Dosanjh) 7740, approved 7742; sec. 7 (Dosanjh) 7745, approved 7745; sec. 8 (Dosanjh) 10246, approved 10246; sec. 23 (Dosanjh) 7754, approved 7755
- Divisions: sec. 7 approved 7750
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 7742-3, 7748-9, 7751
(Coleman) 7693-4, 7739-41, 7743-4, 7747-9
(Dosanjh) 7425-6, 7688-90, 7695, 7738-56, 10246
(Jarvis) 7694
(Krueger) 7694-5
(Neufeld) 7750
(Penner) 7749-50
(Plant) 7690-3, 7738-41, 7744-7, 7751-5, 10246
Auditor general
- Article in Alaska Highway News on government accountability
(McKinnon) 10002
- Assumptions used in budget forecasting
(Gingell) 6612
- Comments on Workers Compensation Board policies on severance for senior managers
(Reid, L.) 8680
- Concerns re presentation of province's financial statements
(MacPhail) 6618
- Reports
- 1993-94 Ministry of Health value-for-money audit, "The Transfer of Patients from Riverview Hospital to the Community," findings
(Hawkins) 9265-8
- No. 4, 1997-98, "Loss Reporting in Government; Waste Management Permit Fees; Motor Vehicle Act," tabled
(Speaker) 6824
- referral to Public Accounts committee
(MacPhail) 7631, 10546
- report on NDP government budgets, outcomes
(Campbell) 10349, 10352
(Clark, G.) 10349, 10352
- review of Workers Compensation Board, recommendations
(Hansen) 8678-9
(Lovick) 8622, 8667-8, 8678-9
(Reid, L.) 7514-6, 8667-8
- Review of health care regionalization
(Hawkins) 6613, 10156-61
(Priddy) 6613, 10160
- Role in changes to government financial reporting system
(Chong) 6994
- Statements in audit of Vancouver Island Highway Project
(Lali) 7902
(Symons) 7901-2, 8149-50
Auditor General Act
Australia
Autism
Automobiles
- Drinking and driving See Impaired driving
- Impoundment of vehicles
(Lali) 7771, 8151-2
(Symons) 8151-2
- Insurance
- kilometre-based insurance
(Lali) 7903
(Symons) 7903
- no-fault insurance for B.C.
(Farnworth) 8772
(Jarvis) 8772
- Photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- annual operating costs
(Dosanjh) 7243-4
(Penner) 7243-4
- camera locations, fee paid to owners of private property
(de Jong) 8773
(Farnworth) 8773
- effectiveness
(Dosanjh) 7240, 7257, 10248
(Farnworth) 8764-5, 10247-9
(Jarvis) 8764-5
(Nebbeling) 8763-4
(Neufeld) 10248
(Penner) 7257
(Plant) 10247
(Thorpe) 10249
(Wilson, G.) 7240
- "fairness code" guidelines on placement of units
(Dosanjh) 7260-2, 7309
(Penner) 7260-1, 7309
(Plant) 7261-2
- instruction manual for camera operators
(Clark, C.) 8187-8
(de Jong) 8188
(Farnworth) 8187-8
(Farrell-Collins) 8188
- operating revenues and expenditures
(Farnworth) 8759-61
(Farrell-Collins) 8760-1
(Jarvis) 8759-61
- program, continuation
(Dosanjh) 10086-7
(Plant) 10086-7
- program funding, use of Insurance Corporation of B.C. premiums See Premiums under Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- program operators, police officers versus civilian technicians
(Dosanjh) 7240, 7258-9
(Penner) 7258-9
(Plant) 7239
- serving of tickets to violators from outside of B.C.
(Dosanjh) 7258
(Penner) 7258
- tabling of van maintenance records
(Dosanjh) 10248
(Neufeld) 10248
- ticket revenues
(Dosanjh) 7229-30
(Plant) 7229-30
- tickets, number disputed
(Dosanjh) 7244
(Penner) 7244
- tickets, number disputed, impact on court costs
(Dosanjh) 7257-8
(Penner) 7257-8
- vans, number and reliability
(Dosanjh) 7259
(Penner) 7259
- Roadside safety and emissions testing of heavy-duty commercial vehicles
(Dosanjh) 7358, 7613
(Lali) 7613
(Plant) 7613
(Symons) 7612-3
- Taxation of motor vehicles leased outside of B.C.
(Farrell-Collins) 7040
(Gingell) 7040-1
(MacPhail) 7040-1
- Traffic accidents, costs levied against driver responsible for accident
(Farnworth) 8757-8
(Nebbeling) 8757-8
- Traffic fines
- Traffic infractions, ticketing by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, legislative authority
(Abbott) 7266
(Dosanjh) 7266-7
(Penner) 7266-7
- Traffic issues, Municipal Affairs ministry role
(Kwan) 8044
(Reid, L.) 8044
- Traffic safety
- intersection red-light cameras, program revenues and expenditures
(Farnworth) 8762-4
(Jarvis) 8762-3
(Nebbeling) 8763-4
(Symons) 8762
- intersection red-light cameras, use, issues and concerns
(Dosanjh) 7259-61
(Penner) 7259-61
- roadside safety testing, cost
(Lali) 8152
(Symons) 8152
- Vehicle anti-theft devices, Insurance Corporation of B.C.-funded discount
(Farnworth) 8771
(Jarvis) 8771
AVIM See Association of Vancouver Island Municipalities
Avison, Don
- Role in contract negotiations between B.C. Teachers Federation and B.C. Public School Employers Association
(Ramsey) 7520, 7522, 7525-6
(Sanders) 7520, 7522, 7525, 7564
AWAN See Aboriginal Women's Action Network
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