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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
Pacholzuk, Buck
- Wait for surgery
(Thorpe) 10461
Pacific Games
- Sports and cultural program
(Reid, L.) 8023-4
(Sawicki) 8023-4
Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy
- Purchase of Gulf Islands properties for future parks
(Coell) 9458-60
(McGregor) 9458-60
Pacific National Exhibition
Pacific National Group (Ent.) Ltd.
- Salmon farm
- lease expiration
(van Dongen) 7985
- site for tenure
(McGregor) 9649
(van Dongen) 9648
Pacific Salmon Treaty See Fisheries
Pacific Western Brewing Co.
- Job creation in Prince George
(Ramsey) 6837
PACST See Premier's Advisory Council on Science and Technology
Pagebrook Inc.
Paint Care Association
- Industrial stewardship program
(McGregor) 9552-3
(van Dongen) 9552-3
Painter-Barclay subdivision See Campbell River, B.C.
Pakistan
- Political regime
(Farnworth) 9133
(Farrell-Collins) 9133
Palmer, Vaughn
- Comments on issues
- Alberta economy
(McKinnon) 9676
- Alcan expansion
(McKinnon) 9099
- fixed calendar for Legislature
(Penner) 7507-8
- labour code changes
(Stephens) 9116
(Symons) 9078-9
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3)
(Chong) 10626
- NDP government's credibility
(Abbott) 6932
- purpose of parliamentary rules
(Chong) 9482
The Parental Responsibility Act
(Bill M205) (Plant) 1R, 7270
- Debate, speakers
(Plant) 7270
Park Amendment Act, 1998
- (Bill 23) (Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks) 1R, 7916; 2R, 8266-8; C, 8383-6; 3R, 8386; RA, 9456
- Amdts: to add sec. 38.1 (McGregor) 8384-5, approved 8385
- Debate, speakers
(Coell) 8267, 8383-5
(McGregor) 7916, 8266-8, 8383-5
(Neufeld) 8385
(Weisgerber) 8267-8
Parks
- Animal attacks in parks, preparedness initiatives
(Sanders) 9494
- Boundary definition, replacement of metes-and-bounds descriptions with maps
(Coell) 8267, 8383-5
(McGregor) 7916, 8266-8, 8383-5
(Weisgerber) 8267
- Campgrounds
- Forests ministry recreation sites
- Land set aside for parkland
(Sihota) 6835
- Mining in parks, Liberal Party position
(Jarvis) 7622
(Miller) 7622
- New and expanded parks and protected areas, resource tenure compensation
(Coell) 9460
(McGregor) 9460
- New parks
(McGregor) 6797
- Northern Rockies park See Muskwa-Kechika area; Northern Rocky Mountains Park
- Park Legacy panel, report
(Coell) 9533
(McGregor) 9533
- Resource extraction, access
(Jarvis) 7619
(Miller) 7619
- Visitors, number
(Coell) 9532-3
(McGregor) 9532-3
(Thorpe) 9152
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
- Flea infestation
(Jarvis) 10627
Parliamentary government See Government
Parole Act
- Amendments
(Dosanjh) 7358
Patronage, Political
- Appointments
(Gingell) 6746
Pattison, Jim
- Comments on 1998-99 budget
(Giesbrecht) 6733
(Waddell) 6702
Pattullo, Andy
- Resignation
(Hawkins) 9429
Paul Creek Slicing Ltd.
Pavco See British Columbia Pavilion Corporation
Peace Arch District Hospital, White Rock, B.C.
- Severance packages for directors
(Hogg) 10207
Peace River area
- Agriculture industry
- assistance for area farmers
(Evans) 10544-5
(Weisgerber) 10544
- weather damage to farms
(Dosanjh) 7235-6
(Weisgerber) 7235-6
- Grain transportation, trucking in area
(Miller) 7974
- Health care services in region
(Neufeld) 10399
(Priddy) 10399
- Highways and roads in area See Northern B.C. under British Columbia
Peace River Farm Crisis Committee
- Application for provincial emergency program assistance
(Weisgerber) 7068
Peachland, B.C.
- Princeton Avenue, maintenance responsibility
(Lali) 7941-3
(Thorpe) 7941-3
Peak House Youth and Family Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Program funding allocation
(Anderson) 6812
Pearson, Lester B.
- Comments on cooperative federalism
(Waddell) 7896
Peat Marwick and associated companies (KPMG)
- Comments on gambling expansion options and implications
(Farnworth) 9006, 9008
(Krueger) 9006, 9008
Pebble Beach See Galiano Conservancy Association
Peerless family
- School sports participation case
(Dalton) 8248
Pemberton, B.C.
- Construction projects
(Nebbeling) 9670-1
- Issues and concerns
(Nebbeling) 6962
Pemberton, Kim
- Child's special-needs case
(Anderson) 9957
Pender Harbour, B.C.
- Municipal Affairs ministry study of electoral area, status
(Kwan) 8402
(Wilson, G.) 8402, 8404
- Transportation and Highways ministry works yard
(Lali) 8112
(Wilson, G.) 8111-2
- Wildlife fencing on golf course road
(Lali) 8112
(Wilson, G.) 8112
Penikett, Tony
Penner, Barry (Chilliwack)
- Abbotsford, courthouse renovations 7179
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 9774-5
- AC Motor Electric Ltd., letter re B.C. economy 9888
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7797-8
- Alberta
- Armbruster, James, designation as dangerous offender 7173
- Armed forces
- Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack
- use of land and facilities 7954, 9774-5
- use of land and facilities, potential site for Technical University of B.C. 7797-8, 10364-5
- Canadian Forces base closings, use of property 6965
- ATS (American Traffic Systems) Canada, contract to provide photo radar system 7243
- Attorney General ministry
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7749-50
- Automobiles
- photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- annual operating costs 7243-4
- "fairness code" guidelines for placement of units 7260-1, 7309
- serving of tickets to violators from outside of B.C. 7258
- staffing and effectiveness issues 7257, 7258-9
- tickets, number disputed 7244, 7257-8
- vans, number and reliability 7259
- traffic fines, sharing of revenues with municipalities 7259-60
- traffic infractions, ticketing by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers 7266-7
- traffic safety, intersection red-light cameras, use, issues and concerns 7259-61
- Bjerke, Rhonda, letter re relative's wait-time for surgery 10463
- Boats and boating, boating infractions on inland waters 7266-7, 7309-10
- Breast health
- mammography screening in upper Fraser Valley, petition tabled 10760
- mammography services 10459-60
- Bridges, replacement project in Chilliwack 7952-3
- B.C. Gaming Commission, licensing backlogs 8727
- B.C. Hydro, power sales, pricing decisions 10635
- B.C., residents moving elsewhere 9030-1
- B.C. Transit, 1998-99 estimates debate 9441-2
- B.C. Utilities Commission, powers to review B.C. Hydro energy supply contracts 10635
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6708-11
- Budgets
- 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6709-10
- balanced-budget legislation 6614
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 9032
- interim supply, use 9450-1
- timing for tabling of budgets, 1940-74 statistics 9451
- Builders Lien Act, effectiveness of 1997 legislation 7508, 7589
- Business
- business in B.C., companies leaving province 9031, 9920-2
- costs, impact of changes to Workers Compensation Act on small and medium-sized business 7588-9, 8102, 8172-3
- Cambodia, Khmer Rouge political regime 10636
- Canada-B.C. Infrastructure Works program, projects 7952-3
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- protection against self-incrimination 8206
- protection against unreasonable or arbitrary search and seizure 8205-8
- Certified General Accountants Association of B.C., comments on 1998-99 budget 6710
- Chilliwack
- Chilliwack Lake road, maintenance responsibility 7952-3
- courthouse, status 7177-9
- economy, impact of closing of Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack 9775
- health care issues and concerns 10458-61
- Chilliwack constituency, constituent's letter re labour code changes 9632
- Chilliwack General Hospital, capital improvements 10461
- Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park, boundary change, responsibility for former Forests ministry campsites 8482
- Chilliwack River Valley, flooding and fish habitat 6966-7
- Churchill, Winston, position on opposition's use of dropped order to terminate debate 9353-4
- Clark, Glen, comments while in opposition on use of interim supply 9450-1
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue 6965-6
- Construction industry
- collective bargaining, changes in bargaining structures 9630, 9885
- master collective agreements for major projects 9029-30
- Contraventions Act, proclamation in B.C. 7266-7, 7309-10
- Corrections system, dangerous offenders, designation criteria 7173
- Crown corporations, Crown youth employment initiative 10328, 10356-7
- Cultus Lake, boating safety, marine enforcement patrols 7266-7
- Democracy, democratic freedom 10636
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- Canada's economic performance, provincial comparisons 9887-8, 9919-21
- Employment and unemployment
- Enser, Maureen, comments on labour code changes 9632-3
- Finning Ltd., relocation to Alberta 9920
- Fisheries, fish habitat, stewardship 9999
- Food industry, food-processing companies closing or leaving province 9920-1
- Forests ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8481-2
- Fraser Valley, court services in area 7179
- Fred Surridge Ltd., letter re B.C. economy 9888
- Gambling, charity gaming
- licence applications, processing times 8727
- province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10634-7
- Government
- accounting methods and practices 6711
- financial management 9450-1, 9886-8
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 7508-9
- Grosvenor House, financial situation and monthly fees 10458-9
- Guarantee for Youth program, status 6963-4, 10326-7
- Health care, continuing and long-term care, private care homes, government regulation 10458
- Health ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10458-63
- Highway 1, No. 3 road overpass 7953-4
- Highways and roads, devolution of maintenance responsibilities to municipalities 7952-3
- Holmes, Don, letter re labour legislation 9888
- Housing, rental housing
- investment 9032-3, 9631
- tenancy agreements, termination notice set aside on grounds of unreasonable hardship 7749-50
- Hunter et al. v. Southam Inc., ruling on right to protection against unreasonable search and seizure 8206
- Impaired driving, mandatory assessment for impaired drivers, petition tabled 9233
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., motor vehicle branch functions, imposition of driver penalty points for photo radar infractions 7258
- Investment in B.C.
- impact of labour code changes 9919-22
- private sector investment, comparisons with elsewhere 9030
- Job Start program, status 10327
- Justice system
- citizen's right to bring legal action against government 10634-7
- courts and court services
- courthouse closings 7176-9
- judicial discretion to vary amount of provincial violations 7258
- night courts, use for traffic violations 7257-8
- public access to justice, educational video for deaf persons 9123-4
- Keith-Wilson Road Bridge, replacement 7952-3
- Krueger, Kevin, role in removal from order paper of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act (1998) 9352-5
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Relations Code changes
- letter re impact of changes 9451
- position of business community 9031
- Labour, workplace hazard levels, difference between acceptable and unacceptable risks 8175-6, 8191-2
- Language, American Sign Language educational video, "See You in Court" 9123-4
- Larson, Ryan, experience with Youth Works program 10361
- Legislature
- Liberal Party
- B.C. Liberal Party, position on social welfare system 10362
- Liberal Party of Canada, decision to close Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack 10364-5
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10634-7
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on issues
- Matrix Planning Associates, role in Chilliwack courthouse closing consultation process 7178
- Medical Services Plan, handling of case of non-payment for anaesthesia 10460-1
- MLAs, working together for the common good 9885
- Mincher, Malcolm, comments on labour code changes 9450
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998
- Motions, reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50), debate 9352-6
- Municipalities, responsibility for maintenance of area roads 7952-3
- NDP government
- Northern Development Act, debate 9248-9, 9252, 9254-5
- Northern Development Commission
- commissioner
- staff and consultants, commissioner's hiring powers 9248
- Occupational health and safety
- employer's obligation, posting of information 8208
- joint committees and worker representatives
- requirement for a joint committee 8102
- worker representatives 8172-3
- requirement for health and safety representation based on number of workers 8172-3
- responsibilities, extent of obligation, due diligence versus "as far as is reasonably practicable" 8125
- statutory requirements 7507-10, 7588-9
- unsafe work, worker's right to refuse unsafe work 8175-6, 8191-2
- workplace inspections 8205-9
- workplace inspections in private residences 8207-8
- Palmer, Vaughn, comments on fixed calendar for Legislature 7507-8
- Parks, Forests ministry recreation sites, transfer of responsibility to Parks ministry 8481-2
- Penner, Paul, letter re labour code changes 9633
- Pepper spray, regulation of sale and use 7180
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze, advertising costs 10363-4
- Premier's Business Advisory Committee on Youth Employment, report recommendations re Youth Works wait-time qualifications 10360
- Premier's Office, 1998-99 estimates debate 10326-8, 10356-66
- Privacy, investigator's right to access private residence used as workplace 8207-8
- Privilege, remarks by Tim Stevenson about Michael de Jong 7146
- Public debt
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act, debate 10506-7
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, auxiliary and reserve officers, carrying of firearms 7220-2
- Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in B.C. (Gill commission), interim report recommendations
- board mandate 8063
- recommendations 7508-9
- when a worker may not refuse work 8191
- Royal commissions, use of reports 8063
- School district 33 (Chilliwack), concerns re teachers' collective agreement 10506
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, review of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9885-8
- Social welfare system
- income assistance, repeat applicants 10362
- Liberal Party position 10362
- system, need for government assistance programs in B.C. 10362
- Southern Rail of B.C. Ltd., use of Fraser Valley line for commuter rail service 9441-2
- Speech from the Throne, 1996 speech, government objectives 9885
- Stó:lo nation, land claim
- claim on Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack land 9775
- status of negotiations 9774
- Supply Act (No. 2), 1998, debate 9449-53
- Taxation, 1998-99 levels 6709
- Teachers
- agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation 10507
- collective bargaining
- exclusion of school boards 10506
- government intervention 10507
- Technical University of B.C., establishment 7797-8, 9775, 10364
- Throne speech, 1997 speech, content 6963-4
- Throne speech debate 6963-7
- Toronto-Dominion Bank, comments on B.C. economy 9887, 9919
- Trade unions
- certification votes, secret ballot 9029-30
- collective bargaining, sectoral bargaining 9029-30
- Transit services, commuter rail service for south side of Fraser River 9441-2
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7952-4
- United States, economy 9887, 9921
- Violence against women, cell phones for women at high risk of violence 7242
- Western Star Trucks Ltd., letter re B.C. economy 9888
- Workers Compensation Board
- immunity from judicial review 8064
- powers, workplace search and seizure 8205-9
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7507-10, 7588-9, 8063-4, 8102, 8125, 8133, 8172-3, 8175-6, 8191-2, 8205-9
- economic impact 9032-3, 9631
- Youth
- community service initiatives 7417
- employment and unemployment
- Youth Community Action program 8695-6, 10357-8
- Youth Options B.C. program, communications budget 10362
- Youth Works program 10359-62
Penner, Paul
- Letter re labour code changes
(Penner) 9633
Pension Benefits Standards Act
- Changes, economic security for women
(Chong) 7402
(Hammell) 7404
Pension (College) Act
- Report for fiscal year ended August 31, 1997, tabled
(MacPhail) 10679
Pension (Municipal) Act
- Report for fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, tabled
(MacPhail) 6931
Pension (Public Service) Act
- Report for fiscal year ended March 31, 1997, tabled
(MacPhail) 6931
Pension Standards Advisory Council
- Retirement income planning education program
(Hansen) 8715
(Lovick) 8716
Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998
- (Bill 38) (Attorney General) 1R, 9013; 2R, 10715-31; C, 10783-91; 3R, 10791; RA, 10806
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Plant) 10788-9, ruled out of order 10789; sec. 3 deleted (Dosanjh) 10789; sec. 5 (Plant) 10785-6, ruled out of order 10786; sec. 5.1 (Dosanjh) 10788, approved 10788; sec. 8 (two amdts.) (Dosanjh) 10789, approved 10789, and 10791, approved 10791;
- sec. 9 deleted (Dosanjh) 10789; sec. 10 (Plant) 10789, ruled out of order 10789; sec. 11 (Dosanjh) 10789, approved 10789; sec. 14 (Dosanjh) 10790, approved 10790; sec. 15 deleted (Dosanjh) 10790; sec. 16 (Plant) 10790, ruled out of order 10790; sec. 17 (Dosanjh) 10790, approved 10790;
- sec. 21 deleted (Dosanjh) 10790; sec. 22 (Plant) 10790-1, ruled out of order 10791; sec. 23 (Dosanjh) 10791, approved 10791; sec. 25 (Dosanjh) 10791, approved 10791; sec. 26 deleted (Dosanjh) 10791
- Divisions: 2R approved 10731; 3R approved 10791
- Debate, speakers
(de Jong) 10786
(Dosanjh) 9013, 10715-6, 10730, 10783-91
(Farnworth) 10723
(Farrell-Collins) 10728-30
(Goodacre) 10721-2
(Nebbeling) 10721
(Petter) 10722-3
(Plant) 10716-20, 10783-91
(Priddy) 10723-4
(Sihota) 10726-7
(Stevenson) 10724-6
(Waddell) 10720-1
(Wilson, G.) 10727-8, 10786, 10788
- Definitions, "spouse," replacement with "domestic partner"
(Chair) 10786
(Dosanjh) 10730, 10783-91
(Farrell-Collins) 10728-30
(Goodacre) 10721
(Nebbeling) 10721
(Petter) 10722
(Plant) 10716-20, 10783-91
(Stevenson) 10724-6
(Waddell) 10720
(Wilson, G.) 10727-8, 10786
Pension (Teachers) Act
- Report for fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, tabled
(MacPhail) 6931
Pensions See also Canada Pension Plan; Pensions under Workers Compensation Board
Penticton, B.C.
- Personal experiences growing up in Penticton
(Coleman) 10023
Penticton Herald
- Letter from former publisher re labour code changes
(Thorpe) 9760
Penticton Indian band
- Trailer park on Indian land, sewage treatment case
(Lovick) 9765-6
(Thorpe) 9765-6
Penticton Regional Hospital, Penticton, B.C.
PEP See Provincial emergency program
Pepper spray
- Regulation of sale and use
(Dosanjh) 7180
(Penner) 7180
Perpetuity Act
Perry Ridge
- Logging protest
(Dosanjh) 7297
(Plant) 7297
Persky, Stan
- Comments on Bill Bennett Social Credit government
(Nettleton) 9683-4
Personal Statements by Members See also Legislature
- Reitsma, Paul (Parksville-Qualicum)
- Statement re actions involving letters sent to media 6739
- Smallwood, Joan K. (Surrey-Whalley)
- Privilege matter raised by Michael de Jong 6643-5
Pest control See Agrifood industry, pesticide use under Food industry; Pest control under Agriculture industry; Pesticide use under Environment
Peterson, Kate
- Appointment as Victoria film commissioner
(Chong) 8326
(Waddell) 8327
Petitions
- Bill C-68, B.C. support for constitutional challenge to bill
(Campbell) 7878
- Burns Bog, ecological reserve designation
(Masi) 6699
- Chetwynd health care services
(Weisgerber) 8052
- Chilliwack River Slesse Valley slides, impact on fish habitat and wildlife stocks
(van Dongen) 9096
- Consumer product stewardship program eco-fees
(Barisoff) 6951
- Delta area Indian land claims
(Gingell) 6971
- Early treatment of autism
(Nebbeling) 8370
- Gateway services contract restructuring
(Gingell) 7379
- Health care
- services in northern and rural areas
(Hawkins) 7845
- services in rural areas
(Hawkins) 7273-4
- Hepatitis C victims
- Human Rights Code
- amendments re gender discrimination
(Stevenson) 7610
- proposed changes
(Plant) 6715
- Impaired drivers
- mandatory assessment
(Cashore) 10680
(Lovick) 9445
(McGregor) 9445-6
(Penner) 9233
- mandatory assessment and rehabilitation
(Coell) 10087
(Orcherton) 9559
(Plant) 9470
- mandatory assessment and rehabilitation for drivers displaying a drug dependency or alcohol-abuse lifestyle
(Stephens) 10760
- rehabilitation for drivers displaying a drug dependency or alcohol-abuse lifestyle
(Campbell) 9096
(Gingell) 10546, presented as corrected 10680
(Stephens) 9096
(Weisbeck) 9096
- rehabilitation program
(Dalton) 10745
- Kelowna eating disorders program continuation
(Hawkins) 10125
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
(Chong) 8991
(Farrell-Collins) 8942
(Hawkins) 10125
(McKinnon) 9152
(Nettleton) 9096
(Randall) 10679-80
- Lake Country disincorporation
(Weisbeck) 6796
- Lumby X-ray facility
(Sanders) 7542
- Mammography screening in upper Fraser Valley
(Penner) 10760
- Okanagan-Penticton constituents' concerns
(Thorpe) 9015
- Okanagan-Vernon constituents' concerns
(Sanders) 9096, 10087
- Organochlorines in pulp effluent
(Cashore) 10680
- Physicians, payment for on-call services
(Wilson, J.) 7845
- Powell River ferry terminal location
(Wilson, G.) 7981
- Rail line from Salmo to Troup Junction
(Conroy) 10680
- Rossland-Trail, Okanagan-Boundary and Shuswap constituents' concern
(Barisoff) 9901
- Speech therapy services for stroke victims
(Reid, L.) 7779
- Surrey board of school trustees' choice of instructional materials for school use
(van Dongen) 9233
- Treatment services for substance-abusers who cause car accidents and death
(Coell) 9016
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act
- Amendments
(Dosanjh) 7358
Petter, Hon. Andrew (Saanich South)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry
- Aerospace industry, role in economy 7857
- Agreement on Internal Trade, provincial involvement 7930
- Alberta, education budget 6769
- Allen, Robert, comments on provincial demand for post-secondary graduates 7794
- Aluminum smelting industry, smelters in B.C., project evaluations 7938-9
- Armed forces, Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack, use of land and facilities, potential site for Technical University of B.C. 7797-8
- B.C. Advanced Systems Institute Exchange trade show 7849
- B.C. Buildings Corporation
- 1998 annual report tabled 10679
- cost-saving measures 7932-5
- management 7932
- properties owned by corporation
- disposition of vacant facilities 7934
- obligation to attain fair market value 7936
- public-private partnerships 7933-5
- services, school construction, project management 7937
- B.C. Cancer Agency, work of agency 7858
- B.C. Focus, government funding for investment initiative 7848
- B.C. Hydro, project and policy development, role of Crown corporations secretariat 7938-9
- B.C. Systems Corporation
- 1997-98 annual report tabled 10679
- disposition of information technology services to non-government operator 7847
- B.C. Technology Industries Association, "report card" on technology issues in B.C. 7849
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6766-9
- Business, small business, tax reductions 6767
- Business Task Force on Regulatory Impact 7851
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity 7878-82, 7928-30
- Canada, national unity, B.C. Unity Panel, work of panel 7879
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation, B.C. share of funding 7854-5
- Children, child care subsidies, ministerial responsibility 7828
- Civil service, public sector pension plans, entitlement rights of same-sex partners to survivor benefits 10722-3
- Comments on issues
- 1986-98 situation re charities' sharing of gambling revenues with government
(Neufeld) 10645
- comments while Finance minister on 1997-98 budget
(Clark, G.) 6613
(Hogg) 6613
- Constitution, amendments, referendum requirement 7879
- Crown corporations secretariat, operations 7937-9
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services 7821-2
- Education
- adult basic education 7776, 7786, 7825-6
- curriculum, science education for elementary school students 7849
- funding 6767-8, 7246-7
- provincial learning network (PLNet)
- Employment and unemployment, labour market management agreement 7824
- Employment Standards Act, impact on workers in knowledge-based industries 7850
- Exports, B.C. products and services 7858
- Families, same-sex relationships 10722
- Ferries and ferry services, fares, student discounts 7791
- First Job in Science and Technology program 7789, 7856
- Freedom of information, requests for information, cost recoveries 7930-2
- Gambling, charity gaming, province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10637-8
- Government
- accommodation costs and per-person space requirement 7932-3
- federal government's devolution of responsibility to provinces 7881-2
- federal transfer payments to provinces 7880-1
- Hairdressing schools, student exams and accreditation 7846
- Human Resources ministry, regional offices, disposition of former office facilities 7934
- IBM Corp., information technology agreement with B.C. government 7847
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, funding 7820
- Information and privacy commissioner, funding 7931
- Information, Science and Technology Agency, mandate and operations 7853, 7855
- ISM Information Systems Management (B.C.) Corp.
- establishment of data-processing operation 7847
- job creation 7858
- Job Start program, mandate 7823-4
- Justice system, courthouse closings, disposition of vacant facilities 7934
- Lavalle, Ed, comments on post-secondary education 7786
- Leadership and Management Development Council of B.C., membership 7823
- Letter as minister responsible for B.C. Transit re public transit
(Symons) 9362
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
- education funding 7246-7
- Nisga'a treaty 10722
- post-secondary education funding 7283-4
- same-sex relationships 10722
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10637-8
- McEwen, Jim, work in medical instrumentation sector 7855
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998, debate 10637-8
- Motions
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity (Motion 48), debate 7878-82
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50), scope of debate permitted on motion 9343
- Motorola Inc., software development centre in B.C. 7847
- National Geographic IMAX Theatre, partnership with Royal B.C. Museum 7934
- Nisga'a treaty, Liberal Party position 10722
- Ontario, education budget 6769
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998
- debate 10722-3
- definitions, "spouse," replacement with "domestic partner" 10722
- Pharmaceutical industry
- impact of reference-based pricing policy 7857
- research, role in economy 7857-8
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and costs 7246, 7790-1
- ancillary fees 7245, 7789
- applied training and co-op programs 7795
- class sizes 7792
- course offerings 7787
- funding
- participation rates 7245, 7790, 7794-5
- public-private partnerships, impacts 7787, 7792-3
- research, B.C. knowledge development fund 7787, 7849-50, 7853-5
- student financial assistance
- funding and participation rate 7783, 7788-9, 7799
- funding by government 6768
- loan remission program 7788
- single-parent support 7792
- student aid program in B.C. 7245
- tuition fees, comparisons with elsewhere 7245-6
- tuition freeze
- vocational education, roles of universities and colleges 7792
- Powerex, establishment, role of Crown corporations secretariat 7938
- Premier's Advisory Council on Science and Technology, mandate, goals and appointment process 7856
- Riverview Hospital site, land use plan 7936-7
- Royal Roads University, status as freestanding university 7793
- St. Ann's Academy, restoration project 7786, 7935
- Schools
- capital funding projects, project management by B.C. Buildings Corporation 7937
- computer acquisitions, software acquisition agreement with private sector 7783, 7860
- Science and technology
- information technology
- electronic highway accord 7856-7
- private sector initiatives in B.C. 7847
- knowledge-based industry
- assistance for new technology companies 7847-52
- employment standards review 7850-1
- industry in B.C. 6767
- provincial strategy to promote B.C. 7784, 7846, 7849
- medical instrumentation and devices 7855
- role of skilled workforce in B.C. economy 7782-3
- technology and research opportunities outside southwestern B.C. 7852
- Science Council of B.C.
- 1997-98 annual report tabled 10679
- research projects, funding from Forest Renewal B.C. 7857
- role in emerging technologies for resource industries 7852
- work of council 7852
- Selkirk Building, capital project 7933-4
- Skills training
- apprenticeship, secondary school program 7820
- importance of skilled workforce to B.C. economy 7782-3
- programs
- evaluation 7799-800
- program for older workers adjustment 7799, 7822
- supported education program 7822
- workplace-based training, employer reimbursement 7821
- skills development centres
- funding and staffing 7823
- linkage to provincial learning network 7859
- regional access 7821-2
- Social welfare system, income assistance, caseload reduction strategies 7783-4
- Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology, mandate 7856
- Student Summer Works program 6768, 7821-4
- Sun Microsystems Computer Corp., information technology initiatives in B.C. 7847
- Task Force on Critical Issues in Financing Colleges and Institutions, report 7786, 7794
- Technical University of B.C., establishment 7795-8
- Technology B.C. program, funding 7856
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 7245-7, 7283-4, 7351-2
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- academic regulations, uniformity among B.C. institutions 7788
- accreditation, national accreditation 7828-9
- expansion of college system into rural areas 7791, 7795, 7825
- faculty
- freedom-of-information requests, funding to meet requests 7793
- libraries, funding and resources 7827-8
- private post-secondary institutions
- bonding requirement 7845
- closing, protection of student interests 7829
- software acquisition agreement with private sector 7783, 7860
- student housing 7791
- student spaces 7245, 7783, 7789
- technology upgrades, funding 7783, 7794, 7859-60
- Victoria accord, status 7935
- Welfare to Work program 7798-9
- Woodlands site, land use plan 7937
- Year 2000, compliance of government computer systems 7860
- Youth
- Youth Works program 7798-9, 7823-4
Pharmacare program
Pharmaceutical industry
- Impact of reference-based pricing policy
(Petter) 7857
(Reid, L.) 7857
- Relationship and partnerships with government
(Priddy) 10564
(Reid, L.) 10563-4
- Research, role in economy
(Petter) 7857-8
(Reid, L.) 7857-8
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada
- White Rock seniors project See Seniors
PHH Vehicle Management Services
Photo radar See Automobiles
PhotoInfo Digital Photography
Physicians
- Community service
(Hawkins) 10406
- Liability for practice of non-traditional therapies
- Locum services
- Northern and rural physicians dispute
- binding arbitration
(Weisgerber) 7844
- call for debate in Legislature
(Campbell) 7207
(Farrell-Collins) 7208
(MacPhail) 7207
- continuing medical education funding
(Hawkins) 10404-5
(Priddy) 10405
- dispute
(Nettleton) 6915-6
- Dobbin report
(Hammell) 7366-72
(Hawkins) 7366, 7373
(Nettleton) 8998
- Dobbin report, acceptance of recommendations
(Hawkins) 7368-9
(Priddy) 9558
- Dobbin report, implementation of recommendations
(Hawkins) 10268
(Priddy) 8257, 10264
(Weisgerber) 8257
- Dobbin report, release date
(Campbell) 8185-6
(Hawkins) 8186
(Priddy) 8185-6
- government action
(Campbell) 8185-6, 8297-8
(Clark, G.) 7842-4, 7919, 8297-8
(de Jong) 7843
(Hawkins) 7842-3, 7917-8, 8186, 8298, 10265-9
(Nettleton) 8997
(Priddy) 7917-8, 8185-6, 8257, 10268, 10270
(Weisgerber) 8257
- impact
(de Jong) 8185
(Weisgerber) 6929
- impact on women
(Hammell) 7363-8
(Hawkins) 7363-9
(Sanders) 7370
- Liberal Party proposal
(Hawkins) 7367
- negotiations
(Hawkins) 10209-11
(Priddy) 6929-30, 10209-11
- negotiations following work resumption
(Priddy) 9558
(Weisgerber) 9558
- public support
(Hawkins) 10269-70
(Priddy) 10270
- reduced activity days
(Hawkins) 10209-10, 10220-1
(Priddy) 10220-1
- status
(Hawkins) 10404-5
(Nettleton) 10264
(Priddy) 10264, 10270, 10405
- Women's Equality ministry's action
(Hammell) 7370-2
(Hawkins) 7373
(Sanders) 7370-2
- Orthopedic surgeons, salary dispute
(Lovick) 8670-2
(Reid, L.) 8670-2
- Prescription-writing patterns
(Hawkins) 6670
(Priddy) 6670
- Recruitment from outside Canada
(Hawkins) 10271
(Neufeld) 10399-400
- Remuneration
- northern and rural physicians
(Priddy) 10264-5, 10267
- on-call compensation, Ontario reports
(Hawkins) 10266-7
(Priddy) 10267
- payment for on-call services, petition tabled
(Wilson, J.) 7845
- Responsibility to notify authorities of children in need of protection
(Boone) 8821
(Clark, C.) 8821
- Supply and recruitment
- incentives to work in northern and rural B.C.
(Krueger) 10401-2
(Priddy) 10402
- number of physicians per capita
(Priddy) 10210
- physician supply for northern and rural areas
(Hawkins) 6930
(Priddy) 6930
(Zirnhelt) 6898
- physician supply for rural areas, human resource plan
(Hawkins) 10269-71
(Priddy) 10270-1
- Withdrawal of services
(Hawkins) 6651
(Miller) 9040
(Sihota) 8997-8
Plant, Geoff (Richmond-Steveston)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7928-32
- AirCare program, powers 7613
- Anderson, Allan, comments on security at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre 7303
- Ashcroft, court services 7176
- Askov (Elijah) v. the Queen, criminal law procedure case 7172-3
- Attorney General ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 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
- annual reports, timeliness 7084
- consumer services division, director of trade practices, powers and workload 7691, 7753-4
- costs, processing of freedom-of-information requests 7126, 7165
- gaming audit and investigation office, operations 7305, 7307
- manufactured home park dispute resolution committee, chair's power to refuse to appoint a subcommittee 7751
- residential tenancy branch
- responsibilities of ministry
- consumer affairs 7018-9
- 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 10666
- role of Attorney General 7083-4
- Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7690-3, 7738-41, 7744-7, 7751-5, 10246
- Automobiles
- photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- "fairness code" guidelines for placement of units 7261-2
- program, continuation 10086-7
- staffing and effectiveness issues 7239, 10247
- ticket revenues 7229-30
- roadside safety and emissions testing of heavy-duty commercial vehicles 7613
- Bargaining Council of B.C. Building Trades Unions, administration of jurisdiction assignment plans 10123
- B.C. Board of Parole, restructuring 7613-4
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, complaints, filing costs 7175
- B.C. Hydro
- home security system offer, source company 6832
- power sales, pricing decisions 10608-9
- rates, extension of 1996 freeze 7018-9
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Rate Freeze and Profit Sharing Act, 1998, debate 7018-9
- B.C. Hydro International Ltd., Pakistan power project, share benefits 8051
- B.C. Law Institute, review of B.C. statutes for compatibility with constitutional requirements on equality rights 10716, 10719-20
- B.C. Lottery Corporation, reports on gambling and the Asian community, freedom-of-information request 8421-2
- B.C., northern B.C., issues and concerns 8310-1
- BC OnLine
- operation by private sector, issues and concerns 10417-9, 10423-4
- sale to private sector operator 10417
- BC OnLine Act, debate 10417-9, 10423-4
- B.C. Treaty Commission, mandate and role 7979-80
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- powers to review B.C. Hydro energy supply contracts 10608-9
- role in setting of B.C. Hydro rates 7018-9
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6706-8
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1998, debate 7041-2
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6706-7
- Business
- business in B.C., NDP government action to improve 9015
- entitlement to 1 percent transitional refund on 1993 sales tax increase 7041-2
- first-time business opportunity schemes 7752-3
- suppliers, regulation 7753-4
- Business Paper Reduction Act, 1998
- Calder v. Attorney General of B.C., failure of court action 10607
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity 7842, 7923-6, 7928-30
- Canada, national unity, B.C. Unity Panel, work of panel 7842, 7924-5
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- equality guarantees 10716
- "rights consciousness" and implications for justice system 6952-4
- Carpentier, Jacques, legal action against government 10608, 10610-1, 10742
- Children
- child abuse, government handling of cases 7777-8
- infant claimants in personal injury cases, limit on size of settlements 7612
- Children and Families ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10078-81
- Children's Commission
- commissioner, reporting to Attorney General 7092
- complaints review process, privacy protection, balancing with need for openness 7088-9
- Civil service
- employees, licensed professionals, bargaining unit designation 10740
- public sector pension plans, entitlement rights of same-sex partners to survivor benefits 10716-20, 10783-91
- Commission of inquiry into policing in B.C. (Oppal commission), position on role of auxiliary and reserve police 7120
- Constitution, amendments, referendum requirement 7924-5
- Construction industry
- ICI project classification, basis for designation 10090, 10092-4
- labour relations
- collective agreements, ratification requirements 10117-8
- collective agreements, special arrangements to enable employer bidding 10127-8
- current regulatory environment 8962-3
- jurisdictional disputes 10121-4
- master collective agreements for major projects 9972
- raiding period 10111-3
- projects, mixed commercial-residential projects 10090, 10092-4
- review panels, findings and recommendations 8962
- Construction Labour Relations Association, administration of jurisdiction assignment plans 10123
- Consumer Protection Act, amendments 7690
- Consumers
- citizens' utility boards 10609
- consumer protection
- ministerial responsibility 7018-9
- regulation of consumer transactions 7690, 7752-5
- Corrections system
- correctional facilities
- drug-related activity in B.C. prisons 7302-3
- inmates, temporary absences 7612
- shared facilities, operating agreements 7611-2
- tracking and collection of data on visitors to provincial facilities 7303
- incarceration alternatives for low-risk non-violent offenders, community accountability initiative 7122-4
- offenders serving conditional sentences, statistical data 7300-1
- prisoner transfers, arming of corrections officers during transfers 7299, 7301
- probation services
- northern communities, service delivery concerns 7298
- separation of youth and adult services 7298
- youth probation services, issues and concerns 10078-81
- releasing authority, integrated model 7614
- sheriffs, role in transportation of high-risk prisoners 7299, 7301
- women's corrections, availability of career planning programs for female inmates 7301-2
- youth corrections
- transfer of responsibilities to Children and Families ministry 7297-9
- young offenders tried in adult court 7299
- Crime and criminals
- crime
- neighbourhood crime 8409-10
- organized crime, national strategy to combat 7239
- violent crime, measures to reduce 7124-5
- criminal-record checks, review of system 7122
- sex crimes, sexual assaults reported to police, prosecution rates 7124
- victims of crime, services funded by surcharge levy on fines for provincial offences, impact of decline in levy revenues 7229-30
- Criminal Code of Canada
- Criminal injury compensation program, review 7237-8
- Crown land, land grant applications, processing time 6831
- Crown Proceeding Act, purpose 10606-7
- Dawson, Robert MacGregor, comments on role of opposition 9472-3
- Economy, B.C. economy
- current and future conditions 6706, 9970-3
- economy during NDP administration 6831
- impact of labour code changes 8963-5
- Education ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 7695-6, 7724-5
- freedom-of-information budget and fees 7725
- Election Act, third-party spending restrictions, constitutionality challenge 7196-7
- Electric power, independent power producers, power supply contracts, review exemption 10608-9
- Employment and Investment ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8773-5
- role in decisions on gambling policy 7306-7
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards, employer's record-keeping requirements 8386
- workers leaving or not coming to B.C. 9015
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, Crown lease application process, backlog 6794
- Families
- Family maintenance enforcement program, operating costs 7230-1
- Family Relations Act, definition of "spouse" 10716, 10786
- Family Relations Amendment Act, 1998, debate 8272, 10245
- Firearms, use, training for peace officers and public protection personnel 7118-9
- Fisheries
- B.C. strategy 7917
- Pacific salmon fishery, dispute between United States and Canada, threat of protests, impact on tourism industry 8368-9
- protection of coho stocks, B.C. position 7917
- Forest industry
- current state of industry, role of government policies 10311
- employment status information 8635-6
- revenues to government, losses from log theft and fraud 8257-8
- Fraser Regional Correctional Centre (Maple Ridge), issues and concerns 7302-4
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, provisions, powers to override 8202-4, 8242
- Freedom of information, requests for information
- Gakhal family murder, recommendations of Attorney General ministry 7124-6
- Gambling
- charity gaming
- casinos, monitoring by government 7307
- future of charitable gaming in B.C. 6715
- province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10606-11, 10735-6
- expansion of gambling in B.C., impact on municipal policing costs 7305-7
- policies, court challenges 7307
- slot machines, accessibility and municipal approval 7038
- Ganges, court services 7176
- Government
- accountability to Legislature 10436-8
- federal government, funding of provincial legal aid 7199-200
- liability for actions of persons discharging judicial duties on behalf of Crown 8269-70, 8386
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 6707
- Guardianship, adult guardianship legislation, implementation 7202-3, 7229
- Habitat conservation trust fund, use of funds 7428
- Health care
- access, equality issue 8726-7
- health care professionals and organizations of health care professionals, extension of designation 8388
- Hogg, Peter, comments in Liability of the Crown on legal accountability of government 10608
- Homeowner Protection Act
- debate 10600
- regulations, licence fees and levies 10600
- Housing, rental housing
- Human Rights Code
- changes 7092
- proposed changes, petition tabled 6715
- Human Rights Commission, complaints backlog 7092
- Human Tissue Gift Act, changes to increase consent and donation rates 10606
- Immigration Act (federal), changes, B.C. position 7234-5
- Immigration, programs and services 7234-5
- Impaired driving
- assessment and rehabilitation programs for impaired drivers, petition tabled 9470
- program to identify drivers with health problems 8773
- Indians
- land claims, compensation for lands wrongly sold to private citizens 9095
- self-government agreements with federal government, amending process 9334-5
- Information and privacy commissioner
- funding 7931
- submission to legislative committee on operation by private sector of government services 10418
- Information management and privacy, government policy 10419
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., policies and practices, advertising and news coverage 8773-5
- Insurance, liability insurance for landowners and occupiers 7718
- Investment in B.C., impact of labour code changes 8964-5, 9970-3
- Judicial Compensation Committee
- 1998 reporting deadline 7614
- response of Legislative Assembly to tabled report 9470-1
- Justice system
- citizen's right to bring legal action against government 10606-8
- civil and family system, fees for civil court services, cost recovery issue 7174-6
- courts and court services
- court reporting and transcription standards 8269, 8387-8
- courthouse closings 7176-7
- satellite courts 7176-7
- sentencing, conditional sentences 7300-1
- 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
- public access to justice 6834, 7176-7
- reform of system, restoring of public confidence 7084
- Keating, Kathleen, appointment to B.C. Treaty Commission 7979
- Kelowna, policing and crowd control for public events, cost 7119, 7121
- Krueger, Kevin, role in removal from order paper of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act (1998) 9473
- Labour ministry, role of minister in designating construction industry major projects 10120
- Labour Relations Board
- role in construction project classifications 10092-3
- role in determining change of union representation in construction industry 10111
- Labour relations climate, stability issue 9972-3
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 8962-5, 9970-3, 10090, 10092-4, 10111-3, 10117-8, 10120-4, 10127-8
- debate, duration 9971
- definitions, "ICI construction" 10090, 10092-4
- need for speedy passage 9473
- Labour Relations Code, purpose of legislation 10092
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, content and purpose of bill 8963
- Land use
- land and resource development 6831-2
- private property used for non-commercial activities, owner's liability 7717-8
- Law Society of B.C.
- benchers, lay benchers 7678, 7719-20
- complaints process, effectiveness 7721-3
- investigation of phone call to member of judiciary by government counsel 7296-7
- powers
- granting of authority to practise law 7720-1
- jurisdictional authority 7677-8
- obtaining of court injunction 7723
- 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 7678-9, 7721-3
- Legal Profession Act, debate 7677-9, 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 7202-3
- Legislation
- correction of 1996 revision of statutes 8052
- miscellaneous statutes bills, use 10609-10
- need for legal certainty in laws 10092-3
- retroactive legislation, use 8270, 10243-4, 10608
- Legislature
- officers of the Legislature, accountability issue 7092
- opposition, role 9472-3
- orders of the day, dropped orders 9359-50, 9472
- Letter re labour code changes
(Lovick) 10031
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10606-11, 10735-6, 10742-3
- Macdonald, Alex
- 1974 introduction of Crown Proceeding Act 10607
- comments on citizen's right to sue Crown 10607
- Manufactured home parks
- landlord and tenant disputes, resolution process 7744
- standards of operation, setting by regulation 7751
- Mining industry
- exploration, sample size 7616
- expropriation of tenures for park creation, compensation to owners 7616-7
- Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7616-7
- consultation with industry on bill 7617
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998, debate 8269-70, 8386-8, 10243-4
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998
- Morrison, Don, appointment as police complaint commissioner 6796
- Motions
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity (Motion 48), debate 7923-6
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50), debate 9359-60, 9472-3
- Municipal Affairs ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8453-5
- freedom-of-information expenditures and recoveries 8454-5
- staff, multicultural component 8453-4
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, charges, briefings to ministers, confidentiality issue 7607-8
- NDP government
- Northern Development Act, debate 8310-2
- Northern Development Commission, establishment and need 8311-2
- Occupational health and safety
- information, confidentiality requirement 8202-4, 8242
- workplace inspections 8208
- Occupiers Liability Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7717-8
- consultation on duty-of-care provisions 7718
- Offence Act, limitation period for commencement of prosecutions 7752
- Orcherton, Steve, comments during debate on Labour Relations Code Amendment Act re construction industry labour relations 9972-3
- Owen-Flood, Dermod D., Supreme Court ruling on government's entitlement to lottery scheme fees 10736, 10742
- The Parental Responsibility Act, debate 7270
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998
- Pensions, private plans, requirement to extend survivor benefits to same-sex couples 10783-5
- Perry Ridge, logging protest 7297
- Police and policing
- crowd control, cost to replace auxiliary police 7736
- high-speed chases, pursuit regulations and guidelines 7084
- independence of police to implement road safety initiatives 7261
- police officers, number and allocation 6833, 7239
- Police complaint commissioner, complaint process, implementation 7238-9
- Prince George, fluoridation of local water supply, authority to implement fluoridation 10738-9
- Privacy
- confidentiality of business information, database-sharing agreements 10439-41
- investigator's right to access private residence used as workplace 8208
- Provincial Court of B.C.
- backlogs and delays 7171-2
- compensation levels for judges 9470-1
- Public debt, debt-servicing costs 6707
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act, debate 10497-9
- Real property, commercial transactions, regulation 7690-1
- Recall and Initiative Act, constitutionality, court challenge by B.C. Civil Liberties Association, timeliness of B.C. response 7092-3
- Regulatory Streamlining Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, purpose of bill 10436
- Rental Housing Council of B.C., position on residential tenancy arbitration process 7265
- Residential Tenancy Act
- Robertson, Alec
- comments on B.C. Treaty Commission 7980
- departure from position as chief commissioner of B.C. Treaty Commission 7979
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- auxiliary and reserve officers
- report on forest crime 8257-8
- Safety, public safety, NDP government action 6833
- Sales tax
- exemptions and refunds, legislative changes 7041-2
- tax on lawyers' services 7199-200
- Schneider, Dean, contract with Forest Renewal B.C. 9909-10
- School boards/districts, budget process, timeliness of information from Education ministry 7724
- Schools, seismic upgrading 7695-6
- Sidney, court services 7176-7
- Six Mile Ranch development project
- Agricultural Land Commission decision
- involvement of Adrian Dix 7074-6
- involvement of Cathy McGregor 7074, 7142-3
- involvement of Corky Evans 7207
- funding for project 7428
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- government intervention in financial situation 6821-2
- Litigation proceedings under federal Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 7295-7
- SkyTrain, extension of light rapid transit route using SkyTrain technology 8298-9
- Small claims court, increase in court fees 6834
- Smith, Brian R.D., comments on B.C. Hydro International Ltd.–Pakistan power project 8051
- Sorenson, Marg, letter re court reporting services 8387
- Statute Revision Correction and Miscellaneous Amendments Act, 1998, debate 8052
- Surrey, banning of slot machines 7038
- Taxation
- Teachers
- agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation 7724, 10497-9
- collective bargaining 10497-9
- Tenants Rights Action Coalition, position on residential tenancy arbitration process 7265
- Thackray, Allan Douglas
- involvement in Skeena Cellulose legal case 7296-7
- position on Repap job continuation contribution agreement 6821-2
- Themis Consulting Ltd., contract to make family maintenance arrears collections 7230-1
- Throne speech debate 6831-4
- Tobacco
- anti-smoking bylaws 10738
- government strategy for tobacco use reduction 10751-2, 10754-5, 10761
- taxation of tobacco products, revenues to province, recovery of unremitted taxes 8270, 10243-4
- tobacco industry
- Tobacco Fee Act, debate 10750-5, 10760-1
- Tobacco Sales Amendment Act, 1998
- Todd, Alpheus, comments in On Parliamentary Government in England on role of opposition 9473
- Tourism industry, travel clubs, regulation 7738
- Trade Practice Act
- Trade unions, collective bargaining, centralized bargaining 9972-3
- Transplantation of organs, number of donor organs available 10606
- Universities, colleges and institutes, health profession colleges, board appointments 8388
- Vancouver, correctional facility at 222 Main Street, renovations 7611-2
- Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 1998, debate 10397
- Vancouver Foundation, board's power to distribute funds, legislative changes 10397
- Vancouver Island, northern Vancouver Island employment situation 9015
- Victoria Foundation Amendment Act, 1998, debate 10397
- Victoria Foundation, legislative changes 10397
- Violence against women, peace bonds and protection orders, protection order registry 7083-4
- Workers Compensation Board, powers
- disclosure of confidential occupational health and safety information 8202-4, 8242
- workplace search and seizure 8208
- Workers compensation claimants, preferential access to medical services 8726-7
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998, debate 8202-4, 8208, 8242
- Zirnhelt, David, comments on government powers 10610
Plants
Plecas, Bob
- Role in Indian treaty negotiations
(de Jong) 9694-5
(Lovick) 9694-5
Plensky, Susan
- Work commended
(Robertson) 6938
PLNet See Provincial learning network under Education
Police and policing See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Auxiliary and reserve police officers See Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Costs, officers' salaries
(Dosanjh) 7242
(Wilson, G.) 7242
- Crowd control, cost to replace auxiliary police
(Plant) 7736-7
- Domestic violence response teams
(Dosanjh) 7168
(Stephens) 7168
- Hate crime team, current activity
(Dosanjh) 7080
- High-speed chases, pursuit regulations and guidelines
(Dosanjh) 7081
(Plant) 7084
- Independence of police to implement road safety initiatives
(Dosanjh) 7260-1
(Plant) 7261
- Police officers, number and allocation
(Dosanjh) 7240
(Plant) 6833, 7239
- Policing costs related to gambling expansion See Expansion of gambling in B.C. under Gambling
- Provincial police force, new hirings
(Dosanjh) 6906
Police complaint commissioner
Politics and politicians
- Accountability of elected officials
(Clark, C.) 8813
- Politicians
- consistency of position
(Miller) 6933
- media coverage as gauge of effectiveness
(Lovick) 6753
- nature of position
(Lovick) 6754
- personal values, influence on behaviour in Legislature
(Anderson) 6742-3
(Cashore) 6743-4
- public perception
(Miller) 8315
- Public life
(Hogg) 6785-6
Pollard Banknote Ltd.
- Supplier to B.C. Lottery Corporation, conflict issue
(Farnworth) 8902-3
(Nebbeling) 8902-3
Port Alberni, B.C.
- Construction project labour situation, role of employment standards branch appointee See Cronk, Laird
- Women's crisis centre, future
(Chong) 6776
Ports See also particular locations, e.g., Prince Rupert, B.C.
- Competitiveness of B.C. ports
(Miller) 7967
(Neufeld) 7967-8
Post-secondary education See also Universities, colleges and institutes
- Accessibility
- accessibility and costs
(Giesbrecht) 7256-7
(Petter) 7246, 7790-1
- accessibility by interior B.C. students
(Hansen) 7251
(Masi) 7249
- Ancillary fees
- fees
(Petter) 7789
(Weisbeck) 7789
- freeze
(Clark, G.) 7073
(Petter) 7245
- freeze, impact on institutions
(Wilson, G.) 7276
- Applied training and co-op programs See also Trades training in high school under Skills training
(Petter) 7795
(Weisbeck) 7795
- Class sizes
(Petter) 7792
(Weisbeck) 7792
- Courses and programs
- availability
(Krueger) 6807
(Petter) 7787
(Weisbeck) 7787
- choice of courses
(Wilson, G.) 7275
- First year at government expense
(Sihota) 6835
- Funding
- funding during NDP administration
(Petter) 7783
- funding levels
(Petter) 7245, 7284, 7351, 7787
(Robertson) 7281
(Weisbeck) 7785-7
- funding process
(Wilson, G.) 7276-8
- grants per full-time equivalents
(Petter) 7793-4
(Weisbeck) 7793-4
- Liberal Party position
(Giesbrecht) 7256
(Petter) 7283-4
- regional differences
(Petter) 7794
(Weisbeck) 7794
- research funding See Research below
- Participation rates
(Masi) 7819
(Petter) 7245, 7790, 7794-5
(Weisbeck) 7790, 7794
- Public-private partnerships, impacts
(Petter) 7787, 7792-3
(Weisbeck) 7792-3
- Research, B.C. knowledge development fund
(Chong) 7853-5
(Petter) 7787, 7849-50, 7853-5
- Student costs and needs
(Abbott) 7278
- Student financial assistance
- debt load of graduating students
(Coleman) 7281-2
(Hansen) 7251
- funding and participation rate
(Petter) 7783, 7788-9, 7799
(Weisbeck) 7788-9, 7799
- funding by government
(Petter) 6768
- loan remission program
(Petter) 7788
(Weisbeck) 7788
- single-parent support
(Petter) 7792
(Weisbeck) 7792
- student aid program in B.C.
(Petter) 7245
- Students' concerns
(Weisbeck) 7787-92
- Tuition credits volunteer program See Youth Community Action program
- Tuition fees
- comparisons with elsewhere
(Bowbrick) 7252-3
(Petter) 7245-6
- fee levels
(Hansen) 7250-2
(Ramsey) 6839
(Sanders) 7249
- fees and student selection, NDP position
(Masi) 7248
- Tuition freeze
- Vocational education, roles of universities and colleges
(Petter) 7792
(Weisbeck) 7792
Poultry industry
- Investment in industry
(Barisoff) 7003-4, 7072
- Organic chicken program
(Barisoff) 7004
(Evans) 7004
- Supply of raw chicken
(Barisoff) 7003
Poverty
POWA See Programs, program for older workers adjustment under Skills training
Powell River, B.C.
- Economy of area
(Wilson, G.) 6992
- Site for aluminum smelter
(Clark, G.) 10377
(Wilson, G.) 10377
- Waste management referendum
(Wilson, G.) 7687
Powell River school district See School district 47 (Powell River)
Power for Jobs program
- Objectives
(Nebbeling) 10668
- Program
(Miller) 7322
Powerex (British Columbia Power Export) Corporation
- Establishment, role of Crown corporations secretariat
(Nebbeling) 7938
(Petter) 7938
- Power sales to United States users
(Farnworth) 9144-7
(Jarvis) 9146-7
(Nebbeling) 9144-5
Pratt, Russ
Premier, Office of the, and Ministry Responsible for Youth
- 1998-99 Estimates
- debate 10312-77
- speakers
(Abbott) 10336-42
(Campbell) 10312-4, 10329-36, 10342-6, 10348-56
(Clark, G.) 10312-7, 10319-21, 10323-77
(de Jong) 10346-8, 10350-1
(Farrell-Collins) 10317-9, 10321-4
(Gingell) 10314-7
(Penner) 10326-8, 10356-66
(Reid, L.) 10320-1
(Symons) 10324-6
(Wilson, G.) 10366-77
- Legal advisory services to Premier, policy
(Clark, G.) 10351
(de Jong) 10351
- Organization of office
(Campbell) 10312-3
(Clark, G.) 10312-3
- Premier's briefing book, availability to opposition
(Campbell) 10356
(Clark, G.) 10356
- Role of deputy minister
(Campbell) 10313
(Clark, G.) 10313
- Role of Premier's Office
- monitoring of recall campaigns
(Campbell) 10345-6
(Clark, G.) 10345-6
- role in contract negotiations with teachers See Agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation, negotiations under Teachers
Premier's Advisory Council on Science and Technology
- Mandate, goals and appointment process
(Petter) 7856
(Reid, L.) 7856
Premier's Business Advisory Committee on Youth Employment
- Report
- recommendations
(Clark, G.) 10360-1
- recommendations on Youth Works wait-time qualifications
(Penner) 10360
Premier's Summit on Northern Jobs and Development
- Advisory council's work
(Giesbrecht) 8305
- Discussion groups
(Neufeld) 8278
- Results See Northern B.C., government initiatives under British Columbia
- Summit
(Miller) 8275-6
Premier's summits
Premier's Youth Office See Cabinet policy and communications secretariat under Finance and Corporate Relations, Ministry of
Preston, Joyce See also Child, youth and family advocate
Prevention of Child Sexual Exploitation Act
(Bill M208) (Stephens) 1R, 8366-7
- Debate, speakers
(Stephens) 8366
Price Waterhouse
- Survey of laid-off forest workers
(Abbott) 6925-6
Priddy, Hon. Penny (Surrey-Newton)
- Abortion, safety of patients and service providers 10214-5
- AIDS
- AIDS network plan 10560
- funding for community agencies, accountability 10560-1
- HIV/AIDS programs and services 10557-60
- Alzheimer's disease, treatment, role of therapeutics initiative staff 10562-3
- Ambulance service
- air ambulance service in northern B.C. 7142, 8634
- services and training in northern and rural B.C. 10557
- Vestrup report recommendations 10556
- Arrowsmith Lodge, amalgamation issue 10258-9
- Auditor general, review of health care regionalization 6613, 10160
- Betaferon, inclusion on Pharmacare list 6667
- Blood supply system, safety of national system before 1990s
- Bonner, Sarah, commended for work on northern health care legislation 10401
- Breast health
- mammography services 10460
- saline breast implants 10488
- B.C. Ambulance Service
- dispatch system 10554-6
- policy on transfer of patients to nearest facility 9335-6, 9445
- B.C. Health Information Standards Council, establishment 10162
- B.C., northern B.C.
- health care services
- psychiatric services 9275-6
- wait-lists for cardiac surgery 7877
- physician supply 10400
- Bulkley Valley District Hospital, psychiatric holding room, funding 10223
- Burnaby Correctional Centre nursing staff, working conditions 9231
- Canada Pension Plan, disability benefits for hepatitis C victims 7430
- Cancer, programs and services 6864
- Capital health region
- Cariboo area, health care services 7736
- Cariboo Memorial Hospital, emergency department concerns 7736
- Central Vancouver Island health region
- funding 10218
- residential facility for mentally ill seniors 10223
- Chetwynd, physician supply 10546-7
- Children's Hospital, waiting times 10553-4
- Civil service, public sector pension plans, entitlement rights of same-sex partners to survivor benefits 10723-4
- Clearwater, health care facility, funding 10403
- Corrections system, correctional facilities
- pretrial centres, use as holding facilities for persons with mental disorders 9275
- safety of nursing staff 10227
- Drugs, pharmaceuticals
- prescription drug use, incidence 6667-9
- reference-based pricing 6669, 10563
- trial prescription program 6670
- Families, same-sex relationships 10723-4
- Fehr, Ivan, transfer as cardiac patient to St. Paul's Hospital 9335-6, 9445
- Fort St. John, ambulance service, funding for garage construction 10399
- Fort St. John General Hospital, intensive care unit upgrade 10398
- Fraser Cheam Home Support Society, amalgamation issue 10264
- Fraser Valley health region
- concerns re funding formula 10408
- report findings on services in region 10409
- Fyke, Ken, appointment to Canadian Blood Agency and employment with capital health region 10222
- Georgiou, Philip, death while on cardiac surgery wait-list 10549
- Glacier View Lodge, amalgamation issue 10255-9
- Government, federal transfer payments to province, reductions in health care and social support funding 7430
- Granger, Beth, medical services plan premium assistance case 10566
- Grosvenor House, financial situation and monthly fees 10459
- Guardianship, adult guardianship legislation 10482
- Health care
- access, equality issue 8726
- Better Teamwork, Better Care delivery model 10153
- capital equipment
- capital projects
- community care
- adult day care 10477
- licensing board, jurisdiction 10476
- licensing report, recommendations 10475
- community clinics 10208
- community health services societies, collective bargaining 10174
- continuing and long-term care
- current situation 10475-8
- review of continuing care system 10230-1, 10478
- system's move from acute to community-based care 10473
- expenditures 10253
- facilities
- agreement between denominational facilities and government 10257
- amalgamation issue 10255-61
- funding
- funding 10152-3
- funding levels and provision of safe care 10252-4
- minor capital funding for technology and equipment 10188
- per-capita funding, comparison with other provinces 10151
- regional budgets, impact on services of balanced-budget requirement 10489
- health care societies and hospital societies, funding, donations 10262
- immunization 10203-4
- joint industry-ministry committee on utilization management 10232
- regional health boards and community health councils
- regionalization
- respite services for family caregivers 10481-2
- services for women
- 1995 report of provincial health officer, ministry action 10483
- service in other languages 10483-5
- services in remote and rural areas
- government announcements 10406
- maternity care 10214
- northern and rural B.C. 10217
- system
- TeleCare project and teleradiology 10406-7
- volunteers in health care system 10256
- wait-lists and waiting times
- assessment of waiting times 10549
- cardiac surgery, funding for anaesthetists 10211
- cardiac surgery plan 10551
- cardiac surgery, wait-lists during NDP administration 7876-7, 10042
- cost factors 10461
- deaths while on wait-list 10550-1
- dental surgery for children 10553
- impact of summer shutdowns and Christmas closings 10219-20
- issue 10549-50
- medical imaging 10469
- orthopedic surgery waits 10461-3
- reduction 7735
- 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
- spending guidelines for chief executive officers 10185
- structure of board and role in regionalized health care system 10173-4
- Health ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 10150-3, 10155-75, 10183-5, 10187-93, 10197-234, 10250-68, 10270-1, 10398-416, 10458-69, 10473-92, 10546-7, 10549-66
- 1995-96 and 1996-97 annual reports tabled 10760
- annual reports and report cards 10204-5
- annual reports, timeliness 10155
- business plans for major programs 10562
- communications and advertising budget and policies 10205
- earthquake preparedness and seismic upgrading of buildings 10198-200
- information requests by opposition 10155
- performance measurement 10201-2
- year 2000 readiness 10192-3, 10197
- Hepatitis C
- Home care
- Hospitals
- bed utilization for appropriate needs 10230-4
- costs during northern and rural physicians dispute 10405
- emergency departments and triage 10233-4
- emergency rooms, use by persons with mental illnesses 10687
- intensive-care services, funding 10224-6
- on-call payment to physicians 10407
- regional hospital districts, replacement of boards with appointed administrators 10172-3
- seismic upgrading 10198-9
- services, intensive-care, funding 10224-6
- Hot springs, lifeguard issue 10464
- Housing, social housing, supportive housing for persons with mental illness 9275
- Human Tissue Gift Act, changes to increase consent and donation rates 10732
- Indians, substance abuse
- incidence among women 10487
- prevention and treatment services 10488
- Infants Act, age of consent 10685
- International Year of Older Persons 10152
- Jackson, Adrian, need for surgery 10553
- Kelowna General Hospital
- Keremeos, health care facility 10411
- Kitimat General Hospital, capital project 10414
- Kootenay area, health care services, regional planning in West Kootenays 10159
- Legislation, replacement of legislative lawmaking with regulatory authority 10732
- Marktrend Marketing Research Inc., poll on B.C. health care 8634
- Medical Services Plan
- handling of case of non-payment for anaesthesia 10461
- premium assistance case 10566
- Mental health
- auditor general report on mental health spending 10491
- government initiatives 10152
- housing for mentally ill, independent-living units 10492
- mental health advocate 7610, 10491-2
- mental health plan 7610, 10223, 10490-1
- mental illness
- services for persons with mental disorders 9274-6, 10690, 10693
- Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7915-6, 9262-3, 9274-6, 10682-94, 10706
- age of consent, comparison with Infants Act 10685
- definitions
- "designated facility" 10686
- inclusion of "friend, caregiver or companion designated by patient" in definition of "near relative" 10682
- "mentally disordered person" 10683-4
- replacement of "mentally disordered person" with "person with a mental disorder" 10706
- "treatment" 10683
- support for bill 9275, 10682
- Mills Memorial Hospital, funding 10216-7
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998, debate 10732
- Motions, compensation for blood transfusion recipients infected prior to 1986 (Motion 46), debate 7429-30, 7443-4, 7449
- MSA Hospital, construction project 10410
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
- NDP government, position on compensation for hepatitis C victims 7429-30
- Nicholson, Jane, cardiac surgery wait-list case 10042
- Nisga'a people, health care services, agreement with Health ministry 10487
- North Shore health region, board members 10227-8
- Nurses
- RN First Call program, pilot project 10402
- role in health care system 10402
- safety issues 10227
- Okanagan-Similkameen health region
- Peace River area, health care services in region 10399
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998, debate 10723-4
- Pensions, national disability pension program 7443-4
- Performance as Children and Families minister
(Wilson, J.) 6647-8
- Pharmacare program
- 1997-98 expenditures 6670-1
- best-practices initiatives 10202-3
- budget overrun, causes 6667-9
- business plan 6668
- deductible amount for families 10565
- delisting of head lice medication 7737, 10565
- PharmaNet computer system, prescription information database 6669-70, 10202, 10487
- work with drug suppliers on choice and cost of prescription drugs 10202
- Pharmaceutical industry, relationship and partnerships with government 10564
- Physicians
- locum services 10402, 10546-7
- northern and rural physicians dispute
- physician supply for rural areas 10270-1
- prescription-writing patterns 6670
- remuneration for northern and rural physicians 10264-5, 10267
- remuneration, on-call compensation, Ontario reports 10267
- supply and recruitment
- incentives to work in northern and rural B.C. 10402
- number of physicians per capita 10210
- physician supply in northern and rural areas 6930
- Prince George Regional Community Care Society, amalgamation issue 10263
- Prince George Regional Hospital, capital project 10414
- Provincial emergency program, volunteers, funding for training and equipment 10403
- Provincial health officer, 1997 annual report tabled 8783
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health, agreement with capital health region 10262
- Royal Inland Hospital
- privacy and staffing concerns 10221
- psychiatric unit construction project 10412-3
- radiology and emergency upgrade 10413-4
- Royal Jubilee Hospital
- capital project 10415
- Eric Martin Pavilion, issues and concerns 10222-3
- Schamborzki, Inge, regional health board contract and severance 10171, 10228-9
- Schools, smoking area signage 10708
- Seniors
- elder abuse, government initiatives 10485
- housing
- interministerial responsibility 10482
- supportive housing 10483
- White Rock seniors project 10202, 10486, 10564
- Seniors Week, suggestion for ministerial statement subject 10481
- Skeleem Village treatment centre, licence review 10226
- Substance abuse/addiction
- drug overdose deaths, government response 10042-3
- prescription drug abuse 10486
- provincial health officer report on injection drug use, ministry response to report recommendations 10561
- Sunnybank Home, amalgamation issue 10260
- Sunshine Coast area, ambulance service 10404
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1998, debate 6667-71
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, budget 10207
- Task Force into Illicit Narcotic Overdose Deaths in B.C., recommendations, implementation 10042-3
- Texada Island, health clinic 10208
- Tobacco
- government strategy for tobacco use reduction
- price regulation by government 10710
- sale of tobacco products
- smoking
- tobacco industry
- compliance and enforcement issues 10746-7
- liability for health care costs, legal actions and assessment of damages 8611, 10712-5, 10765-6
- liability for health care costs, use of funds recovered by government 10715, 10765
- licence fee requirement, compliance 8611, 10710-2, 10750-5, 10761
- licence fees, use of funds 10711-2, 10754-5, 10760-1
- marketing 10714
- taxation 10710
- Tobacco Damages Recovery Amendment Act, 1998
- Tobacco Fee Act, debate 8611, 10710-2, 10749-55, 10760-2
- Tobacco Sales Amendment Act, 1998
- Transplantation of organs, number of donor organs available 10732
- Tumbler Ridge airport, use by air ambulances 10557
- University of B.C. medical school, rural practicums 10400
- University of Northern B.C., northern nursing program 10227
- Vancouver Island Cancer Centre, construction 10414
- Vancouver Island North Island health board, vacancies 10164-5
- Vancouver Yaffa Housing Society, mental health centre, operating funds 10415
- Violence, family violence, services for Indian victims, funding allocation 10487-8
- West Coast General Hospital, seismic upgrading 10198-9
- Workers compensation claimants, preferential access to medical services 8726
- Year 2000, compliance of government computer systems 10192-3, 10197
Prince George, B.C.
- Educational facilities
(Ramsey) 6839
- Fluoridation of local water supply, authority to implement fluoridation
(Kwan) 10739-40
(Plant) 10738-9
(Wilson, G.) 10655, 10739-40
- Forest industry, value-added industry in area
(Ramsey) 6837
- Geographical designation, northern B.C. or southern B.C.
(Jarvis) 9261
(Krueger) 8314
(Miller) 8315, 9261
(Nettleton) 9261
- Impact of Asian market downturn
(Ramsey) 6837
- Old Cariboo Highway, maintenance responsibility
(Lali) 7913, 7948
(Nettleton) 7912-3
(Reid, L.) 7948
Prince George Free Press
- Article quoting local Chamber of Commerce president on labour code changes
(Nettleton) 10004
Prince George Regional Community Care Society
Prince George Regional Hospital, Prince George, B.C.
- Capital project
(Hawkins) 10414
(Priddy) 10414
- Renovation project
(Hawkins) 6878
- Services
(Hawkins) 6651
Prince George school district See School district 57 (Prince George)
Prince George–Omineca constituency and area
- Mining industry role in area economy
(Nettleton) 7317
Prince Rupert, B.C.
- Casino ship proposal
(Dalton) 8986-7
(Farnworth) 8986-7
- Port of Prince Rupert
- Tourism, impact of 1997 Alaska ferry blockade
(Thorpe) 8354
(Waddell) 8354
Princeton Avenue See Peachland, B.C.
Princeton, B.C.
- Princeton-Coalmont road, repairs
(Lali) 8116
(Symons) 8116
Princeton Mining Corp.
- Government loan
(Jarvis) 8018
(Miller) 8018
Principals and vice-principals
Privacy
- Collection and use of income assistant recipients' personal information See Income assistance, administration and operations under Social welfare system
- Confidentiality of business information, database-sharing agreements
(Plant) 10439-41
(Waddell) 10439-41
- Investigator's right to access private residence used as workplace
(Lovick) 8207-8
(Penner) 8207-8
(Plant) 8208
- Privacy rights of individuals, impact of new technologies
(Nebbeling) 10181
(Smallwood) 10180-1
Private members' statements
- Anderson, Val J. (Vancouver-Langara)
- Children, our greatest gift 9310-2
(Orcherton) 9311
- Values and participation: the foundation of our society 6742-4
(Cashore) 6743-4
- Bowbrick, Graeme (New Westminster)
- Calendino, Pietro (Burnaby North)
- Cashore, John (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
- Clark, Christy (Port Moody–Burnaby Mountain)
- Coell, Murray R. (Saanich North and the Islands)
- Illicit drugs: killer of people, killer of cities 8699-701
(Janssen) 8700
- Coleman, Rich (Fort Langley–Aldergrove)
- Forestry, jobs and families 8995-6
(Robertson) 8996
- Conroy, Ed (Rossland-Trail)
- Dalton, C. Jeremy (West Vancouver–Capilano)
- Public education at the crossroads 7418-9
(Sihota) 7419
- Doyle, James E. (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- Opportunities for our greatest resource 8695-6
(Penner) 8695-6
- Giesbrecht, Helmut (Skeena)
- Gillespie, Evelyn (Comox Valley)
- Goodacre, Bill (Bulkley Valley–Stikine)
- Emerging trends in northwest British Columbia 9308-10
(Hansen) 9309-10
- Hansen, Colin (Vancouver-Quilchena)
- Hartley, William James (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows)
- The importance of farming to British Columbia 6741-2
(van Dongen) 6741-2
- A tribute to B.C. blueberry growers 8993-5
(de Jong) 8994-5
- Hawkins, Sindi (Okanagan West)
- Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)
- Janssen, Gerard A. (Alberni)
- Jarvis, Daniel (North Vancouver–Seymour)
- McKinnon, Bonnie (Surrey-Cloverdale)
- Masi, Reni (Delta North)
- Nebbeling, Ted (West Vancouver–Garibaldi)
- Orcherton, Steve (Victoria-Hillside)
- Empowering youth and communities 7416-8
(Penner) 7417
- Plant, Geoff (Richmond-Steveston)
- Charter of Rights or charter of wrongs? 6952-4
(Sihota) 6953-4
- Randall, Fred G. (Burnaby-Edmonds)
- Save your life – quit smoking! 8024-6
(Nebbeling) 8025
- Reid, Linda (Richmond East)
- The importance of sight 8991-3
(Walsh) 8992-3
- New games for a new century 8023-4
(Sawicki) 8023-4
- Speech and language services for B.C. stroke survivors 8407-9
(Giesbrecht) 8408
- Who's reading to the children? 10451-2
(Kasper) 10452
- Robertson, Glenn (North Island)
- The future of our coastal communities 9305-6
(van Dongen) 9306
- Sawicki, Joan (Burnaby-Willingdon)
- Sihota, Moe (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
- Diversification: the key to economic success 7651-3
(Hansen) 7652
- Doctors, nurses and the withdrawal of services 8997-8
(Nettleton) 8997-8
- Improving the quality of education 7182-4
(Whittred) 7183-4
- Smallwood, Joan K. (Surrey-Whalley)
- Electronic home invasion 10180-1
(Nebbeling) 10181
- Protecting the interests of British Columbians 6744-5
(Reid, L.) 6744-5
- Safety and choices in reproductive health care 7419-21
(Stephens) 7420
- Stephens, Mary Lynn (Langley)
- Diversity with dignity 8696-7
(Cashore) 8697
- Domestic violence and violence against women 7181-2
(Bowbrick) 7182
- Stevenson, Tim (Vancouver-Burrard)
- Symons, Douglas R. (Richmond Centre)
- High school graduation and future expectations 7653-5
(Calendino) 7654
- Walsh, Erda (Kootenay)
- Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
Privilege
- de Jong, Michael G. (Matsqui)
- 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, response (MacPhail) 7140-1, reserving right to respond at later date (McGregor) 7147, ruling 7467
- Statements by Joan Smallwood concerning opposition's position on changes to funding formula for caucus budgets 6597-8; response (MacPhail) 6598-9, (FarrellCollins) 6599; reserving right to respond at later date (Smallwood) 6612; response (Smallwood) 6643-5; ruling 6716
- Penner, Barry (Chilliwack)
- Remarks by Tim Stevenson about Michael de Jong 7146, response (Lovick) 7146
- Procedure See Privilege under Legislature
Product Stewardship Group
- Industrial stewardship program for solvents, thinners and pesticides
(McGregor) 9552
(van Dongen) 9552
Progressive Democratic Alliance party
- Position on organized labour
(Wilson, G.) 6826
Propane See Fuel
Property See Real property
Property management industry
Property rights
- Government intervention
(Dalton) 6829
- Private property, archaeological sites on privately owned land
(Chong) 8217-21
(Coell) 8215-6
(Dalton) 8212-5
(Reitsma) 8224
(Waddell) 8212-21
Property tax See Real property tax
Property transfer tax
- Applicability, issues and concerns
(Chong) 9193-4
(MacPhail) 9193-4
- Exemptions, eligibility criteria
(MacPhail) 6972
Property Transfer Tax Act
- Amendments
(MacPhail) 6972
Prosperity mine project See Taseko Mines Ltd.
Prostitution
- Child and youth prostitution
- apprehension of child prostitutes by police or director
(Stephens) 8367
- government work on issue
(Gillespie) 7650
(Hammell) 7399
(Stephens) 7399
- incidence
(McKinnon) 7649-51
- Prostitution unit, establishment
(Dosanjh) 6906
Provincial Court Act
Provincial Court of British Columbia
Provincial emergency program
- Disaster assistance for farmers
(Dosanjh) 7235-6
(Evans) 7068
(Weisgerber) 7068, 7235-6
- Relationship to federal disaster relief program
(Abbott) 9296
(McGregor) 9296
- Volunteers, funding for training and equipment
(Krueger) 10403
(Priddy) 10403
Provincial health officer
- Annual report, 1997, tabled
(Priddy) 8783
- Comments on links between health and income
(Pullinger) 9212
Provincial learning network (PLNet) See Education
Public debt
- Capital investment and debt
(Farnworth) 6735-6
(Kasper) 6721
(Waddell) 6700
- Current levels
(Abbott) 6687
(Bowbrick) 6681
(Dalton) 9968-9
(Jarvis) 10629-30
(McKinnon) 6728
(MacPhail) 6618
(Nebbeling) 6895-6
(Penner) 9885-6
(Stephens) 6704-5, 9981
(Symons) 9075, 9877
(Thorpe) 6777
(van Dongen) 6696-7
(Weisgerber) 6678-9
(Wilson, G.) 6716-7
- Debt as percentage of gross domestic product
(Wilson, G.) 6717
- Debt during NDP administration
(Chong) 6774-5
(Clark, G.) 6612-3
(Coell) 6627-8
(Coleman) 6751-2
(de Jong) 6904
(Farrell-Collins) 6618, 6620
(Gingell) 6612, 6910
(Hogg) 6613
(MacPhail) 6614
(Penner) 6614, 6709-11, 9453
(Sanders) 6760
(Thorpe) 9425-6
- Debt management plan, revisions
(Farrell-Collins) 6639, 9201
(MacPhail) 9201
- Debt measurement
(Lovick) 6755
- Debt-servicing costs
(Campbell) 6606
(Plant) 6707
- Debt-servicing costs and B.C.'s gross domestic product
(Miller) 7151-2
- Deficit, 1998-99 deficit
(Farrell-Collins) 6639, 7022
- Deficit, size
(Robertson) 6800
- Federal debt
(Stevenson) 6704
- Impact on social safety net
(Chong) 6852-3
- Incorporation of school and post-secondary capital project debt
(Chong) 6993-4
(MacPhail) 6621
(Ramsey) 6993
- Level of debt and deficit
(Weisbeck) 6792
Public Education Advocacy Day
Public Education Collective Agreement Act
- (Bill 39) (Minister of Education) 1R, 9229-30; 2R, 10303-8, 10441-9, 10492-524; C, 10791-806; 3R, 10806; RA, 10806
- Amdts: 2R (Sanders) 10308, negatived 10523
- Divisions: amdt. to 2R negatived 10523, 2R approved 10524, 3R approved 10806
- Debate, speakers
(Anderson) 10502-3, 10803-6
(Barisoff) 10805
(Chong) 10501-2
(Coleman) 10518-9
(Dalton) 10493-6, 10798
(Hansen) 10510-1
(Krueger) 10516-8
(McKinnon) 10515-6
(Masi) 10445-7, 10796, 10802-3
(Nebbeling) 10511-3
(Neufeld) 10499-501
(Penner) 10506-7
(Plant) 10497-9
(Ramsey) 9229-30, 10303-4, 10523, 10792-806
(Reid, L.) 10503-5
(Sanders) 10304-8, 10441-5, 10791-6, 10799-802, 10806
(Sihota) 10447-8
(Stephens) 10513-5
(Thorpe) 10507-9
(van Dongen) 10509
(Weisbeck) 10448-9, 10492-3
(Wilson, G.) 10519-23, 10796-8, 10803-5
(Wilson, J.) 10505-6
- Content of bill
(Anderson) 10503
- Definitions
- "agreement in committee"
(Wilson, G.) 10797
- "employers' association," inclusion of B.C. Public School Employers' Association in bill
(Dalton) 10798
(Ramsey) 10795, 10798
(Sanders) 10795
- "parties"
(Dalton) 10798
(Ramsey) 10798
- salary determination for employees in adult education
(Ramsey) 10798
(Wilson, G.) 10798
- Precedence over Labour Relations Code
(Ramsey) 10804-5
(Wilson, G.) 10804-5
- Progress of bill through Legislature
(Dalton) 10493-4
- Public input
(Dalton) 9645-6, 9785
- Purpose of bill
(Dalton) 10620
(Whittred) 10653
- Ratification and commencement dates
(Ramsey) 10797-8
(Wilson, G.) 10797, 10804
- Variation of act
(Ramsey) 10805
(Wilson, G.) 10805
Public Education Labour Relations Act
Public health
- Impact of mercury and sodium fluoride on public health
(McKinnon) 9306-8
- Needle exchange programs, location concerns
(Kwan) 8593
(Reid, L.) 8592
Public Sector Employers Council
- Funding of wage increases for social services employees
(Boone) 10069-73, 10075
(Clark, C.) 10069-73
- Role in contract agreement with B.C. Teachers Federation See Agreement-in-committee, negotiations under Teachers
Public sector, public service See Civil service
Public Service Commission
- Role in hiring of ministries' staff
(Krueger) 8688
(Lovick) 8688
Public Service Labour Relations Act
Public trustee See Office of the public trustee
Public-private partnerships See Business; Education; Post-secondary education; particular agencies, Crown corporations, facilities, etc.
Puil, George
- Comments on issues
- rapid transit
(Symons) 9368
- Waste Management Amendment Act, 1998
(McGregor) 7757
Pullinger, Hon. Jan (Cowichan-Ladysmith)
- Anderson, Val, comments on NDP tradition 6922-4
- B.C. Benefits program
- appeal board and tribunals, expenditures 7115
- appeals during 1997 calendar year 7115
- effectiveness 7096-7
- family bonus program, replacement of federal working-income supplement with earned-income benefit 8725, 9209-10, 9212-7
- Business in B.C., companies leaving province 9114
- Caledon Institute, comments on social services 6923
- Campaign 2000, child poverty study, findings 9212
- Canada Pension Plan, disability benefits for B.C. income assistance applicants and recipients 7106-9
- Children
- Children and Families ministry policies, implementation, involvement of other ministries 7111-2
- Comments on government's management of legislative agenda
(Symons) 9420
- Construction industry, labour relations, general legislative provisions for unionized industry 9112
- Cowichan-Ladysmith constituency and area, capital improvements 6920-1
- Economy, B.C. economy
- current conditions 8417, 9114-5
- current conditions, impact on job creation targets 7137
- Employment levels, current levels 8417
- Families, "spouse," use of federal definition to determine eligibility for B.C. Benefits family bonus 9215-6
- Family maintenance enforcement program 7114
- Film industry workers, consolidated collective agreement 9112-3
- Flaherty, David, role in development of consent form used by Human Resources ministry 7127
- Foster parents, eligibility for B.C. Benefits family bonus 9215
- Government, federal transfer payments to provinces, reductions 9209
- Human Resources ministry
- Human Rights Code, right to freedom from poverty 7104
- 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
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Relations Code changes, support 9111-3
- Legislature
- language used in House, misrepresenting another's language 6924
- standing order 40, imputation of false motives alleged 9481
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- comments on budget allocation 6922-3
- position on organized labour 9113-4
- social welfare policy 7103
- NDP government, performance 9114
- Ontario, labour relations legislation 9113-4
- Poverty
- Provincial health officer, comments on links between health and income 9212
- Revenue Canada, disclosure provisions on B.C. income recipients' consent form 7129
- Social welfare system
- advisory council, current status 7137
- income assistance, administration and operations
- caseload levels 7096, 7112, 8417
- collection and use of recipients' personal information 7127-9
- recovery of rental damage deposits paid on behalf of clients 7112-4
- income assistance, applicants
- convention refugees, eligibility 7136
- information verification process, impact on timing of benefits 7130
- income assistance, benefits and services
- bus passes, eligibility 7105, 7111
- payment dates and methods, changes 7137
- payment levels 7101-2
- replacement of expired employment insurance coverage 7136-7
- income assistance, disability benefits
- allowable levels of other income 7105-7
- category changes, processing backlog 7105-6, 7110-1
- community volunteer program for recipients 7127
- dietary allowances 7106
- replacement by federal benefits, recovery of overpayments 7107-10
- income assistance, recipients
- earnings exemption levels, changes 7114-5, 7130-3
- number of under-19-year-olds 7098
- income levels as determinant of eligibility for government assistance 7098-9
- Liberal Party policy 7103
- NDP government action 7101-3, 7132
- programs, empirical basis for development of social policy 7131-6
- social services, government action 6923-4
- whereabouts of former welfare clients 7099-100
- Throne speech, content 6920-1
- Throne speech debate 6920-4
- Trade unions, Liberal Party position on organized labour 9113-4
- Treasury Board, request for data on impact of changes to Human Resources ministry earnings exemption policy 7131-3, 7137
- Vancouver, downtown east side, purchase of hotels by government for use as subsidized housing 7104-5
- Volunteer Recognition Week 7145
- Volunteers, role 7145
- Welfare to Work program 7096-8, 7104, 7137
Pulp and paper industry See Pulp and paper sector under Forest industry
Purchasing Commission
- Policy on vendors' requirement to track sales to government See Purchasing under Government
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