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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
Waddell, Hon. Ian (Vancouver-Fraserview)
- Alcohol
- liquor industry and sales
- concerns of small retail operators 8035
- consultation on policy changes 8031
- illicit sales, impact on government revenues 8037, 8154-5
- licensed outlets, increase 8034
- red tape 8029, 8035
- regulation, ministerial responsibility 8030, 8033
- sale of alcoholic beverages in gambling establishments 8032
- taxes and product markups 8029, 8033-4, 8156-7
- taxes and product markups, flat tax system 8037
- Art Starts in Schools program 8226
- Attorney General ministry, liquor control and licensing branch, responsibilities 8030
- Banking industry
- insurance sales by banks and credit unions 8398
- mergers, issues and concerns 8397-9
- Beer industry, U-brew operations, regulation 8034
- Berger, Tom, comments in Fragile Freedoms on Quebec in Canada 7897
- B.C. Arts Council, operations 8159, 8225-8
- B.C. Film Commission, operations 8323-5, 8327
- B.C. Heritage Trust
- 1997-98 annual report and audited financial statements tabled 10760
- operations 8159, 8286, 8288
- B.C., northern B.C., tourism 8209-11
- B.C. Pavilion Corporation, operations 8359-60
- B.C. School Sports
- funding 8248
- policies on sports participation eligibility 8248-9
- B.C. 21 program, project approval rate 8253
- B.C. Wine Institute, business relationship with government 8032
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6699-701
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6699, 6701
- Business
- cooperatives, access to government-sponsored venture capital funding 7615-6
- entrepreneurship, incentives for B.C. projects 7043
- small business
- startups by youth 8394-5
- Business Paper Reduction Act, 1998
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity 7894-7
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, equality guarantees 10720-1
- Canadian Tourism Commission, role in promoting of B.C. sport fishery 8028
- China, B.C. tourism promotion offices 8161-2
- Civil service, public sector pension plans, entitlement rights of same-sex partners to survivor benefits 10720-1
- Communities, projects funded through government grants program 8252-3, 8280-5, 8322
- Constitution, constitutional discussions, history 7895-7
- Coopers and Lybrand Consulting Group, report on B.C. film industry 8326
- Corbett, Pat, letter re cancellation of highway signs program 8337
- Corporations, taxation, capital tax exemption threshold 6700
- Council of Tourism Associations of B.C., concerns 8333-4, 8337
- Craig Bay, development project on heritage site 8224-5
- Crown land
- lease applications, volume 8338-40
- leases, cost increases, impact on tourism operations 8338
- Culture
- Dawson Creek, Alaska Highway resource centre proposal 8210
- de Burger, Paul and Angela, letter re youth business education workshops 8394-5
- Dempsey, Bill, neighbourhood pub operator, concerns 8155
- Durukan, Ata and Amy, letter re B.C. as tourist destination 8357
- Ellis Foster, report on B.C. film industry 8323, 8325-6
- Employment and Investment ministry, community projects grants program budget 8281-5
- Enemark, Tex, review of liquor policy 8030
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, Crown lease application process, backlog 8338-40
- Families, same-sex relationships 10720-1
- Ferries and ferry services
- fare increase, impact on tourism industry 8339-40
- marketing relationship with Tourism B.C. 8356
- Festival of the Arts, Prince George event 8226
- Film Incentive B.C., purpose of program 8295
- Film industry
- movie and television production
- promotional advertisement, cost 8323
- studio space in B.C. 8360
- Fisheries
- Gambling, revenues from gambling
- revenues to government, use for community projects 8284
- Giscome Portage Trail, designation 8225
- Government
- accountability to Legislature 10437-9
- expenditures, contingency plan for emergency reduction 8392
- information, electronic filing 10439
- regulations and red tape
- service delivery, standards 8390
- spending, 1998-99 levels 6700
- Government agent offices, operations 8390, 8392
- Greater Victoria Film Council, membership 8327
- Hat Creek Ranch, contract for management of site 8287-8
- Hedley Mascot mine, business plan for operation as heritage site 8289-90
- Heritage
- archaeological assessments
- heritage inventory and mapping 8222
- heritage sites, objects and properties 8211-3, 8218-9, 8222-4, 8226
- Heritage Conservation Act
- Heritage Society of B.C., relationship with government 8285-6
- Highway 97, Alaska Highway, promotion as tourist destination 6796, 8209-11
- Hotels and travel accommodation
- Canada Select, accommodation-rating program 8181
- hotel room tax 8161, 8182
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7043
- Indians, cultural heritage, preservation 8215
- Informetrica Ltd., study on bank mergers 8397-8
- Intrawest Corp., involvement in Craig Bay development project 8225
- Kennedy, Sheldon, fundraising activities 8247
- Kettle Valley Railway Heritage Society, operation of heritage railway 8291
- Labour ministry, cooperation with Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry 8333-4
- Landmark Entertainment Group, involvement in PNE relocation 8360-1
- Livent Inc., mortgage agreement with B.C. government 8225-6
- Living Landscapes program, objectives 8293
- McDonald, Neal, aboriginal heritage site case 8212-3
- Mensah, Michael, letter re funding for youth sports 8246
- Miller, Sylvia, archaeological site on private property, case 8213-6, 8219
- Motions, Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity (Motion 48), debate 7894-7
- Municipalities, role in delivery of recreation programs 8244-5
- National Geographic IMAX Theatre, Victoria operations 8158-9, 8291
- Oil and gas industry, pipeline from Norman Wells 8210
- Okanagan area, tourism 8356
- Pacific National Exhibition, relocation project 8360-1
- Parks
- campgrounds, private sector operations versus subsidized government sites 8339
- Forests ministry recreation sites, closing 9152
- Pattison, Jim, comments on 1998-99 budget 6702
- Pearson, Lester B., comments on cooperative federalism 7896
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998
- debate 10720-1
- definitions, "spouse," replacement with "domestic partner" 10720
- Peterson, Kate, appointment as Victoria film commissioner 8327
- Prince Rupert, tourism, impact of 1997 Alaska ferry blockade 8354
- Privacy, confidentiality of business information, database-sharing agreements 10439-41
- Property rights, archaeological sites on privately owned land 8212-21
- Public debt, capital investment and debt 6700
- Radosevic, John, position on actions against cruise ship industry 8399
- Railways and rail services, tourism rail travel role 8163
- Recreation
- funding 8251-2
- programs, role of province 8244-5
- recreation commission grants 8252
- Recycling, deposit system for beverage containers 8036-7, 8155
- Regulatory Streamlining Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, purpose of bill 10434
- Royal B.C. Museum, operations and special exhibits 8291-4
- St. Ann's Academy, redevelopment project, archaeological assessment requirement 8220
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, role in review of Business Paper Reduction Act 10440-1
- Signs on highways for services and attractions 8337
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8027-38, 8154-63, 8177-84, 8210-29, 8243-53, 8280-95, 8322-41, 8353-64, 8389-401, 10674
- 1998-99 estimates, time available for debate 10674
- annual reports, 1996-97 and 1997-98, tabled 9445
- archaeological branch, 1998-99 business plan 8222
- business capital programs 8334-5
- consulting services 8223
- cooperation with Labour ministry 8333-4
- culture budget 8228-9
- freedom-of-information, policy and requests 8362-3
- goals and responsibilities of ministry 8158, 10674
- heritage branch
- 1997-98 objectives, implementation 8221-2
- heritage and archaeological operations 8223
- program delivery planning 8289
- provincial heritage program 8285, 8288
- liquor distribution branch
- 1998-99 business goals 8035-6
- 1998-99 profit projections 8037-8, 8155-7
- deputy minister's salary and benefits 8154
- operations 8028-9, 8157-8
- policy on Sunday openings and credit cards 8030-1, 8155
- retail outlets, capital expenditures 8031
- review of brewpub markups 8157
- sales through grocery stores 8034
- social responsibility issue 8035, 8154-5
- recreation and sport branch, operations 8243-4
- role in red tape reduction initiative 10437
- sport and community development branch, community projects grants 8252-3, 8280-3, 8322
- staffing, small business issues, allocation of full-time-equivalents 8327-9
- Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 1998
- Small business venture capital program, objectives 7140, 7354-5, 7357-8, 7615-6
- Sparwood, role as visitor gateway into province 8353
- Spooner, Lawrie, comments on Victoria area high-technology industry 8361
- Sport B.C., role 8245, 8247
- Sports
- funding
- harassment 8247
- organizations
- costs, impact of employment standards 8246-7
- performance measurements 8245
- priorities and key issues 8244-5
- school sports, participation and recruitment issues 8248-9
- SportSafe program, purpose 8247
- Substance abuse/addiction, alcohol abuse 8035, 8154-5
- Super, Natural British Columbia, financial operations 8354
- Taxation, tax credits for eligible venture capital investments 7354-5
- Tourism B.C.
- 1998-99 marketing and sales activity 8182
- accommodations guide, content and availability 8354-5
- board, membership and independence 8356
- budget 8182
- business plan 8179-81
- expenditures, performance monitoring 8183
- freedom-of-information requests 8358-9
- funding allocations
- agreement with industry 8356-7
- allocation by international region 8182-3
- marketing of northwest regions 8354
- northern B.C. 8210-1
- gateway operations 8353
- goals and mandate 7314
- marketing relationship with B.C. Ferry Corporation 8356
- overseas offices, role 8358
- planning cycle, impact on regions 8340-1
- research information, disposition 8181-2
- revenues, sale of research materials 8354
- role in marketing of sport fishing 8178-9, 8182
- Tourism industry
- 1-800 service for travel information and accommodation reservations, current volumes 8353
- aboriginal community projects 8355-6
- cruise ship industry, actions by B.C. fishermen 8399
- ecotourism 8162
- employment and job creation, new tourism-related jobs, Year 2001 targets 8158, 8400-1
- fees 8162
- global competitiveness of B.C. industry 8180-1, 8183, 8353, 8357-9
- hospitality workers, certification 8162
- industry in B.C. 6701, 7314
- Kelowna conference 8179-80
- labour issues 8337-8
- lighthouse vacations 8162-3
- marketing, Internet marketing 8353, 8355
- marketing of B.C. as tourist destination 8357-8
- policies 8336-7
- recreational tourism 9152
- small operators, issues and concerns 8183-4
- source countries of visitors to B.C. 8180
- SuperHost program 8181
- tourism promotion offices in China 8161-2
- university degree in tourism 8163
- vision for future 10674
- visitor information centres, funding 8355
- workers, flexible hours 8333, 8362
- Turkson, K.J., letter re funding for youth sports 8246
- Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion project, progress 8360-1
- Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area, capital improvements 6701
- Warren, Bill, tourism project proposal 8399
- Whales, whale-watching industry, regulation 8162
- Wine industry, licensing of Vintners Quality Alliance wine outlets 8032
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998, impact on small business 8332
- Year 2000, compliance of government computer systems 8035-6
- Youth
- arts and culture opportunities for children and youth 8226-7
- programs and services
- advertising and promotion 8396
- athletic programs 8246-7
- business training 8158
- Youth business and entrepreneurship training program 6700, 8158, 8393-7
Wages and salaries See also Income
- Fair wage
- fair-wage policy, impact on project costs
(Barisoff) 9027
(Conroy) 9178-9
- fair-wage policy, Liberal Party position
(Conroy) 9178-9
- legislation
(Hansen) 10127
(Lovick) 8602, 10127
- Minimum wage
- level
(Lovick) 6755-6
(Reitsma) 8332
- level, Liberal Party position
(Bowbrick) 7253-4
(Giesbrecht) 7256
- Statutory holiday pay entitlements for part-time workers
(Krueger) 8686
(Lovick) 8686-7
- Wage differential for young workers
(Krueger) 8686
(Lovick) 8686
- Wage levels in B.C.
(Calendino) 9174-5
- Wage parity for women See Employment under Women
Wagon Trek for Heart See Hawkins, Harold
Walker, Jill
- Letters re employment standards variances for restaurant and food services industry workers
(Krueger) 8687
- Position as director of employment standards branch
(Hansen) 8713
(Krueger) 8687-8
(Lovick) 8687-8, 8713
Walsh, Erda (Kootenay)
- Alberta economy 9079-80
- Appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole
(MacPhail) 6595
- B.C. celebrations, provincial and local celebrations 10177-9
- Business, small business, taxation 9081
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity 7926-8
- Canada
- diversity, "hyphenated Canadians" 7927
- national unity, B.C. Unity Panel, presenters' submissions and work of panel 7926-7
- Construction industry, master collective agreements for major projects 9080
- Crestbrook Forest Industries, facilities in B.C. 6602-3
- Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services for visually impaired persons 8992-3
- Economy, B.C. economy, impact of labour code changes 9079-81
- Education, funding 6602
- Investment in B.C., private sector investment, comparisons with elsewhere 9079
- Kootenay area
- capital improvements 6602
- economy 6602-3
- mining industry role in area economy 7315
- rail transport through area 6601
- Ktunaxa-Kinbasket people, construction of resort in Kootenays 6603
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, debate 9079-82
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on organized labour 9081
- Mining industry, current state of industry 6602
- Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7315
- industry reaction to bill 7315
- Motions, Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity (Motion 48), debate 7826-8
- NDP government, strengthening of regions 6603
- Throne speech debate 6601-3
- Trade unions, Liberal Party position on organized labour 9081
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998, economic impact 9081-2
Ward, Robert
- Letter re sea trials for fast ferries, response
(Miller) 8090
Ward system See Elections
Warren, Bill
WASH See Western Association of Salvors and Handloggers
Washington Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.
- Conversion to low-cost residential accommodation
(Farnworth) 9065-7
(Nebbeling) 9065-6
Washington (State)
Waste management See also Hazardous products; Recycling
- Initiatives
(McGregor) 7683
- Regional district's access to records of businesses
(Coell) 7780
(McGregor) 7780
- Regulation of industry, costs
(Coell) 7757
(McGregor) 7757-8
- Role of municipalities
(Nebbeling) 7686
- Septic systems, disposal of septic tank effluent, impact of government regulations
(Krueger) 9650-2
(McGregor) 9651
- Solid waste reduction, provincial target
(Coell) 7684
(McGregor) 7683
- Waste hauling, setting of fees
(Coell) 7780-1
(McGregor) 7780-1
- Waste management plans by regional districts
Waste Management Amendment Act, 1998
- (Bill 17) (Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks) 1R, 7415-6; 2R, 7683-8; C, 7756-8, 7779-82; 3R, 7782; RA, 9456
- Amdts: sec. 4 (McGregor) 7757, withdrawn 7780; sec. 4, section 19(4) (McGregor) 7780, approved 7780; sec. 6 (McGregor) 7781, approved 7781
- Divisions: 2R approved 7688
- Debate, speakers
(Coell) 7684, 7756-8, 7780-2
(Dalton) 7685
(McGregor) 7415-6, 7683-4, 7687-8, 7756-8, 7780-2
(Nebbeling) 7686
(Wilson, G.) 7686-7
- Definitions
- consultation on definitions section
(Coell) 7756
- "district director"
(Coell) 7756
(McGregor) 7756
- "refuse"
(Coell) 7756
(McGregor) 7756
- "stakeholders"
(Coell) 7757, 7781
(McGregor) 7757, 7781
- Dispute resolution provisions, need
(Dalton) 7685
- Impact on consumers' costs
(Coell) 7684
(Nebbeling) 7686
(Wilson, G.) 7686-7
- Industry reaction to bill
(Dalton) 7685
- Retroactivity
(Coell) 7782
(McGregor) 7782
- Stakeholder consultation on bill
(Coell) 7684
(Dalton) 7685
Water
- Fluoridation of water supply, referendum requirement
(Kwan) 10739-40
(Wilson, G.) 10655, 10739-40
- Groundwater protection pilot project
(Coell) 9462
(McGregor) 9462
- Water licences, licensing process
(McGregor) 9498
- Water rights included in Nisga'a treaty
(Campbell) 10543
(McGregor) 10543
- Water use planning issues
(McGregor) 6798
Water Act
Watson, Paul
- Wolf kill protest
(Neufeld) 10291
Weigh scales See Trucking industry
Weiler, Paul
- Comments on issues
- labour law reform
(Dalton) 10018
- labour relations in B.C.
(Hansen) 9571
Weisbeck, John (Okanagan East)
- Acorn Homes, letter re labour code changes 9634
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry
- Alberta economy 9963
- Allen, Robert, comments on provincial demand for post-secondary graduates 7794-5
- Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., Kitimat smelter, expansion 9109-10
- Boat Operators Certification Act, debate 7735
- Boats and boating, certification of boat operators 7735
- B.C. School Trustees Association, trustees' position on agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation 10448-9
- B.C. Technology Industries Association
- comments on role of government 6943-4, 9110, 9880
- "report card" on technology issues in B.C. 7786
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6790-2
- Business climate in B.C. 6944
- Children, child care subsidies, subsidies to day care centre owners 7828
- Construction industry
- collective bargaining, changes in bargaining structures 9879-80, 9962-3
- residential sector, costs 9109
- Corporations, capital tax, impact on business in B.C. 6791-2
- Credit rating, B.C. rating 6791
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Education
- adult basic education 7776
- co-op education, links with apprenticeship programs 8719
- curriculum, bicycle safety programs 7727
- middle schools 7728
- provincial learning network (PLNet) 7794, 7859
- public-private partnerships, government policy on commercial advertising 7727-8
- Education ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 7727-8
- computer systems, year 2000 compliance 7728
- Emerson, David, comments on forest products industry 6791
- Employment levels, Dutch model of recovery 6943
- Ferries and ferry services, fares, student discounts 7791
- Finning Tractor Ltd., relocation to Alberta 9963
- Forest industry
- industry in B.C., status 6943
- revenues to government, losses from log theft and fraud 8257
- stumpage, relief for non-profit organizations 8749
- theft of logs, ministry and police handling 8749
- Forests ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8749
- compliance and enforcement officers 8749
- Gambling, ministerial responsibility 8596
- Georgetti, Ken, role in government policymaking 9108-9
- Goerlitz, Sherwin, letter re labour code changes 9110
- Government, accounting methods and practices 6792
- Gray Monk Cellars Ltd., letter re labour code changes 9962
- Groome Capital Advisory Inc., comments on B.C. economic policies 9635
- Hairdressing schools, student exams and accreditation 7845-6
- Housing, cost of housing in B.C. 9881
- Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, role and responsibilities 8717-20
- Interior Savings Credit Union, letter re B.C. economy 9961
- Investment in B.C.
- Kelowna
- comments of local hotel manager on labour code changes 9635
- economy of area 9109, 9963
- McCulloch Road, maintenance responsibility 8147
- Kelowna Chamber of Commerce
- comments on labour code changes 9636, 9963
- Kelowna Flightcraft Group, letter re labour code changes 9881
- Labour ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8717-9
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Relations Code changes, position of business community 9110-1
- Lake Country district
- adequacy of municipal grant 6792
- disincorporation, petition tabled 6796
- Laloge, Ken, letter re B.C. economy 9880
- Lavalle, Ed, comments on post-secondary education 7247, 7785
- Legislature, committee system, use 9879-80
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on post-secondary tuition freeze 7785
- Lovick, Dale, comments on 1987 debate on Industrial Relations Reform Act 9961
- Manteo Beach Club Ltd., letter from general manager re labour code changes 9962
- Maryland state legislature, parliamentary calendar 9881
- Mihlar, Fazil, comments on B.C. economic policies 9111
- Municipal Affairs ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8596
- Municipalities, responsibility for maintenance of area roads 8147
- NDP government
- Northern Lights College, library funding and resources 7827
- Okanagan East constituency, constituent's letter re labour code changes 9109
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility 7791
- ancillary fees 7789
- applied training and co-op programs 7795
- class sizes 7792
- course offerings 7787
- funding
- funding levels 7785-7
- grant per full-time equivalents 7793-4
- regional differences 7794
- participation rates 7790, 7794
- public-private partnerships, impacts 7792-3
- student financial assistance 7788-9, 7792, 7799
- students' concerns 7787-92
- tuition freeze
- vocational education, roles of universities and colleges 7792
- Public debt, level of debt and deficit 6792
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act, debate 10448-9, 10492-3
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, report on forest crime 8257
- Royal Roads University, status as freestanding university 7793
- St. Ann's Academy, restoration project 7784
- School district 23 (Central Okanagan), impact of teachers' collective agreement 10449, 10492-3
- Schools, portables, use and safety 10493
- Science and technology
- future in B.C. 6944
- role of skilled workforce in B.C. economy 7785-6
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, review of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9879-80
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, work of committee 9879
- Selkirk College, library funding and resources 7827
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 6792
- Skills training
- apprenticeship, effectiveness of current apprenticeship system 8718-9
- importance of skilled workforce to B.C. economy 7785-6
- industry's need for trained employees 8718
- skills development centres, linkage to provincial learning network 7859
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8250-1
- Sports funding 8251
- Substance abuse/addiction, rehabilitation program for drivers displaying a drug dependency or alcohol-abuse lifestyle, petition tabled 9096
- Task Force on Critical Issues in Financing Colleges and Institutions, report 7785, 7793-4
- Teachers, agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation
- funding, adequacy of funding to implement agreement 10448
- trustees' position on agreement 10448-9
- Throne speech, content 6942
- Throne speech debate 6942-4
- Toronto-Dominion Bank, comments on B.C. economy 9881
- Trade unions, collective bargaining, sectoral bargaining 9962
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8147
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act
- Universities, colleges and institutes
- academic regulations, uniformity among B.C. institutions 7788
- accreditation, national accreditation 7828-9
- expansion of college system into rural areas 7795
- faculty
- freedom-of-information requests, funding to meet requests 7793
- libraries, funding and resources 7785, 7826-8
- private post-secondary institutions
- bonding requirement 7845
- closing, protection of student interests 7829
- student housing 7791
- student spaces, creation 7789
- technology upgrades, funding 7785, 7794, 7859-60
- Wine industry, Okanagan area wineries, achievements 9962
- Year 2000, compliance of government computer systems 7728, 7860
Weisgerber, Jack (Peace River South)
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 9797-802, 9827-31
- An Act Respecting Firearms and Other Weapons (federal), registration requirement, cost of proposed system 7125-6
- Agriculture and Food ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7032-3, 7067-9
- Agriculture industry
- crop failures in northern B.C. 10544
- farms and farming
- financial assistance for farmers 10572
- Peace area operations damaged by climate and weather 7235-6
- fescue straw production, establishment of business in Alberta 8372
- impact of environmental regulations 8372
- insurance and loan programs 7032-3, 7067
- seeds, forage seed initiative and source of seed 7068
- weed control, control on public lands 7069
- Alberta
- Ambulance service
- air ambulance service in northern B.C. 7142
- billing for transportation to out-of-town hospitals during northern physicians dispute 6929
- Attorney General ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7125-6, 7235-7
- B.C., northern B.C.
- economy, need for economic strategy 9256
- gasoline prices 7162
- highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 6637
- investment in northern B.C. 9526-7
- propane processing and availability 7161-2
- tourism 8209-11
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6676-9
- Budgets
- 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6677-9
- balanced budgets 6676
- interim supply, use 6632
- special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 6632-3
- Chetwynd
- health care services, petition tabled 8052
- physician supply 10546
- Children and Families ministry, funding needs 6632-3
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue 10572
- Construction industry
- master collective agreements for major projects 9084
- regional differences in construction requirements 10572-3
- Dawson Creek, Alaska Highway resource centre proposal 8209-10
- Dobbin, Lucy, appointment for northern and rural physicians dispute resolution 7843-4
- Economy
- B.C. economy, current conditions 6677-9, 9083-4
- regional development officers, selection 9241
- Elections, electoral representation for northern B.C. 8549
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1998 (Northern Electoral Boundaries Protection Act), debate 8549
- Energy and Mines ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7159-63, 7329-31
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 9526-9
- Fair Share program, purpose 6677
- Firearms, gun control legislation, implementation costs 10139-40
- Fisheries, Pacific salmon fishery, provincial jurisdiction 7675
- Fort Nelson Indian band, land settlement case 9800
- Fort Nelson, land and resources management process, input into establishment of Muskwa-Kechika management area 10292-3
- Fort St. John, land and resources management process, input into establishment of Muskwa-Kechika management area 10292-3
- Fuel
- alternative fuels, tax incentives for use 7330, 9529
- ethanol, use in motor fuel
- gasoline additive MMT, stockpiling for use following imposition of federal restrictions 9527
- Government, regulations and red tape, impact on business 6679
- Grain transportation, Alberta grain shipments through northeastern B.C., opportunities 8481
- Health ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10546-7
- Highway 97, Alaska Highway
- promotion as tourist destination 6795-6, 8209-11
- turning lanes at Farmington Fairways 9231
- Homeowner Protection Act
- debate 10572-3
- impact on house prices in interior and northern B.C. 10572
- Hospitals, volunteer boards, disbanding 7146
- Indians
- land claims, resolution of outstanding claims 10104
- logging by Indians, enforcement of Forest Practices Code on reserve lands 9801-2
- treaty negotiations, land transfers to bands as fee simple ownership 9800
- treaty settlements
- land component 9800-1
- loss of status for taking land 9827
- Investment in B.C., impact of labour code changes 9083-4
- Labour relations climate, stability issue 9083
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, debate 9083-5
- Labour Relations Code changes, timing 9083-4
- Land use
- land set aside, definition of protected area versus park 8267-8
- protected areas and special management zones, potential as parks, impact on resource extraction 7160-1
- Legal Services Society of B.C., financial eligibility criteria for funding of persons involved in public interest court cases 7236-7
- Mackenzie and District Hospital, directing of patients elsewhere during northern and rural physicians dispute 6929
- McLeod Lake Indian band
- agreement-in-principle
- application of Forest Practices Code to lands 9801-2
- cash component 9800
- cash component, compensation and past claims 9829-31
- certainty language 9831
- land in severalty 9827-9
- land per person 9799-800
- position on Treaty 8 geographic boundaries 9798-9
- treaty 9797-9
- Maguire, Larry, comments on disaster relief for farmers 7236
- Mathias, Hank, role in negotiations on federal gun control law 7126
- MLAs, NDP caucus expenditures 6633
- Mining industry
- expropriation of tenures for park creation, compensation to owners 7316
- industry in B.C. during NDP administration 7316
- Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7315-7
- industry reaction to bill 7315
- retroactivity of compensation section 7316
- Mohawk Oil Co. Ltd., sale of ethanol-blended gasoline 7329
- Morrison, Don, appointment as police complaint commissioner 6796
- Muskwa-Kechika area, protection of area 7159-60
- Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Act, debate 10292-6
- Muskwa-Kechika management area, funding for advisory board 9526-7
- Nisga'a treaty, conclusion of negotiations 10104
- Northern Development Act
- Northern Development Commission
- budget, travel costs of commissioner and others 9255, 9257
- commissioner
- coordination with other organizations 9256-7
- establishment and need 8303-4
- funding for economic development organizations 9257
- work of commission, role of local economic development officers 8304
- Nova Corp., Taylor natural gas processing plant, pipeline shipments to Alberta 7161-2
- Oil and Gas Commission
- appointment and residence of officers 10237
- commissioner, conflict-of-interest issue 10241
- corporate structure 10236
- establishment of agency 9236
- location of commission offices 9236
- participation of Indians 10239
- Oil and Gas Commission Act, debate 9235-6, 10236-7, 10239-41
- Oil and gas industry
- exploration approval process 9235-6
- industry in B.C. 9235
- investment incentives 6677
- pipeline from Norman Wells 8210
- Park Amendment Act, 1998, debate 8267-8
- Parks, boundary definition, replacement of metes-and-bounds descriptions with maps 8267
- Peace River area, agriculture industry, assistance for area farmers 10544
- Peace River Farm Crisis Committee, application for provincial emergency program assistance 7068
- Physicians
- locum services 10546-7
- northern and rural physicians dispute
- binding arbitration 7844
- Dobbin report, implementation of recommendations 8257
- government action 8257
- impact 6929
- negotiations following work resumption 9558
- Provincial emergency program, disaster assistance for farmers 7068, 7235-6
- Public debt, current levels 6678-9
- Resources and resource industries, natural resource community fund, purpose 8808
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8209-11
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1998, debate 6632-3
- Taxation, 1998-99 levels 6678-9
- Tourism B.C., funding allocations 8210-1
- Treaty 8, history 9798
- Tumbler Ridge, job losses at local mines 8808
- Volunteers, role 7146-7
- Wood waste, use in ethanol production 9528-9
Welfare See Social welfare system
Welfare to Work program
- Participation rate, 1998-99 projections
(Hogg) 7097-8, 7137
(Pullinger) 7098, 7137
- Policies, differentiation between short-term and long-term income assistance recipients
(Hogg) 7104
(Pullinger) 7104
- Program
(Coell) 7798-9
(Petter) 7798-9
(Pullinger) 7096-7
Werker, Ken
- Role in contract negotiations between B.C. Teachers Federation and B.C. Public School Employers Association
(Ramsey) 7567, 7569
(Sanders) 7565-6
West Coast Express
- Capacity and service
(MacPhail) 9434
(Symons) 9434
- Operations
(MacPhail) 9377-8
(Symons) 9377-8
- Tracking system
(MacPhail) 9378
(Symons) 9378
West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.
- Fire Code upgrading
(Hawkins) 10423
- Seismic upgrading
(Hawkins) 10199
(Priddy) 10198-9
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
- Financial situation
(Abbott) 10085
(Zirnhelt) 10085
West Vancouver school district See School district 45 (West Vancouver)
West Vancouver–Garibaldi constituency and area
- Issues and concerns
(Nebbeling) 6960-2
Westbank and District Chamber of Commerce
- Letter re labour code changes
(Hawkins) 9019
Westbank Indian band
- Agreement with federal government, impact on non-Indians' voting rights
(Campbell) 9333-4
- Treaty negotiations
- Aboriginal Affairs minister's involvement
(de Jong) 9896
(Lovick) 9896-7
- rights of non-Indians on band land
(de Jong) 9897-8
(Lovick) 9898
WesTel Telecommunications Ltd.
- Partnership or divesting of company
(Miller) 7968-9, 8003
(Neufeld) 7968-9
- Revenues and asset valuation
(Miller) 7970
(Neufeld) 7969-70
Western Association of Salvors and Handloggers
- Position on regulation of log salvage
(Wilson, G.) 8569
(Zirnhelt) 8568-9
Western Economic Diversification, Department of (federal)
- Statements re aquaculture industry
(van Dongen) 9648
Western Premiers Conference
- Comments on youth unemployment
(Clark, G.) 10329
Western Star Trucks Ltd.
- Letter re B.C. economy
(Penner) 9888
Westmin Resources Ltd.
Westray mine (Nova Scotia)
- Cave-in, liability of company's executive officers
(Lovick) 8128
Westside, B.C.
- Westside Road, reconstruction project
(Hawkins) 7867-8
(Lali) 7867-8
Westview Secondary School, Maple Ridge, B.C.
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
- Cogeneration proposal
(Abbott) 8485
(Zirnhelt) 8485
W.F. Davidson Elementary School, Surrey, B.C.
- Construction
(McKinnon) 7708
(Ramsey) 7708
Whales
- Whale-watching industry, regulation
(Reitsma) 8162
(Waddell) 8162
Whistler, B.C.
- Development as resort community
(Nebbeling) 9671-2
- Economic growth
(Farnworth) 8805
(Nebbeling) 8805
Whistler Land Corporation See British Columbia Assets and Land Corporation
White, Bill
- Comments on B.C. labour movement
(Masi) 9824
White Rock, B.C.
White, Theresa
- Comments on labour code changes
(Hawkins) 9604
Whitehead, Doug
- Comments on industry in B.C.
(Robertson) 6801
Whittred, Katherine (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
- Boone, Lois, comments while in opposition on committee process 9926
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6725-6
- Budgets, 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6725
- Burnaby North Secondary School, public-private partnership 7766
- Communities, community service programs 9904-6
- Construction industry
- activity 9928
- review panels, findings and recommendations 9641
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 6726, 9156-8, 9642, 9926-8
- Education, curriculum, centralization of curriculum development for western provinces ("western protocol") 7760
- Education ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7732-3, 7758-61, 7766
- Government
- public confidence in government 10652
- regulations and red tape, impact on business 6725-6
- Guardianship, adult guardianship legislation 10482
- Health care
- community care
- adult day care 10477
- licensing board, jurisdiction 10476
- licensing report, recommendations 10475-6
- continuing and long-term care 10473, 10475-9
- funding 6726
- respite services for family caregivers 10481-2
- wait-lists and waiting times for long term care beds 10481
- Health ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10473-9, 10481-3
- Hepatitis C, blood transfusion recipients infected prior to 1986, compensation for victims 7449
- Home care 10474
- Investment in B.C., impact of labour code changes 9926-8
- Justice system, citizen's right to bring legal action against government 10652-3
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Relations Code, changes 9156-7, 9927
- Legislation, miscellaneous statutes bills, use 10652
- Legislature
- bills, hoist motions 9641
- committee system, use 9927
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule 9402
- legislative reform 10652
- opposition, role 9401, 9641-2, 9926-8
- orders of the day, dropped orders 9517-8
- relevancy 9926
- Libraries, audiobooks, marketing 8590
- Lovick, Dale, comments on role of opposition 9926
- Macdonald, Alex, comments on citizen's right to sue Crown 10652-3
- Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998, timing of debate 9402
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998
- Motions
- compensation for blood transfusion recipients infected prior to 1986 (Motion 46), debate 7449
- motion that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, debate 9401-3
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50)
- Municipal Affairs ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8590
- NDP government
- economic policies 9157-8
- management of 1998 legislative agenda 9401-3
- North Vancouver, community services, Harvest Project 9904-6
- Pharmacare program, delisting of head lice medication 7737
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act, purpose of bill 10653
- School boards/districts, neighbourhood schools and catchment areas 7760
- School district 44 (North Vancouver), concerns 7760
- Schools
- accreditation of elementary schools 7761
- sharing of facilities with Children and Families ministry 7760
- Science and technology, technology in the workplace 9157
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, review of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9927
- Seniors, housing, supportive housing 10482-3
- Seniors Week, suggestion for ministerial statement subject 10481
- Teachers, agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation
- Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. employees, flexible contract 9157
- Williams, Allan, comments on right of citizen to bring legal action against government 10653
Whorrall, Douglas
- Comments on needle exchange program
(Reid, L.) 8593
Wildlife
- Bear awareness initiatives
(McGregor) 9491
(Sanders) 9490-1
- Elk hunting See Hunting
- Management, wildlife tracking and counts
(Coell) 9329
(McGregor) 9329
- Marmots
- protection of Vancouver Island marmot population
(Coell) 7429
(Gillespie) 8697-8
(McGregor) 7428-9
- protection of Vancouver Island marmot population, funding, comparison with funding for hepatitis C victims
(Wilson, G.) 7434-5
- Problem wildlife, government policy
(McGregor) 9499
(Wilson, J.) 9499
- Protection, forest industry multiple-use management practices
(Robertson) 7505-6
- Seals, impact on fisheries See Protection and conservation of resource under Fisheries
- Wolf kill program in northern B.C.
(Neufeld) 10290
Williams, Allan
- Comments on right of citizen to bring legal action against government
(Whittred) 10653
Williams, Robert (Bob)
- Comments on SkyTrain costs
(Symons) 9371
Wilson, Gordon F. (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
- An Act to Amend the Medical Practitioner's Act, debate 10394
- Agricultural and Rural Development (BC) Act, repeal of act 10433
- Agriculture industry
- agricultural land bank 8372
- product development, funding 8372
- Aluminum smelting industry, smelters in B.C.
- energy for future facilities 10376-7
- status of negotiations on potential smelter 10377
- Anderson, David, role in Pacific salmon fishery dispute 10374
- Aquaculture industry, fish farms, issues 7392-5, 10249
- Armed forces, Nanoose Bay test range, seabed licence agreement between B.C. and federal government, notice of cancellation 10373
- Assessment Act, revision 8264-5
- Assessment Amendment Act, 1998, debate 8343-6, 8348-9, 8373-8
- Attorney General ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7203-4, 7240-2
- Automobiles, photo radar, use in speed monitoring, effectiveness 7240
- Banking industry, taxing of bank profits, jurisdictional issue 9196
- Blood supply system, safety of national system before 1990s 7432-3
- Bolan, Kim, article on Education minister's meeting with superintendents 8368
- B.C. Benefits program, family bonus program, replacement of federal working-income supplement with earned-income benefit 9210-1
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, recommendations on Children and Families ministry 6663
- B.C., northern B.C., economic development incentives and initiatives 6992
- BC OnLine Act
- BC OnLine, operation and sale 10419-21, 10424-9
- BC-Alcan Northern Development Fund Act, debate 6992
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6716-20
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1998, debate 6977-9
- Budgets, budget process, multi-year budgeting 6648-9
- Burnaby, authority to prohibit smoking within own jurisdiction 10737-8
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity 7842, 7886-9
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, equality guarantees 10727
- Catamaran Ferries International Corp.
- construction of non-aluminum vessels 8093
- share structure 8092
- Children
- child care facilities for sexually exploited and drug-addicted single mothers 10048-9
- children in government care, number 6662-3, 6719
- Children and Families ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 10044-50
- cultural sensitivity training for ministry employees 10044-5
- responsibilities of front-line workers 6663-4
- Christian Labour Association of Canada, position on labour code changes 8954-5
- Civil service, public sector pension plans, entitlement rights of same-sex partners to survivor benefits 10727-8, 10788
- Clark, Glen
- meetings with United States federal representatives on current issues 10371-2
- travel costs 10370-1
- Community Futures program, funding 7962
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue 6992
- Confederation models 7888
- Constitution Act (federal), definition of municipal government 10300
- Constitution, amendments, referendum requirement 7889
- Construction industry
- labour relations, collective agreements 8953, 10115
- non-unionized job site operated by unionized company 8953
- Corporations, taxation, capital tax 6977-8
- Crown corporations, share offerings 8092
- Crown land
- joint tenancy 8308
- provincial versus federal jurisdiction over Indian land claims 6825
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions 6825, 8308, 9197, 10366
- Economy
- B.C. economy, impact of labour code changes 8952-5
- globalization, impact on Canada 7887
- Education
- enrolment levels, impact on class size 10522
- essential service designation 10520
- funding, four-year-based financing 7275-6
- Education ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7524, 7528-31, 7566-9
- Education Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 10527-8
- Energy and Mines ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 7191-4
- Exports and imports
- interprovincial trade barriers 6827
- United States Department of Agriculture quarantine against import of Vancouver Island products 7736
- Families
- Ferries and ferry services
- fare structure 8094-5
- ferries as extension of highway system 8094-5
- ferry terminals
- Langdale terminal, traffic lineups 8111
- Powell River, location of new terminal, petition tabled 7981
- routes and services
- Langdale route overload and waiting times 7980
- Sunshine Coast–Horseshoe Bay service 8096
- stakeholders' committee, firing of stakeholders 9444
- subsidization, government subsidy 8094
- traffic mix and volume, commercial versus vehicle and passenger traffic 9804
- vessels
- fast ferries construction costs, impact on corporation's construction program 8092-3
- Queen of Esquimalt, use as relief vessel 7980-1
- Queen of Sidney, replacement 8092, 8096
- standardized vessels 8096
- Film industry, movie and television production, income tax credit on labour expenditures 6986-7
- Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 9194-7
- Fisheries
- federal funding 7962
- hake fishery, allocations to foreign and domestic fish processors 6824
- Pacific salmon fishery, dispute between United States and Canada, effectiveness of federal government actions 10374
- Pacific Salmon Treaty, negotiations 7674-5, 7960-2
- privatization of resource versus wild fishery 7963-4
- protection and conservation of resource, seal population
- provincial jurisdiction 7963
- Fisheries ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 7390-5, 7960-4
- establishment of stand-alone ministry 7390
- Fluoridation of water supply, referendum requirement 10655, 10739-40
- Food industry, purchasing commission to ensure use of B.C. products by public facilities 8372
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut, disposition of cut reductions 10284-5
- community forests 10273, 10278-84
- cost of doing business 10274
- current state of industry 6826
- exports, temple logs 8571, 10275
- niche markets 10275
- salvage logging, regulation of industry 8568-71
- softwood lumber agreement with United States, quota system, dispute 10373
- stumpage rates 6826, 10275
- tenure system, reform of system 10274-5
- timber supply, security of supply for local mills 10273-5
- Forests ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8567-71
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 10273-6, 10277-87
- definitions
- "community forest agreement area" 10279
- "community forest," need for definition in legislation 10277-8
- Gambier Island, boat access ramp 8114
- Gambling, charity gaming, province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10653
- Gibsons, bypass 8110-1
- Gill, Gurmail Singh, role as chair of royal commission on Workers Compensation Board 7500
- Government
- accounting methods and practices 6944
- executive branch of federal government, powers 7219
- federal government, handling of B.C.'s interests 10373-4
- federal transfer payments to provinces, reductions 7886-7, 9194-5
- intervention in economy and role in controlling wages and prices 7274-8
- spending
- current levels 6979
- overexpenditures related to increased poverty 6648-9
- Harbours and ports, jurisdiction of port and harbour commissions 7887
- Harcourt, Michael, comments while Premier on reduction in corporate capital tax 6986
- Health care
- Health ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 10207-9
- Hepatitis C, blood transfusion recipients infected prior to 1986, compensation for victims 6850-1, 7272, 7376-7, 7379, 7432-5, 7441
- Highway 101, projects 8111-2
- Home care, home support services in small communities 10208
- Housing costs, impact of school site acquisition charge on residential developments 10527-8
- Immigration
- corporate sponsorship 7241
- settlement services, funding 7240-1
- Income, guaranteed annual income 9210-1
- Income Tax Amendment Act, 1998, debate 6986-7
- Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998, debate 9210-1
- Income tax, collection responsibility, change to current system 9194-7
- Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C., position on labour code changes 8952-3
- Indians
- children and youth, number in government care 6664, 6719, 10044
- Indians living in urban areas, programs and services 10046-50
- land claims
- parenting skills 10044-6
- reserve land system, powers to tax non-Indian residential leaseholders 9196-7
- substance abuse, incidence 10046-8
- taxation issues, federal policy 10369-70
- treaty negotiations, government position, permanency 6825
- Insurance, premiums paid by insurance companies, taxation 6979
- Investment in B.C., impact of labour code changes 8952-5
- Justice system
- citizen's right to bring legal action against government 10654-6
- civil and family system, adequacy of family-related services 7203-4
- Keg Restaurants Ltd., marketing of wild salmon 10248-9
- Krueger, Kevin, role in removal from order paper of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act (1998) 9348
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, debate 8952-5, 9561-2, 10115
- Labour Relations Code, changes 6826-7
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, content and purpose of bill 8952-5
- Labour, workplace safety
- workers killed or injured on the job, national day of mourning 7273
- worker's responsibility for a safe work environment 7501
- Law Society of B.C., jurisdictional authority 7679
- Lawyers and legal services
- legal aid, current state of B.C. system 7203-4
- regulation of lawyers and legal practitioners 7679-80
- Legal Profession Act, debate 7679-80
- Legal Services Society of B.C., responsibilities 7203-4
- Legislation
- miscellaneous statutes bills, use 10653
- replacement of legislative lawmaking with regulatory authority 10654-5
- Legislature
- conducting of House business in an orderly and efficient manner 9727-8
- legislative reform 10655-6
- parliamentary practice based on precedent 10656
- rules for conducting of House business, purpose, dropped orders 9348-9
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
- Local government
- accountability, autonomy and powers
- raising of funds for school construction 10528
- Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10653-6
- Lovick, Dale, comments on labour code changes 9638
- Lund, breakwater expansion project and congestion in area, safety concerns 8113
- Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998
- Mental health, mental illness, extended-leave release of hospitalized mentally ill persons for treatment in community 10686-7
- Mineral Tenure Act
- amendments 7289-90
- definitions, "free miner," change of definition to bring in line with North American Free Trade Agreement 7221
- Mining industry, expropriation of tenures for park creation, compensation to owners 7289-90
- Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998
- debate 7289-90
- retroactivity of compensation section 7290
- title of bill 7289
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998
- Morrison, Don, appointment as police complaint commissioner 6796
- Mortgages, first mortgage interest deductibility, economic benefits 6987
- Motions
- Calgary framework for discussion on Canadian unity (Motion 48), debate 7886-9
- compensation for blood transfusion recipients infected prior to 1986 (Motion 46), debate 7432-5, 7441
- motion that the House at its rising stand recessed until 6:35 p.m. and thereafter sit until adjournment, debate 9727-8
- multilateral agreement on investment (Motion 43), debate 7216, 7218-22
- reinstatement of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998, on order paper (Motion 50), debate 9348-9
- Multilateral agreement on investment 6827, 7216, 7218, 7220-1
- Municipal Act, revision 7687, 8402
- Municipal Affairs ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8401-4
- Municipalities
- NDP government
- Nisga'a Final Agreement Act, debate on bill, politicization of debate 10367-8
- Nisga'a treaty, final agreement
- approval process, public referendum, NDP position 10368
- conclusion of negotiations 10104-5
- government advertising 10353-4
- implications for Canadian constitution 6825-6
- legal certainty 10366
- Northern Development Act, debate 8307-8
- Northern Development Commission 8307-8
- Northern development fund, purpose of fund 6992
- Notaries public, role as provider of legal services 7679-80
- Occupational health and safety, statutory requirements 7500-1
- Oil and gas industry
- moratorium on offshore drilling in Queen Charlottes area 7191-3
- northwestern B.C. jurisdictional issues 7192-3
- offshore drilling in Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound 6715
- Pender Harbour
- Municipal Affairs ministry study of electoral area, status 8402, 8404
- Transportation and Highways ministry works yard 8111-2
- wildlife fencing on golf course road 8112
- Penikett, Tony, role in negotiations with teachers 10374-5
- Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998
- Physicians, liability for practice of non-traditional therapies 10394
- Police and policing, costs, officers' salaries 7242
- Position on labour relations code bill 9575
(Calendino) 9175
(Chong) 9619
(Hansen) 9562
- Post-secondary education
- ancillary fees, freeze 7276
- courses and programs, choice of courses 7275
- funding process 7276-8
- tuition freeze 7274-7
- Poverty
- Powell River
- economy of area 6992
- site for aluminum smelter 10377
- waste management referendum 7687
- Pratt, Russ, role in contract negotiations with teachers 7566
- Premier's Office, 1998-99 estimates debate 10366-77
- Prince George, fluoridation of local water supply, authority to implement fluoridation 10655, 10739-40
- Progressive Democratic Alliance party, position on organized labour 6826
- Public debt
- current levels 6716-7
- debt as percentage of gross domestic product 6717
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act
- Public Education Labour Relations Act, allowance for government intervention 8941-2
- Quebec
- government proposal to compensate all hepatitis C victims 7433
- independence and referendums 7888
- Real property tax
- assessment of property
- assessment information, accessibility and disclosure concerns 8343-6
- assessment process, review 9196
- farmland classification 8377
- valuation and farm classification 8264-5
- valuation of capital improvements 8377-8
- valuation process 8264
- assessment of property, appeals system
- complaints against completed assessment roll 8376-8
- complaints against completed assessment roll, farm classification issues 8373-5
- review panels, appointment of members 8265
- deferment program for seniors 9196
- increases, impact on fixed-income owners 8264
- Recycling, Tetra-Pak recycling 10395
- Redfern Resources Ltd., Tulsequah Chief mine project, Alaska's reaction 7193
- Reitsma, Paul, resignation as MLA before completion of recall vote count 10377
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- auxiliary and reserve officers, carrying of firearms 7241
- B.C. personnel, number and cost 7241-2
- Sales tax, harmonization of goods and services tax and provincial sales tax 9197
- Savary Island, road rights-of-way and road-standard issues 8113-4
- School district 36 (Surrey)
- English-as-a-second-language program 7529-30
- legal opinions on labour situation 8941-2
- school board's application to Labour Relations Board re government involvement in teachers' contract 8941-2
- School district 47 (Powell River), class size restrictions in elementary schools 7530
- Schools
- maintenance funding 7877
- site acquisition, charge on residential developments 10527-8
- Scott Cove Hatchery, operations 7392-3
- Sechelt, forest industry job loss 6824, 6826
- Sechelt Indian band
- land claim settlement 6720
- shopping centre development project 8111
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, recommendations on operation of government 8636
- Sihota, Moe, comments during debate on pension legislation changes 10727-8
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 6718, 6978, 6992
- Skills training, apprenticeship, construction trades and subtrades 8954
- Social welfare system
- guaranteed annual income for B.C. 6664
- service delivery in B.C. 6719
- Students, job opportunities and wages 7276
- Substance abuse/addiction
- drug overdose deaths, government response 10042-3
- treatment services, needs in urban and non-urban areas 10048-50
- Sunshine Coast area
- single government for area, impact on Sechelt Indian government district 8403
- tax base 8401-4
- water system in middle portion of area 8402
- Sunshine Coast regional district, referendum on recreation facility 10301
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1998, debate 6648-9, 6662-4
- Tahsis, forest industry in area 7492
- Task Force into Illicit Narcotic Overdose Deaths in B.C., recommendations, implementation 10042-3
- Taxation
- 1998-99 levels 6979
- marginal tax rate for high-income earners, rate during NDP administration 6986-7
- Nisga'a treaty tax provisions, tax payment and exemption provisions 10366
- revenue collection responsibility, change to existing system 6717-8, 6720, 6979
- system, reform of current system 6978-9, 6986-7
- Teachers
- agreement-in-committee between government and B.C. Teachers Federation
- collective bargaining, exclusion of school boards 10521
- Texada Island, health clinic and in-home services 10207-9
- Throne speech debate 6824-8
- Tobacco, anti-smoking bylaws
- Trade unions
- certification votes, secret ballot 8954
- collective bargaining, free collective bargaining 10375-6
- organized labour
- Liberal Party position 8952-3, 8955
- Progressive Democratic Alliance party position 6826
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8110-4
- Transportation, current and future issues 8259
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 7274-8
- Utah Transit Authority, funding process 8094
- Waste Management Amendment Act, 1998
- Waste management plans by regional districts 7687
- Western Association of Salvors and Handloggers, position on regulation of log salvage 8569
- Wildlife, marmots, funding for protection of Vancouver Island marmot population, comparison with funding for hepatitis C victims 7434-5
- Wine industry, deposit on wine bottles, upfront costs to industry 10395
- Workers Compensation Act, need for amendments 6827-8
- Workers Compensation Board
- accountability 7500-1
- pensions, adequacy, hunger strike case 6719
- Workers compensation, effectiveness of current system 7500-1
- Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7500-1
Wilson, John (Cariboo North)
- Agriculture and Food ministry
- Agriculture industry
- agricultural land, burning of woody debris for agricultural clearing, guidelines 9500-1
- funding 10433
- insurance and loan programs, crop insurance program 7058-60
- Alberta, tax rates, comparison with B.C. 6689
- B.C. Cattlemen's Association, input on burning guidelines for agricultural clearing 9500-1
- B.C. Investment Agriculture Foundation, purpose 10433
- B.C., residents moving elsewhere 9168-9
- Budget debate, 1998-99 budget 6688-90
- Budgets
- 1998-99 budget, content and objectives 6690
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 6688
- special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 6647-8
- Business in B.C., companies leaving province 9168-9, 9864-5
- Cariboo North constituency and area, mining activity 6945
- Children and Families ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8826-7
- expenditures, professional services contracts 8826-7
- funding needs 6647-8
- Quesnel office, new hirings 8827
- staffing, audit personnel 8826
- Children, child protection, keeping children safe 6689
- Condominiums, leaky-condos issue 10570
- Construction industry
- collective bargaining, changes in bargaining structures 9639-40
- impact of legislative regulation 10570
- regional differences in construction requirements 10570
- Economy
- B.C. economy
- Canada's economic performance, provincial comparisons 9865
- Education
- concerns in rural and northern areas 10505-6
- funding during NDP administration 10505
- government investment 9169-70
- Empire Valley Ranch
- Employment and unemployment
- employment standards, variances for log haulers 8689-91
- jobs for B.C. workers 9636-7, 9864-6
- jobs lost in B.C. 9974
- Environment, environmental protection, interministry action plan on agriculture and the environment 9498-501
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 9498-502, 9524-6
- Film industry, movie and television production 6945
- Forest industry
- Forest Land Reserve Act, purpose of act 10433
- Forest land reserve, private land in reserve, regulation 10433-4
- Forest Practices Code, applicability to private land 10433
- Forests ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8566-7, 8653-4, 8738
- Gambling, charity gaming, province's licensing authority between 1986-98, retroactive immunity from legal action 10651
- Government
- public confidence in government 10650
- regulations and red tape 10432-4
- Hat Creek Ranch, contract for management of site 8286-8
- Health care system, current state of B.C. system 9169, 9975
- Highways and roads, maintenance requirements 9866
- Homeowner Protection Act, debate 10570-1
- Housing, cost of housing in B.C. 9640
- Investment in B.C., impact of labour code changes 9973-6
- Kersley, purchase by Lands ministry of B.C. Rail property 9501
- Labour ministry
- 1998-99 estimates debate 8689-91
- employment standards branch, variance advisory committee 8689-91
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 1997, content and purpose of bill 9863-4
- Legislation
- bills, relevancy criteria 9167-8
- review of all extant legislation 10432
- Livestock industry
- beef industry concerns re Forest Practices Code 7004
- cow-calf operations and crop insurance 7058-61
- impact of Forest Practices Code on beef producers 9499
- Lottery Act, amendment respecting deemed date of valid issue for gaming licences 10651
- Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998, debate 7618
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998, debate 10649-51
- Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, activities, NDP involvement 10651
- National Building Code, implementation 10570
- NDP government
- Northern Development Act, debate 9252, 9258, 9260
- Northern Development Commission
- commissioner
- consultation with northern residents 9258
- selection 9252
- staff and consultants, consultant retainers 9260
- Oil and gas industry, industry in B.C. 6945
- Physicians, payment for on-call services, petition tabled 7845
- Premier's summits, attendee selection 9252
- Priddy, Penny, performance as Children and Families minister 6647-8
- Public Education Collective Agreement Act, debate 10505-6
- Quesnel Child and Youth Support Society, funding 8166
- Quesnel, child apprehensions
- circumstances 6647-8, 8166
- handling by Children and Families ministry staff, issues and concerns 8826-7
- The Rancher Takes a Wife, television series location 6945
- Regulatory Streamlining Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1998, debate 10432-4
- Resources and resource industries, roadbuilding standards 7618
- Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Science, Labour, Training and Technology, review of Labour Relations Code Amendment Act 9863-6
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 9974-5
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 1998-99 estimates debate 8286-8
- Socialism, socialist fiscal policies 10651
- Students, busing to school 10505
- Supply Act (No. 1), 1998, debate 6647-8
- Taxation, 1998-99 levels 6689
- Throne speech, content 6944-6
- Throne speech debate 6944-6
- Trade unions, certification votes, secret ballot 9168
- Umphrey Appraisals and Land Management, appraisal of Empire Valley Ranch 9502
- Wildlife, problem wildlife, government policy 9499
- Youth, opportunities for B.C. youth 9975
Wine industry
- Access to European market
(Farnworth) 8857-8
(Nebbeling) 8857-8
- Grape and wine transition program
(Barisoff) 7005
(Evans) 7005-6
- Impact of fee for highway signs
(Barisoff) 7006
- Licensing of Vintners Quality Alliance wine outlets
(Thorpe) 8032
(Waddell) 8032
- Okanagan area wineries, achievements
(Weisbeck) 9962
- Upfront costs to industry of returnable wine bottle deposit
(Evans) 10395
(Wilson, G.) 10395
- U-vin operations, policy review
(Dosanjh) 7308-9
(Thorpe) 7308-9
Winter, John R.
- Comments on labour code changes
(Hogg) 9546
Wolves See Wildlife
Women
- Advocacy for women in northern B.C. by Women's Equality ministry
(Hawkins) 7366-70
- Bridging program
(Hammell) 7408
- Concerns of women
(Hammell) 7335
(Stephens) 7337
- Counselling services
(Hammell) 7346-8
(Stephens) 7346-8
- Economic equality
(Chong) 7403
(Hammell) 7403-5
(Stephens) 6930
- Education
- bursaries, budget
(Stephens) 7348
- bursaries for women in non-traditional post-secondary areas
(Hammell) 7336
- federal funding for programs
(Hammell) 7349
(Stephens) 7349
- Employment
- government strategy
(Chong) 7410-1
(Hammell) 7410-1
- opportunities, availability of day care services and variable work hours
(Chong) 7411-2
(Hammell) 7412
- opportunities in non-traditional areas
(Chong) 7405
(Hammell) 7405
- pay equity
(Hammell) 6930, 7336
- pay equity, government budget
(Stephens) 7409
- wage parity, statistics
(Chong) 7412-3
(Hammell) 7413
- Gender equality, Women's Equality ministry work
(Hammell) 7372-3
- Halfway houses for former prisoners
(Hammell) 7346
(Stephens) 7346
- Health care services See Services for women under Health care
- Indian women See Indians
- Money Smarts for Young Women initiative
(Hammell) 7336, 7349
- Pension issues
(Chong) 7402
- Safe homes, funding
(Hammell) 7346
(Stephens) 7346
- Senior women See Seniors
- Services for women, training for service providers
(Stephens) 7463
- Trafficking in women, issue
(Hammell) 7399
(Stephens) 7399
- Violence against women See Violence
- Women in business
- opportunities and issues
(Chong) 7413-4
(Hammell) 7413-4
- women-led companies in Canada
(Hammell) 6771
- women's business advocate
(Chong) 7414
(Hammell) 7414
- Women's Equality ministry's advocacy
(Chong) 7402
(Hammell) 7463
(Stephens) 7463
- Women in non-traditional trades
(Lovick) 8721
(Masi) 8721
- Women's centres
(Hammell) 7345, 7347-8
(Stephens) 7345, 7347-8
- Young women See Adolescent women under Youth
Women's Equality, Ministry of
- 1998-99 Estimates
- debate 7334-50, 7362-73, 7398-414, 7450-65, 8418-9
- speakers
(Chong) 7402, 7404-5, 7409-14
(Hammell) 7334-50, 7362-73, 7398-414, 7450-65, 8418-9
(Hawkins) 7363-70, 7372-3
(Sanders) 7364-5, 7370-2
(Stephens) 7337-50, 7362-3, 7398-402, 7405-9, 7450-65, 8418
(Symons) 7460
(Thorpe) 7407-8
- Accountability and performance measurement
(Hammell) 7464
(Stephens) 7464
- Annual reports, 1996-97 and 1997-98, tabled
(Hammell) 10141
- Audits
(Hammell) 7339
(Stephens) 7339
- Budget
- allocations
(Hammell) 7336-7, 7372
- budget and mandate
(Hammell) 7402-3
- operations budget
(Symons) 7460
- Business plans and economic equality for women
(Chong) 7409-13
- Corporate services budget and contracts
(Hammell) 7338-9
(Stephens) 7338-9
- Human rights issues, involvement
(Hammell) 7457
(Stephens) 7456
- Multiculturalism action plan, ministry work
(Hammell) 7461
(Stephens) 7461
- Operations
(Hammell) 7339-40
(Stephens) 7339-40
- Policy and evaluation section, work
(Hammell) 7462
(Stephens) 7462
- Public education about women's issues
(Hammell) 7336, 7348-50
(Stephens) 7348-50
- Responsibilities of ministry
(Chong) 7402, 7404
(Hammell) 6770, 7335, 7369-70, 7398, 7403-4
(Stephens) 7407
- Services in northern B.C.
(Hammell) 7369-70
- Travel costs of minister and staff
(Hammell) 7337-8
(Stephens) 7337-8
Wood Gundy See CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Inc.
Wood, Josiah
- Report on Gakhal family murder
(Hammell) 7457-9
Wood waste
- Beehive burners, phase-out program
- impact on air quality
(Coell) 9299-303
(McGregor) 9300-4
- impact on forest industry
(Abbott) 9303-4
- responsibility for implementation costs
(Abbott) 8482-5
(Zirnhelt) 8483-5
- Cogeneration See Electric power
- Use in ethanol production
(McGregor) 9528
(Weisgerber) 9528-9
Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.
- Site, land use plan
(Coleman) 7937
(Petter) 7937
Workers See Labour
Workers compensation
- Claimants
- Claims
- disputed claims
(Kasper) 8675
(Lovick) 8676
- disputed claims, 20-year dispute case
(Kasper) 8683
- legal recourse for dissatisfied applicants
(Krueger) 8234
(Lovick) 8235
- school board subclass, 1997 claims
(Lovick) 8200-1
(Sanders) 8201
- Coverage
- benefit eligibility issues
(Krueger) 8682-3
(Lovick) 8682-3
- exemptions
(Hansen) 7995-6
(Lovick) 7995-6
(Orcherton) 7995
- out-of-province personal injury case, jurisdictional issue
(Lovick) 8673
(Reid, L.) 8672-3
- Effectiveness of current system
(Krueger) 7478
(Lovick) 8622-3, 8675, 8680-1
(Reid, L.) 7514-7, 8675, 8680-1
(Thorpe) 7556
(van Dongen) 7510-2
(Wilson, G.) 7500-1
- Premium payments returned to employers, alternative uses for funds
(Sihota) 6835
- Rates, employer premiums
(Hansen) 8099-101
(Lovick) 7592, 8100-1
- System, legal protection for employers
(Randall) 7548
Workers Compensation Act
- Definitions, "worker"
(Krueger) 8682-3
(Lovick) 8682-3
- Need for amendments
(Wilson, G.) 6827-8
- Provisions on penalties for safety violations
(Hansen) 8067-8
(Lovick) 8067
Workers Compensation Board
- Accident and injury reporting system
(Reid, L.) 8685
- Accident fund, use of moneys for education
(Hansen) 8236-7
(Lovick) 8236-7
- Accountability
(Hansen) 8628-9
(Lovick) 8628-9
(Wilson, G.) 7500-1
- Adjudicators, qualifications and training
(Reid, L.) 7515-6
- Administrators
- Appeals process
- issues and concerns
(Lovick) 8680-1
(Reid, L.) 8680-1
- public information materials, availability
(Reid, L.) 8685-6
- Assessment system, assessment rates
(Lovick) 8675
(Reid, L.) 8675
- Budget, future needs
(Hansen) 8678
(Lovick) 8678
- Bureaucracy
(Kasper) 6722
- Compensation advisory services See Labour, Ministry of
- Compensation fund, use for proposed worker occupational safety and health centres See Worker occupational safety and health centres below
- Cooperation agreements on workplace health and safety
(Hansen) 8064-5
(Lovick) 8065
- Costs
(Hansen) 7470
- Disability management model
(Lovick) 8676
- Documentation, plain language requirement
(Lovick) 8674-5
(Reid, L.) 8674-5
- Ergonomics guidelines and regulations
(Lovick) 8673-4
(Reid, L.) 8673-4
- Fraud case involving staff member and supplier
(Lovick) 8669
(Reid, L.) 8669
- Immunity from judicial review
(Hansen) 8063-4
(Lovick) 8063-4
(Penner) 8064
- Investigations
- unsafe workplace complaints
(Hansen) 8194-5
(Lovick) 8194-5
(Symons) 8194
- worker discrimination complaints
(Hansen) 8199
(Lovick) 8199
- Jurisdiction and mandate
- health and safety appeal tribunals
(Hansen) 8235-6
(Krueger) 8236
(Lovick) 8235-6
- issues and concerns
(Hansen) 8061-4
(Lovick) 8061-4
- orders respecting unsafe worksites
(Hansen) 8231-2
(Krueger) 8232-3
(Lovick) 8231-3
- regulation of first aid attendants and instructors
(Hansen) 8204
(Lovick) 8204
- regulation of health and safety training courses
(Hansen) 8143-4
(Lovick) 8143-4
- resolution of occupational health and safety joint committee disagreements
(Abbott) 8135
(Hansen) 8134-5
(Lovick) 8134-5
- selection of workplace health and safety worker representatives
(Hansen) 8129-30
(Lovick) 8130
- workplace health and safety
(Giesbrecht) 7498
(Hansen) 8055-6
(Lovick) 7468-9, 7592, 8055
(van Dongen) 7510-1
- Medical laboratory services
(Reid, L.) 8685
- Medical review panel, qualifications
(Lovick) 8681-2
(Reid, L.) 8681-2
- Ombudsman's office
(Lovick) 8675
(Reid, L.) 8674-5
- Pensions
- adequacy, hunger strike case
(Wilson, G.) 6719
- widows' pensions, age as basis for benefit
(Lovick) 8668
(Reid, L.) 8668-9
- widows' pensions, taxing of interest on retroactive benefits
(Kasper) 6722
- Policies and practices
- Powers
- Prevention information line service, penalty issue re callers
(Lovick) 8684-5
(Reid, L.) 8683-5
- Problems
(Krueger) 7591
(Lovick) 8622-3, 8667-8
(Nebbeling) 7546-7
(Reid, L.) 7514-5, 8667-8
- Programs
- first aid training, contracted services
(Hansen) 8679
(Lovick) 8679
- rehabilitation programs
(Lovick) 8672
(Reid, L.) 8672
- safety training provided or authorized by board
(Hansen) 8676-8
(Lovick) 8677-8
- Public concerns
(Krueger) 6806
- Rates for benefits and compensation
(Lovick) 8679
(Reid, L.) 8679
- Record of disputed claims
(Kasper) 8675
(Lovick) 8676
- Red tape
(Kasper) 8675
(Lovick) 8676
- Regulations, applicability to foster parents with employees See Foster parents under Foster care
- Regulations governing the workplace
- implementation
(Hansen) 8057
(Lovick) 8057
- public consultation and review
(Hansen) 8237-8, 8240-1
(Krueger) 8238-40
(Lovick) 8238-41
- regulation of smoking in the workplace
(Boone) 10737
(Reid, L.) 10737
- regulation review committee
(Lovick) 8680
(Reid, L.) 8680
- Reports
- 1997 annual report tabled
(Lovick) 6851
- 1998 annual report tabled
(Lovick) 11768
- 1998 appeal division report tabled
(Lovick) 12867
- annual reports, timeliness commended
(Hansen) 8063
- Research and evaluation section, activities
(Lovick) 8685
(Reid, L.) 8685
- Royal commission to review operations See Royal Commission on Workers Compensation in British Columbia (Gill commission)
- Staff, role
(Hansen) 8623
(Lovick) 8622
- Student Work Safe initiative
(Lovick) 8200
- Worker occupational safety and health centres, role of board
(Hansen) 8625-30, 10665-6
(Lovick) 8625-31
(Reid, L.) 8630-1
- Worker-worker rule, accident victim's spouse deemed ineligible to receive survivor benefits
(Krueger) 8682-3
(Lovick) 8682-3
- Worksafe campaign to prevent on-the-job injury and disease
(Lovick) 8623
(Reid, L.) 8686
Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998
- (Bill 14) 1R, 7270; 2R, 7467-79, 7496-517, 7542-63, 7585-95; C, 7988-8000, 8052-73, 8097-109, 8124-45, 8168-76, 8188-209, 8231-43; 3R, 10681; RA, 10806
- Amdts: 2R (Hansen) 7475, negatived 7563; sec. 15, sec. 106 (Lovick) 8053, approved 8054; sec. 15, sec. 115 (two amdts.) (Hansen) 8066, negatived 8126, and 8126, negatived 8126; sec. 15, sec. 116 (Hansen) 8126, negatived 8126; sec. 15, sec. 117 (two amdts.)
- (Hansen) 8126, negatived 8126; sec. 15, sec. 119 (Hansen) 8126, negatived 8126; sec. 15, sec. 120 (Hansen) 8126, negatived 8126; sec. 15, sec. 121 (Hansen) 8126, negatived 8129; sec. 15, sec. 135 (Lovick) 8140, approved 8140; sec. 15, sec. 139 (Hansen) 8169,
- negatived 8171; sec. 15, sec. 141 (Lovick) 8188, approved 8192; sec. 15, sec. 154 (Lovick) 8201, approved 8201; sec. 15, sec. 156 (Lovick) 8242, approved 8242; sec. 15, sec. 182 (Lovick) 8208, approved 8208; sec. 15, sec. 196 (Lovick) 8232, approved 8233;
- sec. 15, sec. 197 (Lovick) 8233, approved 8233; sec. 15, sec. 215 (Lovick) 8236, approved 8236; sec. 17 (Lovick) 8241, approved 8241; sec. 18 (Lovick) 8241, approved 8241
- Divisions: amdt. to 2R negatived 7563; 2R approved 7595; sec. 15, sec. 139 approved 8173; 3R approved 10681
- Debate, speakers
(Abbott) 7585-6, 8065, 8068, 8130-1, 8135
(Anderson) 7586-8
(Campbell) 7561-3
(Chong) 7517, 7542-5
(Clark, C.) 7559-61
(Coleman) 7557-9
(Dalton) 7501-4, 7993-4, 7998
(Farrell-Collins) 7990
(Giesbrecht) 7498-500
(Gillespie) 7500
(Hansen) 7469-75, 7988-93, 7995-8, 8000, 8053-73, 8097-109, 8125-37, 8139, 8141-5, 8168-74, 8189-202, 8204-5, 8208, 8231-8, 8240-3
(Janssen) 7549-51
(Krueger) 7475-9, 7496-8, 7589-91, 8232-4, 8236-40
(Lovick) 7270, 7467-9, 7473, 7591-5, 7988-8000, 8052-73, 8097-101, 8104-9, 8124-45, 8168-76, 8188-209, 8231-43
(McKinnon) 7545-6
(Nebbeling) 7546-7
(Neufeld) 7551-4
(Orcherton) 7995, 8140-1
(Penner) 7507-10, 7588-9, 8063-4, 8102, 8125, 8133, 8172-3, 8175-6, 8191-2, 8205-9
(Plant) 8202-4, 8208, 8242
(Randall) 7547-9
(Reid, L.) 7513-7, 7989, 7994-5, 7999-8000
(Robertson) 7504-7
(Sanders) 8137-9, 8201
(Sihota) 7512-3
(Symons) 8194
(Thorpe) 7554-7
(van Dongen) 7510-2
(Wilson, G.) 7500-1
- Committee debate, sequencing of sections
(Farrell-Collins) 7990
(Hansen) 7989
(Lovick) 7988-90
(Reid, L.) 7989
- Consultation on bill
(Campbell) 7562-3
(Hansen) 7988-9
(Lovick) 7592-4
(Randall) 7548-9
- Definitions
- Impact
- Implementation
(Hansen) 8237
(Lovick) 8237-8
- Implementation costs
(Hansen) 8678
(Lovick) 8678
- Input from non-unionized workers
(Chong) 7517, 7542-3
- Need for bill
(Nebbeling) 7546
- Penalties for workers who violate safety regulations, inclusion in bill
(Coleman) 7557
(Dalton) 7504
(Gillespie) 7500
(Hansen) 7473, 8056
(Krueger) 7478-9, 7498
(Lovick) 8056
(Neufeld) 7553-4
(Randall) 7547-8
- Provisions
- Purpose of bill
(Hansen) 8054-9
(Lovick) 8054-8
(Robertson) 9163
- Review by business-labour reference panel
(Hansen) 7472-3
(Lovick) 7594
Workplace Act
World Bank
- Comments on B.C. Hydro–Pakistan power project
(Farrell-Collins) 9137
Wouters, Garry
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