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Province of British Columbia
4th Session, 36th Parliament – March 2000 - March 2001
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Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Abbotsford Air Show
Abbotsford, B.C.
- Community activities
(de Jong) 14956
- Transportation issues
(Lali) 15146
(van Dongen) 15146
Abbotsford Pilots
- Accomplishments
(de Jong) 14956
Abbott, George (Shuswap)
- Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15724-5
- Association of B.C. Professional Foresters, role 15368-9
- Budget debate 14651-4
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2000, debate 15096-7
- Budgets
- 1996-97 budget, balanced-budget claim and NDP election win 14888
- 1999-2000 budget, forecasts versus actual revenues and expenditures 14653
- balanced budgets, NDP government commitment 14652-3, 14887-8
- budget-making process, legislative requirements 14887-8
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 14651-4
- Carrier Lumber Ltd.
- legal action against government 14652
- negotiations with government on compensation for expropriated land 15265
- Chase, multilevel health care facility 15606
- Chief forester, role 15309
- Children and Families ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16803, 16845
- Children's Commission, tribunal recommendations respecting infant foster care case 16803, 16845
- Cook, Faith, status of infant foster care case 16803, 16845
- Council of Forest Industries of B.C., position on annual allowable cut 15067-8
- Crown land, land use disputes, ability of government to specify Crown land as "designated area" 16313, 16432-3
- Davis, Chad, workers compensation case 16837-8
- Doane Raymond, work for government on forest worker transition program tax issue 15112-4, 15130-1, 15162-3
- Doyle, James E., comments re professional foresters 15368-9
- EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., report recommendations on flood-related debris flow damages 16609
- Education ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16292-6
- Education, special education and special needs, funding for amalgamated school districts 16292-3
- Elections, call for general election 14654
- Employment and Investment ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16686-90, 16693-9
- Enderby and District Memorial Hospital, acute-care beds, change to long-term care 15606-7
- Enderby, television broadcasting organization
- Energy and Mines ministry, involvement of ministry officials in administration of resource management zones 17069-70
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- Environment, pollution, AOX emissions from pulp mills 16606, 16690, 16693
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 14652
- Fisher Grove Ranch, acquisition of school portables 16296
- Fisheries, management of fish and fish-bearing streams, ministerial responsibility 15337
- Forest Act
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut
- burnt wood, pricing adjustments 15316
- certification of forest products, government position 15227, 15272-3
- coast forest conservation initiative 15227-9
- community forests
- application process 15386
- expansion of tenures 15311
- companies, small versus large companies 15232-3
- competitiveness, impact of government policies 14653-4, 14889, 15060-2, 15070-2, 15222-4, 15226, 15231-2, 15279-80
- costs
- employment and jobs, job levels 15224-5, 15310, 15333
- expropriation of company lands and cutting rights, compensation
- current cases 15237-8
- impact of Indian land claims 15262-5
- role of Forest Practices Board 15382
- forest fires, fire protection services and activities, government strategy 15378-80
- forest land, working forest land base 15229-30, 15272, 15277-8
- forest management and practices
- archaeological assessment requirement 15336
- biodiversity management 15231
- Bull report on forest practices legislation in Canada 15341-3
- community-based decision-making 15310-1
- government initiatives 15232-7
- green-up requirement 15338
- plantation forestry 15230-1
- public perception of practices, impact on international market 15226-7
- forest policy, Wouters report on government policy
- forest roads and bridges
- government role in industry
- cooperative initiatives between government and industry, sectoral council proposal 15311-2
- role 15065, 15334-5
- harvest levels
- comparisons with other provinces 15342-3
- cut control requirements for small licensees 16313
- identified wildlife management strategy 15235, 16549
- Indians' involvement in industry, government initiatives 15233, 15235-6, 15279, 15385
- industry in B.C.
- labour dispute in coastal forest industry, impact on stumpage revenue to province 17009
- low-grade wood, utilization standards 15316
- mills
- appurtenancy requirements 15281
- closings 15224
- closings, review process 15312
- offences incurred by industry, payment of penalty revenue into remediation fund 16433-4
- pest control and management, beetle infestations, management 14636-40, 15236-7, 15265, 15339-40, 15344-5, 15375
- plywood industry, stumpage rates, impact on industry 15413
- professional foresters
- regulations and red tape
- remanufacturing industry, job creation 15333-4
- revenues to government, 2000-01 projections 15069
- salvage logging
- silviculture
- silviculture contractors, licensing requirements 17067
- silviculture contracts, quality assurance review process 15411
- silviculture plan 15230-1
- softwood lumber agreement with United States
- impact of agreement on industry 15070
- negotiations for new agreement, B.C. government preparation 15232, 15269-72
- softwood lumber industry, report on industry in B.C. and United States 15225-6
- stumpage rates
- tenure system, reform 15281-2
- timber supply review process 15309-10
- woodlots, number, future objectives 15282
- Forest Practices Code
- administration costs 14653-4
- enforcement of code, Forest Practices Board recommendations on role of ministries, government action 15382-4
- impact of code
- pilot projects 15278-9, 15309, 15343-4
- results-based code 15221-2, 15234, 15341-2
- revision of code, impact on costs 15064, 15066, 15071-2, 15272-3
- Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, amendments 16433-4
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- board membership 15413
- funding
- funding for forest research and development 15310
- funding for industry costs 15332
- funding proposal for environmental restoration and silviculture activities 15279
- funding to Forests ministry 15233
- job creation, targets and outcomes 15331-2
- responsibilities 14636-8
- silviculture activities, auditor general report recommendations, government action 15410-1
- Forest worker transition program, taxation of training funds, responsibility for payment of taxes
- agreement-in-principle 15108-10, 15167-8, 15201-2, 15218-9
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency position
- handling of client notification by government and contracted agencies 15107, 15139-41, 15164-5, 15200-4
- legality issue, government action 15165-71, 15193-7, 15202
- position 15110-4, 15130-4, 15162-3, 15171-4, 15197-201
- legal proceedings, impact on discussion of issue 15116, 15161
- payment of taxes 14667, 15075
- Forests ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15060-72, 15107-16, 15130-4, 15139-41, 15161-74, 15193-204, 15218-9, 15221-38, 15262-82, 15309-16, 15329-45, 15370, 15375-87, 15409-11, 15413-5
- budget
- 1999-2000 shortfalls, predictability issue 14636-40
- expenditures for 2000-01 period 15236-7
- business plan, 2000-01, guiding principles 15229-32
- first nations forest strategy 15233, 15235-6, 15385
- forest action plan, priorities 15315-6, 15329
- landscape unit planning initiative, cost 15234-5, 15265-6
- looming liabilities 14652
- performance measurement 15236
- responsibilities, core responsibilities 14636-7, 14640
- stumpage calculation, court case 16378
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2000
- Gold River, future of town, government assistance 15329
- Grindrod, community concerns re busing of kindergarten students 16295
- Health care
- age-related illness and disease, increase 15607-8
- capital projects, public-private partnerships 15607-8
- continuing and long-term care, current situation in B.C. 15606
- facilities, public-private partnerships 17322
- funding for medical equipment, decision-making authority re purchase designations 17322
- health authorities, allocation of supplementary funds 17229
- Health ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15606-8, supplementary estimates debates 17228-9, 17321-2
- estimates, need for supplementary estimates debate 17228-9
- Home care, home support services, needs of B.C.'s aging population 15608
- Hummingbird Creek, flood-related debris flow damage, government action 16609-10
- Husby Forest Products Ltd.
- cutting rights on land specified by government as "designated area" 16433
- impact of Indian land claims on land negotiations with government 15238, 15262-5
- Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada, position on forest worker transition program tax issue 15111-2, 15197
- Infrastructure, community infrastructure investment fund 16698
- Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association, concerns re Kootenay-Boundary higher-level forest management plan 17153
- Investment in B.C., private sector investment during NDP administration 14654
- Jobs and timber accord, job creation, targets and outcomes 15224-5, 15329-34
- Kasper, Rick, comments on government handling of forest worker transition program tax issue 15075
- Kootenay-Boundary land use plan
- higher-level plan, impact on jobs in forest industry 17153
- status 15276-7
- Labour ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16837-8
- Land use
- land and resource management plans, planning process, coastal land and resource management plans, impact of coast forest conservation initiative on planning process 15229-30
- land use planning
- impact on Forests ministry 15234
- impact on timber harvesting levels 15274-8
- Indians' involvement in process 15279
- protected areas and special management zones, timber harvesting levels, guidelines 15274-5
- Lawson Lundell Lawson and McIntosh, legal advice to government on forest worker transition program tax issue 15165-8, 15173-4, 15193-4
- Legislature
- cooperation and openness 14888
- debate, matters under sub judice rule 15112-4
- standing orders, order 37, rules for recognition of speakers during debate 17251
- Local government, operation, comparison with Legislature 14888
- Media, non-profit rebroadcasting service organizations, taxation 16106-7
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2000, debate 17067, 17069-70
- Nechako Lakes area, beetle control project 14639
- NDP government
- comparison with government of Cuba 14651
- competence 14640
- economic and fiscal policies 14651-4
- leadership transition 14887
- performance 14886
- New Forest Opportunities Ltd., effectiveness 15411
- North Okanagan health region
- Okanagan University College, funding 15724-5
- Parks
- Forests ministry recreation sites, user fees
- pest control and management, beetle infestations in parks and protected areas 15345, 16555-6
- Pearse, Peter, comments on forest industry in B.C. 15226
- Post-secondary education funding, per-capita funding 15724-5
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., report and comments on B.C. forest industry 15063, 15070-1, 15222-5
- Public debt, debt-servicing costs 14652
- Resources and resource industries
- natural resource community fund 16696-9
- resource management zones and objectives, Energy and Mines ministry sign-off responsibilities 17069-70
- resource-based communities, economic diversification, government funding 15310
- Revelstoke, maintenance of roads and bridges in area, bidding process for contractors 15413-4
- Riverside Forest Products Ltd., pilot project 15343
- Sales tax, tax on recreational vehicles and boats, impact on tourism industry 15096-7
- School district 83 (North Okanagan–Shuswap)
- busing of kindergarten and elementary students 16293-6
- funding 16292-3
- Select Standing Committee on Forests, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, motion to conduct review of forest worker transition program within 60 days of conclusion of any court proceedings 15111
- Shuswap, health care situation in area 15606-8
- Silver Creek, 1998 fire in area, government action on ombudsman's report recommendations 15378-80
- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
- board of directors, membership 16694
- company divisions, operations 16694
- compliance with government pollution regulations, AOX emission reduction 16606, 16690, 16693
- financial operations
- government ownership position in company, conflict-of-interest concerns 16690, 16693
- impact of Nisga'a land entitlement, negotiations on compensation 15238, 16693-4
- sale of company 16687-9, 16695
- Torney report, recommendations 16694
- Small business forest enterprise program
- application of Forest Practices Code to program 15383
- effectiveness of program 15381
- sales of undercut 15332-3, 15382
- small business 2000 initiative, job creation targets 15263
- wood supply 15315, 15329
- Species at Risk Act (federal), implementation 16548-9
- Stanyer, Roger, comments on forest worker transition program tax issue 15164
- Stockell, David, legal action against NDP MLAs 14888
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14635-40
- Teachers, collective agreement, impact on rural and small school districts 16292-6
- Throne speech
- 1996 speech, government objectives 14886
- content 14887
- Throne speech debate 14886-9
- TimberWest Forest Corp., Youbou mill, economic viability review and future of tree farm licence 16663
- Tweedsmuir Park, beetle infestations 14639, 15345
- Universities, colleges and institutes, university colleges, funding for library acquisitions 15725
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., settlement agreement with Forests ministry on expropriated lands and cutting rights 15237, 15382
- Wildlife, endangered species, federal and provincial protection legislation 16548-9
- Wong, Gary, comments on forest worker transition program tax issue 15132-4, 15197-8
Abkhazi Gardens See Victoria, B.C.
Aboriginal Affairs, Ministry of
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 15204-14, 15239-58, 15289-307, 15317-23, 15347-65
- speakers
(de Jong) 15208-14, 15239-47, 15249-58, 15289-91, 15299, 15303-7, 15317-23, 15347, 15350-65
(Hansen) 15300-1
(Lovick) 15204-14, 15239-58, 15289-307, 15317-23, 15347-65
(Neufeld) 15347-9
(Penner) 15301-2
(Roddick) 15247-9
(Stephens) 15299-300
(Thorpe) 15304
(Weisgerber) 15292-8
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Lovick) 14988
- Assumption of future obligations on behalf of Indians
(de Jong) 15320-1
(Lovick) 15320-1
- Budget, 2000-01 budget allocation
(Lovick) 14781, 15208
- Business plan, 2000-01, objectives
(de Jong) 15208, 15305-7, 15317
(Lovick) 15305-7
- Funding of Métis Provincial Council of B.C.
(de Jong) 15358-9
(Lovick) 15358-60
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Policy on contribution funding
(Lovick) 15359-60
- Process for handling of illegal actions by Indian bands
(de Jong) 15303
(Lovick) 15303
- Responsibilities of ministry
- Use of public opinion surveys
(de Jong) 15317-9
(Lovick) 15317-9
Abortion
- Funding of therapeutic abortions
(Farnworth) 15675-6
(Sanders) 15675-6
Access Building Society
- Project proposals, public consultation
(McKinnon) 16866-7
Access to Prostate Cancer Screening Act
(Bill M210) (Clark, G.) 1R, 17127
- Debate, speakers
(Clark, G.) 17127
Accidents
Ackerman family
- Experience with replant program
(Barisoff) 15925
(Evans) 15925
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- (Bill 1) (Attorney General) 1R, 14497
Actors
- Child actors, conditions of employment, legislative provisions
(Petter) 15585
(Plant) 15584-5
Adams, Bill
- Public Sector Employers Council employment and severance
(Clark, C.) 16670
(Ramsey) 16670
Adams Lake
- Replacement of bridge, cost
(Doyle) 15385
(Krueger) 15385
Addiction See Substance abuse/addiction
Adoption
- Adoption of children in government care See Children in government care under Children
- Adoption of foster children See Foster children under Foster care
Adult Guardianship Act
Advanced Education, Training and Technology, Ministry of
- Annual reports, 1997-98 and 1998-99, tabled
(Bowbrick) 15262
Advanced Education, Training and Technology, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Youth
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 15709-29, 15774-804, 15816-24, 15848-58
- speakers
(Abbott) 15724-5
(Bowbrick) 15709-29, 15774-804, 15816-24, 15848-58
(Chong) 15784-8
(Clark, C.) 15722-3, 15856-8
(Hawkins) 15723-4
(Krueger) 15714-5, 15725-7
(Masi) 15711-7
(Penner) 15727-8, 15790-5, 15820
(Plant) 15802-4
(Reid, L.) 15789-90, 15796-801
(Sanders) 15718-22
(Stephens) 15777-8
(Symons) 15816-24, 15848-56, 15858
(Thorpe) 15775-6
(Weisbeck) 15710-1, 15717-8, 15722, 15728-9, 15774, 15778-83, 15785-90, 15795-6, 15801-2
(Wilson, J.) 15774-5, 15778
- Budgeted expenditures for delivery of youth programs
(Bowbrick) 15792
(Penner) 15792
- Goals and responsibilities
(Bowbrick) 15709-10
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Role
- role in collective bargaining with public sector workers
(Bowbrick) 15723
(Clark, C.) 15723
- role in provision of nurse training programs
(Farnworth) 15814-5
(Hansen) 15814-5
- Transfer of skills and training programs to Social Development and Economic Security ministry See Programs and services under Social Development and Economic Security, Ministry of
- Youth Office, relocation
(Bowbrick) 15794-5
(Penner) 15794-5
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia
- Recommendations on employment equity
(Anderson) 16998
(Hammell) 16998
Agricultural Land Commission See Land Reserve Commission
Agricultural land reserve
- Access to water
(Barisoff) 15931
(Evans) 15931
- Impact on reserve lands
- Removal of land from reserve
- land deemed "in the provincial interest," definition of term
(Evans) 15955
- removal for non-agricultural purposes
(Barisoff) 15953-4
(Evans) 15953-4
- Subdivision of land, amalgamation of land titles, government incentives
(Barisoff) 15985-6
(Evans) 15985-6, 15988
(van Dongen) 15987-8
Agriculture and Food, Ministry of
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Evans) 14667
Agriculture Day
Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Rural Development
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 15858-65, 15903-34, 15946-56, 15982-6002, 16051-79
- speakers
(Barisoff) 15861-4, 15903-4, 15906-7, 15911, 15913-31, 15952-6, 15982-7, 15998-6000
(Chong) 15949-52, 15996-8
(Coell) 15948-9
(Coleman) 15990-6
(Evans) 15858-65, 15903-34, 15946-56, 15983-99, 16002, 16052-79
(Farrell-Collins) 15861-2
(Krueger) 15907-11
(Masi) 16001
(Neufeld) 15931-4, 15946-8
(Reid, J.) 15911-2
(Robertson) 15952-3
(Roddick) 15930, 15933-4, 15987, 16000-1
(Valentine) 16063-4
(van Dongen) 15987-8, 16001, 16052-78
(Weisgerber) 15989-90
(Wilson, J.) 15862, 15905-6, 15912-3, 15925-6, 15929-30, 15988
- Accomplishments and goals
(Evans) 15858-60
- Budget and staff
(Evans) 16053-4
(van Dongen) 16053-4
- Fisheries ministry
- involvement in Indian treaty negotiations
(Evans) 16075
(van Dongen) 16075
- performance plan
(van Dongen) 16076
- transfer to Agriculture and Food ministry
(Evans) 16053
(van Dongen) 16053
- Joint initiative with Environment ministry See Environmental protection under Environment
- Memorandum of understanding with B.C. Agriculture Council See British Columbia Agriculture Council
- Memorandums of understanding with Environment ministry See Environment, Lands and Parks, Ministry of
- Participation in federal-provincial agriculture committees
(Barisoff) 15922
(Evans) 15922
- Performance plan
- Reorganization and ministry priorities
(Evans) 16055
(van Dongen) 16054-5
- Responsibilities of ministry, work with other ministries
(Evans) 16055-7
(van Dongen) 16055-7
- Rural development function within ministry
(Barisoff) 15915-6
(Evans) 15915
- Staff involvement in public information meetings
(Evans) 16060
(van Dongen) 16060-1
Agriculture industry
- Agricultural land, access to water
(Barisoff) 15931
(Evans) 15931
- Agricultural leases
- approval process
(Roddick) 14998
- expansion
(Evans) 15912
(Wilson, J.) 15912
- stumpage rates on leased land, work of Agriculture Committee
(Doyle) 15339, 15341
(Neufeld) 15341
(Wilson, J.) 15339
- Agrifood industry See Food industry
- Agritourism See Tourism industry
- Air quality issues, Agriculture ministry work
(Coleman) 15991-2
(Evans) 15991-2
- Compliance with environmental standards
(Evans) 16061
(van Dongen) 16061
- Ditch maintenance
(Barisoff) 15863
(Evans) 15863, 16078
(van Dongen) 16078
- Education on agriculture in schools
(Barisoff) 15919
(Evans) 15919
- Employment standards
(Barisoff) 16600-1
(MacPhail) 16591, 16601
- Farms and farming
- farm labour regulations
(Barisoff) 15906-7
(Evans) 15906-7
- farm practices peer advisory program
(Barisoff) 15931
(Evans) 15931
- farmland
- on-farm processing policy
(Barisoff) 15983-4
(Evans) 15984
- rural property tax deferral, eligibility
(Roddick) 16000
- rural property tax, filing
(Evans) 15500
- seasonal workers, housing issues
(Barisoff) 15927
(Evans) 15927
- size of farms, ten-acre rule
(Barisoff) 15985-6
(Evans) 15985-6
- support for farmers and farm families
(Zirnhelt) 14685
- Financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers
- Government support
(Coell) 14994
- Greenhouse industry
- Indians' involvement in industry
(Barisoff) 15862
(Evans) 15862
(Roddick) 16001
- Industry in B.C.
- Pest control See also Pest control and pesticide use under Environment
- Regulations and red tape, government reduction initiatives
(Barisoff) 15863
(Evans) 15863
- Relationship between agriculture industry and community
(Coleman) 15996, 16060
(Evans) 15996
(van Dongen) 16001, 16059-60
- Replant program See Tree fruit industry under Food industry
- Research and development
- Right-to-farm legislation, applicability
(Evans) 15904
- Tree fruit industry See Food industry
- Weed control See Plants
- Wildlife control, compensation for damages caused by wildlife See Financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers above under this main heading
- Worker safety initiatives
(Barisoff) 15927
(Evans) 15926-7
Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act
- (Bill 26) (Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries) 1R, 16661-2; 2R, 16726-8; C, 17077-80; 3R, 17051; RA, 17169
- Debate, speakers
(Barisoff) 16726-7, 17077-80
(Evans) 16661-2, 16726-7, 17077-80
(Roddick) 17079-80
- Definitions, "food"
(Barisoff) 17077
(Evans) 17077
- Implementation
(Barisoff) 16727
- Provisions re inspectors
(Barisoff) 17079
(Evans) 17079-80
(Roddick) 17079-80
- Purpose of bill
(Evans) 16661-2, 16726-7
- Relationship of act to other federal and provincial marketing legislation
(Barisoff) 16727, 17077
(Evans) 17077
Agrifood industry See Food industry
Agro Pacific Industries Ltd.
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- HIV-positive diagnosis, self-help care model
(Farnworth) 16156
(Hansen) 16156
- Provincial AIDS strategy
(Hawkins) 14947
- Services in B.C. interior
(Farnworth) 15680
(Sanders) 15680
AIDS Resource Centre, Kelowna, B.C.
Air
- Air quality
- AOX emissions from pulp mills See Pollution under Environment
- Greenhouse gas
- carbon emission reduction, NDP government action
(Wilson, G.) 16427
- emission reduction
(Coell) 16606
(Sawicki) 16606-7
- emission reduction, role of B.C. energy exports
(Miller) 14680
- Pollution, beehive burners See Wood waste
Air Canada
- Merger with Canadian Airlines International Ltd. See Merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd. under Airline industry
Airline industry
- Merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd.
- impact on level of airline service in B.C.
(Farnworth) 15834-5
(Hansen) 15834
- impact on service to rural B.C.
(Goodacre) 16028-30
(Thorpe) 16029-30
- reduction in airline service to B.C., impact on tourism industry
(Chong) 16450
(Waddell) 16450
Airports
- Ownership disputes
(Lovick) 15304
- Rural airports, impact of withdrawal of federal funding
(Miller) 16021-2
(Neufeld) 16022
Alaska
- Government's cooperation with B.C. and federal governments
(Miller) 15973-4
Alberni constituency and area
- Economy and changes
(Janssen) 14504-6
- Electoral boundaries
(Janssen) 14506
- New and upgraded schools
(Janssen) 14783-4
Alberni Valley
- Hospital equipment purchases, cost
(Symons) 14928-9
Alberta
- Government
- fiscal policies
(Penner) 14554-5
(Walsh) 14771
- gambling policy
(Hammell) 14736
- investment in infrastructure
(Pullinger) 14568
- Health care
- role of private sector
(Lali) 14580
- services
(Farnworth) 15617
(Neufeld) 15616
- system
(Weisgerber) 17028
- Secure care model for children and youth
(Brewin) 17178
(Reid, L.) 17177-8
- Taxation, income tax, flat-tax proposal
(Bowbrick) 16500-1
Alcohol
All Nations Trust Co.
- Contract to administer First Citizens Fund business loan program
ALR See Agricultural land reserve
Aluminum smelting industry
- Smelters in B.C., new facilities
(Hawkins) 16772-3
(Wilson, G.) 16772-3
Ambulance service
- Air ambulance service, coverage for out-of-province service
(Farnworth) 15617, 15838-9, 16160-1
(Hansen) 16160-1
(Neufeld) 15617
(Weisgerber) 15837-9
- Availability
(Abbott) 15607
(Evans) 17314
(Farnworth) 15607, 15692
- Charges for use of service, remission of fees
(Farnworth) 16160-1
(Hansen) 16160-1
- Personnel
- ambulance personnel for rural B.C.
(Barisoff) 17273-4
(Evans) 17273
- responsibilities of ambulance personnel, complainant's right to request investigation
(Farnworth) 16161
(Hansen) 16161
- training for ambulance personnel
(Barisoff) 15620-1
(Farnworth) 15621, 16161
(Hansen) 16161-2
- training for ambulance personnel, funding
(Evans) 17295, 17314
- Transfers between facilities for medical tests, policy on payment
(Farnworth) 15621, 15639-40
(Thorpe) 15621, 15639-40
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Anderson, Val J. (Vancouver-Langara)
- Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of B.C., recommendations on employment equity 16998
- Autism, treatment, continuation of existing treatment programs 17311
- B.C. Benefits program, effectiveness 14917-8
- The British Columbia Insurance Company, 1904 Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15328-9, 16569
- The British Columbia Insurance Company, name change 15329, 16569
- B.C., residents, needs of the less fortunate 14916
- Budget debate 15031-2
- Canadian National Institute for the Blind, work of organization 16924-5
- Child, youth and family advocate, recommendations in 1999 annual report, implementation 15031
- Children
- child protection, report recommendations on child protection services 17098-9
- national child benefit, eligibility of income assistance recipients 16205
- programs and services, early intervention programs and services 16562
- Children and Families ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16923-5
- Children's Commission, report recommendations on early intervention programs, government response 16562
- Children's Hospital, staffing levels 15031
- Civil service, hiring practices, equal opportunity secretariat 16998
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- programs and services, involvement of family and other caregivers 17311
- visual impairment, programs and services for visually impaired persons 16924-5
- Discrimination and racism, prevention programs 16968
- Education
- education of Indians, initiatives to improve services for Indian students 16286-8
- English-as-a-second-language program 16285
- essential service designation and legislation 14706-8
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14706-9
- labour disputes, collective bargaining legislation, changes 14724
- multiculturalism awareness in schools 16967-8
- NDP government action 14918
- parent advisory councils, concerns re school services 14708
- special education and special needs, adequacy of resources 16285-8
- Education ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16285-8
- Elections, call for general election 14916
- Employment and Investment ministry, role in business immigration pilot program 16995
- Employment and unemployment, accreditation for foreign education and experience 16998-9
- Family maintenance enforcement program 16210
- First United Church, report on B.C. Benefits program 14917-8
- Foster care and group home system, funding 16205
- Glen Eden School, meeting of school official and ministry staff 16288
- Government, programs and services, quality 14916-7
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink), role in funding bus pass initiatives 16210-1
- Health care
- continuing and long-term care, funding for patient care supplies 17312
- system during NDP administration 14918
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17311-2
- Heritage, preservation of local and provincial heritage 16030-2
- Holocaust, impact on people 14972
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act, debate 14971-2
- Home care, home support services, current situation in B.C. 16212
- Immigration
- illegal migrants, cost and government action 16997-8
- immigration to B.C.
- immigration to B.C., settlement programs and services
- English-as-a-second-language programs 16966-7
- federal funding 16966
- provincial participation in policy planning process 16969, 16996
- work of community organizations 16997-8
- refugees, services 16996
- Income tax, personal tax rates, reductions for low- and middle-income earners 15031
- Indians
- children and families, services 16923-4
- urban residents, programs and services 16923
- Kingsley, Cherry, report on street youth 17098
- Labour, labour disputes, handling by NDP government 14706-7
- Legislative Assembly Management Committee, meetings 14916
- McLean Mill National Historic Site, features 16031-2
- Mental health
- mental health plan, funding and implementation 17312
- mental illness, funding for community-based service agencies 17311-2
- Métis Family Services, status of agency 16923
- Multiculturalism
- impact on school system 16285-8
- multifaith calendar 16969
- non-governmental multiculturalism work 17000
- Multiculturalism and Immigration ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 16966-70, 16993-7000
- budget expenditures and recoveries 16966
- multicultural advisory committee, work of committee 16968
- role in business immigration pilot project 16994-5
- Multiculturalism B.C.
- "Report on Multiculturalism," 1998-99, performance measurement in ministries 16969
- work of organization 16999
- NDP government
- Nurses, supply and recruitment, foreign nurse recruitment 17311
- Office for disability issues, administration and role 16208-9
- Politics and politicians, political philosophies from Left to Right 14915-6
- Poverty, urban poverty 15032
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
- Riverview Hospital
- School district 39 (Vancouver)
- parent advisory council, concerns re school services 14707-8
- seismic upgrading of schools 16288
- Secure Care Act, debate 17097-9
- Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16556-8
- Social Development and Economic Security ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16201-6, 16208-12
- Social welfare system
- current situation in B.C. 16201-2
- income assistance
- advisory council 16208
- refugees, eligibility 16212
- income assistance, applicants
- application forms, personal information requests by applicants 16209-10
- application process 16203-4
- income assistance, benefits and services
- bus passes, costs and eligibility criteria 16210-1
- dental programs, eligibility 16204
- housing supplement and living supplement allowances, integration issue 16211-2
- income assistance, disability benefits
- community volunteer program 16211
- disability benefits, level 1 review 16209
- income assistance, recipients, volunteer incentive program 16211
- social program and service delivery, ministerial responsibility 16206
- Substance abuse/addiction, treatment services
- expansion of existing programs 17312
- services for children and youth 16562
- Teachers, multicultural considerations in training programs 16968-9
- Throne speech, content 14916
- Throne speech debate 14915-8
- Transit services, bus pass initiatives 16210-1
- Vancouver
- Marine Drive area properties, concerns of property owners re archaeological site designation 16456-8
- services for Indian children and families 16923
- Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society, status of agency 16923-4
- Vancouver agreement, role of Social Development and Economic Security ministry 16209
- Victoria General Hospital, pediatric intensive care unit 15031
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, contribution of volunteers to community life 14617-9
- Youth
- rights of children and youth in secure care 17098
- youth at risk
- secure care legislation 17098-9
- services, availability 17099
Andy Bailey Park
- Status of park
(Neufeld) 16355
Angel Springs
- Friends of the South Slopes Societys' concerns re mining claim in area, park proposal, petition tabled
(Weisbeck) 17241
Animal Disease Control Act
Animals
- Animal control bylaws
(Roddick) 16001
- Animal health technology, Kamloops facility
(McGregor) 14866
- Control of dangerous dogs, local government powers
(Petter) 16717
(Plant) 17076
- Horses, history of Canadian Horse breed
(Reid, J.) 15758-60
(Zirnhelt) 15759
Apex Mountain Resort Ltd.
- Access road, upgrade
(Barisoff) 15147
(Lali) 15147
Apprenticeship See Skills training
Aquaculture industry
- Aquaculture research and development trust fund
- Fish farms
- escapement and predation of stock
(Evans) 16068-9
(van Dongen) 16068-9
- freshwater fish cultivation
(Evans) 16066
(van Dongen) 16066
- industry code of practice
(Evans) 16067
(van Dongen) 16067
- marketing of salmon, labelling issue
(Evans) 16069
(van Dongen) 16069
- monitoring of fish health and use of antibiotics
(Evans) 16068
(van Dongen) 16068
- salmon aquaculture policy and advisory committee
(Evans) 16065-7
(van Dongen) 16065-7
- Industry in B.C.
- environmental concerns
(Evans) 16059
(van Dongen) 16059-60
- impact of water quality on industry
(van Dongen) 16557-8
- Licence and tenure process for fish and shellfish farming, role of ministries
(Coell) 16538-9
(Sawicki) 16538-9
- New projects
(Robertson) 14502
- Role of Environment ministry
(Sawicki) 16539
- Shellfish farming
ARC Programs Ltd.
- Services for at-risk youth
(Brewin) 16849-50
Archaeological sites See Heritage
Architects
- Contribution for education and research in field
(Coleman) 16137
(Pullinger) 16137
- Regulation of industry
(Coleman) 16136-7
(Pullinger) 16137
Architects Act
- Enforcement of provisions
(Coleman) 16137
(Pullinger) 16137
Architectural Institute of British Columbia
- Role
- enforcement of Architects Act
(Coleman) 16137
(Pullinger) 16137
- establishment of building envelope specialist training program
(Coleman) 16135-6
(Pullinger) 16135-6
Arenburg, Jeffrey
- Schizophrenia case
(Sanders) 15769
Armed forces
- Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack, use as educational facility
(Bowbrick) 15791
(Penner) 15790-1
- Helicopters, use in search and rescue situations See Search and rescue services under Emergencies
- Military reservists, service to communities
(Coleman) 16585-7
(Orcherton) 16586-7
- Nanoose Bay test range, seabed licence agreement between B.C. and federal government, renewal negotiations
(Campbell) 16986-7
(Dosanjh) 16987
- Peacekeeping role
(Orcherton) 16903-4
(Roddick) 16903-4
Arrow Lakes school district See School district 10 (Arrow Lakes)
Arsenault, Shawn
ASI Exchange
- Role of trade show
(Bowbrick) 15801
(Reid, L.) 15801
Asia Pacific Foundation
Assessment Act
Assessment Appeal board See Property Assessment Appeal Board
Assessment Authority of British Columbia See British Columbia Assessment
Association of British Columbia Professional Foresters
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Psychological analyses, cost, Medical Services Plan coverage
(Roddick) 17285
Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Human Rights
- Special warrant debate 14624-5
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 15514-33, 15546-55, 15578-97, 15622-38, 15650-60, 15699-708
- speakers
(Chalke) 15583-4
(Chong) 15704-8
(Krueger) 15625-6
(Neufeld) 15708
(Penner) 15551-2, 15579-80, 15656-7, 15659-60, 15699-704
(Petter) 15514-33, 15546-55, 15578-83, 15585-97, 15622-38, 15650-60, 15700-8
(Plant) 15516-33, 15546-51, 15553-5, 15578-97, 15622-5, 15627-8, 15633-8, 15650-6, 15659
(Reid, J.) 15623-4, 15628
(Stephens) 15627, 15657-9
(Weisgerber) 15629-33
- Accomplishments during past four years
(Petter) 15516
- Annual reports
- Attorney General's role
- role in selection of Provincial Court judges
(Petter) 15529
(Plant) 15529
- role in special prosecutor appointment process
(Petter) 15581-3
(Plant) 15581-2
- Criminal justice branch
- case flow management program See Criminal justice system under Justice system
- responsibility when allegation of criminal wrongdoing brought to attention of branch
(Petter) 15581-2
(Plant) 15581-2
- Expenditures
- Land title branch, land registry system
- Letter to Robert N. Metzger from ministry tabled
(Petter) 15484
- Liquor control and licensing branch
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Programs, performance evaluations
(Petter) 15515-6, 15518, 15520-3
(Plant) 15518, 15520-3
- Residential tenancy branch, arbitration caseloads
(Petter) 15596
(Plant) 15596
- Responsibilities of ministry
(Plant) 15516-7
- Role in disputes involving Indians and provincial government
(de Jong) 15303-4
(Lovick) 15303-4
Auditor general
- Consultations with government on budget transparency and accountability legislation
(Ramsey) 16389
(Thorpe) 16389
- Opportunity to express an opinion on status of budget process review panel recommendations
(Farrell-Collins) 16440
(Ramsey) 16440-1
(Thorpe) 16440-1
- Report, "Review of the Fast Ferry Project: Governance and Risk Management"
(Campbell) 16951
(Dosanjh) 16951
(Symons) 17148
- Reports and statements tabled
- No. 1, 2000-01, "Fostering a Safe Learning Environment: How the British Columbia Public School System is Doing"
(Speaker) 16709
- No. 3, 2000-01, "Follow-up of Performance and Compliance Audits"
(Speaker) 17325
- 1999-2000 annual report
(Speaker) 14753
- financial statements for year ended March 31, 2000 17241
- report on implementation of budget process review panel recommendations
(Speaker) 17241
- "Strategic Direction and Funding Proposal – February 2001"
(Speaker) 17325
- Statements re NDP government budget procedures
(Krueger) 16183-4
Autism
- Treatment
- continuation of existing treatment programs
(Anderson) 17311
- early intervention pilot program
(Brewin) 16936-7
(Thorpe) 16936-7
- funding for services
(Evans) 17301-2
(Reid, L.) 17301-2
- interministry work on provision of services
(Evans) 17301-2, 17310
(Thorpe) 17310-1
- ministerial responsibility for provision of services
(Reid, L.) 17302
- services for children
(Brewin) 14632
(Farnworth) 14940
(Thorpe) 14632
(Weisgerber) 14939-40
Automobiles
- Automobile insurance, privatization proposal, petition tabled
(Campbell) 17257
- Driver's licences
- geographic restriction for northern B.C. drivers
(MacPhail) 16811
(Neufeld) 16811
- learner licences
(Coleman) 16787
- licensing for drivers of recreational vehicles and motor homes
(MacPhail) 16810
(Neufeld) 16811
(Reid, J.) 16810
- Photo radar, use in speed monitoring
- funding issues
(Jarvis) 16791
(MacPhail) 16792
(Symons) 16792
- program, effectiveness
(Petter) 15652-3
(Plant) 15652-3
- ticket revenues, fines collected compared with value of fines levied
(MacPhail) 16808
(Petter) 15651-2
(Plant) 15651
- ticket revenues from program
(Jarvis) 16791
(MacPhail) 16791-2
- vans, current deployment levels and replacement of existing vehicles
(Petter) 15652-3
(Plant) 15652-4
- Repair shop accreditation See Accreditation of autobody repair shops under Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Tax on recreational vehicles See Tax on recreational vehicles and boats under Sales tax
- Traffic accidents, equipment for removal of accident victims from vehicles, funding issues
(Krueger) 16812-3
(MacPhail) 168123
- Traffic fines, collection
(Jarvis) 16814-5
(MacPhail) 16814-5
- Traffic safety
- corridor patrol and speed enforcement
(Coleman) 16785-6
(MacPhail) 16785-6
- services delivered by police, review
(Petter) 15652-3
(Plant) 15652-3
- Training for older drivers
(Jarvis) 16790-1
(MacPhail) 16790
- Tridem-drive tractors, use on highways See Highways and roads
- Vehicle weight regulations
(Krueger) 16811-2
(MacPhail) 16809-12
(Reid, J.) 16809-10
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