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Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 36th Parliament -- Part 1: March - July 1998
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Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Kaczor, Richard
- Speech therapy needs
(Reid, L.) 8407
Kal Lake, B.C.
- Management of gates for flood prevention
(Sanders) 9293
Kamloops, B.C.
Kamloops Economic Development Corporation
- Work on attracting investments
(Krueger) 6872
Kamloops economic summit See Economy
Kamloops Heritage Society
- Restoration of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
(McGregor) 6967
Kamloops land use plan
- Park boundary descriptions
(McGregor) 8266-7, 8385
Kamloops-Thompson school district See School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)
Kampman, Alison
- Legal action against director of child, family and community service
(Clark, C.) 8815
Kanaka Creek Elementary School, Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Year-round schooling project
(Ramsey) 7765
(Symons) 7765
Kaplan, Julius
- Hepatitis C victim infected prior to 1986, letter
(Hawkins) 7437
Kasper, Rick (Malahat–Juan de Fuca)
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6720-2
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6720-1
- Business, small business, tax reductions 6720-1
- Children and Families ministry, funding needs 6722
- Education, funding 6721-2
- Employment and Investment ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8987-8
- Families, government assistance 6940
- Gambling, bet limits at casinos 8987-8
- Government, regulations and red tape, impact on business 6720-1, 6941-2
- Health care, funding 6721
- Labour ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8675-6
- Labour, workers' rights 8676
- Land use, involvement of Environment, Lands and Parks ministry 6941
- Legislature, standing order 45, debatable motions 9399
- Literacy, child literacy 10452
- Malahat–Juan de Fuca constituency and area, health care services, multicare facility 6939
- Public debt, capital investment and debt 6721
- School district 62 (Sooke), funding 6939-40
- School district 79 (Cowichan Valley), capital improvements 6940
- Taxation, 1998-99 levels 6720
- Throne speech, content 6939-41
- Throne speech debate 6939-42
- Vancouver Island, southwestern communities, capital improvements 6940
- Workers compensation
- claimants
- retraining for injured workers 8676
- claims, disputed claims 8675, 8683
- Workers Compensation Board
- bureaucracy 6722
- pensions, widows' pensions, taxing of interest on retroactive benefits 6722
- powers 8683
- record of disputed claims 8675
- red tape 8675
Keating, Kathleen
- Appointment to B.C. Treaty Commission
(Plant) 7979
Keenleyside Dam
- Construction project, labour agreement
(Conroy) 6882
Keg Restaurants Ltd.
- Marketing of wild salmon
(Clark, G.) 10249
(Wilson, G.) 10248-9
Keith-Wilson Road Bridge
Kelleher, Stephen
- Construction industry review panel report See Review panel (Kelleher-Lanyon) report under Construction industry
Kelowna, B.C.
- AIDS organization, office spending
(Hawkins) 10559
- Bernard Avenue bridge project
(Hawkins) 7816
(Lali) 7816
- Economy of area
(Weisbeck) 9109, 9963
- Green Bay Road, provision of Highways ministry services to lot owner
(Hawkins) 8115
- McCulloch Road, maintenance responsibility
(Lali) 8147
(Weisbeck) 8147
- Policing and crowd control for public events, cost
(Dosanjh) 7119, 7121
(Plant) 7119, 7121
Kelowna Chamber of Commerce
- Comments on labour code changes
(Hawkins) 9019
(Weisbeck) 9636, 9963
Kelowna Flightcraft Group
- Letter re labour code changes
(Weisbeck) 9881
Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.
- Bed closings
(Hawkins) 10489
- Cancer centre
(Hawkins) 10212
- Cardiac centre
(Hawkins) 10414
(Priddy) 10414
- Cardiac patients, referral to St. Paul's Hospital
(Hawkins) 10551
- Comments of medical staff on current funding levels
(Hawkins) 9429
- Funding
(Hawkins) 7735
- Funding and safety concerns
(Hawkins) 10250
(Priddy) 10251, 10254
- Intensive care unit upgrade
(Hawkins) 10214
(Priddy) 10414
Kelowna Right to Life Society
- Anti-abortion letter-writing campaign
(Smallwood) 7420
Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna, B.C.
Kemano power project
- Completion project, cancellation
- cancellation
(Giesbrecht) 6734
- Liberal Party position
(Giesbrecht) 6991-2
(Miller) 6990-1
(Ramsey) 6993
- settlement agreement
(Giesbrecht) 6991-2
(Miller) 6990-1
(Neufeld) 6989-90
(Ramsey) 6837, 6988-9, 6993
- settlement agreement, provisions for northern development fund advisory board
(Farrell-Collins) 7048
(Miller) 7047-8
(Neufeld) 7048
Kennedy, Sheldon
- Fundraising activities
(Thorpe) 8247
(Waddell) 8247
Kenney, Ray
- Letter re handling of Sidney area archaeological site
(Dalton) 8213
Keremeos, B.C.
Kerley, Doug
- Commended for work as job protection commissioner
(Zirnhelt) 6898
- Work as job protection commissioner
(Miller) 6932
Kerrisdale Elementary School, Vancouver, B.C.
- Earthquake damage potential
(Hansen) 8174
- Seismic upgrading
(Hansen) 7697-8
(Ramsey) 7697-8
Kersley, B.C.
- Purchase by Lands ministry of B.C. Rail property
(McGregor) 9501
(Wilson, J.) 9501
Kettle Valley Railway Heritage Society
- Operation of heritage railway
(Thorpe) 8290-1
(Waddell) 8291
Khalsa School, Vancouver, B.C.
Kilshaw, Miles
- Study on acute care in hospitals, recommendations
(Hawkins) 10230-4
Kimberley, B.C.
- Community sustainability project
(Gillespie) 10456-7
- Resort development project
(Conroy) 9177
Kincolith, B.C.
- Road to highway, environmental assessment review
(Campbell) 9557
(McGregor) 9557-8
Kinetic Construction Ltd.
- Workforce unionization
(Orcherton) 8956-7
Kitamaat Village Road
- Paved section, shoulder extensions
(Lali) 7871
(Nettleton) 7871
Kitimat General Hospital, Kitimat, B.C.
Kiwanis Care Centre, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Capital project
(Giesbrecht) 6732
Kliman, Michael
Klopfer, Alex
- High-technology report, recommendations
(Reid, L.) 7846-9
Kootenay area
- Agriculture industry potential
(Evans) 6858
- Capital improvements
(Walsh) 6602
- Economy
(Walsh) 6602-3
- Health care services, regional planning in West Kootenays
(Priddy) 10159
- Land use
(Jarvis) 8016
- Mining industry role in area economy
(Walsh) 7315
- Rail transport through area
(Walsh) 6601
- Resource industries
(Evans) 6857
Kootenay River
Krapec, Barbara
- Recipient of Health ministry letter re surgery wait-list
(Hawkins) 10548
Krever, Horace
- Comments on compensation for all recipients of tainted blood
(Campbell) 7431
Krieger, Kit
- Letter re class sizes for K-to-3 students
(Ramsey) 10794
(Sanders) 10793
- Role in information meetings on teachers' agreement-in-committee
(Dalton) 10495
Krueger, Kevin (Kamloops–North Thompson)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- Alberta, government services 7590-1
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., Kitimat smelter expansion 9431
- Attorney General ministry, residential tenancy branch, arbitrator's powers 7694-5
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7694-5
- Auditor General Act, amendments 6873
- Bargaining Council of B.C. Building Trades Unions, role as bargaining agent 9987
- Barrière, physician supply 6806, 10401-2
- Bennett, William Andrew Cecil, performance as Premier 9180
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, ownership of gambling equipment 8989
- B.C., northern B.C.
- economy during Social Credit administration 8312
- tourism 8312-3
- B.C. Principals and Vice-Principals Association, position on teachers' collective agreement 10517
- B.C. School Trustees Association, trustees' position on agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation 10517
- B.C. 21 program 8284-5
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6804-8
- Budgets, interim supply, use 9446-7
- Bush, Al and June
- forestry contract bid 6872
- payment for roadbuilding in Fraser Canyon 6805
- Business, small business costs, impact of changes to Workers Compensation Act on small and medium-sized business 7476, 7590
- Carpentier, Jacques, legal action against government 10641
- Chaps Enterprises, case re culturally modified trees and logging shutdown 8487-9, 9838-9
- Charlottetown accord, rejection by Indians, application to B.C. treaty negotiations 9837
- Children and Families ministry, responsibility for problem gambling 9010
- Children, special needs children 6872
- Clearwater
- health care facility, funding 10402-3
- hospital construction project 6873
- hospital services, adequacy 6806
- Comments on workplace management
(Calendino) 9174
(Conroy) 9179
(Giesbrecht) 7500
(Lali) 9105
(Lovick) 7506, 7595
(Stevenson) 9167
- Commission of inquiry into the quality of condominium construction in B.C. (Barrett commission), recommendations 10390
- Communities, projects funded through government grants program 8284-5
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue 10391
- Construction industry
- impact of legislative regulation 10389-90, 10390
- labour relations, current regulatory environment 9541
- licensing of residential builders 10391-2
- master collective agreements for major projects 9990
- Construction Labour Relations Association, role as bargaining agent for employers 9987
- Cronk, Laird, labour history and appointment to employment standards branch 8688-9
- Crown land activities, impact of unresolved Indian land claims 9838-9
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions, interpretation 9990
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7698-9
- Education, public education system, Liberal Party position 10516
- Employers Forum, signatories to press release 7477-8
- Employment and Investment ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8989-90, 9006
- community projects grants program budget 8284-5
- Employment and unemployment, employment standards, minimum daily hours provisions 8686-7
- Employment Standards Act, amendments 8605, 8686-7
- Englishman River area, gravel operation, Parks ministry role in development approval 9651-2
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 9650-2
- Evans, Corky, call for resignation 7377
- Forest industry
- bidding process, potential for Heritage Conservation Act influence on costs 8490
- culturally modified trees, impact on forest companies' operations 8487-8, 9839
- current state of industry 9989
- regulation and taxation, impact on industry 8313
- remanufacturing industry, wood supply 8486-7
- silviculture
- reforestation of Crown land 8662
- seedlings, destruction of surplus seedlings 8662-4
- seedlings, ministry contracts with nurseries 8491
- union membership of workers 8490
- work availability and alternatives 8490
- work for contractors 8663
- softwood lumber agreement, inclusion of white pine cants 8487
- Forests ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8485-91, 8662-4
- Gambling
- addiction and problem gambling, government studies 9008-10
- casinos
- impact of planned new facilities on existing casinos 8990
- type of gaming permitted, decision-making authority 8989, 9006
- charity gaming
- community chest model 6873
- government policy 6807
- province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10638-42
- expansion of gambling in B.C.
- gambling by Indians, Aboriginal Affairs ministry role in cautioning re social impact 9840-1
- revenues to government, use for community projects 8284-5
- slot machines, availability 9006-8
- social costs 9007-8
- Georgetti, Ken, role in government policymaking 9431, 9535-6, 9539-41, 9987-9
- Government
- financial management 9431, 9447-8
- local governance 6875
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 7477, 8605
- spending, capital expenditures, comparisons with elsewhere 9539
- Health care
- Health ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10401-3, 10411-2
- Heritage Conservation Act, provision for compensation to forest companies 9839
- Highland Valley Copper Corp., smelter site at Logan Lake 9431
- Highway 5
- Coquihalla Highway, construction cost 9181, 9536
- Heffley Creek to Little Fort section, passing lanes 7866-7
- maintenance in winter months 7940
- Highway 19, Island Highway construction project, cost of mid-Island section 9180-1, 9536-7
- Highway 24, Little Fort bypass 7867
- Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation
- day labour contracting 7940
- provincial roads 7867
- Homeowner Protection Act
- debate 10389-92
- definitions, "owner builder" 10389
- impact on house prices in interior and northern B.C. 10390-1
- Liberal Party position on bill 10389-90
- Housing, rental housing tenancy agreements, setting aside of termination notice on grounds of unreasonable hardship 7694-5
- Human Tissue Gift Act, changes to increase consent and donation rates 10638
- IBM Corp., government contract 6872
- Indians
- fiduciary duty of government 9777-9
- land claim negotiations, certainty for Indians and non-Indians 6876
- land claims
- impact of unresolved claims on investment in B.C. 9838-9
- outstanding claims 6807
- status retention and acquisition 9777
- treaty negotiations
- legitimacy of negotiators 9835-7
- negotiators' expenses, inclusion of costs in treaty settlements 9837-8
- treaty settlements
- consistency of benefits among Indian subgroups 9778-80
- ensuring the sharing of treaty benefits 9835-7
- Investment in B.C.
- Justice system, citizen's right to bring legal action against government 10638-42
- Kamloops
- call centre proposal 9536
- casino, impact on local economy 9008
- Dunn Lake Road, road conditions 7866, 7939
- health care, cancer care services 10411-2
- Kamloops Economic Development Corporation, work on attracting investments 6872
- Labour ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8604-5, 8682-3, 8686-9
- employment standards branch
- 1-800 information line 8605, 8689
- investigations staff, ministry recruitment and hiring policies 8688-9
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Relations Code changes, support 9540-1
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, content and purpose of bill 9342-3
- Labour, workplace safety, worker's responsibility for a safe work environment 7478, 7496, 7498, 8237
- Legislature
- committee system, use 6807
- language used in House, "fascist government" 10642
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 9447
- orders of the day, dropped orders 9341-2, 9344-8
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- position on issues
- responsibility for state of B.C. economy 9535
- Lillooet forest district, bidding process 8488-90
- Lloyd George Elementary School
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10638-42
- Lovick, Dale
- performance as Labour minister 7591
- response to debate by opposition MLAs 9345, 9347
- McQueen Lake Environmental Education Centre, funding 7698
- Mining industry
- current state of industry 6875, 9989
- impact of unresolved Indian land claims 7291
- role in economy 7291
- Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7291
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998, debate 10638-42
- Motions
- multilateral agreement on investment (Motion 43), debate 7214-5
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50), debate 9340-8
- Motorcycles, awareness and safety issues 7656
- Multilateral agreement on investment 7214-5
- Municipalities, right to refuse expanded gambling 8989, 9006
- NDP government
- NDP, record of Ontario government of Bob Rae 9539
- North Thompson Indian band, road to reserve, condition 7939
- North Thompson Valley area, youth employment 6806
- Northern Development Act, debate 8312-5
- Northern Development Commission, establishment and operations 8312-5
- Nurses, RN First Call program, pilot project 10402
- Occupational health and safety
- Orcherton, Steve, comments during debate on Labour Relations Code Amendment Act re labour organizing methods 9988
- Paul Creek Slicing Ltd., wood supply 6874, 8485-6
- Peat Marwick, comments on gambling expansion options and implications 9006, 9008
- Physicians
- incentives to work in northern and rural B.C. 10401-2
- locum coverage in small communities 10402
- Post-secondary education, courses and programs, availability 6807
- Prince George geographical designation, northern B.C. or southern B.C. 8314
- Provincial emergency program, funding for volunteer training and equipment 10403
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act, debate 10516-8
- Public Service Commission, role in hiring of ministries' staff 8688
- Railways and rail services, worker accidents 7479
- Raine, Al, and Nancy Greene Raine, Cayoosh ski resort proposal 6876
- Restaurant and food services industry workers, employment standards regulations 8605, 8686-7
- Role in removal from order paper of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
(Abbott) 9484
(Chong) 9481-3
(Clark, C.) 9474-6
(Coleman) 9477-80
(Dalton) 9407
(de Jong) 9350-2
(Farrell-Collins) 9338-9, 9343
(Hansen) 9359
(Hawkins) 9507-8
(Hogg) 9511
(Jarvis) 9412-3
(Krueger) 9341-8
(Nettleton) 9394
(Penner) 9352-5
(Plant) 9473
(Reid, L.) 9487-8, 9490
(Sanders) 9392, 9514-5
(Symons) 9520
(Wilson, G.) 9348
- Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in B.C. (Gill commission), purpose 7475, 7478
- Royal Inland Hospital, psychiatric unit construction project 10411-2
- School boards/districts, amalgamation
- School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson), amalgamation and funding 7698-9
- Schools, seismic upgrading 7698
- Sihota, Moe, position on workplace safety legislation 7590
- Six Mile Ranch development project
- Agricultural Land Commission decision, involvement of Corky Evans 7377
- approval process 9181-2, 9218, 9536
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 6873
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8284-5
- sport and community development branch, community projects grants 8285
- Socialism, impact on economy 6807
- Sun Peaks at Tod Mountain, agreement with Indians and provincial government 9839
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1998, debate 9431-2, 9446-9
- Teachers
- agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation 10517-8
- collective bargaining, government intervention 10518
- Thompson-Nicola regional district, letter re disposal sites for septic tank effluent 9651
- Throne speech debate 6872-6
- Trade unions
- collective bargaining, sectoral bargaining 9990
- Liberal Party position on organized labour 9988
- movement in B.C., personal experience 9988-9
- Transplantation of organs, number of donor organs available 10638
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7866-7, 7939-40
- Transportation, investment in infrastructure 9537-8
- University of B.C., centre for gambling addiction studies 9010-1
- Volunteers, unionization 9988-9
- Wages and salaries
- statutory holiday pay entitlements for part-time workers 8686
- wage differential for young workers 8686
- Walker, Jill
- letters re employment standards variances for restaurant and food services industry workers 8687
- position as director of employment standards branch 8687-8
- Waste management, disposal of septic tank effluent, impact of government regulations 9650-2
- Workers compensation
- claims, legal recourse for dissatisfied applicants 8234
- coverage, benefit eligibility issues 8682-3
- effectiveness of current system 7478
- Workers Compensation Act, definitions, "worker" 8682-3
- Workers Compensation Board
- jurisdiction and mandate
- health and safety appeal tribunals 8236
- orders respecting unsafe worksites 8232-3
- policies, worker's right of action 8683
- powers 7496-7, 8234
- problems 7591
- public concerns 6806
- regulations governing the workplace, public consultation and review 8238-40
- worker-worker rule, accident victim's spouse deemed ineligible to receive survivor benefits 8682-3
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998
- Youth employment and unemployment, entry jobs for young people 8686
Ktunaxa-Kinbasket people
- Construction of resort in Kootenays
(Walsh) 6603
Kunin, Roslyn
- Comments on B.C. economy
(Reid, L.) 9823-4
(Symons) 9983
- Studies on impact of labour code changes on construction industry
(Hansen) 9943-8
Kwalikum Secondary School, Qualicum Beach, B.C.
- Capital project
(Ramsey) 7669
(Reitsma) 7669
Kwan, Hon. Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)
- Agriculture industry, farm classification, farms in transition 8593
- Alberta, health care budget 6725
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., taxation of lands in Bulkley-Nechako area 8591
- Architects, role and responsibility in building construction 8585
- Assessment Act, revision 8265
- Assessment Amendment Act, 1998
- Assessment Appeal Board, 1997 annual report tabled 7076
- Automobiles
- traffic fines, revenue-sharing with municipalities 8040, 8595
- traffic issues, Municipal Affairs ministry role 8044
- Barrett, David
- B.C. Building Code
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6722-5
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6722, 6725
- Building Officials Association of B.C., training grant 8443
- Building Safety Advisory Council, mandate and selection of members 8538-40
- Building Safety Advisory Council, work on Building Code changes 8444-5
- Burnaby, authority to prohibit smoking within own jurisdiction 10737-8
- Business, small business, tax reductions 6723
- Campbell River, sewer system funding for Painter-Barclay subdivision 8590
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, November 1996 study on leaky condominiums in B.C. 8469
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, funding and scope 8045-6
- Cities and towns, downtown revitalization and neighbourhood enhancement programs 8546-7
- Commission of inquiry into the quality of condominium construction in B.C. (Barrett commission)
- Commissions of inquiry, selection of commissioners 8468
- Communities
- community services, government responsibility 10781
- small community protection grant 8547
- Condominium Act, revision 8537
- Condominiums
- leaky-condos issue
- air quality and moulds, health impact 8531-2
- cause of leakage 8474, 8529-31
- commission to provide recommendations 8039
- compensation for homeowners 8455
- government action 6928-9, 6970-1
- reconstruction program, funds available through program 10584-8
- reduced assessment value for homes 8455
- responsibility for problem 10582
- role of Building Code 8532, 8536-7, 8589
- studies and Municipal Affairs ministry action 8532-5, 8537-8
- tax concessions on building repairs 10582, 10585-7
- time for owners to file assessment appeals 8382
- work on issue 8446-52
- strata management 8587-8
- Construction industry
- building design and construction, roles and responsibilities of participants 8583-8
- building inspections
- municipal inspections and use of best-practices guide 8041-2
- training and certification of inspectors 8584-5
- licensing of residential builders 10590-1, 10593-5
- mandatory home warranty, warranty on renovations 10595
- renovators, legislative regulation 10589
- residential housing sector, 1997 discussion paper on residential construction 8588
- roofers training and qualifications 8475
- self-regulation 10581
- site inspections, responsibility 8443
- warranties and warranty system 8585-6
- Crown land, management by municipalities 8595
- Double M Productions, video for Municipal Affairs ministry 8545
- Education, funding 6724
- Elections, municipal elections voters list, use of social insurance number 10777
- Engineers, role and responsibility in building construction 8585
- Fish Protection Act, discussion paper, Municipal Affairs ministry involvement 8592
- Flaherty, David, letter re property assessment information and privacy issue 8321-2
- Gambling
- charity gaming, future of charitable gaming in B.C. 6863-4
- ministerial responsibility 8596
- Government
- provincial-municipal relations 8039-40, 8042, 8452
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 6723
- Growth management, regional growth strategies, evaluation of expenditures 8596
- Health care, funding 6724-5
- Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation
- Homeowner grant, additional grant 8591-2
- Homeowner Protection Act
- debate 9922, 10381, 10580-602
- applicability to homes other than condominiums 10590
- definitions, "new home," inclusion of homes other than condominiums 10582-3
- regulations
- Homeowner protection office
- chief executive officer 10584-5, 10591
- financial accountability 10592
- functions 10381
- hiring practices 10591
- mandate and powers of office 10381, 10581-2
- registrar of residential builders, qualifications and duties 10592-3
- research and education, advisory council members 10593-4
- Housing
- affordable housing, availability 8043
- agencies' responsibilities, consolidation in one agency 8581
- Municipal Affairs ministry initiatives 8039
- rental housing, secondary suites 8043
- social housing, ministerial responsibility 8042-3
- Indian land claims, resolution of outstanding claims 6725
- Infrastructure, water and sewer capital projects, funding 8045-6
- Islands Trust, governance 8597-8
- Lake Country, disincorporation 8600
- Land use, development cost charges, waiving by local government 10781-2
- Libraries, audiobooks 8404-5, 8589-90
- Local government
- accountability, autonomy and powers
- accountability measures 10303
- agreements with other authorities 10779, 10781
- autonomy 10780
- community services 10781
- corporate powers 10778
- delegation of authority 10779
- disposition of land and assets 10779
- enshrining of powers in legislation 8366, 10297-8
- financial powers and stability 8038-9
- government position on accountability report by Simon Fraser University staff 10777
- inspector's powers re incorporations 10779-80
- liabilities beyond the current year 10781
- loan authorization bylaws 10778
- publication of intention to provide assistance 10779
- grants from provincial government 8547
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998, debate 10737-40
- Municipal Act, revision 8038, 10302-3
- Municipal Affairs ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8038-47, 8401-5, 8443-55, 8468-77, 8529-48, 8581-601, 10673
- estimates debate questions, timeliness of answers 8544-5
- freedom-of-information expenditures and recoveries 8454-5
- multicultural initiatives 8453-4
- operations 8039, 8443-5, 8599-600
- removal of Housing ministry from portfolio 8582
- report on creation of 1997 assessment roll and financial statements for year ended December 31, 1996, tabled 6865
- responsibilities of ministry 8038-9, 10673
- Municipalities
- disincorporation 8600
- financing process 8320
- grants from provincial government 8320, 8599
- land acquisition, disclosure issue 8598
- legal services from provincial government 8040-1
- municipal councils 10780
- municipal finance
- planners' role in building construction 8583-4
- regulations, reduction in red tape 8041
- restructuring process 8401, 8403
- taxation, shared tax base 8403-4
- Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act, use of legislation 8041
- National Building Code
- consideration of B.C.'s coastal climate, Municipal Affairs ministry action 8468-9
- implementation 6970-1
- North Vancouver, amalgamation of district and city 8590
- Pender Harbour, Municipal Affairs ministry study of electoral area, status 8402, 8404
- Position on issues
- gambling expansion
(Nebbeling) 8597
(Weisbeck) 8596
- position on gambling prior to election as MLA
(Campbell) 10662
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze 6723-4
- Prince George, fluoridation of local water supply, authority to implement fluoridation 10739-40
- Real property tax
- assessment of property
- assessment information, accessibility and disclosure concerns 8321-2, 8343-8, 10767, 10774-5
- assessment information, timeliness and municipal budget process 8319-20
- Semmens and Adams report 8265
- valuation of capital improvements 8378
- assessment of property, appeals system
- ability to correct a notice of complaint 10770
- allowance for perfection of appellant's notice 8379-80
- amendments to assessment 10773-4
- appeal hearings, service in other languages 10770-1
- appellant's presence at proceedings 10770
- complaints against completed assessment roll 8373-8, 8381
- costs 10772-3
- elimination of red tape 8039
- funding source 8381
- number of appeals 8266
- review panels, appointment of members 8349-53
- review panels, name change 8318
- revision 7916, 8259-60
- exemptions for affordable housing 10771
- property assessment appeal board
- appointment of vice-chairs 8349-50
- funding source 8381
- members, appointment and independence 10768-9
- powers and duties 10770-1
- publications in other languages 8318
- reports, publication 10770
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, auxiliary and reserve officers
- funding 8594
- withdrawal of services 8040
- Safety systems
- implementation advisory group 8443-5
- systems review, implementation of recommendations 8039, 8047
- Saunders, Nona, comments on leaky-condos commission 8451, 8543
- Strata Property Act
- Substance abuse/addiction, needle exchange programs, location concerns 8593
- Taiwanese Cultural Society, value of cultural centre site 8453
- Taxation, 1998-99 levels 6723-4
- Tobacco, anti-smoking bylaws 10737-8
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, relationship with Municipal Affairs ministry 8452
- University Endowment Lands, fire services centre, construction funding 8594
- Vancouver, Gastown residents' concerns re needle exchange program 8592-3
- Vancouver International Airport, transit service and road access 8044
- Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area, description 6722-3
- Vernon
- Coldstream area concern about parks and recreation district voting procedures 8598-9
- water system, capital funding 8046-7
- Water, fluoridation of water supply, referendum requirement 10739-40
- Youth business and entrepreneurship training program 6723
- Youth, opportunities for B.C. youth 6723-4
- Zoning, ministerial responsibility 8597
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