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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 1: March - July 1998
Subject-Speaker INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Dairy industry
- Fees for farm inspection services
(Dosanjh) 7358, 7612
(Evans) 7612
(van Dongen) 7612
- Processing of B.C. products outside province
(Dalton) 9406
Dairyworld Foods Ltd.
- Production facilities, location
(Dalton) 9787
Dalton, C. Jeremy (West Vancouver–Capilano)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 9767-70
- Agricultural land reserve, removal of land when deemed "in the provincial interest" 9592
- Agriculture industry, fish-bearing waterways on farmland, Environment ministry regulations 6829
- Anaham Indian band, road blockade 8613-5, 9769-70
- Armed forces, Chilcotin military reserve, public input on use of land 8615
- Arrowsmith Rest Home Society v. the province of British Columbia, plaintiff's statement 6829
- Barlow, Pat, comments on audiobook funding 8404-5
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, relationship with Land Use Coordination Office 9589
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, bargaining agent role 10620
- B.C. School Sports, funding and eligibility issues 8248-9
- Brown, Trudi, comments on retroactive legislative and access to justice 10619
- Budgets, balancing of budgets 6830
- Builders Lien Act, definitions, "head contractor" 7998
- Burnaby land exchange project, government repayment 9591
- Burrard Indian band, land claim 9768-9
- Business
- costs, impact of changes to Workers Compensation Act on small and medium-sized business 7502-3
- small business, position on labour code changes 10017
- Carpentier, Jacques, legal action against government 10621
- Carrier Lumber Ltd., lawsuit re Chilcotin plateau forest licence and Indians' permission 6828-9
- Charities, number of organizations applying for funds from gambling 8985
- Charleyboy, Ervin, letter to Chilcotin forest district 8614
- Comments on fair-wage policy
(Conroy) 9178
- Construction industry
- future of industry 10018
- labour relations
- collective agreements, duration 10115
- master collective agreements for major projects 10115
- review panels, findings and recommendations 9970, 10016, 10018
- Craig Bay
- development project on heritage site 8214
- land acquisition by government 9591
- Crown land special account
- land acquisition by government, real estate revenues from Crown lands 9591
- non-recoverable payment approval 9590
- Dairy industry, processing of B.C. products outside province 9406
- Dairyworld Foods Ltd., production facilities, location 9787
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education
- private education, charter schools 9907
- public education system
- impact of Public Education Collective Agreement Act 9645-6, 9785
- program diversity and parental involvement 9907
- school council management system 7418-9
- public-private partnerships, government policy on commercial advertising 7729
- Education ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 7728-9
- annual report, contents 10493
- Employment and Investment ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8984-7
- Employment standards
- system, workability 8691-2
- Williams Lake case 8692
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 9588-91
- expenditures and staffing levels 9589
- Environmental Assessment Office, operations 9588-9
- Finning Ltd., relocation to Alberta 9970
- Fisheries, shellfish licences, case of reduction in term 6829
- Forest industry, current state of industry 6828
- Forests ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8613-5
- Gambling
- charities' access to gambling revenues, level of funds available for disbursement 8984-5
- charity gaming, province's licensing authority between 1986-98, statutory change to grant retroactivity immunity from legal action 10619-22
- Government
- lawsuits against government 6829
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 7502-4, 9786
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act, debate 10704
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, Rapid Transit Project funding, cost-sharing 10704
- Hance, Ray, letter to Chilcotin forest district 8614
- Handsworth Secondary School, capacity and funding 7728-9
- Health ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10227-9
- Heenan Blaikie, report on B.C. economy 9970
- Heritage
- archaeological assessments, payment responsibility 8213-5
- heritage inventory, cross-government work 9589
- heritage site claims by Culture ministry 6829
- heritage sites, jurisdiction over archaeological sites outside municipal boundaries 8211-3
- Heritage Conservation Act, compliance, issues and concerns 8211-5
- Impaired driving, assessment and rehabilitation programs for impaired drivers, petition tabled 10745
- Indian Arm Provincial Park, management plan 9767-8
- Indians
- blockades of roads and bridges, government handling 9769-70
- gambling on Indian land, casino operations, provincial jurisdiction 8985-6
- land claim negotiations, variable-interest model 9768
- land use planning and resource development, government funding for work and travel 9589-90
- lands, application of Residential Tenancy Act on Indian land 9767
- Investment in B.C., impact of labour code changes 9967-70
- Justice system, citizen's right to bring legal action against government 10619-22
- Kenney, Ray, letter re handling of Sidney area archaeological site 8213
- Krieger, Kit, role in information meetings on teachers' agreement-in-committee 10495
- Krueger, Kevin, role in removal from order paper of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act (1998) 9407
- Labour ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8691-2
- Labour Relations Code
- changes 9785-7
- definition of "trade union," use in workers compensation legislation 7993
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, content and purpose of bill 9785, 10016-7
- Lampert, Jerry, comments on labour code changes 10017
- Land use
- land use planning and resource development, corporate resource inventory initiative 9589
- private property used for non-commercial activities, owner's liability 7682
- protected areas and special management zones, joint Environment and Forests ministry report and action plan 9590
- Land Use Coordination Office, operations 9589
- Legislation
- consultation process on bills 9785
- replacement of legislative lawmaking with regulatory authority 10620
- retroactive legislation, use 10619-22
- Legislature
- bills, legislative program for 1998 session 10619-20
- committee system, use 9644-5
- debate, interruption of debate as a result of an unexpected adjournment motion precludes Committee A report to House 9646
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 9405-6
- Libraries, audiobooks, funding for audiobooks 8404-5
- Lions Gate Bridge, status 6830, 8413-4
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10619-22
- Lovick, Dale, comments on labour code changes 9969
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on reduction of red tape and taxes 7502
- Millennia Research, archaeological assessment in Sidney area 8213
- Miller, Sylvia, archaeological site on private property, case 8213-4
- Mining industry, mine closings 6828
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998, debate 10619-22
- Motions, motion that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, debate 9403-7
- Municipal Affairs ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8404-5
- Muskwa-Kechika management area, management of land in relation to land use planning process 9590
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, activities, events since 1992 lodging of complaint 10621-2
- NDP government
- announcements of planned expenditures 9967-8
- economic policies 9644-6
- management of 1998 legislative agenda 9403-7
- performance 10016-8
- North Shore health region, board members 10227-8
- North Vancouver, casino applications by local Indian bands 8985
- Occupational health and safety, statutory requirements 7502-4
- Occupiers Liability Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7682
- Peerless family, school sports participation case 8248
- Prince Rupert, casino ship proposal 8986-7
- Property rights
- government intervention 6829
- private property, archaeological sites on privately owned land 8212-5
- Public debt, current levels 9968-9
- Public Education Advocacy Day 7418
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act
- debate 10493-6, 10798
- definitions
- "employers' association," inclusion of B.C. Public School Employers' Association in bill 10798
- "parties" 10798
- progress of bill through Legislature 10493-4
- public input 9645-6, 9785
- purpose of bill 10620
- Raine, Al, and Nancy Greene Raine, Cayoosh ski resort proposal, environmental review 9588
- Sanatani, Suromitra, position on labour code changes 9969, 10017-8
- Schamborzki, Inge, regional health board contract and severance 10228-9
- School district 45 (West Vancouver), impact of teachers' collective agreement 10496
- Schools, smoking area signage 10708
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, review of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9784-8
- Six Mile Ranch development project, status of project 9591-2
- Ski industry, environmental assessment of proposed resorts 9588
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8211-5, 8247-9
- Sports, school sports, participation and recruitment issues 8248-9
- Squamish Indian band, trailer park on Indian land at Lions Gate Bridge, rent issue 9767
- Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity mine project, proposal 6828
- Tatchell, Mark, comments on operation of employment standards branch 8692
- Taxation, "wealth tax" 10016
- Teachers
- agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation
- collective bargaining, government intervention 10798
- Throne speech, content 6828
- Throne speech debate 6828-31
- Tobacco
- smoking, signage in designated smoking areas of schools 10708
- tobacco industry, licence fee requirement, compliance 10754
- Tobacco Fee Act, debate 10754
- Tobacco Sales Amendment Act, 1998, debate 10748
- Trans Canada Trail, project 7682
- Transportation, traffic planning in B.C. 6830
- Van Diemen, Case, comments on labour code changes 10017
- Vancouver, Stanley Park causeway, widening of existing road 10545
- Waste Management Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7685
- consultation with stakeholders on bill 7685
- dispute resolution provisions, need 7685
- industry reaction to bill 7685
- Weiler, Paul, comments on labour law reform 10018
- Workers Compensation Board, general authority of board 7502-4
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7501-4, 7993-4, 7998
- definitions
- penalties for workers who violate safety regulations, inclusion in bill 7504
- Yamamoto, Naomi, comments on labour code changes 10017
- Youth, opportunities 6830
- Zirnhelt, David, comments on government powers 10620
Darrell Bay Road See Responsibility for maintenance of area roads under Squamish, B.C.
Dawson Creek, B.C.
Dawson, Robert MacGregor
- Comments on role of opposition
(Plant) 9472-3
Dawson Seed Co. Ltd.
- Plant upgrading
(Evans) 7068
Day care See Child care under Children
Day, Joanne
- Hepatitis C victim infected prior to 1986, letter
(Hawkins) 7437
D.E. Allen Consulting Ltd.
- Report on Children and Families ministry
(Boone) 8793
(Clark, C.) 8793, 10067
(Stephens) 10067
de Burger, Paul and Angela
- Letter re youth business education workshops
(Waddell) 8394-5
de Jong, Michael G. (Matsqui)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- Ambulance service, air ambulance service in northern B.C. 8634
- Automobiles, photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- camera locations, fee paid to owners of private property 8773
- instruction manual for camera operators 8188
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd., Pakistan power project
- cancellation, recovery of B.C.'s investment 9444
- cost to B.C. taxpayers 8051
- share benefits 8051
- B.C. Hydro, promotions, special offer for preferred customers 8299
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, bargaining agent role 10633
- B.C. Rail Ltd., disposal of assets and relationship with National Railway Historical Society 8003-7
- B.C., residents moving elsewhere 9744-5, 9916
- B.C. Treaty Commission
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6903-5
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, content 6903
- Business
- business in B.C., business climate 8868
- entrepreneurship, role of entrepreneur in economy 9913-4
- small business
- impact of labour code changes 8942
- position on labour code changes 9577, 9915
- Children, child protection, keeping children safe 7494
- Churchill, Winston, position on opposition's use of dropped order to terminate debate 9350
- Condominiums
- leaky-condos issue, government action 6928-9
- warranty protection 6929
- Conroy, Ed, personal experience as organ transplant recipient 10630
- Construction industry, review panels, findings and recommendations 9575-6
- Corporation capital tax, exemption threshold for financial institutions 6713
- Credit rating, B.C. rating, impact of 1998-99 budget 6759
- Crown land
- leaseholders, purchase options 6861-2, 6905
- logging rights of Indians 8576
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions 6862, 6892, 9842-4
- Doyle, Cassie, memo to staff on disclosure of confidential information 7427
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- role of government 6903-4
- Education, funding 6904
- Edwards, Brenda, role in Premier's Office 10350-1
- Employment and Investment ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8733, 8900-2, 9011-2, 9147-8
- Employment and unemployment
- employment levels, current levels 6905
- jobs lost in B.C. 9455
- workers leaving or not coming to B.C. 9014
- Energy and Mines ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7977, 8003-8, 8010
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, Crown lease application process, backlog 6793, 6822-3, 7427, 9455
- Evans, Corky, call for resignation 7377-8
- Farris Vaughan, advice to B.C. Hydro on corporate representation at SEPCOL board meetings 9147-8
- Fishing industry, commercial allocation formulas 9793
- Food industry, food-processing sector, wage levels 9576
- Forest industry
- current state of industry, role of government policies 10311
- employment and jobs
- timber resources included in Nisga'a treaty 10543-4
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- Forests ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8576-81
- student summer jobs 9746
- Fraser Valley health region
- concerns re funding formula 10408
- report findings on services in region 10409
- Fraser Valley, light rail transit from Vancouver to Coquitlam and New Westminster, environmental assessment review 9558-9
- Fruit, berry farming industry, growth of blueberry industry 8994-5
- Gambling
- charities' access to gambling revenues
- application and approval process for community groups 8900-2
- priority given to charities involved in education and health 9011-2
- charity gaming
- policy on revenue-sharing with government 6904-5
- province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10631-2
- Giesbrecht, Helmut
- contribution to House debate 10632-3
- participation in debate on Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9744-5
- Gillespie, Evelyn
- handling of situation involving constituency assistant 9804
- meeting with Premier's Office re constituency assistant 10196
- role in Forest Renewal B.C.'s hiring of Dean Schneider 10042
- Gitanyow Indian band, challenge to Nisga'a land entitlement 9841
- Golden, medical clinic, closing 8185
- Goodacre, Bill
- charter of aircraft charged to Forest Renewal B.C. 7843
- contribution to House debate 10631-2
- member's priorities 9893
- Government
- ministers, conduct guidelines 7270-1, 7313
- spending, advertising expenditures 9576
- Hammell, Sue, representation of constituents' interests 9918
- Health care
- Health ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10407-11
- Highway 11, corridor management plan and traffic accidents data 8146
- Housing starts 9744-5
- Human Tissue Gift Act, changes to increase consent and donation rates 10630
- Indians
- apology from government for past treatment 9796-7
- government obligation to consult with Indians 9660-3
- land claims
- agreements with Indian groups outside treaty process 9770
- compensation potential for land claimed 9661-3
- overlapping claims 9841-2
- private property, exclusion from negotiations 9662
- third-party interests, compensation 9794-6
- self-government, voting and other rights of non-Indians living on Indian land 9334
- treaties
- amending formula 9896
- "cede, release and surrender" concept 9895
- "cede, release and surrender" concept, Liberal Party position 9664
- costs 9705-6
- process, public involvement 9707-9
- use of Nisga'a final agreement as template for future treaties 9710-1
- treaty lands, government paramountcy 8579
- treaty negotiations
- cost and pace of negotiations 9704-5
- fisheries allocation 9894
- mandate of negotiators 9708
- removal of tax exemptions 9897
- tripartite process 9705
- treaty settlements
- calculation of cost of settlements 9895
- cash and land components 9706
- cost, formula for measuring cash and land values 9793-4
- Investment in B.C.
- impact of labour code changes 9914-8
- private sector investment 9745-6
- Jobs and timber accord, impact on number of forestry jobs 8167-8
- Krueger, Kevin, role in removal from order paper of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act (1998) 9350-2
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Relations Code changes, impact on economy 8868
- Legislature
- adjournment motions, right of member who moves failed motion to continue in debate 9622
- committee system, use 8506-7
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 9726-7
- Government House Leader, responsibilities 9725
- late-night sittings and cooperation between government and opposition 8506-9
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 8507, 9724-5
- opposition, role 9351
- orders of the day, dropped orders 9350-1
- rules for conducting of House business, purpose 9349-50, 9351-2
- standing orders
- order 2, daily sittings, time for ordinary meeting of House 9724
- order 9, Speaker's decision not subject to appeal 9346
- order 40, imputation of false motives alleged 9481
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party position on "cede, release and surrender" concept in Indian treaties 9664
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10631-2
- McArthur, Doug
- comments on guidelines for ministerial conduct 7271, 7313
- involvement in Nisga'a treaty negotiations 9695
- MacPhail, Joy, role as Government House Leader 9725-6, 9912
- Marketing boards, role 9576
- Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7628
- impact on outstanding cases 7628
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998, debate 10630-3
- Motions
- motion that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, debate 8506-9
- motion that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, debate 9724-7
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50)
- MSA Hospital, construction project 10410
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, repayment of money to charities 7540-1, 7608, 10346-7
- NDP government
- Nisga'a people
- agreement-in-principle, fisheries model, fish allocation 9894
- treaty, final agreement
- treaty negotiation process, Premier's Office involvement 9694-5
- Northern Development Act, debate 9238-9, 9246-8, 9257-60
- Northern Development Commission
- budget, funding from Northern Development ministry 9260
- commissioner
- participation of other governments 9259
- Owen-Flood, Dermod D., decision on government funding of health care and education 6904
- Parks, new campsites 9454-5
- Penikett, Tony, work in government 9695
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998, debate 10786
- Physicians, northern and rural physicians dispute
- Plecas, Bob, role in Indian treaty negotiations 9694-5
- Premier's Office
- Privilege
- reserving right to raise matter respecting Minister for Children and Families 8124
- statements by Cathy McGregor re influencing of Agricultural Land Commission decision on Six Mile Ranch project 7117
- statements by Joan Smallwood concerning opposition's position on changes to funding formula for caucus budgets 6597-8
- Public debt during NDP administration 6904
- Railways and rail services, dinner train service 8004-7, 8010
- Rangeland, grazing rights on Crown land, impact of Indian land claims 9795
- Robertson, Alec
- comments on B.C. Treaty Commission 7980
- departure from position as chief commissioner of B.C. Treaty Commission 9696-700
- Ross family, water licence application 6793
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, coastal patrol vessel Naden, serviceability 10087
- Schneider, Dean, contract with Forest Renewal B.C. 9804
- Sechelt Indian band
- land claim settlement, cost 9093-4
- self-government model 9897-8
- Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, report
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, review of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9893
- SEPCOL, board meetings, B.C. Hydro representation 9147-8
- Six Mile Ranch development project, Agricultural Land Commission decision
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 6822
- SkyTrain expansion, consultation with Indian groups 9660-2
- Smallwood, Joan, alleged comments on opposition's position on changes to funding formula for caucus budgets 6597-8, 6645
- Smith, Brian R.D., role in negotiations between ATS Canada and B.C. government on photo radar contract 8123-4, 8187
- Southern Interior Beef Corp., lease between company and Crown, copy tabled 6881
- Stupich, Dave, legal charges re Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society case 10347-8
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1998, debate 9453-5
- Teachers, agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation
- impact on students 9230-1
- negotiations, government involvement 9150
- Tobacco Damages Recovery Amendment Act, 1998
- Tobacco industry liability for health care costs, legal actions and assessment of damages 10765-6
- Toronto-Dominion Bank, comments on B.C. economy 9917
- Trade unions
- certification votes, secret ballot 9916-7
- sectoral bargaining 9915
- union jobs the only "real" jobs 9745-7, 9913-4
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8146
- Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee, preview of Nisga'a final agreement before signing ceremony 9693
- Tsilhqot'in national government, letter to Forests ministry re forest planning system and consultation with Indians 9770
- Westbank Indian band, treaty negotiations
- Aboriginal Affairs minister's involvement 9896
- rights of non-Indians on band land 9897-8
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998, economic impact 9577
- Youth unemployment 6903
De Jong, Troy
- Work with Kamloops junior chamber of commerce
(McGregor) 6967
Dean, Morgan
- Comments on post-secondary education
(Sanders) 7249
Debt See Public debt
Deederly, Jason
- Worker killed on the job
(Lovick) 7273
Deficit See Public debt
Delgamuukw cases
- Decisions
- B.C. position
(Lovick) 9657
- definition of aboriginal title
(Goodacre) 6730-1
- infringement on Indian land
(Lovick) 9776
- interpretation
(de Jong) 9842-4
(Krueger) 9990
- interpretation, layperson's guide
(de Jong) 9842
(Lovick) 9094, 9843-5
- response, government mandate
(de Jong) 6892
(Lovick) 6892
- ruling
(Wilson, G.) 6825
- ruling on aboriginal rights
(Wilson, G.) 9197
- ruling on aboriginal title
(Clark, G.) 10366-7
(Wilson, G.) 10366
- ruling on third-party compensation
(Lovick) 9794
- Impact of decisions
- Crown land sales
(Campbell) 6890
(Coell) 9594
(de Jong) 6862
(McGregor) 6862, 9594
(MacPhail) 9277
- economic investment in B.C.
(Wilson, G.) 8308
- forest industry
(Abbott) 8572, 8575
- private property rights
(Jarvis) 6844
Delta, B.C.
- East Ladner bypass
(Gingell) 7835
(Lali) 7835
- Indian land claims, petition tabled
(Gingell) 6971
- Nordel completion project
(Gingell) 7834-5
(Lali) 7803-4, 7834-5
(Masi) 6854-5, 7803-4
- Resident's letter re NDP governments
(Masi) 9673
Delta Gymnastics Society
- Charity casino application
(Farnworth) 8972-3
(Gingell) 8972-3
Delta South constituency and area
- Government offices, closings
(Gingell) 6747-8
- Issues and concerns
(Gingell) 6747
Deltassist Community Services Society
Democracy See also Parliamentary democracy under Government
- Citizen's right to bring legal action against government See Justice system
- Democratic freedom
(Penner) 10636
(Thorpe) 10622
- Public involvement in government
(Cashore) 6818
Dempsey, Bill
- Neighbourhood pub operator, concerns
(Thorpe) 8155
(Waddell) 8155
Dicey, A.V.
- Comments in Law of the Constitution on rule of law
(Campbell) 10661
Disabled and handicapped persons
- Community living services
- Disability management See Workers under Labour
- Employability assistance for people with disabilities initiative
(Masi) 7822
(Petter) 7822
- Mentally handicapped persons See Mental health
- Programs and services
- community living services See Community living services above
- entrepreneurial programs, accessibility by women
(Hammell) 7407-8
(Thorpe) 7407-8
- restorative and technical aids
(Masi) 7822
(Petter) 7822
- restructuring
(Anderson) 6628-30
- service providers, compensation for unionized workers
(Boone) 6662
(Clark, C.) 6662
- services for visually impaired persons
(Walsh) 8992-3
- vocational rehabilitation services
(Masi) 7821
(Petter) 7821
Discrimination and racism
- Funding for anti-racism programs
(Anderson) 7232
(Dosanjh) 7232
- Prevention of racism, government action
(Cashore) 8697
(Hammell) 7461
(Stephens) 7461, 8696-7
Divisions, Recorded
- Assessment Amendment Act, 1998: 2R approved 8266; amdt. to sec. 12, sec. 43(1), negatived 10768
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, sec. 7 approved 7750
- BC OnLine Act: 2R approved 10421-2; title approved 10429; 3R approved 10429
- Budget: amdt. negatived 6779; budget approved 6911
- Education Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, 2R approved 10529
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act, 2R approved 10700
- Homeowner Protection Act, 3R approved 10602-3
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998: introduction approved 8865; 1R approved 8866; motions to amend 2R negatived 9748, 9893-4, 10015; 2R approved 10032; amdt. to sec. 2 negatived 10117; 3R approved 10271; motions to adjourn debate negatived 9622, 9643, 9979, 10022, 10091
- Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998: 2R approved 7323; amdt. to sec. 1, sec. 17.1, approved 7628
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998, sec. 12 approved 10244-5
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998: amdt. to 2R negatived 10663; 2R approved 10664
- Motions
- compensation for pre-1986 hepatitis C victims (Motion 46), amdt. negatived 7445
- multilateral agreement on investment (Motion 43), amdts. negatived 7211, 7218
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper, approved 9520-1
- that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, approved 9730
- that the House do now adjourn, negatived 8509, 9985, 10019
- that the question now be put on motion that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, approved 9729
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act: amdt. to 2R negatived 10523; 2R approved 10524; 3R approved 10806
- Speech from the Throne (Address in reply): amdt. negatived 6859; motion approved 6968
- Tobacco Fee Act, 2R approved 10712
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, 2R approved 7284
- Waste Management Amendment Act, 1998, 2R approved 7688
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998: amdt. to 2R negatived 7563; 2R approved 7595; sec. 15, sec. 139 approved 8173; 3R approved 10681
Dix, Adrian
D.M. Griffith and Associates
- Role in disposition of government vehicle fleet
(Coleman) 9207
(MacPhail) 9207
Dobbin, Lucy
- Appointment for northern and rural physicians dispute resolution
(Clark, G.) 7842-4
(Weisgerber) 7843-4
- Report on northern and rural physicians dispute See Physicians
Doctors See Physicians
Domestic violence See Family violence under Violence
Domestic Violence Protection Act
(Bill M204) (Stephens) 1R, 7139-40
- Debate, speakers
(Stephens) 7139-40
Domestic workers
- Concerns
(Hammell) 7462
(Stephens) 7462
- Employment standards
(Lovick) 8602-3
Donald, Alan
- Letter re labour code changes
(Jarvis) 9816
Dosanjh, Hon. Ujjal (Vancouver-Kensington)
- Abbotsford, courthouse renovations 7179
- An Act Respecting Firearms and Other Weapons (federal), registration requirement, cost of proposed system 7125-6
- An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, debate 6595
- Advertising, regulation 7689
- Air quality, vehicle emissions 7358
- AirCare program, powers 7613
- Alcohol, liquor industry and sales
- advertising process, review 7309
- illicit sales 7308
- regulation exemptions to allow sales of certain products in designated establishments 10603, 10734-5
- Armbruster, James, designation as dangerous offender 7173-4
- Ashcroft, court services 7176
- ATS (American Traffic Systems) Canada, contract to provide photo radar system 7243
- Attorney General ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 7078-95, 7118-26, 7165-80, 7197-204, 7229-42, 7257-67, 7295-310, 10666-7
- consumer services division, director of trade practices, powers and workload 7689-90, 7753-4
- costs
- firearms training for auxiliary and reserve RCMP 7120-1
- processing of freedom-of-information requests 7126, 7165
- film classification division, budget 7243
- gaming audit and investigation office
- liquor control and licensing branch
- enforcement and compliance inspections 7307-8
- general manager's exemption powers 10603
- responsibilities 7309
- manufactured home park dispute resolution committee, chair's power to refuse to appoint a subcommittee 7751
- multiculturalism advisory committee 7233
- multiculturalism, human rights and immigration responsibilities, current and planned activities 7082
- residential tenancy branch
- responsibilities of ministry
- defence of B.C. recall legislation 7093
- gambling policy 7306-7
- government litigation involving use of outside counsel 7295-7
- issues of public interest and importance 10667
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7425-6, 7688-90, 7695, 7738-56, 10246
- Automobiles
- photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- annual operating costs 7243-4
- "fairness code" guidelines for placement of units 7260-2, 7309
- program, continuation 10086-7
- serving of tickets to violators from outside of B.C. 7258
- staffing and effectiveness issues 7240, 7257, 7258-9, 10248
- tabling of van maintenance records 10248
- ticket revenues 7229-30
- tickets, number disputed 7244, 7257-8
- vans, number and reliability 7259
- roadside safety and emissions testing of heavy-duty commercial vehicles 7358, 7613
- traffic fine revenues, sharing with municipalities 7259-60
- traffic infractions, ticketing by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers 7266-7
- traffic safety, intersection red-light cameras, issues and concerns 7259-61
- Beer industry, U-brew operations, policy review 7308-9
- Boats and boating, boating infractions on inland waters 7266-7
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation, establishment 10603
- B.C. Board of Parole, restructuring 7358, 7613-4
- B.C. Health Association, dissolution 8269
- B.C. Human Rights Commission, 1996-97 annual report tabled 7379
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, complaints, filing costs 7175
- B.C. Police Commission, 1996-97 annual report tabled 7379
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, bargaining agent role 10604
- B.C. Utilities Commission, powers to review B.C. Hydro energy supply contracts 10605
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6906-9
- Burnaby Correctional Centre nursing staff, working conditions 10396
- Business
- commercial activities, regulation 7689-90
- first-time business opportunity schemes 7752-3
- small business, regulatory burden 8386-7
- suppliers, regulation 7753-4
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, equality guarantees 10783-5
- Children
- child abuse, exploitation of children for sexual purposes 6906-7
- child protection workers, handling of family violence cases 7170
- infant claimants in personal injury cases, limit on size of settlements 7358, 7612
- Children and Families ministry
- contracted services restructuring 7091-2
- plans of care, auditing by children's commissioner 7085-7
- programs, integration of programs transferred from other ministries 7089-90
- regional offices
- audits subsequent to child fatality, number requested by children's commissioner 7090-1
- Quesnel office, children's commissioner request for audit 7085
- workloads 7085
- Children's Commission
- commissioner, reporting to Attorney General 7092
- complaints review process
- complaint volumes, impact of Children and Families ministry operations 7087
- complaints, number made directly to commissioner 7091
- notification requirement in case of investigation into child fatality 7089
- privacy protection, balancing with need for openness 7089
- office computer systems, year 2000 compliance 7088
- recommendations to government, implementation 7092
- role in placing of foster children in culturally appropriate homes 7088
- Chilliwack courthouse, status 7177-9
- Citizenship, education 7233
- Civil service
- public sector labour relations, changes 10604-5
- public sector pension plans
- Commission of inquiry into policing in B.C. (Oppal commission), position on role of auxiliary and reserve police 7120
- Consumer Protection Act, amendments 7425-6, 7688-9
- Consumers, consumer protection, regulation of consumer transactions 7689-90, 7752-5
- Correction Act, amendments 7358
- Corrections system
- correctional facilities
- drug-related activity in B.C. prisons 7302-3
- inmates, temporary absences 7358, 7612
- shared facilities, operating agreements 7611-2
- tracking and collection of data on visitors to provincial facilities 7303
- dangerous offenders, designation criteria 7173-4
- incarceration alternatives for low-risk non-violent offenders
- alternative measures program 7080-3
- community accountability initiative 7123-4
- diversion programs 6908, 7122-3
- diversion, use in violence-against-women cases 7167
- offenders serving conditional sentences, statistical data 7300-1
- prisoner transfers, arming of corrections officers during transfers 7299-301
- probation services
- northern communities, service delivery concerns 7298
- separation of youth and adult services 7298
- releasing authority, integrated model 7614
- sheriffs, role in transportation of high-risk prisoners 7299, 7301
- violent and sex offenders, conditional sentencing 6907
- women's corrections, availability of career planning programs for female inmates 7302
- youth corrections
- community accountability programs for young offenders 6908
- transfer of responsibilities to Children and Families ministry 7297-9
- young offenders tried in adult court 7299
- Court Rules Act, amendments 8268
- Crime and criminals
- crime
- auto theft 7079
- commercial crime, action by director of trade practices 7689
- current B.C. crime rate 7083
- home invasions 6907
- homicides, unsolved cases 6906
- organized crime, national strategy to combat 7239
- serious and violent crime 7079
- spousal murder 7171
- stalking and harassment 6907, 7079-80
- violent crime, measures to reduce 7125
- criminal-record checks, review of system 7122
- sex crimes
- pedophiles, national registry 6907
- sexual assaults reported to police, prosecution rates 7124
- sexual exploitation of children and youth 7079
- victims of crime
- services for abused men 7171
- services funded by surcharge levy on fines for provincial offences 7080
- services funded by surcharge levy on fines for provincial offences, impact of decline in levy revenues 7229-30
- translation and interpretation services 7170
- youth crime, prevention and early-intervention initiatives 7081
- Criminal Code of Canada, amendments 7300
- Criminal injury compensation program
- Crown Proceeding Act, amendments 8268
- Cultus Lake, boating safety, marine enforcement patrols 7267
- Dairy industry, fees for farm inspection services 7358, 7612
- Discrimination and racism, funding for anti-racism programs 7232
- Drugs, illegal drugs, national strategy 6907, 7079, 10043
- Education, labour relations, collective bargaining in the public school system 10604
- Election Act, third-party spending restrictions, constitutionality challenge 7196-7
- Electric power, power supply contracts of independent producers, review exemption 10605
- Employment and Investment ministry, role in decisions on gambling policy 7306-7
- Employment Standards Act, amendments 8268-9
- Employment standards, employer's record-keeping requirements 8268-9, 8386-7
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, Crown lease application process, backlog 10603
- Evidence Act, amendments 8268-9
- Exner, Adam, position on recognition of same-sex relationships 10730
- Families
- child custody and access, eligible applicants 8049, 8270-1, 8275
- family maintenance, time required to obtain maintenance order 7167
- grandparent-grandchild relationship 8049, 8270-1, 8275
- same-sex relationships 10787-8
- Family maintenance enforcement program
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1998, debate 8049, 8270-1, 8275, 10245-6
- Firearms
- gun control legislation, implementation costs 10140
- use, training for peace officers and public protection personnel 7118-9
- weapons amnesty 6906-7
- Forest industry, revenues to government, losses from log theft and fraud 8258
- Foster care system, concerns of foster parents 7087-8
- Fraser Regional Correctional Centre (Maple Ridge)
- drugs entering facility, prevention measures 7302-3
- investigation into staff allegations of harassment and intimidation 7304
- security 7303-3
- Freedom of information, requests for information, cost recoveries 7126, 7165
- Gakhal family murder case, police handling of complaints prior to murder 7168
- Gambling
- charity gaming
- casinos, monitoring by government 7307
- province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10603-4
- expansion of gambling in B.C., impact on municipal policing costs 7305-7
- legislation, proposed amendments re government's breach of Criminal Code, citizens' right to sue government 10195-6
- policies, court challenges 7307
- Ganges, court services 7176
- Government
- federal government, funding of provincial legal aid 7199-200
- liability for actions of persons discharging judicial duties on behalf of Crown 8268, 8386
- Guardianship, adult guardianship legislation, implementation 7202-3, 7229
- Health care professionals and organizations of health care professionals, extension of designation 8269, 8388
- Health Professions Act, amendments 8269
- Heritage, preservation of heritage value properties 7358
- Hogg, Peter, position on Nisga'a treaty 10471
- Hospital Act, amendments 8269
- Hospitals, board membership 8269
- Hospitals Foundation of B.C., board appointments 8269
- Housing
- affordable housing, provincially subsidized developments, restrictions on use 10603
- rental housing
- landlord and tenant disputes, resolution process 7688-9, 7751
- landlord's right of entry 7739-40
- tenancy agreements, assignment and subletting 7740-1
- tenancy agreements, handling of violations 7752, 7755
- tenancy agreements, setting aside of termination notice on grounds of unreasonable hardship 7745-50
- Human Tissue Gift Act, changes to increase consent and donation rates 10603
- Immigration
- corporate sponsorships 7241
- programs, transfer agreement 7234
- refugees, convention refugees 7233-4
- selection of business immigrants 7876
- settlement services, funding 7233-5, 7240-1, 7875-6
- Immigration Act (federal), changes, B.C. position 7234
- Infants Act, amendments 7358
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., motor vehicle branch functions, imposition of driver penalty points for photo radar infractions 7258
- Insurance, mutual fire insurers, regulation changes 7358
- Judicial Compensation Committee
- reports
- response of Legislative Assembly to tabled report 9336, 9470-1
- Justice system
- civil and family system
- domestic violence court 7169
- family-related services, adequacy 7203-4
- fees for civil court services, cost recovery issue 7174-6
- mediation and alternative dispute resolution 7081, 7083
- mediation, use in domestic violence cases 7169
- courts and court services
- backlogs 7082, 7166-7
- consolidation 7081-2
- court reporting and transcription standards 8268, 8387-8
- courthouse closings 7166, 7176-8, 10667
- judicial discretion to vary amount of provincial violations 7258
- night courts, use for traffic violations 7257-8
- sentencing, conditional sentences 7300-1
- sentencing options for convicted abusers of women 7171
- criminal justice system
- criminal trials, cost of major cases 7202
- recovered-memory issues, development of guidelines 7124
- Crown counsel, conduct in legal proceedings involving government 7297
- judiciary, independence 9470-1
- public access to justice, educational video for deaf persons 9123
- public confidence in system 6909
- reform of system 7078-9, 7082-3
- restorative justice, community accountability programs 7080, 7082-3
- sentencing, conditional sentencing for serious sexual and violent offenders 7080
- services, access and administration at local level 7082
- Kelowna, policing and crowd control for public events, cost 7119, 7121
- Language, American Sign Language educational video, "See You in Court" 9123
- Law Society of B.C.
- benchers, lay benchers 7491, 7677, 7719-20
- complaints process, effectiveness 7721-3
- decisions, review by outside body 7722-3
- investigation of phone call to member of judiciary by government counsel 7296-7
- powers
- granting of authority to practise law 7720-1
- jurisdictional authority 7491, 7677, 7680-1
- obtaining of court injunction 7723
- responsibility to protect the public interest 7719
- Lawyers and legal services
- government's use of outside counsel 7295
- legal aid, current state of B.C. system 7197-203
- regulation of lawyers and legal practitioners 7491, 7677, 7680-1, 7721-3
- Legal Profession Act, debate 7491, 7677, 7680-1, 7719-23
- Legal Services Society of B.C.
- financial eligibility criteria for funding of persons involved in public interest court cases 7237
- funding and debt levels 7197-201
- head office costs 7201
- responsibilities 7202-4
- Legislation
- Legislature
- members, behaviour in Legislature 10730
- officers of the Legislature, accountability and independence 7722
- reconsideration of 1995 Judicial Compensation Committee report ordered by Court of Appeal of B.C. 8343
- Letter re retroactivity of manufactured homes rent review
(Abbott) 7266
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10603-4
- Lower mainland, air quality, vehicle emissions in area 7358
- Manufactured homes
- home parks
- landlord and tenant disputes, resolution process 7688-9, 7742
- standards of operation, setting by regulation 7741-2, 7751
- homesite rental
- rent reviews, retroactivity issue 7262-3, 7266
- tenancy agreements, assignment and subletting 7741
- tenancy agreements, termination notices 7748
- Mathias, Hank, role in negotiations on federal gun control law 7125-6
- Matrix Planning Associates, role in Chilliwack courthouse closing consultation process 7178
- Milk Industry Act, amendments 7358
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998, debate 8021, 8268-70, 8386-9, 10243-5
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998, debate 10177, 10603-5, 10734-5
- Motor Vehicle Act, amendments 7358
- Multicultural B.C., 1998-99 programming 7232-3
- Multiculturalism
- funding of multicultural groups 7232
- government report, 1996-97, tabled 8343
- Municipal Act, revision 7358
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 2), amendments to validate anti-smoking bylaws 10604
- Mutual Fire Insurance Companies Act, amendments 7358
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, charges, briefings to ministers, confidentiality issue 7607-8
- National Parole Board, involvement of provinces in board decisions 6908
- Neilson, Bill, comments from 1974 on provisions of Trade Practice Act 7689-90
- Nisga'a treaty, final agreement
- creation of third order of government, issue 10472
- implications for Canadian constitution 10471-2
- public referendum 10472
- Notaries public, role as provider of legal services 7680
- Offence Act, limitation period for commencement of prosecutions 7689, 7752
- Office of the public trustee, administration of earnings of child actors 7304-5
- Oil and gas industry, royalty agreements on petroleum and natural gas production, signing authority 7358
- Ombudsman, power to review Law Society activities 7722-3
- Parole Act, amendments 7358
- Peace River area, weather damage to farms 7235-6
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998
- Pensions, private plans, requirement to extend survivor benefits to same-sex couples 10783-5, 10787
- Pepper spray, regulation of sale and use 7180
- Perry Ridge, logging protest 7297
- Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, amendments 7358
- Police and policing
- costs, officers' salaries 7242
- domestic violence response teams 7168
- hate crime team, current activity 7080
- high-speed chases, pursuit regulations and guidelines 7081
- independence of police to implement road safety initiatives 7260-1
- police officers, number and allocation 7240
- provincial police force, new hirings 6906
- Police complaint commissioner
- Prostitution unit, establishment 6906
- Provincial Court Act, amendments 7358-9
- Provincial Court of B.C.
- Provincial emergency program, disaster assistance for farmers 7235-6
- Quesnel, child apprehensions, circumstances 7085
- Real property, commercial transactions, regulation 7689-90, 7753
- Recall and Initiative Act, constitutionality, court challenge by B.C. Civil Liberties Association, timeliness of B.C. response 7093
- Residential Tenancy Act
- amendments 7425-6, 7688-9
- dispute resolution amendment re mobile home park tenancies 7263, 7266
- offences, time limit for commencement of prosecutions 7689, 7752, 7755
- plain-language rewrite 7262-3
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- auxiliary and reserve officers
- B.C. personnel, number and cost 7242
- Sales tax
- exemptions and refunds, transitional refund provisions 10605
- tax on lawyers' services 7199-200
- Shuswap area, policing needs during summer months 7267
- Shuswap Lake, boating safety, marine enforcement patrols 7266
- Sidney, court services 7176-7
- Six Mile Ranch development project, Agricultural Land Commission decision, involvement of government members 7379
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., litigation proceedings under federal Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 7295-7
- Statute Revision Correction and Miscellaneous Amendments Act, 1998, debate 7841, 7988, 8052
- Substance abuse/addiction, drug overdose deaths, government response 10043
- Task Force into Illicit Narcotic Overdose Deaths in B.C., recommendations, implementation 10043
- Themis Consulting Ltd., contract to make family maintenance arrears collections 7230-1
- Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 8269
- Tobacco, taxation of tobacco products, revenues to province, recovery of unremitted taxes 8269, 8388-9, 10243-4
- Tourism industry, travel clubs, regulation 7690, 7738
- Trade Practice Act
- Transition houses, paralegal training for workers 7169
- Transplantation of organs, number of donor organs available 10603
- Universities, colleges and institutes, health profession colleges, board appointments 8269, 8388
- Vancouver
- business operations, regulation 10605
- correctional facility at 222 Main Street, renovations 7611-2
- Violence
- prevention, protection order registry 6906
- violence against women
- cell phones for women at high risk of violence 7242
- counselling services for abused women 7171
- multicultural situations, policies and programs 7170
- peace bonds and protection orders, use 7168
- policy on handling of cases 7167-8
- prevention and deterrents 7079-80, 7167, 7169
- services, coordination issue 7170
- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of B.C., printing 6595
- Wine industry, U-vin operations, policy review 7308-9
- Year 2000, compliance of government computer systems 7088
- Youth, sexual exploitation of young people 6906-7
Double M Productions
- Video for Municipal Affairs ministry
(Kwan) 8545
Dover Bay Secondary School, Nanaimo, B.C.
Dow Corning Corp.
- Silicon metal production facility in B.C.
(Farnworth) 8800
(Nebbeling) 8800
Downtown revitalization See Cities and towns
Doyle, Cassie (Deputy Minister, Environment, Lands and Parks)
- Memo to staff on disclosure of confidential information
(Clark, C.) 7426-7
(de Jong) 7427
(Farrell-Collins) 7427
Doyle, James E. (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- Children, impact of culture and society on child development 10179-80
- Construction industry, master collective agreements for major projects 9017
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, debate 9016-7
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on organized labour 9016-7
- Trade unions, Liberal Party position on organized labour 9016-7
- Youth Community Action program 8695-6
Drinking and driving See Impaired driving
Drugs
- Abuse and addiction, treatment, etc. See Substance abuse/addiction
- Illegal drugs, national strategy
(Coell) 8699-701
(Dosanjh) 6907, 7079, 10043
(Janssen) 8700
- Pharmaceuticals
- medication for control of schizophrenia
(Hawkins) 9266
(Sanders) 9273
- national drug program, assistance for hepatitis C victims
(Orcherton) 7441-2
- pharmaceutical industry See Pharmaceutical industry
- prescription drug abuse See Substance abuse/addiction
- prescription drug use, incidence
(Hawkins) 6667-9
(Priddy) 6667-9
- prescription drug use, information database See PharmaNet computer system and prescription information database under Pharmacare program
- reference-based pricing
(Hawkins) 6669
(Priddy) 6669
- reference-based pricing, Health ministry position
(Priddy) 10563
(Reid, L.) 10563
- reference-based pricing, processing of special authority form
(Hawkins) 10564
- trial prescription program
(Hawkins) 6670
(Priddy) 6670
Drummond, Douglas
- Letter re municipalities' administrative costs
(Reid, L.) 8595-6
Drunk driving See Impaired driving
Duke's Air Service
- Application to operate recreation facility on Crown land
(McGregor) 6823
(Neufeld) 6823
Dunn Lake Road See Kamloops, B.C.
Durukan, Ata and Amy
- Letter re B.C. as tourist destination
(Nebbeling) 8357-8
(Waddell) 8357
Dyson, Kenny
- Comments on proposed changes to Forest Practices Code
(Robertson) 6800-1
Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre, Smithers, B.C.
- Community service work
(Goodacre) 9905
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