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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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Hansard Sittings by Page Number
Eagle Park Lodge, Qualicum, B.C.
- Expansion of facility
(Farnworth) 15691
(Reid, J.) 15691
Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Care Centre, Port Moody, B.C.
- Intensive care unit
(Clark, C.) 17265
(Evans) 17267
Easter
Eating disorders
EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.
- Report recommendations on flood-related debris flow damages
(Abbott) 16609
Economic Forecast Council
- Advice to government for budget-making purposes, tabling requirement
(Ramsey) 16393-4
(Thorpe) 16393-4
- Selection and appointment process, public participation
(Farrell-Collins) 16386-7
(Ramsey) 16386-7
(Thorpe) 16386
Economy
- B.C. economy
- comparison with elsewhere
(Dalton) 14574
(Farrell-Collins) 14549-50, 14552-3, 15757
(Hawkins) 14741-2
(Jarvis) 14601, 14729-30
- current and future conditions
(Barisoff) 14753-4
(Campbell) 14520-1
(Cashore) 14880-1
(Chong) 14795
(Clark, C.) 14657-8
(Dosanjh) 16231
(Farnworth) 14889-90
(Hansen) 14775, 14874-5
(Hogg) 14514, 15023-4
(Jarvis) 14930-2
(Krueger) 16182-3
(Lali) 14580
(Lovick) 14526, 14779-80
(MacPhail) 14953, 14955
(Miller) 15032-3
(Ramsey) 14539-40
(Robertson) 14760
(Sihota) 15030, 16257-8
(Stevenson) 15018-9
(Waddell) 14835-7, 16238-9
(Wilson, G.) 14877-9
(Wilson, J.) 14914
- diversification
(Chong) 16403
(McGregor) 14863
(Petter) 14798
(Zirnhelt) 14683-5
- domestic activity
(Hammell) 14735
- government vision for future economy
(Throne speech) 14497
- recovery
(Robertson) 14501
(Sihota) 15756-8
- role of traditional industries
(MacPhail) 15015
(Pullinger) 14566-7
- "the new economy"
(Weisbeck) 14860-2
- Economic activity, measurement criteria
(Stephens) 14941-2
(Wilson, G.) 14876
- Globalization
(Evans) 15054-5
(Pullinger) 15053
- Green economy
- Management of economy, sustainability goal
(Evans) 17088-9
- Regional economic development, coastal zone economic strategy, input from business
(Kwan) 16622-3
(Reid, J.) 16622-3
- Role of private sector
(de Jong) 14958
- Western economic partnership agreement
(Hawkins) 16774
(Wilson, G.) 16774
Ecotourism See Tourism industry
Ecstall Mining Corp.
Education
- Access to Internet in schools See Provincial learning network (PLNet) below under this main heading
- Accreditation of schools
(Hogg) 16366-7
(Priddy) 16083, 16366-7
- Assessment of students See Public education system, performance measurement below under this main heading
- Career training in high school See Skills training
- Class size, impact on learning
(McGregor) 14865
(Priddy) 15000
(Smallwood) 14901
- Curriculum
- fine arts and music programs
(Masi) 16090
(Priddy) 16090
- French language examination
(Masi) 16091
(Priddy) 16091
- French language programs
(Hogg) 16371
(Priddy) 16371
- gifted students programs
(Priddy) 16289
(Roddick) 16288-9
- Holocaust education
(Whittred) 14977
- physics curriculum
(Masi) 16089
(Priddy) 16089-90
- Days of instruction, extended school day
(Clark, C.) 16336
(Priddy) 16336
- Early childhood education
(Bowbrick) 14839-40
- Education of Indians
- ability of education system to meet needs of Indian students
(Priddy) 16082-3
- initiatives to improve services for Indian students
(Anderson) 16286-8
(Priddy) 16287
- number of post-secondary graduates
(de Jong) 15356-7
(Lovick) 15356-7
- recovery of education funding owed to B.C. government by Indian bands
(Nettleton) 16346-7
(Priddy) 16346-7
- Electronically delivered education
- English-as-a-second-language program
(Anderson) 16285
(Priddy) 16285-6
- Essential service designation
(Campbell) 14535, 14561-2
(Clark, C.) 14563
(Hogg) 14536
- Essential service designation and legislation
(Anderson) 14706-8
(Campbell) 14587, 14696-8
(Chong) 14709-11
(Hawkins) 14704-5
(Hogg) 14699-701
(Miller) 14703-4
(Orcherton) 14714-5
(Plant) 14712-3
(Sihota) 14715
- Expenditure as investment in future economic prosperity
(Lovick) 14780
- Funding
- German student exchange program, funding
(Dalton) 16126-7
(Priddy) 16126-7
- Goal-setting and attainment
(Hogg) 14513
- Home schooling
- Importance of education
(Campbell) 14519-20
(Hogg) 14700-1
- Independent schools
- enrolment projections and student mix
(Brewin) 14635
(Hogg) 14635
- funding from government
(Campbell) 15216, 16957
(Clark, C.) 15261
(de Jong) 15262
(Dosanjh) 15216-7, 16957
(Farrell-Collins) 15260
(Hogg) 15128, 15216-7, 16114, 16118
(McKinnon) 14594-5
(Plant) 15129, 15261
(Priddy) 15128-9, 15261-2, 16114, 16118
(Ramsey) 15260-2
(van Dongen) 15005
- Influence on individuals' health and social well-being
(Hogg) 16122-3
(Priddy) 16122-3
- Labour dispute involving unionized school support workers
- back-to-work legislation See Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act
- financial impact on families, reimbursement issue
(Campbell) 14665-6
(Hawkins) 14705
(Hogg) 14726
(Ramsey) 14665-6, 14726
- government action
(Anderson) 14706-7, 14709
(Campbell) 14696-8
(Chong) 14709-10
(de Jong) 14957
(Hawkins) 14704-6
(Hogg) 14699-702
(Petter) 14712
(Plant) 14713-4
(Waddell) 14834
- impact on families
(Campbell) 14535, 14561-2, 14587-8, 14668
(Clark, C.) 14563
(Dosanjh) 14535-6, 14561-3
(Farrell-Collins) 14548
(Hogg) 14535-6, 14588, 15024
(Krueger) 14536, 14674-5
(MacPhail) 14536-7, 14562-3
(Nebbeling) 14672-3
(Nettleton) 14563
(Plant) 14668
(Priddy) 14536
(Pullinger) 14536, 14563
(Reid, J.) 14536-7
(Weisbeck) 14608
- industrial inquiry commission report
(Anderson) 14707
(Campbell) 14696-7
- interim accord agreement
(de Jong) 14589, 14666
(MacPhail) 14589
(Plant) 14666-7
(Ramsey) 14589, 14666-7
- negotiation process
(Dosanjh) 14588, 14666
(Farrell-Collins) 14694
(Lovick) 14693-4
(MacPhail) 14588-9
(Miller) 14702-4
(Orcherton) 14714-5
(Ramsey) 14693, 14695-6, 14716
(Sihota) 14715
- savings to government
(Hogg) 14634
(Priddy) 14634
- Labour disputes
- Learning resources, funding
(Chong) 16340-1
(Priddy) 16340-1
- Middle school model, Education ministry requirements on implementation of model
(Priddy) 16333-4
(van Dongen) 16333-4
- Multiculturalism awareness in schools
(Anderson) 16967-8
(Hammell) 16968
- NDP government action
(Anderson) 14918
(Jarvis) 14931
(Masi) 14900
(Smallwood) 14901-3
(Stephens) 14943
(Weisbeck) 14860-1
- Parent advisory councils
- concerns re school services
(Anderson) 14708
- provincial sales tax exemption for school-related purchases
(Hogg) 16370
(Priddy) 16370
- Post-secondary education See Post-secondary education; Universities, colleges and institutes
- Provincial learning network (PLNet)
- Public education system
- Secondary education, completion rate
(Hogg) 16124-5
(Masi) 16091-2
(Priddy) 16091-2, 16124-5
- Skills and trades training in high school See Skills training
- Special education and special needs
- adequacy of resources
(Anderson) 16285-8
(Priddy) 16286-7
- alternative models of program delivery
(Hogg) 16117
(Priddy) 16117
- assessment waiting times
(Priddy) 16345
(Stephens) 16345
- early intervention programs, early assessment of special needs children
(Priddy) 16344-5
(Stephens) 16344-5
- funding for amalgamated school districts
(Abbott) 16292-3
(Barisoff) 16290-2
(Priddy) 16290-1
- impact of special needs students on education system
(Priddy) 16123
- Stay-in-school initiative
(Pullinger) 16282-3
(Whittred) 16282
Education as an Essential Service Act
(Bill M201) (Campbell) 1R, 14587
- Debate, speakers
(Campbell) 14587
Education, Ministry of
- Special warrant debate 14634-5
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 16081-92, 16108-30, 16284-96, 16329-48, 16361-73
- speakers
(Abbott) 16292-6
(Anderson) 16285-8
(Barisoff) 16289-92
(Chong) 16338-41
(Clark, C.) 16335-8
(Dalton) 16125-7, 16347-8, 16361-2
(Hawkins) 16329-31
(Hogg) 16083-4, 16108-25, 16127-30, 16364-73
(Krueger) 16363-4
(McKinnon) 16331-3
(Masi) 16089-92, 16369-70
(Nettleton) 16346-7
(Priddy) 16081-3, 16085-92, 16108-30, 16285-96, 16329-48, 16361-73
(Roddick) 16288-9
(Stephens) 16344-6
(Thorpe) 16341-4
(van Dongen) 16333-4
(Weisbeck) 16334-5
(Wilson, J.) 16084-9
- Accomplishments and goals
(Priddy) 16081-3
- Accountability framework, efforts to enhance accountability for performance
(Hogg) 16108-10
(Priddy) 16109-10
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Priddy) 16877
- "Better Learning" magazine, cost and distribution
(Dalton) 16362
(Priddy) 16362
- Budget
- 1999-2000 shortfalls
(McKinnon) 14594-5
- cost of public sector labour accords
(Hogg) 16371-2
(Priddy) 16371-2
- Contracts with Now Communications Group Inc. See Now Communications Group Inc.
- Performance
- Performance plan, 2000-01
Egan, Jim
- Tribute
(Gillespie) 14892
Election Act
Elections
- Call for general election
(Abbott) 14654
(Anderson) 14916
(Barisoff) 14756
(Campbell) 14515, 14521, 17094-5
(Clark, C.) 16264, 17267
(Coell) 14994
(Krueger) 14533, 14677-8, 17044
(Stephens) 14944-5
(Thorpe) 14833
(Waddell) 14833-4
- Campaign contributions and expenses, disclosure provisions
(McGregor) 15399-401
(Nebbeling) 15398-401
- Electoral boundaries
- Electoral process, changes
(Masi) 14900
- Electoral representation, proportional representation
(Penner) 14605
(Sihota) 15028
- Length of time between general elections
(Penner) 14605
- Municipal elections, voting requirements for non-resident property owners
(McGregor) 15397-8, 16300
(Nebbeling) 15397-8, 16300
Elections B.C.
- Annual report, 1999, tabled
(Speaker) 17155
- Election readiness
(Petter) 16472-3
(Plant) 16472
Electoral Boundaries Commission
- Appointment of commission
Electoral Districts Act
Electoral Districts Amendment Act, 2000
- (Bill 16) (Attorney General) 1R, 15958; 2R, 16319-20, 16359-61; C, 16470-3; 3R, 16473; RA, 16993
- Debate, speakers
(Petter) 15958, 16319, 16361, 16470-3
(Plant) 16319-20, 16359-61, 16470-2
- Purpose of bill
(Petter) 15958, 16319
Electric power
- Cogeneration
- Government electricity policy
(Hawkins) 16775
(Wilson, G.) 16775
- Hydroelectric power companies, water use planning and fish habitat protection
(Evans) 16058-9
(van Dongen) 16058-9
- Power production, development of green energy sources
(Hawkins) 16039-40
(Miller) 16039-41
- Supply
Electronic commerce See Business
Electronic Transactions Act
- (Bill 32) (Minister of Advanced Education) 1R, 17084
- Debate, speakers
(Bowbrick) 17084
Elk See Hunting; Wildlife; Game farming industry, elk farming industry under Livestock industry
Elliot, Harry
- Employment with B.C. Gaming Commission
(Hawkins) 16818-9
(MacPhail) 16818-9
Emergencies
- Emergency preparedness, availability of acute-care beds
(Farnworth) 15675
(Symons) 15674-5
- Emergency response system for southern Vancouver Island
(Petter) 15524
(Plant) 15524
- Search and rescue services, condition of military helicopters used in emergency situations
(Penner) 17114-6
(Streifel) 17115
Empire Valley Ranch
- Land acquisition by government, exchange for land in northeastern B.C.
(Doyle) 15340
(Neufeld) 15340
(Sawicki) 16531
(Wilson, J.) 16531
Employee Investment Act
Employment and Investment, Ministry of
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 16657-60, 16686-704, 16746-75
- speakers
(Abbott) 16686-90, 16693-9
(Chong) 16752-61, 16767-71
(Hawkins) 16657, 16691-3, 16697-8, 16700-4, 16747-8, 16750-2, 16755, 16759-67, 16771-5
(Jarvis) 16695-6
(Penner) 16657-60, 16746-7, 16749-50
(Thorpe) 16699-700, 16750
(Wilson, G.) 16657-60, 16687-704, 16746-75
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Wilson, G.) 15828
- Communications
(Hawkins) 16702
(Wilson, G.) 16702
- Employment equity program
(Hawkins) 16774-5
(Wilson, G.) 16774-5
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Relationship with business community
(Hawkins) 16765-6
(Wilson, G.) 16765-6
- Role in business immigration pilot program
(Anderson) 16995
(Hammell) 16994-5
Employment and unemployment
- Accreditation for foreign education and experience
(Anderson) 16998-9
(Hammell) 16999
- Employment, government programs and services for income assistance recipients See Income assistance, employment programs and services under Social welfare system
- Employment standards
- Employment standards branch See Labour, Ministry of
- Equity hiring policy for women on major construction projects
(Smallwood) 16524
(Stephens) 16524
- Job creation
- number of jobs and per-job cost
(Nebbeling) 14848
- provincial comparisons
(Penner) 14883
- record in B.C.
(Clark, C.) 16033-4
- role of private sector
(Barisoff) 14754
- Maternity and parental leave
(Krueger) 16720-1, 17065-7
(MacPhail) 16721-2
(Petter) 16717, 17065-7
- Self-employment, government support
(Kwan) 16617
(Reid, J.) 16617
- Unemployment rate in B.C.
(Calendino) 14747
(Chong) 14687
(Miller) 14679, 15033
(Penner) 14883
(Wilson, G.) 14877
Employment Standards Act
Encorp Pacific Inc.
- Costs related to expansion of beverage container deposit system
(Coell) 16608
(Sawicki) 16608
Endangered species See Wildlife
Enderby and District Memorial Hospital, Enderby, B.C.
- Acute-care beds, change to long-term care
(Abbott) 15606-7
(Farnworth) 15606-7
Enderby, B.C.
- Television broadcasting organization
Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Northern Development
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 15939-46, 15961-82, 16009-28, 16037-51
- speakers
(Clark, C.) 16028, 16037-8
(Coleman) 15961
(Farrell-Collins) 16045-51
(Hawkins) 16027, 16038-40, 16044-6
(Jarvis) 15939-43, 15964-72
(Miller) 15939-44, 15946, 15961-82, 16010-28, 16037-51
(Neufeld) 15944-6, 15974-82, 16009-27, 16043-4, 16049
(Penner) 16041-3
(Reid, J.) 15962-3
(Sanders) 15961-2, 15971-2
(Thorpe) 16025-6
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Miller) 14846
- Authority to enter into agreements with B.C. Transportation Financing Authority
(Miller) 15036
(Neufeld) 15091-2
(Ramsey) 15091-2
- Geological survey branch
(Miller) 15962
(Sanders) 15961-2
- Involvement of ministry officials in administration of resource management zones
(Abbott) 17069-70
(Petter) 17069-70
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Role in enforcement of Forest Practices Code See Enforcement of code under Forest Practices Code
Engineers
- Operating engineers, pensions
(Krueger) 17166
(MacPhail) 17166
English-as-a-second-language programs See Education; Immigration to B.C., settlement programs and services under Immigration; Post-secondary education
Enns, Douglas
Environment
- Current conditions and trends, Environment ministry report
(Sawicki) 16474
- Environmental assessment process
- current projects
(Sawicki) 16476-7
- timeliness of reviews
(Coell) 16530
(Sawicki) 16530
- Environmental industry development fund
(Coell) 16554
(Sawicki) 16554-5
- Environmental programs and legislation, need for review
(Coell) 16477
- Environmental protection
- activities of forest companies and environmental organizations See Coast forest conservation initiative under Forest industry
- balance between economic activity and environment
(Zirnhelt) 14906
- current initiatives
(Goodacre) 14661-3
(Sawicki) 14996
- ecological reserve system
(Coell) 16430-1
(Sawicki) 16349-50, 16430-1
- green economy initiative See Green economy, government initiatives under Economy
- industry compliance with environmental standards
(Evans) 16061
(van Dongen) 16061
- interministry action plan on agriculture and the environment
(Evans) 15905
- interministry work
(Evans) 16055-7
(van Dongen) 16055-7
- marine protected areas strategy See Parks
- NDP government action
(Evans) 17089
(Sawicki) 16473-5
- tax-shifting initiatives See Taxation
- Yukon to Yellowhead conservation initiative, impact on land use planning process
(Coell) 16554
(Sawicki) 16554
- Environmental technology See Science and technology
- Pest control and pesticide use
- Pollution, AOX emissions from pulp mills
(Abbott) 16606, 16690, 16693
(Coell) 16605-6
(Plant) 17154
(Sawicki) 16606, 17154
(Wilson, G.) 16690, 16693
Environment, Lands and Parks, Ministry of
- 2000-01 Estimates
- debate 16473-8, 16528-59, 16605-12
- speakers
(Abbott) 16548-9, 16555-6, 16606, 16609-10
(Barisoff) 16547-8
(Chong) 16610-1
(Clark, C.) 16537-8
(Coell) 16477-8, 16528-36, 16538-40, 16544-7, 16549-50, 16552, 16554-5, 16557, 16605-6, 16608-9, 16612 16605-12
(Krueger) 16536-7, 16550-2
(Nebbeling) 16540-2, 16552-3
(Penner) 16534-5, 16544, 16607-8
(Reid, J.) 16543, 16611-2
(Roddick) 16533-4
(Sanders) 16542-3
(Sawicki) 16473-7, 16528-58, 16605-12
(Thorpe) 16529-30, 16538, 16544, 16546
(van Dongen) 16557-9
(Wilson, J.) 16531-2
- Accomplishments and responsibilities
(Sawicki) 16473-6
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Sawicki) 15561
- Budget
- Business plan
(Sawicki) 16474, 16528
- Elk hunting initiative in Peace area See Hunting
- Handling of freedom-of-information requests
(Penner) 16535
(Sawicki) 16535
- Joint initiative with Agriculture ministry See Environmental protection under Environment
- Memorandums of understanding with Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry
(Evans) 16057-9
(van Dongen) 16057-9
- Minister's Environmental Awards, 2000 winners commended
(Coell) 16375
(Sawicki) 16375
- Performance plan, 2000-01, tabled
(Ramsey) 15216
- Position on air quality issue re Sumas power facility proposal See Proposed power facility in Sumas, Washington, impact on air quality under Sumas Energy 2 Inc.
- Programs, performance measurement
(Coell) 16528
- Role
- role in enforcement of Forest Practices Code See Enforcement of code under Forest Practices Code
- role in land exchanges involving Crown land and fee simple land
(Evans) 15913-4
(Wilson, J.) 15912-3
- Staff and staffing
- impact of staffing levels on enforcement of fines and penalties for offences
(Krueger) 16550-1
(Sawicki) 16551
- staff involvement in public information meetings
(van Dongen) 16060
- staff morale
(Coell) 16529
(Krueger) 16593
(Sawicki) 16529
- staffing
(Coell) 16477
(Sawicki) 16476-7
- standards of conduct for ministry employees
(Krueger) 16551-2
(Sawicki) 16551-2
- Wildlife branch, letter to federal government on endangered species legislation
(Abbott) 16548-9
(Sawicki) 16548-9
Environmental Appeal Board
- Annual report, 1999-2000, tabled
(Sawicki) 17087
- Appointment of members
(Coell) 16531
(Sawicki) 16531, 16605
Environmental assessment office
- Annual report, 1998-99, tabled
(Sawicki) 15262
- Environmental assessment process See Environment
Equality Day
Eric Martin Pavilion See Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Essig, David
- Comments on governance of Islands Trust area
(Nebbeling) 15422-3
Estate Administration Act
Estates See Property
Ethanol See Fuel
Eurasian milfoil See Plants
Evans Forest Products Ltd.
- Status of company
(Doyle) 14569
Evans, Hon. Corky (Nelson-Creston)
- As subject
- comments on 1996-97 budget
(de Jong) 14871
- comments on NDP government actions
(de Jong) 14957-8
- comments on status of health care system
(Campbell) 17244
- involvement in Castlegar renters' eviction incident during 1980s 15055
- position on balanced-budget legislation 17087
- visits to health care facilities
(Hawkins) 17276
- withdrawal of comments requested by Chair 15862
- Accidents, head and brain injuries, services 17309
- Ackerman family, experience with replant program 15925
- Agricultural land reserve
- access to water 15931
- impact on reserve lands
- impact of Georgia strait crossing pipeline project 15988
- impact of Indian land claim settlements 15953-4
- impact of Trans Canada Trail 15987, 15988-9
- removal of land from reserve
- land deemed "in the provincial interest," definition of term 15955
- removal for non-agricultural purposes 15953-4
- subdivision of land, amalgamation of land titles, government incentives 15985-6, 15988
- Agriculture and Food ministry, annual report, 1998-99, tabled 14667
- Agriculture Day 15664-5
- Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry
- 2000-01 estimates debate 15858-65, 15903-34, 15946-56, 15983-99, 16002, 16052-79
- accomplishments and goals 15858-60
- budget and staff 16053-4
- Fisheries ministry
- involvement in Indian treaty negotiations 16075
- transfer to Agriculture and Food ministry 16053
- participation in federal-provincial agriculture committees 15922
- performance plan for Agriculture and Food ministry, priorities 15903, 15920, 15922-4, 15931
- reorganization and ministry priorities 16055
- responsibilities of ministry, work with other ministries 16055-7
- rural development function within ministry 15915
- staff involvement in public information meetings 16060
- Agriculture industry
- agricultural land, access to water 15931
- agricultural leases, expansion 15912
- air quality issues, Agriculture ministry work 15991-2
- compliance with environmental standards 16061
- ditch maintenance 15863, 16078
- education on agriculture in schools 15919
- farms and farming
- farm labour regulations 15906-7
- farm practices peer advisory program 15931
- farmland conservation 15987
- farmland housing, mobile home policy 15984
- on-farm processing policy 15984
- rural property tax, filing 15500
- seasonal workers, housing issues 15927
- size of farms, ten-acre rule 15985-6
- financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers
- greenhouse industry
- government support 15930
- growth, impact of municipal bylaws 15903-4
- Indians' involvement in industry 15862
- industry in B.C. 15664-5
- pest control
- integrated pest management 15920
- use of pest control products in industry, measurement of levels 15933-4
- regulations and red tape, government reduction initiatives 15863
- relationship between agriculture industry and community 15996
- research and development
- funding 15863, 15920
- workers' access to computers, government initiative 15920
- right-to-farm legislation, applicability 15904
- worker safety initiatives 15926-7
- Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act
- Ambulance service, personnel
- ambulance personnel for rural B.C. 17273
- training for ambulance personnel, funding 17295, 17314
- Aquaculture industry
- aquaculture research and development trust fund, operations 17068-9
- fish farms
- cultivation and marketing of stock 16066-9
- industry code of practice 16067
- salmon aquaculture policy and advisory committee 16065-7
- industry in B.C., environmental concerns 16059
- shellfish farming
- expansion of industry, government initiative 16052, 16061-4
- operations on Crown land subject to Indian treaty negotiations 16065
- right-to-farm legislation, applicability 16062
- sale of varnish clams 16065
- Autism, treatment
- Balanced Budget Act, debate 17087-90
- B.C.
- northern B.C.
- agriculture industry, expansion 15905
- ambulance service, air ambulance service 17322-3
- health care services 17271
- valuation of land and public assets in B.C. 17088
- B.C. Agriculture Council, memorandum of understanding with Agriculture and Food ministry on agrifood quality standards legislation 17080
- B.C. Assets and Land Corporation
- annual report, 1998-99, tabled 17155
- board membership 15916
- business partnerships division, ministerial responsibility 15918
- business plan priorities 15914-5, 15918-9, 15950
- commercial recreation tenures
- Crown lease application process, backlog 15917, 15951
- disposition of Crown lands, fiduciary obligations to Indians 15914-5
- enforcement of trespass provisions 15917-8
- handling of agriculture leases 15912
- mandate and operations 15907, 15910-1, 15915-7
- role
- consideration of community economic needs 15915
- land exchanges involving Crown land and fee simple land 15913-4
- shellfish farming tenure process 16064
- sale of Crown land 15949-50
- B.C. Cattlemen's Association
- best practices for predation control 15999
- position on workers compensation rates 15926
- B.C. Chicken Marketing Board
- participation in negotiations for national marketing agreement 15992-4
- role 15863-4
- B.C. Hog Marketing Commission, position on whole farm insurance program 15998
- B.C. Hydro
- participation in water use planning process 16058-9
- privatization, impact on government funding for health care 17287
- B.C. Investment Agriculture Foundation, role 15923
- B.C. Salmon Marketing Council, funding, regulation change 16076
- Brundtland, Gro, work on definition of sustainability 17088-9
- Budgets, balanced-budget legislation, support from NDP government members 17090
- Bulkley River, steelhead fishery, government role 16071-2
- Burnaby, dental clinic for school children, funding 17288
- Business, cooperative enterprises, role in B.C. economy 15055
- Buy B.C. program, marketing of program 15934
- Campbell, Gordon, comments on issues
- Agriculture minister's relationship with federal government 15860-1
- decentralization of power to local government 15129-30
- Capital health region
- flex-bed allocation 17293
- funding 17269
- health guide, distribution 17274-5
- seniors, number of health care beds 17292
- Central Kootenay regional district, participation in sterile insect release program 15921
- Central Vancouver Island health region, funding for community living support workers 17314
- Certified Organic Associations of B.C., role 17080
- Children, child care, publicly funded system for B.C. 14523-4
- Chilliwack General Hospital, Chilliwack, B.C.
- CT scanner, hours of operation 17306
- staffing, health professional shortages 17306
- Civil service, employees, involvement of civil servants in public information meetings 16060
- Clearwater, multilevel health care facility 17289-90
- Cooperative Association Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15054-6
- Cooperatives, development of modern cooperative sector 15055
- Creston fruit-packing plant, ownership 15055
- Creston Valley regional district, participation in sterile insect release program 15921
- Crown land
- activities on Crown land
- economic initiatives for communities 15915
- enforcement of trespass provisions 15917-8
- agricultural leases 15912
- disposition of lands, fiduciary obligations to Indians 15914-5
- fishing resort leases, impact of lease rate assessments on resort operations 15908-9
- land exchanges involving Crown land and fee simple land 15913-4
- Cuba, health care system 17294
- Dairy industry, taxation of dairy farmland and buildings 15998
- Dawson Creek, CT scanner services for region 17322-3
- Delta
- agriculture industry, wildlife control 15930
- greenhouse industry operators' concerns 15903-4
- Democracy, participatory democracy 15054-6
- Denman Island, shellfish farming
- Douglas, T.C. (Tommy), work on medicare 17090
- Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Care Centre, intensive care unit 17267
- Eating disorders, treatment services for youth 17315
- Economy
- globalization 15054-5
- management of economy, sustainability goal 17088-9
- Electric power, hydroelectric power companies, water use planning and fish habitat protection 16058-9
- Environment
- environmental protection
- industry compliance with environmental standards 16061
- interministry action plan on agriculture and the environment 15905
- interministry work 16055-7
- NDP government action 17089
- pest control and pesticide use, aerial spraying against gypsy moth 15997-8
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- memorandums of understanding with Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ministry 16057-9
- role in land exchanges involving Crown land and fee simple land 15913-4
- FarmFolk/CityFolk Society, concerns re agrifood quality standards legislation 17078
- Fish Protection Act, implementation 16058
- Fisheries
- federal transition and retirement programs for older workers, participation by provincial government 16073-4
- federal-provincial relations 16073
- fish habitat protection
- urban salmon habitat program, ministerial responsibility 16076
- workshops, government funding 16078
- fishing industry
- compliance with environmental standards 16061
- Indians' involvement in industry, aboriginal fisheries strategy, pilot sales agreements 16075
- industry in B.C. 15860
- industry in B.C., government initiatives 16053-4
- freshwater hatchery program 16070
- Pacific salmon fishery, Canada-B.C. agreement
- protection and conservation of resource, water use planning, government initiative 16058
- sport fishing
- free family fishing on B.C. Day weekend, petition tabled 16877
- free fishing for children 16664
- freshwater fishing industry, economic contribution 16052
- freshwater guiding industry and classified water policy 16071
- industry in B.C. 16069-70
- inland sport fishing development initiative 16069
- steelhead fishery conservation
- Fisheries ministry, annual report, 1998-99, tabled 16975
- Fisheries Renewal B.C.
- accountability, audits 16077
- annual report, 1999-2000, tabled 17087
- communications budget 16077
- funding for projects, current projects 16077-8
- funding sources 16054, 16076-7
- regional delivery agents, conflict-of-interest guidelines 16077
- Food industry
- agrifood industry
- food quality and safety initiatives 15931, 15934
- pest control, use of pest control products in industry 15933-4
- tree fruit industry
- Forest industry in B.C., diversification 15985
- Galiano Island, log sort site lease 15948
- Glacier View Lodge, government expropriation issue 17252
- Government
- decentralization of power to local government, Liberal party position 15129-30
- federal government, devolution of responsibilities to provincial government 15948
- public confidence in government 14522-3
- G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital
- intensive care unit, staffing 17319-20
- services, dialysis and chemotherapy 17320
- Gulf Islands, wharves, transfer of responsibility from federal government to capital regional district 15948
- Harper Ranch, land use 15911
- Health care
- bed management system for province 17274, 17291
- community clinics 17246-7
- continuing and long-term care
- funding for patient care supplies 17312
- inclusion of aging-in-place component in residential facilities 17314-5
- non-profit care facilities, number and role 17253
- number of available beds 17308
- transfer of patients from acute-care facility to supported home environment 17318
- facilities, public-private partnerships 17308, 17322
- funding
- allocation to rural and remote regions, definition of "rural" 17281-2
- disbursement of supplementary funds 17242-3, 17258, 17282-3
- federal contribution 17250-2, 17258
- funding for medical equipment 17247-50, 17269
- funding for medical equipment, decision-making authority re purchase designations 17304-5, 17322
- Liberal Party position 17245, 17259-60, 17262, 17266
- health action plan
- health authorities
- allocation of budgeted funds 17271, 17280
- debt and deficits 17260-1
- payment of provincial sales tax on commodities 17293
- health guide program
- distribution 17274-5
- health handbook and nurse advice telephone line 17316-7
- health professionals, recruitment and retention 17306
- intensive care units, availability 17291
- services, primary care clinics, new facilities versus expansion of existing facilities
- system
- current state of B.C. system 17270-1
- infant mortality rate, use as measure of health care system 17271
- wait-lists and waiting times
- CT scans 17306
- hip surgeries 17269
- management of wait lists, bed-registry system 17314
- orthopedic surgery 17307-8
- workers, occupational injury rate 17274-5
- Health care, travel for treatment and diagnostic services, costs, coverage 17298-9
- Health ministry
- Hepatitis C, hepatitis secretariat, program funding 17316
- Hog industry, position on whole farm insurance program 15998
- Home care
- caregiving by family and friends 17274-5
- home support services
- Hospice care
- access of hospice patients to drugs, medical supplies and equipment 17310
- services, funding 17293
- Hospitals
- acute-care beds
- use for long term care patients 17268
- critical-care beds, availability 17269
- Housing
- cooperative housing, activity in B.C. 15055
- social housing, supportive housing for persons with mental illness 17315
- Howe, Maurice, hip replacement case 17308
- Hunt, Christine, appointment to board of Land Reserve Commission 15955
- Hunting, elk hunting, Environment ministry initiative 15929-30, 15989-90
- Indians, consultation by government, consideration of Indians' interests in disposition of Crown land 15914-5
- Jansen, John, establishment of Fraser Valley organic feed mill 17306
- Keremeos, health care facility, funding 17272
- Land Reserve Commission
- Land use
- land and resource management plans, planning process, coastal land and resource management plans, input from aquaculture industry 16064
- land set aside for protection, 12 percent figure, attainment 17089
- Legislature
- bills, committee stage, passage of all sections of bill after general debate 17079
- cooperation and openness 14522-3
- Lehman, Anita and Dale, land exchange proposal 15913-4
- Liberal Party, B.C. Liberal Party
- Livestock industry
- game farming industry
- government loan guarantee programs 15925-6
- growth, impact of feed costs 15905-6
- herd health management 15861-2
- impact of workers compensation rates 15926-7
- wolf predation prevention 15999
- Mainland Dairymen's Association, concerns re taxation of dairy farmland and buildings 15998
- Medical Services Plan of B.C., coverage, lung reductions 17323
- Mental health
- funding for services 17300-1
- mental health plan, funding and implementation 17261-4, 17312-3
- mental illness
- availability of care facilities 17315
- funding for community-based service agencies 17311-2
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2000, debate 17068-9
- Nanaimo Port Authority, management of water lots 15911-2
- Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, funding 17314
- NDP government, work towards sustainable society in B.C. 17089-90
- North Island constituency and area, tourism operators' concerns 15952-3
- North Okanagan health region, funding 17322
- North Shore health region, funding 17319
- Northern Rockies regional district, transfer of Fort Nelson airport lands and management to district, negotiations with government 15946-8
- Norton, Greg, concerns re whole farm insurance program 15928
- Nurses
- Canadian-trained nurse denied right to stay in Canada, case 17320-1
- nurse practitioners, role 17316
- supply, recruitment and retention
- day care availability as nurse retention initiative 17283
- foreign nurse recruitment 17283-4, 17311
- mandatory age-65 retirement 17320-1
- new student spaces, planning 17277-9
- nursing workplace innovation program 17284
- operating room nurses 17306-7
- refresher training, funding 17277
- supply in northern and rural areas 17271
- training
- mentoring support program 17279-81
- nurse education bursary program 17279
- nurse transition to professional practice, funding 17285
- spaces in university colleges 17309-10
- upgrading for rural nurses 17319-20
- union endorsement 17284
- Oil and gas industry, natural gas price increases, impact on hospitals and other public institutions 17287-8, 17307
- Okanagan area
- health care funding, continuing and long term care beds 17271-3, 17285
- nurse supply 17283
- Okanagan Lake, Kokanee salmon and mysis shrimp
- Okanagan University College, nursing spaces 17309-10
- Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, annual report, 1999-2000, tabled 17155
- Oliver, seasonal worker housing pilot project 15927
- Osoyoos Indian band, use of land purchased in agricultural reserve 15954
- Oyster River Research Farm, future 15926
- Parks, marine protected areas strategy, role of provincial government 16076
- Parksville
- after-hours health care clinic, hours of operation 17313
- ambulance service in area 17314
- Peace River area
- agriculture industry, wildlife control concerns 15989
- health care funding for North and South Peace 17322-3
- Penticton, long term care facility 17308
- Physicians
- competency review for foreign-trained physicians 17303-4, 17321
- disputes, handling by NDP government 17270
- hospitalists, guidelines for in-house physicians 17319
- supply and recruitment, initiatives to increase number of physicians practising in B.C. 17303, 17321
- Physiotherapists, supply 17306
- Politics and politicians, "right-wing" politics 14522
- Poultry industry
- duck farming industry, air quality issues, case 15991-2
- industry in B.C.
- marketing and production issues 15863-5
- participation in national marketing agreement negotiations 15992-4
- sales
- Priory Hospital, respite care bed 17292
- Public debt, debt-to-equity ratio in B.C. 17087-8
- Qualicum Beach, health care facility, multilevel services 17313
- Rangeland, grazing leases 15911
- Recreation
- back-country recreation, guide-outfitters, land tenures 15951
- kayaking industry
- Regulatory Streamlining Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2000, debate 15500
- Richmond General Hospital, capital funding 17304
- Riverview Hospital
- Royal Columbian Hospital
- acute-care beds, availability 17267
- meetings with government re issues and concerns 17249
- St. Paul's Hospital, eating disorders program 17315
- School district 10 (Arrow Lakes), school board trustees, parents' concerns, petition tabled 17155
- Seniors, housing, seniors campus model, integration of residential and extended care 17314-5
- Simon Fraser health region
- Ski industry, ski hill development, role of B.C. Assets and Land Corporation 15918
- South Okanagan–Similkameen health region, clinical equipment funding 17309-10
- Steelhead Society Habitat Restoration Corp., project funding 16078
- Sterile insect release program, participation by regional districts 15921-2
- Substance abuse/addiction, treatment services, expansion of existing programs 17312
- Summerland Research Station, research and funding 15922-3
- Taxation (Rural Area) Act, amendments 15500
- Thompson health region
- continuing and long term care beds, funding 17297
- MRI operating funding 17295
- Throne speech debate 14521-4
- Tourism industry
- agritourism, government policy status 15984
- helicopter tourism, licence applications for access to Crown lands 16424
- Transplantation of organs, management of transplant needs in B.C. 17268
- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, work on sustainable economy 17088-9
- Vancouver Island
- Vancouver-Richmond health board, funding for capital equipment 17304-5
- Victoria, James Bay Community Project, clinic services 17275
- Water, water use planning process and fish habitat protection 16058
- West Coast Environmental Law Association, fish habitat workshop funding 16078
Exports and imports
Expropriation Act
- Repeal of act
(Reid, J.) 16877
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