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Province of British Columbia
4th Session, 36th Parliament – March 2000 - March 2001
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
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Dairy industry
- Taxation of dairy farmland and buildings
(Barisoff) 15998
(Evans) 15998
Dalton, C. Jeremy (West Vancouver–Capilano)
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- annual reports, 1993-94 report, comments on year's activities 14573
- debt, extinguishment of debt owed to government 14573
- B.C. Public School Employers Association, membership fee 16348
- Budget debate 14571-4
- Budgets
- 1993-94 budget, fiscal objectives 14573-4
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 14572-4
- Business, taxation, 2000-01 levels 14574
- Economy, B.C. economy, comparison with elsewhere 14574
- Education, German student exchange program, funding 16126-7
- Education ministry
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 14574, 14841
- Government
- accounting
- methods, transparency principle 14840
- write-downs for 1999-2000 fiscal year 14573
- documentation, distribution concerns 14841-2
- ministers, changes in ministers during NDP administration 14840-1
- ministries and government organizations, annual and quarterly reports, timeliness 14573
- Health care, health guide program, health handbook and nurse advice telephone line 17317
- Health ministry, 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17317
- Legislature
- cooperation and openness 14840-1
- estimates process, changes 14840
- Lions Gate Bridge, rehabilitation project, closings for repair work 14574
- Post-secondary education, tuition freeze 14819, 14841
- Public debt
- debt-servicing costs 14572
- deficit, 2000-01 deficit 14572
- Riske Creek Elementary School, future operation of school 16347
- School boards/districts, employee grievance process, legal costs of disciplinary actions by school boards 16125-6
- School district 44 (North Vancouver), school trustee election format 16362
- School district 45 (West Vancouver), user-fee kindergarten proposal 16361-2
- School district 46 (Sunshine Coast), grievance arbitration case 16125-6
- Schools
- closings, policy criteria of Education ministry 16125
- site acquisition charge 16362
- Skills training, career technical centres, expansion of program 16126
- Throne speech, content 14840
- Throne speech debate 14840-2
- Tuition Fee Freeze Act, debate 14819
Dansereau, Claire
- B.C. Transportation Financing Authority, capital expenditures, allocation of funds carried forward from 1999-2000 fiscal year 15122
- Transportation and Highways ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 15122
Davis, Chad
Dawson Creek, B.C.
- CT scanner services for region
(Evans) 17322-3
(Neufeld) 17322-3
- Multilevel health care facility
(Weisgerber) 15840
Dawson, Ross
- Involvement in government complaint against BCTV
(Brewin) 16298
(Dosanjh) 16298
- Position as director of child protection
(Brewin) 16561-2
(Reid, L.) 16561-2
- Role in decision on placement of children in foster care case
(Dosanjh) 16493
de Jong, Michael G. (Matsqui)
- As subject, position on Nisga'a treaty
(Lovick) 15498
- Abbotsford Air Show 14956
- Abbotsford, community activities 14956
- Abbotsford Pilots, accomplishments 14956
- Aboriginal Affairs ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15208-14, 15239-47, 15249-58, 15289-91, 15299, 15303-7, 15317-23, 15347, 15350-65
- assumption of future obligations on behalf of Indians 15320-1
- business plan, 2000-01, objectives 15208, 15305-7, 15317
- funding of Métis Provincial Council of B.C. 15358-9
- process for handling of illegal actions by Indian bands 15303
- responsibilities of ministry, mandated role in Indian treaty negotiations 15213-4, 15239
- use of public opinion surveys 15317-9
- Agricultural land reserve, impact of Indian land claim settlements 15250
- All Nations Trust Co., contract to administer First Citizens Fund business loan program 15322-3, 15350-1, 15354-5
- Attorney General ministry, role in disputes involving Indians and provincial government 15303-4
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, management by NDP government 15559-60, 15733
- B.C. Treaty Commission
- applications to commission for registration as an Indian band 15249
- public opinion polling 15319
- Budget debate 14756-9
- Budgets
- 1999-2000 budget, content 14756-7
- 2000-01 budget
- balanced-budget legislation 15868-9
- deficit budgets during NDP administration 14758-9
- Catamaran Ferries International Corporation, marketing of fast ferries 16423
- Cheam Indian band, dispute with provincial government 15364-5
- Children and Families ministry, 2000-01 estimates debate 16851-3
- Children, special needs children, child care services, impact of cost assessment on families 16851-3
- Civil service
- employees, minorities and women 15358
- public sector, wage-and-benefit agreements 14957
- Clayoquot Sound, interim measures extension agreement between Indians and government 15305
- Crown corporations, sale by government 17256-7
- Crown land, use of Crown land to settle Indian land claims
- database of available lands 15255-6
- lands designated as agricultural land reserve 15250-1
- Delgamuukw cases, decisions, conferring of joint tenancy over Crown lands, proposition 15243
- Delta, land base inventory project 15255-6
- Ditidaht first nation, treaty settlement proposal in association with Pacheedaht Indian band, cash-land values 15214
- Dosanjh, Ujjal, rental property, condition 15825-6
- Economy, role of private sector 14958
- Education
- education of Indians, number of post-secondary graduates 15356-7
- independent schools, funding from government 15262
- labour dispute involving unionized school support workers 14589, 14666, 14957
- Evans, Corky
- comments on 1996-97 budget 14871
- comments on NDP government actions 14957-8
- Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries
- construction program, third fast ferry 15158-9
- engines, maintenance and warranty issues 14793
- sale by government, hiring of consulting company 16423
- ferry terminals, Swartz Bay terminal, shooting of birds 15010
- routes and services, waiting times for travel 15326
- First Citizens Fund, business loan program 15322-3, 15350-5
- First Peoples Cultural Foundation, funding 15357-8
- Fraser Regional Correctional Centre, grievance cases involving staff 15601-2
- Fraser Valley health region, funding 17195-6
- Government
- accounting methods, transparency principle 14757-8
- public opinion polling by government 15317-8
- responsibility as guardian of the public purse 14756
- sale of assets and Crown corporations 17256-7
- Gunton, Tom, secondment from Finance ministry to other ministries, current role 14984
- Health care
- emergency services, Quesnel spinal cord injury case 16807-8
- funding
- disbursement of supplementary funds 17195-7
- government commitment 14959
- system during NDP administration 16377, 16807-8, 17194
- Health ministry
- 2000-01 supplementary estimates debate 17194-7
- provision of personal lubricants at needle exchange centres, cost 15959-60
- Horse-racing industry, status of industry 15434-5
- Human Resources Development Canada, review of Métis Provincial Council of B.C. 15358-62
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, responsibility for data on Canada's Indians 15362-4
- Indians
- businesses owned and operated by Indians 15321-2
- culture, language preservation, funding 15357-8
- economic development activity, measurement criteria 15305-7
- employment levels 15306-7, 15358
- governance, accountability 15358, 15361-2
- land claims
- treaties
- "cede, release and surrender" language 15240-1
- certainty provisions 15239-40
- support of Indian peoples for negotiated settlements 15246
- treaty negotiations
- agreement-in-principle negotiations, progress to date 15305
- agreements negotiated outside treaty process 15319-20
- cash-land offers 15212-4, 15304-5
- costs, debt accruing to first nation participants 15257-8, 15289-91
- expedited process, consolidation of individual negotiations 15243-5
- extinguishment issue 15239-41
- interim measures 15305
- issues and concerns 15209-12, 15303-4
- mandate of provincial negotiations, flexibility in bargaining 16005
- process 15486-7
- progress, measurement criteria 15244-5
- progress to date 15208-10, 15243-6, 15290-1, 15303-4
- proposals versus offers 15211
- public support 15317-9
- tabling of settlement offers 15213-4, 15304-5
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., accreditation of autobody repair shops
- issue of shop owner's signing of endorsement letter 17008
- program 16494
- Jobs and timber accord, job creation, targets and outcomes 16663-4
- Katzie first nation, treaty negotiations 15363
- Labour, diversity in the workplace 15358
- Land use
- expropriation of private land for use in Indian treaty settlements 15252
- provincial land base, certainty issue 15254
- Legislature, standing order 81, bills to receive three readings before passing, urgency cases, advancement of school support staff collective bargaining bill through all stages in one day 14695
- Local government, protocol agreement between Union of B.C. Municipalities and provincial government, impact on Indian treaty negotiations 15211-2
- Lower mainland, inventory of municipally owned lands by lower mainland treaty advisory committee 15254-6
- McLeod Lake Indian band
- exclusion from original Treaty 8 settlement 15485-6
- membership, status of band members choosing land-in-severalty option 15487, 15884
- Treaty 8 adhesion agreement
- B.C. government position on Treaty 8 geographic boundaries 15870-2
- cash component 15888
- certainty language, inclusion of "cede, release and surrender" concept 15241, 15487
- enactment, legislative requirement 15299
- impact on aboriginal rights of band in traditional territory 15870-1, 15874-5
- land component, restrictions on land-in-severalty option of band members 15487-8, 15882-7
- litigation by band 15486
- litigation, cost to B.C. government 15887-8
- mineral resources revenue-sharing agreement 15877-8
- provisions, forestry provisions 15878-82
- provisions, land transfer provisions 15875-7
- public consultation and support 15486
- stumpage fees owed by government to band 15488, 15880-2
- McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act, debate 15485-8, 15870-2, 15874-88
- MacPhail, Joy, comments on NDP government spending 14958
- Métis, governance, concerns of Métis community 15361-2
- Métis Provincial Council of B.C., financial accountability, issues and concerns 15208, 15358-62
- Musqueam Indian band, treaty negotiations 15363
- Native Economic Development Advisory Board, role 15321-2, 15351
- NDP government
- competence 14758-9
- handling of whistle-blower issues 15601-2
- MLAs' comments on balanced-budget legislation 16973-4
- performance 14957-8
- use of aliases in e-mail and correspondence by ministers and senior staff, applicability of freedom-of-information legislation 17086
- Nisga'a people, treaty, final agreement
- certainty language, impact on aboriginal rights 15239-41
- court challenges, government contingency plan in event litigation succeeds 15242-3
- effective date of treaty 15241-2
- provisions, implementation 15560
- settlement and implementation costs 15289
- Now Communications Group Inc., contracts with government 16254, 16299
- Orcherton, Steve, removal from B.C. Buildings Corporation board of directors 15369
- Pacific Racing Association, status of organization 15434-5
- Priddy, Penny, comments on funding for independent schools 15262
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
- Ramsey, Paul, handling of information re funding for independent schools 15262
- Ratvy family, special needs child case, assessment of care costs 16851
- Real property, land values, impact of Indian treaty negotiations 15252
- Richard, Maurice, tribute 15867
- Schuck, Andrew, comments on McLeod Lake Indian band adhesion agreement 15486
- Sechelt Indian band, agreement-in-principle with federal and provincial governments, negotiations 16005
- Sliammon native council, treaty settlement proposal 15210-1
- Squamish Indian band, treaty negotiations 15363
- Stó:lo nation, treaty negotiations 15364-5
- Sumas Energy 2 Inc., proposed power facility in Sumas, Washington, impact on air quality 14958-9
- Throne speech debate 14956-9
- Tsawwassen first nation, treaty negotiations 15363-4
- Volunteers and volunteer sector, contribution of volunteers to community life 14956
- Wildlife, management by Indians, northern wildlife management protocol between Indians and government 15244
- Wilson, Gordon
- comments on balanced-budget legislation 15868-9
- comments on health care system 16377
- travel by charter flights 15074
- Wilson Indian band, land claim 15249-50
de Leeuw, Dionys
- Report on grizzly bear population, Environment ministry response
(Krueger) 16551-2, 16593
(Sawicki) 16551
DeBoer, Clarence
- Farming operation, wildlife control concerns
(Barisoff) 15930-1
Debt See Public debt
Deep Bay, B.C.
- Waterworks district, Crown land tenure application
(Coell) 16535-6
(Sawicki) 16536, 16605
Definition of Spouse Amendment Act, 1999
Definition of Spouse Amendment Act, 2000
- (Bill 21) (Attorney General) 1R, 16421-2; 2R, 16709-17; C, 17106-8, 17116-25; 3R, 17125; RA, 17169
- Amdts: sec. 1 (Plant) 17107, negatived 17108
- Divisions: 2R approved 16716; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 17108; sec. 1 approved 17117
- Debate, speakers
(Petter) 16421-2, 16709, 16715-6, 17106-8, 17116-25
(Plant) 16709-15, 17106-8, 17116-25
- Definitions, "spouse" and "domestic partner"
(Petter) 16715-6, 17107-8
(Plant) 16713-5, 17106-8
- Purpose of bill
(Plant) 16709-10
(Ramsey) 16421-2, 16709, 16715-6
- Transition provision
(Petter) 17125
(Plant) 17124-5
Delgamuukw cases
- Decisions
- applicability to areas with pre-existing treaties
(Lovick) 15297-8
(Weisgerber) 15297-8
- conferring of joint tenancy over Crown lands, proposition
(de Jong) 15243
(Lovick) 15243
- impact on Indian treaty negotiations
(Lovick) 15207-9
- obligation to consult
(Miller) 15976-7
(Neufeld) 15976-7
Deloitte Consulting Product Services Inc.
- Review of government's capital management process
Delta, B.C.
- Agriculture industry, wildlife control
(Barisoff) 15930
(Evans) 15930
(Roddick) 15930
- Expropriated properties in Brunswick Point area, assessment and leases
(Roddick) 16000
- Greenhouse industry operators' concerns
(Barisoff) 15903-4
(Evans) 15903-4
- Health care situation in area
(Farnworth) 15685-7
(Roddick) 15685-7
- Land base inventory project
(de Jong) 15255-6
(Lovick) 15255-6
- Noise from blueberry farming operations
(Masi) 16001
- Transportation issues
Delta Hospital, Delta, B.C.
- Obstetrics and gynecological services
(Farnworth) 15686
(Roddick) 15685-6
Delta North constituency and area
Delta South constituency and area
Democracy
den Bok, Joe
Denman Island
Dental care
- Retention of dental records, regulation
(Petter) 17156
(Plant) 17156
Detroit Diesel–Allison British Columbia Ltd.
Diabetes
Disabled and handicapped persons
- Accessibility of golfing activities See Golf and golf courses
- Community living services
- availability
(Brewin) 16872
(Reid, L.) 16871-2
- community social services workers, wage levels
(Brewin) 16776
- funding
(Brewin) 16918
(Reid, L.) 16918
- Disability benefits See Income assistance, disability benefits under Social welfare system
- Employment opportunities for disabled persons
- employment models, effectiveness
(Pullinger) 16214-5
(Whittred) 16214-5
- impact of allowable levels of other income on disability benefits See Income assistance, disability benefits under Social welfare system
- opportunities
(Pullinger) 16095
- Social Development and Economic Security ministry project See Pratt, Russ
- Employment standards issue
(Krueger) 16598-9
(MacPhail) 16598-9
- Family caregivers, issues and concerns
(Brewin) 16920-1
(Reid, L.) 16920-1
- Office for disability issues See Office for disability issues
- Programs and services
- at-home program
(Brewin) 16920
(Reid, L.) 16920-1
- availability
(Reid, L.) 16778
- community living See Community living services above under this main heading
- home support See Home support services, long-term eligibility for disabled persons under Home care
- involvement of family and other caregivers
(Anderson) 17311
- ministry responsibility issue re wheelchair repair case
(Coell) 15743
(Farnworth) 15743
- residential care workers, wage levels
(Brewin) 14628-9, 14633
(Reid, L.) 14629, 14633
(Symons) 14628
- services delivery review
(Pullinger) 16283
(Whittred) 16283
- services for adult children of elderly parents
(Brewin) 16802, 16872
(Chong) 16801-2
(Reid, L.) 16871-2
- services for persons over 19 years of age, ministerial responsibility
(Brewin) 16846
(Reid, J.) 16846
- vocational rehabilitation services
(Pullinger) 16213-4
(Whittred) 16213-4
- Respite services for family caregivers See Health care
- Visual impairment, programs and services for visually impaired persons
(Anderson) 16924-5
(Brewin) 16924-5
Discrimination and racism
- Discrimination and racism in Canada and elsewhere
(Wilson, G.) 14979
- History of treatment of minorities in B.C.
(Dosanjh) 14973
- Prevention
- Treatment of Asian immigrants
(Penner) 16588-9
(Streifel) 16587-9
Ditidaht first nation
- Treaty settlement proposal in association with Pacheedaht Indian band, cash-land values
(de Jong) 15214
(Lovick) 15205, 15214
Divisions, Recorded
- Appointment of Dennis Streifel as Deputy Speaker, approved 17241
- Appointment of Tim Stevenson as Deputy Speaker, approved 14498
- Balanced Budget Act, 1R approved, 16972; 2R approved, 17096; 3R approved, 17155
- Budget: approved 15034
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2000: sec. 17 approved 15085; sec. 56 approved 15097; sec. 97 approved 15537; 3R approved 15538
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act: amdt. to sec. 3 negatived 16386; amdt. to sec. 13 negatived 16400
- Definition of Spouse Amendment Act, 2000, 2R approved 16716; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 17108; sec. 1 approved 17117
- Health ministry estimates, amendment to reduce the Health ministry's budget allocation by $1, negatived 15612
- McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act, sec. 9 approved 15888
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000, amdt. to sec. 21 negatived 15421
- Premier's Office estimates, that the Premier's Office budget allocation be reduced to $1, negatived 16990
- Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, sec. 6 approved 14722; sec. 11 approved 14724
- Speech from the Throne (Address in reply): amdt. negatived 14894; motion approved 14962
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, 2R approved 14624
- Supply Act (No. 2), 2000, 2R approved 16992; sec. 1 approved 16992-3
DMR Consulting Group Inc.
- Contract with government
(Petter) 15656
(Plant) 15656
DNA Identification Act (federal)
Doane Raymond
Dominion Construction Co. Ltd.
- Rapid transit project contract
(Bowbrick) 15854
(Symons) 15854-5
Dosanjh, Hon. Ujjal (Vancouver-Kensington)
- As subject
- actions as leader of NDP 17021-3
(Bowbrick) 17038
(Chong) 14533-4
(McGregor) 17026
- actions prior to and during leadership of NDP
(Campbell) 16947-8, 16950-1, 17093-4
(Thorpe) 17023
- campaign for NDP leadership, comments on balanced budgets 16974-5
(Plant) 16974
- campaign for NDP leadership, priorities 16945
- comments in 1994 on balancing of budgets
(Penner) 14556
- comments on 1996-97 budget
(Clark, C.) 14871
- comments on budget deficits
(Neufeld) 14598-9
- comments on funding for parks
(Campbell) 16958-9
- comments on Mainland Sand and Gravel Ltd. Pitt River gravel mining operation
(Neufeld) 15944
- communications with Premier's Office staff on budget matters 16957-8
(Campbell) 16956-9
- government caucus support as premier
(Farrell-Collins) 16991-2
- recognition of health care issues
(Campbell) 17244
(Clark, C.) 17264
(Hawkins) 17275-6
(Krueger) 17294
(MacPhail) 17245-6
(Roddick) 17285
- record as Attorney General
(Nebbeling) 14847-8
- record as MLA
(Krueger) 14530
- rental property, condition
(de Jong) 15825-6
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair 16959
- Armed forces, Nanoose Bay test range, seabed licence agreement between B.C. and federal government, renewal negotiations 16987
- Auditor general, reports, "Review of the Fast Ferry Project: Governance and Risk Management" 16951
- Backerman, Stuart, discontinuation of government employment 16955, 16983
- Balanced Budget Act
- B.C. Television (BCTV), coverage of foster care case, government response 16298
- Brown, Hans, role in Premier's Office 16956, 16983
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- Budgets
- Burns Bog, protection of area, government action 16987
- Business, electronic commerce, legal issues, legislation 16986
- Canadian Jewish Congress, involvement in establishment of Holocaust Memorial Day 14973
- Chilton, Chris, role in Premier's Office and involvement with Now Communications Group contracts 16956, 16983
- Civil service, public sector
- report on cost of public sector wages 14792, 14844
- wage-and-benefit agreements, negotiation process 15868
- Clark, Glen, lawsuits involving member, payment of legal costs by government 16707
- Crown corporations, sale by government 17257
- Dawson, Ross
- involvement in government complaint against BCTV 16298
- role in decision on placement of children in foster care case 16493
- Discrimination and racism, history of treatment of minorities in B.C. 14973
- Draayers family, foster care case 16252, 16298, 16493
- Economy, B.C. economy, current and future conditions 16231
- Education
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries construction program, handling by NDP government 14511-3, 16950-1
- Forest industry, softwood lumber agreement with United States, negotiations for new agreement, B.C. government preparation 16988-9
- Government
- federal transfer payments to provinces, equalization program 16989-90
- federal-provincial relations 16986-9
- fiscal planning and policies, financial accountability 16231
- information, electronic processing 16984-6
- lawsuits involving government and government officials, legal costs
- ministers
- accountability 16951
- air travel, government policy 15128
- sale of assets and Crown corporations 17257
- Gunton, Tom, secondment from Finance ministry to other ministries, current role 16984
- Health care
- funding
- system during NDP administration 16952
- Highway 19 (Island Highway), Island Highway construction project, North Island section traffic dividers 16953-4
- Holocaust, impact on people 14974
- Holocaust Memorial Day Act, debate 14973-4
- Income tax, personal tax rates
- reduction 17022
- reductions for low- and middle-income earners 16946
- Kaiser Youth Foundation, report on substance abuse, recommendations and government response 16563
- Legislature
- committee system, appointment of select standing committees 14498
- cooperation and openness 16986-7
- debate, matters under sub judice rule 14871
- legislative reform 16946
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, position on issues
- NDP government
- accountability 16950-1
- financial management 17021-2
- handling of megaprojects 16945
- handling of whistle-blower issues 15602
- use of aliases in e-mail and correspondence by ministers and senior staff, applicability of freedom-of-information legislation 16948-9, 17085-6
- Nurses, supply, foreign nurse recruitment 17256
- Optometrists, user fee for services 16959
- Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy, agreement between B.C. and federal government, negotiations 16988
- Parks, funding 16958-9
- Post-secondary education, funding levels 17257
- Premier's Office
- Prostitution, child and youth prostitution, government prevention work 15600
- Schreck, David
- Liberal Party's freedom-of-information request for e-mails 17085
- role in Premier's Office 16984-5
- Select Standing Committee on Health and Social Services, review of current health care policy 16952-3
- Substance abuse/addiction, treatment services for children and youth, government action plan 16563
- Taxation, tax reductions
- Transportation, investment in infrastructure, federal funding, provincial share 16989
- Wilson, Gordon, travel by charter flights 15128
- Wong, King, death 16873
- Youth, youth at risk, secure care initiative 15600
Douglas College, New Westminster, B.C.
- David Lam campus, use of facilities
(Clark, C.) 14967-8
Douglas, T.C. (Tommy)
- Political and social ideals
(Bowbrick) 14837
(Clark, C.) 14655
(Nettleton) 14806
- Position on public debt
(Jarvis) 14601
- Work on medicare
(Evans) 17090
Doyle, Hon. James E. (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- As subject
- Adams Lake, replacement of bridge, cost 15385
- Agriculture industry, agricultural leases, stumpage rates on leased land, work of Agriculture Committee 15339, 15341
- Association of B.C. Professional Foresters, role 15368-9
- Budget debate 14569-71
- Burnaby, aerial spraying against gypsy moth in area 15371-2
- Canadian Alliance, position on health care 14953
- Carrier Lumber Ltd., negotiations with government on compensation for expropriated land 15265
- Chief forester
- Columbia Basin Trust, establishment and accomplishments 14570-1
- Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, capital projects 14569-70, 14951-2
- 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" 16312, 16432-3
- Doane Raymond, work for government on forest worker transition program tax issue 15112-3, 15130-1, 15162-3
- Education funding, 2000-01 budgeted expenditures 14571
- Empire Valley Ranch, land acquisition by government, exchange for land in northeastern B.C. 15340
- Environment, pest control and pesticide use, aerial spraying against gypsy moth 15347, 15371
- Evans Forest Products Ltd., status of company 14569
- Field, hydro service 14952
- Fisheries, fish habitat, management of fish and fish-bearing streams, ministerial responsibility 15337
- Forest Act
- Forest Appeals Commission, annual report, 1999, tabled 14911
- Forest industry
- annual allowable cut
- burnt wood, pricing adjustments 15316
- certification of forest products, government position 15059, 15227, 15273
- 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 15070-2, 15222-4, 15232, 15280
- 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 15342-3
- community-based decision-making 15311
- government initiatives 15232-7
- green-up requirement 15338
- harvesting of insect-damaged wood, Forests ministry policy 15372-4
- 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 15334-5
- harvest levels
- comparisons with other provinces 15343
- cut control requirements for small licensees 16312
- identified wildlife management strategy 15235
- Indians' involvement in industry, government initiatives 15233, 15235-6, 15279, 15385
- industry in B.C.
- current activity 14569-70
- current state of industry 15415
- industry during NDP administration 16664
- investment in industry, capital investment 15062-3
- logging plans, requirements 16312
- low-grade wood, utilization standards 15316
- mills
- appurtenancy requirements 15281
- capacity to process insect-damaged wood 15373-4
- 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, 15059, 15236-7, 15265, 15339-40, 15344-7, 15375
- plywood industry
- stumpage rates, impact on industry 15413
- use of insect-damaged wood 15374
- professional foresters
- remanufacturing industry
- revenues to government, 2000-01 projections 15069
- salvage logging
- silviculture
- silviculture contracts, quality assurance review process 15411
- silviculture plan 15231
- softwood lumber agreement with United States
- impact of agreement on industry 15070
- negotiations for new agreement, B.C. government preparation 15232, 15269-71
- softwood lumber industry, report on industry in B.C. and United States 15225-6
- stumpage rates
- tenure system, reform 15281-2
- timber harvesting licences, licence transfer issues 16663
- timber supply review process 15309-10
- woodlots
- Forest Practices Board, annual report, 1999, tabled 15484
- Forest Practices Code
- enforcement of code, Forest Practices Board recommendations on role of ministries, government action 15382-5
- impact of code
- pilot projects 15278-9, 15309, 15343-4
- purpose of code 14571
- results-based code 15234
- revision of code, impact on costs 15066, 15071-2, 15273
- Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, amendments 16312, 16433-4
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- annual report, 1998-99, tabled 15484
- board membership 15413
- business plan, 2000-01
- contract work by Forests ministry employees 15412
- establishment and original mandate 15412-3
- 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
- accomplishments 15202-3
- documents tabled 15193
- performance evaluation, client poll 15238-9
- taxation of training funds, responsibility for payment of taxes
- agreement-in-principle 15108-10, 15167-9, 15202, 15219-21
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency position 15110-4, 15130-4, 15162-3, 15171-4, 15197-201
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency position, handling of client notification by government and contracted agencies 15134-40, 15139-41, 15160-1, 15164-5, 15200-1, 15203
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency position, legality issue, government action 15165-71, 15194-6, 15202
- legal proceedings, impact on discussion of issue 15110-6, 15161
- payment of taxes 14667, 15075
- Forests ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15059-60, 15062-72, 15107-16, 15130-41, 15160-74, 15194-203, 15219-39, 15262-82, 15309-16, 15329-47, 15371-88, 15409-15
- accomplishments and goals 15059-60, 15064
- budget
- 1999-2000 shortfalls, predictability issue 14636-40
- expenditures for 2000-01 period 15236-7
- business plan, 2000-01
- first nations forest strategy 15233, 15235-6, 15385
- forest action plan, priorities 15315-6, 15329
- involvement in land trades with forest companies, negotiations 15340
- landscape unit planning initiative, availability of cost study 17154
- landscape unit planning initiative, cost 15234-5, 15266
- 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
- Golden, capital investment in area 14569-70
- Health care system, two-tier system 14953
- 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, 15263-5
- Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada, position on forest worker transition program tax issue 15111-2, 15197
- Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association, concerns re Kootenay-Boundary higher-level forest management plan 17153
- Internet, access, wireless service to B.C. schools 14571
- Invermere
- capital investment in area 14952
- community college 14570
- Jobs and timber accord, job creation, targets and outcomes 15329-34, 16663-4
- Kimberley, capital investment in area 14951-2
- Kootenay area, recreation services in East Kootenay 14570
- Kootenay-Boundary land use plan
- higher-level plan, public consultation 17153
- status 15277
- Labour, workers, comments by Liberal Party members on workers 17010
- 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 15165-7, 15173-4, 15194
- Legislature, debate, matters under sub judice rule 15112-3
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party, comments on workers by Liberal Party members 17010
- McLeod Lake Indian band, Treaty 8 adhesion agreement, forestry provisions 15490
- McLeod Lake Indian Band Treaty No. 8 Adhesion and Settlement Agreement Act, debate 15490
- Nechako Lakes area, beetle control project 14639
- New Forest Opportunities Ltd., effectiveness 15411
- Parks
- Forests ministry recreation sites, user fees, collection 15267-8, 15377
- pest control and management, beetle infestations in parks and protected areas 15345, 15372
- Pearse, Peter, comments on forest industry in B.C. 15226
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., report and comments on B.C. forest industry 15070-1, 15222-5
- Resources and resource industries, resource-based communities, economic diversification, government funding 15310
- Revelstoke
- capital investment in area 14953
- community forest 14569
- maintenance of roads and bridges in area, bidding process for contractors 15414
- Riverside Forest Products Ltd., pilot project 15343
- Science and technology, high-technology industry, current conditions 14571
- 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 15110-1, 15114-5
- Silver Creek, 1998 fire in area, government action on ombudsman's report recommendations 15378-80
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., impact of Nisga'a land entitlement, negotiations on compensation 15238
- 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
- Stanyer, Roger, comments on forest worker transition program tax issue 15164
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2000, debate 14636-40
- Throne speech debate 14951-3
- TimberWest Forest Corp., Youbou mill, economic viability review and future of tree farm licence 16663
- Tourism industry in B.C.
- industry 14571
- opportunities in forested regions, role of Forests ministry 15378
- Tweedsmuir Park, beetle infestations 14639, 15345-6
- Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., settlement agreement with Forests ministry on expropriated lands and cutting rights 15237, 15382
- Wong, Gary, comments on forest worker transition program tax issue 15133-4, 15197-8
Draayers family
- Foster care case
- Children's Commission recommendations
(Brewin) 16153-4, 16253
(Campbell) 16252
(Clark, C.) 16154
(McKinnon) 16153
(Reid, L.) 16153, 16253
- decision on placement of children
(Brewin) 16422, 16492, 16561-2
(Clark, C.) 16422, 16493
(Dosanjh) 16493
(Reid, L.) 16422, 16492-3, 16561
- release of personal information connected with case
(Brewin) 16861-2
(Coleman) 16861-2, 16864
- rights of children
(Brewin) 16298
(Dosanjh) 16298
(Reid, L.) 16297-8
- role of Children and Families ministry
(Brewin) 14725-6, 16153-4, 16253
(Campbell) 16252
(Clark, C.) 14725, 16154
(Dosanjh) 16252
(Jarvis) 14930-1
(McKinnon) 14829-30, 16153
(Reid, L.) 14725, 16153, 16252-3
Drinking and driving See Impaired driving
Drugs
Drunk driving See Impaired driving
Duck farming industry See Poultry industry
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